Patents by Inventor Stephen Roy PULLEN

Stephen Roy PULLEN 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).

  • Transient performance for apparatus with electrically coupled output inductors
    Patent number: 12334827
    Abstract: An apparatus is configured according to a transformer based step down topology is provided. The apparatus includes a first transformer that transfers energy from a primary side of the first transformer to a secondary side of the first transformer for driving a load at the secondary side. The apparatus includes a first inductor and a second inductor electrically coupled at the secondary side. The apparatus includes a primary side directional conducting element and a secondary side directional conducting element configured to perform a first phase of transferring the energy through the first inductor and a second phase of transferring the energy through the second inductor. The first inductor induces the second inductor to transfer energy during the first phase and the second inductor induces the first inductor to transfer energy during the second phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG
    Inventors: Yong Zhou, Danny Clavette, Stephen Roy Pullen
  • APPARATUS WITH ELECTRICALLY COUPLED OUTPUT INDUCTORS
    Publication number: 20240195305
    Abstract: An apparatus is configured according to a transformer based step down topology is provided. The apparatus includes a first transformer that transfers energy from a primary side of the first transformer to a secondary side of the first transformer for driving a load at the secondary side. The apparatus includes a first inductor and a second inductor electrically coupled at the secondary side. The apparatus includes a primary side directional conducting element and a secondary side directional conducting element configured to perform a first phase of transferring the energy through the first inductor and a second phase of transferring the energy through the second inductor. The first inductor induces the second inductor to transfer energy during the first phase and the second inductor induces the first inductor to transfer energy during the second phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Yong ZHOU, Danny CLAVETTE, Stephen Roy PULLEN