Patents by Inventor Marc PONS SOLÉ

Marc PONS SOLÉ 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: 11025232
    Abstract: An electronic device including a digital circuit to be compensated and a compensation device for compensating PVT variations of this digital circuit. This compensation device is arranged also for controlling the operating speed of the digital circuit and can also be arranged for equalising a rise time and a fall time of a logic gate including the transistors of the digital circuit. The electronic device implements a first loop, allowing to control the operating speed of the digital circuit by exploiting the same voltage at the compensation terminals of the compensation device and at the terminals at the digital circuit and at a critical path replica module allowing to control the threshold voltages of the respective transistors. The electronic device can implement also a second loop allowing to equalise the rise and fall times of a logic gate including the transistors of the digital circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA—RECHERCHE ET DÉVELOPPEMENT
    Inventors: Nicola Scolari, Marc Pon Sole, David Ruffieux
  • Patent number: 11012067
    Abstract: A compensation device for compensating PVT variations of an analog and/or digital circuit. The compensation device includes a transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal allowing to modify a threshold voltage of the transistor. The transistor is configured to be in saturation region. The voltage at the third terminal has a predetermined value and the difference between the voltage at the second terminal and the voltage at the third terminal has a predetermined value. A current generation module is configured to generate a current of a predetermined value. A compensation module is configured to force this current to flow between the first terminal and the third terminal by adjusting the voltage of the fourth terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA—RECHERCHE ET DÉVELOPPEMENT
    Inventors: David Ruffieux, Camilo Andres Salazar Gutierrez, Marc Pons Sole, Daniel Severac, Jean-Luc Nagel, Alain-Serge Porret
  • Publication number: 20200350893
    Abstract: An electronic device including a digital circuit to be compensated and a compensation device for compensating PVT variations of this digital circuit. This compensation device is arranged also for controlling the operating speed of the digital circuit and can also be arranged for equalising a rise time and a fall time of a logic gate including the transistors of the digital circuit. The electronic device implements a first loop, allowing to control the operating speed of the digital circuit by exploiting the same voltage at the compensation terminals of the compensation device and at the terminals at the digital circuit and at a critical path replica module allowing to control the threshold voltages of the respective transistors. The electronic device can implement also a second loop allowing to equalise the rise and fall times of a logic gate including the transistors of the digital circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Nicola Scolari, Marc Pon Sole, David Ruffieux
  • Publication number: 20190280688
    Abstract: A compensation device for compensating PVT variations of an analog and/or digital circuit. The compensation device includes a transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal allowing to modify a threshold voltage of the transistor. The transistor is configured to be in saturation region. The voltage at the third terminal has a predetermined value and the difference between the voltage at the second terminal and the voltage at the third terminal has a predetermined value. A current generation module is configured to generate a current of a predetermined value. A compensation module is configured to force this current to flow between the first terminal and the third terminal by adjusting the voltage of the fourth terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA - Recherche et Développement
    Inventors: David RUFFIEUX, Camilo Andrès SALAZAR GUTIERREZ, Marc PONS SOLÉ, Daniel SÉVERAC, Jean-Luc NAGEL, Alain-Serge PORRET