Patents by Inventor Milan Valenta

Milan Valenta 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: 20220291055
    Abstract: A sensor interface includes a signal path configured to receive a sensing element output signal from a sensing element and to generate an interface output signal indicative of a parameter sensed by the sensing element, an NTC interface and a diode interface. The NTC interface is configured to be coupled to an NTC element having a non-linear resistance over temperature and to generate an NTC signal indicative of a linearized version of the non-linear resistance of the NTC element and the diode interface configured to be coupled to a diode and to generate a diode signal indicative of an absolute temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Stary, Petr Hribal, Milan Valenta, Miloslav Trnka
  • Patent number: 11303257
    Abstract: A current sensor integrated circuit to sense a current through a resistor includes a substrate, a tub disposed in the substrate, an analog front end disposed in the tub and comprising an amplifier having inputs coupled across the resistor and a charging circuit configured to bias the analog front end and the tub to a bias voltage that is a predetermined offset voltage greater than a common mode voltage associated with the resistor. In embodiments, the analog front end is biased to a first bias voltage and the tub is biased to a second, different bias voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Daubert, David J. Haas, Craig S. Petrie, Milan Valenta, Roman Prochazka, Richard Stary, Sina Haji Alizad
  • Publication number: 20200313637
    Abstract: A current sensor integrated circuit to sense a current through a resistor includes a substrate, a tub disposed in the substrate, an analog front end disposed in the tub and comprising an amplifier having inputs coupled across the resistor and a charging circuit configured to bias the analog front end and the tub to a bias voltage that is a predetermined offset voltage greater than a common mode voltage associated with the resistor. In embodiments, the analog front end is biased to a first bias voltage and the tub is biased to a second, different bias voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Daubert, David J. Haas, Craig S. Petrie, Milan Valenta, Roman Prochazka, Richard Stary, Sina Haji Alizad