Electrical pulse counters, pulse dividers, or shift registers: circuits and systems inventions 01/08

20080025456 - Folding portable electronic device with storage compartment: A pedometer or other portable electronic device may include substantially triangular first and second sections hinged together along a diagonal. A storage compartment is provided in one or both of the sections. The storage compartment may be accessed when the first section is pivoted open relative to the second section.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080025457 - Pulse counter with clock edge recovery: An apparatus and a method for counting input pulses during a specific time interval are provided. A clock edge recovery output signal is produced in response to an input gating signal and a clock signal containing the input pulses. The clock edge recovery output signal contains a respective full clock... Agent: Smart & Biggar P.o. Box 2999, Station D

20080019472 - Counter circuit, ad conversion method, ad converter, semiconductor device for detecting distribution of physical quantities, and electronic apparatus: An asynchronous counter that is capable of switching count mode includes flip-flops, and three-input single-output tri-value switches respectively provided between the adjacent pairs of the flip-flops. The tri-value switches switch among three values, namely, non-inverting outputs and inverting outputs of the flip-flops and a power supply level. Each of the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080013669 - Shift register: A shift register including a plurality of stage circuits is provided. Each of the stage circuits has a shift circuit for receiving an input signal and providing an output signal. The output signal is obtained through the logic calculation and delaying of the input signal. Each of the stage circuits,... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080013668 - Method and apparatus for measuring duty cycle: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus used to the measure duty cycle of a clocking waveform utilizing minimal hardware and achieving high accuracy. This invention utilizes digital sampling of the signal to be measured at a rate that can be significantly lower then the clocking frequency of the signal... Agent: PeninsulaIPGroup

20080013670 - Shift register: A shift register includes multiple stages connected with each other in succession. The shift register stores the threshold voltage of an amorphous silicon thin-film transistor in a capacitor. During operation, the bias applied to the transistor is adjusted according to the threshold voltage stored in the capacitor.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080013671 - Frequency division by odd integers: The invention relates to a method and device for providing at least a first output signal (O Q) having a frequency that is obtained through dividing a clock signal (CL1) frequency by an odd integer. A digital value is shifted into a set of latches based on the clock signal... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080008288 - Comparing counter contents for timing critical applications: An electrical circuit and method to compare contents of counter circuits. The electrical circuit comprises a first counter circuit and a second counter circuit electrically connected to a flip-flop circuit through a logic circuit and OR gates connected to the flip flop circuit. The first counter circuit is for receiving... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080008289 - On-chip storage of hardware events for debugging: An integrated circuit (IC) die includes a plurality of edge counters. Each edge counter is provided to detect at least one change in signal level at a respective location on the IC die. The IC die is in communication with a memory and also includes an event recording circuit on... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC