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

20070170956 - Sense amplifier: The invention relates to a sense amplifier comprising the following element: a first current mirror unit coupled to a high voltage source, outputting a first current and a second current according to a first reference current, wherein the second current is twice the first current; a second current mirror unit... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070170957 - Frequency adjustment techniques in coupled lc tank circuits: CMOS LC tank circuits and flux linkage between inductors can be used to distribute and propagate clock signals over the surface of a VLSI chip or μprocessor. The tank circuit offers an adiabatic behavior that recycles the energy between the reactive elements and minimizes losses in a conventional sense. Flux... Agent: Thaddeus Gabara

20070170958 - High voltage driver circuit with fast slow voltage operation: A high voltage driver circuit for devices such as non-volatile memories, in which a low voltage driver is combined in two different ways with a high voltage driver In one, input-independent embodiment, a low voltage driver (Q7, Q8) is connected directly in parallel with a high voltage driver, thereby providing... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070170959 - Phase detector: A phase detector includes a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit. The first circuit is configured to provide a first signal in response to a feedback signal and a clock signal. The second circuit is configured to provide a second signal in response to the clock signal... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070170960 - Reset signal generation circuit: A reset signal generation circuit for generating a reset signal synchronously or asynchronously to a clock signal in accordance with an operation state. An operation detection circuit detects operation of a CPU and generates an operation detection signal. A signal control circuit generates a first reset signal synchronously or asynchronously... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070170962 - Low-power power-on reset circuit: The low-power power-on reset circuit includes a NOT gate device, a time delay device, a wave shaping device and a NOR gate device, with which the present invention can provide a low power power-on reset circuit that can be formed by a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), such that a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070170961 - Circuit and method for generating circuit power on reset signal: Disclosed is an improved circuit and method for generating a power on reset signal, the circuit being a two-stage circuit comprising a delay-stage circuit and an output-stage circuit. The delay-stage circuit delays a time for a power on reset signal generated in the output-stage circuit changing from low to high,... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070170963 - Cpu frequency regulating circuit: An exemplary CPU frequency regulating circuit includes a detecting circuit, and a comparing circuit. The detecting circuit receives a PWM signal from a super I/O chipset, and converts the PWM signal to a load voltage responsive to a workload of a CPU. The comparing circuit is coupled to the detecting... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070170964 - Low power and low timing jitter phase-lock loop and method: A phase-lock loop generates an output clock signal from an input clock signal. The output clock signal is coupled through a clock tree and is fed back to a phase detector, which compares the phase of the output clock signal to the phase of the input clock signal. The output... Agent: Edward W. Bulchis, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070170965 - Pulse-on-edge circuit: A pulse on edge circuit includes a first pull up transistor having its gate terminal coupled to a delayed control signal and a second pull up transistor having its gate terminal coupled to an inverted delayed control signal. A first and second pull down transistors are coupled in series between... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070170966 - Current-controlled cmos logic family: Various circuit techniques for implementing ultra high speed circuits use current-controlled CMOS (C3MOS) logic fabricated in conventional CMOS process technology. An entire family of logic elements including inverter/buffers, level shifters, NAND, NOR, XOR gates, latches, flip-flops and the like are implemented using C3MOS techniques. Optimum balance between power consumption and... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070170967 - Multi-phase clock generator: Provided is a multi-phase clock generator which is not influenced by a mismatch and of which a maximum frequency is not limited. The multi-phase clock generator includes a first delay line, a second delay line, a phase detector, and an up/down counter. The first delay line generates a first clock... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070170968 - Device for transmitting electromagnetic signals and application of said device: A device is provided for transmitting electromagnetic signals between at least one first and at least one second functional unit, especially in the high frequency range. The device includes an electrically insulating substrate with a top and a bottom, a first electrically conductive layer of a first coating material on... Agent: Mcgrath, Geissler, Olds & Richardson, PLLC

