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Examiner: Sterrett, Jeffrey


Primary examiner statistics: 1272 patents; average approval time: 1271 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 444 patents; average approval time: 561 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8446133 Methods and control circuits for controlling buck-boost convertin...
8446746 Switch mode power supply controller with feedback signal decay se...
8441246 Temperature independent reference current generator using positiv...
8441817 HVDC system including switching arrangements to switch current fl...
8436595 Capless regulator overshoot and undershoot regulation circuit
8436594 Control circuit and method for a digital synchronous switching co...
8437159 Cam-controlled electromechanical rotary power inverter
8432710 Power conversion apparatus
8421511 Power converter and pulse width modulation signal controlling app...
8422250 Control of a resonant converter by setting up criteria for state ...
8421436 Step-down converter maintaining stable operation at start up
8422259 Switch-mode power supply and apparatus for compensating inductor ...
8416596 Switching power controller and system
8411396 Preventing metal oxide varistor (MOV) from releasing smoke, smell...
8405376 Low noise reference circuit of improving frequency variation of r...
8406026 Power conversion apparatus
8395914 DC-to-DC converter comprising a reconfigurable capacitor unit
8391035 Integrated-type high step-up ratio DC-AC conversion circuit with ...
8391038 Inverter for feeding electric energy into a power supply system
8385087 Extending achievable duty cycle range in DC/DC forward converter ...
8385030 Component fault detection for use with a multi-phase DC-DC conver...
8378650 Way out of balance (WOB) current correction for use with a multi-...
8369109 Self-oscillating bipolar transistor DC/AC/DC converter using a pu...
8363428 Adapter power supply having variable switching mode
8358521 Intrinsically safe systems and methods for generating bi-polar hi...
8350555 Reference voltage generating apparatus and method thereof for rem...
8351232 Power factor corrector with high power factor at low load or high...
8351230 Switching power supply with plural resonant converters and variab...
8335090 Low cost high efficiency high power solar power conversion system...
8330438 Method and apparatus for equalizing phase currents in multiphase ...
8330439 System and method for PFM/PWM mode transition within a multi-phas...
8330444 Power supply circuit and dynamic switch voltage control
8331109 Asymmetric half-bridge with reduced switch load
8330440 Power supply device with gain changing error amplifier
8325505 Method and apparatus for input charge control of a power supply
8310219 DC-DC converter with a PWM mode and a continuously on mode
8305063 Power supply controller with an input voltage compensation circui...
8300434 Method and apparatus to control a power converter having a low lo...
8289745 Power supply with magistor switching
8274270 Adaptive pulse width control power conversation method and device...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5315497 Symmetrical universal AC-AC power conditioner
5285148 Current-regulating circuit having parallel control paths
5270904 Switching power apparatus with 3-state driver
5255176 Control circuit for an inverter operable in an individual mode an...
5231563 Square wave converter having an improved zero voltage switching o...
5229928 Converter input/output voltage balancing control
5229929 Output peak current correction for PWM invertors
5224026 Alternatable constant current circuit
5222015 Inverter power supply with input power detection means
5216586 Power supply start-up circuit
5214313 Circuit for extending the useful discharge time of load driving ...
5212629 Voltage and harmonic control of a multi-pole inverter
5208741 Chopper circuit for dynamic braking in an electric power conversi...
5208740 Inverse dual converter for high-power applications
5208738 Constant frequency resonant DC/DC converter
5206801 AC/DC converter fault detector
5206800 Zero voltage switching power converter with secondary side regula...
5204612 Current source circuit
5204809 H-driver DC-to-DC converter utilizing mutual inductance
5202621 Current transformer arrangement for three-wire three-phase system...
5202583 Thyristor controlled series capacitor vernier control system
5200886 Start-up for a switched-mode power supply
5194802 Transconductance current regulator using precisely sampled charge...
5195016 Photoelectric load control system
5193054 DC content control in a dual VSCF converter system
5192906 Switching regulator with current limiting shutdown
5191519 Current sharing control in a parallel inverter system
5189599 High voltage regulator for an integrated horizontal sweep system
5187651 System for discharging electrical power from a high-voltage direc...
5182701 Three-phase PWM inverter providing an improved output sinusoidal ...
5180967 Constant-current source circuit having a MOS transistor passing o...
5180964 Zero-voltage switched FM-PWM converter
5179510 Power converting apparatus capable of suppressing a fault current
5177431 Linear programming circuit for adjustable output voltage power co...
5177678 Inverter apparatus for preventing an overincrease of output frequ...
5177676 Voltage source with enhanced source impedance control
5175675 Switching regulator in which oscillation is maintained below a ...
5175488 Master ECL bias voltage regulator
5175676 Improved short-circuit protection for DC/AC power converters
5173846 Zero voltage switching power converter
 
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