Protection circuit, corresponding system and method

    公开(公告)号:US11846654B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-19

    申请号:US17209662

    申请日:2021-03-23

    发明人: Romeo Letor

    摘要: Described herein is a method including measuring a current in a wire, normalizing the measured current, and comparing the normalized measured current to a control curve. The control curve is a function of a series of normalized current magnitudes and reaction times for corresponding ones of that series of normalized current magnitudes. The method further includes limiting the current in the wire based upon the comparison. The reaction times for ones of the series of normalized current magnitudes are times at which current limitation would occur if the normalized current remained at an associated normalized current magnitude.

    DIFFERENTIAL BUFFER CIRCUIT
    92.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230402980A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-14

    申请号:US17827293

    申请日:2022-05-27

    发明人: Gaetano Cosentino

    IPC分类号: H03F3/45 H04B1/16 H03F3/72

    摘要: In an embodiment, a differential buffer includes: first and second input terminals configured to receive a differential input voltage; first and second output terminals configured to provide a differential output voltage; a differential source follower amplifier having first and second inputs respectively coupled to the first and second input terminals, and first and second outputs respectively coupled to the first and second output terminals; and a differential common source amplifier having first and second inputs respectively coupled to the second and first output terminals via a first pair of capacitors, and first and second outputs respectively coupled to the first and second output terminals.

    Closed-loop position control of MEMS micromirrors

    公开(公告)号:US11841497B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-12

    申请号:US17109929

    申请日:2020-12-02

    摘要: Disclosed herein is a control system for a projection system, including a first subtractor receiving an input drive signal and a feedback signal and generating a first difference signal therefrom, the feedback signal being indicative of position of a quasi static micromirror of the projection system. A type-2 compensator receives the first difference signal and generates therefrom a first output signal. A derivative based controller receives the feedback signal and generates therefrom a second output signal. A second subtractor receives the first and second output signals and generates a second difference signal therefrom. The second difference signal serves to control a mirror driver of the projection system. A higher order resonance equalization circuit receives a pre-output signal from an analog front end of the projection system that is indicative of position of the quasi static micromirror, and generates the feedback signal therefrom.

    SENSOR DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD AND SYSTEM
    96.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230396407A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US18453018

    申请日:2023-08-21

    IPC分类号: H04L7/00

    CPC分类号: H04L7/0079

    摘要: A sensor includes detection circuitry and control circuitry coupled to the detection circuitry. The detection circuitry generates a detection signal indicative of a detected physical quantity. The control circuitry, in operation receives the detection signal and a frequency-indication signal, and generates a trigger signal based on the frequency-indication signal and a set of local reference signals. The sensor generates a digital output signal and a locking signal based on the trigger signal and the detection signal. The generating the digital output signal includes outputting a sample of the digital output signal based on the trigger signal. The locking signal is temporally aligned with the digital output signal.

    CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR VALIDATION OF OPERATION OF A LOGIC MODULE IN A MULTIPOWER LOGIC ARCHITECTURE AND CORRESPONDING VALIDATION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230393198A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US18324583

    申请日:2023-05-26

    摘要: A first circuit is coupled to a second circuit via a communication link. The first circuit generates a first validation signal, a second validation signal, and control signals, and transmits the first and second validation signals to the second circuit via the communication link. The second circuit validates the control signals based on the first and second binary validation signals. The validating includes: verifying that when the first validation signal has a first value, the second validation signal has a second value different from the first value; verifying that when the second validation signal has the first value, the first validation signal has the second value; verifying detection of a transition edge of the first validation signal within a threshold number of clock cycles; and verifying detection of a transition edge of the second validation signal within the threshold number of clock cycles.

    LID ANGLE DETECTION
    100.
    发明公开
    LID ANGLE DETECTION 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230384837A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-30

    申请号:US18183464

    申请日:2023-03-14

    摘要: The present disclosure is directed to a device and method for lid angle detection that is accurate even if the device is activated in an upright position. While the device is in a sleep state, first and second sensor units measure acceleration and angular velocity, and calculate orientations of respective lid components based on the acceleration and angular velocity measurements. Upon the device exiting the sleep state, a processor estimates the lid angle using the calculated orientations, sets the estimated lid angle as an initial lid angle, and updates the initial lid angle using, for example, two accelerometers; two accelerometers and two gyroscopes; two accelerometers and two magnetometers; or two accelerometers, two gyroscopes, and two magnetometers.