Assignee: Stmicroelectronics S.r.l.

Location: Agrate Brianza, IT
No. of patents: 214

Number	Title	Issue Date
7940708	PCM type interface An interface device having a first and second data terminal configured for the communication of data in duplex mode, with one of the first and second data terminals always assigned to each direction of the communication, the first and second data terminals configura...	05/10/2011
7940555	Row decoder for non-volatile memory devices, in particular of the phase-change type A hierarchical row decoder is for a phase-change memory device provided with an array of memory cells organized according to a plurality of array wordlines and array bitlines. The row decoder has a global decoder that addresses first and a second global wordlines ac...	05/10/2011
7940553	Method of storing an indication of whether a memory location in phase change memory needs programming A phase change memory includes a float buffer which stores the result of a comparison between the current state of data in the phase change memory cells and an intended next state of each of those cells. The float buffer indicates which cells need to be programmed i...	05/10/2011
7939815	Forming a carbon passivated ovonic threshold switch By making an ovonic threshold switch using a carbon interfacial layer having a thickness of less than or equal to ten percent of the thickness of the associated electrode, cycle endurance may be improved. In some embodiments, a glue layer may be used between the car...	05/10/2011
7936189	Driver circuit and method for reducing electromagnetic interference An apparatus and a method switch a load through a power transistor. The apparatus includes: a first current generator for generating a current to charge a capacitance of a control terminal of the power transistor during power on of the power transistor; a second cur...	05/03/2011
7936047	Method for realizing a contact of an integrated well in a semiconductor substrate, in particular for a base terminal of a bipolar transistor, with enhancement of the transistor performances A method realizes a contact of a first well of a first type of dopant integrated in a semiconductor substrate next to a second well of a second type of dopant and forming with it a parasitic diode. The method comprises: formation of the first well; formation of the ...	05/03/2011
7929756	Method for classifying a digital image A method for associating with a digital image a class of a plurality of predefined classes having respective models, the method including the phases of dividing the digital image pixel by pixel into one or more regions belonging to a set of predefined regions that d...	04/19/2011
7928960	Analog input device with integrated pressure sensor and electronic apparatus equipped with said input device In an input device, a control element is operated by a user; a pressure sensor is mechanically coupled to the control element and is provided with a monolithic body of semiconductor material housing a first sensitive element, which detects an actuation of the contro...	04/19/2011
7928578	Electric linkage in a semiconductor electronic device between a nanometric circuit architecture and standard electronic components A semiconductor electronic device that includes a semiconductor substrate having a top surface; a seed layer positioned on the substrate and having a notched wall extending transversely with respect to the substrate top surface, the wall defining a first recess exte...	04/19/2011
7925803	Method and systems for mesochronous communications in multiple clock domains and corresponding computer program product Full-duplex communication over a communication link between an initiator operating with an initiator clock and a target operating with a target clock involves, in communication from the initiator to the target: storing data from the initiator in a first FIFO memory ...	04/12/2011
7925010	Message deciphering method, system and article A method decrypts the encrypted messages sent by a transmission device to a first electronic device associated with a first trusted authority and to a second electronic device. In one embodiment, first and second tokens are generated and exchanged, respectively, by ...	04/12/2011
7924267	Pointing device for a computer system with automatic detection of lifting, and relative control method A pointing device for a computer system includes: a first movement sensor for detecting movements of the device along a first axis and a second axis; a second movement sensor, for detecting movements of the device along a third axis not coplanar with the first and s...	04/12/2011
7924082	Driving configuration of a switch A driving circuit of a switch includes first and second transistors connected in series to each other and to relative intrinsic diodes in antiseries and driven by a driving device that includes at least one first and one second output terminal connected to the switc...	04/12/2011
7916526	Protection register for a phase-change memory A memory device including a memory array comprising a set of phase change memory cells configured to store data. The memory device further includes a protection register including a set of protection cells configured to store protection information of the memory cel...	03/29/2011
7916441	Device for protecting electronic circuits against faults A protection device for protecting an electronic circuit against a fault is described. The electronic circuit includes an output stage for driving a load and a driving circuit for driving the output stage. The driving circuit is configured to produce a drive signal ...	03/29/2011
7910444	Process for forming differential spaces in electronics device integrated on a semiconductor substrate A forms spacers in a electronic device integrated on a semiconductor substrate that includes: first and second transistors each comprising a gate electrode projecting from the substrate and respective source/drain regions. The process comprises: forming in cascade a...	03/22/2011
7908921	Barometric-pressure-sensor device with altimeter function and altimeter-setting function A barometric-pressure-sensor device for a portable electronic device, having a pressure sensor of a MEMS type designed to supply a barometric-pressure measurement, and with a processing circuit coupled to the pressure sensor that is designed to supply an altitude me...	03/22/2011
7906874	Method and circuit for managing start-up phase of at least a micro fuel cell to be connected to a load A managing method of the start-up phase of at least one micro fuel cell to be connected to a load includes: measuring a micro fuel cell voltage value across the micro fuel cell activated by means of a fuel injection; comparing the micro fuel cell voltage value with ...	03/15/2011
7906321	Integrated semiconductor microreactor for real-time monitoring of biological reactions An integrated semiconductor chemical microreactor for real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) monitoring, has a monolithic body of semiconductor material; a number of buried channels formed in the monolithic body; an inlet trench and an outlet trench for each buri...	03/15/2011
7903763	Bandwidth selection for FM applications A system and method to optimize the quality of a modulated signal. In one aspect, an AM demodulator is used in conjunction with proper bandwidth selection of an FM signal. For example, the AM demodulator can be used to generate an instantaneous absolute value of the...	03/08/2011
