Patents by Inventor Walter GIRARDI

Walter GIRARDI 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: 20230376229
    Abstract: A circuit for reading or writing a RAM includes a shift register coupled to the RAM, a test data input, and a test data output. The circuit further includes a control circuit configured to generate a pulse every N clock cycles, each pulse triggering a RAM access operation transferring data between the shift register and the RAM, N being equal to a data width of the RAM divided by a parallel factor, the parallel factor being a number of pins in either the test data input or the test data output configured for parallel data loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventor: Walter Girardi
  • Patent number: 11809740
    Abstract: A circuit for reading or writing a RAM includes a shift register coupled to the RAM, a test data input, and a test data output. The circuit further includes a control circuit configured to generate a pulse every N clock cycles, each pulse triggering a RAM access operation transferring data between the shift register and the RAM, N being equal to a data width of the RAM divided by a parallel factor, the parallel factor being a number of pins in either the test data input or the test data output configured for parallel data loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Walter Girardi
  • Patent number: 11637683
    Abstract: An input signal arranged in frames is received. The frames include a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field including a number of bits having bit edges. A timing signal is generated to include adjustable duration waveforms at one of a first duration value and a second duration value. A CRC check determines the occurrence, over the duration, of a number of waveforms of the timing signal having their duration adjusted to one of the first duration value and the second duration value which corresponds to the number of bits. A check signal is produced having a pass/fail value. If pass, the duration of the waveforms in the timing signal is maintained adjusted to the one of the first duration value and the second duration value. If fail, the duration of the waveforms in the timing signal is re-adjusted to the other of the first duration value and the second duration value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Carmelo Burgio, Walter Girardi, Sergio Lecce
  • Publication number: 20210385059
    Abstract: An input signal arranged in frames is received. The frames include a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field including a number of bits having bit edges. A timing signal is generated to include adjustable duration waveforms at one of a first duration value and a second duration value. A CRC check determines the occurrence, over the duration, of a number of waveforms of the timing signal having their duration adjusted to one of the first duration value and the second duration value which corresponds to the number of bits. A check signal is produced having a pass/fail value. If pass, the duration of the waveforms in the timing signal is maintained adjusted to the one of the first duration value and the second duration value. If fail, the duration of the waveforms in the timing signal is re-adjusted to the other of the first duration value and the second duration value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Carmelo BURGIO, Walter GIRARDI, Sergio LECCE