Patents by Inventor Manfred Bresch

Manfred Bresch 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: 20240094751
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to the use of an externally-supplied control current to control the adjustment of an internal supply voltage generated via voltage regulator circuitry, which may be identified with an integrated circuit (IC) chip. The configuration of the voltage regulator circuitry functions to establish a linear relationship between the control current and the internal voltage supply. This configuration enables setting the control current to a predetermined value, causing the supply voltage to deviate in a predictable and controllable manner, and thus facilitating verification of the IC chip's internal voltage supply test circuitry. Furthermore, because the control current used for this purpose is relatively small (e.g. on the order of microamps), existing on chip test architecture, which may accommodate such low level currents, may be re-used for the selective routing of the control current for such IC testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Veikko Summa, Manfred Bresch
  • Patent number: 9203363
    Abstract: The present disclosure relate to a sensor system having a low offset error. In some embodiments, the sensor system comprises a sensor configured to generate a sensor signal, which is provided to a main signal path having a first chopping correction circuit and a second chopping correction circuit. The first and second chopping correction circuit chop the sensor signal at first and second frequencies to reduce offset errors, but in doing so generate first and second chopping ripple errors. A first digital offset feedback loop generates a first compensation signal, which is fed back into the main signal path to mitigate the first chopping ripple error. A second digital offset feedback loop generates a second compensation signal, which is fed back into the main signal path to mitigate the second chopping ripple error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Mario Motz, Manfred Bresch
  • Publication number: 20140368267
    Abstract: The present disclosure relate to a sensor system having a low offset error. In some embodiments, the sensor system comprises a sensor configured to generate a sensor signal, which is provided to a main signal path having a first chopping correction circuit and a second chopping correction circuit. The first and second chopping correction circuit chop the sensor signal at first and second frequencies to reduce offset errors, but in doing so generate first and second chopping ripple errors. A first digital offset feedback loop generates a first compensation signal, which is fed back into the main signal path to mitigate the first chopping ripple error. A second digital offset feedback loop generates a second compensation signal, which is fed back into the main signal path to mitigate the second chopping ripple error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Mario Motz, Manfred Bresch
  • Patent number: 8829988
    Abstract: The present disclosure relate to a sensor system having a low offset error. In some embodiments, the sensor system comprises a sensor configured to generate a sensor signal, which is provided to a main signal path having a first chopping correction circuit and a second chopping correction circuit. The first and second chopping correction circuit chop the sensor signal at first and second frequencies to reduce offset errors, but in doing so generate first and second chopping ripple errors. A first digital offset feedback loop generates a first compensation signal, which is fed back into the main signal path to mitigate the first chopping ripple error. A second digital offset feedback loop generates a second compensation signal, which is fed back into the main signal path to mitigate the second chopping ripple error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Mario Motz, Manfred Bresch
  • Publication number: 20140077873
    Abstract: The present disclosure relate to a sensor system having a low offset error. In some embodiments, the sensor system comprises a sensor configured to generate a sensor signal, which is provided to a main signal path having a first chopping correction circuit and a second chopping correction circuit. The first and second chopping correction circuit chop the sensor signal at first and second frequencies to reduce offset errors, but in doing so generate first and second chopping ripple errors. A first digital offset feedback loop generates a first compensation signal, which is fed back into the main signal path to mitigate the first chopping ripple error. A second digital offset feedback loop generates a second compensation signal, which is fed back into the main signal path to mitigate the second chopping ripple error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Mario Motz, Manfred Bresch
  • Patent number: 7659845
    Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter comprising a capacitor array having a plurality of unit capacitors, each having first and second inputs; a comparator having a pair of inputs and at least one output; and a controller configured to couple one input of each unit capacitor of the plurality of capacitors to the inputs of the comparator, and to control a feedback loop between the pair of inputs and the at least one output of the comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Manfred Bresch
  • Publication number: 20090319211
    Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter comprising a capacitor array having a plurality of unit capacitors, each having first and second inputs; a comparator having a pair of inputs and at least one output; and a controller configured to couple one input of each unit capacitor of the plurality of capacitors to the inputs of the comparator, and to control a feedback loop between the pair of inputs and the at least one output of the comparator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventor: MANFRED BRESCH