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CAROBOLANTE FRANCESCO

US97 patents
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SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS

26 patents
US5550497AAug 27, 1996

Power driver circuit with reduced turnoff time

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS73 citations96
US5517095AMay 14, 1996

Method and apparatus for operating polyphase DC motors using a PWM chopping signal in zero crossing determination

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS87 citations96
US5223772AJun 29, 1993

Method and apparatus for providing the lock of a phase-locked loop system from frequency sweep

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS65 citations96
US5428276AJun 27, 1995

Automatic adjustment of commutation delay for brushless DC motor for improved efficiency

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS45 citations95
US5306988AApr 26, 1994

Method and apparatus for operating polyphase dc motors

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS68 citations95
US5285135AFeb 8, 1994

Automatic adjustment of commutation delay for brushless DC motor for improved efficiency

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS48 citations95
US5017845AMay 21, 1991

Brushless direct current motor starting and operating apparatus and method

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS106 citations94
US5668449ASep 16, 1997

Motor with input-controlled high side driver

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS23 citations93
US5614797AMar 25, 1997

Stator coil driver circuit for a brushless DC motor

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS35 citations93
US5572099ANov 5, 1996

Motor speed control with current limit

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS26 citations93
US5566369AOct 15, 1996

Controlled velocity head parking circuit

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS29 citations93
US5376834ADec 27, 1994

Initialization circuit for automatically establishing an output to zero or desired reference potential

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS53 citations93
US5374857ADec 20, 1994

Circuit for providing drive current to a motor using a sensefet current sensing device and a fast amplifier

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS42 citations93
US5338977AAug 16, 1994

Compensated circuit for driving inductive loads with very high bandwidth

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS26 citations93
US5297024AMar 22, 1994

Voice coil driver with variable gain in seek and track-follow modes

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS32 citations93
US5204594AApr 20, 1993

Circuit for providing a signal proportional to the average current flowing through coils of a motor operated in both linear and PWM modes

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS42 citations93
US5481167AJan 2, 1996

Amplifier and method for detecting the bemf of a coil of a polyphase sensorless DC motor

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS31 citations92
US5397967AMar 14, 1995

Slew rate circuit for high side driver for a polyphase DC motor

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS39 citations92
US5350984ASep 27, 1994

Method and apparatus for starting a brushless DC motor

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS45 citations92
US5543697AAug 6, 1996

Circuit and method for controlling the speed of a motor

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS40 citations90
US5656897AAug 12, 1997

Current sensing and control in brushless DC motors

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS33 citations87
US5680037AOct 21, 1997

High accuracy current mirror

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS18 citations84
US5495154AFeb 27, 1996

Method and apparatus for Kelvin current sensing in a multi-phase driver for a polyphase DC motor

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS13 citations74
US5410190AApr 25, 1995

Circuit for shortening the turn-off time of a power transistor

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS11 citations74
US5296857AMar 22, 1994

Digital to analog converter with precise linear output for both positive and negative digital input values

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS8 citations74
US5245222ASep 14, 1993

Method and apparatus for buffering electrical signals

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS13 citations74

QUALCOMM INC

9 patents

ST MICROELECTRONICS INC

7 patents

FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR

3 patents

CAROBOLANTE FRANCESCO

3 patents

GRBO ZELJKO

1 patent

STONE MARTIN

1 patent

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