Patents by Inventor Salil CHELLAPPAN

Salil CHELLAPPAN 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: 11916495
    Abstract: A device is configured to detect a zero voltage switching (ZVS) circuit output that includes a hard switching signal. The hard switching signal includes a false signal and a spike signal. Thereafter, the device generates digital pulse signals that correspond to the false signal and the spike signal. Accordingly, the device filters the generated digital pulse signal that corresponds to the false signal, and uses the digital pulse signal that corresponds to the spike signal for adjusting a timing of a pulse width modulation (PWM) switching cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Hrishikesh Ratnakar Nene, Salil Chellappan, Zhong Ye
  • Patent number: 11621551
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus to facilitate a fault triggered diode emulation mode of a transistor. An example apparatus includes a driver to output a control signal to a gate terminal of a transistor of a power converter; and a diode emulation control circuit to, in response to determining a fault corresponding to the transistor, enable the transistor when current flows in a direction from a source terminal of the transistor to a drain terminal of the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Serkan Dusmez, Nathan Richard Schemm, Salil Chellappan
  • Publication number: 20220109378
    Abstract: A control circuit for an inverter. The control circuit includes a first pulse width modulation (PWM) module configured to produce first and second complimentary PWM signals, and a second PWM module configured to produce a third and fourth complimentary PWM signals. PWM switching logic is coupled to the first and second PWM modules and is adapted to be coupled to a switch network. The switch network includes first, second, third, and fourth switches coupled in series between a first voltage terminal and a second voltage terminal. The PWM switching logic is configured to produce control signals for each of the first, second, third, and fourth switches in response to the first and second complimentary PWM signals and to the third and fourth complimentary PWM signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Himanshu CHAUDHARY, Salil CHELLAPPAN
  • Publication number: 20220037873
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus to facilitate a fault triggered diode emulation mode of a transistor. An example apparatus includes a driver to output a control signal to a gate terminal of a transistor of a power converter; and a diode emulation control circuit to, in response to determining a fault corresponding to the transistor, enable the transistor when current flows in a direction from a source terminal of the transistor to a drain terminal of the transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Serkan Dusmez, Nathan Richard Schemm, Salil Chellappan
  • Patent number: 11183832
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus to facilitate a fault triggered diode emulation mode of a transistor. An example apparatus includes a driver to output a control signal to a gate terminal of a transistor of a power converter; and a diode emulation control circuit to, in response to determining a fault corresponding to the transistor, enable the transistor when current flows in a direction from a source terminal of the transistor to a drain terminal of the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Serkan Dusmez, Nathan Richard Schemm, Salil Chellappan
  • Publication number: 20210194384
    Abstract: A device is configured to detect a zero voltage switching (ZVS) circuit output that includes a hard switching signal. The hard switching signal includes a false signal and a spike signal. Thereafter, the device generates digital pulse signals that correspond to the false signal and the spike signal. Accordingly, the device filters the generated digital pulse signal that corresponds to the false signal, and uses the digital pulse signal that corresponds to the spike signal for adjusting a timing of a pulse width modulation (PWM) switching cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Hrishikesh Ratnakar Nene, Salil Chellappan, Zhong Ye
  • Patent number: 10944337
    Abstract: A device [200] is configured to detect a zero voltage switching (ZVS) circuit [110] output that includes a hard switching signal. The hard switching signal [114] includes a false signal [116] and a spike signal [118]. Thereafter, the device generates digital pulse signals [312/314] that correspond to the false signal and the spike signal. Accordingly, the device filters the generated digital pulse signal that corresponds to the false signal [312], and uses the digital pulse signal [314] that corresponds to the spike signal for adjusting a timing [132] of a pulse width modulation (PWM) switching cycle [Vgs ].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Hrishikesh Ratnakar Nene, Salil Chellappan, Zhong Ye
  • Publication number: 20200313421
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus to facilitate a fault triggered diode emulation mode of a transistor. An example apparatus includes a driver to output a control signal to a gate terminal of a transistor of a power converter; and a diode emulation control circuit to, in response to determining a fault corresponding to the transistor, enable the transistor when current flows in a direction from a source terminal of the transistor to a drain terminal of the transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Serkan Dusmez, Nathan Richard Schemm, Salil Chellappan
  • Patent number: 10574226
    Abstract: In some examples, a gate driver includes a gate sense pin and a gate sense circuit configured to couple to a node of a transistor via the gate sense pin. The gate sense circuit includes an overcurrent detection circuit configured to detect a first fault condition based on the node before the transistor turns on in a soft switching mode. The gate sense circuit also includes a Miller plateau detection circuit configured to detect a second fault condition based on the node when the transistor is turning on in a hard switching mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Navaneeth Kumar Narayanasamy, Salil Chellappan, Apoorva Awasthy
  • Publication number: 20190199240
    Abstract: A device [200, para. 24] is configured to detect a zero voltage switching (ZVS) circuit [110, para. 14] output that includes a hard switching signal. The hard switching signal [114, para. 16] includes a false signal [116, para. 16] and a spike signal [118, para. 16]. Thereafter, the device generates digital pulse signals [312/314, para. 39] that correspond to the false signal and the spike signal. Accordingly, the device filters the generated digital pulse signal that corresponds to the false signal [312, para. 41], and uses the digital pulse signal [314, para. 42] that corresponds to the spike signal for adjusting a timing [132, para. 20] of a pulse width modulation (PWM) switching cycle [Vgs 106, para. 32].
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Hrishikesh Ratnakar Nene, Salil Chellappan, Zhong Ye
  • Publication number: 20180234088
    Abstract: In some examples, a gate driver includes a gate sense pin and a gate sense circuit configured to couple to a node of a transistor via the gate sense pin. The gate sense circuit includes an overcurrent detection circuit configured to detect a first fault condition based on the node before the transistor turns on in a soft switching mode. The gate sense circuit also includes a Miller plateau detection circuit configured to detect a second fault condition based on the node when the transistor is turning on in a hard switching mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Navaneeth Kumar NARAYANASAMY, Salil CHELLAPPAN, Apoorva AWASTHY