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Semiconductor Device to Reduce Signal Loss In a Transmission Line
9 Nov 23
A semiconductor device that includes an epitaxial layer having a first-type dopant, a first well having a second-type dopant, a base layer having the second-type dopant, a first metal layer comprising a first base terminal and an inner conductor, and a first via connecting the first base terminal to the first well.
Pablo Jesús Gardella, Eduardo Mariani, Brenda Rossi
Filed: 3 May 22
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Snapback Electrostatic Discharge Protection Device with Tunable Parameters
9 Nov 23
In one aspect, a diode includes a substrate having a first type dopant; a buried layer having a second type dopant and formed within the substrate; an epitaxial layer having the second type dopant and formed above the buried layer; and a plurality of regions having the first type dopant within the epitaxial layer.
Sagar Saxena, Washington Lamar, Maxim Klebanov, Chung C. Kuo, Sebastian Courtney, Sundar Chetlur
Filed: 5 May 22
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Sensor integrated circuits having a single edge nibble transmission (SENT) output
7 Nov 23
A sensor includes a sensing element to produce a sensing element signal and a processor responsive to the sensing element signal to generate a sensor output signal comprising a Single Edge Nibble Transmission (SENT) frame.
Florencia Ferrer, Jesse Lapomardo, Lucas Intile
Filed: 1 Sep 20
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Low-latency Switch Drive Circuit with Power Transfer
2 Nov 23
The present application relates to electronics and in particular to switch drive circuits and more particularly to galvanically isolated switch circuits with power transfer from the switch driver input side to the switch side.
Karl Rinne, Joseph Duigan
Filed: 13 Jul 23
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Circuit for reducing an offset component of a plurality of vertical hall elements arranged in one or more circles
31 Oct 23
A magnetic field sensor can be are based upon three element vertical Hall element building blocks, e.g., three element or six element vertical Hall element arrangements, all arranged in a circle.
Bruno Luis Uberti, Gerardo A. Monreal, Hernán D. Romero
Filed: 13 Jan 21
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Photonic ROIC having safety features
31 Oct 23
Methods and apparatus for a controlling a stimulus source to direct photons to a pixel in a pixel array contained in a detector system, analyzing a response of the pixel in the pixel array; and generating an alert based on the response of the pixel in the pixel array.
William P. Taylor, Bryan Cadugan
Filed: 10 Mar 21
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Dynamic Offset and Amplitude Tracker
26 Oct 23
A method for use in a sensor, comprising: generating a signal that is indicative of an angular position of a rotating target, the signal being generated by at least one magnetic field sensing element; adjusting the signal to produce an adjusted signal, the signal being adjusted based on a current value of a first adjustment coefficient and a current value of a second adjustment coefficient, the first adjustment coefficient including a gain adjustment coefficient, and the second adjustment coefficient including an offset adjustment coefficient; generating an output signal based on the adjusted signal; and updating the first adjustment coefficient, the updating including replacing the current value of the first adjustment coefficient with a new value of the first adjustment coefficient, the updating being performed by minimizing a function that is based on the current value of the first adjustment coefficient and the current value of the second adjustment coefficient.
Christophe Lutz
Filed: 27 Jun 23
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High isolation current sensor
24 Oct 23
Methods and apparatus for providing a high isolation current sensor.
Alexander Latham, Natasha Healey
Filed: 29 May 20
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Angle Sensor with a Single Die Using a Single Target
19 Oct 23
In one aspect, an angle sensor includes a first plurality of magnetoresistance elements located at a first location on an axis and a second plurality of magnetoresistance elements located at a second location on the axis.
Rémy Lassalle-Balier, Solène Bastien, Paul A. David, Maxime Rioult, Alexander Latham, Shaun Veilleux
Filed: 20 Jun 23
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Heterogeneous Magnetic and Inductive Sensors
19 Oct 23
A heterogeneous sensor system includes a magnetic field sensor and an inductive sensor.
