Patents by Inventor Juri Giovannone
Juri Giovannone 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).
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Patent number: 11881768Abstract: A direct current (DC) to DC (DC-DC) converter includes a comparator configured to set a pulse width of a signal pulse, the pulse width corresponding to a voltage level of an output voltage of the DC-DC converter; a digital delay line (DDL) operatively coupled to the comparator, the DDL configured increase the pulse width of the signal pulse by linearly introducing delays to the signal pulse; a multiplexer operatively coupled to the DDL, the multiplexer configured to selectively output a delayed version of the signal pulse; and a logic control circuit operatively coupled to the multiplexer and the DDL, the logic control circuit configured to adaptively adjust a precision of the DC-DC converter in accordance with a duty cycle of the DC-DC converter and a setpoint of the DC-DC converter.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.Inventors: Juri Giovannone, Valeria Bottarel, Stefano Corona
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Patent number: 11791720Abstract: A direct current (DC) to DC (DC-DC) converter includes a comparator setting a pulse width of a signal pulse, the pulse width corresponding to a voltage level of an output voltage of the DC-DC converter; a digital delay line (DDL) operatively coupled to the comparator, the DDL adjusting the pulse width of the signal pulse by linearly introducing delays to the signal pulse; a multiplexer operatively coupled to the DDL, the multiplexer selectively outputting a delayed version of the signal pulse; a phase detector operatively coupled to a system clock and the multiplexer, the phase detector generating a phase error between an output of the multiplexer and the system clock; and a logic control circuit operatively coupled to the multiplexer and the DDL, the logic control circuit adjusting the delay introduced to the signal pulse in accordance with the phase error.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.Inventors: Juri Giovannone, Valeria Bottarel, Stefano Corona
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Patent number: 11660920Abstract: The current technique provides an unmanned vehicle that is capable of travelling in the air, on the ground and/or in the water. The driving force of the unmanned vehicle is provided by at least one propelling module that includes a motor, a shaft and a propeller. The propelling module is coupled to a chassis. The chassis includes one or more support elements that each couples to one or more aileron member. An aileron member is configured to tilt with or about the support element to change fluid flux about the aileron member and thus change a position of the propelling force.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.Inventors: Giulio Ricotti, Alessandro Nicolosi, Juri Giovannone, Francesco D'Angelo, Stefano Corona
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Publication number: 20230006545Abstract: A direct current (DC) to DC (DC-DC) converter includes a comparator configured to set a pulse width of a signal pulse, the pulse width corresponding to a voltage level of an output voltage of the DC-DC converter; a digital delay line (DDL) operatively coupled to the comparator, the DDL configured increase the pulse width of the signal pulse by linearly introducing delays to the signal pulse; a multiplexer operatively coupled to the DDL, the multiplexer configured to selectively output a delayed version of the signal pulse; and a logic control circuit operatively coupled to the multiplexer and the DDL, the logic control circuit configured to adaptively adjust a precision of the DC-DC converter in accordance with a duty cycle of the DC-DC converter and a setpoint of the DC-DC converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Juri Giovannone, Valeria Bottarel, Stefano Corona
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Publication number: 20230006546Abstract: A direct current (DC) to DC (DC-DC) converter includes a comparator setting a pulse width of a signal pulse, the pulse width corresponding to a voltage level of an output voltage of the DC-DC converter; a digital delay line (DDL) operatively coupled to the comparator, the DDL adjusting the pulse width of the signal pulse by linearly introducing delays to the signal pulse; a multiplexer operatively coupled to the DDL, the multiplexer selectively outputting a delayed version of the signal pulse; a phase detector operatively coupled to a system clock and the multiplexer, the phase detector generating a phase error between an output of the multiplexer and the system clock; and a logic control circuit operatively coupled to the multiplexer and the DDL, the logic control circuit adjusting the delay introduced to the signal pulse in accordance with the phase error.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Juri Giovannone, Valeria Bottarel, Stefano Corona
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Publication number: 20190263206Abstract: The current technique provides an unmanned vehicle that is capable of travelling in the air, on the ground and/or in the water. The driving force of the unmanned vehicle is provided by at least one propelling module that includes a motor, a shaft and a propeller. The propelling module is coupled to a chassis. The chassis includes one or more support elements that each couples to one or more aileron member. An aileron member is configured to tilt with or about the support element to change fluid flux about the aileron member and thus change a position of the propelling force.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Giulio RICOTTI, Alessandro NICOLOSI, Juri GIOVANNONE, Francesco D'ANGELO, Stefano CORONA
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Patent number: 9401799Abstract: The operation of a circuit exhibiting a delay that is subject to a time spread as a function of process, voltage, and temperature variations is synchronized with a synchronization signal. A digital delay corresponding to the time spread is applied to the synchronization signal. The digital delay is generated via cascaded delay elements having respective delay values and by controlling the number of cascaded delay elements in the circuit that are applied to the synchronization signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.Inventors: Juri Giovannone, Valeria Bottarel, Marco Terenzi, Sandro Rossi
