Patents by Inventor Victor Samuel Sinow

Victor Samuel Sinow 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).

  • Light driving system and method
    Patent number: 8928243
    Abstract: A light driving system is provided that includes a light dimmer that receives an AC input signal and provides a dimmer output signal that includes a fast rising leading edge, a rectifier that receives the dimmer output signal and provide a rectified dimmer output signal and an AC/DC converter that filters the rectified dimmer output signal to provide a DC input signal that is employed to drive a light. The light driving system also comprises a protection circuit that limits current to the AC/DC converter during the fast rising leading edge of the dimmer output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Geoffrey Potter, Victor Samuel Sinow
  • Slew detection for high voltage isolation region
    Patent number: 8558583
    Abstract: A system includes control circuitry configured to provide one or more control pulses in response to a command signal, the one or more control pulses being communicated from the control circuitry to associated circuitry via a connection. A detector is configured to detect a disturbing signal that mitigates reception of the one or more control pulses via the connection. The command signal is controlled to cause the control circuitry to provide one or more additional control pulses when the disturbing signal is detected by the detector to improve a likelihood of the reception of the one or more control pulses via the connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Victor Samuel Sinow, Bharath Balaji Kannan, Robert A. Neidorff
  • LIGHT DRIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20130162169
    Abstract: A light driving system is provided that includes a light dimmer that receives an AC input signal and provides a dimmer output signal that includes a fast rising leading edge, a rectifier that receives the dimmer output signal and provide a rectified dimmer output signal and an AC/DC converter that filters the rectified dimmer output signal to provide a DC input signal that is employed to drive a light. The light driving system also comprises a protection circuit that limits current to the AC/DC converter during the fast rising leading edge of the dimmer output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Geoffrey Potter, Victor Samuel Sinow
  • SLEW DETECTION FOR HIGH VOLTAGE ISOLATION REGION
    Publication number: 20110248751
    Abstract: A system includes control circuitry configured to provide one or more control pulses in response to a command signal, the one or more control pulses being communicated from the control circuitry to associated circuitry via a connection. A detector is configured to detect a disturbing signal that mitigates reception of the one or more control pulses via the connection. The command signal is controlled to cause the control circuitry to provide one or more additional control pulses when the disturbing signal is detected by the detector to improve a likelihood of the reception of the one or more control pulses via the connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Victor Samuel Sinow, Bharath Balaji Kannan, Robert A. Neidorff