Patents by Inventor Michael Kouwenhoven

Michael Kouwenhoven 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).

  • Hybrid PCB-IC directional coupler
    Patent number: 6542375
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing non-contact power/current sensing in an electronic circuit. Specifically, the method provides an electronic coupler in the form of an integrated circuit microstrip mounted in close proximity to a current-carrying microstrip on a printed circuit board. The integrated circuit is mounted on and electronically coupled to electronic components of said printed circuit board with the microstrip on the printed circuit board side of the integrated circuit substrate, and the integrated circuit microstrip is positioned in such a way as to effect electromagnetic coupling to an electronic microstrip on the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Tibor Kuitenbrouwer, Martin Middlehoek, Michael Kouwenhoven, Errol Dietz