Patents by Inventor Peter Alfred FRIESSNEGGER

Peter Alfred FRIESSNEGGER 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: 11585824
    Abstract: A sensor device includes at least one first sensor element that generates a first sensor signal based on sensing a varying magnetic field; at least one second sensor element that generates a second sensor signal based on sensing the varying magnetic field; a signal tracking circuit that generates a trigger signal having trigger pulses that are generated based on crossings of the first sensor signal with an adaptive threshold and extracts vibration relevant information using the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal; an output controller that generates an output signal having output pulses that are triggered by the trigger pulses during a non-vibration event and suppress the output pulses during an entire duration of a vibration event; and a vibration detection circuit that detects the vibration event based on the extracted vibration relevant information and indicates the vibration event to the output controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Johannes Guettinger, Peter Alfred Friessnegger, Simon Hainz
  • Publication number: 20220128587
    Abstract: A sensor device includes at least one first sensor element that generates a first sensor signal based on sensing a varying magnetic field; at least one second sensor element that generates a second sensor signal based on sensing the varying magnetic field; a signal tracking circuit that generates a trigger signal having trigger pulses that are generated based on crossings of the first sensor signal with an adaptive threshold and extracts vibration relevant information using the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal; an output controller that generates an output signal having output pulses that are triggered by the trigger pulses during a non-vibration event and suppress the output pulses during an entire duration of a vibration event; and a vibration detection circuit that detects the vibration event based on the extracted vibration relevant information and indicates the vibration event to the output controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Johannes GUETTINGER, Peter Alfred FRIESSNEGGER, Simon HAINZ
  • Patent number: 10473679
    Abstract: Some examples described herein may include receiving, by a sensor device, differential measurement signals from at least two sensor elements; generating, by the sensor device, fixed-calibrated channels from the differential measurement signals, generating, by the sensor device, self-calibrated channels from the differential measurement signals; determining, by the sensor device, offsets associated with the differential measurement signals based on the self-calibrated channels; determining, by the sensor device, whether a vibration occurred within the differential measurement signals based on the fixed-calibrated channels; and providing, by the sensor device, phase measurement information based on the offsets and whether the vibration occurred, wherein the phase measurement information identifies a phase of the rotatable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Simone Fontanesi, Tobias Werth, Peter Alfred Friessnegger
  • Publication number: 20190317120
    Abstract: Some examples described herein may include receiving, by a sensor device, differential measurement signals from at least two sensor elements; generating, by the sensor device, fixed-calibrated channels from the differential measurement signals, generating, by the sensor device, self-calibrated channels from the differential measurement signals; determining, by the sensor device, offsets associated with the differential measurement signals based on the self-calibrated channels; determining, by the sensor device, whether a vibration occurred within the differential measurement signals based on the fixed-calibrated channels; and providing, by the sensor device, phase measurement information based on the offsets and whether the vibration occurred, wherein the phase measurement information identifies a phase of the rotatable object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Simone FONTANESI, Tobias WERTH, Peter Alfred FRIESSNEGGER