CONVERTER CIRCUIT, CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210313887A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-07

    申请号:US17216263

    申请日:2021-03-29

    Abstract: A converter circuit includes a half-bridge power circuit with a first and a second switch between an input node and a current node and between the current node ground, respectively. An inductor is coupled between the current node and an output node. Logic control circuitry is configured to switch the first and second switches to a current recirculation state and to a current charge state. The logic circuitry is configured to switch the switches from the current recirculation state to the current charge state as a result of a voltage indicator signal from an output voltage comparator being asserted while starting an on-time counter signal having an expiration value, and from the current charge state to the current recirculation state as a result of the on-time counter signal having reached its expiration value in combination with the voltage indicator signal from the voltage comparator being de-asserted.

    METHOD OF DATA PROCESSING, CORRESPONDING MAC CIRCUIT, DSP SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

    公开(公告)号:US20210303267A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US17203591

    申请日:2021-03-16

    Abstract: A method includes retrieving a plurality of datasets from respective memory registers of a memory and storing the retrieved plurality of datasets in respective register portions of a first register. A dataset of data-processing coefficients are stored in a second register. First processing is applied using, as the first operand, a first sub-set of dataset elements stored in the first register, and using, as the second operand, the data-processing coefficients, obtaining a first result. Second processing is applied using, as the first operand, a second sub-set of dataset elements stored in the first register comprised in a second window having a size equal to the dataset size, and using, as the second operand, the replica of the dataset of data-processing coefficients, obtaining a second result. An output is generated based on the first and second results. The first and second processing may perform multiply accumulate (MAC) operations.

    Method of manufacturing semiconductor devices, corresponding device and circuit

    公开(公告)号:US11133242B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-28

    申请号:US17015619

    申请日:2020-09-09

    Abstract: A method of manufacturing semiconductor devices such as integrated circuits comprises: providing one or more semiconductor chips having first and second opposed surfaces, coupling the semiconductor chip or chips with a support substrate with the second surface towards the support substrate, embedding the semiconductor chip or chips coupled with the support substrate in electrically-insulating packaging material by providing in the packaging material electrically-conductive passageways. The electrically-conductive passageways comprise: electrically-conductive chip passageways towards the first surface of the at least one semiconductor chip, and/or electrically-conductive substrate passageways towards the support substrate.

    Latch-type sense amplifier for a non-volatile memory with reduced margin between supply voltage and bitline-selection voltage

    公开(公告)号:US11133064B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-28

    申请号:US16931335

    申请日:2020-07-16

    Abstract: A sense amplifier and a method for accessing a memory device are disclosed. In an embodiment a sense amplifier for a memory device includes a first input node selectively coupled to a first memory cell through a first local bitline and a first main bitline, a second input node selectively coupled through a second local bitline and a second main bitline to a second memory cell or to a reference generator configured to generate a reference current, a first current generator controllable so as to inject a first variable current into the first input node, a second current generator controllable so as to inject a second variable current into the second input node, a first branch coupled to the first input node and comprising a first switch circuit, a first sense transistor and a first forcing transistor and a second branch coupled to the second input node and including a second switch circuit, a second sense transistor and a second forcing transistor.

    Breathing activity monitoring device, corresponding system and method

    公开(公告)号:US11116427B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16259254

    申请日:2019-01-28

    Inventor: Stefano Rossi

    Abstract: A device for monitoring breathing activity of, e.g., athletes while exercising includes a breathing activity sensor configured to be worn by a wearer and to provide a breathing activity signal indicative of the breathing activity of the wearer. A motion sensor is configured to be worn by the wearer and to provide a motion signal indicative of the motion activity of the wearer. A processing arrangement is coupled to the breathing activity sensor to process the breathing activity signal and produce a processed breathing activity signal. The processing arrangement includes filter circuitry having a first filtering bandwidth and a second filtering bandwidth. The first filtering bandwidth is larger than the second filtering bandwidth. The filter circuitry is coupled to the motion sensor and operates with one of the first filtering bandwidth and the second filtering bandwidth selected as a function of the motion signal from the motion sensor.

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