William E. Edwards

Person

Ann Arbor, MI, US

People

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
High speed wide dynamic range input structure
- Patent number 10,892,617
- Issue date Jan 12, 2021
- NXP USA, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Grant
Methods for switch health determination
- Patent number 10,649,033
- Issue date May 12, 2020
- NXP USA, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Wetting current diagnostics
- Patent number 10,641,827
- Issue date May 5, 2020
- NXP USA, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Grant
Control system and method of operating a control system
- Patent number 10,240,548
- Issue date Mar 26, 2019
- NXP USA, INC.
- Mike Garrard
- G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
Information Patent Grant
Interconnect sharing with integrated control for reduced pinout
- Patent number 10,235,324
- Issue date Mar 19, 2019
- NXP USA, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Wetting current diagnostics
- Patent number 10,101,395
- Issue date Oct 16, 2018
- NXP USA, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Variable reluctance sensor interfaces with clearing and methods of...
- Patent number 10,101,180
- Issue date Oct 16, 2018
- NXP USA, INC.
- Mike R. Garrard
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for determining a value of a variable parameter
- Patent number 9,970,405
- Issue date May 15, 2018
- NXP USA, INC.
- Michael Robert Garrard
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Grant
System and method for temperature sensing in an internal combustion...
- Patent number 9,909,932
- Issue date Mar 6, 2018
- NXP USA, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for switch status detection
- Patent number 9,897,633
- Issue date Feb 20, 2018
- NXP USA, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Grant
Ignition control device having an electronic fuel injection (EFI) m...
- Patent number 9,856,800
- Issue date Jan 2, 2018
- NXP USA, INC.
- Michael Robert Garrard
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
System and method for switch status detection
- Patent number 9,835,687
- Issue date Dec 5, 2017
- NXP USA, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Grant
Sensed switch current control
- Patent number 9,778,668
- Issue date Oct 3, 2017
- NXP USA, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for switch health determination
- Patent number 9,778,319
- Issue date Oct 3, 2017
- NXP USA, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Variable reluctance sensor interfaces with clearing and methods of...
- Patent number 9,726,519
- Issue date Aug 8, 2017
- NXP USA, INC.
- Mike R. Garrard
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
State-based undervoltage hysteresis
- Patent number 9,715,246
- Issue date Jul 25, 2017
- NXP USA, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
Information Patent Grant
Protection circuit, circuit employing same, and associated method o...
- Patent number 9,601,479
- Issue date Mar 21, 2017
- NXP USA, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Grant
Test mode entry interlock
- Patent number 9,506,979
- Issue date Nov 29, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Wetting current diagnostics
- Patent number 9,465,075
- Issue date Oct 11, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Method of calibrating a crank angle of a combustion engine
- Patent number 9,435,277
- Issue date Sep 6, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- Michael Robert Garrard
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Multiple die lead frame packaging
- Patent number 9,397,082
- Issue date Jul 19, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Grant
Variable reluctance sensor interfaces and methods of their operation
- Patent number 9,366,548
- Issue date Jun 14, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Switch detection device and method of use
- Patent number 9,329,237
- Issue date May 3, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Wafer-level gate stress testing
- Patent number 9,322,870
- Issue date Apr 26, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Variable reluctance sensor interface with integration based arming...
- Patent number 9,285,244
- Issue date Mar 15, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- John M. Pigott
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Multiple die lead frame
- Patent number 9,236,331
- Issue date Jan 12, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Grant
Variable reluctance sensor interfaces with signal pre-processing an...
- Patent number 9,176,159
- Issue date Nov 3, 2015
- Freescale Semiconductor Inc.
- William E. Edwards
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Squib driver diagnostic circuit and method
- Patent number 9,139,155
- Issue date Sep 22, 2015
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Variable reluctance sensor interface with integration based arming...
- Patent number 9,103,847
- Issue date Aug 11, 2015
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- John M. Pigott
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
VRS interface with 1/T arming function
- Patent number 8,970,209
- Issue date Mar 3, 2015
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- John M. Pigott
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
High Speed Wide Dynamic Range Input Structure
- Publication number 20200313425
- Publication date Oct 1, 2020
- NXP USA, Inc.
- William E. Edwards
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Application
WETTING CURRENT DIAGNOSTICS
- Publication number 20180356466
- Publication date Dec 13, 2018
- NXP USA, Inc.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
METHODS FOR SWITCH HEALTH DETERMINATION
- Publication number 20180031635
- Publication date Feb 1, 2018
- NXP USA, Inc.
- William E. EDWARDS
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE RELUCTANCE SENSOR INTERFACES WITH CLEARING AND METHODS OF...
- Publication number 20170314968
- Publication date Nov 2, 2017
- NXP USA, Inc.
- Mike R. GARRARD
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
INTERCONNECT SHARING WITH INTEGRATED CONTROL FOR REDUCED PINOUT
- Publication number 20170091139
- Publication date Mar 30, 2017
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A VALUE OF A VARIABLE PARAMETER
- Publication number 20170016423
- Publication date Jan 19, 2017
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- Michael Robert GARRARD
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
IGNITION CONTROL DEVICE HAVING AN ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION (EFI) M...
- Publication number 20160290253
- Publication date Oct 6, 2016
- Michael Robert GARRARD
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
STATE-BASED UNDERVOLTAGE HYSTERESIS
- Publication number 20160282896
- Publication date Sep 29, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
Information Patent Application
Wetting Current Diagnostics
- Publication number 20160238658
- Publication date Aug 18, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEMPERATURE SENSING IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION...
- Publication number 20160195454
- Publication date Jul 7, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCH STATUS DETECTION
- Publication number 20160182033
- Publication date Jun 23, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCH STATUS DETECTION
- Publication number 20160178672
- Publication date Jun 23, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
A CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A CONTROL SYSTEM
- Publication number 20160160780
- Publication date Jun 9, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- MIKE GARRARD
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWITCH HEALTH DETERMINATION
- Publication number 20160131713
- Publication date May 12, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
MULTIPLE DIE LEAD FRAME PACKAGING
- Publication number 20160118373
- Publication date Apr 28, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
SENSED SWITCH CURRENT CONTROL
- Publication number 20160091908
- Publication date Mar 31, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
Information Patent Application
WETTING CURRENT DIAGNOSTICS
- Publication number 20160061898
- Publication date Mar 3, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF CALIBRATING A CRANK ANGLE OF A COMBUSTION ENGINE
- Publication number 20160032852
- Publication date Feb 4, 2016
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- MICHAEL ROBERT GARRARD
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
Test Mode Entry Interlock
- Publication number 20150285858
- Publication date Oct 8, 2015
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE RELUCTANCE SENSOR INTERFACE WITH INTEGRATION BASED ARMING...
- Publication number 20150260548
- Publication date Sep 17, 2015
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- John M. Pigott
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Protection Circuit, Circuit Employing Same, and Associated Method o...
- Publication number 20150263504
- Publication date Sep 17, 2015
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Application
MULTIPLE DIE LEAD FRAME
- Publication number 20150243588
- Publication date Aug 27, 2015
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE RELUCTANCE SENSOR INTERFACES WITH CLEARING AND METHODS OF...
- Publication number 20150198466
- Publication date Jul 16, 2015
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- Mike R. GARRARD
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
SWITCH DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE
- Publication number 20150198666
- Publication date Jul 16, 2015
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE RELUCTANCE SENSOR INTERFACES AND METHODS OF THEIR OPERATION
- Publication number 20150097556
- Publication date Apr 9, 2015
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. EDWARDS
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE RELUCTANCE SENSOR INTERFACES WITH SIGNAL PRE-PROCESSING AN...
- Publication number 20150097557
- Publication date Apr 9, 2015
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. EDWARDS
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
SQUIB DRIVER DIAGNOSTIC CIRCUIT AND METHOD
- Publication number 20150075401
- Publication date Mar 19, 2015
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. EDWARDS
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
WAFER-LEVEL GATE STRESS TESTING
- Publication number 20150067429
- Publication date Mar 5, 2015
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- William E. Edwards
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE RELUCTANCE SENSOR INTERFACE WITH INTEGRATION BASED ARMING...
- Publication number 20140035561
- Publication date Feb 6, 2014
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- John M. Pigott
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
VRS INTERFACE WITH 1/T ARMING FUNCTION
- Publication number 20130328554
- Publication date Dec 12, 2013
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- John M. Pigott
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING

