Patents by Inventor Christian Perrin

Christian Perrin 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: 8179096
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a circuit is formed to couple a battery to a charging voltage at least a portion of a time when the charging voltage is greater than zero volts and is less than a first voltage value. The circuit is also formed to decouple the battery from the charging voltage approximately when the charging voltage is greater than the first voltage and also approximately when the charging voltage is no greater than zero volts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Bernard, Pierre Daude, Pascal Debaty, Christian Perrin
  • Publication number: 20080303487
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a circuit is formed to couple a battery to a charging voltage at least a portion of a time when the charging voltage is greater than zero volts and is less than a first voltage value. The circuit is also formed to decouple the battery from the charging voltage approximately when the charging voltage is greater than the first voltage and also approximately when the charging voltage is no greater than zero volts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Patrick Bernard, Pierre Daude, Pascal Debaty, Christian Perrin
  • Publication number: 20040070456
    Abstract: An audio amplifier system (10) is formed to include a voltage reference (16). The voltage reference (16) is formed to utilize a filter having a first cut-off frequency when the output (14) of the voltage reference (16) is less than a first value and to use a second cut-off frequency when the output (14) is greater than the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Bernard, Anthony Quelen, Christian Perrin
  • Patent number: 6717473
    Abstract: An audio amplifier system (10) is formed to include a voltage reference (16). The voltage reference (16) is formed to utilize a filter having a first cut-off frequency when the output (14) of the voltage reference (16) is less than a first value and to use a second cut-off frequency when the output (14) is greater than the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Patrick Bernard, Anthony Quelen, Christian Perrin
  • Patent number: 5699016
    Abstract: A differential amplifier filter with two channels in phase opposition, wherein each channel includes the same network of passive components which includes two impedances coupled in series between a first input terminal of the filter and a corresponding input of the differential amplifier, a feed-forward impedance coupled between a common node of the two series impedances and an output of the same channel of the differential amplifier, and a feedback impedance coupled between a second input of the differential amplifier and an output of the other channel of the differential amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Lionel Federspiel, Christian Perrin
  • Patent number: 4442398
    Abstract: An integrated circuit constituting a current generator formed by CMOS technology comprises a first pair of similar transistors, one of which recopies the current of the other, subject to a proportionality factor; a second pair of similar transistors, one of which recopies the source voltage of the other; a third pair of similar transistors having different threshold voltages in contrast to the other pairs. A resistor is placed in series with one of the transistors of the third pair in order to compensate for the difference between the threshold voltages, an additional transistor being provided for recopying the current in one of the transistors aforementioned. The current thus produced is stable in time as well as independent of temperature and of the circuit supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1984
    Assignee: Societe pour l'Etude et la Fabrication de Circuits Integres Speciaux-E.F.C.I.S.
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Bertails, Christian Perrin