Patents by Inventor Tony Ray Larson
Tony Ray Larson 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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Publication number: 20240094310Abstract: A dual integrator system comprises two integrators, an output stage, and a switching network. The first and second integrators receive a differential Hall sensor signal and a reference voltage. The first integrator outputs a first integrator signal based on the differential Hall sensor and the reference voltage. The second integrator outputs a second integrator signal based on the differential Hall sensor signal and the reference voltage. The first integrator comprises a first offset cancellation feedback loop, and the second integrator comprises a second offset cancellation feedback loop. The switching network is coupled to the first and second integrators and to the output stage, and alternates which of the first and second integrators is coupled to the output stage. In some embodiments, the first and second integrators each perform a reset operation, a sampling operation, an integration operation, a differential to single-ended conversion operation, and a holding operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Partha Sarathi BASU, Dimitar Trifonov TRIFONOV, Tony Ray LARSON, Chao-Hsiuan TSAY
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Patent number: 11899082Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a doped region having a first conductivity type formed in a semiconductor substrate having a second conductivity type. A dielectric layer is located between the doped region and a surface plane of the semiconductor substrate, and a polysilicon layer is located over the dielectric layer. First, second, third and fourth terminals are connected to the doped region, the first and third terminals defining a conductive path through the doped region and the second and fourth terminals defining a second conductive path through the doped region, the second path intersecting the first path.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Keith Ryan Green, Tony Ray Larson
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Patent number: 11867773Abstract: A dual integrator system comprises two integrators, an output stage, and a switching network. The first and second integrators receive a differential Hall sensor signal and a reference voltage. The first integrator outputs a first integrator signal based on the differential Hall sensor and the reference voltage. The second integrator outputs a second integrator signal based on the differential Hall sensor signal and the reference voltage. The first integrator comprises a first offset cancellation feedback loop, and the second integrator comprises a second offset cancellation feedback loop. The switching network is coupled to the first and second integrators and to the output stage, and alternates which of the first and second integrators is coupled to the output stage. In some embodiments, the first and second integrators each perform a reset operation, a sampling operation, an integration operation, a differential to single-ended conversion operation, and a holding operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Partha Sarathi Basu, Dimitar Trifonov Trifonov, Tony Ray Larson, Chao-Hsiuan Tsay
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Patent number: 11557722Abstract: A Hall-effect sensor package includes and an IC die including a Hall-Effect element and a leadframe including leads on a first side providing a first field generating current (FGC) path including?1 first FGC input pin coupled by a reduced width first curved head over or under the Hall-effect sensor element to ?1 first FGC output pin, and second leads on a second side of the package. Some leads on the second side are attached to bond pads on the IC die including the output of the Hall-effect element. A clip is attached at one end to the first FGC input pin and at another end to a location on the first FGC output pin, having a reduced width second curved head in between that is over or under the Hall-effect sensor element opposite the first head.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Ming Li, Yiqi Tang, Jie Chen, Enis Tuncer, Usman Mahmood Chaudhry, Tony Ray Larson, Rajen Manicon Murugan, John Paul Tellkamp, Satyendra Singh Chauhan
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Patent number: 11333719Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second Hall-effect sensors. Each sensor has first and third opposite terminals and second and fourth opposite terminals. A control circuit is configured to direct a current through the first and second sensors and to measure a corresponding Hall voltage of the first and second sensors. Directing includes applying a first source voltage in a first direction between the first and third terminals of the first sensor and applying a second source voltage in a second direction between the first and third terminals of the second sensor. A third source voltage is applied in a third direction between the second and fourth terminals of the first sensor, and a fourth source voltage is applied in a fourth direction between the second and fourth terminals of the second sensor. The third direction is rotated clockwise from the first direction and the fourth direction rotated counter-clockwise from the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Keith Ryan Green, Dimitar Trifonov, Tony Ray Larson
