Patents by Inventor VIVEK VARIER

VIVEK VARIER 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).

  • Publication number: 20230353100
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes: An amplifier comprising folded cascode circuitry having an input and an output, an input pair coupled to the input, clamp circuitry including: a first transistor having a first drain, a first source, and a first gate, the first source coupled to the output, a second transistor having a second drain, a second source, and a second gate, the second drain coupled to the first drain and the second gate coupled to the first drain and second drain, a third transistor having a third drain, a third source, and a third gate, the third source coupled to the output, and a fourth transistor having a fourth drain, a fourth source, and a fourth gate, the fourth drain coupled to the third drain and the fourth gate coupled to the third drain and the fourth drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Vivek Varier, Srinivas Pulijala, Vadim Ivanov, Jerry Doorenbos
  • Publication number: 20230246605
    Abstract: In an example, a system includes an amplifier having an output stage configured to provide an output voltage, where the output stage includes a p-channel transistor and an n-channel transistor. The system includes a sense transistor having a gate coupled to a gate of the p-channel transistor, where the sense transistor is configured to sense a current of the p-channel transistor and produce a sense current. The system includes a current mirror coupled to the sense transistor and configured to provide the sense current to a gate of a control transistor, the control transistor having a source coupled to the gate of the p-channel transistor. The system includes a reference current source coupled to the control transistor and configured to provide a reference current. The control transistor is configured to adjust a gate current provided to the p-channel transistor based on comparing the sense current to the reference current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Vivek VARIER, Srinivas Kumar PULIJALA, Vadim Valerievich IVANOV, Jerry L. DOORENBOS
  • Patent number: 10897262
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining non-linearity in analog-to-digital converters are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a signal interface to receive an output of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), the output corresponding to a periodic signal transmitted to the ADC; a signal transformer to determine at least one of a harmonic phase or a harmonic amplitude corresponding to the output; and an integral non-linearity (INL) term calculator to determine the INL of the ADC based on a characteristic of the periodic signal and the at least one of the harmonic phase or the harmonic amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Akhilesh Kesavanunnithan, Sharat Chandra Rudrasamudram, Henry Manoj D'Souza, Vivek Varier
  • Publication number: 20180269889
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining non-linearity in analog-to-digital converters are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a signal interface to receive an output of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), the output corresponding to a periodic signal transmitted to the ADC; a signal transformer to determine at least one of a harmonic phase or a harmonic amplitude corresponding to the output; and an integral non-linearity (INL) term calculator to determine the INL of the ADC based on a characteristic of the periodic signal and the at least one of the harmonic phase or the harmonic amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: AKHILESH KESAVANUNNITHAN, SHARAT CHANDRA RUDRASAMUDRAM, HENRY MANOJ D'SOUZA, VIVEK VARIER