Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems inventions 11/07

20070273410 - Clock switching circuit: A clock switching circuit comprises PLL circuits into which external clocks CLKT, CLKB are respectively input, a multiplexer for selecting and outputting either an output PLB of one PLL circuit or an inverted signal of an output PLT of the other PLL circuit, and a clock control circuit for subjecting... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070273409 - Offset independent sense circuit and method: An offset current independent sense circuit is switchable between a store state and a sense state. In the store state, the sense circuit stores an offset current to a capacitor, and the influence of the offset current is eliminated by a transistor to regenerate the offset current based on a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070273411 - Amplifier with pulse coded output and remote signal reconstruction from the pulse output: An amplifier-based system having pulsed output includes an amplifier for amplifying a time varying voltage signal to produce an output voltage signal. A voltage-to-current (V-I) converter converts the output voltage signal into a current signal. An output stage including a current integrator integrates the current signal to generate an integrated... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070273412 - Drive voltage supply circuit: A drive voltage supply circuit has a first wire line, a second wire line, a first drive circuit, a plurality of second drive circuits, a control circuit for driving the first drive circuit and the plurality of second drive circuits, and an impedance element connected between the first wire line... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070273413 - Clock buffer: A clock buffer has a band-pass frequency characteristic, in which a pass band of the buffer includes a fundamental frequency of a clock and a gain for attenuating signals, that is, a gain of less than 0 dB is provided at frequencies below the pass band.... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20070273414 - Mixed type frequency compensating circuit and control circuit: A mixed type frequency compensating circuit is disclosed. The mixed type frequency compensating circuit includes an integral component sub-circuit of a voltage-amplifier-type frequency compensating circuit and a proportional component sub-circuit of a transconductance-amplifier-type frequency compensating circuit. The integral component sub-circuit amplifies an input voltage signal in a voltage mode. The... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070273415 - Semiconductor integrated circuit having built-in pll circuit: A semiconductor integrated circuit having a built-in PLL circuit which has two charge pump circuits for charging and discharging capacitive elements of a loop filter in response to signals generated by a phase comparator circuit. One of the two charge pump circuits has current sources which generate current values smaller... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070273416 - Signal delay loop and method for locking a signal delay loop: A signal delay loop (1) having a first signal delay line (4) which has a plurality of series-connectable signal delay elements with a respective associated component signal delay time (ΔTVE), where the first signal delay line (4) outputs an input signal, applied to a signal input (2) of the signal... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070273417 - Method and system for improved efficiency of synchronous mirror delays and delay locked loops: A plurality of improved memory systems employing a phase detection system in conjunction with either a synchronous mirror delay or a delay-locked loop, and related methods of operation, are disclosed. The memory systems determine timing characteristics among multiple signals and, based upon those timing characteristics, vary which clock-related signal is... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.c.

20070273418 - Circuit comprising mutually asynchronous circuit modules: A circuit is described comprising a first (10) and a second circuit module (20) and a synchronization module (30). The first and the second module are mutually asynchronous, and are coupled by the synchronization module. The synchronization module (30) comprises: a transfer register (31) for storing data which is communicated... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20070273419 - Synchronizing measurement devices using trigger signals: Trigger reception on different instrumentation devices may be synchronized by each instrumentation device generating one or more trigger enable signals and delaying performance of an operation in response to a trigger signal until a transition in a trigger enable signal. An instrumentation system may include several instrumentation devices and a... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel PC

20070273420 - Method and apparatus for a low standby-power flip-flop: A flip-flop is configured for low standby/leakage power for power-conservation, especially in battery operated portable devices using flip-flops. The flip-flop uses a clock and may be a D flip-flop, including a master latch with first and second inverters and a slave latch. The inverters in the master-latch are configured to... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070273421 - Process insensitive delay line: A delay line including a phase detector having two inputs and one output. The first input of the phase detector is connected to an input of the delay line. The second input of the phase detector is connected to an output of the delay line. The output of the phase... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070273422 - Adjusting circuit and method for delay circuit: Disclosed is an adjusting circuit for determining a target delay clock signal of a delay circuit having a plurality of delay units. The delay circuit generates a plurality of delay clock signals, and the adjusting circuit includes: a difference signal generating circuit, for generating a plurality of difference signals according... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070273423 - Accurate timing generator and method therefor: In one embodiment, a reference generator forms a reference signal that may have temperature and process variations. A comparator that has similar variations is used to detect a signal using the reference.... Agent: Bradley J. Botsch Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC

20070273424 - Digital attenuator circuits and methods for use thereof: An attenuator system includes a first adjustable impedance component on a first current path between a input component and a output component, and a second adjustable impedance component between the first current path and ground, wherein each of the first and second adjustable impedance components include a plurality of selectable,... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20070273425 - De-emphasis system and method for coupling digital signals through capacitively loaded lines: A system for de-emphasizing digital signals, such as address signals, boosts the level of the signals for one clock period prior to transmitting the signals through signal lines that may have a relatively large capacitance. The system may include a delay circuit that delays the digital signal for a period... Agent: Edward W. Bulchis, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070273426 - Threshold voltage adjustment in thin film transistors: A thin film transistor circuit has a main thin film transistor (10), a control input (12) for controlling the operation of the main thin film transistor and a threshold adjustment capacitor (14) connected between the control input and the gate of the main thin film transistor. A charging circuit (16,18)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070273427 - Driving configuration of a switch: A driving circuit of a switch includes first and second transistors connected in series to each other and to relative intrinsic diodes in antiseries and driven by a driving device that includes at least one first and one second output terminal connected to the switch to supply it with a... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070273428 - Output stage system: An output stage includes a system input and a system output, a first transistor having a first control input and a first controlled path, and a second transistor having a second control input and a second controlled path. The second controlled path is in series with the first controlled path... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070273429 - System of controlling and triggering a triac and a method of controlling the triggering of a triac: Disclosed is a system and method of controlling and triggering a TRIAC by actuating a load with any power factor from a single short-duration pulse at the gate of the TRIAC. The TRIAC comprising a gate, the TRIAC being connected to a load, the gate being electrically connected to a... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070273430 - Charge pump circuit: For downsizing a charge pump circuit which selects a voltage multiple ratio, converts its input voltage and outputs the converted voltage, the number of switching devices of the charge pump circuit is reduced. The control circuit of the charge pump circuit is configured to carry out switching control for multiple... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070273431 - Charge pump-type booster circuit: Provided is a charge pump circuit whose power efficiency is not reduced even when a threshold voltage of a transistor is increased by a substrate effect with an increase in the number of stages. A depletion transistor is used as an N-channel transistor included in an inverter of a high-voltage... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070273432 - Methods and systems for high current semiconductor diode junction protection: Protection methods and protection systems, for high current semiconductor devices with diode junctions, that detect the anomalies in the local temperature at small areas of the junction and protect the device from accelerated aging and premature catastrophic damage. In an embodiment of the method of this invention for protecting a... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20070273433 - Floating voltage source: A floating voltage source circuit that provides a floating voltage. The floating voltage source circuit includes a feedback current path and a floating voltage current path, where the floating voltage provided by the floating voltage current path is dependent upon a current of the feedback current path. The current through... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20070273434 - Receiver start-up compensation circuit: An integrated circuit includes a current mirror circuit for providing a current at an output end, a power-down switch coupled to the output end of the current mirror circuit for controlling access of the current generated by the current mirror circuit based on signals received at a control end of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070273435 - Am intermediate frequency variable gain amplifier circuit, variable gain amplifier circuits and its semiconductor integrated circuit: It is an object of the present invention to provide a variable gain amplifier circuit operable with a low power supply voltage and with less noise generated inside the circuit. In the variable gain amplifier circuit, a third MOS transistor is connected between the respective sources of two MOS transistors... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070268045 - Drive circuit and method for semiconductor devices: The speed limitations of switching a gated semiconductor device are overcome by providing a dynamic driving voltage to the gate of the device being switched. This dynamic driving voltage may be provided by starting with a fixed amount of charge at a higher initial potential than the ultimate target gate... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070268046 - System and method for power-on control of input/output drivers: A system and method for controlling an input/output driver. The system includes a control system configured to receive a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage and generate a control signal, and a first transistor including a first gate, a first terminal, and a second terminal. The first gate... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070268047 - Equalization in capacitively coupled communication links: An integrated circuit containing a communication channel is described. This communication channel includes a transmit circuit configured to transmit signals using a voltage-mode driver, a receive circuit, and a capacitive link that couples the transmit circuit to the receive circuit. The communication channel includes a filter with a capacitive-summing junction... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070268048 - Power supply control circuit, and electronic control device, power supplying circuit, and power control integrated circuit equipped with power supply control circuit: A power supply control circuit is configured including a MOS-FET 61 connected between a DC power supply 10 and a load circuit 31 so that a body diode D300 formed between the drain and the source is in a forward direction; and a holding circuit 62 for maintaining the ON... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070268049 - Method and system for providing a power-on reset pulse: Provided are a method and system for providing a power-on reset pulse. The system includes a level detector configured to receive an input signal and produce, at least indirectly, a reset signal when the input signal reaches a predetermined level. The system also includes a counter having counting characteristics and... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070268050 - Phase-frequency detector capable of reducing dead zone: A phase-frequency detector generates output signals at a first and a second output end based on input signals received at a first and a second input end. The phase-frequency detector includes two latch circuits, two pulse generators, two inverting circuits, two sensing devices, and a reset control circuit. The sensing... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070268051 - Modulation methods and apparatus for reducing common mode noise: A method and apparatus for reducing common mode noise in a three phase pulse width modulated (PWM) system, the method comprising the steps of receiving the first, second and third modulating waveforms, identifying one of the modulating waveforms that is at least one of instantaneously the maximum and instantaneously the... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(qb)

