Patents by Inventor Ennio Pastori

Ennio Pastori 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: 8054006
    Abstract: A power supply of luminous sources is disclosed comprising a first circuit configured to generate a direct voltage signal from an alternating input voltage and a second circuit having in input the direct voltage signal and configured to generate an alternating voltage signal of rectangular wave shape and null average value. The power supply comprises: a third circuit configured to generate a current signal of triangular wave shape from the alternating voltage signal, a fourth circuit configured to extract from the current signal a voltage signal of triangular wave shape and non-null average value, a fifth circuit configured to control the frequency of the alternating voltage signal based on the average value of the voltage signal extracted by the fourth circuit, a sixth circuit configured to rectify said current signal and supply the luminous sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Ennio Pastori
  • Publication number: 20090195185
    Abstract: A power supply of luminous sources is disclosed comprising a first circuit configured to generate a direct voltage signal from an alternating input voltage and a second circuit having in input the direct voltage signal and configured to generate an alternating voltage signal of rectangular wave shape and null average value. The power supply comprises: a third circuit configured to generate a current signal of triangular wave shape from the alternating voltage signal, a fourth circuit configured to extract from the current signal a voltage signal of triangular wave shape and non-null average value, a fifth circuit configured to control the frequency of the alternating voltage signal based on the average value of the voltage signal extracted by the fourth circuit, a sixth circuit configured to rectify said current signal and supply the luminous sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventor: Ennio Pastori