Patents by Inventor Regis Vix

Regis Vix 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: 10877608
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate, generally, to techniques for parallel acquisition and measurements and related circuits, systems and devices that implement those techniques. A technique for parallel acquisition and measurement generally includes simultaneously acquiring sensed signals from multiple sensor channels and determining channel capacitance measurements responsive to the sensed signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Regis Vix, Rian Whelan, Frederic Igier
  • Patent number: 10656189
    Abstract: A microcontroller is operable to monitor power supply levels corresponding, respectively, to a first power supply (e.g., a main power supply) and a second power supply (e.g., a battery backup power supply). In one or more modes of operation, the same brownout detector in the microcontroller alternately monitors signals corresponding, respectively, to the first and second power supply levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Patrice Menard, Thierry Gourbilleau, Thibault Kervaon, Régis Vix
  • Patent number: 10521045
    Abstract: A touch controller may include a measurement circuit, configured to receive a signal from an active channel in a proximity sensor, and to sample and hold the signal to measure the signal. The touch controller may include a driven shield buffer. The touch controller may include a voltage reference circuit configured to generate a divided voltage reference, provide the divided voltage reference to the measurement circuit, and drive the divided voltage reference through a switched circuit to the driven shield buffer to hold channels in the proximity sensor during measurement of the active channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ajay Kumar, Mikael Tual, Régis Vix
  • Publication number: 20190391682
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate, generally, to techniques for parallel acquisition and measurements and related circuits, systems and devices that implement those techniques. A technique for parallel acquisition and measurement generally includes simultaneously acquiring sensed signals from multiple sensor channels and determining channel capacitance measurements responsive to the sensed signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Regis Vix, Rian Whelan, Frederic Igier
  • Publication number: 20190250756
    Abstract: A touch controller may include a measurement circuit, configured to receive a signal from an active channel in a proximity sensor, and to sample and hold the signal to measure the signal. The touch controller may include a driven shield buffer. The touch controller may include a voltage reference circuit configured to generate a divided voltage reference, provide the divided voltage reference to the measurement circuit, and drive the divided voltage reference through a switched circuit to the driven shield buffer to hold channels in the proximity sensor during measurement of the active channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Ajay Kumar, Mikael Tual, Régis Vix
  • Publication number: 20190049494
    Abstract: A microcontroller is operable to monitor power supply levels corresponding, respectively, to a first power supply (e.g., a main power supply) and a second power supply (e.g., a battery backup power supply). In one or more modes of operation, the same brownout detector in the microcontroller alternately monitors signals corresponding, respectively, to the first and second power supply levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Patrice Menard, Thierry Gourbilleau, Thibault Kervaon, Régis Vix
  • Patent number: 10126337
    Abstract: A microcontroller is operable to monitor power supply levels corresponding, respectively, to a first power supply (e.g., a main power supply) and a second power supply (e.g., a battery backup power supply). In one or more modes of operation, the same brownout detector in the microcontroller alternately monitors signals corresponding, respectively, to the first and second power supply levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Patrice Menard, Thierry Gourbilleau, Thibault Kervaon, Régis Vix
  • Publication number: 20170184642
    Abstract: A microcontroller is operable to monitor power supply levels corresponding, respectively, to a first power supply (e.g., a main power supply) and a second power supply (e.g., a battery backup power supply). In one or more modes of operation, the same brownout detector in the microcontroller alternately monitors signals corresponding, respectively, to the first and second power supply levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Patrice Menard, Thierry Gourbilleau, Thibault Kervaon, Régis Vix
  • Publication number: 20110109537
    Abstract: A display device backlight comprises at least one LED and a control circuit for controlling the brightness of the LED, wherein the control circuit comprises a drive transistor for driving a current through the LED and a pulse width modulation circuit for controlling the timing of operation of the drive transistor. A compensation circuit provides a first boost current to the gate of the drive transistor during a rising edge of the current profile and provides a second boost current to the gate of the drive transistor during a falling edge of the current profile. This arrangement improves the switching response of the drive transistor by providing boost currents to/from the gate of the drive transistor during the rising and falling edges of the current through the drive transistor (in response to steps in the PWM control signal).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Emeric Uguen, Regis Vix