Patents by Inventor Ferdinando Pace

Ferdinando Pace 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: 9562871
    Abstract: An integrated chemical sensor chip comprises on or integrated in a common substrate a chemically sensitive layer and a heater heating the sensitive layer. In addition, a memory is provided for the storage of a measurement routine, the measurement routine comprising instructions defining a heating process over time and instructions defining one or more measurement points in time. An I/O interface is provided for receiving a trigger for the measurement routine and for supplying a result of the measurement routine. An engine controls the heater and measures a resistance of the sensitive layer according the instructions of the measurement routine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Sensirion AG
    Inventors: Moritz Lechner, Samuel Fuhrer, Zeljko Mrcarica, Ferdinando Pace, Leo Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20160077031
    Abstract: An integrated chemical sensor chip comprises on or integrated in a common substrate a chemically sensitive layer and a heater heating the sensitive layer. In addition, a memory is provided for the storage of a measurement routine, the measurement routine comprising instructions defining a heating process over time and instructions defining one or more measurement points in time. An I/O interface is provided for receiving a trigger for the measurement routine and for supplying a result of the measurement routine. An engine controls the heater and measures a resistance of the sensitive layer according the instructions of the measurement routine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Moritz LECHNER, Samuel FUHRER, Zeljko MRCARICA, Ferdinando PACE, Leo ZIMMERMAN
  • Patent number: 9257991
    Abstract: A programmable high-speed frequency divider architecture is provided that is programmable to divide an input clock signal frequency by a selectable division N. The frequency divider architecture has a shift register circuit having N/2 shift register stages, connected in series when N is an even integer and trunc[N/2]+1 shift register stages when N is an odd integer. The frequency divider architecture includes a feedback logic circuit that performs a logical NAND of the output clock signal with the logical ORed result of a pre-output signal provided from a shift register stage prior to the output stage and another signal that indicates whether the selectable divisor N is odd or even.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Ferdinando Pace
  • Publication number: 20150207510
    Abstract: A programmable high-speed frequency divider architecture is provided that is programmable to divide an input clock signal frequency by a selectable division N. The frequency divider architecture has a shift register circuit having N/2 shift register stages, connected in series when N is an even integer and trunc[N/2]+1 shift register stages when N is an odd integer. The frequency divider architecture includes a feedback logic circuit that performs a logical NAND of the output clock signal with the logical ORed result of a pre-output signal provided from a shift register stage prior to the output stage and another signal that indicates whether the selectable divisor N is odd or even.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: FERDINANDO PACE
  • Publication number: 20130169313
    Abstract: A high speed clock frequency divider circuit is provided that uses a first shift register loop-back circuit and a second shift-register loop-back circuit to shift a predetermined array of bits therethrough. The first shift register loop-back circuit is clocked on a rising clock edge of an input clock signal, while the second shift register loop-back signal is clocked on a negative edge of the input clock signal. The outputs of the first and second loop-back shift registers are ORed to provide a 50% duty cycle output clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: ST-ERICSSON SA
    Inventor: FERDINANDO PACE
  • Patent number: 8471607
    Abstract: A high speed clock frequency divider circuit is provided that uses a first shift register loop-back circuit and a second shift-register loop-back circuit to shift a predetermined array of bits therethrough. The first shift register loop-back circuit is clocked on a rising clock edge of an input clock signal, while the second shift register loop-back signal is clocked on a negative edge of the input clock signal. The outputs of the first and second loop-back shift registers are ORed to provide a 50% duty cycle output clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: St-Ericsson SA
    Inventor: Ferdinando Pace
  • Patent number: 8378719
    Abstract: A programmable high-speed frequency divider architecture is provided to provide a substantially 50% duty cycle signal output regardless of whether the division ratio is odd or even. The programmable frequency divider circuit receives an input clock signal having a first period and outputs and output clock signal that has a second clock signal period that is a programmable multiple, A, of the first period. The frequency divider includes a shift register that receives the input clock signal and produces a first output signal. The frequency divider also includes a duty cycle compensation circuit that accepts the first output signal and produces an output clock signal that has a duty cycle that is substantially 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: ST-Ericsson SA
    Inventor: Ferdinando Pace