Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems inventions 02/07

20070040586 - Apparatus, method and program for verifying asynchronous circuit: A computer program product for verifying an asynchronous circuit, embodied on a computer-readable medium and including code that, when executed, causes a computer to perform the following steps of (a) and (b). The step (a) includes the step of carrying out a function simulation of an asynchronous circuit based on... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070040587 - Hysteresis comparator for input voltages and corresponding electronic circuit: The disclosure relates to a hysteresis comparator of a first input voltage and a second input voltage. The comparator includes a first differential stage whose first and second inputs are respectively powered by the said first and second input voltages, and at least one second differential stage symmetrical to the... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070040588 - Amplifier circuit for double sampled architectures: A double sampled switched capacitor architecture as described herein includes an amplifier having two separate inputs corresponding to two separate amplifier sections. The amplifier uses a first differential transistor pair for the first amplifier section, a second differential transistor pair for the second amplifier section, a first tail current bias... Agent: Ingrassia, Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070040589 - Signal generating circuit: A signal generating circuit that enables to set an initial oscillation signal level to zero is provided. The circuit includes an adder 11, a first multiplier 12 with an multiplication coefficient of A1, a second multiplier 13 with an multiplication coefficient of A2, a first and second delay element 14,... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070040590 - Current differential buffer: A memory device having a differential buffer is disclosed. In some embodiments, the memory device includes a differential buffer having a differential pair that is configured to receive input signals and generate output signals. In one embodiment, the differential buffer of the memory device includes adjustment circuitry coupled to the... Agent: Michael G. Fletcher Fletcher Yoder

20070040591 - Source-follower type analogue buffer, compensating operation method thereof, and display therewith: A source-follower-type analogue buffer with an active load, a new compensating operation and a display with the source-follower-type analogue buffers are developed to reduce an error voltage which is the difference between an input voltage and an output voltage of the analogue buffer. The source-follower type analogue buffer can also... Agent: Liu & Liu

20070040592 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: To provide a circuit that has a high multiplication ratio and low jitter and that operates stably. A multiplication circuit 10 comprises a selector circuit 15 for selecting an input clock signal CLK or a clock signal obtained by multiplying the input clock signal CLK by m and outputting it.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070040593 - Frequency divider and associated applications and methods: The present invention relates to frequency dividers. The frequency divider comprises an input, a counter, a first comparator, an interconnect, and an output. The counter has a counter reset port and is configured to receive a clock signal from the input and to produce a sum signal. The first comparator... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20070040594 - Clock multipliers using filter bias of a phase-locked loop and methods of multiplying a clock: A clock multiplier includes a phase-locked loop (PLL), a bias generator, a counter, a selection circuit, a flip-flop, a phase comparator, a delay controller and a variable delay circuit. The variable delay circuit, which is biased by a delay cell bias signal, delays a reference signal by a first delay... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070040595 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: A delay circuit includes a constant current source, a delay stage, and a compensating circuit. The delay circuit may compensate for a variation in a delay characteristic of the delay stage due to a variation in temperature, supply voltage and/or process.... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070040596 - Opposite-phase scheme for peak current reduction: We propose an opposite-phase scheme for peak current reduction. The basic idea is to divide the clock buffers at each level of the clock tree into two sets: one half of the clock buffers operate at the same phase as the clock source, and the other half of the clock... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070040597 - Circuit for transforming signals varying between different voltages: An interface circuit for transforming a first signal varying between a low voltage and a high voltage into a second signal varying between a lower voltage and a higher voltage, the low voltage being equal to the lower voltage and the higher voltage being greater than the high voltage, including... Agent: Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP J. Mark Han

