Patents by Inventor Vadim A. Konradi

Vadim A. Konradi 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: 20240114288
    Abstract: A method of controlling a vibrational transducer, the method comprising: tracking a temperature metric of the vibrational transducer; and controlling a drive signal for the vibrational transducer, where the drive signal is limited to a value to protect the vibrational transducer from over excursion, and where said value is a function of the tracked temperature metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Ning LI, Hamid SEPEHR, Ben LESLIE, Aleksey KHENKIN, Michael KUREK, Marco A. JANKO, Vadim KONRADI, Peter FOSKEY, Aaron TREPTOW
  • Patent number: 11913846
    Abstract: Compensation circuitry for compensating for a thermal effect in an output signal output by a force sensor may comprise monitoring circuitry configured to monitor one or more electrical parameters of the resistive force sensor and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine an absolute resistance value for the force sensor based on the one or more monitored electrical parameters and to adjust one or more operational parameters of the force sensor system based at least in part on the determined absolute resistance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Beardsworth, Vadim Konradi, Bill Diehl
  • Publication number: 20230245537
    Abstract: A method for determining and mitigating over-excursion of an internal mass of an under-damped electromechanical transducer may include transforming an electrical playback signal to an estimated displacement signal, based on the estimated displacement signal, determining an estimated over-excursion of the internal mass responsive to the electrical playback signal, and limiting, based on the estimated over-excursion, an electrical driving signal derived from the electrical playback signal and for driving the electromechanical transducer in order to mitigate over-excursion of the internal mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Anil LAL, Hamid SEPEHR, Aleksey S. KHENKIN, Filippo ROSSI, Vadim KONRADI, Marco A. JANKO, Chin H. YONG, Colin CAMPBELL
  • Patent number: 11714113
    Abstract: A system may include a resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, a driver configured to drive the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor at a driving frequency, and a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and configured to determine a measured change in a resonant frequency of the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and based on the measured change, modify the driving frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Siddharth Maru, Vadim Konradi, Matthew Beardsworth, Tejasvi Das
  • Publication number: 20230237886
    Abstract: A method for determining and mitigating over-excursion of an internal mass of an electromechanical transducer may include measuring a sensed signal associated with the electromechanical transducer in response to a driving signal driven to the electromechanical transducer, determining a non-linearity value based on the sensed signal, mapping the non-linearity value to a probability of over-excursion of the internal mass, and applying a gain to a signal path configured to generate the driving signal based on the probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Marco A. JANKO, Filippo ROSSI, Hamid SEPEHR, Kyle WILKINSON, Emmanuel A. MARCHAIS, Vadim KONRADI, Anil LAL, Aleksey S. KHENKIN, Chin Huang YONG
  • Publication number: 20220404409
    Abstract: A system may include a resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, a driver configured to drive the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor at a driving frequency, and a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and configured to determine a measured change in a resonant frequency of the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and based on the measured change, modify the driving frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Siddharth MARU, Vadim KONRADI, Matthew BEARDSWORTH, Tejasvi DAS
  • Patent number: 11500469
    Abstract: An integrated haptic system may include a digital signal processor and an amplifier communicatively coupled to the digital signal processor and integrated with the digital signal processor into the integrated haptic system. The digital signal processor may be configured to receive a force sensor signal indicative of a force applied to a force sensor and generate a haptic playback signal responsive to the force. The amplifier may be configured to amplify the haptic playback signal and drive a vibrational actuator communicatively coupled to the amplifier with the haptic playback signal as amplified by the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Harsha Rao, Rong Hu, Carl Lennart Ståhl, Jie Su, Vadim Konradi, Teemu Ramo, Anthony Stephen Doy
  • Patent number: 11474135
    Abstract: A system may include a resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, a driver configured to drive the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor at a driving frequency, and a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and configured to determine a measured change in a resonant frequency of the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and based on the measured change, modify the driving frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Siddharth Maru, Vadim Konradi, Matthew Beardsworth, Tejasvi Das
  • Publication number: 20220029505
    Abstract: A system for detecting displacement of a movable member of an electromagnetic transducer having a magnetic coil-driven linear actuator with a static member and a movable mass mechanically coupled to the static member and having a back electromotive force present across terminals of a coil of the electromagnetic transducer is provided. The system may include a resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor comprising the coil, a driver configured to drive the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor with a driving signal, a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and configured to measure one or more of phase information and amplitude information associated with the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and based on the one or more of phase information and amplitude information, determine a displacement of movable mass, wherein the displacement of the movable mass causes a change in an impedance of the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Aleksey KHENKIN, Siddharth MARU, Tejasvi DAS, Emmanuel MARCHAIS, Vadim KONRADI, Viral PARIKH, Jon D. HENDRIX, Marco A. JANKO
  • Publication number: 20220026989
    Abstract: An integrated haptic system may include a digital signal processor and an amplifier communicatively coupled to the digital signal processor and integrated with the digital signal processor into the integrated haptic system. The digital signal processor may be configured to receive a force sensor signal indicative of a force applied to a force sensor and generate a haptic playback signal responsive to the force. The amplifier may be configured to amplify the haptic playback signal and drive a vibrational actuator communicatively coupled to the amplifier with the haptic playback signal as amplified by the amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Harsha RAO, Rong HU, Carl Lennart STÅHL, Jie SU, Vadim KONRADI, Teemu RAMO, Anthony Stephen DOY
  • Publication number: 20210357062
