Patents by Inventor Robin L. Weber

Robin L. Weber 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING CURRENT IN A BACK-TO-BACK CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20250093391
    Abstract: An apparatus for sensing current in a back-to-back MOSFET configuration is provided. The apparatus may include a first MOSFET having a gate terminal, a drain terminal, and a source terminal, a second MOSFET having a source terminal coupled to the source terminal of the first MOSFET, a gate terminal, and a drain terminal, a gate driver circuit including at least one gate drive output terminal to output a gate drive signal to the gate terminals of the first and second MOSFETs, and a shunt resistor coupled between the source terminals of the first and second MOSFETs. The gate driver circuit may include a return terminal coupled to the source terminal of the first MOSFET, and a return current from the gate terminal of the second MOSFET flows through the shunt resistor to the return terminal of the gate driver circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Ehab Tarmoom, Steven Chenetz, Xuning Zhang, Ali Shahabi, Robin L. Weber
  • Power stack control systems
    Patent number: 8984197
    Abstract: The disclosed inventions relate to the field of power control electronics. More specifically the disclosed inventions pertain to Power Stack Control Systems which are used to control the generation of AC power from a DC or AC input voltage. The disclosed Power Stack Control Systems include a serial interface connection, the serial interface connection being in serial electrical communication with a plurality of power stacks, the plurality of power stacks comprising at least one interface board and at least one IGBT driver board, the at least one interface board being in parallel communication with at least one IGBT driver board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: AgileSwitch, LLC
    Inventors: Albert J. Charpentier, Robin L. Weber, Alan K. Smith
  • Power Stack Control Systems
    Publication number: 20140164668
    Abstract: The disclosed inventions relate to the field of power control electronics. More specifically the disclosed inventions pertain to Power Stack Control Systems which are used to control the generation of AC power from a DC or AC input voltage. The disclosed Power Stack Control Systems include a serial interface connection, the serial interface connection being in serial electrical communication with a plurality of power stacks, the plurality of power stacks comprising at least one interface board and at least one IGBT driver board, the at least one interface board being in parallel communication with at least one IGBT driver board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Albert J. Charpentier, Robin L. Weber, Alan K. Smith