Patents by Inventor Patti Davide Giuseppe

Patti Davide Giuseppe 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).

  • Self-adaptive soft turn-on of power switching devices
    Patent number: 7924081
    Abstract: An embodiment of a control circuit is proposed for turning on a power switching device, the switching device turning on in response to a control signal exceeding a threshold value. The control circuit includes pre-charging means for providing the control signal at a pre-charging value not reaching the threshold value, and soft turn-on means for gradually increasing the control signal from the pre-charging value to a turn-on value exceeding the threshold value; the pre-charging means includes means for sensing an indication of the threshold value, and means for setting the pre-charging value according to the sensed threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, S.r.l.
    Inventors: Costanzo Lorenzo, Patti Davide Giuseppe, Tagliavia Donato
  • Self-adaptive soft turn-on of power switching devices
    Publication number: 20080197717
    Abstract: An embodiment of a control circuit is proposed for turning on a power switching device, the switching device turning on in response to a control signal exceeding a threshold value. The control circuit includes pre-charging means for providing the control signal at a pre-charging value not reaching the threshold value, and soft turn-on means for gradually increasing the control signal from the pre-charging value to a turn-on value exceeding the threshold value; the pre-charging means includes means for sensing an indication of the threshold value, and means for setting the pre-charging value according to the sensed threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Costanzo Lorenzo, Patti Davide Giuseppe, Tagliavia Donato