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公开(公告)号:US11610849B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-21
申请号:US17108187
申请日:2020-12-01
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: Paolo Crema
IPC: H01L21/48 , H01L21/56 , H01L23/00 , H01L23/31 , H01L23/495
Abstract: A leadframe has a die pad area and an outer layer of a first metal having a first oxidation potential. The leadframe is placed in contact with a solution containing a second metal having a second oxidation potential, the second oxidation potential being more negative than the first oxidation potential. Radiation energy is then applied to the die pad area of the leadframe contacted with the solution to cause a local increase in temperature of the leadframe. As a result of the temperature increase, a layer of said second metal is selectively provided at the die pad area of the leadframe by a galvanic displacement reaction. An oxidation of the outer layer of the leadframe is then performed to provide an enhancing layer which counters device package delamination.
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公开(公告)号:US11609851B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-21
申请号:US17229161
申请日:2021-04-13
Inventor: Laurent Folliot , Emanuele Plebani , Mirko Falchetto
Abstract: According to one aspect, a method for determining, for a memory allocation, placements in a memory area of data blocks generated by a neural network, comprises a development of an initial sequence of placements of blocks, each placement being selected from several possible placements, the initial sequence being defined as a candidate sequence, a development of at least one modified sequence of placements from a replacement of a given placement of the initial sequence by a memorized unselected placement, and, if the planned size of the memory area obtained by this modified sequence is less than that of the memory area of the candidate sequence, then this modified sequence becomes the candidate sequence, the placements of the blocks for the allocation being those of the placement sequence defined as a candidate sequence once each modified sequence has been developed.
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公开(公告)号:US20230081414A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-16
申请号:US17894548
申请日:2022-08-24
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: Alessandro FRANCESCHIN , Andrea MAZZANTI , Andrea PALLOTTA
IPC: H03B5/12
Abstract: A voltage controlled oscillator includes a series resonant circuit having a resonance frequency and an active voltage driving device coupled to the series resonant circuit. The active voltage driving device provides a driving voltage and has an output negative resistance in an operative voltage range at the resonance frequency. The active voltage driving device includes a cross-coupled differential pair having voltage supply terminals providing the driving voltage. The series resonant circuit is coupled between the voltage supply terminals of the cross-coupled differential pair.
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公开(公告)号:US20230080594A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-16
申请号:US17933016
申请日:2022-09-16
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
Inventor: Michele CALABRETTA , Crocifisso Marco Antonio RENNA , Sebastiano RUSSO , Marco Alfio TORRISI
IPC: H01L23/00 , B23K35/26 , C22C13/00 , H01L23/31 , H01L23/495
Abstract: A method for soldering a die obtained using the semiconductor technique with a leadframe, comprising the steps of providing a leadframe, which has at least one surface made at least partially of copper; providing a die, which has at least one surface coated with a metal layer; applying to the surface a solder alloy comprising at least 40 wt % of tin or at least 50% of indium or at least 50% of gallium, without lead, and heating the alloy to a temperature of at least 380° C. to form a drop of solder alloy; providing a die, which has at least one surface coated with a metal layer; and setting the metal layer in contact with the drop of solder alloy to form the soldered connection with the leadframe. Moreover, a device obtained with said method is provided.
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公开(公告)号:US20230071636A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-09
申请号:US17720156
申请日:2022-04-13
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
Inventor: Stefano Paolo RIVOLTA , Roberto MURA , Michele FERRAINA
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a device with enhanced human activity recognition. The device detects a human activity using one more motion sensors, and enhances the detected human activity depending on whether the device is in an indoor environment or an outdoor environment. The device utilizes one or more electrostatic charge sensors to determine whether the device is in an indoor environment or an outdoor environment. The device may also exclude gyroscope data when performing human activity recognition, and instead utilize electrostatic charge variation data in conjunction with acceleration data to perform human activity recognition.
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公开(公告)号:US11598920B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-07
申请号:US17326955
申请日:2021-05-21
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: Luca Maggi , Mark Andrew Shaw
Abstract: An embodiment apparatus comprises an optically transparent substrate having first and second surfaces; a piezoelectric membrane, arranged at the first surface, that oscillates in response to a light beam propagated through the substrate; at least one reflective facet facing the substrate and arranged at the piezoelectric membrane; and an optical element receiving the light beam at an input end and guiding the light beam towards an output end coupled to the second surface. The optical element incorporates a light focusing path focusing the light beam at a focal point at the piezoelectric membrane, and at least one light collimating path collimating the light beam onto the at least one reflective facet. The optical element guides light reflected from the at least one reflective facet to the input end, the reflected light indicating a position of the optical element with respect to the focal point.
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公开(公告)号:US20230064438A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-02
申请号:US17460657
申请日:2021-08-30
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: Alessandro CANNONE , Enrico FERRARA , Nicola ERRICO , Gea DONZELLI
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a single integrated circuit chip including main logic that operates a vehicle component such as a valve driver. Isolated from the main logic within the chip is a safety area that operates to verify proper operation of the main logic. A checker circuit within the chip outside of the safety area serves to verify proper operation of the checker circuit. The checker circuit receives signals from the safety circuit and uses combinatorial logic circuit to verify from those signals that the check circuit is operating properly.
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公开(公告)号:US20230062980A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-02
申请号:US17821711
申请日:2022-08-23
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
Inventor: Delfo Nunziato SANFILIPPO , Piero FALLICA
IPC: H01L31/107 , H01L31/0352 , H01L31/18 , G01S7/4863
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an opto-electronic device of semiconductor material formed in a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type having a thickness and accommodating at least one deep region of a second conductivity type. The deep region forms a PN junction with the semiconductor layer. The deep region has a depth greater than the width. The deep region is formed by a bottom portion contiguous to a first layer portion of the semiconductor layer; a surface portion contiguous to a second layer portion of the semiconductor layer; and an intermediate portion contiguous to a third layer portion. The concentration of the third layer portion is greater than that of the first and second layer portions.
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公开(公告)号:US20230055745A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-23
申请号:US17407747
申请日:2021-08-20
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: Davide Argento , Orazio Pennisi , Stefano Castorina , Vanni Poletto , Matteo Landini , Andrea Maino
Abstract: A system and method for measuring a capacitance value of a capacitor are provided. In embodiments, a resistor is coupled to a terminal of the capacitor. A difference in voltage at the terminal between a first time and a second time during a discharge routine of the capacitor is measured. The discharge routine includes sinking a current through a discharge circuit coupled to the resistor from first to second. Integration of a difference in voltage at terminals of the resistor during the discharge routine between the first and second times is also measured. The capacitance value is computed based on the measured difference in voltage, the measured integration, and the resistance value of the resistor. The health of the capacitor is determined based on a difference between the computed capacitance value and a threshold value.
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公开(公告)号:US11586907B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-21
申请号:US16280960
申请日:2019-02-20
Inventor: Surinder Pal Singh , Giuseppe Desoli , Thomas Boesch
Abstract: Embodiments of a device include an integrated circuit, a reconfigurable stream switch formed in the integrated circuit, and an arithmetic unit coupled to the reconfigurable stream switch. The arithmetic unit has a plurality of inputs and at least one output, and the arithmetic unit is solely dedicated to performance of a plurality of parallel operations. Each one of the plurality of parallel operations carries out a portion of the formula: output=AX+BY+C.
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