Patents by Inventor Sylvain PANIER

Sylvain PANIER 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: 10530342
    Abstract: Clock distribution circuitry configured for duty cycle control, the circuitry comprising: a plurality of buffers connected in series along a clock path, each of the buffers having an input terminal and an output terminal, the input terminal being connected to the clock path via a corresponding AC coupling capacitor, and the clock, path configured to receive an input clock signal at its input node and output an output clock signal at its output node, the output clock signal having an output duty cycle; and control circuitry connected to apply a DC bias signal to the input terminal of each of the plurality of buffers, wherein the control circuitry is configured to: obtain a measurement signal indicative of the output duty cycle; and control the DC bias signals, based on a difference between the measurement signal and a reference signal, so as to control the output duty cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Sylvain Panier, Behzad Farzaneh, Darren Walker, Ian Juso Dedic
  • Publication number: 20190229711
    Abstract: Clock distribution circuitry configured for duty cycle control, the circuitry comprising: a plurality of buffers connected in series along a clock path, each of the buffers having an input terminal and an output terminal, the input terminal being connected to the clock path via a corresponding AC coupling capacitor, and the clock, path configured to receive an input clock signal at its input node and output an output clock signal at its output node, the output clock signal having an output duty cycle; and control circuitry connected to apply a DC bias signal to the input terminal of each of the plurality of buffers, wherein the control circuitry is configured to: obtain a measurement signal indicative of the output duty cycle; and control the DC bias signals, based on a difference between the measurement signal and a reference signal, so as to control the output duty cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Sylvain PANIER, Behzad Farzaneh, Darren Walker, Ian Juso Dedic