Patents by Inventor Peter Fundaro

Peter Fundaro 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).

  • Serializer-deserializer for motor drive circuit
    Patent number: 10547268
    Abstract: A motor drive circuit includes a first serializer-deserializer (SER-DES) module that converts first SER-DES input signals into a first SER-DES output serial data stream. The first SER-DES input signals relate to motor control inputs or motor drive power outputs. A second SER-DES module converts a second SER-DES input serial data stream corresponding to the first SER-DES output serial data stream into second SER-DES output signals. The second SER-DES input signals relate to motor drive power outputs or motor control inputs. A serial isolation channel provides a galvanic isolation barrier between the first SER-DES module and the second SER-DES module. The serial isolation channel communicates the first SER-DES output serial data stream across the galvanic isolation barrier to provide the second SER-DES input serial data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tobias Bernhard Fritz, Martin Staebler, Baher Haroun, Peter Fundaro, Jiri Panacek, Ralf Peter Brederlow
  • SERIALIZER-DESERIALIZER FOR MOTOR DRIVE CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20180278195
    Abstract: A motor drive circuit includes a first serializer-deserializer (SER-DES) module that converts first SER-DES input signals into a first SER-DES output serial data stream. The first SER-DES input signals relate to motor control inputs or motor drive power outputs. A second SER-DES module converts a second SER-DES input serial data stream corresponding to the first SER-DES output serial data stream into second SER-DES output signals. The second SER-DES input signals relate to motor drive power outputs or motor control inputs. A serial isolation channel provides a galvanic isolation barrier between the first SER-DES module and the second SER-DES module. The serial isolation channel communicates the first SER-DES output serial data stream across the galvanic isolation barrier to provide the second SER-DES input serial data stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Tobias Bernhard Fritz, Martin Staebler, Baher Haroun, Peter Fundaro, Jiri Panacek, Ralf Peter Brederlow
  • Monitoring a rechargeable battery with multiple parameter update rates
    Patent number: 8450978
    Abstract: Monitoring a state of a rechargeable battery involves repeatedly obtaining at least one measured value related to the battery during discharge of the battery; repeatedly calculating the state of the battery during discharge of the battery based on a previously calculated state of the battery, the measured value and at least one parameter of the battery; before the state of the battery passes a threshold value, updating the parameter of the battery at a first rate; after the state of the battery passes the threshold value, updating the parameter of the battery at a second rate, faster than the first rate; and correcting the state of the battery in response to each update of the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Yevgen P. Barsukov, Jinrong Qian, Peter Fundaro, Ming Yu
  • Monitoring a rechargeable battery with multiple parameter update rates
    Publication number: 20120049802
    Abstract: Monitoring a state of a rechargeable battery involves repeatedly obtaining at least one measured value related to the battery during discharge of the battery; repeatedly calculating the state of the battery during discharge of the battery based on a previously calculated state of the battery, the measured value and at least one parameter of the battery; before the state of the battery passes a threshold value, updating the parameter of the battery at a first rate; after the state of the battery passes the threshold value, updating the parameter of the battery at a second rate, faster than the first rate; and correcting the state of the battery in response to each update of the parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Yevgen P. Barsukov, Jinrong Qian, Peter Fundaro, Ming Yu