Patents by Inventor Danika Chaussy

Danika Chaussy 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: 8044892
    Abstract: A circuit for controlling a matrix display formed of light-emitting diodes, capable of successively selecting lines of the screen and, for each line from a set of selected lines, of selecting columns, the voltage of each selected column settling at an operating voltage. The circuit is capable, before selection of each line from said set of lines, of precharging at least the columns to be selected to a precharge voltage. The circuit includes a device for adjusting the precharge voltage including a measurement circuit capable, on each selection of a line from said set of lines, of measuring the maximum operating voltage from among the operating voltages of the selected columns; a circuit capable of storing the maximum measured operating voltage; and a circuit capable of adjusting the precharge voltage based on the maximum stored operating voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Danika Chaussy, Céline Mas
  • Patent number: 8040339
    Abstract: Circuitry for controlling a display matrix formed of light-emitting diodes arranged in rows and columns, diodes in each row being connected to common row lines, and diodes in each column being connected to common column lines, each of the column lines being selectively connected to a current source for providing a current to each of the column lines when the column line is selected, a column voltage being present at a column node of each column line while the column line is selected, each of the row lines being selectively connected to a rowoff voltage for turning off the diodes in that row, the circuitry including circuitry for generating the rowoff voltage including: capture circuitry arranged to capture a maximum value of the column voltages present at the column nodes of a plurality of selected column lines; storage circuitry arranged to store the maximum column voltage; and output circuitry arranged to provide the rowoff voltage based on the maximum column voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Danika Chaussy, Céline Mas
  • Patent number: 7911424
    Abstract: A device for regulating the bias voltage of circuits for controlling columns of a matrix display capable of selecting columns to turn on the light-emitting diodes of the selected columns and of a selected line, the device including a first measurement circuit providing a first measurement signal representative of the highest voltage among the voltages of the selected columns; a second measurement circuit providing a second measurement signal representative of the lowest voltage among the voltages of the selected columns; and an adjustment circuit receiving the first and second measurement signals and capable of decreasing the bias voltage if the first measurement signal is smaller than a first comparison signal and of increasing the bias voltage if the second measurement signal is greater than a second comparison signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Danika Chaussy, Céline Mas
  • Patent number: 7755580
    Abstract: A method for regulating the biasing voltage of column control circuits of an array screen formed of LEDs distributed in lines and columns, the column control circuits being adapted to turning on at least one LED of a line. The method includes increasing the biasing voltage when the current flowing through at least one activated LED is smaller than a determined luminance current and of decreasing the biasing voltage when the current flowing through each activated LED is equal to the determined luminance current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Céline Mas, Eric Benoit, Olivier Scouarnec, Olivier Le Briz, Danika Chaussy, Philippe Maige
  • Publication number: 20080030442
    Abstract: Circuitry for controlling a display matrix formed of light-emitting diodes arranged in rows and columns, diodes in each row being connected to common row lines, and diodes in each column being connected to common column lines, each of the column lines being selectively connected to a current source for providing a current to each of the column lines when the column line is selected, a column voltage being present at a column node of each column line while the column line is selected, each of the row lines being selectively connected to a rowoff voltage for turning off the diodes in that row, the circuitry including circuitry for generating the rowoff voltage including: capture circuitry arranged to capture a maximum value of the column voltages present at the column nodes of a plurality of selected column lines; storage circuitry arranged to store the maximum column voltage; and output circuitry arranged to provide the rowoff voltage based on the maximum column voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Danika Chaussy, Celine Mas
  • Patent number: 7286183
    Abstract: A device for producing a video image sharpness improvement signal (DOC21-DOC22), with black level clipping of an associated video signal, comprises a differential transconductance stage processing the video signal and whose bias currents (Imax) are directly proportional to the active component (?V) of the video signal so as to bring about a black level sharpness improvement signal clipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Cirot, Michel Barou, Danika Chaussy
  • Publication number: 20060119551
    Abstract: A device for regulating the bias voltage of circuits for controlling columns of a matrix display capable of selecting columns to turn on the light-emitting diodes of the selected columns and of a selected line, the device including a first measurement circuit providing a first measurement signal representative of the highest voltage among the voltages of the selected columns; a second measurement circuit providing a second measurement signal representative of the lowest voltage among the voltages of the selected columns; and an adjustment circuit receiving the first and second measurement signals and capable of decreasing the bias voltage if the first measurement signal is smaller than a first comparison signal and of increasing the bias voltage if the second measurement signal is greater than a second comparison signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Danika Chaussy, Celine Mas
  • Publication number: 20060118700
    Abstract: A circuit for controlling a matrix display formed of light-emitting diodes, capable of successively selecting lines of the screen and, for each line from a set of selected lines, of selecting columns, the voltage of each selected column settling at an operating voltage. The circuit is capable, before selection of each line from said set of lines, of precharging at least the columns to be selected to a precharge voltage. The circuit includes a device for adjusting the precharge voltage including a measurement circuit capable, on each selection of a line from said set of lines, of measuring the maximum operating voltage from among the operating voltages of the selected columns; a circuit capable of storing the maximum measured operating voltage; and a circuit capable of adjusting the precharge voltage based on the maximum stored operating voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Danika Chaussy, Celine Mas
  • Publication number: 20050078054
    Abstract: A device for producing a video image sharpness improvement signal (DOC21-DOC22), with black level clipping of an associated video signal, comprises a differential transconductance stage processing the video signal and whose bias currents (Imax) are directly proportional to the active component (?V) of the video signal so as to bring about a black level sharpness improvement signal clipping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics, SA
    Inventors: Eric Cirot, Michel Barou, Danika Chaussy
  • Publication number: 20050035933
    Abstract: A method for regulating the biasing voltage of column control circuits of an array screen formed of LEDs distributed in lines and columns, the column control circuits being adapted to turning on at least one LED of a line. The method consists of increasing the biasing voltage when the current flowing through at least one activated LED is smaller than a determined luminance current and of decreasing the biasing voltage when the current flowing through each activated LED is equal to the determined luminance current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Celine Mas, Eric Benoit, Olivier Scouarnec, Olivier Le Briz, Danika Chaussy, Philippe Maige
  • Patent number: 6175275
    Abstract: A preamplifier includes an output stage having a bandwidth which is adjustable by a control signal. The output stage includes an amplifier with an adjustable bandwidth. The amplifier includes a main input for receiving an input current, a main output for providing an output voltage, a resistor connected between the main input and output. A current amplifier with an adjustable gain is connected for receiving the input current. A capacitor is connected between an output of the current amplifier and the main output. An inverting transconductance circuit is connected between the output of the current amplifier and the main output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Barou, Danika Chaussy
  • Patent number: 6137244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for correction of the horizontal scanning current of a cathode-ray tube based on a modulation of this scanning current by a substantially parabolic signal at the image frame frequency, obtained by a squaring of a current ramp, including inflecting the ends of this current ramp before its squaring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
    Inventor: Danika Chaussy
  • Patent number: 5910748
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a power amplifier having an output stage in MOS technology, including an upper half-output stage comprised of two P-channel MOS power transistors mounted as a current mirror, a lower half-output stage comprised of two N-channel MOS power transistors mounted as a current mirror, an output terminal of the amplifier corresponding to the common drains of a first MOS transistor of the upper stage and of a first MOS transistor of the lower stage, and a control stage in bipolar technology for setting, according to a control voltage, two control currents of the half-output stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, S.A.
    Inventors: Marius Reffay, Danika Chaussy