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Andrea Conte, Milan IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090004502Multilayer getter structures and methods for making same - Getter multilayer structures are disclosed, embodiments of which include at least a layer of a non-evaporable getter alloy having a low activation temperature over a layer of a different non-evaporable getter material having high specific surface area, both preferably obtained by cathodic deposition. The multilayer NEG structures exhibit better gas sorbing characteristics and lower activation temperature lower than those of deposits made up of a single material. A process for manufacturing such structures includes depositing a first, high surface area NEG film on a support, and then depositing a thin over layer of low activation NEG film.01-01-2009

Patent applications by Andrea Conte, Milan IT

Andrea Conte, Milano IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090215610Flexible multi-layered getter - A flexible multi-layer getter with a gas-permeable layer covering a gas reservoir layer. In an embodiment, the gas-permeable layer covers part of the gas reservoir layer. In another embodiment, a barrier covers part of the gas reservoir layer. The barrier may include a foil substrate, a passivation layer, or a gas-permeable layer.08-27-2009
20100309446LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS USING EXTREME UV RADIATION AND HAVING A VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS SORBING MEMBER COMPRISING A GETTER MATERIAL - A lithography apparatus (12-09-2010
20110014063COMBINED PUMPING SYSTEM COMPRISING A GETTER PUMP AND AN ION PUMP - A combined pumping system (01-20-2011
20120014814COMBINED PUMPING SYSTEM COMPRISING A GETTER PUMP AND AN ION PUMP - A combined pumping system comprising a getter pump and an ion pump is described. The getter pump and the ion pump are mounted in series on a same flange and are respectively arranged on opposite sides thereof so that both getter and ion pumps conductance are maximized towards gas flux sources in a vacuum chamber in order to improve the vacuum level of the system.01-19-2012

Patent applications by Andrea Conte, Milano IT

Andrea Conte, Milano Mi IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120020862 METHOD FOR THE REMOVAL OF HYDROGEN FROM A HYDROGEN SENSITIVE DEVICE BY MEANS OF A NON-EVAPORABLE YTTRIUM BASED GETTER ALLOY - Getter alloys particularly suitable for hydrogen sorption are described. The getter alloys include a first element consisting of yttrium or a yttrium equivalent mixture, the first element forming at least 30% by atoms of the alloy. A method for removing hydrogen from devices which are sensitive to the presence thereof and hydrogen-sensitive devices which contain the described getter alloys are also described.01-26-2012

Antonino Conte, Tremestieri IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120274382LEVEL-SHIFTER CIRCUIT USING LOW-VOLTAGE TRANSISTORS - A level-shifter circuit may include a pair of inputs which receive a first and a second low-voltage phase signal having a first voltage dynamic with a first maximum value. The level-shifter circuit may also include a pair of outputs which supply a first high-voltage phase signal and a second high-voltage phase signal, level-shifted with respect to the low-voltage signals and having a second voltage dynamic with a second maximum value, higher than the first maximum value. The level-shifter circuit may further include transfer transistors coupled between one of a first reference terminal and a second reference terminal, which are set at one of a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage, and the first output or second output. Protection elements may be coupled to a respective transfer transistor to protect from overvoltages between at least one of the corresponding conduction terminals and control terminals.11-01-2012
20120274393DYNAMIC BIASING CIRCUIT FOR A PROTECTION STAGE USING LOW VOLTAGE TRANSISTORS - A biasing circuit may include an input configured to receive a supply voltage, a value of which is higher than a limit voltage. The biasing circuit may also include a control stage configured to generate first and second control signals with mutually complementary values, equal alternatively to a first value, in a first half-period of a clock signal, or to a second value, in a second half-period of the clock signal. The first and second values may be a function of the supply and limit voltages. The biasing circuit may also include a biasing stage configured to generate a biasing voltage as a function of the values of the first and second control signals. The first and second control signals may control transfer transistors for transferring the supply voltage to respective outputs, while the biasing voltage may be for controlling protection transistors to reduce overvoltages on the transfer transistors.11-01-2012

Antonino Conte, Trimestieri Etneo IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110102049CIRCUIT FOR GENERATING A REFERENCE VOLTAGE WITH COMPENSATION OF THE OFFSET VOLTAGE - An embodiment of a circuit includes first and second branches, an amplifier, a compensation circuit, and a bias unit. The first and second branches are respectively operable to generate first and second currents. The amplifier has a first amplifier input node coupled to the first branch, a second amplifier input node coupled to the second branch, an amplifier output node coupled to the first and second branches, and a first compensation node. The compensation unit is operable to provide a first offset-compensation signal to the first compensation node. And the first bias unit is operable to provide first and second bias signals to the first and second input nodes, respectively, such that the amplifier is operable to cause the first current to approximately equal the second current.05-05-2011
20110102058CIRCUIT FOR GENERATING A REFERENCE VOLTAGE - An embodiment of a bandgap voltage reference circuit for generating a bandgap voltage reference. Said embodiment comprises a current generator controlled by a first driving voltage for generating a first current depending on the driving voltage, and a first reference circuit element coupled to the controlled current generator for receiving the first current and generating a first reference voltage in response to the first current. The circuit further comprises a second reference circuit element for receiving a second current corresponding to the first current; said second reference circuit element is adapted to generate a second reference voltage in response to the second current. Said circuit further comprises a third reference circuit element for receiving a third current corresponding to the first current and generating the bandgap reference voltage in response to the third current, and an operational amplifier. The operational amplifier has a first input terminal coupled to the first circuit element for receiving a first reference voltage input based on the first reference voltage, a second input terminal coupled to the second reference circuit element for receive a second input voltage based on the second reference voltage and an output terminal coupled to the controlled current generator to provide the first driving voltage to the current generator according to the difference between the first input voltage and the second input voltage. The circuit also comprises a control circuit comprising first capacitive means and second capacitive means. The first capacitive means have a first terminal coupled to the first reference circuit element to receive the first reference voltage and a second terminal coupled to the first input terminal to provide the first input voltage. The second capacitive means comprise a first terminal coupled to the second reference circuit element for receiving the second reference voltage and a second terminal coupled to the second input terminal to provide the second input voltage. The control circuit also comprises biasing means to selectively provide a common-mode voltage to the second terminals of the first and second capacitive means.05-05-2011

Antonino Conte, Tremestieri Etneo (ct) IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080278222CHARGE PUMP CIRCUIT - A latch-type charge pump circuit is provided having first and second charge pump stages interconnected by an intermediate circuit node. The charge pump circuit includes first pump capacitors respectively coupled between first and second enable terminals and respective first inner circuit nodes, second pump capacitors respectively coupled between the second and first enable terminals and respective second inner circuit nodes, latch transistors coupled between each of the first and second inner circuit nodes and the intermediate circuit node, and a stabilization circuit having at least one stabilization stage coupled between the intermediate circuit node and the first and second enable terminals and connected to control terminals of the latch transistors for supplying them with suitable control signals so as to ensure their correct turn-on and turn-off during a charge sharing period of the charge pump circuit.11-13-2008
20100127760ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR GENERATING LOW VOLTAGE AND HIGH FREQUENCY PHASES IN A CHARGE PUMP - A charge pump latch circuit is provided that includes at least one first and at least one second charge pump stage interconnected by an intermediate circuit node, and a stabilization stage connected to the intermediate circuit node and to control terminals of transistors of the first and second charge pump stages. The stabilization stage includes at least one first pair and at least one second pair of first and second enable terminals receiving suitable and distinct phase signals that ensure the turn-off of the stabilization stage during overlapping periods of the phase signals. Also provided is a method for using a stabilization stage to drive transistors in first and second charge pump stages that are interconnected by an intermediate circuit node.05-27-2010
20120002473BACKGROUND POWER CONSUMPTION REDUCTION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An electronic device including a set of functional block, and a biasing block for generating a set of bias voltages for the functional blocks. The electronic device further includes a holding block coupled between the biasing block and the functional blocks for providing each bias voltage to at least one corresponding functional block, for each bias voltage the holding block including a capacitive element for storing the bias voltage, and a switch element switchable between an accumulation condition wherein provides the bias voltage from the biasing block to the capacitive element and to the at least one corresponding functional block, and a release condition wherein isolates the capacitive element from the biasing block and provides the bias voltage from the capacitive element to the at least one corresponding functional block, and a control block for alternately switching the switching elements between the accumulation condition and the release condition.01-05-2012