    Abstract: A system may include a resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, a driver configured to drive the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor at a driving frequency, a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and configured to measure phase information and amplitude associated with the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, and a noise detection circuit communicatively coupled to the measurement circuit and configured to determine a presence of external interference in the system based on at least one of the phase information and the amplitude information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Gregory C. YANCEY, Michael KOST, Tejasvi DAS, Siddharth MARU, Matthew BEARDSWORTH, Vadim KONRADI
  • Publication number: 20210325265
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compensation circuitry for compensating for a thermal effect in an output signal output by a force sensor. The compensation circuitry comprises monitoring circuitry configured to monitor one or more electrical parameters of the resistive force sensor and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine an absolute resistance value for the force sensor based on the one or more monitored electrical parameters and to adjust one or more operational parameters of the force sensor system based at least in part on the determined absolute resistance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew BEARDSWORTH, Vadim KONRADI, Bill DIEHL
  • Patent number: 11093060
    Abstract: A system may include a resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, a driver configured to drive the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor at a driving frequency, a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and configured to measure phase information and amplitude associated with the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, and a noise detection circuit communicatively coupled to the measurement circuit and configured to determine a presence of external interference in the system based on at least one of the phase information and the amplitude information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory C. Yancey, Michael Kost, Tejasvi Das, Siddharth Maru, Matthew Beardsworth, Vadim Konradi
  • Patent number: 10991499
    Abstract: A method may include generating an electrical drive waveform associated with a target actuator by stretching or compressing a reference drive waveform associated with a reference actuator in a time domain of the reference drive waveform in accordance with a time adjustment factor, wherein the time adjustment factor is determined based on a difference between a resonant frequency of the target actuator and a resonant frequency of the reference actuator. The same or another method may include generating an electrical drive waveform associated with a target actuator by increasing or decreasing an amplitude of a reference drive waveform associated with a reference actuator in accordance with an amplitude adjustment factor, wherein the amplitude adjustment factor is determined based on a difference between a resonant frequency of the target actuator and a resonant frequency of the reference actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Vadim Konradi, Carl Lennart Ståhl, Rong Hu
  • Publication number: 20200363891
    Abstract: A system may include a resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, a driver configured to drive the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor at a driving frequency, a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and configured to measure phase information and amplitude associated with the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, and a noise detection circuit communicatively coupled to the measurement circuit and configured to determine a presence of external interference in the system based on at least one of the phase information and the amplitude information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Gregory C. YANCEY, Michael KOST, Tejasvi DAS, Siddharth MARU, Matthew BEARDSWORTH, Vadim KONRADI
  • Publication number: 20200319237
    Abstract: A system may include a resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, a driver configured to drive the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor at a driving frequency, and a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and configured to determine a measured change in a resonant frequency of the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and based on the measured change, modify the driving frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Siddharth MARU, Vadim KONRADI, Matthew BEARDSWORTH, Tejasvi DAS
  • Publication number: 20200272239
    Abstract: An integrated haptic system may include a digital signal processor and an amplifier communicatively coupled to the digital signal processor and integrated with the digital signal processor into the integrated haptic system. The digital signal processor may be configured to receive a force sensor signal indicative of a force applied to a force sensor and generate a haptic playback signal responsive to the force. The amplifier may be configured to amplify the haptic playback signal and drive a vibrational actuator communicatively coupled to the amplifier with the haptic playback signal as amplified by the amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Harsha RAO, Rong HU, Carl Lennart STÅHL, Jie SU, Vadim KONRADI, Teemu RAMO, Anthony Stephen DOY
  • Patent number: 10732714
    Abstract: An integrated haptic system may include a digital signal processor and an amplifier communicatively coupled to the digital signal processor and integrated with the digital signal processor into the integrated haptic system. The digital signal processor may be configured to receive a force sensor signal indicative of a force applied to a force sensor and generate a haptic playback signal responsive to the force. The amplifier may be configured to amplify the haptic playback signal and drive a vibrational actuator communicatively coupled to the amplifier with the haptic playback signal as amplified by the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Harsha Rao, Rong Hu, Carl Lennart Ståhl, Jie Su, Vadim Konradi, Teemu Ramo, Anthony Stephen Doy
  • Publication number: 20190295755
    Abstract: A method may include generating an electrical drive waveform associated with a target actuator by stretching or compressing a reference drive waveform associated with a reference actuator in a time domain of the reference drive waveform in accordance with a time adjustment factor, wherein the time adjustment factor is determine based on a difference between a resonant frequency of the target actuator and a resonant frequency of the reference actuator. The same or another method may include generating an electrical drive waveform associated with a target actuator by increasing or decreasing an amplitude of a reference drive waveform associated with a reference actuator in accordance with an amplitude adjustment factor, wherein the amplitude adjustment factor is determined based on a difference between a resonant frequency of the target actuator and a resonant frequency of the reference actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Vadim KONRADI, Carl Lennart STÅHL, Rong HU
  • Publication number: 20180321748
    Abstract: An integrated haptic system may include a digital signal processor and an amplifier communicatively coupled to the digital signal processor and integrated with the digital signal processor into the integrated haptic system. The digital signal processor may be configured to receive a force sensor signal indicative of a force applied to a force sensor and generate a haptic playback signal responsive to the force. The amplifier may be configured to amplify the haptic playback signal and drive a vibrational actuator communicatively coupled to the amplifier with the haptic playback signal as amplified by the amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Harsha RAO, Rong HU, Carl Lennart STÅHL, Jie SU, Vadim KONRADI, Teemu RAMO, Anthony Stephen Doy