Patents by Inventor Leo ZIMMERMAN

Leo ZIMMERMAN 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).

  • Integrated chemical sensor chip
    Patent number: 9562871
    Abstract: An integrated chemical sensor chip comprises on or integrated in a common substrate a chemically sensitive layer and a heater heating the sensitive layer. In addition, a memory is provided for the storage of a measurement routine, the measurement routine comprising instructions defining a heating process over time and instructions defining one or more measurement points in time. An I/O interface is provided for receiving a trigger for the measurement routine and for supplying a result of the measurement routine. An engine controls the heater and measures a resistance of the sensitive layer according the instructions of the measurement routine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Sensirion AG
    Inventors: Moritz Lechner, Samuel Fuhrer, Zeljko Mrcarica, Ferdinando Pace, Leo Zimmerman
  • INTEGRATED CHEMICAL SENSOR CHIP
    Publication number: 20160077031
    Abstract: An integrated chemical sensor chip comprises on or integrated in a common substrate a chemically sensitive layer and a heater heating the sensitive layer. In addition, a memory is provided for the storage of a measurement routine, the measurement routine comprising instructions defining a heating process over time and instructions defining one or more measurement points in time. An I/O interface is provided for receiving a trigger for the measurement routine and for supplying a result of the measurement routine. An engine controls the heater and measures a resistance of the sensitive layer according the instructions of the measurement routine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Moritz LECHNER, Samuel FUHRER, Zeljko MRCARICA, Ferdinando PACE, Leo ZIMMERMAN