Patents by Inventor Alexandre Pons

Alexandre Pons 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: 20240126315
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device having a supply input receiving a supply voltage, a switched-mode power supply comprising an output at which is generated a supply voltage, and a voltage linear regulator supplying a load, the regulator receiving the supply voltages, the regulator including two transistors coupled between the supply input, respectively the output of the supply, and an output node of the regulator. When the current drawn by the load is below a threshold, an output current delivered to the load is equal to a current flowing through the transistor, so that, when the current drawn by the load is above the threshold, the output current is equal to a current flowing through the transistor plus a current flowing through the transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Alexandre Pons
  • Patent number: 11870330
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a voltage source device comprising: a voltage converter for generating a supply voltage at an output node of the voltage converter based on a feedback signal provided on a feedback line; at least one switch coupled between the output node of the voltage converter and an output terminal of the voltage source device; and at least one further switch configured to selectively couple the feedback line to: the output node of the voltage converter during a first regulation mode; and to the output terminal of the voltage source device during a second regulation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
    Inventors: Jean Camiolo, Alexandre Pons
  • Publication number: 20230344357
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a voltage source device comprising: a voltage converter for generating a supply voltage at an output node of the voltage converter based on a feedback signal provided on a feedback line; at least one switch coupled between the output node of the voltage converter and an output terminal of the voltage source device; and at least one further switch configured to selectively couple the feedback line to: the output node of the voltage converter during a first regulation mode; and to the output terminal of the voltage source device during a second regulation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jean Camiolo, Alexandre Pons
  • Publication number: 20230327469
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a power supply interface comprising: a converter delivering a first DC voltage; a resistor connected between the converter and an output terminal of the interface delivering a second DC voltage; a first circuit delivering a second signal representative of a difference between the second DC voltage and a voltage threshold when a first signal is in a first state, and at a default value otherwise; a second circuit delivering a third signal representative of a value of a current in first resistor multiplied by a gain of the third circuit, and modifying the gain based on the second signal; and a third circuit configured to deliver a signal for controlling the converter based at least on the third signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Alexandre Pons, Jean Camiolo, Meriem Mersel
  • Patent number: 11710976
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a power supply interface comprising: a converter delivering a first DC voltage; a resistor connected between the converter and an output terminal of the interface delivering a second DC voltage; a first circuit delivering a second signal representative of a difference between the second DC voltage and a voltage threshold when a first signal is in a first state, and at a default value otherwise; a second circuit delivering a third signal representative of a value of a current in first resistor multiplied by a gain of the third circuit, and modifying the gain based on the second signal; and a third circuit configured to deliver a signal for controlling the converter based at least on the third signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS (ALPS) SAS, STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS
    Inventors: Alexandre Pons, Jean Camiolo, Meriem Mersel
  • Patent number: 11703901
    Abstract: A first terminal receives a first DC voltage. A switch selectively couples the first terminal to a second terminal providing an output. A control circuit selectively actuates the switch in response to a comparison of the first DC voltage to a second DC voltage. A low-dropout (LDO) linear voltage regulator, connected between the first and third terminals, operates to provide the second DC voltage from the first DC voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS, STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
    Inventors: Jean Camiolo, Alexandre Pons
  • Publication number: 20230029349
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a voltage source device comprising: a voltage converter for generating a supply voltage at an output node of the voltage converter based on a feedback signal provided on a feedback line; at least one switch coupled between the output node of the voltage converter and an output terminal of the voltage source device; and at least one further switch configured to selectively couple the feedback line to: the output node of the voltage converter during a first regulation mode; and to the output terminal of the voltage source device during a second regulation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jean Camiolo, Alexandre Pons
  • Patent number: 11557897
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an interface comprising: a terminal for delivering a DC voltage; a comparator for delivering a first signal representative of a comparison of the DC voltage with a high threshold; a comparator for delivering a second signal representative of a comparison of the DC voltage with a low threshold; and a circuit configured to: deliver successive pairs of values of high and low thresholds for a time period after the DC voltage crosses a first value of the low threshold; modify successive pairs of values of the thresholds based on the first and second signals to determine values of thresholds surrounding the DC voltage; and determining a current value of the DC voltage based on the values of thresholds surrounding the DC voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS
    Inventors: Jean Camiolo, Cedric Force, Christophe Cochard, Alexandre Pons
  • Patent number: 11469677
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a voltage source device comprising: a voltage converter for generating a supply voltage at an output node of the voltage converter based on a feedback signal provided on a feedback line; at least one switch coupled between the output node of the voltage converter and an output terminal of the voltage source device; and at least one further switch configured to selectively couple the feedback line to: the output node of the voltage converter during a first regulation mode; and to the output terminal of the voltage source device during a second regulation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS
    Inventors: Jean Camiolo, Alexandre Pons
  • Publication number: 20220261024
    Abstract: A first terminal receives a first DC voltage. A switch selectively couples the first terminal to a second terminal providing an output. A control circuit selectively actuates the switch in response to a comparison of the first DC voltage to a second DC voltage. A low-dropout (LDO) linear voltage regulator, connected between the first and third terminals, operates to provide the second DC voltage from the first DC voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS, STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