20070040598 - Wideband squaring cell: A squaring cell comprises a first circuit responsive to an input voltage to produce a corresponding current, and a second circuit, preferably in the form of an absolute modulator circuit, responsive to the current produced by the first circuit and to the input voltage to produce an output current that... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070040599 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes: a boost circuit configured to boost power supply voltage so as to generate a boosted voltage; a voltage detecting circuit configured to detect the boosted voltage of the boost circuit and control ON/OFF of the boost circuit for keeping the boosted voltage at a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070040600 - Band gap circuit: A band gap circuit includes a voltage generating circuit, and a first and a second switched capacitor circuits (SCC). Operational amplifier in the first and the second SCC are connected though a coupling capacitor. Capacitance of the coupling capacitor is smaller than that of a feedback capacitor in the first... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070040601 - Voltage converting circuit structure: A voltage converting circuit is able to convert an input voltage generated by a system to a voltage capable of being utilized by a chip, avoids the defects of conventional switching regulators and linear regulators, and achieves voltage regulation with extremely high power efficiency and without off-chip components. The voltage... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070040602 - Circuit for reference current and voltage generation: A circuit for reference current and voltage generation is provided. The circuit comprises a current bias circuit and a voltage reference circuit. Wherein, the current bias circuit receives an enable signal, provides a reference current, a bias signal and a startup signal when the enable signal is in an enabling... Agent: J. C. Patents, Inc.

20070040603 - Voltage regulator: In some embodiments, regulator circuits are provided.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070040604 - Active polyphase filter: The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for a polyphase filter, comprising: a first and second cascoded differential amplifiers configured to receive a first and second differential signals, the first cascoded differential amplifier having a first resistor coupled between current legs of the first cascoded differential amplifier and the second... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070040605 - Shared receiver and transmitter filter: The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for a shared filter transceiving system. A shared filter transceiving system having a capacitor bank to adjust the time constant of the shared filter comprises a first input configured to receive a first signal. The capacitor bank is coupled to the first input... Agent: Daniel R. Mcclure Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, L.L.P.

20070035333 - Phase detector for rz: A phase detector is adapted to receive first and second signals and generate third and fourth signals representative of the difference between the phases of the first and second signals. The phase detector assert the third signal in response to the assertion of the first signal and unasserts the third... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070035334 - Comparator: A comparator according to one embodiment includes first and second input terminals, first and second output terminals, first and second input inverters, first and second load inverters, and a bias control circuit to provide first and second bias voltages for application to inputs of the first and second load inverters,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070035335 - Constant slope ramp circuits for sample-data circuits: A sample-data analog circuit includes a level-crossing detector. The level-crossing detector controls sampling switches to provide a precise sample of the output voltage when the level-crossing detector senses the predetermined level crossing of the input signal. A multiple segment ramp waveform generator is used in the sample-data analog circuits. The... Agent: Matthew E. Connors Gauthier & Connors LLP

20070035336 - Clock generating circuit with multiple modes of operation: A clock generating circuit includes a phase comparison circuit that generates a delay control signal corresponding o the relative phases of an output clock signal and a reference clock signal. A voltage controlled delay circuit generates the delayed clock signal by inverting a signal applied to its input and delaying... Agent: Edward W. Bulchis, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070035337 - Lock detector and delay-locked loop having the same: A lock detector of a delay-locked loop (DLL) includes a lock detection unit and a bias unit. The lock detection unit generates a charge control signal based on a reference current received from an external source and a plurality of delay signals received from an external voltage-controlled delay line (VCDL),... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070035338 - Symmetric d flip-flop and phase frequency detector including the same: A symmetric D flip-flop and a phase frequency detector including the same are disclosed. The symmetric D flip-flop includes a first latch unit and a second latch unit. The first latch unit latches a data signal that is received from external source. The second latch unit receives the latched data... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070035339 - Level shifter and a display device having the same: A level shifter and a display device having the same are provided. In a level shifter, a first transistor includes a gate electrode receiving a first driving voltage, and a source electrode receiving an input signal through an input terminal. A second transistor includes a drain electrode receiving the first... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070035340 - Semiconductor device, display device and electronic device equipped with the semiconductor device: The present invention provides a semiconductor device which can prevent a current from flowing into a display element at a signal writing operation, without increasing power consumption and without changing a potential of a power supply for supplying a current to a load in each row. When a predetermined current... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070030033 - Fast peak detector circuit: A peak detector circuit for video signals is disclosed. The peak detector circuit comprises a buffer operational amplifier, a strap diode and feedback resistor in order to bootstrap an operational amplifier used in the circuit and to isolate and provide feedback for the circuit An alternative embodiment of this invention... Agent: Vladimir Khiterer Khiterer Law Office

