Patents by Inventor Sam Jan Ben Willem VERMEIR

Sam Jan Ben Willem VERMEIR 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).

  • Methods and related systems of a readout circuit for use with a wheatstone bridge sensor
    Patent number: 11079413
    Abstract: A readout circuit for use with a Wheatstone bridge sensor. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including: driving an excitation signal in parallel through a first set of sensor elements of a Wheatstone bridge sensor and refraining from driving the excitation signal through a second set of sensor elements of the Wheatstone bridge sensor; measuring response of the first set of sensor elements, the measuring response of the first set of sensor elements creates a first measurement; and then driving the excitation signal in parallel through the second set of sensor elements of the Wheatstone bridge and refraining from driving the excitation signal through the first set of sensor elements; and measuring response of the second set of sensor elements, the measuring response of the second set of sensor elements creates a second measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jacques Jean Bertin, Johan Camiel Julia Janssens, Sam Jan Ben Willem Vermeir
  • METHODS AND RELATED SYSTEMS OF A READOUT CIRCUIT FOR USE WITH A WHEATSTONE BRIDGE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20190204365
    Abstract: A readout circuit for use with a Wheatstone bridge sensor. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including: driving an excitation signal in parallel through a first set of sensor elements of a Wheatstone bridge sensor and refraining from driving the excitation signal through a second set of sensor elements of the Wheatstone bridge sensor; measuring response of the first set of sensor elements, the measuring response of the first set of sensor elements creates a first measurement; and then driving the excitation signal in parallel through the second set of sensor elements of the Wheatstone bridge and refraining from driving the excitation signal through the first set of sensor elements; and measuring response of the second set of sensor elements, the measuring response of the second set of sensor elements creates a second measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jacques Jean BERTIN, Johan Camiel Julia JANSSENS, Sam Jan Ben Willem VERMEIR