Patents by Inventor Paolo Romele

Paolo Romele 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: 11894052
    Abstract: An in-memory computation (IMC) circuit includes a memory array formed by memory cells arranged in row-by-column matrix. Computational weights for an IMC operation are stored in the memory cells. Each column includes a bit line connected to the memory cells. A biasing circuit is connected between each bit line and a corresponding column output. A column combining circuit combines and integrates analog signals at the column outputs of the biasing circuits. Each biasing circuit operates to apply a fixed reference voltage level to its bit line. Each biasing circuit further includes a switching circuit that is controlled to turn on for a time duration controlled by asps comparison of a coefficient data signal to a ramp signal to generate the analog signal dependent on the computational weight. The ramp signal is generated using a reference current derived from a reference memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Alma Mater Studiorum—Universita' Di Bologna
    Inventors: Marco Pasotti, Marcella Carissimi, Alessio Antolini, Eleonora Franchi Scarselli, Antonio Gnudi, Andrea Lico, Paolo Romele
  • Publication number: 20230326524
    Abstract: An in-memory computation (IMC) circuit includes a memory array formed by memory cells arranged in row-by-column matrix. Computational weights for an IMC operation are stored in the memory cells. Each column includes a bit line connected to the memory cells. A biasing circuit is connected between each bit line and a corresponding column output. A column combining circuit combines and integrates analog signals at the column outputs of the biasing circuits. Each biasing circuit operates to apply a fixed reference voltage level to its bit line. Each biasing circuit further includes a switching circuit that is controlled to turn on for a time duration controlled by asps comparison of a coefficient data signal to a ramp signal to generate the analog signal dependent on the computational weight. The ramp signal is generated using a reference current derived from a reference memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita' Di Bologna
    Inventors: Marco PASOTTI, Marcella CARISSIMI, Alessio ANTOLINI, Eleonora FRANCHI SCARSELLI, Antonio GNUDI, Andrea LICO, Paolo ROMELE
  • Publication number: 20230261574
    Abstract: In embodiments, a voltage regulator has an input node to receive an input voltage and an output node. The voltage regulator has a charge pump circuit that receives a boosting control signal to boost the input voltage based on the boosting control signal. The voltage regulator further has a feedback regulation circuit configured to receive the output voltage and to provide a first operation control signal and a second operation control signal as a function of the output voltage; a phase control circuit configured to receive the first operation control signal and to provide the boosting control signal as a function of the first operation control signal; and a filter coupled to the output node, configured to receive the second operation control signal and configured to inject to or sink from the output node a charge that is a function of the second operation control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Laura Capecchi, Marcella Carissimi, Marco Pasotti, Paolo Romele
  • Patent number: 4833936
    Abstract: A motor vehicle steering column comprises two telescopically interconnected portions, between which at least an elastic means is mounted which keeps conjugated walls of the said telescopic portions in reciprocal play-free contact in order to cancel out the rotational clearances, or play, between the said telescopic portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Alfa-Lancia Industriale S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gaetano Mariani, Paolo Romele