Assignee: StMicroelectronics S.A.

Location: Montrouge, FR
No. of patents: 320

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7962949	Electronic component allowing the decoding of digital terrestrial or cable television signals A dual-conversion tuner firstly upconverts so as to place itself outside the receive band and then downconverts with zero intermediate frequency. A filter of the surface acoustic wave type is disposed between the two frequency transposition stages of the tuner. Afte...	06/14/2011
7961794	Transfer of digital data through a transformer A method and a system for transferring a digital signal through a transformer, including a circuit for coding the digital signal to be transferred, having two outputs connected to the respective ends of a primary winding of the transformer, and a circuit for decodin...	06/14/2011
7961203	Method for controlling a display screen, in particular a plasma display screen, and device for same A display screen is controlled through successive scans of the display screen. Each scan of the display screen includes a successive selection of rows of the display screen. For each row selected, and in accordance with a normal selection, a first column selection m...	06/14/2011
7960900	Assembly of a microswitch and of an acoustic resonator The invention relates to a device consisting of an electromechanical microswitch comprising mobile beam (2). According to the invention, at least part (14) of the beam forms the piezoelectric element of a piezoelectric actuator. ...	06/14/2011
7952458	Balun with a 1/4 impedance ratio A mode-switching transformer with a 1-to-4 impedance ratio having a first planar winding formed in a first conductive level from a first differential mode terminal outside of the winding; a second planar winding formed in a second conductive level from a second diff...	05/31/2011
7941738	Method for characterizing a bit detection event A bit detection event within a read period is characterized by sub-dividing each read period into elementary time intervals. Certain ones of the elementary intervals are selected to for a window and a counting operation for a number of bits detected during the inter...	05/10/2011
7941672	Regeneration of a secret quantity from an intergrated circuit identifier A method and a circuit for generating a secret quantity based on an identifier of an integrated circuit, including combining a first digital word derived from a physical parameter network with a second word stored in a non-volatile memory element. ...	05/10/2011
7941639	Protection of the execution of a program A method for protecting the execution of a main program against possible traps, including, on occurrence of an instruction from the main program, starting a time counter of a given count according to next instructions of the main program, and executing, once the cou...	05/10/2011
7939887	Active semiconductor component with a reduced surface area A semiconductor component in which the active junctions extend perpendicularly to the surface of a semiconductor chip substantially across the entire thickness thereof. The contacts with the regions to be connected are provided by conductive fingers substantially cr...	05/10/2011
7937590	Secure identification with biometric data A secure method and device of identification by biometric data in which digital biometric data obtained by a sensor are combined with an identifier of an integrated circuit chip contained in a device common to the sensor. ...	05/03/2011
7936875	Protection of a digital quantity contained in an integrated circuit comprising a JTAG interface A method and a circuit for protecting a digital quantity stored in a microcontroller including a JTAG interface, including the step of making the digital quantity dependent from a value stored in non-volatile fashion in the microcontroller and made inaccessible if s...	05/03/2011
7927969	Cleaning of photolithography masks A method and an equipment for cleaning masks used for photolithography steps, including at least one step of thermal treatment under pumping at a pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure and at a temperature greater than the ambient temperature. ...	04/19/2011
7925119	Image adapter with tilewise image processing, and method using such an adapter An image adapter transforms an input image into an output image by successively processing tiles and by changing numbers of columns and of rows of image points. The image adapter includes queue memories connected in series so as to receive values associated with the...	04/12/2011
7924791	Method of transmitting data packets between two slave units and a master unit comprising two processors A method of transmitting data packets within a local network including a master unit and at least two slave units is adapted to a configuration according to which the master unit comprises two processors. The first processor executes an application and the second pr...	04/12/2011
7923820	Method of producing a porous dielectric element and corresponding dielectric element A porous dielectric element is produced by forming a first dielectric and a second dielectric. The second dielectric is dispersed in the first dielectric. The second dielectric is then removed from the second dielectric by using a chemical dissolution. The removal o...	04/12/2011
7920036	Frequency tuning circuit for lattice filter A lattice tunable filtering circuit includes a first input and a second input, and a first output and a second output. The circuit includes two series branches and two parallel branches. The first and second series branches include a Tunable Resonator Component (TRC...	04/05/2011
7919864	Forming of the last metallization level of an integrated circuit An integrated circuit including one or several metallization levels, metal conductive strips and metal contact pads being formed on the last metallization level, the last level being covered with a passivation layer in which are formed openings above the contact pad...	04/05/2011
7915908	Crosstalk suppression in wireless testing of semiconductor devices An integrated circuit integrated on a semiconductor material die and adapted to be at least partly tested wirelessly, wherein circuitry for setting a selected radio communication frequencies to be used for the wireless test of the integrated circuit are integrated o...	03/29/2011
7911424	Automatic adaptation of the supply voltage of an electroluminescent display according to the desired luminance A device for regulating the bias voltage of circuits for controlling columns of a matrix display capable of selecting columns to turn on the light-emitting diodes of the selected columns and of a selected line, the device including a first measurement circuit provid...	03/22/2011
7906381	Method for integrating silicon-on-nothing devices with standard CMOS devices A method is provided for fabricating transistors of first and second types in a single substrate. First and second active zones of the substrate are delimited by lateral isolation trench regions, and a portion of the second active zone is removed so that the second ...	03/15/2011
