Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Richards

Thomas W. Richards 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).

  • Circuits and group III-nitride high-electron mobility transistors with buried p-type layers improving overload recovery and process for implementing the same
    Patent number: 11929428
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate; a group III-Nitride barrier layer; a source electrically coupled to the group III-Nitride barrier layer; a gate on the group III-Nitride barrier layer; a drain electrically coupled to the group III-Nitride barrier layer; a p-region being arranged at or below the group III-Nitride barrier layer; and a recovery enhancement circuit configured to reduce an impact of an overload received by the gate. Additionally, at least a portion of the p-region is arranged vertically below at least one of the following: the source, the gate, an area between the gate and the drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Wolfspeed, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Smith, Jr., Saptharishi Sriram, Charles W. Richards, IV
  • Systems and methods for software security scanning employing a scan quality index
    Patent number: 10496818
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for software security scanning employing a scan quality index may include (1) a server comprising at least one computer processor receiving an identification of a computer program for security scanning; (2) the server executing a security scan on the computer program resulting in at least one log file comprising results of the security scan; (3) the server executing a scan quality index tool that analyzes the at least one log file resulting in a scan quality index score; and (4) the server outputting the scan quality index score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Stuart G. Cox, Steven R. Rittmeyer, Thomas W. Richards
  • Systems and Methods for Software Security Scanning Employing a Scan Quality Index
    Publication number: 20170154183
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for software security scanning employing a scan quality index may include (1) a server comprising at least one computer processor receiving an identification of a computer program for security scanning; (2) the server executing a security scan on the computer program resulting in at least one log file comprising results of the security scan; (3) the server executing a scan quality index tool that analyzes the at least one log file resulting in a scan quality index score; and (4) the server outputting the scan quality index score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Stuart G. Cox, Steven R. Rittmeyer, Thomas W. Richards