Patents by Inventor Roberto Versari

Roberto Versari 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: 7515493
    Abstract: A sensing circuit is provided. The sensing circuit is adapted to determine when a cell current flowing trough a selected memory cell exceeds a reference current during an evaluation phase of a sensing operation. The sensing circuit is adapted to be coupled to at least one selected memory cell through a respective bit line. The sensing circuit includes: an access circuit node adapted to be coupled to the bit line; precharging circuitry adapted to be activated in a precharge phase of the sensing operation preceding the evaluation phase, so as to bring a voltage of said access circuit node to a reference voltage; a reference circuit node coupled to the access circuit node and arranged to receive the reference current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Inventors: Umberto Di Vincenzo, Roberto Versari, Massimiliano Mollichelli
  • Patent number: 7400281
    Abstract: A regulator for a digital-to-analog converter having in input a digital signal and suitable for providing an analog signal in output, the regulator including at least one pair of buffers having in input the digital signal and the outputs connected to a pair of circuit branches connected to the output of the regulator; each of the at least two circuit branches having at least one resistance. To at least one of the at least one pair of buffers a variable resistance is associated, and the regulator includes a circuit having in input the analog signal and adapted for measuring its waveform and acting on the variable resistance in response to its possible anomalous waveform compared to a desired waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, s.r.l
    Inventors: Roberto Versari, Massimiliano Mollichelli, Nicola Del Gatto, Nicola Rosito, Emanuele Confalonieri
  • Publication number: 20070285999
    Abstract: A sensing circuit is provided. The sensing circuit is adapted to determine when a cell current flowing trough a selected memory cell exceeds a reference current during an evaluation phase of a sensing operation. The sensing circuit is adapted to be coupled to at least one selected memory cell through a respective bit line. The sensing circuit includes: an access circuit node adapted to be coupled to the bit line; precharging circuitry adapted to be activated in a precharge phase of the sensing operation preceding the evaluation phase, so as to bring a voltage of said access circuit node to a reference voltage; a reference circuit node coupled to the access circuit node and arranged to receive the reference current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.I.
    Inventors: Umberto Di Vincenzo, Roberto Versari, Massimiliano Mollichelli
  • Publication number: 20070210949
    Abstract: A regulator for a digital-to-analog converter having in input a digital signal and suitable for providing an analog signal in output, the regulator including at least one pair of buffers having in input the digital signal and the outputs connected to a pair of circuit branches connected to the output of the regulator; each of the at least two circuit branches having at least one resistance. To at least one of the at least one pair of buffers a variable resistance is associated, and the regulator includes a circuit having in input the analog signal and adapted for measuring its waveform and acting on the variable resistance in response to its possible anomalous waveform compared to a desired waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Roberto Versari, Massimiliano Mollichelli, Nicola Del Gatto, Nicola Rosito, Emanuele Confalonieri