Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems inventions 03/09

20090079470 - Pseudo-differential, temperature-insensitive voltage-to-current converter: A Voltage-to-Current converter includes a current mirror having first and second poles, a first transistor coupled between the first pole of the current mirror and a low voltage through a first resistor, a second transistor coupled between the second pole of the current mirror and a low voltage through a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090079471 - Low power buffer circuit: A dual-output buffer circuit for providing a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage has a first buffer circuit, a second buffer circuit, a first reference voltage coupled to the first buffer circuit, a second reference voltage coupled to the second buffer circuit, and a diode circuit coupled to... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090079473 - Fifty percent duty cycle clock divider circuit and method: In one embodiment, a clock divider for producing a signal having a fifty percent duty cycle includes signal modifier circuitry connected to provide a variable clock signal. Responsive to first and second control signals of the signal modifier circuitry having respective first values, the signal modifier circuitry modifies a differential... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090079472 - Ratio granularity clock divider circuit and method: In one embodiment, a ratio clock divider comprises circuitry for producing an input signal from a differential clock signal, part of which includes circuitry for extending a clock phase of the differential clock signal every Ith cycle to produce the input signal, I being an integer. The ratio clock divider... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090079474 - Method and system for generation of signals up to extremely high frequencies using a delay block: Aspects of a method and system for generation of signals up to extremely high frequency using a delay block are provided. In this regard, a first signal may be delayed, via at least a portion of a plurality of delay elements and via a variable capacitance, to generate a second... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090079475 - Method and system for transmission and/or reception of signals up to extremely high frequencies utilizing a delay circuit: Aspects of a method and system for transmission and/or reception of signals up to EHF utilizing a delay circuit are provided. In this regard, a transceiver may comprise at least one delay circuit which may, in turn, comprise a plurality of delay elements and a variable capacitance. The delay circuit... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090079476 - 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 LLP

20090079477 - Data driver circuit and delay- locked loop: A data driver circuit and a delay-locked loop (DLL) are provided. The data driver circuit and DLL can operate normally in spite of errors, etc., caused when an analog data signal is applied to a display panel. The DLL, which receives a first clock signal and outputs a second clock... Agent: Sherr & Vaughn, PLLC

20090079479 - Adjustable digital lock detector: An adjustable digital lock detector for a phase-locked loop (PLL) has a variable counter for outputting an output signal corresponding to a first clock signal, a target count number signal, and a count number offset signal, a latch for sampling the output signal of the variable counter and outputting a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090079478 - Locked phase active power current control circuit: The locked phase active power current control circuit is composed of a DC source, an electronic switch, a driving transformer, a phase detecting unit, a current intercepting unit and a square wave controller. A DC signal provided by the DC source is converted into a square wave signal by the... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20090079480 - Oscillating apparatus: An oscillating apparatus is provided that includes: an integration circuit that outputs a control signal based on an integration value of two inputted voltage values; an oscillator that outputs an oscillation signal of a frequency that is based on the control signal; a phase comparator that outputs a phase difference... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090079481 - Periodic signal delay apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed that operate to delay a periodic input signal in one or more delay elements of a group of delay elements to generate a periodic output signal and to vary a power supply to the delay elements. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/micron

20090079483 - Delay circuits matching delays of synchronous circuits: Delay circuits capable of providing delays closely matching propagation delays of synchronous circuits are described. In one design, an apparatus includes a synchronous circuit and a delay circuit. The synchronous circuit includes a forward path from a data input to a data output. The synchronous circuit receives input data and... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090079482 - Method and system for controlling a delay circuit for generation of signals up to extremely high frequencies: Aspects of a method and system for generation of signals up to extremely high frequencies using a delay circuit are provided. In this regard, a variable delay circuit may be adjusted such that an output signal generated by the delay circuit may be twice the frequency of a signal input... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090079485 - Phase detector for reducing noise: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for reducing noise. The apparatus includes a phase detector adapted to determine a phase difference between a first and a second signal, a first circuit adapted to generate a control signal based upon the determined phase difference, and a second circuit.... Agent: Edward W. Bulchis, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20090079484 - Pre-distorting a transmitted signal for offset cancellation: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a pre-driver to receive data of a first clock phase and to pre-drive the data, a driver coupled to the pre-driver to drive the data onto a link operable to be coupled to a receiver, and an offset driver to drive an offset... Agent: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.

