Patents by Inventor Fabio Acerbi

Fabio Acerbi 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).

  • Random number generator, in particular improved true random number generator
    Patent number: 11080022
    Abstract: A Random Number Generator includes a photon source, one or more photon detectors configured to detect at least one photon belonging to a flow of detected photons (?) generated by the photon source, an electronic sampler operatively associated with the photon detectors and configured to implement a logic method for the extraction of a binary sequence based on the arrival time of each one of the detected photons (?). In the Random Number Generator, the photon source and the photon detectors are adjacent to one another and integrated in a single semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Trentino Sviluppo SPA
    Inventors: Nicola Massari, Fabio Acerbi, Giorgio Fontana, David Stoppa, Nicola Zorzi, Lorenzo Pavesi, Massimiliano Sala, Alessio Meneghetti, Leonardo Gasparini, Zahra Bisadi, Alessandro Tomasi, Georg Pucker, Claudio Piemonte
  • Improved Random Number Generator, in Particular Improved True Random Number Generator
    Publication number: 20190205100
    Abstract: A Random Number Generator includes a photon source, one or more photon detectors configured to detect at least one photon belonging to a flow of detected photons (?) generated by the photon source, an electronic sampler operatively associated with the photon detectors and configured to implement a logic method for the extraction of a binary sequence based on the arrival time of each one of the detected photons (?). In the Random Number Generator, the photon source and the photon detectors are adjacent to one another and integrated in a single semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Nicola Massari, Fabio Acerbi, Giorgio Fontana, David Stoppa, Nicola Zorzi, Lorenzo Pavesi, Massimiliano Sala, Alessio Meneghetti, Leonardo Gasparini, Zahra Bisadi, Alessandro Tomasi, Georg Pucker, Claudio Piemonte
  • Silicon resistor silicon photomultiplier
    Patent number: 10224450
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, silicon photomultiplier, and sensor are described. The disclosed semiconductor device is disclosed to include a substrate, a photosensitive area provided on the substrate, the photosensitive area corresponding to an area in which an electrical signal is generated in response to light impacting the photosensitive area, at least one trench substantially surrounding the photosensitive area, the at least one trench extending at least partially into the substrate, and a resistor confined by the at least one trench and in electrical communication with the active area such that the resistor is configured to carry electrical signals generated by the photosensitive area to a metal contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED
    Inventors: Claudio Piemonte, Alberto Giacomo Gola, Giovanni Paternoster, Fabio Acerbi
  • SILICON RESISTOR SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER
    Publication number: 20180374978
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, silicon photomultiplier, and sensor are described. The disclosed semiconductor device is disclosed to include a substrate, a photosensitive area provided on the substrate, the photosensitive area corresponding to an area in which an electrical signal is generated in response to light impacting the photosensitive area, at least one trench substantially surrounding the photosensitive area, the at least one trench extending at least partially into the substrate, and a resistor confined by the at least one trench and in electrical communication with the active area such that the resistor is configured to carry electrical signals generated by the photosensitive area to a metal contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Claudio Piemonte, Alberto Giacomo Gola, Giovanni Paternoster, Fabio Acerbi