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Current sensor integrated circuit with a dual gauge lead frame
26 Sep 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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Coil actuated sensor with sensitivity detection
26 Sep 23
A magnetic field sensor includes at least one coil responsive to an AC coil drive signal; at least one magnetic field sensing element responsive to a sensing element drive signal and configured to detect a directly coupled magnetic field generated by the at least one coil and to generate a magnetic field signal in response to the directly coupled magnetic field; a processor responsive to the magnetic field signal to compute a sensitivity value associated with detection of the directly coupled magnetic field and substantially independent of a reflected magnetic field reflected by a conductive target disposed proximate to the at least one magnetic field sensing element; and an output signal generator configured to generate an output signal of the magnetic field sensor indicative of the reflected magnetic field.
Alexander Latham, Claude Fermon, Jason Boudreau, Myriam Pannetier-Lecoeur, Bryan Cadugan, Hernán D. Romero
Filed: 1 Jul 22
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Multichannel magnetic field sensor with multiplexed signal path
26 Sep 23
A multichannel magnetic field sensor including a plurality of magnetic field sensing elements includes a multiplexed signal path.
Ezequiel Rubinsztain, Pablo Javier Bolsinger
Filed: 8 Sep 22
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Commonly controlled buck-boost converter
26 Sep 23
A method for controlling a buck-boost converter includes generating a first threshold voltage with a decreasing voltage level, generating a second threshold voltage with an increasing voltage level, and sensing an inductor current.
Michele Suraci, Giorgio Oddone
Filed: 26 Oct 21
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Electronic circuit to communicate information as an electrical current on two wires such that the electrical current is stabilized by measuring a voltage on a transistor within the electronic circuit
26 Sep 23
A two-wire electronic circuit can sense a voltage across terminals of a transistor and control an electrical current of the two-wire electronic circuit in accordance with the sensed voltage.
Leandro Fuentes, Manuel Rivas, Ezequiel Rubinsztain
Filed: 29 Apr 22
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Determining a temperature of a pixel array by measuring voltage of a pixel
26 Sep 23
Methods and apparatus for determining the temperature of a pixel array.
Joseph James Judkins, III, Bryan Cadugan
Filed: 14 Apr 21
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Magnetic Field Differential Linear Torque Sensor
21 Sep 23
Differential magnetic field torque sensors include first and second magnetic field concentrators that guide magnetic flux to a magnetic field sensor from first and second magnetic field directors and a target, such as a multipole magnet assembly configured as a ring magnet.
Alexander Latham
Filed: 18 Mar 22
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Multiple Branch Bus Bar for Coreless Current Sensing Application
21 Sep 23
A system, comprising a bus bar having a first through-hole formed therein and a first current sensor that is disposed adjacent to the first branch.
Loïc André Messier, Yannick Vuillermet, Evan Shorman, Simon E. Rock, Andreas P. Friedrich
Filed: 15 Mar 22
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Double-diffused Metal-oxide-semiconductor Transistor Including a Recessed Dielectric
21 Sep 23
In one aspect, a double-diffused metal oxide semiconductor (DMOS) includes a region of a semiconductor having a first region of a semiconductor having a first-type dopant, a first well having a second-type dopant, a dielectric within the first well, the dielectric having a bottom surface and a top surface opposite the bottom surface, a gate disposed on the top surface of the dielectric.
Thomas S. Chung, Chung C. Kuo, Maxim Klebanov, Sundar Chetlur
Filed: 15 Mar 22
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Low-latency switch drive circuit with power transfer
19 Sep 23
Switch drive circuits include galvanically isolated switch circuits with power transfer from the switch driver input side to the switch side.
Karl Rinne, Joseph Duigan
Filed: 23 Dec 21
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High resolution magnetic field sensors
19 Sep 23
Methods and apparatus for determining and transmitting speed and/or direction information for a rotating target by a magnetic field sensor.
Zachary Richards
Filed: 2 Mar 22
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Detector Having Quantum Dot PN Junction Photodiode
14 Sep 23
Methods and apparatus for a sensor having a photodetector array having photodetectors comprising a colloidal quantum dot (CQD) structure formed on an integrated circuit.
Sean Keuleyan, Andrew S. Huntington, Nanditha Dissanayake, Chao Yi, George Williams
Filed: 8 Mar 22
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Common Mode Transient Suppression
7 Sep 23
Methods and apparatus for a signal isolator that mitigates the effects of CMTI strikes.
Bruno Luis Uberti, Juan Guido Salaya Velazquez, Alejandro Gabriel Milesi
Filed: 4 Mar 22
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BLDC motor controller/driver
22 Aug 23
Methods and apparatus to control a three-phase BLDC motor with a curve transformer having an index value for each stored input value and output value for providing stored corner points for outputs of the curve transformer.
Yisong Lu
Filed: 16 Mar 20
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Use of channel information to generate redundant angle measurements on safety critical applications
22 Aug 23
A sensor system and method use channel information to generate redundant angle measurements for sensing rotation of magnets about a given axis of rotation.
Juan Manuel Cesaretti, Andrea Foletto
Filed: 30 Jun 21
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Dynamic offset and amplitude tracker
22 Aug 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; 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.
Christophe Lutz
Filed: 14 Oct 21
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Position sensor having harmonic distortion compensation
22 Aug 23
Methods and apparatus for determining a mechanical angle of a target from sine and cosine signals generated by inductive sensing elements by applying harmonic compensation on the sine and cosine signals using possible mechanical angles and analyzing results of the applied harmonic compensation.
Emanuele Andrea Casu, Andrea Foletto
Filed: 14 Dec 20
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Optical System for Improved Reliability and Performance
17 Aug 23
Described herein is a method and apparatus for an optical system configured to output redundant outputs, where the optical system includes at least one optical device configured to receive an optical signal; at least one optical transducer, wherein each at least one optical transducer is configured to receive the optical signal from the at least one optical device and convert the optical signal to an electrical signal; and at least one electronic device configured to receive each electrical signal and output the redundant outputs.
Stephen A. Marshall, Logan G. Stewart, Michael Munroe
Filed: 16 Feb 22
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Magnetic Field Differential Torque Sensor
17 Aug 23
Systems, methods, and apparatus for differential magnetic field torque sensors that include first and second magnetic targets for coupling to one or more rotatable shafts.
Till-Jonas Ostermann, Alexander Latham
Filed: 16 Feb 22
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Current Sensor Package
17 Aug 23
Current sensor packages are described including a leadframe configured to carry a current to be sensed and a current sensor that is electrically isolated from the leadframe.
Simon E. Rock, Thomas Kerdraon, Yannick Vuillermet, Loïc André Messier, Andreas P. Friedrich
Filed: 15 Feb 22