Patents by Inventor Pinchas Novac
Pinchas Novac 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).
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Patent number: 11579023Abstract: A temperature sensor arrangement (10), including a bandgap voltage generator (12), which is configured to provide an output voltage (Vbg); at least one semiconductor junction (14) for temperature sensing, which is biased by a biasing current flowing through said semiconductor junction (14); and at least one poly-resistor (Rb3) which is connected between the output (23) of the bandgap voltage generator (12) and the semiconductor junction (14), thereby providing said biasing current from the bandgap voltage generator (12) to the semiconductor junction (14).Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN S.A.Inventors: Yonghong Tao, Pinchas Novac, Sylvain Grosjean, Alexandre Deschildre, Hugues Blangy
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Publication number: 20200249096Abstract: A temperature sensor arrangement (10), including a bandgap voltage generator (12), which is configured to provide an output voltage (Vbg); at least one semiconductor junction (14) for temperature sensing, which is biased by a biasing current flowing through said semiconductor junction (14); and at least one poly-resistor (Rb3) which is connected between the output (23) of the bandgap voltage generator (12) and the semiconductor junction (14), thereby providing said biasing current from the bandgap voltage generator (12) to the semiconductor junction (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: EM MICROELECTRONIC MARIN S.A.Inventors: Yonghong TAO, Pinchas Novac, Sylvain Grosjean, Alexandre Deschildre, Hugues Blangy
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Patent number: 10429334Abstract: A humidity sensor is provided, including a silicon base plate on which several intermetallic dielectric layers, each of which is provided with a metallic zone, and a metal layer are disposed, wherein the metal layer is etched to form two electrodes, each including an armature provided with a plurality of arms, wherein each armature is mounted so that the arms are interlaced to have arms positioned to face one another. The sensor also includes a temperature module or a heating module.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: EM Microelectronic-Marin SAInventor: Pinchas Novac
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Patent number: 10184911Abstract: The present invention relates to a humidity sensor comprising a silicon base plate on which at least a plurality of dielectric layers, each provided with a metallic zone, and a metallic layer are arranged, said metallic layer being etched in order to form two electrodes, each comprising one armature provided with a multitude of arms, these armatures being mounted so that the arms of each armature are interlaced in order to have arms placed opposite each other and separated by gaps.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: EM MICROELECTRONIC MARIN S.A.Inventors: Pinchas Novac, Amrane Belkacem, Yves Dupraz
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Publication number: 20180074003Abstract: A humidity sensor is provided, including a silicon base plate on which several intermetallic dielectric layers, each of which is provided with a metallic zone, and a metal layer are disposed, wherein the metal layer is etched to form two electrodes, each including an armature provided with a plurality of arms, wherein each armature is mounted so that the arms are interlaced to have arms positioned to face one another. The sensor also includes a temperature module or a heating module.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: EM Microelectronic-Marin SAInventor: Pinchas NOVAC
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Patent number: 9494542Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring circuit comprising a control block for controlling said circuit, a time base for providing a clock signal (fclk) in order to time said circuit, a sensor block which is designed to provide an output signal, said measuring circuit comprising in addition a first counting block which is timed to the clock frequency and a second counting block which is timed by the frequency of the output signal of the sensor block.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: EM Microelectronic-Marin SAInventor: Pinchas Novac
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Publication number: 20160178552Abstract: The present invention relates to a humidity sensor comprising a silicon base plate on which at least a plurality of dielectric layers, each provided with a metallic zone, and a metallic layer are arranged, said metallic layer being etched in order to form two electrodes, each comprising one armature provided with a multitude of arms, these armatures being mounted so that the arms of each armature are interlaced in order to have arms placed opposite each other and separated by gaps.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN S.A.Inventors: Pinchas NOVAC, Amrane BELKACEM, Yves DUPRAZ
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Patent number: 8909847Abstract: The invention relates to a procedure for accessing a non-volatile watch memory, the watch comprising two supply terminals accessible from the outside that define a potential difference corresponding to a standard supply voltage, and a control circuit of the non-volatile memory produced using a technology supporting a predefined maximum supply voltage, the access procedure consisting of transmitting the following to the control circuit of the non-volatile memory by means of a supply terminal of the watch: a) an opening key to authorize access to the non-volatile memory; b) an instruction for access to the non-volatile memory; the procedure being characterized in that the opening key is a predefined instruction transmitted by modulation of the standard supply voltage such that this does not exceed the predefined maximum supply voltage.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2008Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: EM Microelectronic-Marin SAInventor: Pinchas Novac
