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Electronic digital logic circuitry December patent applications/inventions, industry category 12/11

20110316580 - Method and apparatus for dynamic memory termination: Described herein are a method and an apparatus for dynamically switching between one or more finite termination impedance value settings to a memory input-output (I/O) interface of a memory in response to a termination signal level. The method comprises: setting a first termination impedance value setting for a termination unit... Agent:

20110316581 - Semiconductor device with bus connection circuit and method of making bus connection: A semiconductor device capable of achieving desirable communication behavior through a bus regardless of whether or not a pull-up resistor is connected on a bus line. The semiconductor device includes external pull-up determination unit and internal pull-up setting unit. The external pull-up determination unit applies a pull-down voltage through an... Agent: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd

20110316582 - Semiconductor integrated circuit including a power controllable region: A semiconductor chip includes a first power supply line and a second power supply line. A first switch is coupled between the first power supply line and the second power supply line, and a second switch is coupled between the first power supply line and the second power supply line.... Agent: Renesas Electronics Corporation

20110316583 - Apparatus and method for override access to a secured programmable fuse array: An apparatus in an integrated circuit for re-enabling the use of precluded extended JTAG operations. The apparatus includes a JTAG control chain, a feature fuse, a machine specific register, and an access controller. The JTAG control chain is configured to enable/disable the extended JTAG operations. The feature fuse is configured... Agent: Via Technologies, Inc.

20110316584 - Fingerprinted circuits and methods of making and identifying the same: A circuit having a fingerprint for identification of a particular instantiation of the circuit is disclosed. The circuit may include a plurality of digital circuits or gates. Each of the digital circuits or gates is responsive to a configuration voltage applied to its analog input for controlling whether or not... Agent:

20110316585 - Interlock circuit and interlock system including the same: An interlock circuit includes an input delay unit and an output suppressing unit. The input delay unit delays a plurality of input signals, provides a plurality of delayed input signals, and provides a plurality of exclusive input signals by performing a logical operation on the plurality of delayed input signals.... Agent:

20110316586 - Low-voltage to high-voltage level translation using capacitive coupling: A voltage level translator circuit has a digital logic circuit having a digital logic signal at least one high-voltage capacitor having a first and second connection, wherein one of the first and second connections is electrically coupled to the digital logic signal, and a cross-coupled inverter pair having, the output... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20110309856 - Method and apparatus for reducing radiation and cross-talk induced data errors: The different advantageous embodiments provide an integrated circuit comprising a number of latches and a number of filters. Each latch in the number of latches has a plurality of inputs and a plurality of storage nodes. The plurality of storage nodes includes a number of pairs of circuit nodes that... Agent: The Boeing Company

20110309857 - Circuitry for matching the up and down impedances of a voltage-mode transmitter: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a voltage-mode transmitter. The transmitter can include configuration circuitry, bias circuitry, and a set of driver slices. Each driver slice can include driver transistors which drive an output value. The outputs of each driver slice can be directly or capacitively coupled with the... Agent: Synopsys, Inc.

20110309859 - Method for operating a non-volatile logic circuit: In a non-volatile logic circuit, a first input electrode and a second input electrode are formed on a semiconductor layer and interposed between an electric current source electrode and an output electrode in a plan view. The semiconductor layer is disposed on a ferroelectric layer. A method of operating the... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20110309858 - Non-volatile logic circuit and a method for operating the same: In a non-volatile logic circuit, a first input electrode and a second input electrode are formed on a semiconductor layer and interposed between an electric current source electrode and an output electrode in a plan view. The first input electrode is next to the second input electrode along the a... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20110309860 - Nonvolatile logic circuit and a method for operating the same as an exclusive-or (xor) circuit: A non-volatile logic circuit includes a control electrode, a ferroelectric layer disposed on the control electrode, a semiconductor layer disposed on the ferroelectric layer, a power electrode and an output electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer, and first to fourth input electrodes disposed on the semiconductor layer. The first and... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20110309861 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device includes a first transistor included in a latch circuit, a second transistor that is included in the latch circuit and is formed in a well in which the first transistor is formed, the second transistor having a conduction type identical to that of the first transistor, and... Agent: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited

20110304352 - Control board for connection between fpga boards and test device thereof: A Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) connection control board is provided. The FPGA connection control board includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a plurality of first connection terminals formed at an upper part of the PCB, a plurality of second connection terminals formed at a lower part of the PCB... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20110304353 - Scan flip-flop circuits and scan test circuits including the same: A scan flip-flop circuit includes an input unit and an output unit. The input unit selects one of a data input signal and a scan input signal depending on an operation mode and generates an intermediate signal based on the selected signal. The output unit generates an output signal based... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20110304355 - Programmable logic device structure using third dimensional memory: A Programmable Logic Device (PLD) structure using third dimensional memory is disclosed. The PLD structure includes a switch configured to couple a polarity of a signal (e.g., an input signal applied to an input) to a routing line and a non-volatile register configured to control the switch. The non-volatile register... Agent: Unity Semiconductor Corporation

20110304354 - Universal digital block interconnection and channel routing: A programmable routing scheme provides improved connectivity both between Universal Digital Blocks (UDBs) and between the UDBs and other mirco-controller elements, peripherals and external Inputs and Outputs (I/Os) in the same Integrated Circuit (IC). The routing scheme increases the number of functions, flexibility, and the overall routing efficiency for programmable... Agent: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation

