Company patents
Halo Microelectronics International
Halo Microelectronics International's patent strategy reveals a significant and sustained focus on Power Conversion (DC/AC, DC/DC), which constitutes 74.2% of its portfolio, despite a notable decline in patenting activity in this area, with a -56.2% YoY drop in 2025. Surprisingly, while many core electrical power categories are declining, the company shows an emerging focus in Power Distribution & Storage, experiencing a remarkable +200.0% YoY growth in patent filings so far in 2026, indicating a strategic shift within its electrical power domain.
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62 US filings (since 2023) · 11 categories · 21 themes
Focuses on novel circuit configurations for DC-DC, DC-AC, or AC-DC conversion, often involving resonant operation, multi-level structures, or switched capacitors to improve efficiency, power density, or voltage conversion ratios.
Techniques and circuits designed to regulate output, manage input variations, mitigate resonance, or ensure stable operation of power converters under diverse load and source conditions. This includes adaptive, predictive, or fault-tolerant control schemes.
Technologies for efficiently delivering power to electric vehicles, encompassing fast charging, wireless charging, and smart grid integration, alongside vehicle-side control and management of the charging process.
Digital logic and control circuits for managing power delivery, driving various loads (e.g., inductive, display elements), converting power, and protecting against over-voltage or electrostatic discharge. Includes gate drivers for power FETs and voltage level shifters.
Design and control of power supply architectures that combine multiple power sources (e.g., AC grid, DC battery, generators) or modular battery units, often featuring switching, conversion, and redundancy for enhanced reliability and flexibility.
Systems and methods for transferring electrical energy without physical contact, often utilizing inductive or resonant coupling, including antenna design, resonance tracking, and control mechanisms for efficient power delivery.
Integrated circuits or sub-circuits designed to regulate, balance, or protect power delivery within a device, often involving specific transistor and capacitor arrangements.
Advanced techniques for forming and optimizing gate dielectrics, work function layers, and other dielectric layers within transistor structures to improve performance, reliability, and scaling.
Devices and methods for accurately measuring or monitoring electrical current draw and power usage in various systems, often for control, optimization, or safety purposes.
Techniques and circuits for accurately identifying various electrical faults, such as ground faults, overcurrent, short circuits, switch malfunctions, or electrostatic discharge (ESD) events, often utilizing sensors, signal processing, and diagnostic algorithms.
Circuit breaker designs that combine mechanical switches with power semiconductors or solely use solid-state components to achieve faster fault interruption, current limiting, and arc suppression in AC or DC power systems.
Specialized circuits and devices designed to protect electrical and electronic systems from transient overvoltages caused by electrostatic discharge (ESD) or power surges, often involving suppressor diodes, gas discharge tubes (GDTs), or voltage clamping mechanisms.
Methods and architectures for processing digital signals to enhance quality, remove noise, manage group delay, and facilitate symbol decision, often involving digital filters and equalization techniques.
Focuses on the architectural and circuit-level innovations for Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) and Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs) to improve speed, accuracy, linearity, and power efficiency. Includes specific types like SAR and Delta-Sigma, and their constituent components.
Digital logic circuits designed to interface with analog sensors or signals, including comparators, input buffers, differential input stages, and logic for processing sensor outputs (e.g., capacitance, optical, touch) for detection or measurement.
Specialized digital and mixed-signal circuits for controlling and reading out quantum bits (qubits), including generating precise modulated RF signals and integrating with photonic components for quantum operations.
Techniques for encoding digital data onto analog carrier signals using complex constellation diagrams, multi-level signaling, or layered approaches, often combined with error correction codes, to achieve higher data rates, improved spectral efficiency, or extended range.
Integration of power converters with energy storage devices (batteries, supercapacitors) or grid interfaces, often involving AC/DC conversion, power flow management, and fault handling for hybrid power systems or specific applications like EVs or PV.
Novel materials and processes for forming low-resistance electrical contacts and interconnects within semiconductor devices, including selective deposition, silicidation, and barrier layers for improved performance and scaling.
Software, algorithms, and associated hardware for monitoring, controlling, and optimizing battery performance, safety, and lifespan, including charge/discharge cycles, thermal regulation, and system integration.
Techniques and circuits designed to identify, compensate for, or correct non-linearities, offsets, and other imperfections in signal processing paths, particularly within analog-to-digital, digital-to-analog, or digital-to-time converters.
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