Patents by Inventor Steven Everson

Steven Everson 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).

  • Method and apparatus for control of a switched current circuit
    Patent number: 9513653
    Abstract: An apparatus and corresponding method are provided to control a switched current circuit by switching the switched current circuit into an ON-state, waiting an amount of waiting an amount of time tB after the current within the switched current circuit increases above a current threshold, and switching the switched current circuit into an OFF-state after waiting the time tB. Further, a duration of time tA1 between switching the switched current circuit in the OFF-state and the point at which the current within the switched current circuit decreases below the current threshold is determined, and the method includes waiting a time tA2 after the current within the switched current circuit decreased below the current threshold, the time tA2 based at least in part on the time tA1, after which the switched current circuit is switched into the ON-state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Everson, David Putti
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF A SWITCHED CURRENT CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20160077542
    Abstract: An apparatus and corresponding method are provided to control a switched current circuit by switching the switched current circuit into an ON-state, waiting an amount of waiting an amount of time tB after the current within the switched current circuit increases above a current threshold, and switching the switched current circuit into an OFF-state after waiting the time tB. Further, a duration of time tA1 between switching the switched current circuit in the OFF-state and the point at which the current within the switched current circuit decreases below the current threshold is determined, and the method includes waiting a time tA2 after the current within the switched current circuit decreased below the current threshold, the time tA2 based at least in part on the time tA1, after which the switched current circuit is switched into the ON-state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Everson, David Putti