20070030034 - Wide linear range peak detector: A wide linear range peak detector including first and second peak detectors and a compensation circuit. The first peak detector receives an input signal and has an output providing a first peak signal approximation which approximates a peak level of the input signal. The first peak signal approximation includes a... Agent: The Law Offices Of Gary R. Stanford

20070030035 - Host controller: A host controller includes a disconnection detection circuit 52 which compares a voltage level of a first differential signal DP of first and second differential signals DP and DM making up a differential signal pair corresponding to a given range in a frame packet with a comparison voltage CV, compares... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070030036 - Voltage comparator having hysteresis characteristics: The present invention relates to a voltage comparator having hysteresis characteristics. The voltage comparator having hysteresis characteristics includes a comparing section that compares an input voltage with a reference voltage so as to output a high-level or low-level signal; and a reference voltage changing section that changes the reference voltage... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070030037 - Reference voltage generating circuit: A reference voltage generating circuit includes a first capacitor having a first end and a second end; a second capacitor having a third end and a fourth end; a first switch for selectively coupling a predetermined voltage to the first end of the first capacitor; a second switch for selectively... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070030038 - Charge/discharge control circuit for audio device: A charge/discharge control circuit for controlling current through an input/output audio device includes a first voltage reference; a second voltage reference and a waveform generation circuit responsive to the first and second voltage references for generating a multi-stage waveform profile which is approximately an inaudible waveform for suppressing audible artifacts... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska Intellectual Property Law Attorneys

20070030039 - Regenerative power-on control circuit: A power-on control circuit includes a coupling device coupled to a first voltage supply. A first inverter, coupled between the coupling device and a complementary voltage, has an input node coupled to a second voltage supply with a supply voltage level lower than that of the first voltage supply. A... Agent: Howard Chen Preston Gates & Ellis LLP

20070030040 - Delay circuit and delay synchronization loop device: A delay circuit includes a first delay line circuit having a plurality of stages of delay units, a second delay line circuit having a plurality of stages of delay units, a plurality of transfer circuits provided in association with respective stages of the delay units of the first delay line... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070030042 - Delay locked loop: A delay locked loop for generating an internal clock signal locked to an external clock signal includes: a phase detector for detecting a phase difference between the external clock signal and the internal clock signal; a delay unit controller for generating a control signal and a selection signal in response... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070030043 - Deplay circuit and delay synchronization loop device: A delay circuit includes a first delay line circuit having a plurality of stages of delay units, a second delay line circuit having a plurality of stages of delay units, a plurality of transfer circuits provided in association with respective stages of the delay units of the first delay line... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070030041 - Dll-based programmable clock generator using a threshold-trigger delay element circuit and a circular edge combiner: A DLL-based programmable clock generator using a threshold-trigger delay element and an edge combiner is proposed. A threshold-trigger delay element with full swing complementary output signals consumes no dc power. It exhibits small delay error resulting reduced out jitter. It also increases the linearity of delay time versus control voltage.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070030044 - Supply tracking clock multiplier: A circuit for and method of operating a supply tracking clock multiplier is provided. An embodiment of the present invention may permit a less power consuming portion of an integrated circuit to operate at a relatively higher average clock rate than a more power consuming portion operating at a relatively... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070030045 - Delay circuit and delay synchronization loop device: A delay circuit includes a first delay line circuit having a plurality of stages of delay units, a second delay line circuit having a plurality of stages of delay units, a plurality of transfer circuits provided in association with respective stages of the delay units of the first delay line... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070030046 - Delay cell using a capacitor displacement current: In a delay cell, a capacitor and a current mirror are configured to have an equivalent capacitance, and the current mirror establishes a capacitor displacement current to charge the capacitor, by which it is equivalently generated a much smaller current to charge the capacitor for a desired delay time. Therefore,... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070030047 - Clock supply circuit and method: An object is to provide a clock supply circuit capable of supplying a clock signal with a short oscillation stabilization waiting time. There is provided a clock supply circuit having a filter removing from a first clock signal pulses having a shorter pulse width than a threshold value and passing... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070030048 - Voltage switching circuit: A voltage switching circuit is provided which is constructed from a minimum number of transistors and prevents the threshold voltage margin from being lowered by causing high-voltage cutoff and supply voltage transfer functions heretofore performed by a single depletion transistor to be shared between two series-connected depletion transistors different in... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., Attorneys For Reserve Attorneys For Client No. 000449, 001701

