Patents by Inventor Martin Arnold

Martin Arnold 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: 20240143013
    Abstract: A III-nitride power semiconductor based heterojunction device comprising a substrate, a first terminal, a second terminal, a control terminal configured to receive an input switching signal during an active mode of operation and to not receive the input switching signal during a stand-by mode of operation, and an active heterojunction transistor formed on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Sheung Wai FUNG, Martin ARNOLD, Loizos EFTHYMIOU, Tara VISHIN, John William FINDLAY, Florin UDREA
  • Publication number: 20240144087
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for beam selection using machine learning. A plurality of data samples corresponding to a plurality of data modalities is accessed. A plurality of features is generated by, for each respective data sample of the plurality of data samples, performing feature extraction based at least in part on a respective modality of the respective data sample. The plurality of features is fused using one or more attention-based models, and a wireless communication configuration is generated based on processing the fused plurality of features using a machine learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Fabio Valerio MASSOLI, Ang LI, Shreya KADAMBI, Hao YE, Arash BEHBOODI, Joseph Binamira SORIAGA, Bence MAJOR, Maximilian Wolfgang Martin ARNOLD
  • Patent number: 11971281
    Abstract: A method for producing a probe of a thermal flowmeter for measuring mass flow of a medium in a measuring tube, wherein a probe core is provided arranged loosely in a probe sleeve having a longitudinal axis, wherein the probe sleeve is deformed relative to the longitudinal axis completely radially in the direction of the probe core by means of high energy rate forming, wherein a material-locking connection between probe sleeve and probe core results and a rod is formed, wherein the rod represents a base body that is used for probe production, wherein a deformation speed reaches values greater than 100 m/s, and wherein the high energy rate forming includes explosive forming or magnetic forming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Anastasios Badarlis, Stephan Gaberthüel, Alexander Grün, Hanno Schultheis, Tobias Baur, Martin Barth, Martin Arnold, Mathieu Habert
  • Patent number: 11970431
    Abstract: Described are polymerizable high energy light absorbing compounds of formula I: Wherein Y, Pg, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as described herein. The compounds absorb various wavelengths of ultraviolet and/or high energy visible light and are suitable for incorporation in various products, such as biomedical devices and ophthalmic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Ghulam Maharvi, Shivkumar Mahadevan, Stephen C. Arnold, Patricia Martin, Leilani K. Sonoda, Dola Sinha
  • Patent number: 11958595
    Abstract: An actuator for aviation applications, in particular for adjusting rotor blades in a helicopter, may include an electromechanical drive assembly connected to an output drive via a downstream transmission, where the drive assembly is divided into sub-drives that can be operated independently, and where at least two sub-drives are spatially separated from one another in that the transmission is placed between these sub-drives. The transmission may include at least two harmonic gearings coupled to one another by at least one first coupling element, where a first harmonic gearing is located inside a non-rotating first housing, where a second harmonic gearing is located inside a rotating second housing, and where the second housing is connected to the output drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS TECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Jan Haar, Uwe Arnold, Martin Meunier, Carsten Wintjen, Matthias Müller, Werner Pflüger
  • Patent number: 11955478
    Abstract: Power semiconductor devices in GaN technology include an integrated auxiliary (double) gate terminal and a pulldown network to achieve a normally-off (E-Mode) GaN transistor with threshold voltage higher than 2V, low gate leakage current and enhanced switching performance. The high threshold voltage GaN transistor has a high-voltage active GaN device and a low-voltage auxiliary GaN device wherein the high-voltage GaN device has the gate connected to the source of the integrated auxiliary low-voltage GaN transistor and the drain being the external high-voltage drain terminal and the source being the external source terminal, while the low-voltage auxiliary GaN transistor has the gate (first auxiliary electrode) connected to the drain (second auxiliary electrode) functioning as an external gate terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CAMBRIDGE GAN DEVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Martin Arnold, Loizos Efthymiou, Florin Udrea, Giorgia Longobardi, John William Findlay
  • Patent number: 11923816
    Abstract: An integrated circuit is provided which can sense the drain voltage of an active heterojunction transistor under different conditions and can adjust a driving signal of a gate terminal of the active heterojunction transistor in order to limit conduction losses and/or switching losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CAMBRIDGE GAN DEVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Martin Arnold, Loizos Efthymiou, Florin Udrea, John William Findlay, Giorgia Longobardi
  • Patent number: 11784637
