397 patents
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Optical Image Stabilization Actuator Driver Power Distribution Control
25 Mar 20
Various embodiments provide an optical image stabilization circuit including a drive circuit having a power waveform generator and a power waveform conversion circuit.
Mark A. Lysinger, Chih-Hung Tai, James L. Worley, Pavan Nallamothu
Filed: 25 Nov 19
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Device and Method for Processing a Histogram of Arrival Times In an Optical Sensor
25 Mar 20
An embodiment device includes: a plurality of optical emitters configured to emit incident radiation within a field of view of the device; a plurality of optical detectors configured to receive reflected radiation and to generate a histogram based on the incident radiation and the reflected radiation, the histogram being indicative of a number of photon events detected by the plurality of optical detectors over a plurality of time bins, the plurality of time bins being indicative of a plurality of time differences between emission of the incident radiation and reception of the reflected radiation; and a processor configured to iteratively process the histogram by executing an expectation-maximization algorithm to detect a presence of objects located in the field of view of the device.
Francois De Salivet de Fouchecour, Stuart McLeod, Donald Baxter, Olivier Pothier, Thierry Lebihen
Filed: 25 Sep 18
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Method to Induce Strain In Finfet Channels from an Adjacent Region
25 Mar 20
Methods and structures for forming strained-channel finFETs are described.
Pierre MORIN, Nicolas LOUBET
Filed: 25 Nov 19
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Electronic Device for Esd Protection
25 Mar 20
A semiconductor device includes a thyristor disposed in a semiconductor body.
Jean Jimenez, Boris Heitz, Johan Bourgeat, Agustin Monroy Aguirre
Filed: 25 Nov 19
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Synchronization Between an Object and a Reader Contactlessly Communicating by Active Load Modulation
25 Mar 20
A method of contactless communication can be performed between an object and a reader using active load modulation.
Marc Houdebine
Filed: 12 Sep 19
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Method for fabricating a device with a tensile-strained NMOS transistor and a uniaxial compression strained PMOS transistor
23 Mar 20
Manufacture of a transistor device with at least one P type transistor with channel structure strained in uniaxial compression strain starting from a silicon layer strained in biaxial tension, by amorphization recrystallization then germanium condensation.
Sylvain Maitrejean, Emmanuel Augendre, Pierre Morin, Shay Reboh
Filed: 6 Mar 17
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Synchronization of laser scanning projector to video sources to minimize the delay therebetween
23 Mar 20
Described herein is a video projection system including an optical module with at least one collimated light source to generate a light beam and at least one movable mirror to reflect the light beam.
Eli Yaser, Massimo Ratti, Naomi Petrushevsky
Filed: 29 Mar 18
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Optical Image Stabilization Actuator Driver Power Distribution Control
18 Mar 20
Various embodiments provide an optical image stabilization circuit including a drive circuit having a power waveform generator and a power waveform conversion circuit.
Mark A. Lysinger, Pavan Nallamothu, Chih-Hung TAI, James L. WORLEY
Filed: 24 Nov 19
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Method for generating a personalized classifier for human motion activities of a mobile or wearable device user with unsupervised learning
16 Mar 20
Described herein is a method of operating an electronic device that includes collecting initial motion activity data from at least one sensor of the electronic device, and generating a initial probabilistic context of the electronic device relative to its surroundings from the initial collected motion activity data using a motion activity classifier function.
Mahesh Chowdhary, Arun Kumar, Ghanapriya Singh, Rajendar Bahl
Filed: 18 May 17
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Forming replacement low-K spacer in tight pitch fin field effect transistors
16 Mar 20
A semiconductor device that a fin structure, and a gate structure present on a channel region of the fin structure.
Xiuyu Cai, Chun-Chen Yeh, Qing Liu, Ruilong Xie
Filed: 27 Jul 16
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Glass detection with time of flight sensor
16 Mar 20
A device includes a time-of-flight ranging sensor configured to transmit optical pulse signals and to receive return optical pulse signals.
Xiaoyong Yang, Darin K. Winterton, Arnaud Deleule
Filed: 14 Jun 17
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Packet-based Digital Display Interface Signal Mapping to Micro Serial Interface
11 Mar 20
A passive cable adaptor for connecting a data source device with a display device is described.
Alan Osamu KOBAYASHI
Filed: 11 Nov 19
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Reconfigurable Sensor Unit for Electronic Device
11 Mar 20
A sensor chip includes registers storing and outputting configuration data, an extraction circuit receiving digital data and extracting features of the digital data in accordance with the configuration data, and a classification circuit applying a decision tree to the extracted features to generate a context of an electronic device into which the sensor chip is incorporated relative to its surroundings, the decision tree operating according to the configuration data.
Mahesh CHOWDHARY
Filed: 14 Nov 19
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Semiconductor Device with Fin and Related Methods
11 Mar 20
A semiconductor device may include a substrate, a fin above the substrate and having a channel region therein, and source and drain regions adjacent the channel region to generate shear and normal strain on the channel region.
Pierre Morin, Nicolas Loubet
Filed: 10 Nov 19
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Flip flop of a digital electronic chip
9 Mar 20
A flip flop includes a data input, a clock input, a test chain input, a test chain output, a monitoring circuit, and an alert transmission circuit.
Pascal Urard, Florian Cacho, Vincent Huard, Alok Kumar Tripathi
Filed: 9 Jul 18
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System for measuring the power level of an ambient energy source
9 Mar 20
The invention concerns a measurement unit including: an electric ambient energy recovery generator; an element of capacitive storage of the electric energy generated by the generator; an electric battery; a first branch coupling an output node of the generator to a first electrode of the capacitive storage element; a second branch coupling a first terminal of the battery to the first electrode of the capacitive storage element; and an active circuit capable of transmitting a radio event indicator signal each time the voltage across the capacitive storage element exceeds a first threshold, wherein, in operation, the capacitive storage element simultaneously receives a first charge current originating from the generator via the first branch and a second charge current originating from the battery via the second branch.
Séverin Trochut, Stéphane Monfray, Sébastien Boisseau
Filed: 30 Apr 18
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Fluid Ejection Device and Printhead
4 Mar 20
Ejection device for fluid, comprising a solid body including: first semiconductor body including a chamber for containing the fluid, an ejection nozzle in fluid connection with the chamber, and an actuator operatively connected to the chamber to generate, in use, one or more pressure waves in the fluid such as to cause ejection of the fluid from the ejection nozzle; and a second semiconductor body including a channel for feeding the fluid to the chamber, coupled to the first semiconductor body, in such a way that the channel is in fluid connection with the chamber.
Domenico GIUSTI, Marco FERRERA, Carlo Luigi PRELINI, Simon DODD
Filed: 5 Nov 19
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Method of Controlling the Adaptation of an Antenna to a Transmission Path, and Corresponding Device
4 Mar 20
A method is provided for controlling the matching of an antenna to a transmission path.
Vincent Knopik, Boris Moret, Eric Kerherve
Filed: 4 May 17
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Variable Gain Amplifier Embedded In a Reception Chain
4 Mar 20
A variable-gain amplifier includes two amplification and attenuation branches, and first and a second resistive elements that are coupled between the two branches.
Renald Boulestin
Filed: 19 Aug 19
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Multi-fin FINFET device including epitaxial growth barrier on outside surfaces of outermost fins and related methods
2 Mar 20
A multi-fin FINFET device may include a substrate and a plurality of semiconductor fins extending upwardly from the substrate and being spaced apart along the substrate.
Qing Liu, Prasanna Khare, Nicolas Loubet
Filed: 29 Jul 18