Patents by Inventor Robert H. M. Van Veldhoven

Robert H. M. Van Veldhoven 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: 8547087
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor assembly (401a, 401b) for measuring an angular direction (?) of a sensed magnetic field (Happl) relative to the assembly, the sensor assembly comprising: a sensor (404a, 404b) of a first type configured to sense an orientation of the sensed magnetic field; a sensor (402, 406) of a second type configured to measure an orientation and a direction of the sensed magnetic field; and processing circuitry (403, 405) connected to each of the magnetic field sensors, the processing circuitry being configured to process output signals from the sensor of the first type to determine an uncorrected sensed magnetic field angle and to apply an offset angle to the uncorrected magnetic field angle dependent on a logical combination of signs of output signals from the sensors of the first and second types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Robert H. M. van Veldhoven, Jaap Ruigrok, Joerg Stegelmann
  • Patent number: 8223051
    Abstract: A sigma-delta modulator (200) for an ADC, passes an input signal to a loop filter (20), then to a multi-bit quantizer (30) of the modulator (200). An output of the quantizer (30) is passed to a digital filter (50), and a feedback signal is passed back to the loop filter (20), the feedback signal having fewer bits than are produced by the multi-bit quantizer (30). No separate feedback loop for the digital filter (50) is used, so as to reduce the need to adjust the loop filter for stable operation. The digital filter (50) can have an order greater than one in the passband of the sigma-delta modulator (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: NXP, B.V.
    Inventor: Robert H. M. Van Veldhoven
  • Publication number: 20100321010
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor assembly (401a, 401b) for measuring an angular direction (?) of a sensed magnetic field (Happl) relative to the assembly, the sensor assembly comprising: a sensor (404a, 404b) of a first type configured to sense an orientation of the sensed magnetic field; a sensor (402, 406) of a second type configured to measure an orientation and a direction of the sensed magnetic field; and processing circuitry (403, 405) connected to each of the magnetic field sensors, the processing circuitry being configured to process output signals from the sensor of the first type to determine an uncorrected sensed magnetic field angle and to apply an offset angle to the uncorrected magnetic field angle dependent on a logical combination of signs of output signals from the sensors of the first and second types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Robert H. M. van Veldhoven, Jaap Ruigrok, Joerg Stegelmann
  • Publication number: 20100283650
    Abstract: A sigma-delta modulator (200) for an ADC, passes an input signal to a loop filter (20), then to a multi-bit quantizer (30) of the modulator (200). An output of the quantizer (30) is passed to a digital filter (50), and a feedback signal is passed back to the loop filter (20), the feedback signal having fewer bits than are produced by the multi-bit quantizer (30). No separate feedback loop for the digital filter (50) is used, so as to reduce the need to adjust the loop filter for stable operation. The digital filter (50) can have an order greater than one in the passband of the sigma-delta modulator (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Robert H. M. Van Veldhoven