    Inventors: Jean CAMIOLO, Alexandre PONS
  • Publication number: 20220187864
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device comprising: N low drop-out voltage regulators, N being an integer greater than or equal to 1; a first circuit configured to deliver N set-point voltages to the N regulators which are proportional to the same first current; and a second circuit configured to deliver the first current, wherein the first current is proportional to a reference current modulated based on a sum of the inrush currents of the N regulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Alexandre Pons
  • Patent number: 11353905
    Abstract: A first terminal receives a first DC voltage. A switch selectively couples the first terminal to a second terminal providing an output. A control circuit selectively actuates the switch in response to a comparison of the first DC voltage to a second DC voltage. A low-dropout (LDO) linear voltage regulator, connected between the first and third terminals, operates to provide the second DC voltage from the first DC voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS, STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
    Inventors: Jean Camiolo, Alexandre Pons
  • Patent number: 11309799
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a device comprising: a voltage converter supplying, from a first DC voltage, a second DC voltage on an output terminal of the converter having a current value determined by a third voltage on a control terminal of the converter; a circuit configured, when a set point value of the second voltage switches from a first to a second set point value smaller than the first value, to generate a ramp signal successively representative of the first value, of a plurality of decreasing intermediate values between the first and second values, and of the second value; and an amplifier supplying a first signal representative of a difference between the ramp signal and a signal representative of the current value of the second voltage, the third voltage being determined by the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS
    Inventors: Jean Camiolo, Alexandre Pons
  • Publication number: 20210273548
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a power supply interface comprising: a converter delivering a first DC voltage; a resistor connected between the converter and an output terminal of the interface delivering a second DC voltage; a first circuit delivering a second signal representative of a difference between the second DC voltage and a voltage threshold when a first signal is in a first state, and at a default value otherwise; a second circuit delivering a third signal representative of a value of a current in first resistor multiplied by a gain of the third circuit, and modifying the gain based on the second signal; and a third circuit configured to deliver a signal for controlling the converter based at least on the third signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Alexandre Pons, Jean Camiolo, Meriem Mersel
  • Publication number: 20210263579
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an interface comprising: a terminal for delivering a DC voltage; a comparator for delivering a first signal representative of a comparison of the DC voltage with a high threshold; a comparator for delivering a second signal representative of a comparison of the DC voltage with a low threshold; and a circuit configured to: deliver successive pairs of values of high and low thresholds for a time period after the DC voltage crosses a first value of the low threshold; modify successive pairs of values of the thresholds based on the first and second signals to determine values of thresholds surrounding the DC voltage; and determining a current value of the DC voltage based on the values of thresholds surrounding the DC voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Jean Camiolo, Cedric Force, Christophe Cochard, Alexandre Pons
  • Patent number: 11095277
    Abstract: A voltage source device includes a voltage converter configured to generate a supply voltage at an output node of the voltage converter. A current source is configured to apply a current to a first output terminal of the voltage source device in order to detect a cable voltage drop. A compensation circuit is configured to generate a feedback signal based on a voltage at the first output terminal. The supply voltage is generated based on the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS
    Inventors: Alexandre Pons, Jean Camiolo
  • Patent number: 10886844
    Abstract: A controller for compensating a voltage drop on a cable includes an output stage coupled to a channel configuration pin of the source device, a processor coupled to a power supply pin of a source device, and an error amplifier that includes a positive input coupled to a reference voltage, a negative input coupled to the channel configuration pin, a first output coupled to the output stage, and a second output coupled to the processor. The error amplifier is configured to supply a first signal to the output stage indicating a voltage difference between the reference voltage and a voltage at the channel configuration pin. The output stage is configured to supply an output current to the processor using the voltage drop and a stored current determined using the first signal. The processor is configured to generate a compensated supply voltage on the power supply pin using the output current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ALPS) SAS
    Inventor: Alexandre Pons
  • Publication number: 20200412258
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a voltage source device comprising: a voltage converter for generating a supply voltage at an output node of the voltage converter based on a feedback signal provided on a feedback line; at least one switch coupled between the output node of the voltage converter and an output terminal of the voltage source device; and at least one further switch configured to selectively couple the feedback line to: the output node of the voltage converter during a first regulation mode; and to the output terminal of the voltage source device during a second regulation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Jean Camiolo, Alexandre Pons
  • Publication number: 20200412348
    Abstract: A voltage source device includes a voltage converter configured to generate a supply voltage at an output node of the voltage converter. A current source is configured to apply a current to a first output terminal of the voltage source device in order to detect a cable voltage drop. A compensation circuit is configured to generate a feedback signal based on a voltage at the first output terminal. The supply voltage is generated based on the feedback signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Alexandre Pons, Jean Camiolo
  • Publication number: 20200373843
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a device comprising: a voltage converter supplying, from a first DC voltage, a second DC voltage on an output terminal of the converter having a current value determined by a third voltage on a control terminal of the converter; a circuit configured, when a set point value of the second voltage switches from a first to a second set point value smaller than the first value, to generate a ramp signal successively representative of the first value, of a plurality of decreasing intermediate values between the first and second values, and of the second value; and an amplifier supplying a first signal representative of a difference between the ramp signal and a signal representative of the current value of the second voltage, the third voltage being determined by the first signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jean CAMIOLO, Alexandre PONS