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Publication number: 20140197849Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring circuit comprising a control block for controlling said circuit, a time base for providing a clock signal (fclk) in order to time said circuit, a sensor block which is designed to provide an output signal, said measuring circuit comprising in addition a first counting block which is timed to the clock frequency and a second counting block which is timed by the frequency of the output signal of the sensor block.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: EM Microelectronic-Marin SAInventor: Pinchas NOVAC
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Patent number: 7988638Abstract: The invention concerns a conditioning circuit (10) for an external signal (IN) representative of a physiological quantity, arranged between an optical sensor (11) and a processing unit (12), the received external signal (IN) being broken down into a useful component and an ambient component, characterized in that the conditioning circuit includes a first stage (13) including a transimpedance amplifier with an incorporated high pass filter (15) using a feedback loop to subtract the ambient signal component from the received external signal, and to deliver at output an amplified useful signal (IN1), a second stage (16) including a blocker sampler circuit (17) for demodulating the amplified useful signal and delivering at output a demodulated useful signal (IN2), and a third stage (18) including a bandpass filter (19) for filtering the demodulated useful signal in the frequency band of the physiological quantity to be detected and for transmitting a conditioned signal (OUT) to the processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2007Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: EM Microelectronic-Marin S.A.Inventor: Pinchas Novac
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Publication number: 20100070687Abstract: The invention relates to a procedure for accessing a non-volatile watch memory, the watch comprising two supply terminals accessible from the outside that define a potential difference corresponding to a standard supply voltage, and a control circuit of the non-volatile memory produced using a technology supporting a predefined maximum supply voltage, the access procedure consisting of transmitting the following to the control circuit of the non-volatile memory by means of a supply terminal of the watch: a) an opening key to authorise access to the non-volatile memory; b) an instruction for access to the non-volatile memory; the procedure being characterised in that the opening key is a predefined instruction transmitted by modulation of the standard supply voltage such that this does not exceed the predefined maximum supply voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2008Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SAInventor: Pinchas Novac
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Patent number: 7598821Abstract: The invention concerns an oscillator including an input terminal, an output terminal, a resonator, and an oscillator circuit including: first and second power supply terminals, two capacitors connected between the first power supply terminal and the input terminal, and respectively the output terminal of the oscillator; first and second active transistors of complementary type, forming therewith an inverting amplifier, first and second means for respectively polarizing the first and the second active transistors, a first current source formed by a transistor of the same type as the second active transistor, between the second power supply terminal and the second active transistor, current control means for the second polarizing means, characterized in that in an steady operating conditions, said second polarizing means are arranged for providing a polarization voltage across the gate of the second active transistor corresponding to the transistor gate voltage of the first current source to within one voltageType: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: EM Microelectronic-Marin S.A.Inventor: Pinchas Novac
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Publication number: 20080100390Abstract: The invention concerns an oscillator including an input terminal, an output terminal, a resonator, and an oscillator circuit including: first and second power supply terminals, two capacitors connected between the first power supply terminal and the input terminal, and respectively the output terminal of the oscillator; first and second active transistors of complementary type, forming therewith an inverting amplifier, first and second means for respectively polarising the first and the second active transistors, a first current source formed by a transistor of the same type as the second active transistor, between the second power supply terminal and the second active transistor, current control means for the second polarising means, characterized in that in an steady operating conditions, said second polarising means are arranged for providing a polarisation voltage across the gate of the second active transistor corresponding to the transistor gate voltage of the first current source to within one voltageType: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicant: EM MICROELECTRIC-MARIN S.A.Inventor: Pinchas Novac
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Publication number: 20070213020Abstract: The invention concerns a conditioning circuit (10) for an external signal (IN) representative of a physiological quantity, arranged between an optical sensor (11) and a processing unit (12), the received external signal (IN) being broken down into a useful component and an ambient component, characterized in that the conditioning circuit includes a first stage (13) including a transimpedance amplifier with an incorporated high pass filter (15) using a feedback loop to subtract the ambient signal component from the received external signal, and to deliver at output an amplified useful signal (IN1), a second stage (16) including a blocker sampler circuit (17) for demodulating the amplified useful signal and delivering at output a demodulated useful signal (IN2), and a third stage (18) including a bandpass filter (19) for filtering the demodulated useful signal in the frequency band of the physiological quantity to be detected and for transmitting a conditioned signal (OUT) to the processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2007Publication date: September 13, 2007Applicant: EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN S.A.Inventor: Pinchas Novac
