Patents by Inventor Joao Cunha

Joao Cunha 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: 20230106907
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a first stator pair, consisting of a first and second ferromagnetic stators and a second stator pair, consisting of the second ferromagnetic stator and a third ferromagnetic stator. The sensor device includes a multipole magnet, rotatable relative to the two stator pairs. A magnetic field is induced as a result of the rotation. The sensor device includes first and second magnetic field sensors configured to output first and second sensor signals, respectively. The sensor device includes a magnetic flux concentrator configured to concentrate the induced magnetic field at the location of the first magnetic field sensor and at the location of the second magnetic field sensor. The magnetic flux concentrator and the two magnetic field sensors are arranged such that an influence of a rotation-independent magnetic stray field on the sensor signals is compensated for upon difference formation or summation applied to the sensor signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Christoph OSWALD, Joao CUNHA, Andreas KIEP
  • Patent number: 11561267
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor may include a comparator to receive a first signal indicating a strength of a magnetic field sensed by a first sensing component of the magnetic sensor, receive a second signal indicating a strength of a magnetic field sensed by a second sensing component of the magnetic sensor, perform an error check associated with the first sensing component and the second sensing component, the error check being performed based on the first signal and the second signal, and provide an indication of a result of the error check. The magnetic sensor may include a protocol encoder to receive the first signal, receive the indication of the result of the error check, and provide an output that includes the indication of the result of the error check.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Joao Cunha, Christoph Oswald, James Sterling
  • Publication number: 20220393554
    Abstract: The innovative concept described herein relates to a magnetic angle sensor system having a rotatable shaft, a permanent magnet coupled to the rotatable shaft, and a magnetic field sensor arranged opposite the permanent magnet, wherein the magnetic field sensor is configured to detect a magnetic field prevailing in its detection region. The magnetic angle sensor system comprises means for reducing and/or compensating for an inhomogeneous stray field component of a per se homogeneous external magnetic stray field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Gernot BINDER, Joao CUNHA, Helmut KOECK, Markus LEHNER
  • Publication number: 20220341764
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor may include a comparator to receive a first signal indicating a strength of a magnetic field sensed by a first sensing component of the magnetic sensor, receive a second signal indicating a strength of a magnetic field sensed by a second sensing component of the magnetic sensor, perform an error check associated with the first sensing component and the second sensing component, the error check being performed based on the first signal and the second signal, and provide an indication of a result of the error check. The magnetic sensor may include a protocol encoder to receive the first signal, receive the indication of the result of the error check, and provide an output that includes the indication of the result of the error check.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Joao Cunha, Christoph Oswald, James Sterling