Patents by Inventor Roland Mazet

Roland Mazet 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: 8624674
    Abstract: An output stage of an integrated class-A amplifier in a technology adapted to a first voltage and intended to be powered by a second voltage greater than the first one, including: one or several transistors of a first channel type between a first terminal of application of the second voltage and an output terminal of the stage; transistors of a second channel type between this output terminal and a second terminal of application of the second voltage, wherein: a first transistor of the second channel type has its gate directly connected to an input terminal of the stage; at least a second and a third transistors of the second channel type are in series between the output terminal and said first transistor, the gate of the second transistor being connected to the midpoint of a resistive dividing bridge between said output terminal and the gate of the third transistor, and the gate of the third transistor being biased to a fixed voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
    Inventors: Christophe Forel, Roland Mazet
  • Patent number: 8493150
    Abstract: An output stage of a class-AB amplifier, including: a first transistor of a first channel type between a first terminal of application of a first voltage and an output terminal of the stage, having its gate connected to a first input terminal of the stage; a first transistor of a second channel type between this output terminal and a second terminal of application of the first voltage, having its gate connected to a second input terminal of the stage; and second and third transistors of the second channel type between the output terminal and the first transistor of the second channel type, the gate of the second transistor being connected to the midpoint of a resistive dividing bridge between said output terminal and the gate of the third transistor of the second channel type, and the gate of the third transistor being biased to a fixed voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
    Inventors: Roland Mazet, Christophe Forel
  • Publication number: 20120092071
    Abstract: An output stage of a class-AB amplifier, including: a first transistor of a first channel type between a first terminal of application of a first voltage and an output terminal of the stage, having its gate connected to a first input terminal of the stage; a first transistor of a second channel type between this output terminal and a second terminal of application of the first voltage, having its gate connected to a second input terminal of the stage; and second and third transistors of the second channel type between the output terminal and the first transistor of the second channel type, the gate of the second transistor being connected to the midpoint of a resistive dividing bridge between said output terminal and the gate of the third transistor of the second channel type, and the gate of the third transistor being biased to a fixed voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
    Inventors: Roland Mazet, Christophe Forel
  • Publication number: 20110063033
    Abstract: An output stage of an integrated class-A amplifier in a technology adapted to a first voltage and intended to be powered by a second voltage greater than the first one, including: one or several transistors of a first channel type between a first terminal of application of the second voltage and an output terminal of the stage; transistors of a second channel type between this output terminal and a second terminal of application of the second voltage, wherein: a first transistor of the second channel type has its gate directly connected to an input terminal of the stage; at least a second and a third transistors of the second channel type are in series between the output terminal and said first transistor, the gate of the second transistor being connected to the midpoint of a resistive dividing bridge between said output terminal and the gate of the third transistor, and the gate of the third transistor being biased to a fixed voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble) SAS
    Inventors: Christophe Forel, Roland Mazet
  • Patent number: 5321504
    Abstract: A method for detecting the warm-up of a television CRT includes the following steps during a warm-up phase of the tube: providing the CRT with warm-up signals during predetermined line periods at the initial portion of frames; and detecting the cathode current of the tube during the occurrence of windows in correspondence with the predetermined line periods in order to enable black level regulation loops. The windows have a width smaller than a line period and are approximately centered on the line periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
    Inventor: Roland Mazet