20070268052 - Modulation methods and apparatus for reducing common mode noise: A method and apparatus for reducing common mode noise in a three phase pulse width modulated (PWM) system the method comprising the steps of receiving modulating waveforms, identifying a first of the modulating waveforms that is instantaneously the maximum of the modulating waveforms, identifying a second of the modulating waveforms... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(qb)

20070268053 - Delay configurable device and methods thereof: A device and associated method to reduce hold-time violations are disclosed. The device includes a latch module with a selectable delay. The latch module includes a control input to select the delay through the latch. In one embodiment, the delay of the latch is the time between when a latching... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070268054 - Latch circuit: A latch circuit includes a feedback circuit having inverter circuits and at least two input terminals and an input circuit for inputting input signals or signals having the same phase as the input signals to the input terminals of the feedback circuit in synchronization with a clock signal. In the... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20070268056 - Latch circuit tolerant to single event transient: A latch circuit has: a data input unit to which an input data is input; and a data retention unit including a node connected to the data input unit. The data input unit transmits a data depending on the input data to the node, when both of a first clock... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070268055 - Radiation hardened programmable phase frequency divider for deep submicron cmos technology: A programmable phase frequency divider for space applications is implemented in CMOS technology, and consists of three radiation hardened D-type flip flops and combinational logic circuits to provide the feedback controls that allow programmable frequency division ratios from 1 to 8. The radiation hardened D-type flip flop circuits are designed... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070268057 - Methods and apparatus for applying changes to a group of objects: Methods and apparatus for applying changes to a group of objects. A method is provided for applying one or more changes to a group of objects. The method includes communicating the one or more changes to the group of objects at one or more communication times, and receiving one or... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070268058 - High voltage protection circuit: Disclosed is a circuit to provide protection from an over voltage signal. The circuit protects against load dumps or positive transients applied to any electronic unit. The circuit isolates the protected circuitry from the transient voltage by two ways. The circuit limits the current flow and clamping the voltage using... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070268059 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: A semiconductor integrated circuit device capable of securely preventing the output from becoming indefinite even when power is turned ON or OFF or even in a transient state in which the power voltage varies abruptly. In the semiconductor integrated circuit device, a protection circuit compares the power voltage from a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070268060 - Method and circuit arrangement for generating a periodic electric signal with controllable phase: The invention relates to the generation of an electric output signal with a specified frequency and a phase (P) dependent upon a control signal (x) by means of weighted superposition of several input signals (s1, s2, s1*, s2*), which have the specified frequency but different input signals phases, whereby the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070268061 - Semiconductor device with pad switch: A semiconductor device includes a pad, an internal power supply line, a pad switch including a MOS transistor to provide an electrically connectable coupling between the internal power supply line and the pad by use of a source-drain channel thereof, and a control circuit configured to control an electrical connection... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20070268062 - Fuse circuit for repair and detection: A fuse circuit for repair and detection includes a fuse resistor, a reference resistor, a voltage sensing circuit, an OP amplifier and a latch circuit. The resistance difference is correctly sensed by means of the voltage sensing circuit and the OP amplifier according to a voltage difference. Hence, whether the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070268063 - Signal detector: A signal detector having an excellent measurement capability that enables simple and accurate cause analysis of noise generation is provided. A signal suppression filter (22) that inhibits high-frequency signals contained in power voltage and a signal separation filter (23) that prevents transmission of the high-frequency signals are provided in series... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070268064 - Power source circuit: A power source circuit adapted to output a first set potential which is set according to a first selection signal, or a second set potential which is set according to a second selection signal and higher than the first set potential, has an output terminal adapted to output the first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070268065 - Transistor switch with integral body connection to prevent latchup: A circuit device having a transistor-based switch topology that substantially eliminates the possibility of latchup of the device. A series-connected low voltage threshold (LVT) N-channel transistor and a pull-up resistor are coupled across a switching (P-channel) transistor so that an integral body connection is provided for the switching transistor, which... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070268066 - Method and device for stably controlling remote loading voltage: A method and device for stably controlling a loading voltage of a remote terminal device can be coupled to an electronic system such as a computer mainframe for stably controlling a remote loading voltage outputted by a power supply in the computer mainframe. When the power supply of the electronic... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070268067 - Method and device for acquiring a position of a motor vehicle on a road: A method for acquiring a position (1) of a motor vehicle (2) on a road (3), road geometric data (4) and travel data (5) being recorded. First position data (1) of the motor vehicle (2) relative to the road (3) is calculated from the recorded road geometric data (4) and... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070262794 - On-die anti-resonance structure for integrated circuit: A structure and method for reducing the effects of chip-package resonance in an integrated circuit assembly is described. A series RLC circuit is employed to reduce the output impedance of the power delivery system at the resonance frequency.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070262795 - Current source circuit and design methodology: A method of designing a current source involves selecting an equation for a current output through a circuit. Variations in current are checked to make sure they are not a strong function of process and bias. A circuit topology is then created as a function of the equation. Example circuits... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070262796 - Load driving device and portable apparatus utilizing such driving device: A load such as an LED and a constant-current source are connected in series with each other between the node of a dc-dc conversion type power supply circuit providing an output voltage and the ground. The constant-current source provides a constant current Io, the magnitude of which can be adjusted.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070262797 - Driver circuit: A driver circuit for driving a load (3) connected between an output (FO) of a first channel driver (D1) and an output (RO) of a second channel driver (D2). The first and second channel drivers (D1, D2) each include switch transistors for charging and discharging the gates of upper and... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070262798 - Delay-locked loop apparatus and delay-locked method: A delay-locked loop device compensates a skew between an external clock and data or between an external clock and an internal clock particularly by applying a single delay model portion, a complementary phase multiplexing, and a cascade delay line. This device performs an operation by selecting any one of an... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070262799 - On-chip signal waveform measurement apparatus for measuring signal waveforms at detection points on ic chip: An on-chip signal waveform measurement apparatus mounted on an IC chip measures signal waveforms at detection points on the IC chip. A reference voltage generator successively generates reference voltages different from each other based on a predetermined timing signal, and Signal probing front-end circuits are mounted to correspond to the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070262800 - Electronic device, circuit and test apparatus: There is provided an electronic device for receiving an input data signal and an input clock signal that indicates a timing to obtain the input data signal. The electronic device includes a first adjusting section that adjusts a phase difference between the input data signal and the input clock signal... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070262801 - Pulse width modulation circuit and method therefor: A pulse width modulation circuit comprising an oscillator, a ramp generator and a comparator where the offset level of the ramp generated by the ramp generator varies and where the value of the voltage supplied to the comparator is constant is described herein. By varying the offset level of the... Agent: Bcf LLP

20070262802 - Voltage regulator for microelectronic devices using dual edge pulse width modulated control signal: A voltage regulator is described for microelectronic devices using dual edge pulse width modulated control signal. In one example a first digital duty cycle value is received from a voltage controller and a pulse width modulated waveform is generated in response to the first duty cycle value, the waveform comprising... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070262803 - Sensing light and sensing the state of a memory cell: A light-to-frequency converter includes a switch (130) connected in series with a reverse-biased photodiode (120). A node (150) in the current path through the switch and the photodiode is connected to the input of a Schmidt trigger (160), whose output controls the switch. New techniques are provided for motion compensation,... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070262804 - Circuit for generating pulses for semiconductor memory apparatus: Disclosed is a circuit for generating pulses for a semiconductor apparatus. The circuit for generating pulses for a semiconductor apparatus includes a temperature sensor, a temperature signal decoder, and a pulse generator. The temperature sensor senses the temperature of a memory chip and converts the temperature into a digital code... Agent: Venable LLP