20070170969 - Electronic system having a clock signal correcting device: An electronic system employing a clock signal correcting device is disclosed. One embodiment provides a leading edge delay device incrementing leading edges with respect to trailing edges, a trailing edge delay device incrementing trailing edges with respect to the leading edges, and a correction delay device delaying the leading edges... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070170970 - Semiconductor device and data input/output system: There is provided a semiconductor device that operates at an internal clock based on a system clock and inputs/outputs data in synchronization with the internal clock. The semiconductor device includes a phase locked loop generating the internal clock and a switching element switching delay paths to be inserted into a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070170971 - Signal transmitting circuit: A signal transmitting circuit includes a driving circuit, and a plurality of receiving circuits receiving signals transmitted from the driving circuit. Each of the receiving circuits is coupled to the driving circuit consecutively via a transmission line. A filter means is coupled with a segment of the transmission line of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070170972 - Logarithmic detector or logarithmic amplifier having chopper stabilized logarithmic intercept: One embodiment of the present invention is directed to an apparatus for reducing errors affecting the intercept of a logarithmic device, the apparatus including a first switching device coupled to an input of the logarithmic device. The first switching device for switches the input of the logarithmic device between an... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP

20070170973 - Passive mixer with direct current bias: Mixer circuits with direct-current bias are disclosed. An example embodiment of such a mixer includes a first differential transistor pair and a second differential transistor pair. The example mixer also includes first and second local oscillator signal terminals and first and second mixed signal terminals. The first and second local... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070170974 - Amplifier feedback switch configuration with improved psrr: A circuit including a first sensitive node, a first component connected between the first sensitive node and a first terminal of a first switch, said first switch controlled by a first control signal variable between a supply voltage level and a second voltage level, and a second switch including a... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070170975 - Turn-off of gate-controlled switch: A gate-controlled switch configuration comprising a gate-controlled switch (V4) and a gate driver system (Ctrl, D1, D2, V1, V2), which in its first functional state is configured to change the amount of charge (Qgate) in the gate (G) of the gate-controlled switch (V4) to provide a normal turn-off functionality for... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070170976 - Amplifier input switch configuration with improved pssr: A switch including a first transistor including a first main terminal connected to a first switch node, a second main terminal connected to a second switch node and a control terminal, the second switch node being connected to a first clean voltage supply, and first control circuitry connected to the... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070170977 - Temperature insensitive reference circuit for use in a voltage detection circuit: A simple voltage detection circuit has few circuit elements, but provides a voltage output that is substantially temperature insensitive. The voltage detection circuit includes a diode-connected transistor, a cascode-connected transistor, as well as first and second resistors coupled between ground and a ramped power supply voltage. The diode-connected transistor exhibits... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20070170978 - Power supply controller: A power supply controller including a MOSFET between a power source and a load, a ground terminal, a gate driving circuit structured to control a gate potential of the MOSFET to turn on power and control the gate potential of the MOSFET to turn off power based on a ground... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070170980 - Constant current output charge pump: A constant current output charge pump includes a switch module configured to compare a reference voltage with a load voltage and output a switch signal, a voltage margin control module configured to compare a first voltage and a second voltage with an output voltage and output a voltage margin control... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070170979 - Charge pump systems and methods: A charge pump circuit includes capacitors and a number of forcing circuits for forcing the voltages on various nodes of the charge pump. The forcing circuits ensure that voltage differences across components thereof are up-limited in absolute value by a predetermined maximum voltage equal to a multiple of the absolute... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20070164791 - Low voltage detect and/or regulation circuit: A low voltage detect and supply circuit (200) can include a detect circuit (202), a bias circuit (204) and a power supply transistor structure (P1). In operation, when a device power supply (Vext) remains above a predetermined limit, a detect circuit (202) can provide low impedance, thus maintaining transistor structure... Agent: Walker & Sako, LLP