7902859	Input/output circuitry with compensation block Circuitry including an output circuit having a first variable resistance block coupled between a first supply voltage and an output node, the first variable resistance block having a plurality of selectable resistive elements coupled in series with at least one resi...	03/08/2011
7902621	Integrated circuit comprising mirrors buried at different depths A semiconductor structure including a first active area under which is buried a first reflective layer and a least one second active area under which is buried a second reflective layer, wherein the upper surface of the second reflective layer is closer to the upper...	03/08/2011
7900051	Secure multimedia data transmission method A secure method and system of digital data transmission between a sender and a receiver, including a phase of receiver authentication by a symmetrical authentication key sharing algorithm with no transmission of the key, a phase of data watermarking by using the aut...	03/01/2011
7893992	Device comprising a camera module with automatic focusing and corresponding assembly method Device comprising a camera module with automatic focusing itself comprising an optical chip (8) and an optical block (7), the optical block (7) integrating at least an objective (3), at least a focusing means (11) for adjusting the...	02/22/2011
7888791	Device for electrical connection of an integrated circuit chip A device is provided for electrically connecting an integrated circuit chip. The device includes a main board, an intermediate board, and electrical connection balls in a space separating the boards. In the space, a peripheral zone comprises a peripheral matrix of b...	02/15/2011
RE42144	Non-volatile memory comprising means for distorting the output of memory cells The present invention relates to a non-volatile memory comprising a memory array comprising functional memory cells and non-functional memory cells linked to at least one non-functional word line. A word line address decoder comprises a special decoding section link...	02/15/2011
7886163	Authentication protocol with memory integrity verification The invention relates to a method of supplying a private quantity (s) in an integrated circuit involved in an authentication procedure by means of an external device that takes said private quantity into account. In order to verify the integrity of said memory eleme...	02/08/2011
7885408	Protection of several identical calculations A method for masking several identical functional processes manipulating digital data, including dividing the functional processes into steps at the end of each of which the process can be interrupted with the storage of at least one intermediary result, and success...	02/08/2011
7884352	Single-crystal semiconductor layer with heteroatomic macronetwork The invention relates to a single-crystal layer of a first semiconductor material including single-crystal nanostructures of a second semiconductor material, the nanostructures being distributed in a regular crystallographic network with a centered tetragonal prism....	02/08/2011
7883906	Integration of capacitive elements in the form of perovskite ceramic The use of a conductive bidimensional perovskite as an interface between a silicon, metal, or amorphous oxide substrate and an insulating perovskite deposited by epitaxy, as well as an integrated circuit and its manufacturing process comprising a layer of an insulat...	02/08/2011
7880588	Resistive and capacitive modulation in an electromagnetic transponder The selection of at least one back-modulation element of an electromagnetic transponder from among a plurality of resistive and/or capacitive modulation elements of the load of an oscillating circuit of the transponder, including selecting the modulation element(s) ...	02/01/2011
7880268	MIM capacitor A method for forming a MIM-type capacitor by filling of trenches by conformal depositions of insulating materials and of conductive materials, two successive electrodes of the capacitor including on either side of a thin vertical insulating layer at least one conduc...	02/01/2011
7847623	Device and method for power switch monitoring A device monitors at least one power switch which is series-mounted with a logic core between a first and a second potential. A connection point between the switch and logic core is carried to a third potential. The switch is biased by a biasing potential. The devic...	12/07/2010
7876290	Method of controlling a matrix screen and corresponding device A device for controlling a matrix screen includes a scanning circuit. The scanning circuit includes a row control block which successively selects each row, and a column control block which, for each selected row, selects or deselects a set of columns of the screen ...	01/25/2011
7876283	Antenna having a dielectric structure for a simplified fabrication process An antenna is formed with a self-supporting structure (1), a dielectric structure (2), and a conducting structure (3), each structure being formed from at least one structural element (10; 21, 22; 31-34). The structural elements of...	01/25/2011
7876141	Synchronization pulse generator with forced output A generator of synchronization pulses intended for at least two registers, including a first input intended to receive a clock signal and at least one output intended to deliver the pulses on the clock input of said registers, and at least one second input intended ...	01/25/2011
7875915	Integrated circuit comprising a photodiode of the floating substrate type and corresponding fabrication process An integrated circuit includes at least one photodiode associated with a read transistor. The photodiode is formed from a stack of three semiconductor layers comprising a buried layer, an floating substrate layer and an upper layer. The drain region and/or the sourc...	01/25/2011
7872894	SRAM memory cell protected against current or voltage spikes A memory cell is protected against current or voltage spikes. The cell includes a group of redundant data storage nodes for the storage of information in at least one pair of complementary nodes. The cell further includes circuitry for restoring information to its i...	01/18/2011
7871832	Generating an integrated circuit identifier The generation of a chip identifier supporting at least one integrated circuit, which includes providing a cutout of least one conductive path by cutting the chip, the position of the cutting line relative to the chip conditioning the identifier. ...	01/18/2011
7868517	Lamb wave resonator A Lamb wave resonator includes a piezoelectric layer, and a first electrode against a first face of the piezoelectric layer. The first electrode includes fingers and a contact arm, with each finger including a first side in contact with the contact arm and two other...	01/11/2011

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