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公开(公告)号：US11588344B2
公开(公告)日：2023-02-21
申请号：US17374840
申请日：2021-07-13
Applicant: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.
Inventor： Yannick Guedon
Abstract: An over-voltage protection circuit and methods of operation are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring a voltage at an output of a rectifier, a voltage at an output of a voltage regulator, or a combination thereof. The method further includes determining the over-voltage condition based on the monitoring; and in response to determining the over-voltage condition, regulating the voltage at the output of the rectifier in accordance with a voltage difference between the voltage at the output of the rectifier and the voltage at the output of the voltage regulator.
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公开(公告)号：US11581754B2
公开(公告)日：2023-02-14
申请号：US17403060
申请日：2021-08-16
Applicant: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
Inventor： Yannick Guedon
Abstract: A method of wirelessly transmitting power includes: causing a power transmission circuit to transmit, to a master power reception circuit, a portion of power it is capable of transmitting; adjusting operation of a slave power reception unit until a first rectified voltage produced by the master power reception circuit and a second rectified voltage produced by the slave power reception unit are equal; causing the power transmission circuit to transmit additional power to the slave power reception unit, resulting in the first and second rectified voltages being unequal; and adjusting operation of the slave power reception unit until the first and second rectified voltages are again equal. A dummy load is connected to the slave power reception unit prior to causing the power transmission circuit to transmit the additional power, and is disconnected once the first and second rectified voltages are equal.
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公开(公告)号：US11486914B2
公开(公告)日：2022-11-01
申请号：US17492210
申请日：2021-10-01
Applicant: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
Inventor： Yannick Guedon , Baris Volkan Yildirim , Teerasak Lee
Abstract: A circuit includes a tank capacitor coupled between first and second nodes, and a sense resistor having a first terminal coupled to the first node and a second terminal coupled to a regulator input. A switching circuit has first and second inputs coupled to the first and second terminals of the sense resistor. A gain stage has first and second inputs capacitively coupled to first and second outputs of the switching circuit. An analog-to-digital converter receives the output of the gain stage, and receives first and second differential voltages. A reference voltage generator has a temperature independent current source coupled to source current to a reference resistor, the first differential reference voltage being formed across the reference resistor. The reference resistor and sense resistor are located sufficiently close to one another on a single common substrate such that they remain at substantially a same temperature.
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公开(公告)号：US11368052B2
公开(公告)日：2022-06-21
申请号：US16930651
申请日：2020-07-16
Applicant: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
Inventor： Yannick Guedon
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a bridge rectifier and associated control circuitry collectively forming a “regtifier”, capable of both rectifying an input time varying voltage as well as regulating the rectified output voltage produced. To accomplish this, the gate voltages of transistors of the bridge rectifier that are on during a given phase may be modulated via analog control (to increase the on-resistance of those transistors) or via pulse width modulation (to turn off those transistors prior to the end of the phase). Alternatively or additionally, the transistors of the bridge rectifier that would otherwise be off during a given phase may be turned on to help dissipate excess power and thereby regulate the output voltage. A traditional voltage regulator, such as a low-dropout amplifier, is not used in this design.
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15.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11251691B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-15
申请号：US17011439
申请日：2020-09-03
Applicant: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
Inventor： Supriya Raveendra Hegde , Yannick Guedon
IPC: H02M7/217 , H03K19/017 , H02M1/08 , H02M1/32
Abstract: A high-side switching transistor of a rectifier circuit is driven by a high-side driver circuit to supply current to an output node. The high-side driver circuit is powered between a capacitive bootstrap node and the output node. A boot charge circuit charges the bootstrap capacitor by supplying current to the bootstrap node. The boot charge circuit includes: a first current path that selectively supplies a first charging current to the bootstrap node when the rectifier circuit is operating in a switching mode; and a second current path that selectively supplies a second charging current to the bootstrap node when the rectifier circuit is operating in a reset mode.
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公开(公告)号：US11175319B1
公开(公告)日：2021-11-16
申请号：US17025210
申请日：2020-09-18
Applicant: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
Inventor： Yannick Guedon , Baris Volkan Yildirim , Teerasak Lee
Abstract: A wireless-power-transmission-system includes a bridge with a tank-capacitor coupled thereto, a sense-resistor coupled between the bridge and an input of a regulator, a switching-circuit having first and second inputs coupled across the sense-resistor, and a gain-stage having first and second inputs capacitively coupled to first and second outputs of the switching-circuit. An ADC digitizes output of the gain-stage by comparing the output to a reference voltage, and a temperature-independent current source is coupled to a reference-resistor to generate the reference voltage. In a reset-phase, the switching-circuit shorts the inputs of the gain-stage to one another, and the gain-stage shorts its inputs to its output. The switching-circuit, in a first-chopping-phase, couples the sense-resistor between the first and second inputs of the gain-stage, and in a second-chopping-phase, couples the sense-resistor in reverse between the second and first inputs of the gain-stage. The resistance of the reference-resistor tracks the sense-resistor across temperature.
