Patents by Inventor Thomas Desel

Thomas Desel 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: 11397223
    Abstract: A Hall sensor has a Hall sensor element, which has multiple connection points spaced apart from one another. A supply source serves for feeding an exciter current into the Hall sensor element and is connected to a first and a second connection point of the Hall sensor element. The Hall sensor has a first and a second comparison device. The first comparison device has a first input connected to a third connection point of the Hall sensor element, a second input connected to a reference signal generator for an upper reference value signal, and an output for a first comparison signal. The second comparison device has a third input connected to the third connection point, a fourth input connected to a reference signal generator for a lower reference value signal, and an output for a second comparison signal. The outputs are connected to an evaluation device for generating an error signal as a function of the first and second comparison signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: TDK-Micronas GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Baumann, David Muthers, Thomas Desel
  • Patent number: 10845431
    Abstract: A Hall sensor has a Hall sensor element, having multiple connection locations and a current supply source or voltage supply source, which has a first and a second supply connector for output of a supply current or a supply voltage. The first supply connector is connected or can be connected with a first connection location to feed a current into the Hall sensor element, and the second supply connector is connected or can be connected with a second connection location of the Hall sensor element. The Hall sensor has a NAND gate, which is connected with the first connection location of the Hall sensor element using a first input, and with the second connection location of the Hall sensor element using a second input, and has an output for output of a first error signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TDK-Micronas GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Baumann, David Muthers, Thomas Desel
  • Publication number: 20200025842
    Abstract: A Hall sensor has a Hall sensor element, which has multiple connection points spaced apart from one another. A supply source serves for feeding an exciter current into the Hall sensor element and is connected to a first and a second connection point of the Hall sensor element. The Hall sensor has a first and a second comparison device. The first comparison device has a first input connected to a third connection point of the Hall sensor element, a second input connected to a reference signal generator for an upper reference value signal, and an output for a first comparison signal. The second comparison device has a third input connected to the third connection point, a fourth input connected to a reference signal generator for a lower reference value signal, and an output for a second comparison signal. The outputs are connected to an evaluation device for generating an error signal as a function of the first and second comparison signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Marc Baumann, David Muthers, Thomas Desel
  • Publication number: 20200025836
    Abstract: A Hall sensor has a Hall sensor element, having multiple connection locations and a current supply source or voltage supply source, which has a first and a second supply connector for output of a supply current or a supply voltage. The first supply connector is connected or can be connected with a first connection location to feed a current into the Hall sensor element, and the second supply connector is connected or can be connected with a second connection location of the Hall sensor element. The Hall sensor has a NAND gate, which is connected with the first connection location of the Hall sensor element using a first input, and with the second connection location of the Hall sensor element using a second input, and has an output for output of a first error signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Marc Baumann, David Muthers, Thomas Desel
  • Patent number: 9871505
    Abstract: A voltage-resistant switch is described. The switch comprises a signal input, a first FET transistor with a first channel with an extended drain and a first gate connector and a second FET transistor with a first channel with an extended drain and a second gate connector. A control signal connector is connected with the first gate connector and with the second gate connector via a second node and with the first channel and the second channel via a second resistor, and a signal connector is connected with the second channel. The voltage-resistant switch can be switched on and off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: TDK-Micronas GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Desel
  • Publication number: 20170179941
    Abstract: A voltage-resistant switch is described. The switch comprises a signal input, a first FET transistor with a first channel with an extended drain and a first gate connector and a second FET transistor with a first channel with an extended drain and a second gate connector. A control signal connector is connected with the first gate connector and with the second gate connector via a second node and with the first channel and the second channel via a second resistor, and a signal connector is connected with the second channel. The voltage-resistant switch can be switched on and off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas Desel