20070030049 - Temperature detector circuit and oscillation frequency compensation device using the same: A temperature detector circuit using a MOS transistor capable of reducing manufacture variation of a mobility and realizing stable output characteristics which are not affected by temperature dependency may be offered. In one example, the temperature detector circuit includes a pair of depression type transistors to output a voltage which... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070030050 - Temperature compensated bias source circuit: The present invention relates to a temperature-compensated bias source circuit. The temperature-compensated bias source circuit includes a bandgap reference circuit that outputs a first temperature-compensated reference voltage and a second reference voltage having a positive slope with respect to temperature; a voltage/current converter that converts the first and second reference... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070030051 - Signature circuit, semiconductor device having the same and method of reading signature information: A signature circuit in a semiconductor chip includes a signature program circuit configured to be programmed with signature information and to output a signature signal in response to the signature information; a signature output circuit configured to block the signature signal output by the signature program circuit during operation in... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070030052 - Boosted voltage generator with controlled pumping ratios: A boosted voltage generator includes first and second pumping units and a pumping ratio controller. The first pumping unit is for pumping a first pumping ratio of charge at an output node in response to a first signal, and the second pumping unit is for pumping a second pumping ratio... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20070030053 - Device and method for generating a low-voltage reference: A voltage reference generating method, source, memory device and substrate containing the same include a voltage reference generator comprised of a bandgap voltage reference circuit including a first complementary-to-absolute-temperature (CTAT) signal and a second complementary-to-absolute-temperature (CTAT) signal. The voltage reference generator further includes a differential sensing device for generating a... Agent: Trask Britt, P.C./ Micron Technology

20070030054 - Voltage regulator with prevention from overvoltage at load transients: A voltage converting circuit has an output terminal for supplying an output current at an output voltage to a load. In response to a transient of the load, a current sinking circuit allows a current source to provide a sink current flowing from the output terminal of the voltage converting... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070030055 - Constant current circuit: A constant current circuit that generates a constant output current corresponding to an input voltage, comprises a differential amplifying unit to which the input voltage and a feedback voltage to be compared therewith are applied, the differential amplifying unit outputting a differential voltage between the input voltage and the feedback... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070030056 - Current mirror circuit and constant current having the same: A current mirror circuit includes a pair of first and second transistors having bases connected together and emitters connected to a power line, a resistor connected between the bases of the first and second transistors and the power line, a third transistor for providing base currents of the first and... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070030057 - Leakage current control circuit with a single low voltage power supply and method thereof: A leakage current control circuit with a single low voltage power supply is provided. The circuit includes a first power supply line, a second power supply line, a ground line, a high voltage generating circuit, a power transistor and a control circuit. The high voltage generating circuit generates a voltage... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070024323 - Wide-band circuit: To provide a broadband circuit from which a desired circuit characteristic is stably obtained over a wide frequency band with a small number of circuit devices and which can be easily designed. In the case of the broadband circuit to which a circuit device is connected through a transmission line... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070024324 - Current sensor using level shift circuit: A circuit for sensing a current includes a first upper resistor having a first end coupled to a first end of a sense resistor, the sense resistor being configured to receive an input current. A second upper resistor has a first end coupled to a second end of the sense... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070024325 - Sense amplifier with input offset compensation: A sense amplifier, including a first stage amplifier and a second stage amplifier, for compensating input offset voltage changes due to temperature variation of the sense amplifier. The first stage amplifier receives a data voltage and a reference voltage, and outputs a first data output and a second data output.... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070024326 - Method and apparatus for generating multiple analog signals using a single microcontroller output pin: A method and apparatus are disclosed for generating multiple separate analog signals using a single microcontroller output pin. The microcontroller generates a waveform that is used to concurrently generate multiple separate analog signals. The microcontroller outputs a waveform that includes a first signal from one of the microcontroller's output pins.... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070024327 - Usb 2.0 hs voltage-mode transmitter with tuned termination resistance: A high-speed universal serial bus (USB) transceiver includes a voltage-mode architecture for generating a USB signal. The voltage mode architecture reduces power consumption by reducing the current requirements for high-speed USB communications. The USB transceiver can include a reference voltage generator, a resistive element, and a switching element for completing... Agent: Bever, Hoffman & Harms, LLP

