Patents by Inventor Rami Hamze

Rami Hamze 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: 8174250
    Abstract: A ripple regulator for providing a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal for regulating an output voltage of a power converter switching stage. The regulator including a ripple circuit for providing a ripple voltage; a comparison circuit for comparing the ripple voltage to an output of an error amplifier; and a PWM circuit producing the PWM signal and receiving an output of the comparison circuit and a clock signal input, the clock signal input determining a first edge of the PWM signal and the output of said comparison circuit determining a second edge of the PWM signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: International Rectifier Corporation
    Inventors: Wenkai Wu, Ken Boyden, Rami Hamze
  • Patent number: 7944193
    Abstract: A pulse width (PWM) controller for a voltage converter having at least one switch, an Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) circuit for digitizing inputted state variables including a feedback voltage from an output of the voltage converter and a reference voltage for setting the output of the voltage converter and providing a digital error signal, and a Proportional Integration and Derivation (PID) circuit receiving the digital error signal and providing a digital duty cycle signal. The controller including a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) circuit for converting the digital duty cycle signal into an analog DAC output signal; and a comparator circuit for comparing a first signal including the DAC output signal with a reference signal for generating a pulse width modulated control signal for controlling the switching of the at least one switch of the voltage converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: International Rectifier Corporation
    Inventors: Wenkai Wu, Ken Boyden, Rami Hamze
  • Publication number: 20090174380
    Abstract: A ripple regulator for providing a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal for regulating an output voltage of a power converter switching stage. The regulator including a ripple circuit for providing a ripple voltage; a comparison circuit for comparing the ripple voltage to an output of an error amplifier; and a PWM circuit producing the PWM signal and receiving an output of the comparison circuit and a clock signal input, the clock signal input determining a first edge of the PWM signal and the output of said comparison circuit determining a second edge of the PWM signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Wenkai Wu, Ken Boyden, Rami Hamze
  • Publication number: 20090015231
    Abstract: A pulse width (PWM) controller for a voltage converter having at least one switch, an Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) circuit for digitizing inputted state variables including a feedback voltage from an output of the voltage converter and a reference voltage for setting the output of the voltage converter and providing a digital error signal, and a Proportional Integration and Derivation (PID) circuit receiving the digital error signal and providing a digital duty cycle signal. The controller including a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) circuit for converting the digital duty cycle signal into an analog DAC output signal; and a comparator circuit for comparing a first signal including the DAC output signal with a reference signal for generating a pulse width modulated control signal for controlling the switching of the at least one switch of the voltage converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Wenkai Wu, Ken Boyden, Rami Hamze