Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L

Location: Agrate Brianza, (MI), IT
No. of patents: 41

Number	Title	Issue Date
7463055	Switch block and corresponding switch matrix, in particular for FPGA architectures A switch block suitable to realize the connection between interconnection lines connected thereto of the type comprising at least a switching block connected to the interconnection lines and including at least a buffer stage in turn connected to a plurality of trans...	12/09/2008
7459387	Semiconductor electronic device and method of manufacturing thereof A semiconductor electronic device includes a die of semiconductor material and a support. The die of semiconductor material includes an integrated electronic circuit and a plurality of contact pads associated with the electronic circuit and connected electrically to...	12/02/2008
7447283	Method for automatic gain control, for instance in a telecommunication system, device and computer program product therefor A method for automatic gain control of an output signal generated from an input signal includes measuring power of the output signal. Measuring power of the output signal includes setting at least one power threshold, measuring a rate of crossing of the at least one...	11/04/2008
7440839	Method and associated device for sensing the air/fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine A method of sensing the air/fuel ratio in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine that may be easily implemented by a respective low-cost device includes a pressure sensor and a learning machine that generates a sensing signal representing the air/fuel...	10/21/2008
7440625	Method and apparatus for decoding compressed and encoded digital images A method for decoding-decompressing a compressed-encoded digital data sequence relating to at least one compressed-encoded digital image and for providing at least one respective decoded-decompressed digital image. ...	10/21/2008
7436441	Method for down-scaling a digital image and a digital camera for processing images of different resolutions A digital camera for capturing and processing images of different resolutions and a corresponding method for down-scaling a digital image are provided. The method includes forming an image of a real scene on an image sensor that is made up of a plurality of pixels a...	10/14/2008
7424068	Method and system for coding/decoding signals and computer program product therefor A method for decoding signals with encoded symbols over a symbol interval that modulate a carrier. The method includes phase locking the signal to be decoded to obtain a phase-locked signal. The value assumed by the phase-locked signal on at least one subinterval in...	09/09/2008
7417298	High voltage insulated-gate transistor An insulated-gate transistor, includes a semiconductor material layer having a front surface, a body region, an insulated gate disposed over the body region with interposition of a gate dielectric, and a source and drain region, the source region formed in the body ...	08/26/2008
7414902	Semiconductor memory device with information loss self-detect capability A semiconductor memory device, including a plurality of programmable memory cells each one adapted to be brought into one among at least a first status and a second status, said plurality of memory cells including memory cells intended to store data, and means for a...	08/19/2008
7403405	Low-consumption regulator for a charge pump voltage generator and related system and method A regulator circuit for a charge pump voltage generator includes a voltage comparator circuit that performs a voltage comparison between a charge pump output voltage and a reference voltage. A circuit responsive to the voltage comparator circuit conditions a charge ...	07/22/2008
7403441	Power management unit for a flash memory with single regulation of multiple charge pumps A power management unit for a non-volatile memory device is proposed. The power management unit includes means for providing a reference voltage, resistive means for deriving a reference current from the reference voltage, means for generating a plurality of operati...	07/22/2008
7385850	Method of programming and verifying cells of a nonvolatile memory and relative NAND FLASH memory A method of programming cells in a nonvolatile memory is based upon a Global Verify operation and a Byte-by-byte Verify operation. The cells of a destination page of the nonvolatile memory are programmed, and logic values stored in the programmed cells of a source p...	06/10/2008
7379516	Equalization and interpolated timing recovery for a partial response channel A receiver in a data read channel has an input terminal for receiving an input signal provided by a transmitter of the data read channel, and produces an output signal at an output terminal. The receiver includes a finite impulse response (FIR) filter coupled to the...	05/27/2008
7376810	Integrated device with multiple reading and/or writing commands An integrated device is provided that includes a non-volatile memory having an addressing parallelism and a data parallelism, and a communication interface for interfacing the memory with an external bus. The external bus has a transfer parallelism lower than the ad...	05/20/2008
7365928	Write driver with improved boosting circuit and interconnect impedance matching A write driver driving a write current through a head connected to the write head by an interconnect. The write driver includes a circuit matching output resistance to the odd characteristic impedance of the interconnect and a voltage boosting circuit. The voltage b...	04/29/2008
7366014	Double page programming system and method A method for programming an electrically programmable memory including a plurality of memory cells arranged in individually-selectable memory cell sets each including at least one memory cell. The programming method includes causing the memory cells of a selected me...	04/29/2008
7362616	NAND flash memory with erase verify based on shorter evaluation time A non-volatile memory device is proposed. The non-volatile memory device includes a plurality of memory cells each one having a programmable threshold voltage, and means for reading a set of selected memory cells with respect to a plurality of reference voltages, fo...	04/22/2008
7336538	Page buffer circuit and method for multi-level NAND programmable memories A page buffer for an electrically programmable memory including at least one read/program unit having a coupling line operatively associable with at least one of said bit lines and adapted to at least temporarily storing data bits read from or to be written into eit...	02/26/2008
7328397	Method for performing error corrections of digital information codified as a symbol sequence A method and system for making error corrections on digital information coded as symbol sequences, for example digital information stored in electronic memory systems or transmitted from and to these systems is described, provides the transmission of sequences incor...	02/05/2008
7319601	Starting circuit for switching power supplies A bootstrap circuit for switching power supplies (SMPS), a switching power supply including a bootstrap circuit, and an integrated circuit of a switching power supply, are provided. The bootstrap circuit (13) for switching power supplies includes a first supp...	01/15/2008
