Patents by Inventor Giuseppe Scrocchi

Giuseppe Scrocchi 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: 5629610
    Abstract: A fully digital, current mode, PWM control is realized by employing two distinct comparators, both reading the voltage drop on a sensing resistance. The first comparator exerts an open-loop current mode control. The second comparator, establishing a second higher current threshold than the current threshold set by the first comparator, triggers a disabling circuit of the output power transistor for a preset period of time, when the current level through the output stage uncontrollably rises beyond the second threshold. This may occur because of an insufficient discharge from the load circuit inductance during off-phases of the output power transistor of the extra energy stored during switching delay periods of the first (open loop control) comparator. The frequency of the sequence of bursts may be precisely controlled to be well outside the frequency range of interest to prevent disturbances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Giorgio Pedrazzini, Giuseppe Scrocchi, Paolo Cordini, Domenico Rossi