Ken Fernald

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Austin, TX, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Apparatus for power consumption reduction in electronic circuitry a...
- Patent number 10,739,845
- Issue date Aug 11, 2020
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Praveen Kallam
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Low-power communication apparatus with wakeup detection and associa...
- Patent number 10,514,747
- Issue date Dec 24, 2019
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Slew-rate controlled supply voltage switching
- Patent number 10,468,983
- Issue date Nov 5, 2019
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Mohamed Mostafa Elsayed
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Grant
Communication apparatus with direct control and associated methods
- Patent number 10,331,592
- Issue date Jun 25, 2019
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Apparatus for electric current measurement or calibration and assoc...
- Patent number 10,296,025
- Issue date May 21, 2019
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
Information Patent Grant
Apparatus for power consumption reduction in electronic circuitry a...
- Patent number 10,139,896
- Issue date Nov 27, 2018
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Praveen Kallam
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Maximum supply voltage selection
- Patent number 10,090,674
- Issue date Oct 2, 2018
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Mohamed Mostafa Elsayed
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Grant
Charge pump for low power consumption apparatus and associated methods
- Patent number 9,979,282
- Issue date May 22, 2018
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W Fernald
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Grant
Pre-charge technique for a voltage regulator
- Patent number 9,958,888
- Issue date May 1, 2018
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Dazhi Wei
- G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
Information Patent Grant
Communication apparatus having an oscillator that is disabled based...
- Patent number 9,886,412
- Issue date Feb 6, 2018
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and apparatus for improving the utility of regulators and as...
- Patent number 9,742,209
- Issue date Aug 22, 2017
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Grant
Low-power communication apparatus and associated methods
- Patent number 9,713,090
- Issue date Jul 18, 2017
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Data transfer manager
- Patent number 9,658,975
- Issue date May 23, 2017
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and apparatus for clock retiming with catch-up mode and asso...
- Patent number 9,647,824
- Issue date May 9, 2017
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Power management system
- Patent number 9,570,908
- Issue date Feb 14, 2017
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Grant
Charge pump for low power consumption apparatus and associated methods
- Patent number 9,160,166
- Issue date Oct 13, 2015
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W Fernald
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Grant
Apparatus for motor control system and associated methods
- Patent number 9,106,176
- Issue date Aug 11, 2015
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth A Berringer
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Grant
Integrated circuit and apparatus for detecting oscillations
- Patent number 9,038,480
- Issue date May 26, 2015
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Marty L. Pflum
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Changing the reset state of a processor
- Patent number 8,914,624
- Issue date Dec 16, 2014
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Coder with snoop mode
- Patent number 8,904,076
- Issue date Dec 2, 2014
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Grant
Active droop current sharing
- Patent number 8,638,081
- Issue date Jan 28, 2014
- Intersil Americas Inc.
- Douglas E. Heineman
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Grant
Frequency locked loop
- Patent number 8,456,242
- Issue date Jun 4, 2013
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Grant
Method for using a multi-master multi-slave bus for power management
- Patent number 8,452,897
- Issue date May 28, 2013
- Zilker Labs, Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Correcting pre-bias during turn-on of switching power regulators
- Patent number 8,432,146
- Issue date Apr 30, 2013
- Zilker Labs, Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Grant
Controlling a frequency locked loop
- Patent number 8,378,724
- Issue date Feb 19, 2013
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Thomas S. David
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Grant
Precision oscillator for an asynchronous transmission system
- Patent number 8,307,237
- Issue date Nov 6, 2012
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kartika Prihadi
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Grant
Method for control of overlap times in switching power converters
- Patent number 8,289,010
- Issue date Oct 16, 2012
- Zilker Labs, Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Grant
Active droop current sharing
- Patent number 8,237,423
- Issue date Aug 7, 2012
- Intersil Americas Inc.
- Douglas E. Heineman
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Grant
Precision oscillator for an asynchronous transmission system
- Patent number 8,055,932
- Issue date Nov 8, 2011
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kartika Prihadi
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Grant
Micro controller unit (MCU) with RTC
- Patent number 7,962,773
- Issue date Jun 14, 2011
- Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
Apparatus for Power Consumption Reduction in Electronic Circuitry a...
