Inventor
Brent A. McDonald
Inventor
Round Rock, TX, US
Overview
Patents· 35 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
H02Mprimary
H02MApparatus for conversion between ac and ac, between ac and dc, or between dc and dc, and for use with mains or similar power supply systems40%
Y02BClimate change mitigation technologies related to buildings, e.g. housing, house appliances or related end-user applications18%
H05BElectric heating10%
H02JElectric power networks8%
G06FElectric digital data processing6%
H01MProcesses or means, e.g. batteries, for the direct conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy5%
Y02EReduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution5%
G05FSystems for regulating electric or magnetic variables2%
H03KPulse technique2%
Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use2%
PatentTitleYear
10,284,077PFC controller providing reduced line current slope when in burst mode201910,128,744Single and multi-phase DC-DC converter mode control20189,991,801Hybrid hysteretic control for LLC converter20189,584,006'System and method for optimizing constant power, constant current and constant voltage operation'20179,257,913'LLC converter and loss of inductive mode detection circuit'20168,773,097'Digital peak current mode control for switch-mode power converters'20148,670,845'System and method for automatically tuning a voltage converter'20148,659,273'Soft-switching voltage regulation in a step-down circuit'20148,067,924'Phase shedding converter with ripple minimization'20118,055,916'System and method for dynamic loop compensation for voltage mode control'20117,999,519'Phase shedding converter with ripple minimization'20117,982,430'Battery and system power selector integration scheme'20117,952,418'Enhanced transistor gate drive'20117,903,442'Apparatus and methods for power conversion'20117,635,968'Techniques for handling low line voltage Conditions in power supply units'20097,545,120'AC-DC adapter and battery charger integration for portable information handling systems'20097,538,535'Error voltage ripple compensation to extend bandwidth of a feedback loop in a DC-to-DC converter'20097,508,178'Delay compensation for hysteretic control'20097,489,533'Frequency feedforward for constant light output in backlight inverters'20097,480,162'High efficiency two stage inverter'20097,408,328'Information handling system including a power supply unit with a switching regulator that reduces transient load release'20087,358,707'Information handling system including a power supply unit with a power converter for supplying power to multiple outputs'20087,280,376'Primary side voltage sense for AC/DC power supplies capable of compensation for a voltage drop in the secondary'20077,236,384'Frequency feedforward for constant light output in backlight inverters'20077,218,541'High efficiency two stage inverter'20077,202,631'Battery and system power selector integration scheme'20077,162,655'Method and system for information handling system power control'20077,020,786'System and method for selecting a voltage output reference'20067,016,208'Frequency feedforward for constant light output in backlight inverters'20067,012,380'Information handling system with dual mode inverter'20066,928,568'Battery charger current limiting based on maximum current capacity of AC adapter as determined by adapter identification subsystem'20056,864,666'4 and 3 series battery stack voltage power source selector'20056,804,091'Switching regulator transient suppressor'20046,737,840'Switching DC/DC converter with the output voltage changing inversely to any change in the converter inductor current'20046,600,298'Switching DC-DC converter with the output voltage changing inversely to any change in the converter inductor current'2003Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
2003–2014Patents assigned to DELL PRODUCTS LP (28)· patent assignee history
2003–2011Based in Round Rock, TX, US· patent location history
2011–2014Patents assigned to MCDONALD BRENT A (2)· patent assignee history
2011–2019Based in Murphy, TX, US· patent location history
2014–2019Patents assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC (7)· patent assignee history
2014Patents assigned to DABAK ANAND GANESH (1)· patent assignee history
2014Patents assigned to FRANKLIN CHRIS MICHAEL (1)· patent assignee history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| DELL PRODUCTS LP | 28 | 2003–2014 |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC | 7 | 2014–2019 |
| MCDONALD BRENT Aself | 2 | 2011–2014 |
| DABAK ANAND GANESH | 1 | 2014 |
| FRANKLIN CHRIS MICHAEL | 1 | 2014 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Round Rock, Texas, US | 26 | 2003–2011 |
| Murphy, Texas, US | 9 | 2011–2019 |