Ultrasound transmitter device for driving piezoelectric transducers

    公开(公告)号:US12130360B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-29

    申请号:US18178110

    申请日:2023-03-03

    摘要: In accordance with an embodiment, an ultrasound transmitter device includes a transformer comprising a secondary winding configured to be coupled to a piezoelectric transducer; a plurality of transistors coupled to the primary winding of the transformer and to a ground terminal via a sense resistor; an amplifier having an output coupled to control nodes of the plurality of transistors, a first input coupled to the sense resistor, and second input coupled to a reference resistor; a switching circuit configured to alternately couple control nodes of the plurality of transistors to an output of amplifier and to a reference node via complementary pulse signals, wherein the switching circuit is configured to turn on and turn off the plurality of transistors and operate the plurality of transistors in a push-pull manner; and a digital-to-analog converter having an output coupled to the reference resistor.

    System-on-chip comprising a non-volatile memory

    公开(公告)号:US12124713B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US18057390

    申请日:2022-11-21

    IPC分类号: G06F3/06

    摘要: A system-on-chip includes a processor, a memory and a memory interface coupled to the processor and to the memory. The processor, in operation, generates memory access requests. The memory includes one or more physical banks divided into a succession of sectors, each sector having a size equal to a smallest erasable size of the memory. The memory interface, in operation, responds to receiving memory configuration information by storing logical memory bank configuration information in the one or more configuration registers, the logical memory bank configuration information assigning each sector of the one or more physical banks of the memory to a respective logical memory bank of one or more logical memory banks. The memory interface, in operation, controls access to the memory by the processor based on the logical memory bank configuration information stored in the one or more configuration registers.

    Circuit with voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) circuit and pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal generator, and method

    公开(公告)号:US12119746B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-15

    申请号:US17807466

    申请日:2022-06-17

    IPC分类号: H02M3/158 H02M1/00

    摘要: In an embodiment a circuit includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) circuit having a first node configured to receive a reference voltage, a second node configured to receive a feedback signal, which is a comparison signal, indicative of a variation of a regulated output voltage of an electronic voltage regulator with respect to the reference voltage and a third node configured to provide a clock signal having a clock period based on the reference voltage and the feedback signal, and a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal generator circuit having a first node coupled to the VCO circuit and configured to receive the clock signal, a second node configured to receive an input signal proportional to an input voltage signal at an input node of the electronic voltage regulator and a third node configured to provide at least one PWM drive signal to one or more electronic switches of a switching stage based on the clock signal.

    Processing system, related integrated circuit, device and method

    公开(公告)号:US12117942B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-15

    申请号:US18109675

    申请日:2023-02-14

    IPC分类号: G06F12/14

    CPC分类号: G06F12/1441 G06F12/1458

    摘要: A processing system includes a communication system and a processing core configured to generate write requests. A circuit has associated a slave interface circuit configured to manage an address sub-range and selectively forward write requests addressed to a given address. Configuration data specifies whether the given address is protected/unprotected and locked/unlocked. In response to a received write request, address and data are extracted and a determination based on the configuration data is made as to whether the extracted address is protected/unprotected, and locked/unlocked. When the extracted address is unprotected or unlocked, the slave interface forwards the write request. When the extracted address is protected and locked, the slave interface generates an unlock signal in response to a comparison of the extracted address with the extracted data, with the unlock signal being asserted when the extracted data satisfy a predetermined rule with respect to the extracted address.

    Self-calibration circuit for delta-sigma modulators, corresponding device and method

    公开(公告)号:US12101104B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-24

    申请号:US17721110

    申请日:2022-04-14

    IPC分类号: H03M3/00

    摘要: A delta-sigma modulator includes a quantizer, a signal propagation path including a plurality of cascaded integrators coupled between the input node and the quantizer, and a feedback network including a plurality of digital-to-analog converters. In a calibration mode of operation, a first digital-to-analog converter of the plurality of digital-to-analog converters of the feedback network receives a signal including a periodic alternated digital sequence, the first digital-to-analog converter being coupled to a first integrator of the plurality of cascaded integrators, integrators of the plurality of cascaded integrators other than the first integrator operate in a gain mode of operation, the delta-sigma modulator generates a digital test signal at an output of the quantizer based on the signal including the periodic alternated digital sequence, and calibration circuitry generates a calibration signal based on the digital test signal and a reference digital word.