Patents by Inventor Matthias Peter

Matthias Peter 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: 20250112633
    Abstract: A power switching system includes a plurality of power switching units each including a respective power switch, a communication system configured to convey a system-wide switching command to the power switching units along a communication channel, and circuitry, included in each of the power switching units, that is configured to delay execution of the system-wide switching command by a delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Vikram Balakrishnan, Michael Anton Brumann, Matthias Peter, Andreas Volke
  • Patent number: 12143169
    Abstract: A controller comprising a driver interface referenced to a first reference potential, a drive circuit referenced to a second reference potential, and an inductive coupling. The driver interface comprises a first receiver configured to compare a portion of signals having a first polarity on the first terminal of the inductive coupling with a first threshold, and a second receiver configured to compare a portion of signals having a second polarity on the second terminal of the inductive coupling with a third threshold. The drive circuit comprises a first transmitter configured to drive current in a first direction in the second winding to transmit first signals, and a second transmitter configured to drive current in a second direction in the second winding to transmit second signals, the second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Olivier Garcia, Jan Thalheim, Didier Raphael Balli, Matthias Peter
  • Patent number: 12071881
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a selective catalytic reduction catalyst comprising a porous wall-flow filter substrate; wherein in the pores of the porous internal walls and on the surface of the porous internal walls, the catalyst comprises a selective catalytic reduction coating comprising a selective catalytic reduction component comprising a zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron. The present invention further relates to a process for preparing a selective catalytic reduction catalyst using particles of a carbon-containing additive and an aqueous mixture comprising said particles of a carbon-containing additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Matthias Peter, Susanne Stiebels, Andreas Zeeb, Claudia Zabel, Maria Heenemann
  • Patent number: 12023726
    Abstract: Molding material mixes that contain a polyurethane binder based on phenolic resins of the benzyl ether type and polyisocyanates are characterized by the inclusion of a polybutadiene derivative. In one case, the polybutadiene derivative has epoxide groups and hydroxyl groups. In another case, the polybutadiene derivative has succinic acid anhydride groups. Molds, cores and risers are produced using these molding material mixes. Inclusion of the polybutadiene derivatives results in a reduction of sand adhesions in the molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: ASK Chemicals GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Priebe, Matthias Peter
  • Patent number: 12021350
    Abstract: In an embodiment an edge-emitting semiconductor laser includes a semiconductor layer sequence having a waveguide region with an active layer disposed between a first waveguide layer and a second waveguide layer and a layer system arranged outside the waveguide region configured to reduce facet defects in the waveguide region, wherein the layer system includes one or more layers with the material composition AlxInyGa1-x-yN with 0?x?1, 0?y<1 and x+y?1, wherein at least one layer of the layer system includes an aluminum portion x?0.05 or an indium portion y?0.02, wherein a layer strain is at least 2 GPa at least in some areas, and wherein the semiconductor layer sequence is based on a nitride compound semiconductor material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Wagner, Werner Bergbauer, Christoph Eichler, Alfred Lell, Georg BrĂ¼derl, Matthias Peter
  • Publication number: 20240042514
    Abstract: Molding material mixes that contain a polyurethane binder based on phenolic resins of the benzyl ether type and polyisocyanates are characterized by the inclusion of a polybutadiene derivative. In one case, the polybutadiene derivative has epoxide groups and hydroxyl groups. In another case, the polybutadiene derivative has succinic acid anhydride groups. Molds, cores and risers are produced using these molding material mixes. Inclusion of the polybutadiene derivatives results in a reduction of sand adhesions in the molding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Christian Priebe, Matthias Peter
  • Publication number: 20230405564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas of a diesel combustion engine, said catalyst particularly comprising a specific substrate and a coating disposed on the surface of the internal walls of said substrate, the coating particularly comprising a specific first non-zeolitic oxidic material, and a specific zeolitic material comprising Fe and Cu, wherein the catalyst exhibits a weight ratio of Fe, calculated as Fe2O3, relative to Cu, calculated as CuO, Fe2O3:CuO, of less than 0.1:1. Further, the present invention relates to a specific process for preparing said catalyst. Yet further, the present invention relates to a system comprising said catalyst and to a use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Peter, Tobias Guenter, Burkhard Rabe, Tobias Engels
  • Publication number: 20230395239