20070262805 - Start-up circuit and start-up method: A start-up circuit receives a start-up signal instructing start-up of an equipment mounted with the circuit, and executes a predetermined sequence when start-up is instructed by the start-up signal. An oscillator generates a clock signal. A sequence circuit receives the start-up signal and a clock signal output from the oscillator,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070262806 - Level shifting circuit having junction field effect transistors: A level shifting circuit can include a first driver junction field effect transistor (JFET) having a source coupled to a reference supply node and a second driver JFET of a second conductivity type having a source coupled to a boosted supply node, and a first charge pump circuit. The first... Agent: Walker & Sako, LLP

20070262807 - Logarithmic temperature compensation for detectors: The intercept of a logarithmic amplifier is temperature stabilized by generating a signal having the form H log H where H is a function of temperature such as T/T0. The first H factor is cancelled, thereby generating a correction signal having the form Y log H. The cancellation may be... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070262808 - Integrated speedup circuit: A speedup circuit includes a control current source, a current limiter, and a driver for driving a target signal related to a reference signal. The control current source is controllable according to the reference signal and the current limiter receives a feedback signal from the driver.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070262810 - Power managing apparatus: The present invention relates to a power managing apparatus utilized for controlling a first supply voltage, a second supply voltage, and a substrate voltage of a digital circuit. The power managing apparatus includes a voltage generating device, for generating a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage; and a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070262809 - Method and device for adapting the voltage of a mos transistor bulk: A circuit for biasing the bulk of a MOS transistor, including a capacitive element connecting the bulk of the MOS transistor to a source of an A.C. voltage.... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070262812 - Internal voltage generating circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit device: A voltage for reference at a voltage level higher than a target value is produced from a constant current provided from a constant current generating circuit, and is subjected to resistance division by a resistance division circuit to produce a reference voltage at the target level, and then a final... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070262811 - Shared switching for multiple loads: Circuits, methods, and systems are directed to controlling the amount and polarity of current to multiple loads with switches, where the loads share switching components. The loads may be thermoelectric elements, which heat or cool based on the state of the switches. The switches may be run in a single... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070262813 - Filter calibration with cell re-use: Various embodiments are disclosed relating filter calibration with cell re-use. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus includes a first circuit, including a variable circuit element. The first circuit is adapted to output an output frequency signal during a calibration mode and to operate as a filter during a filter... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20070262814 - Flow meter filter system and method: A flow meter filter system (200) according to an embodiment of the invention includes a noise pass filter (203) configured to receive a first version of a flow meter signal and filter out the flow meter data from the flow meter signal to leave a noise signal, a noise quantifier... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20070257708 - Semiconductor module: A semiconductor module comprises a mounting board. A plurality of power switching device chips are mounted on the mounting board by flip-chip bonding. The chip has an upper surface and a lower surface and is configured to face the upper surface toward the mounting board. A drive IC chip is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070257709 - Frequency comparator: A frequency comparator is disclosed, comparing frequencies of a first clock signal and a reference clock signal, comprising a phase-frequency detector and a comparison module. The phase-frequency detector receives the first clock signal and the reference clock signal, outputting an up clock signal and a down clock signal, wherein the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070257710 - Circuit to switch between clock signals and related method: A circuit switches between at least a first clock signal and a second clock signal belonging to a plurality of clock signals available in an electronic device in response to the corresponding switch command, which comprises a selection module to select at a switch instant said second clock signal in... Agent: Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP Suite 350

