Patents by Inventor Gregoire WAELCHLI

Gregoire WAELCHLI 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: 10551437
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing an electrical test at a device is described. In one general implementation, an apparatus may include a memory, a receiver, and a processor. The receiver is configured to receive a test signal, convert the test signal into a digital test signal (bit stream) and store the digital test signal in the memory. The receiver identifies when a pre-defined number of bits of the bit stream are available in the memory. The processor is configured to perform a logic operation on the bit stream and a reference signal, generate a test result based on the logic operation, and determine whether the test result satisfies a condition. In some implementations, the processor may be configured to synchronize the digital test signal with the reference signal prior to performing of the logic operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Gregoire Waelchli
  • Publication number: 20190025372
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing an electrical test at a device is described. In one general implementation, an apparatus may include a memory, a receiver, and a processor. The receiver is configured to receive a test signal, convert the test signal into a digital test signal (bit stream) and store the digital test signal in the memory. The receiver identifies when a pre-defined number of bits of the bit stream are available in the memory. The processor is configured to perform a logic operation on the bit stream and a reference signal, generate a test result based on the logic operation, and determine whether the test result satisfies a condition. In some implementations, the processor may be configured to synchronize the digital test signal with the reference signal prior to performing of the logic operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Gregoire WAELCHLI
  • Patent number: 8295324
    Abstract: Complex digital data values derived from a DSSS signal, in particular, a GNSS signal, are delivered to a general purpose microprocessor at a rate of 8 MHz and chip sums over eight consecutive data values spaced by a sampling length (TS), each beginning with one of the data values as an initial value, formed and stored. For code removal, each of a series of chip sums covering a correlation interval of 1 ms and each essentially coinciding with a chip interval of fixed chip length (TC), where a value of a basic function (bm) reflecting a PRN basic sequence of a satellite assumes a correlation value (Bm), is multiplied by the latter and the products added up over a partial correlation interval to form a partial correlation sum. The partial correlation interval is chosen in such a way that it essentially coincides with a corresponding Doppler interval having a Doppler length (TD) where a frequency function used for tentative Doppler shift compensation and represented by a step function (sine, cosine) is constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: u-blox AG
    Inventors: Clemens Bürgi, Marcel Baracchi, Grégoire Waelchli
  • Publication number: 20100189163
    Abstract: Complex digital data values derived from a DSSS signal, in particular, a GNSS signal, are delivered to a general purpose microprocessor at a rate of 8 MHz and chip sums over eight consecutive data values spaced by a sampling length (TS), each beginning with one of the data values as an initial value, formed and stored. For code removal, each of a series of chip sums covering a correlation interval of 1 ms and each essentially coinciding with a chip interval of fixed chip length (TC), where a value of a basic function (bm) reflecting a PRN basic sequence of a satellite assumes a correlation value (Bm), is multiplied by the latter and the products added up over a partial correlation interval to form a partial correlation sum. The partial correlation interval is chosen in such a way that it essentially coincides with a corresponding Doppler interval having a Doppler length (TD) where a frequency function used for tentative Doppler shift compensation and represented by a step function (sine, cosine) is constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: u-Blox AG
    Inventors: Clemens Bürgi, Marcel Baracchi, Grégoire Waelchli