Patents by Inventor Giuseppe Di Blasi

Giuseppe Di Blasi 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).

  • Publication number: 20070024252
    Abstract: A control circuit for a DC/DC converter has a linear-control loop, which receives a quantity to be controlled and a first reference quantity, and generates a modulation value. A nonlinear modulation unit is activated in presence of a variation of the quantity to be controlled higher than a preset intervention threshold and modifies in a nonlinear way the reference quantity supplied to the linear-control loop. In the case of large variation and of preset sign of the quantity to be controlled, the linear-control loop is deactivated, a signal for switching-off of the DC/DC converter is initially generated, and then a false steady-state-modulation value is supplied to the DC/DC converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.
    Inventors: Filippo Marino, Marco Minieri, Giuseppe Di Blasi, Valeria Boscaino
  • Publication number: 20060087296
    Abstract: A DC/DC converter includes a first switchcoupled to an input voltage and to a reference voltage. The first switch is suitable for driving a load connected to the output terminal of the DC/DC converter. The DC/DC converter includes an inductor having an intrinsic resistance and being connected to a terminal of the first switch, and a control circuit suitable for generating a driving signal of the first switch at a switching pulse. The control circuit has a first input terminal connected to the output terminal of the DC/DC converter. The DC/DC converter comprises a resistive element and a capacitor connected between the terminal of the first switch and the reference voltage. The control circuit has a second input terminal connected with the terminal in common of the capacitor and of the resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Filippo Marino, Marco Minieri, Giuseppe Di Blasi, Giovanni Genco Russo