Patents by Inventor Rossella Bassoli

Rossella Bassoli 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).

  • Publication number: 20240028057
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing dynamic current scaling of an input current of a voltage regulator are provided. The method and apparatus allow tuning current consumption in various applications, calculating a duration of an activity phase in which various algorithms are executed and activating dynamic current scaling of a regulator if the activity duration is shorter than a programmable threshold. A controller receives a threshold for an activity duration and a window size in which to evaluate the activity duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Carmela MARCHESE, Rossella BASSOLI
  • Publication number: 20230367342
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing dynamic current scaling of an input current of a voltage regulator are provided. The method and apparatus allow tuning current consumption in various applications, calculating a duration of an activity phase in which various algorithms are executed and activating dynamic current scaling of a regulator if the activity duration is shorter than a programmable threshold. A controller receives a threshold for an activity duration and a window size in which to evaluate the activity duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Carmela MARCHESE, Rossella BASSOLI
  • Publication number: 20230370524
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a device and method for generating and transmitting a TDM signal including both raw data and processed data. The device includes a sensor having a time division multiplexing (TDM) interface. The TDM interface transmits both raw data and processed data in a single TDM signal by reserving one or more slots inside a TDM frame for transmission of the processed data. The sensor also embeds additional information inside a data stream of raw data by repurposing one or more of values of the raw data as an exception code, flag, or another type of notification. The device is also enabled to transmit data, and disabled when not in use in order to conserve power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Alessandra Maria RIZZO PIAZZA RONCORONI, Matteo QUARTIROLI, Rossella BASSOLI, Paola BALDRIGHI
  • Patent number: 11803201
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing dynamic current scaling of an input current of a voltage regulator are provided. The method and apparatus allow tuning current consumption in various applications, calculating a duration of an activity phase in which various algorithms are executed and activating dynamic current scaling of a regulator if the activity duration is shorter than a programmable threshold. A controller receives a threshold for an activity duration and a window size in which to evaluate the activity duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Carmela Marchese, Rossella Bassoli
  • Patent number: 11757995
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a device and method for generating and transmitting a TDM signal including both raw data and processed data. The device includes a sensor having a time division multiplexing (TDM) interface. The TDM interface transmits both raw data and processed data in a single TDM signal by reserving one or more slots inside a TDM frame for transmission of the processed data. The sensor also embeds additional information inside a data stream of raw data by repurposing one or more of values of the raw data as an exception code, flag, or another type of notification. The device is also enabled to transmit data, and disabled when not in use in order to conserve power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Alessandra Maria Rizzo Piazza Roncoroni, Matteo Quartiroli, Rossella Bassoli, Paola Baldrighi
  • Publication number: 20220345525
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a device and method for generating and transmitting a TDM signal including both raw data and processed data. The device includes a sensor having a time division multiplexing (TDM) interface. The TDM interface transmits both raw data and processed data in a single TDM signal by reserving one or more slots inside a TDM frame for transmission of the processed data. The sensor also embeds additional information inside a data stream of raw data by repurposing one or more of values of the raw data as an exception code, flag, or another type of notification. The device is also enabled to transmit data, and disabled when not in use in order to conserve power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Alessandra Maria RIZZO PIAZZA RONCORONI, Matteo QUARTIROLI, Rossella BASSOLI, Paola BALDRIGHI
  • Patent number: 11275448
    Abstract: A programmable data processing circuit is configured for receiving sensor signals indicative of gestures for identification by the processing circuit. The processing circuit applies to the sensor signals finite state machine processing resources to provide identification output signals indicative of gestures identified as a function of the sensor signals. A plurality of finite state machine processing programs loaded into the processing circuit include a data section and an instruction section. The data section including a fixed size part specifying respective processing resources used by the programs in the plurality of finite state machine processing programs and a variable size part with respective sizes for allocating the respective processing resources used by the programs in the plurality of finite state machine processing programs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Carlo Crippa, Rossella Bassoli
  • Publication number: 20210117011
    Abstract: A programmable data processing circuit is configured for receiving sensor signals indicative of gestures for identification by the processing circuit. The processing circuit applies to the sensor signals finite state machine processing resources to provide identification output signals indicative of gestures identified as a function of the sensor signals. A plurality of finite state machine processing programs loaded into the processing circuit include a data section and an instruction section. The data section including a fixed size part specifying respective processing resources used by the programs in the plurality of finite state machine processing programs and a variable size part with respective sizes for allocating the respective processing resources used by the programs in the plurality of finite state machine processing programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Carlo CRIPPA, Rossella BASSOLI
