Patents by Inventor Roberto M. Schupbach

Roberto M. Schupbach 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: 11923344
    Abstract: A power module is provided with a substrate, power devices, and a housing. The power devices are mounted on device pads of the substrate and arranged to provide a power circuit having a first input, a second input, and at least one output. First and second power terminals provide first and second inputs for the power circuit. At least one output power terminal provides at least one output. The housing encompasses the substrate, the power devices, and portions of the first and second input power terminals as well as the at least one output power terminal. The first and second input power terminals extend out of a first side of the housing, and the at least one output power terminal extends out of a second side of the housing, the first side being opposite the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: WOLFSPEED, INC.
    Inventors: Brice McPherson, Shashwat Singh, Roberto M. Schupbach
  • Publication number: 20230420451
    Abstract: Power semiconductor devices comprise a gate pad, a gate bus, and a gate resistor that is electrically interposed between the gate pad and the gate bus and comprises a wide band-gap semiconductor material region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Rahul R. Potera, Prasanna Obala Bhuvanesh, Shadi Sabri, Roberto M. Schupbach, Jianwen Shao
  • Publication number: 20230363097
    Abstract: A power module is provided with a substrate, power devices, and a housing. The power devices are mounted on device pads of the substrate and arranged to provide a power circuit having a first input, a second input, and at least one output. First and second power terminals provide first and second inputs for the power circuit. At least one output power terminal provides at least one output. The housing encompasses the substrate, the power devices, and portions of the first and second input power terminals as well as the at least one output power terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Brice McPherson, Shashwat Singh, Roberto M. Schupbach
  • Publication number: 20230335473
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a power module having a substrate, first and second pluralities of vertical power devices, and first and second terminal assemblies. The substrate has a top surface with a first trace and a second trace. The first plurality of vertical power devices and the second plurality of vertical power devices are electrically coupled to form part of a power circuit. The first plurality of vertical power devices is electrically and mechanically directly coupled between the first trace and a bottom of a first elongated bar of the first terminal assembly. The second plurality of vertical power devices are electrically and mechanically directly coupled between the second trace and a bottom of a second elongated bar of the second terminal assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Brice McPherson, Brandon Passmore, Roberto M. Schupbach, Jennifer Stabach-Smith
  • Patent number: 11721617
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a power module having a substrate, first and second pluralities of vertical power devices, and first and second terminal assemblies. The substrate has a top surface with a first trace and a second trace. The first plurality of vertical power devices and the second plurality of vertical power devices are electrically coupled to form part of a power circuit. The first plurality of vertical power devices is electrically and mechanically directly coupled between the first trace and a bottom of a first elongated bar of the first terminal assembly. The second plurality of vertical power devices are electrically and mechanically directly coupled between the second trace and a bottom of a second elongated bar of the second terminal assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: WOLFSPEED, INC.
    Inventors: Brice McPherson, Brandon Passmore, Roberto M. Schupbach, Jennifer Stabach-Smith
  • Publication number: 20230142930
    Abstract: A power module is provided with a substrate, power devices, and a housing. The power devices are mounted on device pads of the substrate and arranged to provide a power circuit having a first input, a second input, and at least one output. First and second power terminals provide first and second inputs for the power circuit. At least one output power terminal provides at least one output. The housing encompasses the substrate, the power devices, and portions of the first and second input power terminals as well as the at least one output power terminal. The first and second input power terminals extend out of a first side of the housing, and the at least one output power terminal extends out of a second side of the housing, the first side being opposite the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Brice McPherson, Shashwat Singh, Roberto M. Schupbach
  • Publication number: 20210313256
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a power module having a substrate, first and second pluralities of vertical power devices, and first and second terminal assemblies. The substrate has a top surface with a first trace and a second trace. The first plurality of vertical power devices and the second plurality of vertical power devices are electrically coupled to form part of a power circuit. The first plurality of vertical power devices is electrically and mechanically directly coupled between the first trace and a bottom of a first elongated bar of the first terminal assembly. The second plurality of vertical power devices are electrically and mechanically directly coupled between the second trace and a bottom of a second elongated bar of the second terminal assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Brice McPherson, Brandon Passmore, Roberto M. Schupbach, Jennifer Stabach-Smith
  • Patent number: 8519866
    Abstract: A telemetry system for use in a combustion turbine engine (10) having a compressor (12), a combustor and a turbine (16) that includes a sensor (50, 74) in connection with a turbine blade (18) or vane (22). A telemetry transmitter circuit (210) may be affixed to the turbine blade (18) with a first connecting material (52, 152) deposited on the turbine blade (18) for routing electronic data signals from the sensor (50, 74) to the telemetry transmitter circuit (210), the electronic data signals indicative of a condition of the turbine blade (18). An induction power system for powering the telemetry transmitter circuit (210) may include a rotating data antenna (202) affixed to the turbine blade (18) with a second connecting material (140) deposited on the turbine blade (18) for routing electronic data signals from the telemetry transmitter circuit (210) to the rotating data antenna (202).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Mitchell, Anand A. Kulkarni, Ramesh Subramanian, Edward R. Roesch, Rod Waits, John R. Fraley, Roberto M. Schupbach, Alexander B. Lostetter
  • Publication number: 20090121896
    Abstract: A telemetry system for use in a combustion turbine engine (10) having a compressor (12), a combustor and a turbine (16) that includes a sensor (50, 74) in connection with a turbine blade (18) or vane (22). A telemetry transmitter circuit (210) may be affixed to the turbine blade (18) with a first connecting material (52, 152) deposited on the turbine blade (18) for routing electronic data signals from the sensor (50, 74) to the telemetry transmitter circuit (210), the electronic data signals indicative of a condition of the turbine blade (18). An induction power system for powering the telemetry transmitter circuit (210) may include a rotating data antenna (202) affixed to the turbine blade (18) with a second connecting material (140) deposited on the turbine blade (18) for routing electronic data signals from the telemetry transmitter circuit (210) to the rotating data antenna (202).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicants: SIEMENS POWER GENERATION, INC., ARKANSAS POWER ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: David J. Mitchell, Anand A. Kulkarni, Ramesh Subramanian, Edward R. Roesch, Rod Waits, John R. Fraley, Roberto M. Schupbach, Alexander B. Lostetter