Patents by Inventor ROBERT GLENN II CROSBY

ROBERT GLENN II CROSBY 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: 20180337545
    Abstract: A power converter including a buck converter to receive input power and set operating voltages of the power converter, a current sensing circuit to determine an input current of the power converter, a charge pump circuit to store charge delivered by the voltage regulation circuit and output to a load and to a battery pack a current larger than the input current, and a battery pack controller to control switching and provide feedback within the power converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Glenn II CROSBY, Peter CHRISTIAANS
  • Publication number: 20170310145
    Abstract: A wireless charging receiver operates on a resonance principle and includes an impedance matching circuit coupled between an antenna and a rectifier circuit. The impedance matching circuit has both series-connected and parallel-connected capacitors. At least one of the capacitors is a tunable variable capacitor. A method is provided for automatically adjusting a capacitance value of the at least one variable capacitor based on an error voltage between a target rectifier voltage and a measured rectifier voltage. Automatically adjusting the antenna impedance of the receiver provides for improved power transfer efficiency for changing operating conditions. In one embodiment, one or more of the parallel-connected capacitors are variable capacitors. In another embodiment, one or more of the series-connected capacitors are variable capacitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: ROBERT GLENN II CROSBY, PETER CHRISTIAANS, QIONG WU