Patents by Inventor Stefano Bonomi

Stefano Bonomi 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: 11906996
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a circuit includes: a pass transistor drive circuit including an digital input, and at least one output configured to be coupled to at least one pass transistor; a digital feedback circuit having a first analog input configured to be coupled to the at least one pass transistor, and a digital output coupled to the digital input of the pass transistor drive circuit; and an analog feedback circuit including a second analog input configured to be coupled to the at least one pass transistor, and an analog output coupled to an over voltage node of the pass transistor drive circuit, where the analog feedback circuit has a DC gain greater than zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Stefano Bonomi
  • Publication number: 20220397926
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a circuit includes: a pass transistor drive circuit including an digital input, and at least one output configured to be coupled to at least one pass transistor; a digital feedback circuit having a first analog input configured to be coupled to the at least one pass transistor, and a digital output coupled to the digital input of the pass transistor drive circuit; and an analog feedback circuit including a second analog input configured to be coupled to the at least one pass transistor, and an analog output coupled to an over voltage node of the pass transistor drive circuit, where the analog feedback circuit has a DC gain greater than zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventor: Stefano Bonomi
  • Patent number: 11405027
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment a circuit includes: a plurality of delay elements coupled in series, each delay element including an input node and an output node; a multiplexer having inputs coupled to the output node of each delay element of the plurality of delay elements; and a time measurement circuit including a time amplifier having an input coupled to an output of the multiplexer, and a counter coupled to an output of the time amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Stefano Bonomi, Nicolo Zilio
  • Patent number: 11251786
    Abstract: A supply-to-digital regulation loop (SDRL) circuit, including a reference supply circuit and a local supply circuit. The reference supply circuit includes a reference supply-to-digital converter (SDC) to convert an analog reference supply voltage to a digital reference signal. The local supply circuit is coupled to the reference supply circuit. The local supply circuit includes a local SDC to convert an analog local supply voltage to a digital local supply signal based on a digital feedback signal, and a local monitoring circuit to monitor the digital feedback signal based on a comparison of the digital local supply signal with the digital reference signal routed from the reference SDC of the reference supply circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Stefano Bonomi, Frank Praemassing