20090079486 - Signal generator with signal tracking: Frequency and phase of an output signal is adjusted to track an input signal. A control signal is adjusted to control a frequency of an oscillating signal from which the output signal is derived. In some aspects the frequency of the oscillating signal is adjusted by reconfiguration of reactive circuits... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090079487 - Time delay line with low sensitivity to process variations: A time delay line comprises a plurality of delay elements connected in series. Each delay element comprises one or more transistors that exhibit a reverse short channel effect at channel lengths within a certain range. The transistors are configured to have a channel length in the certain range in order... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20090079488 - Semiconductor device: Clock skew can be reduced by suppressing fluctuation in wiring leads between the final stage clock buffers and the clock distribution circuit for supplying the clock. In view of attaining such reduction of clock skew, an upstream of the clock distribution circuit is formed in an H tree structure and... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090079489 - Constant phase digital attenuator with on-chip matching circuitry: Various embodiments are directed to providing constant phase digital attenuation. In one embodiment, a digital attenuator circuit comprises an input node to receive an input signal to be attenuated, an output node to output an attenuated signal, a reference loss path between the input node and the output node, and... Agent: Tyco Electronics Corporation

20090079490 - Circuit configuration with an end stage for switching an inductive load: A circuit configuration includes an output stage having at least one inductive load and a switching transistor configuration for switching the at least one inductive load. A supply voltage has a first supply potential and a second supply potential for feeding the supply voltage to the output stage. A registering... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090079491 - Switching circuit having low threshold voltage: A switching circuit for preventing malfunction of a switching device formed of a wide band-gap semiconductor used for switching a high-power main power supply includes a normally-off type FET having a gate electrode, a source electrode connected to the ground, and a drain electrode connected to a power supply potential... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090079492 - Electronic system capable of compensating process, voltage and temperature effects: An electronic system includes an integrated circuit, powered by a first voltage, with a first device provided therein; a detection device coupled to the first device to detect an output deviation of the first device attributed to process, voltage and temperature (PVT) effects; and a compensation device coupled to the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090079493 - Temperature-compensated current generator, for instance for 1-10v interfaces: A current generator arrangement for use, e.g., in 1-10V interfaces for lighting systems, includes at least one transistor (Q3) having a base-emitter junction wherein the voltage drop across the base-emitter junction defines the intensity of the output current and wherein the base-emitter junction is exposed to temperature drift. A resistive... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090079494 - Method of operating quantum-mechanical memory and computational devices: A method of operating a quantum system comprising computational elements, including an insulated ring of superconductive material, and semi-closed rings used as an interface between the computational elements and the external world, is disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises providing an electrical signal, e.g. a current, in an input... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090079495 - Power supply circuit, display driver, electro-optical device, and electronic instrument: A power supply circuit includes a voltage booster circuit that generates a boosted voltage by boosting a second voltage with respect to a first voltage, and a limiter circuit that limits a potential of the boosted voltage. The limiter circuit discharges a charge to or charges a charge from a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090079496 - Multi-chip package for reducing parasitic load of pin: Multi-chip package includes first through Nth semiconductor chips, each of which includes an input/output pad, an input/output driver coupled to the input/output pad, and an internal circuit. Each of the first through Nth semiconductor chips includes an internal pad for coupling the internal input/output driver and the internal circuit. The... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20090072865 - Peak detector with active ripple suppression: A peak detector circuit that responds rapidly to power transients, and yet is able to avoid interpreting data fluctuations as power transients by generating dual peak signals from an amplifier's differential output signal, where the dual peak signals have data ripple components that tend to cancel one another. The system... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090072866 - Method and system for controlling amplified signals reflecting physiological characteristics: A method for controlling amplified signals in a medical diagnostic device having an amplifier system that is adapted to amplify input signals having a baseline and filter means for filtering the amplified signals, comprising the detection of the presence of an amplified signal having an amplitude that is above an... Agent: Ralph C. Francis Francis Law Group

