Methods and devices for sanitization

    公开(公告)号:US12285534B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-29

    申请号:US17328435

    申请日:2021-05-24

    Abstract: A system to sanitize a surface includes an emitter. The emitter of the system to sanitize the surface includes: a light source configured to generate light at a sanitizing wavelength; a receiver configured to receive a wireless signal; and a processing circuit for the emitter configured to turn the light source on, turn the light source off, and adjust an intensity of light generated by the light source depending on the wireless signal. The system to sanitize the surface further includes a sensor. The sensor of the system to sanitize the surface includes: a photoelectric transducer configured to convert light at the sanitizing wavelength to a current; and a processing circuit for the sensor powered by the current and in communication with a transmitter to transmit the wireless signal, the processing circuit for the sensor being configured to control emission of the wireless signal depending on a power level supplied by the current.

    Sensors with enhanced time division multiplexing frames

    公开(公告)号:US12284248B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-22

    申请号:US18360692

    申请日:2023-07-27

    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a device and method for generating and transmitting a TDM signal including both raw data and processed data. The device includes a sensor having a time division multiplexing (TDM) interface. The TDM interface transmits both raw data and processed data in a single TDM signal by reserving one or more slots inside a TDM frame for transmission of the processed data. The sensor also embeds additional information inside a data stream of raw data by repurposing one or more of values of the raw data as an exception code, flag, or another type of notification. The device is also enabled to transmit data, and disabled when not in use in order to conserve power.

    INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING A PHYSICALLY UNCLONABLE FUNCTION DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A PHYSICALLY UNCLONABLE FUNCTION

    公开(公告)号:US20250111876A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-03

    申请号:US18978540

    申请日:2024-12-12

    Abstract: Unclonable function circuitry includes a plurality of pairs of phase-change memory cells in a virgin state, and sensing circuitry coupled to the plurality of pairs of phase-change memory cells in the virgin state. The sensing circuitry identifies a subset of the plurality of pairs of phase-change memory cells in the virgin state based on a reliability mask. Signs of differences of effective resistance values of the identified subset of the plurality of pairs of phase-change memory cells in the virgin state are sensed by the sensing circuitry. The sensing circuitry generates a string of bits based on the sensed signs of differences in the effective resistance values of the identified subset of the plurality of pairs of phase-change memory cells in the virgin state. Processing circuitry coupled to the unclonable function circuitry, in operation, executes one or more operations using the generated string of bits.

    Synchronizing digital device
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12267078B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-01

    申请号:US18352581

    申请日:2023-07-14

    Abstract: A device includes a local oscillator, an all-digital phase-locked loop, a digital signal generator, sampling circuitry, and an interface. The local oscillator generates a local clock signal. The all-digital phase locked loop generates a sampling control signal. The ADPLL includes a phase-error detector, a digital filter and a sigma-delta modulator. The phase detector generates a phase error signal based on a loop clock signal and a received reference signal. The digital filter generates a signal indicative of a frequency ratio between a frequency of the reference clock signal and the local clock frequency based on the phase error signal. The sigma-delta modulator generates a modulated signal based on the signal indicative of the frequency ratio. The sampling control signal is based on the modulated signal. The sampling circuitry samples digital signals generated by the digital signal generator at a sampling frequency, which is a function of the sampling control signal.

    Sense amplifier architecture for a non-volatile memory storing coded information

    公开(公告)号:US12260910B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-25

    申请号:US18148380

    申请日:2022-12-29

    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a sense amplifier architecture for a memory device having a plurality of memory cells. Groups of non-volatile memory cells store respective codewords formed by stored logic states, logic high or logic low, of the memory cells of the group. The sense amplifier architecture has a plurality of sense amplifier reading branches, each sense amplifier reading branch coupled to a respective memory cell and configured to provide an output signal, which is indicative of a cell current flowing through the same memory cell; a comparison stage, to perform a comparison between the cell currents of memory cells of a group; and a logic stage, to determine, based on comparison results provided by the comparison stage, a read codeword corresponding to the group of memory cells. Information may be stored in different subsets of codewords, the sense amplifier architecture in this case having a subset definition circuit, to allow a preliminary determination of the subset to which a codeword to be read belongs to, based on reference signals.

    HEMT transistor including field plate regions and manufacturing process thereof

    公开(公告)号:US12218231B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US17116465

    申请日:2020-12-09

    Abstract: An HEMT transistor includes a semiconductor body having a semiconductive heterostructure. A gate region, of conductive material, is arranged above and in contact with the semiconductor body. A first insulating layer extends over the semiconductor body, laterally to the conductive gate region. A second insulating layer extends over the first insulating layer and the gate region. A first field plate region, of conductive material, extends between the first and the second insulating layers, laterally spaced from the conductive gate region along a first direction. A second field plate region, of conductive material, extends over the second insulating layer, and the second field plate region overlies and is vertically aligned with the first field plate region.

    Systems and methods for asynchronous finite machines

    公开(公告)号:US12216488B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US17507545

    申请日:2021-10-21

    Inventor: Domenico Tripodi

    Abstract: A system including an asynchronous finite state machine that transitions from a first state to a second state in response to receiving a virtual-clock event signal. The system further includes a trigger circuit that asserts a trigger signal when a first-state asynchronous event signal is asserted while the asynchronous finite state machine is in the first state. The system further including a virtual clock-pulse circuit configured to generate the virtual-clock event signal after receiving the trigger signal.

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