Patents by Inventor Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski

Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski 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).

  • Power converter with capacitive energy transfer and fast dynamic response
    Patent number: 8643347
    Abstract: A converter circuit and related techniques for providing high power density power conversion includes a reconfigurable switched capacitor transformation stage coupled to a magnetic converter (or regulation) stage. The circuits and techniques achieve high performance over a wide input voltage range or a wide output voltage range. The converter can be used, for example, to power logic devices in portable battery operated devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David M. Giuliano, David J. Perreault, Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski
  • Power Converter With Capacitive Energy Transfer And Fast Dynamic Response
    Publication number: 20120326684
    Abstract: A converter circuit and related technique for providing high power density power conversion includes a reconfigurable switched capacitor transformation stage coupled to a magnetic converter (or regulation) stage. The circuits and techniques achieve high performance over a wide input voltage range or a wide output voltage range. The converter can be used, for example, to power logic devices in portable battery operated devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David J. Perreault, Robert C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski, David M. Giuliano
  • Power Converter With Capacitive Energy Transfer And Fast Dynamic Response
    Publication number: 20120313602
    Abstract: A converter circuit and related technique for providing high power density power conversion includes a reconfigurable switched capacitor transformation stage coupled to a magnetic converter (or regulation) stage. The circuits and techniques achieve high performance over a wide input voltage range or a wide output voltage range. The converter can be used, for example, to power logic devices in portable battery operated devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David J. Perreault, Robert C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski, David M. Giuliano
  • Power converter with capacitive energy transfer and fast dynamic response
    Patent number: 8212541
    Abstract: A converter circuit and related technique for providing high power density power conversion includes a reconfigurable switched capacitor transformation stage coupled to a magnetic converter (or regulation) stage. The circuits and techniques achieve high performance over a wide input voltage range or a wide output voltage range. The converter can be used, for example, to power logic devices in portable battery operated devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David J. Perreault, Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski, David M. Giuliano
  • Methods and apparatus for a resonant converter
    Patent number: 7889519
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a dc-dc converter for operating at substantially fixed switching frequency, the converter including a rectifier, and a resonant inverter coupled to the rectifier, the resonant inverter including a switch and a reactive network having first, second, third and fourth energy storage elements, wherein an impedance magnitude at the output of the switch due to the reactive network has minima at dc and at a frequency near a second harmonic of the switching frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David J. Perreault, Juan M. Rivas, Anthony D. Sagneri, Olivia Leitermann, Yehui Han, Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski
  • Power Converter with Capacitive Energy Transfer and Fast Dynamic Response
    Publication number: 20090278520
    Abstract: A converter circuit and related technique for providing high power density power conversion includes a reconfigurable switched capacitor transformation stage coupled to a magnetic converter (or regulation) stage. The circuits and techniques achieve high performance over a wide input voltage range or a wide output voltage range. The converter can be used, for example, to power logic devices in portable battery operated devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: David J. Perreault, Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski, David M. Giuliano