Patent applications by Antonino Conte, Tremestieri Etneo (ct) IT

Antonio Conte, Tremestieri Etneo (ct) IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110267891DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR MEMORY DEVICE - An electrically programmable non-volatile memory device is proposed. The memory device includes a plurality of memory cells and a driver circuit for driving the memory cells; the driver circuit includes programming means for providing a first programming voltage and a second programming voltage to a set of selected memory cells for programming the selected memory cells; the first programming voltage requires a first transient period for reaching a first target value thereof. In the solution according to an embodiment of the present invention, the programming means includes means for maintaining the second programming voltage substantially equal to the first programming voltage during a second transient period being required by the second programming voltage to reach a second target value thereof.11-03-2011
20120217947DC-DC DOWN-CONVERTER WITH TIME CONSTANT COMPARISON REGULATION SYSTEM - A voltage converter device includes a voltage regulator having a supply terminal for receiving a supply voltage and an output terminal for providing a regulated voltage. A voltage multiplier is for receiving the regulated voltage and providing a boosted voltage higher in absolute value than the regulated voltage. The voltage multiplier includes circuitry for providing a clock signal that switches periodically between the regulated voltage and a reference voltage, and a sequence of capacitive stages that alternately accumulate and transfer electric charge according to the clock signal for generating the boosted voltage from the regulated voltage. The voltage regulator includes a power transistor and a regulation transistor each having a first conduction terminal, a second conduction terminal and a control terminal.08-30-2012

Giuseppa Conte, Castelforte IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090292948Fault Location in Telecommunications Networks using Bayesian Networks - A method for locating a fault in a communication network, includes receiving status information relating to alarms, events, polled statuses or test results in the communication network; and locating the fault based on the received status information, wherein locating the fault includes identifying a limited region of the communication network in which the fault has occurred based on the received status information and on topological and functional information relating to network apparatuses that have generated the status information; constructing a probabilistic model relating faults and status information in the identified limited region of the communication network; and locating the fault based on the constructed probabilistic model and on status information received from the identified limited region of the communication network.11-26-2009

Giuseppe Conte, Bolzano IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100180792CABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND RELATIVE DRIVE METHOD - A cable transportation system has rails and a draw cable, both extending along a transportation path, a drive member for driving the draw cable; at least one vehicle, which moves along the transportation path and has wheels which roll along the rails, and a coupling device for connecting the vehicle to the draw cable, at least one passenger station where the vehicle is stopped and an electric machine located on the vehicle and driven by the wheels to generate electric power.07-22-2010
20120090496CABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SWITCH AND CABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A SWITCH - A cable transportation system switch having a first straight rail; a second straight rail forming an angle of more than 0° and less than 45° with the first straight rail; and a third straight rail located between the first and second straight rail and movable selectively between a first operating position, in which the third straight rail contacts the first straight rail and is parallel to the second straight rail, and a second operating position, in which the third straight rail contacts the second straight rail and is parallel to the first straight rail.04-19-2012

Immacolata Conte, Pomezia (rome) IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080249146Imidazole and Thioazole Derivatives as Antiviral Agents - The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), wherein R10-09-2008
20090048239Therapeutic compounds - A class of macrocyclic compounds of formula (I), wherein R02-19-2009

Patent applications by Immacolata Conte, Pomezia (rome) IT

Immacolata Conte, Rome IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080261944Indole Derivatives as Antiviral Agents - The present invention relates to indole compounds of the formula (I): wherein R10-23-2008
20090069344Modulators of hcv replication - The present invention is directed to compounds of formula (I):03-12-2009

Lino Conte, Piove Di Sacco IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110034414FLUOROALKYLOXY ALKANES, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to fluoroalkyloxy alkanes having formula (I): R02-10-2011

Luca Conte, Pederobba IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120288430METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF BIMETALLIC COMPOSITIONS OF COBALT AND PALLADIUM ON AN INERT MATERIAL SUPPORT AND COMPOSITIONS OBTAINABLE BY THE SAME - This invention concerns a procedure for the formation of a bimetallic composition by means of the subsequent depositing of Co(0) and Pd(0) on an inert support, a composition obtained by means of said procedure and the use of said bimetallic composition as a catalyst. Another aspect of this invention is a catalytic device that includes said bimetallic composition.11-15-2012

Massimo Conte, Milan IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090253942PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALKYL ETHERS BY THE ETHERIFICATION OF ISOBUTENE - Process for the production of alkyl ethers by the etherification of isobutene, contained in C10-08-2009

Massimo Conte, Peschiera Borromeo-Milano IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080242909Process for the Production of High-Octane Hydrocarbon Compounds by the Selective Dimerization of Isobutene Contained in a Stream Which Also Contains C5 Hydrocarbons - A process is described for the production of high-octane hydrocarbon compounds by means of the selective dimerization of isobutene, in the presence of C10-02-2008
20080300439Process for the Separation of C5 Hydrocarbons Present in Streams Prevalently Containing C4 Products Used for the Production of Highoctane Hydrocarbon Compounds By the Se-Lective Dimerization of Isobutene - A process is described for the separation of C12-04-2008

