Patents by Inventor Emiliano Puia

Emiliano Puia 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: 10069399
    Abstract: In some examples, a device includes a power switch, a sensing switch configured to conduct an electrical current based on an electrical current conducted by the power switch. In some examples, the device also includes trimming circuitry configured to generate a monitored electrical current based on an aspect ratio of the trimming circuitry and based on the electrical current conducted by the sensing switch, wherein the aspect ratio of the trimming circuitry is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Adriano Sambucco, Emiliano Puia
  • Patent number: 9152163
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for regulating a kILIS factor (i.e., a load current-to-sensing current ratio) of a current sensing power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET). The techniques may include generating a reference voltage based on a configurable function that defines the reference voltage as a function of two or more main terminal voltages which are obtained at two or more different locations on a metallization that forms a main terminal of a current sensing power MOSFET, and regulating a sensing terminal of the current sensing power MOSFET at a voltage that is determined based on the reference voltage. Using a configurable function of two or more main terminal voltages to regulate a sensing terminal of a current sensing power MOSFET may allow the voltage at which the sensing terminal is regulated to be trimmed in order to improve the accuracy of the kILIS factor produced by the current sensing power MOSFET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Simone Fabbro, Emiliano Puia, Giacomo Cascio