Patents by Inventor Simon M. Bikulcius

Simon M. Bikulcius 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).

  • Dropout recovery with overshoot and inrush current reduction
    Patent number: 10180695
    Abstract: In a power management device, a hiccup mode is implemented by using, for example, a counter to count the number of cycles for which a current limiting event has occurred and forcing the power management device to hiccup when a certain number of current limiting events have been counted. A soft start circuit is typically employed to ramp up the output voltage when the power management device is turned back on. By resetting the soft start voltage to the feedback voltage of the load of the power management device upon the first detection of a current limiting event, hiccup can be avoided because resetting the soft start voltage to the feedback voltage will reduce the current in proceeding cycles thereby avoiding additional current limiting events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Simon M. Bikulcius