Massimo Conte, Peschiera Borromeo (milan) IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110213186MODIFIED TUBULAR REACTOR AND PROCESS FOR EFFECTING CATALYTIC REACTIONS INVOLVING THERMAL EXCHANGES IN WHICH IT IS USED - A tubular reactor is described, for catalytic reactions involving thermal exchanges, in particular for etherification reactions between branched olefins and linear alcohol, for dimerization reactions of branched olefins or cracking reactions, essentially consisting of a vertical tube-bundle exchanger whose tubes contain catalyst, having inlet and outlet nozzles for each passage side of the reagents, catalyst and thermal exchange liquid, characterized in that it has one or more metallic supports situated outside the lower tube plate in the lower part of the reactor for sustaining the catalyst so that the same catalyst is contained not only in the tubes of the tube-bundle but also in said lower part outside the lower tube plate and also in the upper part outside the upper tube plate.09-01-2011

Massimo Conte, Peschiera Borromeo (mi) IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120010451PROCESS FOR OBTAINING HIGH-PURITY 1-BUTENE FROM C4 HYDROCARBON MIXTURES - A process is described for obtaining high-purity 1-butene starting from C01-12-2012

Pierfranco Conte, Pisa (pi) IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120100614Method for production of anti-tumor TRAIL protein - The method for production of anti-tumor TRAIL comprises: inserting a TRAIL molecule, encoded by a viral vector irreversibly derived from a cell line, into a carrier cell, thereby obtaining a stably TRAIL-producing carrier cell, said TRAIL molecule comprising a soluble molecule.04-26-2012

Pierfranco Conte, Pisa IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110129913Device for cell culture - The device for cell culture comprises: a container body (06-02-2011

Stefano Conte, Paese IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090050125Archery Bow Having A Multiple-Tube Structure - An archery bow is formed of multiple composite tubes bonded to one another along a common wall, wherein apertures, or “ports,” are molded between the tubes to improve the stiffness, strength, resiliency, control, and aerodynamics of the bow.02-26-2009

Stefano Conte, Paese (tv) IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110148054FRAME STRUCTURE FOR SKATES - A skate frame (06-23-2011
20120129620GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head comprising a front portion, a rear portion, an upper portion and a lower portion arranged below the upper portion and vertically spaced therefrom.05-24-2012

Ubaldo Conte, Busto Arsizio (varese) IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090053317MICROPARTICULATE SYSTEMS FOR THE ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES - The present invention relates to gastroresistant and enterosoluble microparticulate systems for the encapsulation of biologically active substances selected from: flavonoids, vitamins, antioxidants, immunostimulants, starchy and non-starchy polysaccharides, probiotics, prebiotics, intestinal trophism regulators, oligoelements, enzymes and bioactive peptides. Such microparticulate systems allow the administration of the aforementioned nutraceutic substances to animals such as porcines, bovines, caprines, ovines, equids, canids, felines, camelids, lagomorphs, rodents, fowl, and other mammals, including humans, fish and crustaceans, increasing the bioavailability.02-26-2009

Ubaldo Conte, Busto Arsizio IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090208566Capsules Containing Seminal Material for Artificial Insemination - Capsules or microcapsules comprising: a) a nucleus containing seminal material or the spermatozoa of animal species chosen from the group consisting of equids, buffalo, ovicaprids, canids, felids, lagomorphs, laboratory animal species chosen from mice and rats, and possibly man, b) a membrane of a bivalent or trivalent metal alginate.08-20-2009
20100003320HYDROPHILIC/LIPOPHILIC POLYMERIC MATRIX DOSAGE FORMULATION - An oral dosage form comprising a pharmaceutical tablet of one or more layers, one of which carries a biologically active substance; the formulation of said tablet includes different percentages of hydrophilic and lipophilic polymeric materials, and adjuvant substances. The tablets of the present invention show a release rate which is independent from the amounts of active substance present in the tablet.01-07-2010
20110177167Hydrophilic/Lipophilic Polymeric Matrix Dosage Formulation - An oral dosage form comprising a pharmaceutical tablet of one or more layers, one of which carries a biologically active substance; the formulation of said tablet includes different percentages of hydrophilic and lipophilic polymeric materials, and adjuvant substances. The tablets of the present invention show a release rate which is independent from the amounts of active substance present in the tablet.07-21-2011

Patent applications by Ubaldo Conte, Busto Arsizio IT