Patents by Inventor Miroslav Hukel

Miroslav Hukel 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: 10992221
    Abstract: A buck-boost charge pump includes a flying capacitor and a switch network. The switch network couples an input terminal to a first terminal of the flying capacitor using a first double switch and the second terminal of the flying capacitor to a power supply voltage terminal using a second switch in a charging phase of a boost mode, the input terminal to the second terminal of the flying capacitor using a third switch and the first terminal of the flying capacitor to an output terminal using the fourth switch in both a discharging phase of the boost mode and a charging phase of a buck mode, and the power supply voltage terminal to the first terminal of the flying capacitor using a first switch and the second terminal of the flying capacitor to the output terminal using a second double switch in a discharging phase of the buck mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Miroslav Hukel
  • Publication number: 20190312514
    Abstract: A buck-boost charge pump includes a flying capacitor and a switch network. The switch network couples an input terminal to a first terminal of the flying capacitor using a first double switch and the second terminal of the flying capacitor to a power supply voltage terminal using a second switch in a charging phase of a boost mode, the input terminal to the second terminal of the flying capacitor using a third switch and the first terminal of the flying capacitor to an output terminal using the fourth switch in both a discharging phase of the boost mode and a charging phase of a buck mode, and the power supply voltage terminal to the first terminal of the flying capacitor using a first switch and the second terminal of the flying capacitor to the output terminal using a second double switch in a discharging phase of the buck mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Miroslav HUKEL
  • Patent number: 8013586
    Abstract: A synchronous rectifier, including an energy storage element having a terminal; a power supply input, connected to the terminal of the storage element in a first time interval; a reference line connected to the terminal of the storage element in a second time interval; and a zero comparator, coupled to the terminal of the storage element to detect a current flowing in the energy storage element and disconnect the terminal of the storage element from the reference line upon detecting a zero current, the zero comparator having an offset and a propagation time; the zero comparator further having an offset control input and an output. An offset regulating loop is coupled between the output of the zero comparator and the offset control input and regulates the offset of the zero comparator to compensate the propagation time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Design and Application S.r.o.
    Inventors: Ondrej Tlaskal, Bohumil Janik, David Burda, Julien Picq, Miroslav Hukel
  • Publication number: 20080211473
    Abstract: A synchronous rectifier, including an energy storage element having a terminal; a power supply input, connected to the terminal of the storage element in a first time interval; a reference line connected to the terminal of the storage element in a second time interval; and a zero comparator, coupled to the terminal of the storage element to detect a current flowing in the energy storage element and disconnect the terminal of the storage element from the reference line upon detecting a zero current, the zero comparator having an offset and a propagation time; the zero comparator further having an offset control input and an output. An offset regulating loop is coupled between the output of the zero comparator and the offset control input and regulates the offset of the zero comparator to compensate the propagation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics Design and Application s.r.o.
    Inventors: Ondrej Tlasksl, Bohumil Janik, David Burda, Julien Picq, Miroslav Hukel