179 patents
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Device Comprising a Start-up Circuit, and Method of Manufacturing Thereof
25 Nov 20
An electronic device includes a starting circuit configured to compare a value representative of the power supply voltage with a threshold, wherein the circuit includes a generator of a current proportional to temperature.
Jimmy Fort, Maud Pierrel, Nicolas Borrel, Thierry Soude
Filed: 12 May 20
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Integrated Device for Protection from Electrostatic Discharges
25 Nov 20
A first power supply rail is provided as a power supply tree configured with couplings to distribute a supply voltage to active elements of the circuit.
Francois TAILLIET
Filed: 18 May 20
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Method for Supply Voltage Regulation and Corresponding Device
25 Nov 20
A method for modifying the frequency of a clock signal clocking an integrated circuit supplied by a voltage controller, comprises, in response to a command for the modification, varying the frequency of the clock signal at a rate allowing a supply voltage to be controlled by the controller.
Michael Giovannini
Filed: 19 May 20
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Data Transmission, In Particular on a Serial Link Having a Great Length
25 Nov 20
Binary data is processed through a differential pre-encoder, which includes a simple modulo-2 addition.
Mohammed TMIMI, Philippe GALY
Filed: 18 May 20
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Soi Finfet Transistor with Strained Channel
25 Nov 20
Stress is introduced into the channel of an SOI FinFET device by transfer directly from a metal gate.
John H. ZHANG
Filed: 6 Aug 20
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Power Supply Device
25 Nov 20
The present disclosure concerns a device comprising: a voltage converter supplying, from a first DC voltage, a second DC voltage on an output terminal of the converter having a current value determined by a third voltage on a control terminal of the converter; a circuit configured, when a set point value of the second voltage switches from a first to a second set point value smaller than the first value, to generate a ramp signal successively representative of the first value, of a plurality of decreasing intermediate values between the first and second values, and of the second value; and an amplifier supplying a first signal representative of a difference between the ramp signal and a signal representative of the current value of the second voltage, the third voltage being determined by the first signal.
Jean CAMIOLO, Alexandre PONS
Filed: 20 May 20
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Device and Method for Provision of an Adjustable Current
25 Nov 20
The present disclosure concerns a device for supplying an adjustable current configured to supply discrete values of the current belonging to different current ranges, with a pitch between two successive discrete values determined by that of said ranges to which each of the two successive discrete values belongs.
Renald Boulestin
Filed: 4 May 20
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Method for Detecting an Attempt to Breach the Integrity of a Semiconductor Substrate of an Integrated Circuit from Its Back Face, and Corresponding Integrated Circuit
18 Nov 20
A semiconductor substrate has a front face and a back face.
Alexandre SARAFIANOS, Fabrice MARINET, Julien DELALLEAU
Filed: 11 May 20
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Device for Protecting Encrypted Data and Associated Method
18 Nov 20
A method and device for protecting encrypted data are disclosed.
Fabien Journet, Yanis Linge
Filed: 3 May 20
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Package with Lead Frame with Improved Lead Design for Discrete Electrical Components and Manufacturing the Same
18 Nov 20
A semiconductor package includes a lead frame, a die, a discrete electrical component, and electrical connections.
Rennier RODRIGUEZ, Bryan Christian BACQUIAN, Maiden Grace MAMING, David GANI
Filed: 30 Jul 20
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Device, for Example Video Game Device, Provided with a Contactless Transponder
18 Nov 20
A device comprising at least one controller handset possessing a housing and at least one control element that is arranged so as to protrude from the housing and to be movable with respect to the housing so as to allow a user to control at least one movement of at least one object that is external to the device, and a contactless transponder having at least one antenna that is housed in the at least one control element.
Hirokazu SAKAMOTO, Anthony TORNAMBE
Filed: 6 May 20
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Support Substrates for Microfluidic Die
18 Nov 20
The present disclosure provides supports for microfluidic die that allow for nozzles of the microfluidic die to be on a different plane or face a different direction from electrical contacts on the same support.
Simon DODD, David S. HUNT, Joseph Edward SCHEFFELIN, Dana GRUENBACHER, Stefan H. HOLLINGER, Uwe SCHOBER, Peter JANOUCH
Filed: 30 Jul 20
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DC-DC Converter with Steady State Current Limitation
18 Nov 20
A method for limiting an input or output current of a DC-DC converter and a current limiting circuit are disclosed.
Lionel Cimaz
Filed: 20 Apr 20
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Back-To-Back Power Switch Controller
18 Nov 20
In an embodiment, a power switch controller for driving a back-to-back power switch includes: an amplifier having a supply terminal configured to receive a supply voltage, an output configured to be coupled to a gate terminal of the back-to-back power switch, a first input configured to be coupled a source terminal of the back-to-back power switch, and a second input coupled to the output of the amplifier.
Jian Wen, Hong Xia Li, Mei Yang
Filed: 12 May 19
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Integrated Voltage Level Shifter Device
18 Nov 20
A voltage level shifter device an input stage and an output stage.
Vincent Pinon
Filed: 7 May 20
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Electronic Circuit with a Set of Weighted Capacitances
18 Nov 20
An electronic circuit comprises capacitive structures that are connected to one or a plurality of nodes, where each of the capacitive structures is formed by a capacitor or by a plurality of capacitors electrically connected in parallel.
Sandrine Nicolas, Damien Giot, Serge Ramet, Reiner Welk
Filed: 28 Apr 20
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N-channel Input Pair Voltage Regulator with Soft Start and Current Limitation Circuitry
11 Nov 20
A voltage regulator includes two input pairs of opposite type transistors, p-type and n-type, to provide a soft-start functionality for gradually increasing the voltage regulator's output voltage from zero, or a voltage below the thresholds of the n-type transistors, to an operational voltage.
Zhenghao CUI, Fei Wang, Ming Jiang
Filed: 28 Jul 20
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Mobile Device Transportation Mode Management Device, System and Method
11 Nov 20
A portable device includes one or more memories and travel mode control circuitry coupled to the one or more memories.
Mahaveer JAIN, Mahesh CHOWDHARY
Filed: 2 Jun 20
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Electronic Circuit
11 Nov 20
An electronic circuit includes a first electronic component formed above a buried insulating layer of a substrate and a second electronic component formed under the buried insulating layer.
Louise DE CONTI, Philippe GALY
Filed: 7 May 20
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Method for Compensating for a Phase Shift Between the Signal Emitted by an Object and That Received from a Reader Equipped with an Envelope Detector and Corresponding Object
11 Nov 20
An operation of calibrating the object using a reference reader is performed, the calibration operation including an operation of placing the reference reader at various distances away from the object that correspond to various values of a parameter within the object that is representative of the intensity of the signal received by the object, and, for each distance, an operation of determining an internal phase-shift compensation in the object with respect to a nominal internal phase shift, making it possible to obtain a load modulation amplitude that is higher, in terms of absolute value, than a threshold, and an operation of storing a lookup table of the various values of the parameter and the corresponding internal phase-shift compensations.
Nicolas Cordier, Anthony Tornambe
Filed: 21 Apr 20