20070024328 - Output driver with maintained slew rate: An output driver includes a pre-driver that generates first and second gate control signals at first and second nodes. The output driver also includes a main driver that generates an output signal from the first and second gate control signals. The pre-driver includes a capacitor and switches that turn on... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20070024329 - Divider circuits and methods using in-phase and quadrature signals: Embodiments of the present invention include circuits and methods for dividing signals. In one embodiment the present invention includes a divider circuit comprising at least one first divider input receiving an in-phase (I+) signal, at least one second divider input receiving a complement of the in-phase (I−) signal, at least... Agent: Chad R. Walsh Fountainhead Law Group

20070024330 - High frequency divider circuits and methods: Embodiments of the present invention include circuits and methods for dividing high frequency signals. In one embodiment the present invention includes a divider circuit comprising a differential circuit having first and second inputs to receive a first differential signal, a first frequency control input and first and second differential outputs,... Agent: Chad R. Walsh Fountainhead Law Group

20070024331 - Bias generator with feedback control: A bias generator for initializing a voltage controlled delay line by providing the voltage controlled delay line with a control signal having an initial voltage and monitoring the variable delay line for an output clock signal. The voltage of the control signal is varied from the initial voltage until an... Agent: Edward W. Bulchis, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070024332 - All mos power-on-reset circuit: A reliable, integrated POR (power-on-reset) circuit with a compact and small area. In one set of embodiments, the POR circuit comprises NMOS and PMOS devices, where a combination of the respective threshold voltages of the NMOS and PMOS devices is used to set the POR threshold. The NMOS and PMOS... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070024333 - Power detection circuit for non-contact ic card or rfid tag: A power detection circuit has a first comparator block, a charge controller block, and a second comparator block. The first comparator block compares a supply voltage with a first threshold value, and the charge controller block controls the charging of a first capacitor according to an output signal of the... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070024334 - Sharing common calibration components: An embodiment of this invention provides a circuit and method for reducing the number of electronic components needed to calibrate circuits on an IC. A multiplexer is located on the IC where the outputs of a plurality of circuits located on the IC are each connected to a separate data... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070024335 - Delay-locked loop circuit: The delay of delay circuit 10 is set within a predetermined range, and, in a stop mode, the clock pulses of 1 cycle of clock signal φin when transition is made from the stop mode to the DLL mode are excluded from the object detected by phase detector 20 such... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070024336 - Jitter producing circuitry and methods: To facilitate measurement of the jitter tolerance of circuitry such as serializer/deserializer (SERDES) circuitry, test circuitry is provided that can add jitter to a data signal. The jitter added is preferably controllable and variable with respect to such parameters as jitter frequency (i.e., how rapid is the jitter) and/or amplitude... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup

20070024337 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: The semiconductor integrated circuit device is a semiconductor integrated circuit device having a pulse generator and a latch circuit. The pulse generator has a first charge/discharge path and a second charge/discharge path and a charge unit for pre-charging first nodes. The first charge/discharge path and the second charge/discharge path include:... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070024338 - Circuitry and methods for programmably adjusting the duty cycles of serial data signals: Programmable duty cycle adjustment circuitry may be provided to correct for duty cycle distortion in serial data transmission systems. Duty cycle adjustment may be performed prior to transmitting data signals across a transmission medium. Duty cycle adjustment may also be performed as it is received from the transmission medium. Programmable... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup

