Patents by Inventor Mauro Afonso Perez

Mauro Afonso Perez 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: 10141970
    Abstract: A transceiver circuit with a front-end and a back-end is provided. The front-end has terminals for coupling to a first and a second capacitor and tunable resistors coupled between the terminals and a reference terminal. The front-end is configured to receive receiver signals at the terminals utilizing a first setting for the resistors. The front-end is configured to generate a receiver data packet based on the receiver signals. The back-end is configured to check the receiver data packet for errors with respect to a defined tuning data packet. If an error is found, the back-end sets the resistors to a default setting. If no errors are found, the back-end sets the resistors to a second setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: ams AG
    Inventors: Francesco Cavaliere, Tibor Kerekes, Mauro Afonso Perez
  • Publication number: 20170264340
    Abstract: A connector for capacitive coupling of a first communicator and a second communicator of a communication system has a first, a second, a third and a fourth electrode, all of which are electrically conductive. The first and third electrodes are designed to be coupled to the first communicator. The second and fourth electrodes are designed to be coupled to the second communicator. The electrodes are designed to constitute capacitive couplings. Additionally, the first and the second electrode are designed to induce an attractive force between themselves by using a magnetic interaction. Analogously, the third and the fourth electrode are designed to induce an attractive force between themselves by using a magnetic interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: ams AG
    Inventors: Mauro AFONSO PEREZ, Francesco CAVALIERE
  • Publication number: 20170244441
    Abstract: A transceiver circuit with a front-end and a back-end is provided. The front-end has terminals for coupling to a first and a second capacitor and tunable resistors coupled between the terminals and a reference terminal. The front-end is configured to receive receiver signals at the terminals utilizing a first setting for the resistors. The front-end is configured to generate a receiver data packet based on the receiver signals. The back-end is configured to check the receiver data packet for errors with respect to a defined tuning data packet. If an error is found, the back-end sets the resistors to a default setting. If no errors are found, the back-end sets the resistors to a second setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: ams AG
    Inventors: Francesco CAVALIERE, Tibor KEREKES, Mauro Afonso PEREZ
  • Patent number: 8654783
    Abstract: A method for channel switching comprising the steps: establishing (10) an active communication in a channel ch(m), checking (11) if the communication at an actual timeslot t(n) is successful, if checking (11) if the communication at the actual timeslot t(n) is successful, keeping the communication using the channel ch(m) for a next timeslot t(n+1) and repeating checking (11) if the communication at the actual timeslot t(n) is successful, if checking (11) if the communication at the actual timeslot t(n) is not successful, initiating a selection of a next channel ch(m+1). Further a device for communication is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: AMS AG
    Inventors: Mauro Afonso Perez, Nikolaus Ribic
  • Publication number: 20100246540
    Abstract: A method for channel switching comprising the steps: establishing (10) an active communication in a channel ch(m), checking (11) if the communication at an actual timeslot t(n) is successful, if checking (11) if the communication at the actual timeslot t(n) is successful, keeping the communication using the channel ch(m) for a next timeslot t(n+1) and repeating checking (11) if the communication at the actual timeslot t(n) is successful, if checking (11) if the communication at the actual timeslot t(n) is not successful, initiating a selection of a next channel ch(m+1). Further a device for communication is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: austriamicrosystems AG
    Inventors: Mauro Afonso Perez, Nikolaus Ribic
  • Patent number: 7679452
    Abstract: An amplifier arrangement having a transistor arrangement comprising a first transistor (1) in common-emitter configuration and a second transistor (2) in common-base configuration. A switching device (7) couples, in a first mode of operation, the first transistor (1) to an input (3) of the amplifier arrangement and while the second transistor (2) forms a cascade stage. In a second mode of operation the second transistor (2) is coupled to the input (3). While high gain is achieved during the first mode, the second mode allows for high linearity without requiring inductive degeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Austriamicrosystems AG
    Inventor: Mauro Afonso Perez
  • Publication number: 20090219089
    Abstract: An amplifier arrangement having a transistor arrangement comprising a first transistor (1) in common-emitter configuration and a second transistor (2) in common-base configuration. A switching device (7) couples, in a first mode of operation, the first transistor (1) to an input (3) of the amplifier arrangement and while the second transistor (2) forms a cascade stage. In a second mode of operation the second transistor (2) is coupled to the input (3). While high gain is achieved during the first mode, the second mode allows for high linearity without requiring inductive degeneration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventor: Mauro Afonso Perez