20070164792 - Output hold circuits for sample-data circuits: A sampled-data analog circuit uses zero-crossing detector. A waveform generator produces a plurality of segments of ramp at the output. An output of a zero crossing detector controls a sampling switch, thereby causing a precise sample of the output voltage to be taken at the instant the zero crossing detector... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070164793 - Apparatus for generating clock pulses using a direct digital synthesizer: The present invention relates to an apparatus for generating clock pulses using a Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS). The present invention seeks to solve the problems of the conventional clock generator using a Phase Locked Loop (PLL) circuit where the output clock frequency cannot be varied and the output clock signal... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070164794 - Differential pair signal lines matching circuit: A differential pair signal lines matching circuit includes a pair of differential pair signal lines coupled to a receiver, a first terminal resistor, a second terminal resistor, and a capacitor. The first terminal resistor is coupled at one end to one of the differential pair signal lines near the receiver.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070164795 - Integrated circuit input stage: An input stage of an integrated circuit, includes a comparator for comparing the voltage of an input signal of the input stage with a reference voltage, and supplying a binary output signal the value of which depends on the result of the comparison of the input signal with the reference... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070164796 - Multifunctional timer/event counter device and method of using such a device: A multifunctional timer/event counter device includes at least one counter controlled by a clock signal, and a control register including at least one binary number that will at least define a behavior of the counter. The device also includes a function module including at least one synchronization signal reception input... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20070164797 - Method and apparatus to eliminate clock phase error in a multi-phase clock circuit: A multi-phase clock circuit may include a delay line with an input terminal for receiving a periodic signal, a phase detector for detecting a phase difference between the periodic signal and a delay-line output signal generated in response to the periodic signal, and a bias control circuit for adjusting at... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070164798 - Systems and methods for reducing static phase error: In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention, a system includes a phase-locked loop circuit that receives a reference signal and a feedback signal and provides an output signal. A control circuit also receives the reference signal and the feedback signal and provides a correction current for... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070164799 - Phase-locked loop systems and methods: Improved common mode feedback techniques are provided for charge pumps, phase-locked loops (PLLs), and other circuits. For example, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a circuit includes a loop filter having first and second loop filter nodes. An amplifier is provided having first and second differential inputs... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070164800 - Delay locked loop with selectable delay: A DLL includes a control module coupled with a phase detect signal. The phase detect signal is used by a control module to generate feedback and output select signals. The feedback and output select signals are each coupled to a multiplexer. Each multiplexer is coupled to a Multi-Tap Delay Line... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070164801 - Low hysteresis center offset comparator: Disclosed is a low hysteresis center offset comparator, comprising a first switch device, a differential amplifier, a second switch device, a general comparator, a first inverter and a second inverter. By means of the components, a hysteresis window with the low hysteresis center offset may be formed with respect to... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070164802 - Data recovery system for source synchronous data channels: A high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) receiver recovers high speed encoded data which are transmitted differentially over data channels of a lossy cable, along with a clock. Inter symbol interference, high-frequency loss, skew between the clock and data channels, and differential skew within a differential signal are compensated by analog circuits... Agent: Victoria Donnelly

20070164803 - Apparatus and method for supplying voltage in semiconductor device: For supplying voltage to at least one main current consuming unit, a voltage supply unit provides the voltage to the at least one main current consuming unit at a supply node. In addition, an auxiliary current consuming unit conducts auxiliary current from/to the supply node for at least a predetermined... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20070164804 - Pull-up circuit for an input buffer: An input buffer has a high voltage leg in parallel with a low voltage leg. The low voltage leg pulls up the pad when the pad voltage is below the power supply voltage. The high voltage leg remains off when the pad voltage is below the power supply. The low... Agent: Law Office Of Dale B. Halling, LLC

20070164805 - Level shift circuit: A level shift circuit basically has a configuration connecting two CMOS inverter circuits in parallel, furnishes an input signal to a control terminal of the inverter circuit, obtains an output signal from an output terminal of the inverter circuit, and has a function for level shifting the voltage amplitude of... Agent: Mccarter & English LLP Cityplace I

