Patents by Inventor Robert Fite

Robert Fite 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: 20180348833
    Abstract: In accordance with aspects of the present invention, a programmable power management integrated circuit is presented. An integrated circuit can include a plurality of cells, each cell including at least one driver for a switchable element; and a switch matrix and controller coupled to the plurality of cells, the switch matrix and controller being programmable to configure at least one power channel, each power channel including at least one cell of the plurality of cells. A method of providing a power management system using the integrated circuit includes receiving power requirements corresponding to a target device; providing implementation options to achieve the power requirements; selecting a solution from the implementation options; generating a programming file for a power management integrated circuit, and generating a printed circuit board design for the power management integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Roger BEESTON, Philip FISCHER, Robert FITE
  • Patent number: 10126791
    Abstract: In accordance with aspects of the present invention, a programmable power management integrated circuit is presented. An integrated circuit can include a plurality of cells, each cell including at least one driver for a switchable element; and a switch matrix and controller coupled to the plurality of cells, the switch matrix and controller being programmable to configure at least one power channel, each power channel including at least one cell of the plurality of cells. A method of providing a power management system using the integrated circuit includes receiving power requirements corresponding to a target device; providing implementation options to achieve the power requirements; selecting a solution from the implementation options; generating a programming file for a power management integrated circuit, and generating a printed circuit board design for the power management integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: PROGRANALOG CORP.
    Inventors: Roger Beeston, Phillip Fischer, Robert Fite
  • Publication number: 20160124478
    Abstract: In accordance with aspects of the present invention, a programmable power management integrated circuit is presented. An integrated circuit can include a plurality of cells, each cell including at least one driver for a switchable element; and a switch matrix and controller coupled to the plurality of cells, the switch matrix and controller being programmable to configure at least one power channel, each power channel including at least one cell of the plurality of cells. A method of providing a power management system using the integrated circuit includes receiving power requirements corresponding to a target device; providing implementation options to achieve the power requirements; selecting a solution from the implementation options; generating a programming file for a power management integrated circuit, and generating a printed circuit board design for the power management integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Roger BEESTON, Philip FISCHER, Robert FITE
  • Publication number: 20150067376
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to power management in a circuit on a circuit board of a processor. The circuit includes a first power connector coupled to a first power input rail. The circuit includes a second power connector and a second power input rail. The circuit includes a control module. The control module is configured to determine a power specification of the circuit board. The control module is configured to detect a power cable connected to the first control connector. The control module is configured to sense a voltage at the second power connector. The control module is configured to couple the second power input rail with the first power connector or the second power connector in response to the determined power specification of the circuit board and the sensed voltage at the second power connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Alfredo Cueva Gonzalez, Miguel Cervantes Lopez, Arturo Sanchez Hernandez, Georges Faure Vaquero, Richard Stamey, Jeffrey Colwell, Gautam Nath, Robert Fite, Juan Ramirez Aguilar
  • Publication number: 20070267357
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for purifying a liquid comprising a photolytic light chamber producing ultraviolet light in the 100 to 300 nanometer range, said light passing through a quartz tube or lens to irradiate the liquid passing through a chamber containing the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: Quench Environmental Products, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Fite
  • Publication number: 20060124556
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for purifying a liquid including: reaction chambers that utilizes KDF 85 or KDF 55 or other media in turbulence with the liquid, a first fine collective filtration unit, a first laser photolytic light chamber that utilizes a laser producing ultraviolet light in the 100 to 300 nanometer range passing through a quartz tube that is surrounded by the liquid, a second ultra-fine collective filtration unit, a pharmaceutical grade granular activated carbon filter unit, and a second laser photolytic light chamber that utilizes a laser producing ultraviolet light in the 100 to 300 nanometer range passing through a quartz tube that is surrounded by the liquid wherein the laser light generator is the same one utilized in the first photolytic light chamber, whereby microbes are killed and collected, aromatic ring structures are eliminated and any particulate matter 0.5 microns or larger are removed from the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventor: Robert Fite