20070257711 - Sampling rate conversion calculating apparatus: There provided is a low-cost, high performance sampling rate conversion calculating apparatus which achieves both a low delay characteristic required for conversational voice data and high quality required for audio data in a concurrent manner. A first digital signal processing section outputs conversational voice data, which requires the low delay... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070257712 - Low current, high gain, single to differential buffer: The invention relates to an input buffer amplifier suitable for a system on chip (SoC) device. The input buffer amplifier has a single ended input and a differential output. The input terminal is connected to a first differential stage having two transistors and to a second differential stage having two... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20070257713 - Clock frequency variation of a clocked current consumer: A frequency regulator for varying a clock frequency of a power-supplied consumer operated in a clocked manner, wherein the frequency regulator is implemented to perform an overall variation of the clock frequency from an actual frequency to a set frequency, such that the overall variation is obtained by a plurality... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070257714 - high speed dynamic frequency divider: The frequency divider includes the buffer 30, the function selector 31 and the inverter 32. The output of the function selector 31 is input to the buffer 30. The output of the buffer 30 is fed back to the function selector 31 by two paths. One path includes the inverter... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070257715 - System and method for abstract configuration: A specification and method for the configuration of an instance are described. Inheritable configurations/profiles from an abstract configuration model are used to define the instance dynamically. The inheritable configurations/profiles may be written in XML.... Agent: Sap/blakely

20070257716 - Dft technique for stressing self-timed semiconductor memories to detect delay faults: The present invention relates to a test system (100) interposed between a clock monitor self-timed memory. In an example embodiment, the test system (100) receives an internal clock signal (104) from the clock monitor (152), an external clock signal (CL) and a control signal (CS). A multiplexer (110) of the... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20070257717 - Semiconductor integrated circuit having data input apparatus and method of inputting data using the same: A data input apparatus includes: a phase detector comparing a phase of a data strobe signal with a phase of a clock signal to output a first phase comparison signal and a second phase comparison signal. A first delay controller determines whether a first data input strobe signal is delayed... Agent: Venable LLP

20070257718 - Spectrum spreaders including tunable filters and related devices and methods: A spectrum spreader may include a signal conductor and a tunable filter. The signal conductor may be configured to receive a clock signal having a clock signal frequency. The tunable filter may be coupled to the signal conductor wherein the tunable filter is configured to spread a frequency of the... Agent: Scott C. Hatfield Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070257719 - Devices and methods for controlling a slew rate of a signal line: In one aspect of the invention, a method of reducing intersymbol interference on a signal line is disclosed. A state machine records previous bits that were transmitted over the line. If the bit on the line has been static for several clock cycles, the slew rate will be increased to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070257720 - Analog to digital converter circuit with offset reduction and image sensor using the same: An image sensor may be improved by using ADCs that compensate for the effect of comparator input offset on comparator decisions. Offset compensation may be implemented in an ADC by using an amplifier section between the input of the ADC and a comparator section of the ADC to amplify the... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20070257721 - Resonance limiter circuits for an integrated circuit: In one embodiment, an integrated circuit comprises resonance limiter circuits coupled to a power supply connection of the integrated circuit. The resonance limiter circuits are configured to detect oscillation on the power supply connection at a resonant frequency, and to dampen the resonant frequency oscillation responsive to detecting the oscillation.... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070257724 - Level conversion circuit and input-output device using same: A level conversion circuit includes a controlling section supplied with a first power supply voltage and a second power supply voltage different from each other, the controlling section outputting a bias voltage, detecting rising of the first power supply voltage and the second power supply voltage, and outputting a control... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070257723 - Design structures comprising voltage translator circuits: A design structure comprising a voltage translator circuit and a method for operating the same. The voltage translator circuit includes (a) an input node, an output node, and a ground node; (b) a voltage divider circuit including a first and second resistors coupled in series between the input node and... Agent: Jack Friedman Schmeiser, Olsen And Watts

20070257722 - Method and apparatus of a level shifter circuit with duty-cycle correction: A method and/or a system of control signal synchronization of a scannable storage circuit is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a first circuit to operate based on a first voltage of a first power supply, a second circuit to operate based on a second voltage of a second... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070257725 - Short circuit protection by gate voltage sensing: A protection circuit monitors the gate voltage of an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) or metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) to protect the transistor during a time when it is being turned on. In one embodiment, the circuit monitors a transient gate voltage of the transistor when it... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070257726 - Signal coupling circuit and method: The invention provides a signal coupling circuit and method for coupling an analog input signal to a processing circuit. The signal coupling circuit includes a number of first coupling units, a second coupling unit and a first multiplexer. The first coupling units are coupled to a first input terminal of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070257727 - Voltage detection and sequencing circuit: A voltage detection and sequencing circuit is provided, preferably on a single semiconductor chip, for applying a plurality of voltages to an electrical system in a predetermined sequence. The circuit includes a plurality of subsystems each adapted to detect one of a plurality of supply voltages at an input terminal... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070257728 - Microelectromechanical multi-stage oscillator: Embodiments of an oscillator circuit are described. Embodiments described herein include an oscillator circuit suitable for a resonator with relatively high motional impedance, thus requiring relatively high amplification and having relatively high sensitivity to noise. However, the embodiments described are not intended to be limited to use with any particular... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070257729 - Reference circuit and method for generating a reference signal from a reference circuit: A reference circuit includes: (a) a first reference circuit having a reference signal and a ΔVBE loop; and (b) a modification circuit using a first voltage to change a first current in the ΔVBE loop of the first reference circuit. In one embodiment, the reference circuit is a voltage reference... Agent: Walter P. Opaska Bryan Cave LLP

