Patents by Inventor Marshall A. Bell

Marshall A. Bell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180348954
    Abstract: In a method of capacitive sensing, continuous time demodulation of a resulting signal received from a capacitive sensor is performed. The resulting signal measured is as a result of a modulated signal driven for capacitive sensing. An input object interaction is detected using the resulting signal. Responsive to detection of the input object interaction, a mixing signal is phase-shifted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Bohannon, Nooreldin Amer, Giri Mehta, Marshall Bell
  • Patent number: 9859913
    Abstract: A source driver including: a current source that provides an approximately constant current; a channel coupled to a source electrode and including a digital to analog converters (DAC), the DAC including: a voltage source that applies an output voltage to the source electrode based on the approximately constant current provided by the current source; and a control unit having circuitry that: inputs a digital value; and terminates, based on the digital value, charging of the voltage source by the approximately constant current; and a calibration unit having circuitry that: generates a comparison between a test voltage applied by the voltage source with a target voltage; and modifies the approximately constant current based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Marshall Bell, Stephen Morein, Imre Knausz
  • Patent number: 9653038
    Abstract: A source driver for a display, including: a current source that provides an approximately constant current; and multiple channels coupled to multiple source electrodes and including multiple digital to analog converters (DAC), each DAC including: a voltage source that applies a voltage to a source electrode based on the approximately constant current provided by the current source; and a control unit having circuitry that: inputs a digital value; and terminates, based on the digital value, charging of the voltage source by the approximately constant current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Marshall Bell, Stephen Morein, Imre Knausz
  • Publication number: 20170092221
    Abstract: A source driver for a display, including: a current source that provides an approximately constant current; and multiple channels coupled to multiple source electrodes and including multiple digital to analog converters (DAC), each DAC including: a voltage source that applies a voltage to a source electrode based on the approximately constant current provided by the current source; and a control unit having circuitry that: inputs a digital value; and terminates, based on the digital value, charging of the voltage source by the approximately constant current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Marshall Bell, Stephen Morein, Imre Knausz
  • Publication number: 20170093421
    Abstract: A source driver including: a current source that provides an approximately constant current; a channel coupled to a source electrode and including a digital to analog converters (DAC), the DAC including: a voltage source that applies an output voltage to the source electrode based on the approximately constant current provided by the current source; and a control unit having circuitry that: inputs a digital value; and terminates, based on the digital value, charging of the voltage source by the approximately constant current; and a calibration unit having circuitry that: generates a comparison between a test voltage applied by the voltage source with a target voltage; and modifies the approximately constant current based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Marshall Bell, Steve Morein, Imre Knausz
  • Patent number: 8157003
    Abstract: An environmentally and economically more efficient petroleum production/refining/utilization system for managing carbon emissions at all stages of the petroleum lifecycle is provided. The system of the current invention integrates the release of carbon from refined low value, high polluting petroleum products such that those sources of carbon may be utilized in a manner beneficial to the efficiency and environmental footprint of the overall petroleum processing lifecycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Stillwater Energy Group, LLC
    Inventors: David J. Hackett, Marshall A. Bell
  • Publication number: 20100155048
    Abstract: An environmentally and economically more efficient petroleum production/refining/utilization system for managing carbon emissions at all stages of the petroleum lifecycle is provided. The system of the current invention integrates the release of carbon from refined low value, high polluting petroleum products such that those sources of carbon may be utilized in a manner beneficial to the efficiency and environmental footprint of the overall petroleum processing lifecycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: David J. Hackett, Marshall A. Bell