  • Patent number: 10901516
    Abstract: A programmable data processing circuit is configured for receiving sensor signals indicative of gestures for identification by the processing circuit. The processing circuit applies to the sensor signals finite state machine processing resources to provide identification output signals indicative of gestures identified as a function of the sensor signals. A plurality of finite state machine processing programs loaded into the processing circuit include a data section and an instruction section. The data section including a fixed size part specifying respective processing resources used by the programs in the plurality of finite state machine processing programs and a variable size part with respective sizes for allocating the respective processing resources used by the programs in the plurality of finite state machine processing programs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Carlo Crippa, Rossella Bassoli
  • Patent number: 10379173
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor generates signal components corresponding to an uncalibrated representation of a sensed magnetic field in a three-dimensional coordinate system. A reader coupled to the magnetic field sensor determines a center offset based on received signal components, adjusts the received signal components based on the determined center offset, and applies Kalman filtering to the adjusted signal components, generating a set of ellipsoid parameters. The reader generates calibrated signal components based on the determined center offset and the generated set of ellipsoid parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Rossella Bassoli, Carlo Crippa
  • Publication number: 20190041993
    Abstract: A programmable data processing circuit is configured for receiving sensor signals indicative of gestures for identification by the processing circuit. The processing circuit applies to the sensor signals finite state machine processing resources to provide identification output signals indicative of gestures identified as a function of the sensor signals. A plurality of finite state machine processing programs loaded into the processing circuit include a data section and an instruction section. The data section including a fixed size part specifying respective processing resources used by the programs in the plurality of finite state machine processing programs and a variable size part with respective sizes for allocating the respective processing resources used by the programs in the plurality of finite state machine processing programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Carlo CRIPPA, Rossella BASSOLI
  • Publication number: 20170059667
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor generates signal components corresponding to an uncalibrated representation of a sensed magnetic field in a three-dimensional coordinate system. A reader coupled to the magnetic field sensor determines a center offset based on received signal components, adjusts the received signal components based on the determined center offset, and applies Kalman filtering to the adjusted signal components, generating a set of ellipsoid parameters. The reader generates calibrated signal components based on the determined center offset and the generated set of ellipsoid parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Rossella Bassoli, Carlo Crippa
  • Patent number: 9438182
    Abstract: A digital class D amplifier (10) is disclosed, comprising a pulse width modulator (PW Mod) comprising: a digital loop filter (Loop F) adapted to receive an input signal (x[n]) and a feedback signal (fb[n]), the digital loop filter (Loop_F) being adapted to process at a clock frequency (f_s) said input and feedback signals for providing as output a filtered digital signal (w[n]); a PWM conversion module (PW_CM) having an input (24) for receiving the filtered digital signal (w[n]) and having a first output (25) connected to the digital loop filter (Loop F), the PWM conversion module being adapted for processing the filtered digital signal (w[n]) and providing at said first output (25) the feedback signal (fb[n]).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: ST-Ericsson SA
    Inventors: Carlo Crippa, Rossella Bassoli
  • Patent number: 9048794
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the field of digital Class-D amplifiers and more specifically to a technique for reducing output waveforms distortion of a digital class-D amplifier implementing a ternary modulation scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: ST-ERICSSON SA
    Inventors: Rossella Bassoli, Carlo Crippa
  • Publication number: 20140347128
    Abstract: A digital class D amplifier (10) is disclosed, comprising a pulse width modulator (PW Mod) comprising: a digital loop filter (Loop F) adapted to receive an input signal (x[n]) and a feedback signal (fb[n]), the digital loop filter (Loop_F) being adapted to process at a clock frequency (f_s) said input and feedback signals for providing as output a filtered digital signal (w[n]); a PWM conversion module (PW_CM) having an input (24) for receiving the filtered digital signal (w[n]) and having a first output (25) connected to the digital loop filter (Loop F), the PWM conversion module being adapted for processing the filtered digital signal (w[n]) and providing at said first output (25) the feedback signal (fb[n]).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: ST-Ericsson SA
    Inventors: Carlo Crippa, Rossella Bassoli
  • Publication number: 20130222063
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the field of digital Class-D amplifiers and more specifically to a technique for reducing output waveforms distortion of a digital class-D amplifier implementing a ternary modulation scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: ST-ERICSSON SA
    Inventors: Rossella Bassoli, Carlo Crippa