20090072867 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device can output a reference voltage for an arbitrary potential and can detect the voltage of each cell in a battery including multiple cells very precisely. The device includes a depletion-type MOSFET 21 and an enhancement type MOSFET 22, and has a floating structure that isolates depletion-type MOSFET... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090072868 - Wideband track-and-hold amplifier: A wideband track-and-hold amplifier is provided. The wideband track-and-hold amplifier is provided in front of an analog-to-digital converter, receives and samples an analog signal, and transfers the sampled signal to the analog-to-digital converter, wherein an output load unit having an inductance component is connected to an input terminal of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090072869 - Sample and hold circuit and related data signal detecting method utilizing sample and hold circuit: Disclosed is a sample and hold circuit for detecting a parameter of a data signal, which includes: a first switching module, wherein the sample and hold circuit samples the data signal according to the turning on or off of the first switching module; at least one capacitor, coupled to the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090072870 - Digital signal processing circuit: A digital signal processing circuit performs a predetermined computation processing on input data sequentially input at a first frequency, and generates output data of a second frequency oversampled to n times (n is an integer greater than or equal to 2). A computation processing unit collectively computes m (m is... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090072871 - Variable delay circuit, delay time control method and unit circuit: Variable delay circuit constructed by connecting plural unit circuits in series which can change a delay time from input of signal until output of the signal by increasing or decreasing the number of unit circuits through which the signal concerned is passed. Each of the unit circuits is operable in... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090072872 - Control circuit and dithering method: There is provided a control circuit of a switch mode power supply including a random number generator configured to form an optimized n-degree polynomial based on the minimum power-on cycle time in order to form a uniform distribution of output signals, a switch control block configured to control output signals... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090072873 - Circuit arrangement and method for the provision of a clock signal with an adjustable duty cycle: The circuit arrangement (1) comprises an input (2) for the connection of an oscillator (3) and an amplifier circuit (20) having a first input (21) that is coupled to the input (1) of the circuit arrangement (1), having a second input (22) and an output (23) that is connected to... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090072874 - Adjusting a filter of a time-continuous sigma-delta converter: This invention relates to adjusting a filter of a time-continuous Sigma-Delta converter arranged to convert an analog input signal (Sin) to a digital output signal. A control signal indicative of a gain of the filter is provided, and the gain of the filter is adjusted in dependence of the control... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20090072875 - Green technologies: the killer application of emi-free on-chip inductor: The EMI-free planar inductor is the core technology of the green technology. The EMI-free planar inductor adopts the structure of the closed magnetic field flux IC inductor (CMFFICI). All the magnetic field being confined in a small volume. The magnetic field is parallel to the surface of the chip. The... Agent: Min Ming Tarng, Ph.d.

20090072876 - Ultra-wide band pulse signal generator: There is provided an ultra-wide band pulse signal generator that can vary a waveform and bandwidth of a pulse signal by delaying transmitted data according to a clock signal without using a delay line to generate the pulse signal. An ultra-wide band pulse signal generator according to an aspect of... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090072877 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first subordinate clock tree 802 and a second subordinate clock tree 803, wherein a clock is delayed by a variable delay circuit 805 and inputted into the second subordinate clock tree 803 so that the phases are matched each other of the output clocks... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090072878 - Phase clock generator: Disclosed is a phase clock generator. The phase clock generator can include transistors and a buffer. The transistors are connected between a power line and a grounding line and are provided in a form of a 4×N matrix to receive a plurality of phase-delayed signals through their gate terminals. Four... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20090072880 - Output circuit, output circuit group, and semiconductor integrated circuit including the same: An output circuit group comprises at least one first output circuit that outputs a pair of differential signals, the first output circuit including a first reversing circuit operated by applying a first power supply potential and a second power supply potential to reverse a first driving signal so as to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090072879 - Short-circuit charge-sharing technique for integrated circuit devices: A short-circuit charge-sharing technique which allows charge-sharing between two or more circuits with a simple shorting transistor controlled to achieve the desired operating voltage levels. The shorting transistor which can be either a P-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (PMOS) or an N-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (NMOS) device and can be controlled... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20090072881 - System using an analog receptor for passage of digital signals: There is provided a system using an analog receptor for passage of signals (either input or output of signals). The system includes a signal switch device coupled to the analog receptor; and a microcontroller controlling the signal switch device, the microcontroller being for the control of the signal switch device... Agent: Creative Labs, Inc. Legal Department

