Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and a circuit for testing a tweeter (4B) in a bridge-type class D switching amplifier, said tweeter (4B) being part of a loudspeaker system (1A), wherein the method includes the steps of: applying a high-frequency voltage signal (VinAC) to one terminal (4D) of said tweeter (4B), said high-frequency voltage signal (VinAC) being generated by first electronic means (8); applying a constant voltage signal (VinDC) to the other terminal (4E) of said tweeter (4B), said constant voltage signal (VinDC) being generated by second electronic means (9); measuring a current I load that flows through said tweeter (4B) into said second electronic means (9); determining a connect/disconnect state of said tweeter (4B) from the value of said current (I load ).
Abstract:
A semiconductor electronic device (1) is disclosed, which comprises a die (2) of semiconductor material and a support (3), the die (2) of semiconductor material including an integrated electronic circuit and a plurality of contact pads (6) associated with the electronic circuit and connected electrically to the support (3) by wire leads (4), each contact pad of said plurality of contact pads (6) comprising a lower layer (7) of aluminium, or alloys thereof and an upper layer. Advantageously the upper layer consists of: a first film (8) of zinc overlying the lower layer (7) of aluminium or alloys thereof; a second film (9) of nickel or alloys thereof, overlying the first film (8) of zinc; a third film of palladium or alloys thereof, overlying the second film (9) of nickel or alloys thereof; and optionally a fourth film (10) of gold or alloys thereof, overlying the third film of palladium or alloys thereof. Moreover, the layer (7) or film (8,9, 10) are deposited by an electroless chemical process.
Abstract:
A semiconductor electronic device (1) is disclosed, which comprises a die (2) of semiconductor material and a support (3), the die (2) of semiconductor material including an integrated electronic circuit and a plurality of contact pads (6) associated with the electronic circuit and connected electrically to the support (3) by wire leads (4), each contact pad of said plurality of contact pads (6) comprising a lower layer (7) of aluminium or alloys thereof, and an upper layer. Advantageously the upper layer consists of: a first film (9) of palladium or alloys thereof, overlying the lower layer (7) of aluminium or alloys thereof; and optionally a second film (10) of gold or alloys thereof, overlying the first film (9) of palladium or alloys thereof. Moreover, the layer (7) or film (9, 10) are deposited by an electroless chemical process.
Abstract:
One aim of the present invention is to provide a new method, and related system, to implement the square root extraction operation, which grants a 32 bits precision, which has high execution speed and is able to process a decimal radicand. An aspect of the present invention relates to a method for controlling an electric machine (110), comprising the detection of the value of at least one electrical quantity (I1, V1, I2, V2, I3, V3) characterizing the machine operation and processing the detected value of said electrical quantity. The control method controls the machine operation on the basis of this processing. In particular the processing of the detected value of the electrical quantity comprises calculating (125) a square root (205) of a radicand value (210) related to the detected value of electrical quantities. The calculation of the square root includes: calculating (220, 225) an approximated value (215, 230) of the square root, having a first precision, and then calculating (200; 300) a corrective value (293; 397) and combining (235) said approximated value with said corrective value to obtain a square root value having a second precision greater than the first precision.
Abstract:
A method for determining the position (O) of a contact on a panel (2) envisages: providing vibration sensors (4) fixed with respect to the panel (2), for generating vibration signals (S) as a function of mechanical vibrations generated by the contact on the panel (2); comparing each of the vibration signals (S) with at least a first threshold (c) for generating corresponding threshold-crossing signals (P); determining detection values of temporal differences (Δtf) between times of detection of the mechanical vibrations at pairs of the vibration sensors (4), as time distances between respective first significant edges of threshold-crossing signals (P) associated to the vibration sensors (4) of the pairs; and determining the position (O) of the contact as a function of the detection values of the temporal differences (Δtf). The method further envisages implementation of a reconstruction-and-filtering algorithm of the threshold-crossing signals (P) in order to identify a respective first significant edge thereof, prior to the determination of the detection values of the temporal differences (Δtf).