Patents by Inventor Elisa GIRANI

Elisa GIRANI 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: 20230231476
    Abstract: A driver circuit for low voltage differential signaling, LVDS, includes a phase alignment circuit including an input configured to receive an input signal, a first output configured to provide an internal signal as a function of the input signal, and a second output configured to provide an inverted internal signal, which is the inverted signal of the internal signal, and an output driver circuit coupled to the phase alignment circuit, the output driver circuit including a first input configured to receive the internal signal, a second input configured to receive the inverted internal signal, a first output configured to provide an output signal as a function of the internal signal and a second output configured to provide an inverted output signal which is the inverted signal of the output signal. Therein the phase alignment circuit is configured to provide the inverted internal signal with its phase being aligned to a phase of the internal signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: ams-OSRAM AG
    Inventors: Elisa GIRANI, Dominik RUCK
  • Patent number: 11108358
    Abstract: An oscillator circuit arrangement comprises a gain stage and a feedback loop that includes a crystal device. A clock signal monitor circuit is connected to an output of the gain stage and detects a frequency shift in the clock signal or a loss of oscillation. The current through the gain stage is controlled in response to a control signal generated by the clock signal monitor circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: AMS AG
    Inventors: Elisa Girani, Kurt Fritzenwallner, Bernd Janger
  • Publication number: 20200350861
    Abstract: An oscillator circuit arrangement comprises a gain stage and a feedback loop that includes a crystal device. A clock signal monitor circuit is connected to an output of the gain stage and detects a frequency shift in the clock signal or a loss of oscillation. The current through the gain stage is controlled in response to a control signal generated by the clock signal monitor circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Elisa GIRANI, Kurt FRITZENWALLNER, Bernd JANGER
  • Patent number: 10672210
    Abstract: A communication device (10) comprises a conductor (11), a transceiver (12) coupled to the conductor (11) and a data processing unit (13) that is coupled to the transceiver (12). The communication device (10) is configured to determine a strength signal (ST) depending on a receiver signal (SR) received via the conductor (11) and to determine a proximity signal (SP) depending on a proximity of a body to the communication device (10). The data processing unit (13) is configured to generate a disable signal (STO) depending on at least a value of the strength signal (ST) and on at least a value of the proximity signal (SP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: ams AG
    Inventors: Elisa Girani, Vinko Kunc, Francesco Cavaliere, Maksimiljan Stiglic
  • Publication number: 20190066421
    Abstract: A communication device (10) comprises a conductor (11), a transceiver (12) coupled to the conductor (11) and a data processing unit (13) that is coupled to the transceiver (12). The communication device (10) is configured to determine a strength signal (ST) depending on a receiver signal (SR) received via the conductor (11) and to determine a proximity signal (SP) depending on a proximity of a body to the communication device (10). The data processing unit (13) is configured to generate a disable signal (STO) depending on at least a value of the strength signal (ST) and on at least a value of the proximity signal (SP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Elisa GIRANI, Vinko KUNC, Francesco CAVALIERE, Maksimiljan STIGLIC