20070164806 - Area-efficient power switching cell: A power switching circuit is provided for use in an integrated circuit including at least a first voltage rail and a second voltage rail. The power switching circuit includes at least one MOS device having a first source/drain adapted for connection to the first voltage rail, a second source/drain adapted... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070164807 - Fuse repair circuit and its operating method: A fuse repair circuit and an operating method thereof provide a voltage source and a control signal to a switch, and an end of the switch is connected to a first end of a fuse, and a second end of the fuse is connected to a ground voltage, and the... Agent: Hdsl

20070164808 - Bidirectional body bias regulation: A system may include detection of a direction of transistor body current flow, and control of a regulator transistor to regulate a transistor body voltage based on the detected direction. In some aspects, a first regulator transistor is controlled if the direction of current flow is into a transistor body... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC Attorneys For Intel Corporation

20070164809 - Voltage generation circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit device: A constant current is formed by supplying voltage differences between bases and emitters of a first transistor which allows a first current to flow in the emitter thereof and a second transistor which allows a second current having a current density larger than a current density of the first transistor... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070164810 - Regulator circuit: A regulator circuit having a voltage output terminal is provided. The regulator circuit includes a current mirror module, a plurality of source followers, and a switch. The current module receives a driving voltage, and has a first current terminal coupled to a driving current and a plurality of second current... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070164811 - Multistage regulator for charge-pump boosted voltage applications, not requiring integration of dedicated high voltage high side transistors: A multistage circuit for regulating the charge voltage or the discharge current of a capacitance of an integrated device at a certain charge-pump generated boosted voltage is implemented without integrating high voltage transistor structures having a type of conductivity corresponding to the same sign of the boosted voltage (high-side transistors).... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070164812 - High voltage tolerant bias circuit with low voltage transistors: A circuit (200) can include a bias protection circuit (204) and a reference circuit (202). A bias protection circuit (204) can generate an internal power supply voltage (Vsuppi) from a higher device power supply (Vcch) with low voltage transistors and no resistors. A lower internal power supply voltage (Vsuppi) can... Agent: Walker & Sako, LLP

