DC-DC converter with modular stages

DM Giuliano - US Patent 8,860,396, 2014 - Google Patents
(60) Provisional application No. 61/482,838, filed on May An apparatus for electric power
conversion includes a con 5, 2011, provisional application No. 61/548,360, filed verter …

Power converter

D Giuliano - US Patent 10,389,235, 2019 - Google Patents
An apparatus for power conversion includes a transformation stage for transforming a first
voltage into a second voltage. The transformation stage includes a switching network, a …

Method and apparatus to provide power conversion with high power factor

DJ Perreault, LIM Seungbum, DM Otten - US Patent 9,660,520, 2017 - Google Patents
A power converter circuit rectifies a line voltage and applies the rectified voltage to a stack of
capacitors. Voltages on the capacitors are coupled to a plurality of regulating converters to …

DC-DC converter with modular stages

D Giuliano - US Patent 9,882,471, 2018 - Google Patents
An apparatus for processing electric power includes a power-converter having a path for
power flow between first and second power-converter terminals. During operation the first …

Control circuitry for silicon-on-insulator chip

FG Balteanu, PT Dicarlo - US Patent 11,190,182, 2021 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are non-limiting examples of charge pumps that reduce the introduction of
noise into a circuit in which they are implemented and/or lower the output impedance when …

Reconfigurable switched capacitor power converter techniques

A Low, DM Giuliano, G Szczeszynski, J Summit… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
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181 7,145.382 7,190.210 7,224,062 7,239,194 7,250,810 7,408,330 7,511,978 7,595,682 …

Power converter with capacitive energy transfer and fast dynamic response

DM Giuliano, DJ Perreault… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
A converter circuit and related technique for providing high power density power conversion
includes a reconfigurable switched capacitor transformation stage coupled to a magnetic …

Switched-capacitor split drive transformer power conversion circuit

M Chen, DJ Perreault, KK Afridi - US Patent 9,825,545, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A split drive transformer (SDT) and use of such a trans former in a power
converter is described. The power con verter includes a power and distributor circuit …

Charge balanced charge pump control

A Low, G Szczeszynski, D Giuliano - US Patent 10,128,745, 2018 - Google Patents
An apparatus for coupling to capacitors to form a charge pump includes first and second sets
of switch elements, and a controller. Switches in the first set couple terminals of capacitors to …

Efficient gate drivers for switched capacitor converters

D Giuliano, G Szczeszynski, R Barrett Jr - US Patent 8,724,353, 2014 - Google Patents
(21) Appl. No 9(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Occhiuti & Rohlicek LLP (22) Filed: Mar 15,
2013(57) ABSTRACT A Switched capacitor power converter includes active semi (51) Int. Cl …