Patents by Inventor Andrea Milanesi

Andrea Milanesi 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).

  • Patent number: 6169453
    Abstract: A differential amplifier provides a high common mode rejection while maintaining substantially unchanged the input dynamic range. The differential amplifier includes a comparator having inputs to which are applied the two input signals, which are also applied to an operational amplifier, so that the comparator outputs a signal whose sign is indicative of the sign of the difference between the two input signals. The output of the operational amplifier is feedback to one of the inputs of the operational amplifier through a current mirror. This feedback signal is switched between the non-inverting input of the operational amplifier and the inverting input of the operational amplifier. The switching of the feedback signal ensures negative feedback, and is dependent upon the sign of the difference detected by the comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Andrea Milanesi, Vanni Poletto
  • Patent number: 6049244
    Abstract: A circuit for the generation of an electrical signal of constant duration comprises a capacitor, a constant current generator for charging the capacitor, and a voltage comparator to compare the voltage present at the terminals of the capacitor with a reference voltage. The voltage comparator supplies at an output a digital signal dependent upon the voltage across the capacitor. The constant current generator comprises a transistor biased with a voltage between gate and source obtained as the difference between the sum of two gate-source voltages of two transistors and a gate-source voltage of another transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Andrea Milanesi
  • Patent number: 6040736
    Abstract: A voltage-regulator circuit with a low voltage drop uses a DMOS power transistor driven by a charge pump. The control circuit includes two feedback loops: a first feedback loop having a high gain and accuracy but low response speed, and a second feedback loop having a wide passband and fast response speed, but low gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignees: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l., Magneti Marelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Milanesi, Vanni Poletto, Alberto Poma, Marco Morelli