20070164813 - Laser diode driver: There is provided a current switching circuit that adds additional current in accordance with an intensity of output current to input current of a current mirror at a rising edge of the output current of the current mirror. The current switching circuit includes a MOS transistor outputting the additional current... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070159213 - Method and apparatus for measuring and compensating for static phase error in phase locked loops: A method and circuit for static phase error measurement includes a reference clock delay chain having a selectable number of delay elements. A number of the delay elements are enabled in accordance with a select length signal to delay a reference clock signal. A feedback signal delay chain also has... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070159214 - Lighting of discharge lamp by frequency control: A discharge lamp controlling apparatus includes a detector for detecting a discharge condition of a discharge lamp; a frequency changing unit for gradually changing a frequency of a voltage to be applied to the discharge lamp until the discharge condition reaches a predetermined lighting condition; and a voltage controller for... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070159216 - Fet-based sensor for detecting ionic material, ionic material detecting device using the fet-based sensor, and method of detecting ionic material using the fet-based sensor: Provided are a FET-based sensor for detecting an ionic material, an ionic material detecting device including the FET-based sensor, and a method of detecting an ionic material using the FET-based sensor. The FET-based sensor includes: a sensing chamber including a reference electrode and a plurality of sensing FETs; and a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070159215 - Wide input common mode sense amplifier and its application as an apparatus to accurately measure delay between two discrete time events: According to embodiments of the subject matter disclosed in this application, a wide input common mode sense amplifier may include a level shifter stage and an amplifier stage. The level shifter comprises a CMOS differential amplifier that has a rail-to-rail input common mode range. The level shifter accepts two input... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070159217 - Power down detection circuit: A power down reset circuit for asserting a signal when a first VDD voltage falls below a voltage threshold. The circuit has at least one diode coupled to the first VDD voltage. The at least one diode is configured to produce a second voltage. At least one capacitor is coupled... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20070159218 - Digital output driver and input buffer using thin-oxide field effect transistors: A digital output driver includes a pre-driver and a driver that may be implemented with thin-oxide FETs. The pre-driver generates first and second digital signals based on a digital input signal. The first digital signal has a first voltage range determined by a first (e.g., pad) supply voltage and an... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070159219 - Output stage interface circuit for outputting digital data onto a data bus, and a method for operating an output stage interface circuit: An output stage interface circuit (50) implemented on a P-substrate comprises a first substrate diffusion isolated main NMOS transistor (MN1) coupling a data output terminal (5) to a first rail (2) which is held at ground, and a second main PMOS transistor MP2 coupling the data output terminal (5) to... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070159220 - Frequency multiplier: The invention discloses a device for multiplying the pulse frequency of a signal, a pulse train, comprising input means for the signal and means for accessing the signal at points with a predetermined phase difference between them. The device additionally comprises means at a first level for combining accessed signal... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070159221 - System and method for clock signal synchronization: A system (101) for clock signal synchronization includes a data analyzer (104) and a synchronized clock signal generator (105) coupled to an RC oscillator (103). The data analyzer (104) generates a digital control signal representing the number of cycles of a reference signal of the RC oscillator (103) during an... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070159222 - Power supply voltage detection circuit: A power supply voltage detection circuit is provided including: a first switch to connect between a power supply voltage terminal and a first terminal according to a power supply voltage detection signal and an external signal; a second switch to connect between a reference potential terminal and a second terminal... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070159223 - Phase locked loop circuit: A technique includes locking a locked loop circuit onto a reference clock signal. The locking includes locking the lock loop circuit onto the reference clock signal in response to a first feedback signal provided by a first feedback path and locking the locked loop circuit onto the reference clock signal... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070159224 - Duty-cycle correction circuit for differential clocking: A completely differential approach to correcting duty-cycle distortions of a differential clock signal propagating through a differential amplifier. A duty-cycle distortion correction (DCDC) differential amplifier circuit/device is provided with a differential amplifier whose output wires are coupled to a correction circuit. The correction circuit comprises a differential low pass filter... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070159225 - Strobe receiver with digital high-high protect: A digital clock generation circuit (and a method for operating the same). The digital clock generation circuit includes a first, a second, a third differential comparator circuits. The first differential comparator circuit receives the positive differential clock signal and a reference voltage, and generates a first output signal. The second... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070159226 - Clock generator: A clock generator includes a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit. The first circuit generates a first clock signal. The second circuit divides the frequency of the first clock signal to generate a second clock signal. The third circuit generates a third clock signal from the first... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070159227 - Power disturbance detection circuit and method: A method and apparatus are disclosed for detecting disturbances in an alternating current (AC) supply. A method includes a step of indicating a relationship between supplied AC voltage and a threshold voltage for at least a portion of each cycle of the supplied AC voltage. A circuit for detecting disturbances... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070159228 - Systems and methods for controlling termination resistance values for a plurality of communication channels: Described are controllable termination impedances that may be adjusted collectively by a combination of digital and analog signals. Each adjustable impedance, responsive to the digital signals, establishes a gross termination resistance for one of a plurality of communication channels by enabling one or more of a plurality of parallel-coupled impedance... Agent: Silicon Edge Law Group, LLP

20070159229 - Mos switching circuit: An electronic circuit has a signal conductor (11), a power supply reference conductor (10) connected by a switching circuit. The switching circuit contains a PMOS transistor (17) and an NMOS transistor realized on a common substrate (100). The NMOS transistor (17) has a source coupled to the power supply reference... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070159230 - Method and system for high power switching: According to one embodiment of the invention a method for switching an alternating current signal between at least two paths includes providing, in at least one of the paths, first and second field effect transistors in series. The method also includes providing a control voltage node operable to receive a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20070159231 - Multi-state electrical fuse: An integrated circuit for programming an electrical fuse includes a first programming device coupled to the electrical fuse for selectively providing the same with a first programming current, and a second programming device coupled to the electrical fuse for selectively providing the same with a second programming current. A detection... Agent: Howard Chen, Esq. Preston Gates & Ellis LLP

