Patents by Inventor Alberto MACCIONI
Alberto MACCIONI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11953928Abstract: In an embodiment an electric circuit arrangement includes a current generator circuit having a first output terminal and configured to generate an output current, a controller configured to generate control signals to control the current generator circuit, a random code generator configured to generate random codes and a counter configured to generate a count, wherein the current generator circuit comprises a plurality of output current paths and a plurality of controllable switching circuits, wherein each of the output current paths includes a respective electrical component to define a current in the respective output current path, wherein a respective one of the controllable switching circuits is coupled to a respective one of the output current paths to connect the respective electrical component to the first output terminal, and wherein the random code generator is configured to provide a respective code derived from a respective one of the random codes.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Sciosense B.V.Inventors: Alberto Maccioni, Massimiliano Franzolin, Monica Schipani, Fabrizio Mannozzi
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Patent number: 11855660Abstract: In an embodiment, an ADC converter includes a first injection branch and a second injection branch, a first feedback branch and a second feedback branch, an integration node connected to the first and second injection branches and the first and second feedback branches, an integrator connected to the integration node and a comparator connected downstream of the integrator and configured to generate a comparator output signal to control the first and second feedback branches, wherein the first and second injection branches are configured to provide a charge injection dependent on a respective input quantity to the integration node, wherein the input quantity of the first injection branch is selected from a differential voltage signal, a capacitance dependent signal and a current dependent signal, wherein the input quantity of the second injection branch is selected from another one of the differential voltage signal, the capacitance dependent signal and the current dependent signal, and wherein the first and sType: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Sciosense B.V.Inventors: Alberto Maccioni, Monica Schipani, Massimiliano Franzolin, Fabrizio Mannozzi
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Patent number: 11789054Abstract: A circuit for measuring an unknown resistance of a resistive element comprises a sensor circuit to generate a differential voltage dependent on the resistance of the resistive element and a reference circuit to generate a differential reference voltage and a sigma-delta converter comprising a first stage, wherein a first capacitor is selectively coupled to one of the output terminals of the sensor circuit and a second capacitor is coupled to one of the output terminals of the reference circuit. The circuit generates logarithmically compressed values.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: AMS SENSORS UK LIMITEDInventors: Alberto Maccioni, Monica Schipani, Giuseppe Pasetti
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Patent number: 11762402Abstract: In an embodiment an electro-thermal device includes a heater, a readout circuit, a digital controller having a first input coupled to a first output of the readout circuit and a digital sigma-delta modulator having a first input coupled to an output of the digital controller and an output coupled to the heater.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Sciosense B.V.Inventors: Alberto Maccioni, Monica Schipani, Giuseppe Pasetti, Syed Zeeshan Ali, Clinton Sean Dixon
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Patent number: 11454562Abstract: A sensor arrangement and a method of operating a sensor arrangement are disclosed. In an embodiment, a sensor arrangement includes a pressure sensor realized as a capacitive pressure sensor, a capacitance-to-digital converter, a test circuit and a switching circuit coupling the capacitance-to-digital converter and the test circuit to the pressure sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: SCIOSENSE B.V.Inventors: Alberto Maccioni, Willem Frederik Adrianus Besling, Olaf Wunnicke, Casper Van Der Avoort, Remco Henricus Wilhelmus Pijnenburg, Anderson Pires Singulani
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Patent number: 11448564Abstract: In an embodiment a sensor arrangement includes a pressure sensor realized as a capacitive pressure sensor, a capacitance-to-digital converter coupled to the pressure sensor and implemented as a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter and a reference voltage generator having a control input configured to receive a control signal and an output configured to provide a reference voltage, wherein the output of the reference voltage generator is connected to an input of the capacitance-to-digital converter, wherein the reference voltage generator is configured to set a value of the reference voltage as a function of the control signal, and wherein at least two different values of the reference voltage have the same sign and different amounts.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: SCIOSENSE B.V.Inventors: Alberto Maccioni, Willem Frederik Adrianus Besling
