Patents by Inventor Terri S. Fiez

Terri S. Fiez 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: 5677618
    Abstract: A DC-to-DC switching power supply (12) receives a DC biased power signal at a first input (14), a control signal at its control input (16) and produces an output DC voltage at its output terminal (20). A power supply controller (30) compares the produced output signal V.sub.out with an input reference signal V.sub.ref. The reference signal is an analog signal which may be produced via digital-to-analog converter (34) which converts a digital input command into a corresponding analog signal V.sub.ref. The resulting error signal is then passed through a proportional gain block 36 and an integral gain block (38). A signal proportional to the differential of the output voltage is passed through a differential gain block (44). The outputs from the proportional gain block (36) integrator gain block (38) differential gain block (44) are summed in the second summer (40) and applied as the input to a delta-sigma converter (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignees: The Boeing Company, Washington State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Terri S. Fiez, Gregory M. Cooley, Bryan Buchanan