Patents by Inventor Davide VECCHI

Davide VECCHI 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).

  • Overvoltage protection circuit with digital control
    Patent number: 9543752
    Abstract: A device for digitally protecting against an overvoltage event may include a front-end circuit, an overvoltage protection circuit, and a protection switch. The protection switch may be coupled to the overvoltage protection circuit and may be configured to decouple the front-end circuit from an external medium, in response to a clamp signal. The overvoltage protection circuit may be configured to detect the overvoltage event at one or more nodes of a circuit. In response to the detection of the overvoltage event, the overvoltage protection circuit may generate the clamp signal to activate the protection switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Jan Roelof Westra, Jan Mulder, Qiongna Zhang, Jeffrey Allan Riley, Davide Vecchi
  • Modular Analog Frontend
    Publication number: 20150149654
    Abstract: A system may include a first stage comprising first signaling components for a first protocol, and a second stage comprising second signaling components for the first protocol and a second protocol. The system may further include logic configured to receive an incoming data stream, and determine a stream protocol for the data stream. The logic may be further configured to, responsive to the determination, activate the at least a portion of the first stage when the stream protocol is compliant with the first protocol, and when the stream protocol is compliant with the second protocol, deactivate the first stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Davide Vecchi, Jan Mulder, Franciscus Maria Leonardus Van der Goes, Erol Arslan, Michael Randall Grimwood
  • OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT WITH DIGITAL CONTROL
    Publication number: 20150085412
    Abstract: A device for digitally protecting against an overvoltage event may include a front-end circuit, an overvoltage protection circuit, and a protection switch. The protection switch may be coupled to the overvoltage protection circuit and may be configured to decouple the front-end circuit from an external medium, in response to a clamp signal. The overvoltage protection circuit may be configured to detect the overvoltage event at one or more nodes of a circuit. In response to the detection of the overvoltage event, the overvoltage protection circuit may generate the clamp signal to activate the protection switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jan Roelof WESTRA, Jan MULDER, Qiongna ZHANG, Jeffrey Allan RILEY, Davide VECCHI