Electrical pulse counters, pulse dividers, or shift registers: circuits and systems inventions 09/08

20080232538 - Test apparatus and electronic device: Provided is a test apparatus for testing a device under test, the test apparatus including: a pattern generator that generates an expected value pattern of an output signal of the device under test; a timing generator that generates a timing signal indicating a timing for acquiring the output signal of... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080226013 - Shift register circuit: Each stage of a shift register circuit has a first input (Rn−1) connected to the output of a preceding stage, a drive transistor (Tdrive) for coupling a first clocked power line voltage (Pn) to the output (Rn) of the stage, a compensation capacitor (C1) for compensating for the effects of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080226014 - Double beam switch contact: An LCD counter assembly including a housing that houses an LCD display at a first end and a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly at a second end opposite the first end. A diffuser is intermediate the PCB assembly and the LCD display, the LCD display and the PCB assembly in... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080226015 - Pulse extension circuits for extending pulse signals: A pulse extension circuit for extending a pulse signal includes an input unit for receiving the pulse signal, an edge detection unit coupled to the input unit for generating a initiation signal, a pulse initiation unit coupled to the edge detection unit for outputting a control signal and adjusting a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080219399 - Frequency divider with symmetrical output: There is disclosed an apparatus for dividing the frequency of an input signal by an integer N. First and second means may divide the frequency of the input signal by a factor of N and then by a factor of 2. An output of the first means and an output... Agent: Socal Ip Law Group LLP

20080219400 - Event counter: A counting method and a counter using an integrated circuit memory area, including at least one step of storage of partial values in several words of identical memory sizes, the result of the counting being obtained by arithmetically adding the values contained in the different words.... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080219401 - Shift register circuit and image display apparatus containing the same: Threshold voltage shifts of transistors which are constituents of a bidirectional shift register are reduced to prevent a malfunction in the shift register. A bidirectional unit shift register includes first and second pull-down circuits (41, 42) connected to the gate of a first transistor (Q1) that supplies a first clock... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.