- Publication number 20190163257
- Publication date May 30, 2019
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Praveen Kallam
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Apparatus for Electric Current Measurement or Calibration and Assoc...
- Publication number 20170371362
- Publication date Dec 28, 2017
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Communication Apparatus with Direct Control and Associated Methods
- Publication number 20170344502
- Publication date Nov 30, 2017
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SLEW-RATE CONTROLLED SUPPLY VOLTAGE SWITCHING
- Publication number 20170133931
- Publication date May 11, 2017
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Mohamed Mostafa Elsayed
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Application
MAXIMUM SUPPLY VOLTAGE SELECTION
- Publication number 20170085081
- Publication date Mar 23, 2017
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Mohamed Mostafa ELSAYED
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Application
Apparatus for Power Consumption Reduction in Electronic Circuitry a...
- Publication number 20170010660
- Publication date Jan 12, 2017
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Praveen Kallam
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Pre-Charge Technique For A Voltage Regulator
- Publication number 20160370816
- Publication date Dec 22, 2016
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Dazhi Wei
- G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
Information Patent Application
System and Apparatus for Improving the Utility of Regulators and As...
- Publication number 20160118884
- Publication date Apr 28, 2016
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Application
System and Apparatus for Clock Retiming with Catch-Up Mode and Asso...
- Publication number 20160119111
- Publication date Apr 28, 2016
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Low-Power Communication Apparatus with Wakeup Detection and Associa...
- Publication number 20160018873
- Publication date Jan 21, 2016
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
CHARGE PUMP FOR LOW POWER CONSUMPTION APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
- Publication number 20160020694
- Publication date Jan 21, 2016
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Application
Communication Apparatus with Improved Performance and Associated Me...
- Publication number 20150269106
- Publication date Sep 24, 2015
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Low-Power Communication Apparatus and Associated Methods
- Publication number 20150271756
- Publication date Sep 24, 2015
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Controller and Display Apparatus with Improved Performance and Asso...
- Publication number 20150154897
- Publication date Jun 4, 2015
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Mohamed M. E. Elsayed
- G09 - EDUCATION CRYPTOGRAPHY DISPLAY ADVERTISING SEALS
Information Patent Application
Apparatus for Differencing Comparator and Associated Methods
- Publication number 20140312820
- Publication date Oct 23, 2014
- Axel Thomsen
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
APPARATUS FOR MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
- Publication number 20140184116
- Publication date Jul 3, 2014
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth A. Berringer
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Application
CHARGE PUMP FOR LOW POWER CONSUMPTION APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
- Publication number 20140167509
- Publication date Jun 19, 2014
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
CONTROLLER AND DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND ASSO...
- Publication number 20140168551
- Publication date Jun 19, 2014
- Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G09 - EDUCATION CRYPTOGRAPHY DISPLAY ADVERTISING SEALS
Information Patent Application
DATA TRANSFER MANAGER
- Publication number 20140040512
- Publication date Feb 6, 2014
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
CODER WITH SNOOP MODE
- Publication number 20130321183
- Publication date Dec 5, 2013
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
REGULATING A CLOCK FREQUENCY OF A PERIPHERAL
- Publication number 20130212408
- Publication date Aug 15, 2013
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- Publication number 20130207467
- Publication date Aug 15, 2013
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Application
Integrated Circuit and Apparatus for Detecting Oscillations
- Publication number 20130167652
- Publication date Jul 4, 2013
- Marty L. Pflum
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Active Droop Current Sharing
- Publication number 20120262141
- Publication date Oct 18, 2012
- Douglas E. Heineman
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
FREQUENCY LOCKED LOOP
- Publication number 20120161829
- Publication date Jun 28, 2012
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A SYSTEM CLOCK SIGNAL
- Publication number 20120166859
- Publication date Jun 28, 2012
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
CHANGING THE RESET STATE OF A PROCESSOR
- Publication number 20120166778
- Publication date Jun 28, 2012
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
CONTROLLING A FREQUENCY LOCKED LOOP
- Publication number 20120161835
- Publication date Jun 28, 2012
- Thomas S. David
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Application
Precision Oscillator for an Asynchronous Transmission System
- Publication number 20120036389
- Publication date Feb 9, 2012
- Kartika Prihadi
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Integrated Multi-Function Point-Of-Load Regulator Circuit
- Publication number 20100325325
- Publication date Dec 23, 2010
- Kenneth W. Fernald
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Ken Fernald

