Patents by Inventor Mihai-Nicolae Apostolescu

Mihai-Nicolae Apostolescu 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: 9281746
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a diagnostic circuit is configured to be coupled to an output terminal of a switching circuit and to a sense terminal of a sense circuit coupled in parallel with the switching circuit. The diagnostic circuit includes a configurable feedback circuit configured to be coupled to the output terminal and the sense terminal. The configurable feedback circuit is configured to receive a select signal, switch a configuration of the configurable feedback circuit between a first mode and a second mode based on the select signal, sink a current from the sense circuit in the first mode, source a current to the sense circuit in the second mode, and balance a voltage difference between the output terminal and the sense terminal in the first mode and in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Mihai-Nicolae Apostolescu, Ansgar Pottbaecker