Abstract:
A gyroscope includes a body (6), a driving mass (7), which is mobile according to a driving axis (X), and a sensing mass (8), which is driven by the driving mass (7) and is mobile according to a sensing axis (Y), in response to rotations of the body (6). A driving device (3) forms a microelectromechanical control loop (18) with the body (6) and the driving mass (7) and maintains the driving mass (7) in oscillation with a driving frequency (ω D ). The driving device (3) comprises a frequency detector (25), which supplies a clock signal (CK N ) at the frequency of oscillation of the driving mass (7), and a synchronization stage (29), which applies a calibrated phase shift (Δϕ) to the clock signal (CK N ) so as to compensate a phase shift caused by components (20, 21, 22) of the loop (18) that are set between the driving mass (7) and the control node (25a).
Abstract:
A circuit for generating a reference electrical quantity ( I REF , V REF ) , including: a first bipolar transistor (T bjt1 ) and a second bipolar transistor (T bjt2 ) having the base terminals connected to one another and to a common node (N C ) ; a first resistor (R A ) connected to the emitter terminal of the second bipolar transistor (T bjt2 ); a first mirror circuit and a second mirror circuit (T 1 , T 2 , T s1 , T s3 , T m , T s2 , T s4 ) connected to the first and second bipolar transistors (T bjt1 , T bjt2 ) , which receive, respectively, a first current (I PTAT) and a second current (I NTAT ) and generate, respectively, a first mirrored current (γI PTAT ) and a second mirrored current (αI NTAT ); a first output stage (6, 8), which generates the reference electrical quantity (I REF , V REF ) as a function of the first and second mirrored currents (γI PTAT αI NTAT ) and a second resistor (R B ) connected to the common node (N C ). The first current (I PTAT ) is a function of the current in the first resistor (R A ), whilst the second current (I NTAT ) is a function of the current in the second resistor (R B ).
Abstract:
The integrated magnetic sensor (19) for detecting an external magnetic field, is formed by a body (21) of semiconductor material having a surface (25); an insulating layer (28, 36, 37) covering the body of semiconductor material; a magnetically sensitive region, for example a Hall cell (22), extending inside the body; and a concentrator (33) of ferromagnetic material, extending on the Hall cell and having a planar portion (35) extending parallel to the surface of the substrate on the insulating layer (28, 36, 37). The concentrator (33) terminates with a tip (34) protruding peripherically from, and transversely to, the planar portion (35) toward the Hall cell (22). When the magnetically sensitive region is a sensing coil (3a-3d) of a fluxgate sensor, it is formed on the substrate, embedded in the insulating layer, and the tip (47) of the concentrator can reach as far as the sensing coil.
Abstract:
A solution for indexing electronic devices is proposed. A corresponding electronic device (300) includes a die (320) integrating an electronic circuit (310), the die (320) having at least one index (325Rd,325Cd) including a reference (330Rd;330Cd) defining an ordered alignment of a plurality of locations (245R,250R;245C,250C) on the die (320) and marker means for defining a value of the index according to an arrangement of the marker means with respect to the reference (330Rd,330Cd); in the solution according to an embodiment of the invention, the marker means includes a plurality of markers (360Rdu,360Rdt;360Cdu,360Cdt) each one arranged at a selected one of the locations, the selected location of the marker defining a value of a digit associated with a corresponding power of a base higher than 2 within a number in a positional notation in said base representing the value of the index.
Abstract:
A voltage regulator (40; 50) for a regulated voltage generator (2) configured for generating an operating voltage (V OUT ), the voltage regulator comprising: a variable comparison voltage generator (42), configured for generating on an output (48c) of its own a comparison voltage (V C ); a partition branch (44; 52) including a plurality of active devices (T 1 , ..., T M-1 , T M ) of a resistive type, configured for receiving at input the operating voltage (V OUT ) and supplying at output an intermediate voltage (V R ) correlated to the operating voltage; and a comparator (46), configured for receiving at input the comparison voltage (V C ) and the intermediate voltage (V R ) and supplying at output a regulation signal (V ON/OFF ) for the regulated-voltage generator (2).