20090072882 - On die thermal sensor of semiconductor memory device and method thereof: An on die thermal sensor (ODTS) includes a thermal sensor for outputting a first comparing voltage by detecting a temperature of the semiconductor memory device; a comparing unit for outputting a trimming code by comparing the first comparing voltage with a second comparing voltage and increasing or decreasing a preset... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090072884 - Door position sensor: The present invention relates to a capacitive sensor system comprising a sensor circuit connected to a first (15) and a second (11) antenna, the first antenna (15) is arranged on a first object (10) and the second antenna (11) is arranged on a second object (11) movable relative to said... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090072883 - Operating panel arrangement for domestic appliances and method for manufacturing an operating panel arrangement: In this case, the circuit arrangement has at least three electrodes, which are arranged in a manner distributed approximately parallel to the operating panel. The circuit arrangement has evaluation means which are designed to calculate the spatial position of an operating means in relation to the position of the three... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090072885 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of circuits each independently conducting a predetermined process, and a circuit operation control part controlling operation start timings and operation suspend timings so as to mutually interfere with power voltage fluctuations caused by a state transition between an operation start and an operation suspend... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090072886 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device, redundancy system, and redundancy method thereof: A semiconductor integrated circuit device including a fuse latch circuit including a fuse and a latch circuit for latching fuse data held in the fuse, a fuse counter circuit for counting the number of transfers of the fuse data, and a control circuit including a transmitter circuit for transmitting the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090072887 - Temperature dependent clamping of a transistor: An apparatus, comprising a transistor having a source/drain node and a gate, and a circuit coupled between the source/drain node and the gate and configured to limit a voltage between the source/drain node and the gate to a clamping voltage such that the clamping voltage is reduced in response to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client 007052

20090072888 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: A semiconductor integrated circuit including: a circuit block having an internal voltage line; an annular rail line forming a closed annular line around the circuit block and supplied with one of a power supply voltage and a reference voltage; and a plurality of switch blocks arranged around the circuit block... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090072890 - Bias control circuitry for amplifiers and related systems and methods of operation: Embodiments of the invention comprise methods, apparatuses and systems for a dynamic bias control circuit configured to dynamically bias an amplifier. The dynamic bias control circuitry includes four branches. Each of the four branches includes a transistor operably coupled in series between a current source and a reference voltage. Each... Agent: Trask Britt, P.C./ Micron Technology

20090072889 - Charge pump: An improved charge pump design useful in low power applications derives an alternative voltage from a supply voltage. The design can be constructed using PMOS manufactured according to standard processes such that triple well manufacturing processes are not required. The design can incorporate control gate circuitry to increase efficiency and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090072891 - Varactor-based charge pump: Charge pump circuitry for an integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit may be a programmable integrated circuit that has programmable elements that provide static control signals. The charge pump circuitry may contain a number of stages. Each stage may include a diode and a capacitor. Oscillator and control circuitry... Agent: G. Victor Treyz

