Patents by Inventor William M. Fulghum

William M. Fulghum 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: 6291976
    Abstract: A structure and related method for generating phase enable signals for a multi-phase switching power supply with the characteristic that each signal has the same frequency, but each differs in phase relationship. The structure includes a clock circuit coupled to a shift register and clocking the shift register. The shift register has one of its outputs coupled to its shift input signal line. Clocking of the shift register with the clock circuit produces a series of phase enable signals, at the shift register's shift output signal lines, to be coupled to switching phases of a multi-phase switching power supply. The circuit easily adapts to varying number of phases of the multi-phase switching power supply by changing which of the several shift output signals couples back to the shift input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: George A. Kaminski, William M. Fulghum