Patents by Inventor Robert Allan Neidorff

Robert Allan Neidorff 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).

  • Publication number: 20200169159
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for a circuit. In some examples, the circuit includes a first comparator, a second comparator, and a logic circuit. The first comparator includes a first input terminal coupled to a first node, a second input terminal coupled to a second node, and an output terminal. The second comparator includes a first input terminal coupled to the first node, a second input terminal coupled to a third node, and an output terminal. The logic circuit includes a first input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the first comparator, a second input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the second comparator, and an output terminal. The logic circuit is configured to determine a change in current over time based on analyzing an output signal of the first comparator and an output signal of the second comparator over a plurality of sequential cycles of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Saurav BANDYOPADHYAY, Thomas Matthew LaBELLA, Robert Allan NEIDORFF
  • Publication number: 20200136508
    Abstract: A circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor coupled to the first transistor at a switch node and to a ground node. An estimator circuit receives a first signal to control an on and off state of the first transistor. The estimator circuit generates a second signal to control the on and off state of the second transistor. The second signal has a pulse width based on a pulse width of the first signal. A clocked comparator includes a clock input, a first input, and a second input. The first input receives a voltage indicative of a voltage of the switch node. The second input is coupled to a ground node. The clock input receives a third signal indicative of the second signal. The clocked comparator generates a comparator output signal. The estimator circuit adjusts the pulse width of the second signal based on the comparator output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Saurav Bandyopadhyay, Michael G. Amaro, Michael Thomas DiRenzo, Thomas Matthew LaBella, Robert Allan Neidorff
  • Publication number: 20200041356
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to provide an adaptive gate driver for switching devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an electrical switch to drive an electrical system; a condition characterizer to select a drive strength based on a first system parameter corresponding to the electrical system, the first system parameter including at least one of an input voltage corresponding to the electrical switch, an output current corresponding to the electrical switch, or a process variation of the electrical switch; and a driver to generate an output having a current corresponding to the selected drive strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Allan Neidorff, Saurav Bandyopadhyay, Thomas Matthew LaBella
  • Publication number: 20190139868
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods and apparatus to produce such semiconductor devices are disclosed. An integrated circuit package includes a lead frame including a die attach pad and a plurality of leads; a die including a MEMs region defined by a plurality of trenches, the die electrically connected to the plurality of leads; and a mold compound covering portions of the die, the mold compound defining a cavity between a surface of the die and a surface of the mold compound, wherein the mold compound defines a vent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Allan Neidorff, Benjamin Cook, Steven Alfred Kummerl, Barry Jon Male, Peter Smeys