    Abstract: An intelligent vital microscopy, IVM, device is described. The IVM device includes: a receiver configured to receive at least one IVM image of a human microcirculation, MC, of an organ surface; a learning processor coupled to the receiver and configured to: process the at least one IVM image and extract at least one MC variable therefrom, and identify from the extracted at least one MC variable of the at least one IVM image at least one of: an underlying cause for an observed abnormality, an intervention, a disease state, a disease diagnosis, a medical state of the human; a presence of a pathogen; and an output coupled to the learning processor and configured to output the identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Can Ince, Matthias Peter Hilty, Yasin Ince, Yavuz Ahiska
  • Publication number: 20230370119
    Abstract: A controller comprising a driver interface referenced to a first reference potential, a drive circuit referenced to a second reference potential, and an inductive coupling. The driver interface comprises a first receiver configured to compare a portion of signals having a first polarity on the first terminal of the inductive coupling with a first threshold, and a second receiver configured to compare a portion of signals having a second polarity on the second terminal of the inductive coupling with a third threshold. The drive circuit comprises a first transmitter configured to drive current in a first direction in the second winding to transmit first signals, and a second transmitter configured to drive current in a second direction in the second winding to transmit second signals, the second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Olivier Garcia, Jan Thalheim, Didier Raphael Balli, Matthias Peter
  • Patent number: 11754824
    Abstract: An intelligent vital microscopy, IVM, device is described. The IVM device includes: a receiver configured to receive at least one IVM image of a human microcirculation, MC, of an organ surface; a learning processor coupled to the receiver and configured to: process the at least one IVM image and extract at least one MC variable therefrom, and identify from the extracted at least one MC variable of the at least one IVM image at least one of: an underlying cause for an observed abnormality, an intervention, a disease state, a disease diagnosis, a medical state of the human; a presence of a pathogen; and an output coupled to the learning processor and configured to output the identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Active Medical, BV
    Inventors: Can Ince, Matthias Peter Hilty, Yasin Ince, Yavuz Ahiska
  • Patent number: 11700037
    Abstract: A controller comprising a driver interface referenced to a first reference potential, a drive circuit referenced to a second reference potential, and an inductive coupling. The driver interface comprises a first receiver configured to compare a portion of signals having a first polarity on the first terminal of the inductive coupling with a first threshold, and a second receiver configured to compare a portion of signals having a second polarity on the second terminal of the inductive coupling with a third threshold. The drive circuit comprises a first transmitter configured to drive current in a first direction in the second winding to transmit first signals, and a second transmitter configured to drive current in a second direction in the second winding to transmit second signals, the second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Olivier Garcia, Jan Thalheim, Didier Raphael Balli, Matthias Peter
  • Patent number: 11691106
    Abstract: A selective catalytic reduction catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas stream of a passive ignition engine, the catalyst comprising a porous wall-flow filter substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length (w) extending between the inlet end and the outlet end, and a plurality of passages defined by porous internal walls of the porous wall flow filter substrate; wherein the catalyst further comprises a first coating, said first coating extending over x % of the substrate axial length from the inlet end toward the outlet end of the substrate, x being in the range of from 10 to 100, wherein the first coating comprises copper and an 8-membered ring pore zeolitic material; wherein the catalyst further comprises a second coating, the second coating extending over y % of the substrate axial length from the outlet end toward the inlet end of the substrate, y being in the range of from 20 to 90, wherein the second coating comprises copper, and optionally an 8-membered ring pore zeolit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Matthias Peter, Susanne Stiebels, Karifala Dumbuya, Claudia Zabel
  • Publication number: 20230191376
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a non-zeolitic oxidic material comprising alumina; an 8-membered ring pore zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron, wherein the framework structure of the zeolitic material comprises a tetravalent element Y, a trivalent element X and oxygen, wherein the molar ratio of Y:X, calculated as YO2X2O3, is in the range of from 2: 1 to 40: 1; wherein at least part of the outer surface of the zeolitic material is covered by a layer comprising the non-zeolitic oxidic material; wherein Y comprises one or more of Si, Sn, Ti, Zr and Ge and X comprises one or more of Al, B, In and Ga.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias PETER, Claudia ZABEL, Maria HEENEMANN, Wen-Mei XUE, Eunseok KIM, Narayana K RAO, David POLLICK
  • Publication number: 20230173473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a selective catalytic reduction catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas of a combustion engine, the catalyst comprising a substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and a plurality of passages defined by internal walls of the substrate extending therethrough; a coating disposed on the substrate (i), the coating comprising a first non-zeolitic oxidic material comprising aluminum, an 8-membered ring pore zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron, and a second non-zeolitic oxidic material comprising cerium and one or more of zirconium, aluminum, silicon, lanthanum, niobium, iron, manganese, titanium, tungsten, copper, molybdenum, neodymium, cobalt, chromium, tin and praseodymium; wherein at least 65 weight-% of the coating consist of the 8-membered ring pore zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias PETER, Bjoern NEUMANN, Claudia ZABEL, Maria HEENEMANN