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Patent number: 7030709Abstract: There is disclosed an inverter oscillator circuit delivering an alternating output signal and including a parallel arrangement, between an input terminal and output terminal, of an inverter amplifier means, a resonator, and a resistor, first and second load capacitors being respectively connected between said input and output terminals, on the one hand, and a supply potential, on the other hand. Control means for controlling the inverter amplifier means such that it has a so called start-up transconductance value during a start-up phase and a so-called reduced transconductance value, lower than said start-up transconductance value, in steady state at the end of said start-up phase. Means for smoothing an amplitude decrease in the output signal resulting from the passage of said start-up transconductance value to said reduced transconductance value is included.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2002Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: EM Microelectronic - Marin SAInventor: Pinchas Novac
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Patent number: 6930917Abstract: An electronic device including an electronic circuit (1, 8) for delivering an output signal (CKS) and a programmable non volatile memory (30) coupled to the electronic circuit to allow storage of a binary word (EED[7:0]) representative of at least one adjustable feature (C1, C2) of the electronic circuit (1, 8), this electronic device including at least first and second supply terminals (PAD_VDD, PAD_VSS), to which first and second supply voltages are applied (VDD, VSS) and at least one output terminal (PAD_OUT) at which the output signal from the electronic circuit is delivered. Circuits are provided for switching the output terminal into a so-called high impedance state so as to allow the introduction, in serial form, via this output terminal, of data bits intended, in particular, to be stored in the non volatile memory of the device. This device is applied, in particular, for adjusting the features of an oscillator circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2002Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: EM Microelectronic-Marin SAInventors: Pinchas Novac, Yves Sierro, Silvio Dalla Piazza
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Publication number: 20040169562Abstract: There is disclosed an inverter oscillator circuit (10) delivering an alternating output signal (SOSC) and including a parallel arrangement, between an input terminal (A) and an output terminal (B), of an inverter amplifier means (2, 3), a resonator (1) and a resistor (4), first and second load capacitors (5, 6) being respectively connected between said input and output terminals (A, B), on the one hand, and a supply potential (VSS, VDD, VR), on the other hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2004Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventor: Pinchas Novac
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Patent number: 6509804Abstract: The present invention concerns a low frequency oscillator device including a quartz resonator (1) and an electronic maintenance circuit for maintaining the vibrations of said quartz resonator. According to the present invention, the quartz resonator is arranged to vibrate according to a torsional mode and therefore has a single cutting angle defined by a rotation at a determined angle (&thgr;) about the crystallographic axis X of the quartz crystal. This resonator includes in particular at least one undesired fundamental flexural vibrating mode at a first frequency and a desired fundamental torsional vibrating mode at a second frequency higher than said first frequency. Moreover, the electronic maintenance circuit is an inverter circuit (2) whose transconductance value (gm) is determined such that said device cannot oscillate according to the undesired fundamental flexural vibrating mode but according to the desired fundamental torsional vibrating mode of said resonator.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2000Date of Patent: January 21, 2003Assignees: ETA SA Fabriques d'Ebauches, EM Microelectronics - Marin SAInventors: Silvio Dalla Piazza, Pinchas Novac
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Publication number: 20010004226Abstract: The present invention concerns a low frequency oscillator device including a quartz resonator (1) and an electronic maintenance circuit for maintaining the vibrations of said quartz resonator. According to the present invention, the quartz resonator is arranged to vibrate according to a torsional mode and therefore has a single cutting angle defined by a rotation at a determined angle (&thgr;) about the crystallographic axis X of the quartz crystal. This resonator includes in particular at least one undesired fundamental flexural vibrating mode at a first frequency and a desired fundamental torsional vibrating mode at a second frequency higher than said first frequency. Moreover, the electronic maintenance circuit is an inverter circuit (2) whose transconductance value (gm) is determined such that said device cannot oscillate according to the undesired fundamental flexural vibrating mode but according to the desired fundamental torsional vibrating mode of said resonator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2000Publication date: June 21, 2001Inventors: Silvio Dalla Piazza, Pinchas Novac
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Patent number: 5991182Abstract: An active rectifier used in a power supply circuit comprises a diode (4) connected between in input terminal (9) and an output terminal (8). A transistor (2) is formed in a substrate (50) and has a control electrode (5) and two conductive electrodes (6,7) which are respectively connected to the input terminal (9) and the output terminal (8). A comparator (3) is supplied by the power supply circuit and has two inputs (+, -) connected to the input (9) and the output (8) terminals respectively, and an output connected to the transistor control electrode (5).Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1998Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignee: EM Microelectric -Marin SAInventors: Pinchas Novac, Rudolf Bugmann