Patents by Inventor Simon Kenneth Quinn

Simon Kenneth Quinn 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: 10951204
    Abstract: A digital pulse width modulation driver system and method can include: receiving input digital data with a digital signal processing chip on a device; converting the input digital data into pulse width modulated data; generating an amplitude signal with the digital signal processing chip; transmitting the amplitude signal and the pulse width modulated data from a transmit interface within the device to a receive interface within an analog driver chip; and amplifying the pulse width modulated data with a driver coupled to a high voltage rail based on the amplitude signal corresponding to the high voltage rail, or amplifying the pulse width modulated data with the driver coupled to a low voltage rail based on the amplitude signal corresponding to the low voltage rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Kenneth Quinn, Ross William Ballany, Rajdeep Mukhopadhyay, Sergei Slavnov
  • Publication number: 20200076414
    Abstract: A digital pulse width modulation driver system and method can include: receiving input digital data with a digital signal processing chip on a device; converting the input digital data into pulse width modulated data; generating an amplitude signal with the digital signal processing chip; transmitting the amplitude signal and the pulse width modulated data from a transmit interface within the device to a receive interface within an analog driver chip; and amplifying the pulse width modulated data with a driver coupled to a high voltage rail based on the amplitude signal corresponding to the high voltage rail, or amplifying the pulse width modulated data with the driver coupled to a low voltage rail based on the amplitude signal corresponding to the low voltage rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Kenneth Quinn, Ross William Ballany, Rajdeep Mukhopadhyay, Sergei Slavnov
  • Patent number: 7786916
    Abstract: A multi-bit digital to analog converter is implemented by a switched-capacitor arrangement in which a reservoir capacitor (Cf) accumulates charge representing the desired analog output signal (Vout+/Vout?). An array of further capacitors (C0-CN) correspond in number at least to the number of data bits (D0-DN) to be converted. The capacitors (Cf, C0-CN) are selectively interconnected with one another and with reference voltage sources (Vmid, Vdd, Vss) in a repetitive sequence of phases including (i) a sampling phase (P2) in which the further capacitors are connected (S3, S4) to reference voltages selected in accordance with the values of the data bits, (ii) an equalization phase (P6a) in which the further capacitors are connected (S2) in parallel with one another without connecting them in parallel with the first capacitor, followed by (iii) a transfer phase (P6b) in which the parallel connected further capacitors are connected (S1, S5) in parallel with the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Wolfson Microelectronics plc
    Inventors: Simon Kenneth Quinn, Andrew James Howlett
  • Publication number: 20090066552
    Abstract: A multi-bit digital to analog converter is implemented by a switched-capacitor arrangement in which a reservoir capacitor (Cf) accumulates charge representing the desired analog output signal (Vout+/Vout?). An array of further capacitors (C0-CN) correspond in number at least to the number of data bits (D0-DN) to be converted. The capacitors (Cf, C0-CN) are selectively interconnected with one another and with reference voltage sources (Vmid, Vdd, Vss) in a repetitive sequence of phases including (i) a sampling phase (P2) in which the further capacitors are connected (S3, S4) to reference voltages selected in accordance with the values of the data bits, (ii) an equalization phase (P6a) in which the further capacitors are connected (S2) in parallel with one another without connecting them in parallel with the first capacitor, followed by (iii) a transfer phase (P6b) in which the parallel connected further capacitors are connected (S1, S5) in parallel with the first capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Simon Kenneth Quinn, Andrew James Howlett