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公开(公告)号：US20170344158A1
公开(公告)日：2017-11-30
申请号：US15679771
申请日：2017-08-17
Applicant: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
Inventor： Chee Weng Cheong , Dianbo Guo , Kien Beng Tan , Yannick Guedon
CPC classification number: G06F3/044 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/0418
Abstract: A capacitive discharge circuit includes a line having a capacitance, a switched capacitor circuit including a capacitor, a switched circuit coupled to the line, and a voltage regulator coupled between the switched capacitor circuit and the switched circuit. A controller operates the switched capacitor circuit and switched circuit to in a first phase, charge the capacitor by coupling the capacitor between a common mode and a power supply, and in a second phase, discharge the capacitor by coupling the voltage regulator in series with the capacitor between the power supply node a ground. The controller is also configured to in a third phase, charge the capacitor by coupling the capacitor between the common mode and the power supply, and in a fourth phase, share charge between the line and the capacitor by coupling the voltage regulator and the capacitor in series between the line and the ground.
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18.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20140312919A1
公开(公告)日：2014-10-23
申请号：US14322244
申请日：2014-07-02
Inventor： Kien Beng Tan , Ernesto Lasalandra , Tommaso Ungaretti , Yannick Guedon , Dianbo Guo , Paolo Angelini , Giovanni Carlo Tripoli
CPC classification number: G01R27/2605 , G06F3/0416 , G06F3/044 , G06F2203/04104
Abstract: Capacitance sensing circuits and methods are provided. A dual mode capacitance sensing circuit includes a capacitance-to-voltage converter having an amplifier and an integration capacitance coupled between an output and an inverting input of the amplifier, and a switching circuit responsive to mutual mode control signals for a controlling signal supplied from a capacitive touch matrix to the capacitive to voltage converter in a mutual capacitance sensing mode and responsive to self mode control signals for controlling signals supplied from the capacitive touch matrix to the capacitance-to-voltage converter in a self capacitance sensing mode, wherein the capacitance sensing circuit is configurable for operation in the mutual capacitance sensing mode or the self capacitance sensing mode.
Abstract translation: 提供电容感测电路和方法。 双模电容感测电路包括具有放大器和耦合在放大器的输出和反相输入端之间的积分电容的电容 - 电压转换器，以及响应于从模拟信号提供的控制信号的相互模式控制信号的开关电路 电容式触摸矩阵到互电容感测模式中的电容到电压转换器，并且响应于用于在自电容感测模式中控制从电容式触摸矩阵提供给电容 - 电压转换器的信号的自模式控制信号，其中电容感测 电路可配置为在互电容感测模式或自身电容感测模式下工作。
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公开(公告)号：US12142938B2
公开(公告)日：2024-11-12
申请号：US18412718
申请日：2024-01-15
Applicant: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.
Inventor： Yannick Guedon
Abstract: An over-voltage protection circuit and methods of operation are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring a voltage at an output of a rectifier, a voltage at an output of a voltage regulator, or a combination thereof. The method further includes determining the over-voltage condition based on the monitoring; and in response to determining the over-voltage condition, regulating the voltage at the output of the rectifier in accordance with a voltage difference between the voltage at the output of the rectifier and the voltage at the output of the voltage regulator.
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公开(公告)号：US12040724B2
公开(公告)日：2024-07-16
申请号：US17576120
申请日：2022-01-14
Applicant: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
Inventor： Yannick Guedon
Abstract: A bridge rectifier and associated control circuitry collectively form a “regtifier” which rectifies an input time varying voltage and regulates the rectified output voltage produced without the use of a traditional voltage regulator. To accomplish this, the gate voltages of transistors of the bridge rectifier that are on during a given phase may be modulated via analog control (to increase the on-resistance of those transistors) or via pulse width modulation (to turn off those transistors prior to the end of the phase). The transistors of the bridge rectifier that would otherwise be off during a given phase may be turned on to help dissipate excess power and thereby regulate the output voltage. This modulation is based upon both a voltage feedback signal and a current feedback signal.
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