Patents by Inventor Gianluigi FORTE
Gianluigi FORTE 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: 11146205Abstract: A multi-phase electric motor includes a stator winding. The multi-phase electric motor is controlled by regulating a current flowing in the multi-phase electric motor in response to an applied voltage. An overload condition of the multi-phase electric motor is detected by monitoring a thermal increase of the value of a stator resistance of the stator winding of the multi-phase electric motor during a steady state condition of said multi-phase electric motor in which the current flowing in the motor has constant phase, and the motor is operating at constant load with constant speed.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.Inventors: Andrea Spampinato, Gianluigi Forte
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Publication number: 20200252021Abstract: A multi-phase electric motor includes a stator winding. The multi-phase electric motor is controlled by regulating a current flowing in the multi-phase electric motor in response to an applied voltage. An overload condition of the multi-phase electric motor is detected by monitoring a thermal increase of the value of a stator resistance of the stator winding of the multi-phase electric motor during a steady state condition of said multi-phase electric motor in which the current flowing in the motor has constant phase, and the motor is operating at constant load with constant speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.Inventors: Andrea SPAMPINATO, Gianluigi FORTE
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Patent number: 10476414Abstract: A driving circuit for an electric motor including multiple windings includes a sensing circuit to sense motor winding currents. A motor rotation angle signal is generated from the sensed currents and motor control voltages are generated as a function of the motor rotation angle signal. The motor windings are driven with motor drive voltages obtained by injecting into the motor control voltages injection pulses. The sensed currents include both torque components and injection components. The motor rotation angle signal is generated as a function of the injection components of the sensed currents.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignees: STMicroelectronics Design and Application S.R.O., STMicroelectronics S.r.l.Inventors: Jiri Ryba, Gianluigi Forte, Andrea Spampinato
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Publication number: 20170373619Abstract: A driving circuit for an electric motor including multiple windings includes a sensing circuit to sense motor winding currents. A motor rotation angle signal is generated from the sensed currents and motor control voltages are generated as a function of the motor rotation angle signal. The motor windings are driven with motor drive voltages obtained by injecting into the motor control voltages injection pulses. The sensed currents include both torque components and injection components. The motor rotation angle signal is generated as a function of the injection components of the sensed currents.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicants: STMicroelectronics Design and Application S.R.O., STMicroelectronics S.r.l.Inventors: Jiri Ryba, Gianluigi Forte, Andrea Spampinato
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Patent number: 8994565Abstract: An analog to digital conversion includes a multiplexor circuit for receiving analog input signals and, responsive to a select input, an analog to digital converter circuit to convert a selected analog signal into a digital signal, a conversion starting device to send a conversion start signal on the basis of a trigger event, the conversion starting device being responsive to a select input, a sequencer to control the analog to digital converter circuitry to execute one sequence conversion on the basis of one conversion sequence instruction, and a FIFO register block to receive conversion sequence instructions and being able to queue each new received conversion sequence instruction if an actual conversion sequence is in progress and to control the sequencer to execute a new sequence conversion instruction after the conversion sequence is executed.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.Inventors: Gianluigi Forte, Dino Costanzo, StelloMatteo Bille'
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Publication number: 20140043180Abstract: An analog to digital conversion includes a multiplexor circuit for receiving analog input signals and, responsive to a select input, an analog to digital converter circuit to convert a selected analog signal into a digital signal, a conversion starting device to send a conversion start signal on the basis of a trigger event, the conversion starting device being responsive to a select input, a sequencer to control the analog to digital converter circuitry to execute one sequence conversion on the basis of one conversion sequence instruction, and a FIFO register block to receive conversion sequence instructions and being able to queue each new received conversion sequence instruction if an actual conversion sequence is in progress and to control the sequencer to execute a new sequence conversion instruction after the conversion sequence is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: STMicroelectronics, Srl.Inventors: Gianluigi FORTE, Dino COSTANZO, StelloMatteo BILLE'
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Patent number: 8564468Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter device may include an input multiplexer circuit having analog input terminals configured to receive a respective plurality of analog input signals. The input multiplexer circuit may be responsive to a first select input. The device may also include a trigger multiplexer circuit having input terminals configured to receive respective triggering signals. The trigger multiplexer circuit may be responsive to a second select input. Analog-to-digital converter circuitry may be configured to convert the selected analog signal into a digital signal. A sequence arbiter may be coupled to the first and second select inputs and may have input terminals configured to receive a respective plurality of conversion sequence configuration signals. The sequence arbiter may be configured to manage each conversion sequence of the analog-to-digital converter circuitry based upon the relative conversion sequence configuration signal received, and control the conversion sequences.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2012Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.Inventors: Gianluigi Forte, Stello Matteo Bille′, Dino Costanzo
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Patent number: 8564465Abstract: An analog to digital conversion includes a multiplexor circuit for receiving analog input signals and, responsive to a select input, an analog to digital converter circuit to convert a selected analog signal into a digital signal, a conversion starting device to send a conversion start signal on the basis of a trigger event, the conversion starting device being responsive to a select input, a sequencer to control the analog to digital converter circuitry to execute one sequence conversion on the basis of one conversion sequence instruction, and a FIFO register block to receive conversion sequence instructions and being able to queue each new received conversion sequence instruction if an actual conversion sequence is in progress and to control the sequencer to execute a new sequence conversion instruction after the conversion sequence is executed.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2012Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Srl.Inventors: Gianluigi Forte, Dino Costanzo, StelloMatteo Bille′
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Publication number: 20120299759Abstract: An analog to digital conversion includes a multiplexor circuit for receiving analog input signals and, responsive to a select input, an analog to digital converter circuit to convert a selected analog signal into a digital signal, a conversion starting device to send a conversion start signal on the basis of a trigger event, the conversion starting device being responsive to a select input, a sequencer to control the analog to digital converter circuitry to execute one sequence conversion on the basis of one conversion sequence instruction, and a FIFO register block to receive conversion sequence instructions and being able to queue each new received conversion sequence instruction if an actual conversion sequence is in progress and to control the sequencer to execute a new sequence conversion instruction after the conversion sequence is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: STMicroelectronics, Srl.Inventors: Gianluigi FORTE, Dino COSTANZO, StelloMatteo BILLE'
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Publication number: 20120299760Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter device may include an input multiplexer circuit having analog input terminals configured to receive a respective plurality of analog input signals. The input multiplexer circuit may be responsive to a first select input. The device may also include a trigger multiplexer circuit having input terminals configured to receive respective triggering signals. The trigger multiplexer circuit may be responsive to a second select input. Analog-to-digital converter circuitry may be configured to convert the selected analog signal into a digital signal. A sequence arbiter may be coupled to the first and second select inputs and may have input terminals configured to receive a respective plurality of conversion sequence configuration signals. The sequence arbiter may be configured to manage each conversion sequence of the analog-to-digital converter circuitry based upon the relative conversion sequence configuration signal received, and control the conversion sequences.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.I.Inventors: Gianluigi Forte, Stello Matteo Bille', Dino Costanzo