20070257730 - Limiter circuit: A limiter circuit includes a differential amplifier circuit having a non-inverting and an inverting inputs, the inverting input fed with an input signal to the limiter circuit, a driving circuit fed with an output of the differential amplifier, a MOS transistor having a source, a drain and a gate, one... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070257731 - Memory device with control circuit for regulating power supply voltage: A Local Dynamic Power Controller (LDPC) generates and deliver to a load a full swing voltage supply signal and a reduced swing voltage supply signal. Both the full and reduce voltage supply signals are generated from a single power supply. The full swing voltage supply signal is supplied when the... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070252620 - Phase offset control phase-frequency detector: A phase-frequency detector (110) is provided. The phase-frequency detector can include a frequency counter delay (147) for counting cycles of an output signal to generate a divided variable frequency delayed signal (FVd 146) having a time shift. A control stage (200) coupled to the output stage generates a pump up... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070252621 - Integrated circuit comparator or amplifier: An integrated circuit comparator comprises a differential amplifier, a source follower circuit coupled to a gate terminal of a first transistor in the differential amplifier, and an output circuit. One or more source follower circuits may be utilized in connection with the differential amplifier, and one or more source follower... Agent: Terry D. Morgan Williams, Morgan & Amerson, P.C.

20070252622 - A system for threshold reference voltage compensation in pseudo-differential signaling: A feedback system is used to set the level of a reference voltage used to recover data signals in pseudo-differential signaling. A repetitive data signal is transmitted and received in two comparators, one generating a detected data signal and the other generating a complement of the detected data signal. These... Agent: Ibm Corp (wsm) C/o Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.

20070252623 - Sram leakage reduction circuit: A method and system are provided for maintaining a virtual ground node of an SRAM memory array at a minimum level sufficient for maintaining data retention. A circuit can maintain the virtual ground node at a virtual ground reference voltage of Vdd−(1.5*Vth), or maintain 1.5*Vth across the memory cells, where... Agent: Dennis R. Haszko Patent Law Office Of D.r.haszko

20070252624 - Output driver having pre-emphasis capability: An output driver and an I/O apparatus including the output driver are disclosed. The output driver includes a driving unit having a first type transistor and a second type transistor connected in series, the driving unit amplifying an input signal applied to the gates of the first type transistor and... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20070252625 - Controller and method for controlling power converter: A controller and method changing a frequency of a control (or carrier) signal in accordance with a waveform that periodically changes within a first frequency range from a frequency fc1 to a frequency fc2, where the frequency fc1 is smaller than the frequency fc2, and a second frequency range from... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070252626 - All-digital power-on reset device: A method and system is disclosed for creating a timing delay for power-on reset. A state machine is formed with three states. It resets a counter value to a predetermined number in an initial state, and increments the counter value for a predetermined number of reset cycles in a reset... Agent: Howard Chen, Esq., Preston Gates & Ellis LLP

20070252627 - Self-timed fine tuning control: A delay lock loop having improved timing control of input signals. Specifically, a fine delay block is provided having feedback loops therein such that the fine delay block is self tuning. The output of the fine delay block may be implemented to control a coarse delay block in a delay... Agent: Michael G. Fletcher Fletcher Yoder

20070252628 - Waveform width adjusting circuit: Disclosed is waveform width adjusting circuit that comprises: a delay circuit having a prescribed delay time is provided in a signal propagation path and a delay adjusting circuit which applies an adjustment in such a manner that when a waveform width extending from either a positive-going transition or a negative-going... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070252629 - Method and apparatus for correcting the duty cycle of a digital signal: The disclosed methodology and apparatus measure and correct the duty cycle of a reference clock signal that a clock circuit supplies to a duty cycle measurement (DCM) circuit. In one embodiment, the DCM circuit includes a capacitor driven by a charge pump. The reference clock signal drives the charge pump.... Agent: Mark P. Kahler