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Publication number: 20220004216Abstract: In an embodiment an electric circuit arrangement includes a current generator circuit having a first output terminal and to generate an output current, a controller configured to generate control signals to control the current generator circuit, a random code generator configured to generate random codes and a counter configured to generate a count, wherein the current generator circuit comprises a plurality of output current paths and a plurality of controllable switching circuits, wherein each of the output current paths includes a respective electrical component to define a current in the respective output current path, wherein a respective one of the controllable switching circuits is coupled to a respective one of the output current paths to connect the respective electrical component to the first output terminal, wherein the random code generator is configured to provide a respective code derived from a respective one of the random codes, and wherein the controller is configured to use the respective deType: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Alberto Maccioni, Massimiliano Franzolin, Monica Schipani, Fabrizio Mannozzi
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Publication number: 20210409036Abstract: In an embodiment, an ADC converter includes a first injection branch and a second injection branch, a first feedback branch and a second feedback branch, an integration node connected to the first and second injection branches and the first and second feedback branches, an integrator connected to the integration node and a comparator connected downstream of the integrator and configured to generate a comparator output signal to control the first and second feedback branches, wherein the first and second injection branches are configured to provide a charge injection dependent on a respective input quantity to the integration node, wherein the input quantity of the first injection branch is selected from a differential voltage signal, a capacitance dependent signal and a current dependent signal, wherein the input quantity of the second injection branch is selected from another one of the differential voltage signal, the capacitance dependent signal and the current dependent signal, and wherein the first and sType: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Alberto Maccioni, Monica Schipani, Massimiliano Franzolin, Fabrizio Mannozzi
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Publication number: 20210389786Abstract: In an embodiment an electro-thermal device includes a heater, a readout circuit, a digital controller having a first input coupled to a first output of the readout circuit and a digital sigma-delta modulator having a first input coupled to an output of the digital controller and an output coupled to the heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Alberto Maccioni, Monica Schipani, Giuseppe Pasetti, Syed Zeeshan Ali, Clinton Sean Dixon
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Publication number: 20210199528Abstract: A sensor arrangement and a method of operating a sensor arrangement are disclosed. In an embodiment, a sensor arrangement includes a pressure sensor realized as a capacitive pressure sensor, a capacitance-to-digital converter, a test circuit and a switching circuit coupling the capacitance-to-digital converter and the test circuit to the pressure sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Sciosense B.V.Inventors: Alberto MACCIONI, Willem Frederik Adrianus BESLING, Olaf WUNNICKE, Casper van der AVOORT, Remco Henricus Wilhelmus PIJNENBURG, Anderson Pires SINGULANI
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Publication number: 20210190615Abstract: In an embodiment a sensor arrangement includes a pressure sensor realized as a capacitive pressure sensor, a capacitance-to-digital converter coupled to the pressure sensor and implemented as a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter and a reference voltage generator having a control input configured to receive a control signal and an output configured to provide a reference voltage, wherein the output of the reference voltage generator is connected to an input of the capacitance-to-digital converter, wherein the reference voltage generator is configured to set a value of the reference voltage as a function of the control signal, and wherein at least two different values of the reference voltage have the same sign and different amounts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Alberto Maccioni, Willem Frederik Adrianus Besling
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Publication number: 20210011066Abstract: A circuit for measuring an unknown resistance of a resistive element comprises a sensor circuit to generate a differential voltage dependent on the resistance of the resistive element and a reference circuit to generate a differential reference voltage and a sigma-delta converter comprising a first stage, wherein a first capacitor is selectively coupled to one of the output terminals of the sensor circuit and a second capacitor is coupled to one of the output terminals of the reference circuit. The circuit generates logarithmically compressed values.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Alberto MACCIONI, Monica SCHIPANI, Giuseppe PASETTI