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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174292 | Current sensing circuit for PWM applications with pulse width modulation and corresponding current process A current sensing circuit for a pulse width modulation (PWM) application may include first and second input terminals to be coupled to ends of a sensing resistance, an output terminal, and first and second internal circuit nodes. The current sensing circuit further ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8069399 | Method and system for decoding signals, corresponding receiver and computer program product A method and system for decoding signals includes a transmitter configured for transmitting signals encoded with a mapping, with different and separable configurations in a real part and an imaginary part of the signal. The signals may be encoded according to a Gray... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7869524 | Pulse generator for ultra-wide-band modulating systems and modulating systems using it A pulse generator circuit is provided. The pulse generator circuit has an input adapted to receive an input electrical quantity and an output at which an output electrical quantity is made available. A transfer characteristic establishes a relationship between said ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7716618 | Method and system for designing semiconductor circuit devices to reduce static power consumption A method and system are disclosed for designing a complex integrated electronic circuit architecture including a plurality of circuit portions integrated into a single chip structure. The method includes providing at least one library of cells with a variable channe... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7676082 | Method and architecture for compressing image data acquired from a Bayer color filter array For each color channel, the process includes gathering Bayer pattern pixel values by pairs, each pair being composed by two successive pixels belonging to the channel along the scanning direction of the pixels of the image, thus each pair of values representing a cu... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7638993 | Method of feedback controlling a switched regulator A method of feedback controls a switched regulator generating a regulated voltage on an output terminal and being driven by a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal that determines on-phases during which the output terminal is selectively connected to a supply line, and... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7569883 | Switching-controlled power MOS electronic device Power electronic MOS device of the type comprising a plurality of elementary power MOS transistors and a gate structure comprising a plurality of conductive strips realized with a first conductive material such as polysilicon, a plurality of gate fingers or metallic... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7560368 | Insulated gate planar integrated power device with co-integrated Schottky diode and process A process for integrating a Schottky contact inside the apertures of the elementary cells that constitute the integrated structure of the insulated gate power device in a totally self-alignment manner does not requires a dedicated masking step. This overcomes the li... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7528654 | Analog transconductance amplifier An analog transconductance amplifier includes an input stage including a first transistor and a second transistor connected in series to the first transistor. The first and second transistors are connected between positive and negative voltages and are respectively ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7489196 | Output power control of an RF amplifier Precision and reliability of a current limited mode output power control of an RF amplifier is enhanced by sensing the base current of the current controlled output power transistor. The base current is compared to a control current that is normalized by scaling it ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7486039 | Method for determining the back electromotive force induced in a voice-coil motor driven in discontinuous mode A method to determine a back electromotive force induced in a coil of a voice-coil motor by its motion. The motor is driven in a discontinuous mode by commanding alternating on-phases and off-phases (tristate). A drive current flowing in the coil or a drive voltage ... | 02/03/2009 |