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an edge detection circuit configured to receive an input signal comprising one or more falling or falling edges and provide an output signal comprising pulses or spikes corresponding to the one or more rising or falling edges. The edge detection circuit comprises a passive differentiator circuit configured to receive an input and provide a differentiator output signal that that is proportional to the rate of change of the input, and a comparator circuit operably connected to a voltage source. The comparator circuit is configured to receive the differentiator output signal, compare the differentiator output signal to a threshold voltage; and output a pulse or spike signal based on the comparison to the threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CAMBRIDGE GAN DEVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Sheung Wai Fung, Loizos Efthymiou, Florin Udrea, Martin Arnold
  • Publication number: 20230246615
    Abstract: We describe an integrated circuit is disclosed which can sense the drain voltage of an active heterojunction transistor under different conditions and can adjust a driving signal of a gate terminal of the active heterojunction transistor in order to limit conduction losses and/or switching losses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Martin Arnold, Loizos Efthymiou, Florin Udrea, John William Findlay, Giorgia Longobardi
  • Publication number: 20230246098
    Abstract: We describe a smart high voltage/power III-nitride semiconductor based diode or rectifier comprising first and second terminals, and further comprising an active device (e.g. a transistor such as a GaN HEMT transistor), a sensing device (e.g. a sensing diode/transistor), a sensing load (e.g. a resistor), wherein the smart high voltage/power III-nitride semiconductor based diode or rectifier is configured to output a sensing signal corresponding a current through the sensing device and/or a voltage drop across the sensing load, wherein the sensing signal is indicative of a current flowing between the first and second terminal when a bias is applied between the first and second terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Florin Udrea, Martin Arnold, Loizos Efthymiou, Giorgia Longobardi, Sheung Wai Fung
  • Patent number: 11658236
    Abstract: A III-nitride semiconductor based heterojunction power device including: a first heterojunction transistor formed on a substrate, and a second heterojunction transistor formed on the substrate. One of the first heterojunction transistor and the second heterojunction transistor is an enhancement mode field effect transistor and the other one of the first heterojunction transistor and the second heterojunction transistor is a depletion mode field effect transistor. The enhancement mode transistor acts as a main power switch, and the depletion mode transistor acts as a start-up component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: CAMBRIDGE GAN DEVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Florin Udrea, Loizos Efthymiou, Giorgia Longobardi, Martin Arnold
  • Publication number: 20230131602
    Abstract: A heterojunction device having at least three terminals, the at least three terminals comprising a high voltage terminal, a low voltage terminal and a control terminal. The heterojunction device further comprises at least one main power heterojunction transistor, an auxiliary gate circuit comprising at least one first low-voltage heterojunction transistor, a pull-down circuit comprising a capacitor and a charging path for the capacitor. The heterojunction device further comprises at least one monolithically integrated component, wherein the capacitor is configured to provide an internal rail voltage for the at least one monolithically integrated component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Martin ARNOLD, Sheung Wai FUNG, Loizos EFTHYMIOU, Florin UDREA, John William FINDLAY
  • Publication number: 20220310832
    Abstract: We disclose a III-nitride semiconductor based heterojunction power device comprising: a first heterojunction transistor formed on a substrate (4) and a second heterojunction transistor formed on the substrate. The first heterojunction transistor comprises: first III-nitride semiconductor region formed over the substrate, wherein the first III-nitride semiconductor region comprises a first heterojunction comprising at least one two dimensional carrier gas; a first terminal (8) operatively connected to the first III-nitride semiconductor region; a second terminal (9) laterally spaced from the first terminal and operatively connected to the first III-nitride semiconductor region; and a first gate region (10) over the first III-nitride semiconductor region between the first and second terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Florin UDREA, Loizes Efthymiou, Giorgia Longobardi, Martin Arnold
  • Patent number: 11404565
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to power semiconductor devices in GaN technology. The disclosure proposes an integrated auxiliary (double) gate terminal and a pulldown network to achieve a normally-off (E-Mode) GaN transistor with threshold voltage higher than 2V, low gate leakage current and enhanced switching performance. The high threshold voltage GaN transistor has a high-voltage active GaN device and a low-voltage auxiliary GaN device wherein the high-voltage GaN device has the gate connected to the source of the integrated auxiliary low-voltage GaN transistor and the drain being the external high-voltage drain terminal and the source being the external source terminal, while the low-voltage auxiliary GaN transistor has the gate (first auxiliary electrode) connected to the drain (second auxiliary electrode) functioning as an external gate terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE LIMITED
    Inventors: Florin Udrea, Loizos Efthymiou, Giorgia Longobardi, Martin Arnold
  • Publication number: 20220208761
