Patent assignee · FR · COMPANY

ATMEL NANTES S.A.S.

26Patents
10Active
26Granted
40Portfolio score

Filing activity: Nov 13, 2000 → Oct 26, 2007 · 10 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6930538B2 Reference voltage source, temperature sensor, temperature threshold detector, chip and corresponding system Physics 38 Expired
US6650175B2 Device generating a precise reference voltage Physics 16 Expired
US7411913B2 Process for automatically detecting the throughput of a network, particularly of the can bus type and for configuring with the detected throughput by transition analysis, and corresponding device Electricity 13 Active
US7359436B2 Method for automatic detection of the data rate in a network, particularly a CAN bus type network, and for configuration to the detected data rate, corresponding device Electricity 13 Active
US7576678B2 Successive approximation analog/digital converter and associated integrated component and conversion method Electricity 10 Active
US6346903B1 Controlled analogue driver system Physics 5 Expired
US7255269B2 Device and method of recognizing at least one individual, the corresponding access control device and system and applications thereof Physics 4 Expired
US7218167B2 Electric reference voltage generating device of improved accuracy and corresponding electronic integrated circuit Physics 4 Expired
US7511541B2 Electronic driver device for an external load for which the slew rate of the output signal is independent of the external load capacity and the corresponding integrated component Electricity 4 Active
US7550992B2 Logic cell with two isolated redundant outputs, and corresponding integrated circuit Electricity 3 Active
US7389373B2 Asynchronous arbitration device and microcontroller comprising such an arbitration device Physics 3 Active
US7525294B2 High-voltage regulator system compatible with low-voltage technologies and corresponding electronic circuit Physics 3 Active
US6803751B2 Power supply controller for electronic circuits, components and corresponding devices Physics 3 Expired
US7312644B2 Power failure detection circuit with fast drop response Electricity 3 Expired
US7564936B2 Process and electronic decoding circuit for a diphase asynchronous frame whose length is not known in advance, corresponding application, computer programme and storage means Electricity 2 Active
US7353417B2 Microcontroller with synchronised analog to digital converter Physics 2 Expired
US7352275B2 Device for comparing two words of n bits each Electricity 2 Expired
US7138854B2 Integrated circuit delivering logic levels at a voltage independent from the mains voltage, with no attached regulator for the power section, and corresponding communication module Electricity 2 Expired
US6483729B2 Slaved supply for serial link, of master slave type Physics 2 Expired
US7518345B2 Device for converting a continuous supply voltage into a continuous output voltage and corresponding electronic circuit Electricity 1 Active
US6414617B1 Digital-to-analogue converter Electricity 1 Expired
US7151811B2 Electric circuit for decoding a two-phase asynchronous data signal and corresponding decoding method, device for controlling equipment Electricity 1 Expired
US7375506B2 Device for comparing an input signal with a set value and correspondinng electronic circuit Electricity 1 Active
US6746881B1 Method and device for controlling the thickness of a layer of an integrated circuit in real time Electricity 1 Expired
US7173798B2 DCDC voltage converter overload detector, and corresponding component and device Physics 0 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.