Patents by Inventor Fernando Schmitt

Fernando Schmitt 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).

  • Publication number: 20240125872
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a magnetoresistive (xMR) sensor that has enhanced immunity to the presence of a magnetic cross field by using a combination of differential biasing on the sensing layers of the sensing elements, sensing elements having different sensitivities, and different reference magnetization directions. The xMR sensor comprises two or more arrays of sensing elements, wherein each array comprises a plurality of sensing elements. The sensing elements within each array may be arranged in pairs, wherein the sensor elements within each pair have sensing layers that are magnetically biased in antiparallel directions. The sensing elements within each array are also provided with different respective sensitivities. The sensing elements having the lowest sensitivity are provided with a reference layer magnetised in a first direction, and the sensing elements in the remaining arrays are provided with a reference layer magnetised in a direction that is antiparallel to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Fernando Franco, Jan Kubik, Jochen Schmitt, Stephen O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20240111005
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides tunnel magnetoresistive (TMR) multi-turn (MT) sensors with improved sensor read-out and methods of manufacturing said sensors. In some examples, the TMR sensing elements of the MT sensor are each provided with two or more electrical contacts for performing current-in-plane tunnelling measurements. The two or more electrical contacts may be provided above or below the TMR sensing elements. In further examples, one or more read-out pillars formed from TMR sensing material may be provided, the read-out pillars being electrically connected to one or more TMR sensing elements. The read-out pillars are configured such that the resistance observed in the read-out pillars is negligible or near-negligible relative to that observed in the TMR sensing elements, such that the measured output signal only reflects the change in resistance experience by the TMR sensing elements in the presence of an externally rotating magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Onur Necdet Urs, Jan Kubik, Fernando Franco, Jochen Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20240111006
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides tunnel magnetoresistive (TMR) multi-turn (MT) sensors with improved sensor read-out and methods of manufacturing said sensors. In some examples, the TMR sensing elements of the MT sensor are each provided with two or more electrical contacts for performing current-in-plane tunnelling measurements. The two or more electrical contacts may be provided above or below the TMR sensing elements. In further examples, one or more read-out pillars formed from TMR sensing material may be provided, the read-out pillars being electrically connected to one or more TMR sensing elements. The read-out pillars are configured such that the resistance observed in the read-out pillars is negligible or near-negligible relative to that observed in the TMR sensing elements, such that the measured output signal only reflects the change in resistance experience by the TMR sensing elements in the presence of an externally rotating magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Onur Necdet Urs, Jan Kubik, Fernando Franco, Jochen Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20200068193
    Abstract: A test system is provided. Said test system comprises a device under test, a measurement equipment, and a remote source simulator. In this context, the remote source simulator is adapted to simulate a remote video source, wherein the remote video source is adapted to transmit a video comprising at least one detection pattern to the device under test. Furthermore, the device under test is adapted to display the video. In addition to this, the measurement equipment is adapted to detect the at least one detection pattern with respect to the device under test and to determine the number of detection patterns having been received by the device under test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Rajashekar DURAI, Fernando SCHMITT, Chun Guan TAY, Gerson Calamba BACOR, Sheheen MUHAMED
  • Patent number: 10554964
    Abstract: A test system is provided. Said test system comprises a device under test, a measurement equipment, and a remote source simulator. In this context, the remote source simulator is adapted to simulate a remote video source, wherein the remote video source is adapted to transmit a video comprising at least one detection pattern to the device under test. Furthermore, the device under test is adapted to display the video. In addition to this, the measurement equipment is adapted to detect the at least one detection pattern with respect to the device under test and to determine the number of detection patterns having been received by the device under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rajashekar Durai, Fernando Schmitt, Chun Guan Tay, Gerson Calamba Bacor, Sheheen Muhamed
  • Patent number: 10097819
    Abstract: The present invention provides a testing system for a video and audio reproduction system, the testing system comprising a data source, comprising video and audio data for reproduction by the video and audio reproduction system, the video and audio data comprising unique marks in every video frame and every audio frame, a recording unit, configured to record a video stream and an audio stream generated by the video and audio reproduction system based on the video and audio data, and a test processor, configured to extract the unique marks from the recorded video stream and the recorded audio stream, and to verify if respective unique marks of simultaneous video frames and audio frames have been recorded by the recording unit simultaneously. Furthermore, the present invention provides a testing method, a computer program product, and a non-transitory computer readable data carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Felix Aumer, Rajashekar Durai, Gerson Bacor, Chun Guan Tay, Fernando Schmitt, Christoph Nufer
  • Publication number: 20170150142
    Abstract: The present invention provides a testing system for a video and audio reproduction system, the testing system comprising a data source, comprising video and audio data for reproduction by the video and audio reproduction system, the video and audio data comprising unique marks in every video frame and every audio frame, a recording unit, configured to record a video stream and an audio stream generated by the video and audio reproduction system based on the video and audio data, and a test processor, configured to extract the unique marks from the recorded video stream and the recorded audio stream, and to verify if respective unique marks of simultaneous video frames and audio frames have been recorded by the recording unit simultaneously. Furthermore, the present invention provides a testing method, a computer program product, and a non-transitory computer readable data carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Felix Aumer, Rajashekar Durai, Gerson Bacor, Chun Guan Tay, Fernando Schmitt