  • Patent number: 11660586
    Abstract: A process for preparing a catalyst comprising a zeolitic material comprising copper, the process comprising (i) preparing an aqueous mixture comprising water, a zeolitic material comprising copper, a source of copper other than the zeolitic material comprising copper, and a non-zeolitic oxidic material selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, titania, zirconia, ceria, a mixed oxide comprising one or more of Al, Si, Ti, Zr, and Ce and a mixture of two or more thereof; (ii) disposing the mixture obtained in (i) on the surface of the internal walls of a substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and a plurality of passages defined by internal walls of the substrate extending therethrough; and optionally drying the substrate comprising the mixture disposed thereon; (iii) calcining the substrate obtained in (ii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Matthias Peter, Karifala Dumbuya, Miriam Schubert, Ahmad Moini, Yu Dai, Stefan Maurer, Haiyang Zhu, Yi Liu, Wen-Mei Xue, Ming-Ming Wei, Maria Heenemann
  • Patent number: 11557698
    Abstract: Disclosed is a conversion element (1) comprising an active region (13) that is formed by a semiconductor material and includes a plurality of barriers (131) and quantum troughs (132), a plurality of first structural elements (14) on a top face (la) of the conversion element (1), and a plurality of second structural elements (15) and/or third structural elements (16) which are arranged on a face of the active region (13) facing away from the plurality of first structural elements (14). Also disclosed is a method for producing a conversion element of said type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Loeffler, Adam Bauer, Matthias Peter, Michael Binder
  • Patent number: 11549417
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a selective catalytic reduction catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas of a diesel engine comprising: a flow-through substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and a plurality of passages defined by internal walls of the flow through substrate extending therethrough; a coating disposed on the surface of the internal walls of the substrate, wherein the coating comprises a non-zeolitic oxidic material comprising manganese and one or more of the metals of the groups 4 to 11 and 13 of the periodic table, and further comprises one or more of a vanadium oxide and a zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Marcus Hilgendorff, Karifala Dumbuya, Matthias Peter, Andreas Sundermann
  • Patent number: 11527865
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body in which an active layer configured to generate or detect electromagnetic radiation, a first interlayer and a p-conducting contact layer are formed, and a connection layer applied to the semiconductor body, wherein the contact layer is disposed between the first interlayer and the connection layer and adjoins the connection layer, the active layer is arranged on a side of the first interlayer remote from the contact layer, the first interlayer and the contact layer are based on a nitride compound semiconductor, the contact layer is doped with a p-dopant, the contact layer has a thickness of at most 50 nm, and the contact layer includes a lower aluminum content than the first interlayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Peter, Teresa Wurm, Christoph Eichler
  • Publication number: 20220263404
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for active discharge of an electric drive system for a vehicle includes an inverter having at least one phase leg, wherein a first of the phase legs includes a first power switch, a dc/dc converter configured to generate an internal supply voltage that is regulated with respect to a voltage on a rail , and a gate drive channel configured to drive the first power switch into conductance by applying a relatively high voltage difference during operation of the vehicle and to continue the driving of the first power switch with a relatively lower voltage difference after a signal indicating shut-down or fault. The dc/dc converter is configured to generate the internal supply voltage to have either a relatively high voltage difference with respect to the voltage on the rail or a relatively lower voltage difference with respect to the voltage on the rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: ANDREAS VOLKE, VINZENZ MAURER, SALEM ABID, DOUGLAS ARNOLD ERIK ANDERSSON HAGGLUND, MICHAEL HORNKAMP, MATTHIAS PETER
  • Publication number: 20220239348
    Abstract: A controller comprising a driver interface referenced to a first reference potential, a drive circuit referenced to a second reference potential, and an inductive coupling. The driver interface comprises a first receiver configured to compare a portion of signals having a first polarity on the first terminal of the inductive coupling with a first threshold, and a second receiver configured to compare a portion of signals having a second polarity on the second terminal of the inductive coupling with a third threshold. The drive circuit comprises a first transmitter configured to drive current in a first direction in the second winding to transmit first signals, and a second transmitter configured to drive current in a second direction in the second winding to transmit second signals, the second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Olivier Garcia, Jan Thalheim, Didier Raphael Balli, Matthias Peter