7317347	Charge pump circuit with reuse of accumulated electrical charge A two-phase charge pump is provided that is capable of being controlled by first and second clock signals that are out-of-phase and take alternatively a first value and a second value during consecutive phases. The charge pump includes a sequence of cascade-connecte...	01/08/2008
7313332	Method of transmitting data streams on optical links and system and computer program product therefor A data stream (b(t)) including high (“1”) and low (“0”) logical states is transmitted over an optical link by means of an optical source adapted to be driven via the data strema, to generate an optical signal for transmission over the optical link. The optic...	12/25/2007
7307405	Transition mode operating device for the correction of the power factor in switching power supply units A transition mode operating device for the correction of the power factor in switching power supply units includes a converter for receiving an input voltage and for providing a regulated output voltage, and a coupled control device. The converter includes a power t...	12/11/2007
7301999	Quantization method and system for video MPEG applications and computer program product therefor Digital signals are converted between a first and second format by a conversion process including generating coefficients representing the digital signals. The coefficients may be discrete cosine transform coefficient generated during encoding/transcoding of MPEG si...	11/27/2007
7294536	Process for manufacturing an SOI wafer by annealing and oxidation of buried channels A process for manufacturing an SOI wafer, including the steps of: forming, in a wafer of semiconductor material, cavities delimiting structures of semiconductor material; thinning out the structures through a thermal process; and completely oxidizing the structures....	11/13/2007
7274256	Input amplifier stage in the AB class having a controlled bias current The invention relates to an input amplifier stage, in AB class, having a controlled bias current and comprising a differential cell, inserted between a first supply voltage reference and a second voltage reference, having a differential pair of input transistors rec...	09/25/2007
7272511	Molecular memory obtained using DNA strand molecular switches and carbon nanotubes, and method for manufacturing the same Described herein are a molecular memory obtained using DNA strand molecular switches and carbon nanotubes, and a manufacturing method thereof. In particular, the nonvolatile memory is manufactured according to an architecture that envisages the use of carbon nanotub...	09/18/2007
7272059	Sensing circuit for a semiconductor memory A sensing circuit for a semiconductor memory comprising a circuit branch intended to be electrically coupled to a memory bit line having connected thereto a memory cell to be sensed. A bit line precharge circuit is provided, for precharging the memory bit line to a ...	09/18/2007
7265592	Digital switching apparatus for driving a load The present invention refers to a digital apparatus suitable for driving a load. The apparatus an input for receiving a voltage signal varied by an external disturbance and comprises means for sampling at least the external disturbance such as noise, and a driving c...	09/04/2007
7260005	Data bus architecture for a semiconductor memory A semiconductor memory device is provided that includes memory cells, sense amplifiers, signal lines, isolating circuits, and a precharging circuit. Each signal line is coupled to an output of at least one of the sense amplifiers and each of the isolating circuits i...	08/21/2007
7259743	System for driving columns of a liquid crystal display A system for driving columns of a liquid crystal display includes logic circuitry operating in a supply path between a first and a second supply voltage in which the first supply voltage is higher than the second supply voltage. The logic circuitry is capable of gen...	08/21/2007
7257039	Bit line discharge control method and circuit for a semiconductor memory A method of controlling a discharge of bit lines of a matrix of memory cells comprises conditioning a value of a current flowing through a bit line of the matrix during a bit line discharge phase to an absence of an indication of defectiveness of the bit line. The m...	08/14/2007
7251991	Method for determination of the physical features of a tire A measurement technique determines the physical features of a tire such as a determination of the deformation a tire undergoes during use. The measurement technique utilizes a first belt, or first and second belts, in the tire reinforced with a plurality of metallic...	08/07/2007
7248096	Charge pump circuit with dynamic biasing of pass transistors A two-phase charge pump is provided that is controlled by first and second clock signals in phase-opposition. The charge pump has a sequence of cascade-connected stages. Each stage includes a capacitive element driven by one clock signal such that capacitive element...	07/24/2007
7242253	Low noise amplifier A low noise amplifier includes a cascode device which includes at least a first and a second transistor having a terminal in common. The output terminal of the second transistor is the output terminal of the cascode device and is coupled to the output terminal of th...	07/10/2007
7239743	Methods and apparatus for texture compression and computer program product therefor A method for texture compressing images having a plurality of color components (R, G, B), includes decomposing the images in sub-blocks each including only one color component. At least one first predictor is defined for each sub-block and a respective set of predic...	07/03/2007
7230498	Delay line for a ring oscillator circuit A delay line for a ring oscillator circuit includes at least one delay stage having a multiple logic gate delay cells driven by a multiplexer. The multiplexer is symmetrically configured and includes multiple logic gates that are similar to the logic gates of the de...	06/12/2007
7212143	Circuit for selectively analog signals into digital codes A circuit for selectively converting at least one analog signal into corresponding digital codes. The circuit includes a management block having a plurality of inputs, each adapted for receiving a respective request signal carrying a request to convert the at least ...	05/01/2007
7206458	Method of compressing digital images acquired in CFA format A method of compressing digital images acquired in CFA format that utilizes optimized quantization matrices. The method, basing itself on the statistical characterization of the error introduced during the processing phase that precedes compression, appropriately mo...	04/17/2007
7205822	Control circuit for an inductive load driver A control circuit for an inductive load driver includes a control block activated by a trigger signal and an output coupled to the control terminal of a power element. The control circuit includes an auxiliary current generator capable of delivering a current that i...	04/17/2007

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Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L