Patents by Inventor Craig S. Petrie

Craig S. Petrie 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: 8736369
    Abstract: An electronic circuit has a differential amplifier with a differential transistor pair having two transistors. The electronic circuit also has two digital-to-analog converters, a respective one of the two digital-to-analog converters coupled to each respective one of the two transistors. Control bits adjust the DACs to provide an offset voltage adjustment of the differential amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Allegro Microsystems, LLC
    Inventor: Craig S. Petrie
  • Publication number: 20140028290
    Abstract: A closed loop current sensor has a primary conductor and a plurality of secondary conductors. Selected ones of the plurality of secondary conductors are selected and driven in a feedback loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Craig S. Petrie
  • Publication number: 20130342273
    Abstract: An electronic circuit has a differential amplifier with a differential transistor pair having two transistors. The electronic circuit also has two digital-to-analog converters, a respective one of the two digital-to-analog converters coupled to each respective one of the two transistors. Control bits adjust the DACs to provide an offset voltage adjustment of the differential amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Craig S. Petrie
  • Patent number: 8577634
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor including a bidirectional node is configured to perform at least one of generating sensor data, storing sensor data, or communicating sensor data in a serial data signal in response to a trigger signal received at the bidirectional node. An alternative sensor having a node that may or may not be a bidirectional node is configured to reset at least one of a sensor data signal, a clock, a register, or a counter in response to a trigger signal received at the node and is further configured to communicate the sensor data signal in response to the trigger signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Allegro Microsystems, LLC
    Inventors: Mark J. Donovan, Craig S. Petrie, Nevenka Kozomora, Michael C. Doogue
  • Publication number: 20120299588
    Abstract: Circuits and methods use a feedback arrangement to select one or more measuring devices from a plurality of measuring devices in order to rapidly identify a direction of a sensed parameter. In some embodiments, the plurality of measuring devices corresponds to a plurality of magnetic field sensing elements and the sensed parameter is a magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Craig S. Petrie
  • Publication number: 20120217955
    Abstract: A circular vertical Hall (CVH) sensing element and an associated method provide a plurality of output signals from a respective plurality of vertical Hall elements in the CVH sensing element at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Craig S. Petrie
  • Publication number: 20120218018
    Abstract: An electronic circuit includes a plurality of sensing elements configured to generate a plurality of sensing element signals. The electronic circuit also includes a control signal generator configured to generate a plurality of control signals. The electronic circuit also includes a combining circuit. The combining circuit includes a plurality of switching circuits. Each switching circuit is configured to generate a respective switching circuit output signal being representative of either a non-inverted or an inverted respective one of the plurality of sensing element signals depending upon the first state or the second state of a respective one of the plurality of control signals. The combining circuit also includes a summing circuit coupled to receive the switching circuit output and configured to generate a summed output signal corresponding to a sum of the switching circuit output signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Allegro Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Craig S. Petrie
  • Publication number: 20120158335
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor including a bidirectional node is configured to perform at least one of generating sensor data, storing sensor data, or communicating sensor data in a serial data signal in response to a trigger signal received at the bidirectional node. An alternative sensor having a node that may or may not be a bidirectional node is configured to reset at least one of a sensor data signal, a clock, a register, or a counter in response to a trigger signal received at the node and is further configured to communicate the sensor data signal in response to the trigger signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark J. Donovan, Craig S. Petrie, Nevenka Kozomora, Michael C. Doogue
  • Patent number: 7199743
    Abstract: A digital to analog converter (DAC) circuit operates least significant bit (LSB) first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Bryan K. Casper, Craig S. Petrie
  • Patent number: 7102560
    Abstract: A cyclic analog to digital converter (ADC) circuit operates to convert an analog input voltage into a digital output word. The ADC circuit includes an amplifier and capacitors configured as an integrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Bryan K. Casper, Craig S. Petrie
  • Patent number: 6750704
    Abstract: A differential amplifier comprises a differential input stage including first and second input devices and has first and second input electrodes and first and second output terminals. A differential load stage includes first and second load devices having first and second control electrodes respectively. The load stage is coupled to the differential input stage and to the first and second output terminals. First and second separate capacitive biasing networks are coupled to the first and second output terminals and respectively to the first and second control electrodes. During an offset-cancellation phase, the input electrodes are coupled to a common voltage. During an amplification phase, a differential input signal is applied to the input electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Edwin Connell, Craig S. Petrie, Matthew R. Miller