Patents by Inventor Siegfried W. Breitmeier

Siegfried W. Breitmeier 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).

  • Parallel arrangement of asynchronous buck converters for advanced power capability
    Patent number: 9119162
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for extending the driving capacity of a power management device are provided. The method involves determining an energy requirement for the operation of a power management device. Next, the method compares the energy requirement for the operation of a power management device with a capability of a first power device. If the energy requirement is greater than the energy requirement of the first power device, the energy is switched to a second power device of higher capacity. The apparatus includes: a first power device; a second power device connected in parallel to the first power device; a first inductor connected to the first power device and a capacitor connected to the first inductor; and a second inductor connected to a second power device and a capacitor connected to the second inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Adrian M Stenzel, Todd R Sutton, Narendra Singh Mehta, Siegfried W Breitmeier, Gordon P Lee
  • PARALLEL ARRANGEMENT OF ASYNCHRONOUS BUCK CONVERTERS FOR ADVANCED POWER CAPABILITY
    Publication number: 20140235299
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for extending the driving capacity of a power management device are provided. The method involves determining an energy requirement for the operation of a power management device. Next, the method compares the energy requirement for the operation of a power management device with a capability of a first power device. If the energy requirement is greater than the energy requirement of the first power device, the energy is switched to a second power device of higher capacity. The apparatus includes: a first power device; a second power device connected in parallel to the first power device; a first inductor connected to the first power device and a capacitor connected to the first inductor; and a second inductor connected to a second power device and a capacitor connected to the second inductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Adrian M. Stenzel, Todd R. Sutton, Narendra Singh Mehta, Siegfried W. Breitmeier, Gordon P. Lee