    Abstract: We disclose a Ill-nitride semiconductor based heterojunction power device, comprising: a first heterojunction transistor (19) formed on a substrate, the first heterojunction transistor comprising: a first Ill-nitride semiconductor region formed over the substrate, wherein the first Ill-nitride semiconductor region comprises a first heterojunction comprising at least one two dimensional carrier gas of second conductivity type; a first terminal (8) operatively connected to the first Ill-nitride semiconductor region; a second terminal (9) laterally spaced from the first terminal and operatively connected to the first Ill-nitride semiconductor region; a first gate terminal (10) formed over the first Ill-nitride semiconductor region between the first terminal and the second terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Florin Udrea, Loizos Efthymiou, Giorgia Longobardi, Martin Arnold
  • Publication number: 20220196450
    Abstract: A method for producing a probe of a thermal flowmeter for measuring mass flow of a medium in a measuring tube, wherein a probe core is provided arranged loosely in a probe sleeve having a longitudinal axis, wherein the probe sleeve is deformed relative to the longitudinal axis completely radially in the direction of the probe core by means of high energy rate forming, wherein a material-locking connection between probe sleeve and probe core results and a rod is formed, wherein the rod represents a base body that is used for probe production, wherein a deformation speed reaches values greater than 100 m/s, and wherein the high energy rate forming includes explosive forming or magnetic forming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Anastasios Badarlis, Stephan Gaberthüel, Alexander Grün, Hanno Schultheis, Tobias Baur, Martin Barth, Martin Arnold, Mathieu Habert
  • Patent number: 11336279
    Abstract: A device includes a heterojunction device, a unipolar power transistor operatively connected in series with said hetero junction device; an external control terminal for driving said unipolar power transistor and said heterojunction device; and an interface unit having a plurality of interface terminals. A first interface terminal is operatively connected to an active gate region of the heterojunction device and a second interface terminal is operatively connected to said external control terminal. The heterojunction device includes a threshold voltage less than a threshold voltage of the unipolar power transistor, wherein the threshold voltage of the heterojunction device is less than a blocking voltage of the unipolar power transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Cambridge Enterprise Limited
    Inventors: Florin Udrea, Loizos Efthymiou, Giorgia Longobardi, Martin Arnold
  • Patent number: 11257811
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a III-nitride power semiconductor based heterojunction device including a low voltage terminal, a high voltage terminal, a control terminal and an active heterojunction transistor formed on a substrate, and further including the following monolithically integrated components: voltage clamp circuit configured to limit a maximum potential that can be applied to the internal gate terminal, an on-state circuit configured to control the internal gate terminal of the active heterojunction transistor during an on-state operation, a turn-off circuit configured to control the internal gate terminal of the active heterojunction transistor during a turn-off operation and during an off-state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Cambridge Enterprise Limited
    Inventors: Martin Arnold, Loizos Efthymiou, David Bruce Vail, John William Findlay, Giorgia Longobardi, Florin Udrea
  • Publication number: 20210335781
    Abstract: Power semiconductor devices in GaN technology include an integrated auxiliary (double) gate terminal and a pulldown network to achieve a normally-off (E-Mode) GaN transistor with threshold voltage higher than 2V, low gate leakage current and enhanced switching performance. The high threshold voltage GaN transistor has a high-voltage active GaN device and a low-voltage auxiliary GaN device wherein the high-voltage GaN device has the gate connected to the source of the integrated auxiliary low-voltage GaN transistor and the drain being the external high-voltage drain terminal and the source being the external source terminal, while the low-voltage auxiliary GaN transistor has the gate (first auxiliary electrode) connected to the drain (second auxiliary electrode) functioning as an external gate terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Martin Arnold, Loizos Efthymiou, Florin Udrea, Giorgia Longobardi, John William Findlay
  • Patent number: 11113854
    Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device including a display device and one or more input devices. The method includes displaying, on the display device, a first graphing area including a first section presenting a plot of a first set of data points for a first variable and a second section. The method includes detecting, via the one or more input devices, a user input indicative of a path within a second section. The method includes determining, based on the user input indicative of a path within the second section, a second set of data points for the first variable. The method includes determining, based at least on the second set of data points for the first variable, a set of data points for a second variable. The method includes displaying, on the display device, a second graphing area presenting a plot of the set of data points for the second variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: DECISIONNEXT, INC.
    Inventors: Robert David Pierce, David Rodriguez Gomez, Arden Martin Arnold, Michael R. Neal