20070252630 - Receiver latch circuit and method: In some embodiments, a receiver latch circuit, includes a dynamic latch having at least one input terminal to receive an input data signal and at least one latch terminal. The dynamic latch is adapted to generate an amplified output data signal based at least in part on the input data... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20070252632 - Clock distribution circuit, semiconductor integrated circuit, and clock distribution method: A clock distribution circuit for distributing an input clock according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first clock buffer receiving the clock; a first clock mask series-connected to the first clock buffer and controlling clock input to the first clock buffer; a second clock buffer series-connected to... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070252631 - Clock distribution circuit: A circuit includes a clock generator to provide a clock signal, and a clock distribution circuit coupled to the clock generator and a plurality of pairs of outputs. The clock distribution circuit includes a plurality of adjustment circuits to generate a plurality of pairs of clock signals in accordance with... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP/rambus Inc.

20070252633 - Rate-based sensors for advanced real-time analysis and diagnostics: The invention provides a universal rate-based transducer for advancing diagnostic and predictive analyses of low frequency physical phenomena, such as associated with heat and mass transfer, solid and fluid mechanics, pressure and seismic analysis. In many applications, such as in the fire metrology, aerospace, security and defense sectors, rate information... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20070252634 - Signal switching circuit involving no signal discontinuation: A signal switching circuit includes an input terminal to which a signal is input, an output terminal from which a signal is output, a first electronic circuit and a second electronic circuit which are alternately connected between the input terminal and the output terminal, and switching elements for alternately connecting... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070252635 - Driver for switching device: A driver for a switching device has a plurality of driver circuits for driving the switching device and a control circuit. The control circuit selectively operates the driver circuits in response to a plurality of predetermined drive modes. Alternatively, a driver for a switching device has a driver circuit and... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070252636 - Switching circuit using multiple common-drain jfets for good heat dissipation capability and small pcb layout area: A switching circuit uses multiple common-drain JFETs to serve as the low-side switches of the switching circuit, and each of the low-side JFET is coupled between a high-side switch and a power node. Since a JFET can endure high voltage at both drain side and source side, and has good... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070252637 - Power switching circuit and liquid crystal display using same: An exemplary power switching circuit (20) includes a control signal input terminal (210) which is configured for receiving a control signal; an output terminal (220) configured to be connected to a load circuit with capacitance; a direct current (DC) power supply (230); a first switching transistor (240) including a control... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070252638 - Method and apparatus for temperature compensating off chip driver (ocd) circuit: A method of temperature compensating an off chip driver (OCD) circuit having a plurality of transistor fingers comprising rendering active a normally inactive transistor finger in the circuit when a predetermined temperature condition occurs. A temperature compensated off chip driver (OCD) circuit utilizing such method.... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070252639 - Charge pump circuit and electronic circuit provided therewith, and method for driving charge pump circuit: It is an object of the present invention to reliably avoid problems with a load connected when stopping the operation of a charge pump circuit. The charge pump circuit is provided with a first switching element (S1) connected to a power supply, a second switching element (S2) connected to a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070252640 - Voltage regulator outputting positive and negative voltages with the same offsets: A voltage regulator has a first charge circuit, a second charge circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit has five input terminals and two output terminals. The five input terminals are respectively coupled to a reference voltage, a first voltage source, a second voltage source, an output terminal of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070252641 - Structure and method for implementing oxide leakage based voltage divider network for integrated circuit devices: A voltage divider device includes a double gate field effect transistor (FET) having a first gate and a second gate disposed at opposite sides of a body region. An input voltage is coupled between the first and second gates, and an output voltage is taken from at least one of... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Burlington

20070252642 - Active load: An active load including a current source, a first resistive element, and a switch. The current source is configured to provide a bias current and the first resistive element is configured to receive the bias current and provide a bias voltage. The switch has an input and an output and... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070252643 - Transistor devices configured to operate above a first cutoff frequency: Transistor devices are provided configured to operate at frequencies above a typical first cutoff frequency. In one aspect, a method is provided for configuring a transistor device to operate above a first cutoff frequency. The method comprises selecting a desired operating frequency range and a desired output power for a... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.