Patents by Inventor Samuel FUHRER

Samuel FUHRER 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: 20210044877
    Abstract: A sensor module comprises a master sensor unit for sensing a first environmental parameter, a slave sensor unit for sensing a second environmental parameter, a common substrate on which the master sensor unit and the slave sensor unit are mounted, and a digital bus interface for a communication between the master sensor unit and the slave sensor unit. The master sensor unit comprises a non-volatile memory for storing calibration data and configuration data of the master sensor unit and the slave sensor unit. The master sensor unit is embodied as a first chip, and the slave sensor unit is embodied as a second chip. Such sensor module is compact, robust and versatile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: SENSIRION AG
    Inventors: Ralph STEINER VANHA, samuel FUHRER, Marcel PLUESS, Ulrich BARTSCH
  • Patent number: 10718639
    Abstract: A sensor chip comprises a sensing element providing a sensor signal, an on-chip memory, a configuration of a look up table of dimension N stored in the on-chip memory for assigning an output value to a combination of N input values, and a look up table engine for determining a corresponding output value in response to receiving a memory address for the look up table configuration and in response to receiving a sensor value derived from the sensor signal as one of the N input values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Sensirion AG
    Inventor: Samuel Fuhrer
  • Patent number: 9562871
    Abstract: An integrated chemical sensor chip comprises on or integrated in a common substrate a chemically sensitive layer and a heater heating the sensitive layer. In addition, a memory is provided for the storage of a measurement routine, the measurement routine comprising instructions defining a heating process over time and instructions defining one or more measurement points in time. An I/O interface is provided for receiving a trigger for the measurement routine and for supplying a result of the measurement routine. An engine controls the heater and measures a resistance of the sensitive layer according the instructions of the measurement routine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Sensirion AG
    Inventors: Moritz Lechner, Samuel Fuhrer, Zeljko Mrcarica, Ferdinando Pace, Leo Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20160077031
    Abstract: An integrated chemical sensor chip comprises on or integrated in a common substrate a chemically sensitive layer and a heater heating the sensitive layer. In addition, a memory is provided for the storage of a measurement routine, the measurement routine comprising instructions defining a heating process over time and instructions defining one or more measurement points in time. An I/O interface is provided for receiving a trigger for the measurement routine and for supplying a result of the measurement routine. An engine controls the heater and measures a resistance of the sensitive layer according the instructions of the measurement routine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Moritz LECHNER, Samuel FUHRER, Zeljko MRCARICA, Ferdinando PACE, Leo ZIMMERMAN
  • Publication number: 20160033991
    Abstract: A sensor chip comprises a sensing element providing a sensor signal, an on-chip memory, a configuration of a look up table of dimension N stored in the on-chip memory for assigning an output value to a combination of N input values, and a look up table engine for determining a corresponding output value in response to receiving a memory address for the look up table configuration and in response to receiving a sensor value derived from the sensor signal as one of the N input values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Samuel FUHRER