20070159232 - Internal voltage generation apparatus for semiconductor device: An internal voltage generation apparatus for a semiconductor device is disclosed. The internal voltage generation apparatus includes a power-up detector for receiving an external supply voltage and generating a power-up signal, an internal voltage generator for generating a plurality of internal voltages, and an initial level holder including a plurality... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070159233 - Charge pump power supply circuit: In a basic circuit of a booster circuit, two charging units perform a charging operation and two boosting units perform a boosting operation (discharging operation). One of the charging units is connected to a voltage input and the other is connected to a voltage output. The charging unit that is... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070159234 - Integrated circuit with bit error test capability: An integrated circuit (10), preferably a field programmable gate array—FPGA or an application specific integrated circuit—ASIC—, comprises a level comparator (30) for comparing a level of a comparator input signal and correspondingly providing a comparator output signal (COS). A sampling unit (40) is coupled to the level comparator (30) for... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20070159235 - Wireless sensor device: A wireless sensor device of low energy consumption operates over a prolonged period of time for providing a reliable sensor result. The wireless sensor device includes a sensor configured to sense a target object and provide a sensor signal of varying levels indicative of condition of the target object, a... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070159236 - Output buffer: An output buffer includes at least a first and a second stage, wherein each stage is formed by respective first transistors and second transistors coupled in series with each other between a first and a second voltage reference. The coupled first and second transistors have a common conduction terminal connected... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, PC

20070159238 - 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

20070159237 - Semiconductor temperature sensor using bandgap generator circuit: A combined bandgap generator and temperature sensor for an integrated circuit is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention recognize that bandgap generators typically contain at least one temperature-sensitive element for the purpose of cancelling temperature sensitivity out of the reference voltage the bandgap generator produces. Accordingly, this same temperature-sensitive element is... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070159239 - Power gating structure, semiconductor including the same and method of controlling a power gating: A power gating structure controls a connection between a power supply terminal and a virtual power supply node so as to operate a logic circuit in a plurality of operation modes. The power gating structure includes a first path and a second path. In an active mode, the first path... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070159240 - Lowpass biquad vga filter: A biquad gain stage, as well as a Variable Gain Amplifier is disclosed. The biquad gain stage comprises a plurality of transistors as well as conductances, and capacitances, as well as current sources. The resulting variable gain amplifier comprising a plurality of biquad gain stage cascaded in series allows to... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070152717 - Reduced offset voltage comparator system: A method for comparing two signal with increased accuracy by using a reduced offset voltage comparator that has a offset zero mode and amplify mode. Additional comparators are used to indicate when the two signal are close in value. When the signal are close the reduced offset voltage comparator operation... Agent: Fred Mirow

20070152718 - Voltage detecting device: A device for detecting an interface voltage of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface. The device includes first and second voltage level indicators, and first and second control circuits. The first control circuit receives the interface voltage to generate a first control signal and drive the first voltage level indicator... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070152715 - Locked loop circuit for improving locking speed and clock locking method using the same: An improved locked loop circuit and method are provided. The circuit preferably includes an initialization and phase comparison unit to generate a first control signal according to a phase comparison of a feedback clock signal and the reference clock signal, a control voltage adjustment unit to generate a second control... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070152716 - Clock signal detector: A clock signal detector is provided. The device comprises a plurality of signal delayers and a plurality of flip-flops for comparing the offset range of the clock signal between two different groups, and transmitting the resulted signal to a phase compensator, which is used to send a regulating clock signal... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070152719 - Clock switching circuit: The present invention discloses a clock switching circuit, which comprises: a clock generator, receiving two different clock signals; a logic gate, coupled to an enable-signal generator and an output-clock generator, wherein during clock switching, the logic gate turns off output clock according to the signal edges of those two clock... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070152720 - Clock divider: A clock divider includes a first state storage unit, a second state storage unit a first control signal generating unit a state update unit and an output unit. The first state storage unit receives an update signal to perform transition of a first state value in synchronization with a clock... Agent: Frank Chau, Esq. F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070152721 - Reset signal generator in semiconductor device: A reset signal generator includes an output unit, a trip signal generator, an inverter unit, and a variation reducing unit. The output unit generates a reset signal from a pre-reset signal, and the reset signal follows a supply voltage signal before transitioning to a ground level when the supply voltage... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20070152722 - Comparator, sample-and-hold circuit, differential amplifier, two-stage amplifier, and analog-to-digital converter: A comparator includes a sampling capacitor, a first switching unit which is connected to an input end of the sampling capacitor and which applies an input signal to the input end of the sampling capacitor, a second switching unit which is connected to the input end of the sampling capacitor... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal

