Patents by Inventor Michael Uwe

Michael Uwe 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).

  • Patent number: 11489436
    Abstract: Apparatus and systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to provide adaptive leakage compensation for powertrains. An example apparatus comprising a first current path including a first transistor and a second transistor; a second current path including a third transistor and a fourth transistor; and a current mirror including a fifth transistor and a sixth transistor, wherein a first ratio exists between the first transistor and the third transistor, a second ratio exists between the second transistor and the fourth transistor, and a third ratio exists between the fifth transistor and the sixth transistor, the third ratio greater than or equal to the second ratio, the second ratio greater than or equal to the first ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Markus Georg Rommel, Konrad Wagensohner, Rebecca Grancaric, Michael Uwe Schlenker
  • Patent number: 11139365
    Abstract: An integrated circuit comprising: a source comprising an output port; a set of serially-connected resistors electrically coupled to the output port of the source; a comparator comprising a first input port, a second input port, and an output port; a set of switches, each switch in the set of switches comprising a first terminal electrically coupled to the first input port of the comparator, and a second terminal electrically coupled to the set of serially-connected resistors; a current source comprising an output port electrically coupled to the second input port of the comparator; and a pin electrically coupled to the output port of the current source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Uwe Schlenker, Stefan Herzer, Konrad Wagensohner
  • Publication number: 20200091813
    Abstract: Apparatus and systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to provide adaptive leakage compensation for powertrains. An example apparatus comprising a first current path including a first transistor and a second transistor; a second current path including a third transistor and a fourth transistor; and a current mirror including a fifth transistor and a sixth transistor, wherein a first ratio exists between the first transistor and the third transistor, a second ratio exists between the second transistor and the fourth transistor, and a third ratio exists between the fifth transistor and the sixth transistor, the third ratio greater than or equal to the second ratio, the second ratio greater than or equal to the first ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Markus Georg Rommel, Konrad Wagensohner, Rebecca Grancaric, Michael Uwe Schlenker
  • Publication number: 20190348492
    Abstract: An integrated circuit comprising: a source comprising an output port; a set of serially-connected resistors electrically coupled to the output port of the source; a comparator comprising a first input port, a second input port, and an output port; a set of switches, each switch in the set of switches comprising a first terminal electrically coupled to the first input port of the comparator, and a second terminal electrically coupled to the set of serially-connected resistors; a current source comprising an output port electrically coupled to the second input port of the comparator; and a pin electrically coupled to the output port of the current source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Uwe SCHLENKER, Stefan HERZER, Konrad WAGENSOHNER
  • Patent number: 10461629
    Abstract: Apparatus and systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to provide adaptive leakage compensation for powertrains. An example apparatus comprising a first current path including a first transistor and a second transistor; a second current path including a third transistor and a fourth transistor; and a current mirror including a fifth transistor and a sixth transistor, wherein a first ratio exists between the first transistor and the third transistor, a second ratio exists between the second transistor and the fourth transistor, and a third ratio exists between the fifth transistor and the sixth transistor, the third ratio greater than or equal to the second ratio, the second ratio greater than or equal to the first ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Markus Georg Rommel, Konrad Wagensohner, Rebecca Grancaric, Michael Uwe Schlenker
  • Publication number: 20190260283
    Abstract: Apparatus and systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to provide adaptive leakage compensation for powertrains. An example apparatus comprising a first current path including a first transistor and a second transistor; a second current path including a third transistor and a fourth transistor; and a current mirror including a fifth transistor and a sixth transistor, wherein a first ratio exists between the first transistor and the third transistor, a second ratio exists between the second transistor and the fourth transistor, and a third ratio exists between the fifth transistor and the sixth transistor, the third ratio greater than or equal to the second ratio, the second ratio greater than or equal to the first ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Markus Georg Rommel, Konrad Wagensohner, Rebecca Grancaric, Michael Uwe Schlenker
  • Publication number: 20070059696
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of diagnosing, predicting and/or monitoring the development or progress of an inflammatory response in a mammal. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of diagnosing, predicting and/or monitoring the development or progress of an inflammatory response by analysing one or both of activin or follistatin expression levels either in a subject mammal or in a biological sample derived from said mammal. The present invention further provides a method for predicting, diagnosing and/or monitoring conditions associated with or characterised by the onset of inflammatory response. Also provided are diagnostic agents useful for detecting activin and/or follistatin expression levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Sandra Ebert, Michael Uwe, Roland Nau, David De Kretser, David Phillips