William E. Edwards

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

High speed wide dynamic range input structure

Methods for switch health determination

Wetting current diagnostics

Control system and method of operating a control system

Interconnect sharing with integrated control for reduced pinout

Wetting current diagnostics

Variable reluctance sensor interfaces with clearing and methods of...

Method and apparatus for determining a value of a variable parameter

System and method for temperature sensing in an internal combustion...

System and method for switch status detection

Ignition control device having an electronic fuel injection (EFI) m...

System and method for switch status detection

Sensed switch current control

Systems and methods for switch health determination

Variable reluctance sensor interfaces with clearing and methods of...

State-based undervoltage hysteresis

Protection circuit, circuit employing same, and associated method o...

Test mode entry interlock

Wetting current diagnostics

Method of calibrating a crank angle of a combustion engine

Multiple die lead frame packaging

Variable reluctance sensor interfaces and methods of their operation

Switch detection device and method of use

Wafer-level gate stress testing

Variable reluctance sensor interface with integration based arming...

Multiple die lead frame

Variable reluctance sensor interfaces with signal pre-processing an...

Squib driver diagnostic circuit and method

Variable reluctance sensor interface with integration based arming...

VRS interface with 1/T arming function

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

High Speed Wide Dynamic Range Input Structure

WETTING CURRENT DIAGNOSTICS

METHODS FOR SWITCH HEALTH DETERMINATION

VARIABLE RELUCTANCE SENSOR INTERFACES WITH CLEARING AND METHODS OF...

INTERCONNECT SHARING WITH INTEGRATED CONTROL FOR REDUCED PINOUT

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A VALUE OF A VARIABLE PARAMETER

IGNITION CONTROL DEVICE HAVING AN ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION (EFI) M...

STATE-BASED UNDERVOLTAGE HYSTERESIS

Wetting Current Diagnostics

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEMPERATURE SENSING IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCH STATUS DETECTION

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCH STATUS DETECTION

A CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A CONTROL SYSTEM

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWITCH HEALTH DETERMINATION

MULTIPLE DIE LEAD FRAME PACKAGING

SENSED SWITCH CURRENT CONTROL

WETTING CURRENT DIAGNOSTICS

METHOD OF CALIBRATING A CRANK ANGLE OF A COMBUSTION ENGINE

Test Mode Entry Interlock

VARIABLE RELUCTANCE SENSOR INTERFACE WITH INTEGRATION BASED ARMING...

Protection Circuit, Circuit Employing Same, and Associated Method o...

MULTIPLE DIE LEAD FRAME

VARIABLE RELUCTANCE SENSOR INTERFACES WITH CLEARING AND METHODS OF...

SWITCH DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE

VARIABLE RELUCTANCE SENSOR INTERFACES AND METHODS OF THEIR OPERATION

VARIABLE RELUCTANCE SENSOR INTERFACES WITH SIGNAL PRE-PROCESSING AN...

SQUIB DRIVER DIAGNOSTIC CIRCUIT AND METHOD

WAFER-LEVEL GATE STRESS TESTING

VARIABLE RELUCTANCE SENSOR INTERFACE WITH INTEGRATION BASED ARMING...

VRS INTERFACE WITH 1/T ARMING FUNCTION