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Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2019
Applicant:

Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;

Inventors:

Giovanni Sicurella, Catania, IT;

Manuela La Rosa, Gravina di Catania, IT;

Assignee:

STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza (MB), IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 21/127 (2006.01); G06G 7/161 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/161 (2013.01); G01R 21/127 (2013.01);
Abstract

A voltage-to-time converter circuit receives a first voltage signal and produces a PWM-modulated signal having a duty-cycle proportional to the first voltage signal. A current integrator circuit receives the PWM-modulated signal from the voltage-to-time converter circuit block and produces an output signal by integrating a current signal from a current source over integration time intervals having a duration which is a function of the duty-cycle of the PWM-modulated signal. The current signal is proportional to a second voltage signal. The output signal is accordingly proportional to a product of the first voltage signal and the current signal, which is furthermore proportional to a product of the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal.


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