Patents by Inventor Davide Ugo Ghisu

Davide Ugo Ghisu 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: 20120268189
    Abstract: A switching circuit is electrically coupled between a connection terminal and an output terminal of a transmission channel and includes first and second switching transistors electrically coupled in series to each other and having respective body diodes in anti-series, between the connection terminal and the output terminal. The switching circuit comprises a bootstrap circuit connected to respective first and second control terminals of these first and one second switching transistors, as well as to respective first and second voltage references. The bootstrap circuit includes a first parasitic capacitance electrically coupled between the first control terminal and a first bootstrap node, and a second parasitic capacitance electrically coupled between the second control terminal and a second bootstrap node. The parasitic capacitances have value of at least one order of magnitude lower with respect to the gate-source capacitances of the first and second switching transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Sandro Rossi, Antonio Ricciardo, Davide Ugo Ghisu