20070152723 - Delay-locked loops for semiconductor devices and methods of controlling the same: A delay-locked loop (DLL) circuit capable of decreasing power consumption is provided. A DLL circuit includes a delay line, an output buffer, a replica circuit, a phase detector, a shift register and a replica control circuit. The delay line delays an external clock signal for a determined time to generate... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070152724 - Reset circuit and electrical device with the reset circuit providing a reset signal during power changing status: An electrical device with a reset circuit providing a reset signal during power changing status is disclosed. The present invention comprises a power circuit, a micro control unit, a first reset circuit, a microprocessor, and a second reset circuit. The micro control unit has a reset pin and as it... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070152725 - Method and apparatus for generating delays: One embodiment pertains generally to a method of delaying based on a single clock signal. The method includes providing a first clock signal and generating a second clock signal based on the first clock signal and a third clock signal that is the inverse of the second clock signal. The... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group

20070152727 - Clock signal generating apparatus and clock signal receiving apparatus: A clock signal generating apparatus including a clock generator, a distributor, a plurality of delay units, and generates a clock signal for synchronized driving of a system having a plurality of clock receiving apparatuses. The clock signal generator generates a clock signal for driving the system by using an external... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070152726 - Pulse generator: A system for generating a pulse signal in response to a clock signal includes a latch module for generating a latched output in response to a leading edge of the clock signal. A delay module is coupled to the latch module for delaying the latched output. A first logic device... Agent: Howard Chen, Esq. Preston Gates & Ellis LLP

20070152728 - Pulse generator: The disclosure is directed to an internal pulse generator outputting a signal with a constant pulse width nevertheless of a frequency of an input signal, including a first PMOS transistor, a PMOS second transistor and an NMOS transistor which are connected between a power supply voltage and a ground voltage... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070152729 - Method of driving a dual gated mosfet: A method of driving a dual-gated MOSFET having a Miller capacitance between the MOSFET gate and drain includes preparing the MOSFET to switch from a blocking mode to a conduction mode by applying to the MOSFET shielding gate a first voltage signal having a first voltage level. The first voltage... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20070152730 - Electrical switching device: An electrical switching device having a plurality of parallel coupled IGBTs is provided. The electrical switching device balances electrical currents in each of the IGBTs that are supplied to a load.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070152731 - Voltage selection circuit: A voltage selection circuit is disclosed which comprises: a first through a fourth inverters; a first switch circuit including a first MOSFET of N type and a second MOSFET of N type, respective drains thereof being connected in common; and a second switch circuit including a third MOSFET of N... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070152732 - Method and apparatus to detect electrical overstress of a device: According to embodiments of the present invention, an integrated circuit such as a processor includes a power plane to supply a predetermined operating voltage in the integrated circuit less than or equal to a reference voltage. A comparator compares the voltage supplied by the power plane to the reference voltage... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070152733 - Poly fuse trimming circuit: A poly fuse trimming circuit. The poly fuse trimming circuit comprises a poly fuse and a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) device. The poly fuse is coupled between a first fixed potential and an output node. The SCR device is controlled by a trimming signal and has an anode coupled to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070152734 - Method and apparatus for generating an adaptive power supply voltage: In a method and apparatus for generating a power supply voltage, an integrated circuit including an adaptive power supply voltage circuit is provided where a target signal is generated representing an ideal or approximated ideal performance characteristic of a functional block operating with the power supply voltage. A generated functional... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.