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Publication number: 20160036583Abstract: The operation of a circuit exhibiting a delay that is subject to a time spread as a function of process, voltage, and temperature variations is synchronized with a sync signal by applying to the sync signal a digital delay, which can add to the delay that is subject to time spread. The digital delay is generated via cascaded delay elements having respective delay values and by controlling the number of cascaded delay elements in the circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Juri Giovannone, Valeria Bottarel, Marco Terenzi, Sandro Rossi
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Patent number: 9243967Abstract: A sensor for pressure measurement may include a fabric support, an electrically conductive structure including tracks on the fabric support having resistance variations in response to deformations thereof, and a processor coupled to the electrically conductive structure and configured to sense resistance values of respective tracks of the electrically conductive structure and to provide a signal representative of a pressure difference across opposite faces of the fabric support.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.Inventors: Giulio Ricotti, Juri Giovannone
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Patent number: 8665001Abstract: A low voltage isolation switch is coupled between an input terminal suitable for receiving a high voltage signal and an output terminal suitable for transmitting this high voltage signal to a load. The isolation switch includes a first driving transistor coupled between a first reference terminal and an intermediate node, a second driving transistor coupled between the intermediate node and the second reference terminal, a control transistor connected across a diode block coupled between the input and output terminals. The control transistor has a control terminal connected to the intermediate node through a low voltage decoupling block that includes first and second substrate terminals, first and second parasitic capacitive element connected to these first and second substrate terminals, and first and second decoupling transistors coupled in parallel to each other and having control terminals connected to the first and second parasitic capacitive elements, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.Inventors: Valeria Bottarel, Giulio Ricotti, Fabio Quaglia, Juri Giovannone
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Publication number: 20140020473Abstract: A sensor for pressure measurement may include a fabric support, an electrically conductive structure including tracks on the fabric support having resistance variations in response to deformations thereof, and a processor coupled to the electrically conductive structure and configured to sense resistance values of respective tracks of the electrically conductive structure and to provide a signal representative of a pressure difference across opposite faces of the fabric support.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Giulio RICOTTI, Juri Giovannone
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Publication number: 20120262221Abstract: A low voltage isolation switch is coupled between an input terminal suitable for receiving a high voltage signal and an output terminal suitable for transmitting this high voltage signal to a load. The isolation switch includes a first driving transistor coupled between a first reference terminal and an intermediate node, a second driving transistor coupled between the intermediate node and the second reference terminal, a control transistor connected across a diode block coupled between the input and output terminals. The control transistor has a control terminal connected to the intermediate node through a low voltage decoupling block that includes first and second substrate terminals, first and second parasitic capacitive element connected to these first and second substrate terminals, and first and second decoupling transistors coupled in parallel to each other and having control terminals connected to the first and second parasitic capacitive elements, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.Inventors: Valeria Bottarel, Giulio Ricotti, Fabio Quaglia, Juri Giovannone
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Patent number: 8183904Abstract: A control system for a phase generator including a delay block including delay units, and first and second multiplexers configured to receive output signals of each of the delay units and to respectively supply first and second output signals. The control system may include a controller configured to drive the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer respectively with a first select signal and a second select signal, a detection module configured to detect a phase difference between the first output signal and the second output signal and to generate a corresponding digital phase shift signal, the detection module including a phase comparator, and a Time-Digital converter circuit coupled thereto and having logic elements configured to generate the digital phase shift signal, and a logic circuit connected to the detection module and configured to process the digital phase shift signal and to generate a signal indicative of a control executed.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.Inventors: Juri Giovannone, Roberto Giorgio Bardelli, Giovanni Cremonesi
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Publication number: 20110156789Abstract: A control system for a phase generator including a delay block including delay units, and first and second multiplexers configured to receive output signals of each of the delay units and to respectively supply first and second output signals. The control system may include a controller configured to drive the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer respectively with a first select signal and a second select signal, a detection module configured to detect a phase difference between the first output signal and the second output signal and to generate a corresponding digital phase shift signal, the detection module including a phase comparator, and a Time-Digital converter circuit coupled thereto and having logic elements configured to generate the digital phase shift signal, and a logic circuit connected to the detection module and configured to process the digital phase shift signal and to generate a signal indicative of a control executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.I.Inventors: Juri Giovannone, Roberto Giorgio Bardelli, Giovanni Cremonesi