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Publication number: 20220075007Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second Hall-effect sensors. Each sensor has first and third opposite terminals and second and fourth opposite terminals. A control circuit is configured to direct a current through the first and second sensors and to measure a corresponding Hall voltage of the first and second sensors. Directing includes applying a first source voltage in a first direction between the first and third terminals of the first sensor and applying a second source voltage in a second direction between the first and third terminals of the second sensor. A third source voltage is applied in a third direction between the second and fourth terminals of the first sensor, and a fourth source voltage is applied in a fourth direction between the second and fourth terminals of the second sensor. The third direction is rotated clockwise from the first direction and the fourth direction rotated counter-clockwise from the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2020Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Keith Ryan Green, Dimitar Trifonov, Tony Ray Larson
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Publication number: 20220075009Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a doped region having a first conductivity type formed in a semiconductor substrate having a second conductivity type. A dielectric layer is located between the doped region and a surface plane of the semiconductor substrate, and a polysilicon layer is located over the dielectric layer. First, second, third and fourth terminals are connected to the doped region, the first and third terminals defining a conductive path through the doped region and the second and fourth terminals defining a second conductive path through the doped region, the second path intersecting the first path.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2020Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Keith Ryan Green, Tony Ray Larson
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Patent number: 11061100Abstract: A system comprises a calibration current generator, which provides a calibration current to a first and a second Hall channel, and a bias current generator, which determines a difference between a calibration signal from the Hall channels and a threshold and adjusts a biasing current for the Hall channels based on the difference. In some embodiments, the bias current generator comprises a subtractor coupled to an ADC and a controller coupled between the ADC and a DAC. The subtractor obtains a first and a second signal from the first and second Hall channels, respectively, and subtracts the first from the second to obtain the calibration signal. The controller determines the difference between a sampled signal from the ADC and the threshold and an adjustment to the biasing current based on the difference. The DAC adjusts the biasing current based on a control signal from the controller indicating the adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Tony Ray Larson, Dimitar Trifonov, Chao-Hsiuan Tsay, Partha Sarathi Basu
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Publication number: 20210159403Abstract: A Hall-effect sensor package includes and an IC die including a Hall-Effect element and a leadframe including leads on a first side providing a first field generating current (FGC) path including ?1 first FGC input pin coupled by a reduced width first curved head over or under the Hall-effect sensor element to ?1 first FGC output pin, and second leads on a second side of the package. Some leads on the second side are attached to bond pads on the IC die including the output of the Hall-effect element. A clip is attached at one end to the first FGC input pin and at another end to a location on the first FGC output pin, having a reduced width second curved head in between that is over or under the Hall-effect sensor element opposite the first head.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Ming Li, Yiqi Tang, Jie Chen, Enis Tuncer, Usman Mahmood Chaudhry, Tony Ray Larson, Rajen Manicon Murugan, John Paul Tellkamp, Satyendra Singh Chauhan
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Patent number: 10892405Abstract: A Hall-effect sensor package includes and an IC die including a Hall-Effect element and a leadframe including leads on a first side providing a first field generating current (FGC) path including ?1 first FGC input pin coupled by a reduced width first curved head over or under the Hall-effect sensor element to ?1 first FGC output pin, and second leads on a second side of the package. Some leads on the second side are attached to bond pads on the IC die including the output of the Hall-effect element. A clip is attached at one end to the first FGC input pin and at another end to a location on the first FGC output pin, having a reduced width second curved head in between that is over or under the Hall-effect sensor element opposite the first head.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Ming Li, Yiqi Tang, Jie Chen, Enis Tuncer, Usman Mahmood Chaudhry, Tony Ray Larson, Rajen Manicon Murugan, John Paul Tellkamp, Satyendra Singh Chauhan
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Publication number: 20200400755Abstract: A dual integrator system comprises two integrators, an output stage, and a switching network. The first and second integrators receive a differential Hall sensor signal and a reference voltage. The first integrator outputs a first integrator signal based on the differential Hall sensor and the reference voltage. The second integrator outputs a second integrator signal based on the differential Hall sensor signal and the reference voltage. The first integrator comprises a first offset cancellation feedback loop, and the second integrator comprises a second offset cancellation feedback loop. The switching network is coupled to the first and second integrators and to the output stage, and alternates which of the first and second integrators is coupled to the output stage. In some embodiments, the first and second integrators each perform a reset operation, a sampling operation, an integration operation, a differential to single-ended conversion operation, and a holding operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Partha Sarathi BASU, Dimitar Trifonov TRIFONOV, Tony Ray LARSON, Chao-Hsiuan TSAY
