Patents by Inventor William Bowhers

William Bowhers 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).

  • Controlling power dissipation in an output stage of a test channel
    Patent number: 11221361
    Abstract: An example test system includes an output stage to source at least one of voltage or current to a channel of a test instrument; a tracking circuit to detect a channel voltage following the output stage and to control a supply voltage to the output stage based on the channel voltage; and a controller to determine a power dissipation of the output stage based on the supply voltage and the channel voltage, and to control the output stage based on the power dissipation in the output stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TERADYNE, INC.
    Inventors: Jason A. Messier, Bryce M. Wynn, William Bowhers
  • CONTROLLING POWER DISSIPATION IN AN OUTPUT STAGE OF A TEST CHANNEL
    Publication number: 20210063474
    Abstract: An example test system includes an output stage to source at least one of voltage or current to a channel of a test instrument; a tracking circuit to detect a channel voltage following the output stage and to control a supply voltage to the output stage based on the channel voltage; and a controller to determine a power dissipation of the output stage based on the supply voltage and the channel voltage, and to control the output stage based on the power dissipation in the output stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jason A. Messier, Bryce M. Wynn, William Bowhers