397 patents
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Control of a power stage of a switched-mode power supply
26 Oct 20
A driver circuit generates a drive signal having a first and second voltage state for controlling a power transistor switch coupled to a power supply node.
Regis Roubadia
Filed: 6 Oct 19
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Electronic circuit
26 Oct 20
In one embodiment, a circuit includes a plurality of elementary transistors connected in parallel between a node of application of a first potential of a power supply voltage and a node for coupling a load.
Philippe Bienvenu
Filed: 13 Aug 19
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Hybrid photonic and electronic integrated circuits
26 Oct 20
A sequence of processing steps presented herein is used to embed an optical signal path within an array of nanowires, using only one lithography step.
John H. Zhang
Filed: 3 Mar 19
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Centripetal Bumping Layout and Method
21 Oct 20
A bumping matrix includes many bumps, wherein each bump is rotationally asymmetric in a plane of the bumping matrix.
Laurent SCHWARTZ, David KAIRE, Jerome LOPEZ
Filed: 13 Apr 20
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Motor Control System
21 Oct 20
Control over the operation of an electrically-controlled motor is supported by an interface circuit between the electrically-controlled motor and a near-field radio frequency communication controller.
Gwenael MAILLET, Jean-Louis LABYRE, Gilles BAS
Filed: 5 Jul 20
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Method of Operating H-bridge Circuits and Corresponding Driver Device
21 Oct 20
An H-bridge circuit includes a supply voltage node, a first pair of transistors and a second pair of transistors.
Giovanni Luca TORRISI, Domenico aka Massimo PORTO, Christophe ROUSSEL
Filed: 14 Apr 20
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Electronic device including at least one electronic chip and electronic package
19 Oct 20
An electronic device includes a support wafer, an electronic chip and an encapsulating block for the electronic chip above the support wafer.
David Auchere, Laurent Schwarz, Deborah Cogoni, Eric Saugier
Filed: 22 Aug 18
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Adaptation of an electromagnetic recharging
19 Oct 20
A resonant circuit can be used in recharging a battery.
Jean Pierre Proot, Pascal Paillet
Filed: 18 Mar 18
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Non-oscillating comparator
19 Oct 20
A method for controlling operation of a comparator that includes an amplifier that is connected at an input of the comparator includes neutralizing any change of state of a signal output by the comparator starting from each moment in time at which the change of state of the output signal occurs and lasting for a duration of propagation to compensate for a duration of propagation of signals within the amplifier.
Vincent Binet, David Chesneau
Filed: 21 Jul 19
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Integrated circuit layout wiring for multi-core chips
19 Oct 20
An integrated circuit system-on-chip (SOC) includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of components made up of transistors formed in the substrate, and a plurality of interconnection lines providing electrical connectivity among the components.
Chetan Bisht, Harry Scrivener, III
Filed: 25 Sep 18
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Data Encoding on a Serial Bus
14 Oct 20
A method for encoding a data value to be transmitted on an SPI serial bus includes an operation to modify a status register of a memory, at least at one chosen time instant, as a function of all or part of the data value to be transmitted.
Francois TAILLIET
Filed: 5 Apr 20
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Photodiode with Sensitivity Control Using a Further Depletion Region
14 Oct 20
The present disclosure is directed to a diode including a first doped structure, doped with a first type of material and forming at least part of an isolation structure for the diode; at least one contact structure located within the first doped structure, the at least one contact structure forming one of the cathode or anode of the diode; a second doped structure, doped with a second type of material, and forming at least one depletion region or PN junction with the first doped structure; at least one second contact structure located within the second doped structure, the at least one second contact structure forming the other of the anode or the cathode of the diode; at least one further contact structure, doped with the first type of material, the at least one further contact structure forming at least one further depletion region or further PN junction, such that the at least one further depletion region is configured to steer charge from the at least one depletion region and thus decrease the sensitivity of the diode.
John Kevin MOORE
Filed: 5 Apr 20
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Universal Serial Bus Type-c Connection Interface
14 Oct 20
Provided is a method implemented in a USB-C supply interface connected between a supply source and a USB-C connector coupled to a load.
Jean CAMIOLO, Christophe LORIN
Filed: 2 Apr 20
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System and method of determining whether an electronic device is in contact with a human body
12 Oct 20
A system may include a motion sensor configured to generate a motion signal in response to a movement of an electronic device, and at least one feature detection circuit configured to determine at least one metric based on the motion signal.
Sankalp Dayal, Mahesh Chowdhary, Mahaveer Jain
Filed: 1 Feb 17
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Low offset current sense amplifier
12 Oct 20
A current sense amplifier includes: first and second intermediate nodes coupled to first and second nodes of a sense resistor by a chopper, and to respective branches of a current mirror; a differential amplifier having inputs coupled to the first and second intermediate nodes and adapted to generate first and second voltage signals; and first and second transistors adapted to be controlled by the first and second voltage signals respectively and each having one of its main current conducting nodes coupled to a respective one of the first and second intermediate nodes.
Patrik Arno
Filed: 29 Jan 18
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Method for forming a planarization structure
12 Oct 20
A planarization structure is formed with a planar upper face enclosing a relief projecting from a planar substrate.
Loic Gaben
Filed: 13 May 18
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Integrated circuit containing a decoy structure formed by an electrically insulated silicide sector
12 Oct 20
An integrated circuit includes a substrate, an interconnection part, and an isolating region located between the substrate and the interconnection part.
Julien Delalleau, Christian Rivero
Filed: 15 Jul 18
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Integrated circuit with detection of thinning via the back face and decoupling capacitors
12 Oct 20
A semiconductor substrate has a back face and a front face and includes a semiconductor well that is electrically isolated from the semiconductor substrate.
Abderrezak Marzaki
Filed: 23 Sep 18
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Memory array comprising memory cells of Z2-FET type
12 Oct 20
A memory array includes memory cells of Z2-FET type arranged in rows and columns, wherein each memory cell includes a MOS-type selection transistor and a first region of a first conductivity type that is shared in common with a drain region of the first conductivity type of the selection transistors.
Hassan El Dirani, Thomas Bedecarrats, Philippe Galy
Filed: 25 Nov 18
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SOI FinFET transistor with strained channel
12 Oct 20
Stress is introduced into the channel of an SOI FinFET device by transfer directly from a metal gate.
John H. Zhang
Filed: 12 Mar 18