Emanuele Andrea Casu, Yannick Vuillermet, Andreas P. Friedrich
Filed: 14 Apr 22
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Current Sensor Assemblies for Low Currents
19 Oct 23
A current sensor assembly can include: a coil structure having a first coil and a second coil connected in series, the coil structure configured to generate a differential magnetic field responsive to an electrical current passing through the first and second coils; a first magnetic field sensing element disposed proximate to the first coil and operable to generate a first signal responsive to the differential magnetic field passing through the first magnetic field sensing element in a first direction; a second magnetic field sensing element disposed proximate to the second coil and operable to generate a second signal responsive to the differential magnetic field passing through the second magnetic field sensing element in a second direction; and a circuit operable to subtract the first and second signals to generate a differential signal proportional to the electrical current.
Loïc André Messier, Yannick Vuillermet, Andreas P. Friedrich
Filed: 15 Apr 22
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Detector Having Parallax Compensation
19 Oct 23
Methods and apparatus for a system including an optic to receive light from near objects and far objects and a photoreceiver optically coupled to the optic, the photoreceiver including a photodetector array.
Bryan Cadugan, Andrew S. Huntington, Sapna S. Mukherjee, Adam Lee, George Williams, Richard Migliaccio, William P. Taylor
Filed: 13 Apr 22
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Photosensor Having Range Parallax Compensation
19 Oct 23
Methods and apparatus for photodetection having parallax compensation for near and far object signal return.
Bryan Cadugan, Andrew S. Huntington, Sapna S. Mukherjee, Adam Lee, George Williams, Richard Migliaccio, William P. Taylor
Filed: 13 Apr 22
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Detector system having type of laser discrimination
17 Oct 23
Methods and apparatus for receiving a return laser pulse at a detector system having pixels in a pixel array and analyzing a response of the pixels in the pixel array including comparing the response to at least one threshold corresponding to decay of photonic energy of the laser pulse over distance and target reflectivity, wherein the at least one threshold comprises a first threshold corresponding to a low trigger for a pulse generated by a first type of laser and a second threshold corresponding to a high trigger for the pulse generated by the first type of laser.
William P. Taylor, Bryan Cadugan
Filed: 11 Jan 23
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Dual double-pinned spin valve element having magnet bias with increased linear range
10 Oct 23
In one aspect, a dual double-pinned spin valve element includes a first spin valve that includes a first pinned layer and a second pinned layer and a second spin valve disposed on the first spin valve and comprising a third pinned layer and a fourth pinned layer.
Rémy Lassalle-Balier, Paolo Campiglio, Noémie Belin, Damien Dehu, Jeffrey Eagen
Filed: 12 Jun 20
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Fabricating planarized coil layer in contact with magnetoresistance element
10 Oct 23
In one aspect, a method includes forming a coil in a coil layer, performing planarization on the coil layer, and depositing a magnetoresistance (MR) element on the planarized coil layer.
Maxim Klebanov, Yen Ting Liu, Paolo Campiglio, Sundar Chetlur, Harianto Wong
Filed: 17 Jan 22
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Current Sensor Integrated Circuit with a Dual Gauge Lead Frame
5 Oct 23
A current sensor IC includes a unitary lead frame having a primary conductor with a first thickness and a secondary lead having a second thickness less than the first thickness.
Shixi Louis Liu, Maxwell McNally, Alexander Latham
Filed: 30 Mar 22
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Data Stream Watchdog Injection
5 Oct 23
Systems, methods, and circuits utilize one or multiple data-stream watchdog codes for verifying a temporal state of data from a sensor system.
Charles Myers
Filed: 30 Mar 22
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Semiconductor device
3 Oct 23
A first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region, and a third semiconductor region are arranged in layers.
Bungo Tanaka
Filed: 29 Jun 21
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Packaged current sensor integrated circuit
26 Sep 23
A packaged current sensor integrated circuit includes a primary conductor having an input portion and an output portion configured to carry a current to be measured by a magnetic sensing element supported by a semiconductor die adjacent to the primary conductor.
Bradley Boden, Rishikesh Nikam, Robert A. Briano
Filed: 10 Mar 22