20110304356 - Transmitter and receiver of differential current driving mode, and interface system of differential current driving mode including the same: Differential current driving type transmitter and receiver, and an interface system having the transmitter and receiver. The transmitter includes a current source, a current direction selecting block, and a balancing switch block. The current source sources currents to a pair of transmission lines or sinks currents flowing through the pair... Agent: Silicon Works Co., Ltd

20110298489 - Analog processor comprising quantum devices: Analog processors for solving various computational problems are provided. Such analog processors comprise a plurality of quantum devices, arranged in a lattice, together with a plurality of coupling devices. The analog processors further comprise bias control systems each configured to apply a local effective bias on a corresponding quantum device.... Agent: D-wave Systems Inc.

20110298490 - Asymmetrical aging control system: An asymmetrical aging control system is described. This system actively varies associated dedicated circuits in a manner that minimizes power consumption, while preventing asymmetrical aging.... Agent:

20110298491 - Dual-edge register and the monitoring thereof on the basis of a clock: Sequential electronic circuit (10) reacting on a rising edge and a falling edge of a clock signal (CK), comprising a first (1) and a second (2) D-type flip-flop, a main multiplexer (3) coupled at input to the flip-flops (1 and 2), the circuit (10) comprising a first input receiving the... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Sa

20110298492 - Adjustable interface buffer circuit between a programmable logic device and a dedicated device: An integrated circuit includes a programmable logic device, a dedicated device, and an interface circuit between the two. The interface circuit can be easily modified to accommodate the different interface I/O demands of various dedicated devices that may be embedded into the integrated circuit. In one embodiment, the interface circuit... Agent: Quicklogic Corporation

20110298493 - Voltage level shift circuit and semiconductor device: A voltage level shift circuit in which a difference in response characteristic depending on the signal level of an input signal is suppressed. The voltage level shift circuit generates an output signal VOUT having a voltage amplitude different from that of the input signal. An inverter INV2 generates a voltage... Agent: Elpida Memory, Inc.

20110298494 - Methods, devices, and systems for a high voltage tolerant buffer: Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed, including those for a buffer having pre-driver circuitry that provide voltages to thin-gate dielectric transistors. One such buffer may include a primary pull-up pre-driver operably coupled to a primary pull-up transistor; a secondary pull-up pre-driver operably coupled to a secondary pull-up transistor; a primary... Agent: Micron Technology, Inc.

20110298495 - One phase logic: Circuits comprising asynchronous linear pipelines and one-phase pipelines, and methods of forming asynchronous linear pipeline circuits and converting them to one-phase pipeline circuits are provided. Additional circuits, systems and methods are disclosed.... Agent: Achronix Semiconductor Corporation

20110291696 - Method for protecting a logic circuit against external radiation and associated electronic device: A method for protecting an electronic circuit having at least one output against external radiation includes functionally duplicating the electronic circuit and linking the outputs of the electronic circuit and the duplicated electronic circuit to homologous inputs of at least functionally equivalent combinatorial or sequential elements. The homologous outputs of... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Sa

20110291697 - Digital logic circuit and manufacture method thereof: A digital logic circuit and a manufacture method of the digital logic circuit thereof are provided. The digital logic circuit includes a voltage rail, a ground rail, and a plurality of logic circuit rails, wherein each of the logic circuit rails is electrically connected to the voltage rail and the... Agent:

20110291698 - Impedance adjusting device: An impedance adjusting device includes a calibration unit configured to generate an impedance code for adjusting a termination impedance value, a plurality of termination units configured to be enabled by resistance selection information and terminate an interface node in response to the impedance code, a resistance providing unit coupled in... Agent:

20110291699 - Impedance code generation circuit, semiconductor device including the same, and method for setting termination impedance: An impedance code generation circuit includes a first code generation unit configured to compare a voltage of a calibration node with a reference voltage and generate a first impedance code, a code modification unit configured to generate a modified impedance code by performing an operation on the first impedance code... Agent:

20110291700 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes an impedance control signal generation block configured to transmit first impedance control signals and second impedance control signals through same signal lines at predetermined time intervals, and input/output blocks configured to separately receive the first impedance control signals and the second impedance control signals at... Agent: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

20110291701 - High speed flip-flop circuit and configuration method thereof: A high speed flip-flop circuit and a configuration method thereof are provided. A small number of transistors may be used to configure a flip-flop circuit, so that the flip-flop circuit may be operated at a high-speed. Additionally, an area occupied by the flip-flop circuit may be reduced, and power consumption... Agent: Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute

20110291702 - Signal transmission system and signal transmission method: A signal transmission system according to the present invention includes a first data conversion circuit (10) that converts first parallel data into first serial data (Ds) according to a first clock signal (CLKi); a clock multiplexing circuit (11) that outputs to a transmitting node a transmission signal (Dsm) obtained by... Agent:

20110291703 - Method and apparatus to sterialize parallel data input values: A method and apparatus to serialize parallel data input values is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method of serializing parallel data input values includes receiving multiple data input values in parallel at an input tier of a selection circuit, where the input tier includes multiple combinatorial gate multiplexers. The... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated