Low Stress Package For an Integrated Circuit
Granted: January 30, 2014
Application Number:
20140027890
A package that electrically connects an integrated circuit to a printed circuit board includes a frame and a package body that encases a portion of the frame and the integrated circuit. The frame includes a mounting region that is connected to the printed circuit board, and a cantilevering region that cantilevers away from the mounting region. The cantilevering region retains the integrated circuit in a flexible fashion.
APPARATUSES AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTO-CONFIGURATION OF A POWER CONTROL SYSTEM
Granted: October 24, 2013
Application Number:
20130278234
Power control systems and power control devices may include a power control chip having a power control module configured to generate a power stage control signal, and an external power stage having a timing control module. The timing control module may be configured to receive the power stage control signal and generate a timing control signal controlling at least one switch to regulate an output voltage of the external power stage. The power control device further includes an…
APPARATUSES AND SYSTEM HAVING SEPARATE POWER CONTROL AND TIMING CONTROL OF A POWER CONTROL SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD
Granted: October 10, 2013
Application Number:
20130265022
Power control systems and power control devices may include a power control chip having a power control module configured to generate a power stage control signal, and at least one power stage having a timing control module that is physically separate from the power control module. The timing control module may be configured to receive the power stage control signal and generate a timing control signal controlling at least one switch to regulate an output voltage of the at least one…
APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR BACK-CHANNEL COMMUNICATION IN AN INDUCTIVE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM
Granted: October 3, 2013
Application Number:
20130260676
An inductive wireless power transfer device comprises a transmitter that comprises a transmit coil configured to generate a wireless power signal to a coupling region in response to an input voltage, and a modulator configured to modulate the wireless power signal and encode data with the wireless power signal to establish a back-channel communication link from the transmitter to a receiver. An inductive wireless power receiving device comprises a receiver that comprises a receive coil…
APPARATUSES AND METHODS RESPONSIVE TO OUTPUT VARIATIONS IN VOLTAGE REGULATORS
Granted: October 3, 2013
Application Number:
20130257402
A voltage regulator includes an amplifier to generate a difference voltage responsive to a comparison of a reference voltage and a feedback voltage. An output driver is coupled to the amplifier and drives a regulated output voltage responsive to the difference voltage. An impedance circuit is coupled between the output driver and a low power source and establishes the feedback voltage responsive to a current through the impedance circuit. A variation detector is operably coupled between…
APPARATUSES HAVING DIFFERENT MODES OF OPERATION FOR INDUCTIVE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER AND RELATED METHOD
Granted: October 3, 2013
Application Number:
20130257360
An inductive wireless power enabled device may comprise a transceiver including a plurality of switches coupled with a resonant tank, and control logic configured to drive the plurality of switches to operate the resonant tank in one of a transmit mode and a receive mode. Another inductive wireless power enabled device may comprises a transceiver including a plurality of switches coupled with a resonant tank. The transceiver may be configured to both transmit a wireless power signal…
APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FOREIGN OBJECT IN AN INDUCTIVE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM BASED ON INPUT POWER
Granted: October 3, 2013
Application Number:
20130257168
An inductive wireless power transfer system comprises a transmitter configured to generate an electromagnetic field to a coupling region for providing energy transfer to a wireless power receiving apparatus. The transmitter includes control logic configured to determine a power component of the transmitter, and determine a presence of a foreign object within the coupling region in response to a comparison of the power component and a desired threshold for the power component. Related…
APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR POWER TRANSFER ADJUSTMENT IN WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMS
Granted: October 3, 2013
Application Number:
20130257167
A wireless power-transfer system includes a power-transmitting device and a power-receiving device. The power-transmitting device includes, a frequency generator for generating a power-transmit frequency and a transmit coil for generating a near-field electromagnetic radiation responsive to the power-transmit frequency. The power-receiving device, includes a receive resonance circuit that generates a receive resonance frequency and includes a receive coil for receiving the near-field…
APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FOREIGN OBJECT IN AN INDUCTIVE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM VIA COUPLING COEFFICIENT MEASUREMENT
Granted: October 3, 2013
Application Number:
20130257165
An inductive wireless power device comprises a transmitter configured to generate an electromagnetic field to a coupling region for wireless power transfer to a receiver, and control logic configured to determine a coupling coefficient of the wireless power transfer when the receiver is within the coupling region. The control logic also determines a presence of a foreign object within the coupling region responsive to a comparison of the determined coupling coefficient and an expected…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE EQUALIZATION CONTROL FOR HIGH-SPEED WIRELINE COMMUNICATIONS
Granted: September 19, 2013
Application Number:
20130241643
Methods and systems for conditioning wireline communications to remove intersymbol interference are provided that used adaptive equalization. The method and systems include using a digital finite state machine to control two feedback loops that adjust the gain and power of the input signal relative to a supplied reference. The eye height of the input signal is conditioned by a gain feedback loop so that signal equalization can be performed in a known state. The digital finite state…
APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR A MONOTONIC TRANSFER FUNCTION IN WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMS
Granted: August 29, 2013
Application Number:
20130221756
A wireless power-transfer system includes a power-transmitting device and a power-receiving device. A frequency generator generates a power-transmit frequency to stimulate transmit coil and transmit resonance adjuster, which generate a near-field electromagnetic radiation at an adjustable coupling frequency. The power-receiving device includes a receive coil and a receive resonance adjuster for receiving the near-field electromagnetic radiation when the receive coil is within a coupling…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION WITH A SMART POWER METER OVER OPTICAL FIBER
Granted: August 8, 2013
Application Number:
20130201031
A system and method for facilitating smart power meter monitoring are provided. The system for facilitating smart power meter monitoring includes a standards-based frame detector, a CDR, at least one 8b/10 encoder/decoder and data links to receive input signals and transmit output signals. The system provides for the conversion of incoming SerDes signals, like those that may be transmitted from an optical module, into UART signals that can be communicated to the smart power meter…
APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FOREIGN OBJECT IN AN INDUCTIVE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM
Granted: April 18, 2013
Application Number:
20130094598
An inductive wireless power transfer system comprises a transmitter configured to generate an electromagnetic field to a coupling region in response to an input signal. The inductive wireless power transfer control logic is configured to determine an input power of the input signal. The control logic is configured to determine a presence of a foreign object within the coupling region in response to a comparison of the input power and an output power of an output signal of a receiver…
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A SWITCHING POWER CONVERTER
Granted: March 28, 2013
Application Number:
20130076301
A charging converter includes a plurality of switches configured to switchably operate to either step up an input voltage or step down the input voltage and generate a charging voltage on a second terminal to charge to a rechargeable storage unit, and control logic configured to operate the plurality of switches in one of a step up mode and a step down mode based on a determination of a voltage level of the input voltage relative to the desired charging voltage. A method includes…
Method and Apparatus for A Low Power AC On-Die-Termination (ODT) Circuit
Granted: November 29, 2012
Application Number:
20120299617
A method and apparatus for A Low Power AC On-Die-Termination (ODT) Circuit using active components reduces receiver power consumption.
Method and Apparatus for An Equalized On-Die Termination (ODT) Circuit
Granted: November 29, 2012
Application Number:
20120302194
A method and apparatus for an equalized On-Die Termination (ODT) circuit uses timed switching to reduce receiver power consumption.
OFDM SIGNAL PROCESSING IN A BASE TRANSCEIVER SYSTEM
Granted: October 4, 2012
Application Number:
20120250740
A method and apparatus provides OFDM signal compression for transfer over serial data links in a base transceiver system (BTS) of a wireless communication network. For the uplink, an RF unit of the BTS applies OFDM cyclic prefix removal and OFDM frequency transformation of the baseband signal samples followed by frequency domain compression of the baseband signal samples, resulting from analog to digital conversion of received analog signals followed by digital downconversion, forming…
Autonomous Controlled Headroom Low Dropout Regulator For Single Inductor Multiple Output Power Supply
Granted: September 27, 2012
Application Number:
20120242309
A controlled headroom low dropout regulator (CHLDO) having an LDO with an input voltage provided by a capacitor. An incremental voltage is added to an output voltage of the LDO to create a reference voltage. The reference voltage is compared to the input voltage to determine when to couple/de-couple the capacitor with a current source. If the capacitor is coupled to the current source, the capacitor will charge only if the voltage driven by the current source exceeds the input voltage…
APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR REDUCING ERRORS IN ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS
Granted: September 20, 2012
Application Number:
20120235846
Successive approximation Analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and related methods are disclosed. A successive approximation ADC includes a comparator with a comparator output and inputs coupled to a common model signal and a compare input. Control logic generates one or more control signals responsive to the comparator output. A capacitor array includes first sides of capacitors operably coupled to an array output. The capacitor arrays selectively couples each of second sides of the…
APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR REDUCING POWER IN DRIVING DISPLAY PANELS
Granted: September 6, 2012
Application Number:
20120223647
Energy sharing circuits and related methods are disclosed herein. A high voltage can be selectively coupled to a first source line and a low voltage can be selectively coupled to a second source line during a first time period. During a subsequent time period, a first coupling switch is activated to inductively couple the first source line to the second source line and diode block the second source line from the first source line. During a subsequent time period, the low voltage is…
