Patents by Inventor Potanin Vladislav

Potanin Vladislav 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: 6703813
    Abstract: An LDO regulator is arranged to provide regulation with a pass device, a cascode device, a level shifter, an error amplifier, and a tracking voltage divider. The error amplifier is arranged to sense the output voltage and provide an error signal to the pass device via the level shifter. The level shifter changes the DC level of the error signal such that the pass device is isolated from damaging voltages. The cascode device is arranged to increase the impedance between the output node and the pass transistor such that the LDO regulator can sustain input voltages that exceed process limits without damage. The cascode device is biased by the tracking voltage divider. The tracking voltage divider adjusts the biasing to the cascode device such that a decreased input voltages result in lower impedance, and increased input voltages result in higher impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Potanin Vladislav, Elena Potanina