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Publication number: 20200393529Abstract: A system comprises a calibration current generator, which provides a calibration current to a first and a second Hall channel, and a bias current generator, which determines a difference between a calibration signal from the Hall channels and a threshold and adjusts a biasing current for the Hall channels based on the difference. In some embodiments, the bias current generator comprises a subtractor coupled to an ADC and a controller coupled between the ADC and a DAC. The subtractor obtains a first and a second signal from the first and second Hall channels, respectively, and subtracts the first from the second to obtain the calibration signal. The controller determines the difference between a sampled signal from the ADC and the threshold and an adjustment to the biasing current based on the difference. The DAC adjusts the biasing current based on a control signal from the controller indicating the adjustment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Tony Ray LARSON, Dimitar TRIFONOV, Chao-Hsiuan TSAY, Partha Sarathi BASU
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Publication number: 20200357987Abstract: A Hall-effect sensor package includes and an IC die including a Hall-Effect element and a leadframe including leads on a first side providing a first field generating current (FGC) path including ?1 first FGC input pin coupled by a reduced width first curved head over or under the Hall-effect sensor element to ?1 first FGC output pin, and second leads on a second side of the package. Some leads on the second side are attached to bond pads on the IC die including the output of the Hall-effect element. A clip is attached at one end to the first FGC input pin and at another end to a location on the first FGC output pin, having a reduced width second curved head in between that is over or under the Hall-effect sensor element opposite the first head.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2019Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Ming Li, Yiqi Tang, Jie Chen, Enis Tuncer, Usman Mahmood Chaudhry, Tony Ray Larson, Rajen Manicon Murugan, John Paul Tellkamp, Satyendra Singh Chauhan
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Patent number: 10483920Abstract: Embodiments relate to a chopped amplifier system where a ripple reduction filter placed outside of a main signal path is disclosed. The chopped amplifier system includes a chopped amplifier having an input terminal and an output terminal, where the input terminal receives an input signal and the output terminal provides an output signal including a ripple that is based on an offset voltage of the chopped amplifier. The ripple reduction filter is placed in a feedback loop path that receives a portion of the chopped amplifier's output signal and provides a feedback signal to the chopped amplifier that reduces the ripple at the output of the chopped amplifier. The ripple reduction filter includes a digital controller and other circuits that can handle large disturbances such as large signal slew rate events and large common-mode steps without reducing the effectiveness of the ripple reduction filter in reducing the ripple.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Tony Ray Larson, Dimitar Trifonov Trifonov, Biraja Prasad Dash
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Publication number: 20180337639Abstract: Embodiments relate to a chopped amplifier system where a ripple reduction filter placed outside of a main signal path is disclosed. The chopped amplifier system includes a chopped amplifier having an input terminal and an output terminal, where the input terminal receives an input signal and the output terminal provides an output signal including a ripple that is based on an offset voltage of the chopped amplifier. The ripple reduction filter is placed in a feedback loop path that receives a portion of the chopped amplifier's output signal and provides a feedback signal to the chopped amplifier that reduces the ripple at the output of the chopped amplifier. The ripple reduction filter includes a digital controller and other circuits that can handle large disturbances such as large signal slew rate events and large common-mode steps without reducing the effectiveness of the ripple reduction filter in reducing the ripple.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Tony Ray Larson, Dimitar Trifonov Trifonov, Biraja Prasad Dash
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Patent number: 10003306Abstract: Embodiments relate to a chopped amplifier system where a ripple reduction filter placed outside of a main signal path is disclosed. The chopped amplifier system includes a chopped amplifier having an input terminal and an output terminal, where the input terminal receives an input signal and the output terminal provides an output signal including a ripple that is based on an offset voltage of the chopped amplifier. The ripple reduction filter is placed in a feedback loop path that receives a portion of the chopped amplifier's output signal and provides a feedback signal to the chopped amplifier that reduces the ripple at the output of the chopped amplifier. The ripple reduction filter includes a digital controller and other circuits that can handle large disturbances such as large signal slew rate events and large common-mode steps without reducing the effectiveness of the ripple reduction filter in reducing the ripple.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Tony Ray Larson, Dimitar Trifonov Trifonov, Biraja Prasad Dash