20070024339 - High resolution delay line architecture: A delay line architecture is presented. In one embodiment, the delay line is used to introduce delay compensation into a circuit design at the top level of the circuit design.... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070024340 - Apparatus for configuring network media connections: Apparatus for configuring network media connections. A medium-dependent interface crossover includes a first input terminal set comprising a first input pair and a first enabling pair, a second input terminal set comprising a second input pair and a second enabling pair, and an output pair selectively outputting data corresponding to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070024341 - Apparatus and method for regulating a switching device: An apparatus for regulating a switching device that couples an output locus with one of a first voltage locus and a second voltage locus in response to a driver unit includes: a voltage feedback unit coupling the driver unit with at least one of the first voltage locus and the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070024344 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: A semiconductor integrated circuit according to the present invention comprises a circuit as a controlled object including an MOS transistor, wherein a control potential (at least one of a substrate potential and source potential) is to be controlled, a control signal generation circuit for generating a control signal with respect... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070024342 - Semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus: Providing semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus capable of controlling the substrate voltage of a MOSFET so that the drain current for an arbitrary gate voltage value in a subthreshold region or a saturated region will be free from temperature dependence and process variation dependence, thereby enhancing the stable operation. The semiconductor... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070024343 - Semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus: Providing semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus capable of controlling the substrate voltage of a MOSFET so that the drain current for an arbitrary gate voltage value in a subthreshold region or a saturated region will be free from temperature dependence and process variation dependence, thereby enhancing the stable operation. The semiconductor... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070024345 - Semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus: Providing semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus capable of controlling the substrate voltage of a MOSFET so that the drain current for an arbitrary gate voltage value in a subthreshold region or a saturated region will be free from temperature dependence and process variation dependence, thereby enhancing the stable operation. The semiconductor... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070024346 - Charge pump circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit incorporating the same: A charge pump circuit includes terminals that are connectable with a flying capacitor and a charge capacitor, respectively, and driving transistors connected with the terminals, a power supply voltage, and a ground potential, for controlling the charging of the flying capacitor and the transfer of charges from the flying capacitor... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070024348 - Charge pump circuit of switching source: A charge pump circuit of a switching source includes: a transformer; a rectifier diode of a secondary side of the transformer located at a ground side of a secondary winding wire; a capacitor for a charge pump; a power source of which a voltage is applied so as to charge... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070024347 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a charge pump circuit for stepping down or stepping up a voltage supplied from a single voltage supply VDD and outputting the voltage, by repeating an operation of charging a flying capacitor C1 and transferring charges stored in the flying capacitor to a storage capacitor... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070024349 - Semiconductor device having internal power supply voltage generation circuit: The composing circuit outputs a lower voltage out of voltages output from the constant voltage generation circuit and the dummy pump circuit as a voltage to the sensing circuit. The sensing circuit compares voltages to generate a pump activation signal for activating the pump circuit. Since when an external power... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070024351 - Circuit for generating internal power voltage: There is provided a circuit for generating an internal power voltage capable of stably controlling an internal power voltage before generating a reference voltage during an initial power-up operation of a semiconductor device. The circuit for generating an internal power voltage includes: an internal power reset controller for outputting a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070024350 - Differential amplifier and low drop-out regulator with thereof: A differential amplifier having a positive input terminal, a negative input terminal, an output terminal, a bias terminal and a ground terminal is provided. The differential amplifier comprises a differential pair circuit and a current mirror circuit. Wherein, the differential pair circuit is coupled to the positive input terminal, the... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20070024352 - Distributed transistor structure for high linearity active catv power splitter: A transistor cell includes a first stage comprising a first transistor that is coupled to a RC filter arrangement. A second stage has a second transistor that is coupled to the first stage. The linearity of the transistor cell is improved by shifting the DC bias point so that the... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP