143 patents
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Capacitance Sensing Systems and Methods
20 Oct 22
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for measuring capacitance of a load.
Donald Enzinna
Filed: 15 Mar 22
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Estimation of Remaining Life of System Components
20 Oct 22
An electrical system comprising a match network comprising a plurality of capacitors, a controller, and a life-consumed module.
Andrew Merton, John Powell
Filed: 22 Mar 22
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Resonant Tank
20 Oct 22
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling a voltage provided to a plurality of configurable output modules using a resonant converter, the resonant converter comprising: an inverter circuit; a resonant capacitor bridge coupled across the inverter circuit; N groups of output modules, each of the N groups comprising terminals configured for coupling to up to M output modules, the output modules each comprising: a transformer having a primary and a secondary; and a rectified output coupled to the secondary and configured for coupling to a load; and a resonant inductor network configured to be coupled between the resonant capacitor bridge and the primaries of the transformers, the resonant inductor network comprising: at least one parallel inductor; and N parallel branches arranged in parallel and each branch comprising a series inductor, each of the series inductors configured for transformer-coupling to up to M output modules.
Richard Morrison
Filed: 15 Apr 21
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Series Stack Switch Circuit with Voltage Clamping and Power Recovery
13 Oct 22
Various embodiments are directed to a switch circuit comprising: two terminal nodes, comprising an upper node and a lower node; a plurality of switch modules, connected in series between the upper node and the lower node, wherein each of the switch modules comprises a switch, a rectifier, and a capacitor; a connecting circuit, coupled to the switch modules; and a power converter, coupled to the connecting circuit and to a power sink.
Gideon Van Zyl
Filed: 23 Dec 21
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Voltage Clamp and Current Clamp Systems with Power Recovery
13 Oct 22
Various embodiments are directed to a voltage clamp system comprising: a rectifier; a protected node, a reference node, and one or more internal nodes, coupled to the rectifier; a power converter, coupled to the rectifier via the one or more internal nodes; and one or more output nodes coupled to the power converter and configured to couple to a power sink.
Gideon Van Zyl
Filed: 13 Apr 21
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Gate Driver Circuit for a Power Supply Voltage Converter
6 Oct 22
A gate driver circuit comprises an auxiliary winding, a voltage summer, an auxiliary voltage bus, a gate driver integrated circuit (IC), and a controller.
Robert Ryan, Diarmuid Hogan
Filed: 2 Apr 21
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Electrode Phasing Using Control Parameters
29 Sep 22
A plasma processing system used for reactive sputtering may include multiple dual magnetron sputtering (DMS) components.
Craig Rappe, Robert B. Huff
Filed: 23 Mar 21
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Front and Rear Loading Control Circuit for a Server Power Shelf
29 Sep 22
Electrical interconnect systems for a server power shelf are disclosed.
Jerome Emmanuel G. Antaran
Filed: 24 Mar 21
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Parallel Branched Resonant Converter
15 Sep 22
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for driving a plurality of output circuits from a DC input signal using a resonant converter, the resonant converter comprising a switch network, a resonant tank, and a rectifier network, the resonant tank comprising: a resonant capacitor bridge coupled across the switch network; a plurality of branches, each branch comprising at least one series inductor coupled at a first end to the resonant capacitor bridge and at a second end to the rectifier network; and at least one parallel inductor; the rectifier network comprising one or more groups of transformers, each group coupled to one branch of the plurality of branches, and wherein the primary windings of the transformers of each group are coupled in parallel, and wherein the secondary windings are configured for coupling to an output load.
Richard Morrison
Filed: 10 Mar 21
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Spatial Monitoring and Control of Plasma Processing Environments
8 Sep 22
Systems and methods for plasma processing are disclosed.
Denis Shaw, Kevin Fairbairn, Daniel Carter
Filed: 11 Mar 22
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Bipolar Pulsed-voltage Gate Driver
8 Sep 22
A gate driver circuit comprises a gate-driver assembly, a transformer, first and second circuit voltage outputs, first and second switching devices, and a controller.
Robert Ryan
Filed: 24 Feb 22
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Single-turn and Laminated-wall Inductively Coupled Plasma Sources
1 Sep 22
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for making and using a single-turn coil on a remote plasma source to reduce capacitive coupling between the coil and a plasma, and/or a laminated chamber wall including at least one conductive layer that reduces capacitive coupling between the coil and the plasma.
Scott Polak, Yong Jiun Lee, Andrew Shabalin, David W. Madsen
Filed: 20 May 22
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Apparatus and Method for Synchronous Rectifier Control Delay
11 Aug 22
A circuit for use in an LLC converter comprises a first primary side switch, a first secondary side switch assembly, and a controller.
Jonathan Ross Bernardo Fauni, Jessica Cabiles Magsino
Filed: 9 Feb 21
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Reduced Power Consumption for LLC Resonant Converter Under Light Load
11 Aug 22
This disclosure provides a resonant LLC power converter unit to provide a plurality of power outputs.
Richard Morrison, Andrejs Gasilovs, Phelim Seamus Bradley
Filed: 9 Feb 21
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Apparatus and Method for Synchronous Rectifier Control Delay
11 Aug 22
A circuit for use in an LLC converter comprises a first primary side switch, a first secondary side switch assembly, a controller, and a resonant network.
Jonathan Ross Bernardo Fauni, Jessica Cabiles Magsino
Filed: 10 Feb 21
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High Side Current Monitor
4 Aug 22
Donald Enzinna
Filed: 22 Feb 22
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Optical Gas Concentration Measurement Apparatus
28 Jul 22
An optical gas concentration measurement apparatus is disclosed.
Alex S. Nikittin, Stefan Warnke, Eric Wertz
Filed: 25 Jan 21
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Power Delivery to a Plasma Via Inductive Coupling
21 Jul 22
Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) RF power delivery systems are disclosed that include at least two ICP coils.
Randy Heckman
Filed: 20 Jan 22
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Power Supply Unit with Autonomous Input Power Limiting
14 Jul 22
A power supply receives AC power and generates a DC output voltage.
Donald Cedrick Ongyanco, Joey De Guzman, Vincent Vicente Vivar, Ricardo Bernado Roldan, JR., Arvin San Juan
Filed: 8 Jan 21
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Start-up Voltage Overshoot Reduction
16 Jun 22
A power conversion system comprises a power converter configured to convert an input voltage to an output voltage.
Mark Corpuz
Filed: 23 Nov 21