Patents by Inventor Benjamin Cheron

Benjamin Cheron 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).

  • Ignition circuit
    Patent number: 7622753
    Abstract: A component formed in a substrate of a first conductivity type, having two inputs and two outputs and: a first diode having its anode connected to a first input and having its cathode connected to a first output; a second diode having its anode connected to a second output and having its cathode connected to the first input; a one-way switch having its anode connected to the first output, its cathode being connected to the second output; and a third diode having its anode connected to the second output, its cathode being connected to the first output; the first, second, and third diodes being formed in a first portion of the substrate separated by a wall of the second conductivity type from a second substrate portion comprising the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Samuel Menard, Benjamin Cheron, Arnaud Edet
  • Ignition circuit
    Publication number: 20070063305
    Abstract: A component formed in a substrate of a first conductivity type, having two inputs and two outputs and: a first diode having its anode connected to a first input and having its cathode connected to a first output; a second diode having its anode connected to a second output and having its cathode connected to the first input; a one-way switch having its anode connected to the first output, its cathode being connected to the second output; and a third diode having its anode connected to the second output, its cathode being connected to the first output; the first, second, and third diodes being formed in a first portion of the substrate separated by a wall of the second conductivity type from a second substrate portion comprising the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Samuel Menard, Benjamin Cheron, Arnaud Edet