Patents by Inventor Evan Shorman
Evan Shorman 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).
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Patent number: 11885645Abstract: A sensor includes a sensing element configured to generate a sensing element output signal indicative of a sensed parameter and a signal path responsive to the sensing element output signal and having at least one of an adjustable gain or an adjustable offset, wherein the signal path is configured to generate a sensor output signal indicative of the sensed parameter. A supply voltage detector is configured to generate a supply voltage signal indicative of which of a plurality of voltage ranges a supply voltage of the sensor falls within and at least one of the adjustable gain or the adjustable offset is adjustable in response to the supply voltage signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLCInventors: Alexander Latham, Evan Shorman, Michael C. Doogue
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Publication number: 20230298779Abstract: A system, comprising a bus bar having a first through-hole formed therein and a first current sensor that is disposed adjacent to the first branch. The first through-hole is arranged to define, at least in part, a first branch of the bus bar and a second branch of the bus bar. The first branch has different length and/or thickness than the second branch. The first current sensor is arranged to measure an electrical current through the bus bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Allegro MicroSystems, LLCInventors: Loïc André Messier, Yannick Vuillermet, Evan Shorman, Simon E. Rock, Andreas P. Friedrich
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Publication number: 20220404182Abstract: A sensor includes a sensing element configured to generate a sensing element output signal indicative of a sensed parameter and a signal path responsive to the sensing element output signal and having at least one of an adjustable gain or an adjustable offset, wherein the signal path is configured to generate a sensor output signal indicative of the sensed parameter. A supply voltage detector is configured to generate a supply voltage signal indicative of which of a plurality of voltage ranges a supply voltage of the sensor falls within and at least one of the adjustable gain or the adjustable offset is adjustable in response to the supply voltage signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: Allegro MicroSystems, LLCInventors: Alexander Latham, Evan Shorman, Michael C. Doogue
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Patent number: 11402280Abstract: A magnetic field sensor is provided with improved stress compensation accounting for temperature. The magnetic field sensor includes a stress sensing, element, a temperature sensing element, a magnetic field sensing element, a memory, and an electronic circuitry. The memory is configured to store a first table. The first table identities a plurality of stress-to-sensitivity coefficients. Each of the plurality of stress-to-sensitivity coefficients is mapped to a different temperature value. The electronic circuitry is configured to use a temperature reading and a stress reading to calculate a stress difference between an expected stress and the stress reading.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLCInventors: Juan Manuel Cesaretti, Evan Shorman
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Patent number: 11029373Abstract: A magnetic field sensor includes a substrate, a first channel comprising a first magnetic field sensing element supported by the substrate and configured to generate a first magnetic field signal indicative of a first magnetic field experienced by the first magnetic field sensing element, a second channel comprising a second magnetic field sensing element supported by the substrate and configured to generate a second magnetic field signal indicative of a second magnetic field experienced by the second magnetic field sensing element, and at least one shield configured to reduce a bandwidth of the first magnetic field by a first amount and to reduce a bandwidth of the second magnetic field by a second amount. The shield is able to act as a magnetic anti-aliasing filter for the magnetic field sensing elements, which can then be chopped or sampled.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLCInventors: Alexander Latham, Evan Shorman
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Publication number: 20210048353Abstract: A method is provided comprising: obtaining a temperature reading by using a temperature sensing element that is part of a magnetic field sensor; obtaining a stress reading by using a stress sensing element that is part of the magnetic field sensor; calculating a stress difference using the temperature reading and the stress reading, the stress difference including a difference between an expected stress associated with the temperature reading and the stress reading obtained from the stress sensing element; and adjusting a gain of a sensing element signal based on the stress difference, the sensing element signal being generated at least in part by a magnetic field sensing element that is part of the magnetic field sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Allegro MicroSystems, LLCInventors: Juan Manuel Cesaretti, Evan Shorman
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Publication number: 20210018576Abstract: A magnetic field sensor includes a substrate, a first channel comprising a first magnetic field sensing element supported by the substrate and configured to generate a first magnetic field signal indicative of a first magnetic field experienced by the first magnetic field sensing element, a second channel comprising a second magnetic field sensing element supported by the substrate and configured to generate a second magnetic field signal indicative of a second magnetic field experienced by the second magnetic field sensing element, and at least one shield configured to reduce a bandwidth of the first magnetic field by a first amount and to reduce a bandwidth of the second magnetic field by a second amount. The shield is able to act as a magnetic anti-aliasing filter for the magnetic field sensing elements, which can then be chopped or sampled.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: Allegro MicroSystems, LLCInventors: Alexander Latham, Evan Shorman
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Patent number: 10718794Abstract: A current sensor integrated circuit including a magnetic field sensing element, a current conductor, an insulation structure, and a power calculation circuit is configured to meet safety isolation requirements. Isolation resistors allow for voltage from a high voltage side to be sensed at a low voltage side of the circuit. The insulation structure, current sensor package, and isolation resistors can achieve at least 500 Vrms isolation.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Allegro Microsystems, LLCInventors: Georges El Bacha, Evan Shorman, Cory Voisine, Alexander Latham, William P. Taylor
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Publication number: 20190391185Abstract: A current sensor integrated circuit including a magnetic field sensing element, a current conductor, an insulation structure, and a power calculation circuit is configured to meet safety isolation requirements. The current sensor integrated circuit may include or be used with isolation resistors to allow for voltage from a high voltage side to be sensed at a low voltage side of the circuit. The insulation structure, current sensor package, and isolation resistors can achieve at least 500 Vrms isolation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Allegro MicroSystems, LLCInventors: Georges El Bacha, Evan Shorman, Cory Voisine, Alexander Latham, William P. Taylor