Patents by Inventor Ezequiel Alves

Ezequiel Alves 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: 11954031
    Abstract: A method performed by a controller comprising assigning a first status indicator to entries in a first address line in a volatile memory belonging to a first region of an LUT stored in a non-volatile memory, and a second status indicator to entries in the first address line in the volatile memory belonging to a second region of the LUT, setting either the first or second status indicator to a dirty status based on whether a cache updated entry at an address m in the volatile memory belongs to the first or second region of the LUT, and writing, based on the dirty status of the first and second status indicator at the address m, all entries in the volatile memory associated with the first region or the second region containing the updated entry to the non-volatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Symons, Ezequiel Alves
  • Publication number: 20230023940
    Abstract: A method performed by a controller comprising assigning a first status indicator to entries in a first address line in a volatile memory belonging to a first region of an LUT stored in a non-volatile memory, and a second status indicator to entries in the first address line in the volatile memory belonging to a second region of the LUT, setting either the first or second status indicator to a dirty status based on whether a cache updated entry at an address m in the volatile memory belongs to the first or second region of the LUT, and writing, based on the dirty status of the first and second status indicator at the address m, all entries in the volatile memory associated with the first region or the second region containing the updated entry to the non-volatile memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: David Symons, Ezequiel Alves
  • Patent number: 11449423
    Abstract: A method performed by a controller comprising assigning a first status indicator to entries in a first address line in a volatile memory belonging to a first region of an LUT stored in a non-volatile memory, and a second status indicator to entries in the first address line in the volatile memory belonging to a second region of the LUT, setting either the first or second status indicator to a dirty status based on whether a cache updated entry at an address m in the volatile memory belongs to the first or second region of the LUT, and writing, based on the dirty status of the first and second status indicator at the address m, all entries in the volatile memory associated with the first region or the second region containing the updated entry to the non-volatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: David Symons, Ezequiel Alves
  • Publication number: 20220292017
    Abstract: A method performed by a controller comprising assigning a first status indicator to entries in a first address line in a volatile memory belonging to a first region of an LUT stored in a non-volatile memory, and a second status indicator to entries in the first address line in the volatile memory belonging to a second region of the LUT, setting either the first or second status indicator to a dirty status based on whether a cache updated entry at an address m in the volatile memory belongs to the first or second region of the LUT, and writing, based on the dirty status of the first and second status indicator at the address m, all entries in the volatile memory associated with the first region or the second region containing the updated entry to the non-volatile memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: David Symons, Ezequiel Alves
  • Patent number: 10481220
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor includes a circular vertical Hall (CVH) sensing element to produce a signal representing an external magnetic field as detected by the CVH sensing element, a sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter to generate a converted signal, modulators to produce quadrature modulated signals from the converted signal, and a processor to produce an estimated angle of the external magnetic field using the quadrature modulated signals. An arctangent function may be used to calculate the estimated angle. A sliding window integration scheme may be used over one or more CVH cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Octavio H. Alpago, Ezequiel Alves, Hernán D. Romero
  • Patent number: 9739847
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor comprises a circular vertical Hall (CVH) sensing element having a plurality of vertical Hall elements. A CVH output stage is included comprising one or more of drive circuits to drive the plurality of vertical Hall elements and produce an analog signal representing a strength of an external magnetic field as detected by the plurality of vertical Hall elements. An analog-to-digital converter is coupled to receive the analog signal and produce a digital signal. A quadrature modulator circuit is coupled to the digital signal and operable to generate a plurality of quadrature modulated signals. A processor stage receives signals representative of the plurality of quadrature modulated signals and computes an estimated angle of the external magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Octavio H. Alpago, Ezequiel Alves, Hernán D. Romero
  • Patent number: 9739848
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor comprises a circular vertical Hall (CVH) sensing element comprising a plurality of vertical Hall elements, each vertical Hall element comprised of a respective group of vertical Hall element contacts selected from among a plurality of vertical Hall element contacts. A quadrature modulator circuit is coupled to the digital signal and operable to generate a plurality of quadrature modulated signals. A processor stage is coupled to receive the signals representative of the plurality of quadrature modulated signals, and operable to perform a sliding window integration using the signals representative of the plurality of quadrature modulated signals and compute an estimated angle of the external magnetic field using the signals representative of the plurality of quadrature modulated signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Octavio H. Alpago, Ezequiel Alves, Hernán D. Romero
  • Publication number: 20170219663
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor comprises a circular vertical Hall (CVH) sensing element having a plurality of vertical Hall elements. A CVH output stage is included comprising one or more of drive circuits to drive the plurality of vertical Hall elements and produce an analog signal representing a strength of an external magnetic field as detected by the plurality of vertical Hall elements. An analog-to-digital converter is coupled to receive the analog signal and produce a digital signal. A quadrature modulator circuit is coupled to the digital signal and operable to generate a plurality of quadrature modulated signals. A processor stage receives signals representative of the plurality of quadrature modulated signals and computes an estimated angle of the external magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Allegro Microsystems, LLC
    Inventors: Octavio H. Alpago, Ezequiel Alves, Hernán D. Romero
  • Publication number: 20170219665
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor includes a circular vertical Hall (CVH) sensing element to produce a signal representing an external magnetic field as detected by the CVH sensing element, a sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter to generate a converted signal, modulators to produce quadrature modulated signals from the converted signal, and a processor to produce an estimated angle of the external magnetic field using the quadrature modulated signals. An arctangent function may be used to calculate the estimated angle. A sliding window integration scheme may be used over one or more CVH cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Allegro Microsystems, LLC
    Inventors: Octavio H. Alpago, Ezequiel Alves, Hernán D. Romero
  • Publication number: 20170219664
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor comprises a circular vertical Hall (CVH) sensing element comprising a plurality of vertical Hall elements, each vertical Hall element comprised of a respective group of vertical Hall element contacts selected from among a plurality of vertical Hall element contacts. A quadrature modulator circuit is coupled to the digital signal and operable to generate a plurality of quadrature modulated signals. A processor stage is coupled to receive the signals representative of the plurality of quadrature modulated signals, and operable to perform a sliding window integration using the signals representative of the plurality of quadrature modulated signals and compute an estimated angle of the external magnetic field using the signals representative of the plurality of quadrature modulated signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Allegro Microsystems, LLC
    Inventors: Octavio H. Alpago, Ezequiel Alves, Hernán D. Romero