Patents by Inventor Laurent Monceau

Laurent Monceau 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: 7148700
    Abstract: A circuit for calibrating a voltage signal that includes a first voltage-to-current converter receiving the signal to be calibrated and a reference voltage and providing a current proportional to the voltage difference between the voltage of the signal to be calibrated and the reference voltage, a first current amplifier driven by the first voltage-to-current converter, a second voltage-to-current converter receiving an adjustment voltage and the reference voltage and providing a current proportional to the voltage difference between the adjustment voltage and the reference voltage, a second current amplifier driven by the second voltage-to-current converter, and a circuit for providing a calibrated voltage signal based on the difference between the currents provided by the first and second current amplifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Monceau, Catherine Dubois
  • Publication number: 20060066315
    Abstract: A circuit for calibrating a voltage signal. The circuit includes a first voltage-to-current converter receiving the signal to be calibrated and a reference voltage, and providing a current proportional to the voltage difference between the voltage of the signal to be calibrated and the reference voltage, a first current amplifier driven by the first voltage-to-current converter, a second voltage-to-current converter receiving an adjustment voltage and the reference voltage and providing a current proportional to the voltage difference between the adjustment voltage and the reference voltage, a second current amplifier driven by the second voltage-to-current converter, and a means for providing a calibrated voltage signal based on the difference between the currents provided by the first and second current amplifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Laurent Monceau, Catherine Dubois
  • Patent number: 6246261
    Abstract: A circuit for detecting the disappearing of a periodic input signal, the circuit including a frequency divider receiving the input signal, the frequency divider having two complementary outputs combined with a same reference signal of same frequency as the input signal by means of two respective similar logic gates, the output of a first one of the logic gates being connected to increment a first counter and to reset a second counter similar to the first one, and the output of the second logic gate being connected to increment the second counter and to reset the first counter, and a logic circuit generating a disappearing detection signal when any one of the two counters reaches a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventor: Laurent Monceau