Stmicroelectronics S.r.l.

Sgs-Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l.

Liliana Arcidiacono

Santi Carlo Adamo

Agatino Antonino Alessandro

Vincenzo Matranga

Giuliana Demilato

Francesco Pappalardo

Valeria Bottarel

Biagio Giacalone

Alessandro Nicolosi

Francesco Pirozzi

Dario Di Bella

Carmelo Alberto Santagati

A circuit receives an input signal having a first level and a second level. A logic circuit includes a finite state machine circuit, an edge detector circuit, and a timer circuit. The finite state machine circuit is configured to set a mode of operation of the circuit. The edge detector circuit is configured to detect a transition between the first and second level. The timer circuit is configured to determine whether the first or second level is maintained over an interval, which starts from a transition detected by the edge detector circuit. The finite state machine circuit is configured to change the mode of operation based on the timer circuit determining that the first or second level has been maintained over the interval.

Control circuit and corresponding method

In an embodiment, a system includes a slave circuit configured to receive an external clock signal from a master circuit, the slave circuit comprising first and second peripherals configured to receive respective clock signals obtained from the external clock signal, wherein the master circuit is configured to send to the slave circuit the external clock signal according to two different timing modes, wherein the slave circuit comprises a logic circuit configured to provide a locking signal to the first peripheral circuit when the logic circuit detects a given operating mode of the slave circuit, wherein the master circuit is configured to send the external clock signal according to a first timing mode before receipt of the locking signal, and wherein the master circuit is configured, following upon receipt of the locking signal, to send the external clock signal according to a second timing mode different from the first timing mode.

Circuit arrangement with clock sharing, and corresponding method

A battery charger includes an input supply terminal configured to receive a supply signal and a battery terminal configured to be connected to a battery. A supply switching circuit is arranged between the battery terminal and the input supply terminal. A control device generates a control signal to control operation of the supply switching circuit. A fuel gauge device provide a digital estimation of a voltage signal across the battery. A correction device modifies the control signal in response to the digital estimation of the voltage signal across the battery if that digital estimation is outside of a value range between two thresholds.

Battery charger including correction device to correct control signals for supply switching circuit

A battery charger which includes an input supply terminal configured to receive a supply signal, a battery terminal configured to be connected to a battery, at least one output terminal and an electrical path between the battery terminal and the output terminal, at least one device for the detection of one alarm condition of the battery or the battery charger. The battery charger includes circuitry configured to enable the at least one detection device at timing intervals when the battery supplies the at least one output terminal.

Battery charger

A battery charger includes an input supply terminal configured to receive a supply signal, a battery terminal configured to be connected to a battery and at least one output terminal, a switch arranged in the electrical path between the battery terminal and at least one output terminal, an element configured to store an information representative of an alarm condition of the battery and to open the switch when the alarm condition occurs, with the supply signal being absent and the battery supplying the at least one output terminal, and to close the switch when the supply signal is received at the input supply terminal.

Battery charger for providing battery protection from over discharge from voltage or current and shipping mode

A method of designing and fabricating a control unit for electronic microcontrollers or microprocessors that includes fabricating a finite state machine having at least one combinatorial network, the finite state machine having a plurality of control subunits, each control subunit structured to correspond to one combinatorial logic network. Each unit in the plurality of control subunits is independently connected to an arbitration block to provide information about a possible future state and to receive a present state command.

Control unit for electronic microcontrollers or microprocessors and method of making

A method of fabricating or designing a control unit for electronic microcontrollers or microprocessors that includes fabricating a finite state machine having at least one combinatorial network, the finite state machine having a plurality of control sub-units, each structured to correspond to one combinatorial logic network. Each unit in the plurality of control sub-units is independently connected to an arbitration block to provide information about a possible future state and receive a present state command.

Fabrication method for a control unit for electronic microcontrollers or micoprocessors

The invention relates to a method of coding and storing fuzzy logic rules, and to a circuit architecture for processing such rules. The method provides for at least one inference rule of the IF/THEN type, having a predetermined number of antecedent parts of fuzzy variables and at least one consequent part, to be dismembered and stored into memory words to allow subsequent processing using logic operators of the AND/OR/NOT type. The coding of rules and variables is effected sequentially. Thus, the occupation of memory locations can be minimized. Specifically, the rules are coded through a multi-word description, such that the number of words coding each rule is a varying number dependent on the number of antecedent parts in the rule.

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