Patents by Inventor Helene Catherine Louise Tap

Helene Catherine Louise Tap 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).

  • Microelectromechanical device and a method of damping a mass thereof
    Patent number: 10393769
    Abstract: A microelectromechanical device comprising a mass, an electromechanical transducer configured to convert, after damping the mass during a first damping period, displacement of the mass in the first and second directions into corresponding first and second electrical signals during corresponding first and second conversion time periods, a derivative unit configured to generate first and second control signals indicative of the velocity of the mass in the first and second direction, and a controller for providing the first and second control signals to respective first and second one or more electrodes of the electromechanical transducer for simultaneously damping the mass in the first and second directions with a first and second damping forces corresponding to the first and second velocity during the damping time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Olivier Bernal, Lavinia Elena Ciotirca, Thierry Dominique Yves Cassagnes, Jerome Romain Enjalbert, Helene Catherine Louise Tap
  • MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE AND A METHOD OF DAMPING A MASS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170356928
    Abstract: A microelectromechanical device comprising a mass, an electromechanical transducer configured to convert, after damping the mass during a first damping period, displacement of the mass in the first and second directions into corresponding first and second electrical signals during corresponding first and second conversion time periods, a derivative unit configured to generate first and second control signals indicative of the velocity of the mass in the first and second direction, and a controller for providing the first and second control signals to respective first and second one or more electrodes of the electromechanical transducer for simultaneously damping the mass in the first and second directions with a first and second damping forces corresponding to the first and second velocity during the damping time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Olivier Bernal, Lavinia Elena Ciotirca, Thierry Dominique Yves Cassagnes, Jerome Romain Enjalbert, Helene Catherine Louise Tap