Patents by Inventor Umberto Macri

Umberto Macri 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).

  • Processor system and fault managing unit thereof
    Patent number: 8478478
    Abstract: A processor system having a processor core, a plurality of modules connected to the processor core and configured to generate respective fault signals, and a fault managing unit connected to the processor core and to the plurality of modules. The fault managing unit is adapted to collect a first fault signal generated by a first module of the plurality of modules which is in a fault condition, analyze said collected first fault signal, and generate a first reaction signal to be selectively transmitted to said processor core and said first module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Parades S.c.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Umberto Macri, Alberto Ferrari, Massimo Baleani, Antonio Anastasio
  • PROCESSOR SYSTEM AND FAULT MANAGING UNIT THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110029191
    Abstract: A processor system having a processor core, a plurality of modules connected to the processor core and configured to generate respective fault signals, and a fault managing unit connected to the processor core and to the plurality of modules. The fault managing unit is adapted to collect a first fault signal generated by a first module of the plurality of modules which is in a fault condition, analyze said collected first fault signal, and generate a first reaction signal to be selectively transmitted to said processor core and said first module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicants: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L., PARADES S.C.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Umberto Macri, Alberto Ferrari, Massimo Baleani, Antonio Anastasio
  • Method and circuit for controlling an electric power plant
    Patent number: 7459890
    Abstract: A control circuit is for an electric power plant including an asynchronous generator of an AC voltage, a motor to rotate a rotor of the asynchronous generator as a function of a first control signal of a developed motor torque, and a bank of capacitors coupled to the asynchronous generator and having a total capacitance varying as function of a second control signal. The control circuit may include a monitor circuit to monitor at least one parameter of the AC voltage, and a control signal generator circuit cooperating with the monitor circuit to generate the first and second control signals by soft-computing techniques both as a function of the frequency and of a representative value of an amplitude of the AC voltage to make the AC voltage have a desired amplitude and frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.
    Inventors: Stefano Baratto, Francesco Giuffré, Umberto Macri, Mario Lavorgna, Giuseppe D'Angelo, Giovanni Moselli
  • Method and circuit for controlling an electric power plant
    Publication number: 20060132103
    Abstract: A control circuit is for an electric power plant including an asynchronous generator of an AC voltage, a motor to rotate a rotor of the asynchronous generator as a function of a first control signal of a developed motor torque, and a bank of capacitors coupled to the asynchronous generator and having a total capacitance varying as function of a second control signal. The control circuit may include a monitor circuit to monitor at least one parameter of the AC voltage, and a control signal generator circuit cooperating with the monitor circuit to generate the first and second control signals by soft-computing techniques both as a function of the frequency and of a representative value of an amplitude of the AC voltage to make the AC voltage have a desired amplitude and frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.I.
    Inventors: Stefano Baratto, Francesco Giuffre, Umberto Macri, Mario Lavorgna, Giuseppe D'Angelo, Giovanni Moselli