7902804	Method and related circuit for protection against malfunctioning of the feedback loop in switching power supplies A method and the related circuit protect against malfunctioning of the feedback loop in switching power supplies. More particularly, the circuit identifies a condition of excessively high voltage at the output. In one embodiment the circuit for the protection agains...	03/08/2011
7899860	Method and system for high-speed floating-point operations and related computer program product A circuit for estimating propagated carries in an adder starting from operands that include actual addition inputs or at least one earlier carry, the circuit performs statistical circuit operations with independent binary traffic for the operands. Preferably, this b...	03/01/2011
7899022	Block de-interleaving system The block de-interleaving system includes an input for receiving a set of time-aligned blocks or interleaved data, physical memory unit, and a de-interleaving block for writing the blocks in the memory in a first predetermined manner and reading the blocks from the ...	03/01/2011
7898267	Capacitive position sensing in an electrostatic micromotor An electrostatic micromotor is provided with a fixed substrate, a mobile substrate facing the fixed substrate, and electrostatic-interaction elements enabling a relative movement of the mobile substrate with respect to the fixed substrate in a movement direction; th...	03/01/2011
7898008	Vertical-type, integrated bipolar device and manufacturing process thereof A bipolar device is integrated in an active layer, wherein delimitation trenches surround respective active areas housing bipolar transistors of complementary types. Each active area accommodates a buried layer; a well region extending on top of the buried layer; a ...	03/01/2011
7892923	Power field effect transistor and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing a vertical power MOS transistor on a wide band gap semiconductor substrate having a wide band gap superficial semiconductor layer, including the steps of forming a screening structure on the superficial semiconductor layer that leaves a plu...	02/22/2011
7890666	Embedded protocol selection technique, related interface and computer program product A protocol-based communication between a host device (e.g., MP3 player, digital camera, palmtop, etc.) and an interface (e.g., flash mass storage card) is established automatically by providing protocol-supporting facilities in the interface, each facility supportin...	02/15/2011
7888885	Control circuit of a driving circuit for regulating the switching frequency of a discharge lamp A control circuit controls a driving circuit of a discharge lamp. The driving circuit comprises a half bridge and a clock generator that determines the switching frequency of the half bridge. The control circuit comprises a regulator that regulates the value of the ...	02/15/2011
7888240	Method of forming phase change memory devices in a pulsed DC deposition chamber A phase change memory including an ovonic threshold switch is formed using a pulsed direct current (DC) deposition chamber using pulsed DC. Pulsed DC is used to deposit a chalcogenide film. Pulsed DC may be also used to deposit a carbon film. ...	02/15/2011
7886601	Microelectromechanical sensor having multiple full-scale and sensitivity values A microelectromechanical sensing structure is provided with a mobile element adapted to be displaced as a function of a quantity to be detected, and first fixed elements, capacitively coupled to the mobile element and configured to implement with the mobile element ...	02/15/2011
7885123	Integrated circuit for memory card and memory card using the circuit An integrated circuit for storing data, and for application in a memory card that operates in cooperation with at least one of an external acquisition system and an external processing system includes input/output terminals for receiving the data to be stored, and a...	02/08/2011
7884588	Control method and device for a system of interleaved converters using a designated master converter Control device for a switching converter structure comprising at least a first and a second interleaved converter, wherein the control device is configured to designate one converter as master and at least the other converter as slave, to set a time delay of the ope...	02/08/2011
7882301	Wear leveling in storage devices based on flash memories and related circuit, system, and method A wear leveling solution is proposed for use in a storage device based on a flash memory. The flash memory includes a plurality of physical blocks, which are adapted to be erased individually. A corresponding method starts with the step for erasing one of the physic...	02/01/2011
7848472	Synchronization method of data interchange of a communication network, and corresponding circuit and architecture A semiconductor substrate integrated electronic circuit includes a transmitter block and a receiver block connected through a communication network (4). A data signal having a transmission period is generated on a first line that is received by the receiver b...	12/07/2010
7877252	Automatic speech recognition method and apparatus, using non-linear envelope detection of signal power spectra An automatic speech recognition method includes converting an acoustic signal into a digital signal; determine a power spectrum of at least one portion of the digital signal; and non-linearly determining envelope values of the power spectrum at a plurality of respec...	01/25/2011
7876971	Method and system for signal processing, for instance for mobile 3D graphic pipelines, and computer program product therefor A system renders a primitive of an image to be displayed, for instance in a mobile 3D graphic pipeline, the primitive including a set of pixels. The system locates the pixels in the area of the primitive, generates, for each pixel located in the area, a set of assoc...	01/25/2011
7872326	Array of vertical bipolar junction transistors, in particular selectors in a phase change memory device A process for manufacturing an array of bipolar transistors, wherein deep field insulation regions of dielectric material are formed in a semiconductor body, thereby defining a plurality of active areas, insulated from each other and a plurality of bipolar transisto...	01/18/2011
7871880	Method for manufacturing electronic devices integrated in a semiconductor substrate and corresponding devices A method manufactures a vertical power MOS transistor on a semiconductor substrate comprising a first superficial semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, comprising: forming trench regions in the first semiconductor layer, filling in said trench regions wi...	01/18/2011
7869269	Phase-change memory device with error correction capability A phase-change memory device includes a plurality of data PCM cells for storing data bits; data decoding circuits for selectively addressing sets of data PCM cells; and data read/program circuits for reading and programming the selected data PCM cells. The device fu...	01/11/2011
7868382	Emitter-switched power actuator with integrated Zener diode between source and base A power actuator of the emitter-switched type is described, the power actuator comprising at least one high voltage bipolar transistor and a low voltage DMOS transistor connected in cascode configuration between a collector terminal of the bipolar transistor and a s...	01/11/2011

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Assignee: Stmicroelectronics S.r.l.