Patents by Inventor José António Henriques Germano

José António Henriques Germano 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).

  • Monolithic device combining CMOS with magnetoresistive sensors
    Patent number: 9567626
    Abstract: A monolithic device comprises a substrate. An array of sensing elements is coupled to the substrate, and each sensing element includes a magnetoresistive sensor. An analog electric drive generator is coupled to the substrate, and the electric drive generator produces a sensor-biasing signal that biases the magnetoresistive sensors of the array. An analog multiplexer is coupled to the substrate, and outputs of the array are coupled to inputs of the multiplexer. An analog signal conditioning circuit is coupled to the substrate, wherein at least one output of the multiplexer is coupled to at least one input of the signal conditioning circuit. The monolithic device is fabricated using both complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (i.e., CMOS) technology and thin film technology. For example, the electric drive generator, the multiplexer, and the signal conditioning circuit may be fabricated with CMOS technology, while the magnetoresistive sensors of the array are fabricated with thin film technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: MAGNOMICS, S.A.
    Inventors: Filipe Arroyo Cardoso, Tiago Miguel Lopes Marta da Costa, José António Henriques Germano, Moisés Simões Piedade
  • MONOLITHIC DEVICE COMBINING CMOS WITH MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSORS
    Publication number: 20140323337
    Abstract: A monolithic device comprises a substrate. An array of sensing elements is coupled to the substrate, and each sensing element includes a magnetoresistive sensor. An analog electric drive generator is coupled to the substrate, and the electric drive generator produces a sensor-biasing signal that biases the magnetoresistive sensors of the array. An analog multiplexer is coupled to the substrate, and outputs of the array are coupled to inputs of the multiplexer. An analog signal conditioning circuit is coupled to the substrate, wherein at least one output of the multiplexer is coupled to at least one input of the signal conditioning circuit. The monolithic device is fabricated using both complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (i.e., CMOS) technology and thin film technology. For example, the electric drive generator, the multiplexer, and the signal conditioning circuit may be fabricated with CMOS technology, while the magnetoresistive sensors of the array are fabricated with thin film technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Filipe Arroyo Cardoso, Tiago Miguel Lopes Marta da Costa, José António Henriques Germano, Moisés Simões Piedade