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Apparatus for power consumption reduction in electronic circuitry a...

Low-power communication apparatus with wakeup detection and associa...

Slew-rate controlled supply voltage switching

Communication apparatus with direct control and associated methods

Apparatus for electric current measurement or calibration and assoc...

Apparatus for power consumption reduction in electronic circuitry a...

Maximum supply voltage selection

Charge pump for low power consumption apparatus and associated methods

Pre-charge technique for a voltage regulator

Communication apparatus having an oscillator that is disabled based...

System and apparatus for improving the utility of regulators and as...

Low-power communication apparatus and associated methods

Data transfer manager

System and apparatus for clock retiming with catch-up mode and asso...

Power management system

Charge pump for low power consumption apparatus and associated methods

Apparatus for motor control system and associated methods

Integrated circuit and apparatus for detecting oscillations

Changing the reset state of a processor

Coder with snoop mode

Active droop current sharing

Frequency locked loop

Method for using a multi-master multi-slave bus for power management

Correcting pre-bias during turn-on of switching power regulators

Controlling a frequency locked loop

Precision oscillator for an asynchronous transmission system

Method for control of overlap times in switching power converters

Active droop current sharing

Precision oscillator for an asynchronous transmission system

Micro controller unit (MCU) with RTC

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Apparatus for Power Consumption Reduction in Electronic Circuitry a...

Apparatus for Electric Current Measurement or Calibration and Assoc...

Communication Apparatus with Direct Control and Associated Methods

SLEW-RATE CONTROLLED SUPPLY VOLTAGE SWITCHING

MAXIMUM SUPPLY VOLTAGE SELECTION

Apparatus for Power Consumption Reduction in Electronic Circuitry a...

Pre-Charge Technique For A Voltage Regulator

System and Apparatus for Improving the Utility of Regulators and As...

System and Apparatus for Clock Retiming with Catch-Up Mode and Asso...

Low-Power Communication Apparatus with Wakeup Detection and Associa...

CHARGE PUMP FOR LOW POWER CONSUMPTION APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

Communication Apparatus with Improved Performance and Associated Me...

Low-Power Communication Apparatus and Associated Methods

Controller and Display Apparatus with Improved Performance and Asso...

Apparatus for Differencing Comparator and Associated Methods

APPARATUS FOR MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

CHARGE PUMP FOR LOW POWER CONSUMPTION APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

CONTROLLER AND DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND ASSO...

DATA TRANSFER MANAGER

CODER WITH SNOOP MODE

REGULATING A CLOCK FREQUENCY OF A PERIPHERAL

POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Integrated Circuit and Apparatus for Detecting Oscillations

Active Droop Current Sharing

FREQUENCY LOCKED LOOP

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A SYSTEM CLOCK SIGNAL

CHANGING THE RESET STATE OF A PROCESSOR

CONTROLLING A FREQUENCY LOCKED LOOP

Precision Oscillator for an Asynchronous Transmission System

Integrated Multi-Function Point-Of-Load Regulator Circuit