20070152736 - Semiconductor devices: A CMOS circuit in low-voltage implementation, low power-consumption implementation, high-speed implementation, or small-size implementation. In a circuit which uses a FD-SOI MOST where a back gate is controlled by a well, voltage amplitude at the well is made larger than input-voltage amplitude at the gate. Alternatively, the circuit is modified... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070152735 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: A semiconductor integrated circuit 2A, a leak current detection circuit 3, a comparison operation circuit 4 and an applied voltage output circuit 5A are provided. The semiconductor integrated circuit 2A has a circuit body 21 Including a plurality of functional MOSFETs for performing predetermined functional operations, and a monitor circuit... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070152737 - Low noise multiphase charge pump and control method thereof: A low noise multiphase charge pump comprises a plurality of capacitors and a plurality of switches configured as a network, the switches are so switched that the charge pump operates in at least three phases by turns, and the operational durations and the operational currents of the phases are preferably... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070152739 - Power management in integrated circuits using process detection: A power management system for managing power in an integrated circuit includes a controller and a voltage generator. The controller generates a control signal based on one or more process corners of the integrated circuit. The voltage generator generates a supply voltage based on the control signal, and provides the... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20070152738 - Pull-up circuit: A pull-up circuit comprises an operational amplifier which forms part of a feedback circuit, acting to bring a pull-up circuit output equal to a reference voltage input. The pull-up circuit may form part of a USB transceiver for incorporation in a USB Device. When the supply voltage of the USB... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070152741 - Cmos bandgap reference circuit: A CMOS Bandgap reference circuit (100) provides an output reference voltage (VOUT) with a defined temperature coefficient and comprises a PTAT current generator (102), providing a PTAT current (Iptat) with a positive temperature coefficient. The PTAT current generator (102) includes a first current path (A) with a first pn-junction diode... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070152740 - Low power bandgap reference circuit with increased accuracy and reduced area consumption: Bandgap reference (BGR) circuits and methods are described herein for providing high accuracy, low power Bandgap operation when using small, low voltage devices in the analog blocks of the BGR circuit. In some cases, chopped input stabilization and dynamic current matching techniques may be combined to compensate for input voltage... Agent: Daffer Mcdaniel LLP

20070152743 - 256 meg dynamic random access memory: A 256 Meg dynamic random access memory is comprised of a plurality of cells organized into individual arrays, with the arrays being organized into 32 Meg array blocks, which are organized into 64 Meg quadrants. Sense amplifiers are positioned between adjacent rows in the individual arrays while row decoders are... Agent: Jones Day

20070152742 - Voltage regulator with low dropout voltage: A low dropout voltage regulator (100; 300) comprises a supply input terminal (102; 302) for connecting a supply voltage (VDD) and an output terminal (104; 304) for providing a regulated output voltage (V0), a reference voltage source (130; 330); and an output voltage monitor (120; 320). An error amplifier (132;... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070152744 - Variable gain voltage/current converter circuit having current compensation circuit for compensating for change in dc current flowing into active element for performing voltage/current conversion: A variable gain voltage/current converter circuit of the present invention has an input section active element having an input terminal, an output terminal, and a ground terminal for performing a voltage/current conversion, a potential control circuit for controlling a conversion gain of the input section active element based on a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070152745 - System and method for reducing leakage current of an integrated circuit: The present invention discloses a system for reducing a leakage current of an integrated circuit coupled to a supply voltage source. The system includes a bias module, and a switch device serially coupled between the bias module and the integrated circuit. The bias module generates a bias voltage and the... Agent: L. Howard Chen, Esq. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070152746 - Forwarded clock filtering: A tunable bandpass filter to provide a filtered differential clock signal in response to an input differential clock signal, where an embodiment comprises a transistor pair loaded by tunable loads, and a feedback circuit to tune the tunable loads. In some embodiments, the feedback circuit tunes the loads to maximize... Agent: Intellevate 900 Second Avenue South