20090072892 - Minimizing the number of external terminals required when compensation is to be provided for signal drop in bond wire of a package in which an integrated circuit is provided: Compensation is provided for signal drop in bond wires of an integrated circuit (IC) while minimizing the number of external terminals in the IC package. A functional circuit provides an output signal (e.g., voltage) on a pad of the IC, which is connected to an external terminal on the package... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090072893 - Voltage supply circuit: A voltage supply circuit which conducts a current from a power supply into a current supply line comprises a plurality of current drive circuits connected in parallel to the current supply line each of which conducts current from the power supply into the current supply line. Different reference voltages are... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20090072894 - Semiconductor integrated circuit and method of controlling the same: In related arts, a body voltage needs to be controlled by separately detecting external environment such as temperature. In the related art, variation such as a process parameter for each individual product has not been considered. A semiconductor integrated circuit according to the present invention includes a comparator comparing a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090072895 - Signal processing with interference compensation: A processor reduces periodic interference signal components in an input signal to obtain a desired signal. The desired signal has a predefined characteristic during an interval of time. First, an interference-representing signal (S1-S13) is stored (SWM1, C1-C13) on the basis of the input signal that occurs within the interval of... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20090072896 - Equalizer filters including a low-pass filter unit and an equalizer having a group delay control unit and related methods: Provided is a filter used for an equalizer, the filter including: a first low-pass filter unit receives an input signal and performs low frequency band filtering on the input signal; and an equalization unit that receives an output signal from the first low-pass filter unit. The equalization unit may comprise... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090066370 - Track and hold circuit: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to track and hold a voltage. An example track and hold circuit comprises a first electronic switch, a second electronic switch, and a current mode logic amplifier.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090066371 - Buffer circuit which occupies less area in a semiconductor device: The present invention relates to a buffer circuit of a semiconductor memory device, and includes a common bias supply unit and a plurality of interface units having a differential amplifying structure. Each interface unit receives an input signal and differentially amplifies the input signal and a common bias. The common... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090066372 - High speed cmos output buffer for nonvolatile memory devices: An output CMOS buffer includes MOS enhancement transistors and has a second complementary pair of natural or low threshold transistors, connected respectively in parallel to transistors of opposite type of conductivity of the complementary pair of enhancement MOS transistors of the final buffer stage. The gate terminals of the pair... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20090066373 - Device for adjusting chip output current and method for the same: A device for adjusting chip output current and a method for the same are provided. The device includes: a driving circuit for outputting a driving current according to a control signal, wherein the driving current flows to a reference resistor in another chip so as to generate an output voltage;... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC

20090066374 - Drive circuit, light emitting diode head, and image forming apparatus: A drive circuit is provided for selectively driving a driven element. The drive circuit includes a discharge section for discharging charges, which are accumulated in the driven element when the drive element is turned on, when the drive element is turned off. The drive circuit may include a drive element... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20090066375 - Switching control system and motor driving system: The present invention inexpensively controls a turn-on and turn-off switching speed for MOS transistors made in accordance with various specifications. According to the present invention, during an output voltage rise period for a turn-on operation of the MOS transistor, a fixed current determined by a first clip circuit and a... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090066376 - Equalizing transceiver with reduced parasitic capacitance: A signaling circuit having reduced parasitic capacitance. The signaling circuit includes a plurality of driver circuits each having an output coupled to a first output node, and a plurality of select circuits each having an output coupled to a control input of a corresponding one of the driver circuits. Each... Agent: Deniro/rambus

20090066377 - Pulse width modulation circuit and switching amplifier using the same: A pulse width modulation circuit of the present invention changes a voltage of a charging circuit based on an input signal voltage and in synchronization with a first switching signal; changes, during a predetermined second period following a first period during which the voltage of the charging unit is changed,... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090066378 - Source driver and method for restraining noise thereof: The present invention discloses a source driver and a method for restraining noise output by a source driver during power on/off of a power supply. The source driver includes a data bus, a plurality of channels, a multiplexer and a plurality of output pads. The channels are connected to the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090066379 - Delay stage-interweaved analog dll/pll: A methodology is disclosed that enables the delay stages of an analog delay locked loop (DLL) or phase locked loop (PLL) to be programmed according to the operating condition, which may depend on the frequency of the input reference clock. The resulting optimized delay stages allow for a broad frequency... Agent: Jones Day

20090066380 - Double data rate interface: The present invention relates to a double data rate interface and method for use between a processor and random access memory, comprising a delay line including means for creating a delay in a data strobe signal from the random access memory, the delay line being arranged such that the delay... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20090066381 - Edge rate control for i2c bus applications: In an I2C bus, an edge rate control for an output slows the falling edge of a signal. In an example embodiment, there is an edge rate control circuit for use in an I2C bus. The circuit comprises a resistor divider having a first terminal, a divider terminal, and a... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20090066383 - Apparatus and method for generating clock signal: An apparatus, including: a circuit which operates according to a clock signal, the circuit operating with a delay, and a clock generator which generates the clock signal with a duty ratio, the duty ratio being adapted to the delay.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090066382 - Digital pulse-width-modulator with discretely adjustable delay line: A hybrid digital pulse width modulator (DPWM) with digital delay-locked loops (DLLs) is provided. In this implementation, the digital pulse-width-modulator is synthesizable and includes a digital delay-locked loop around a delay-line to achieve constant frequency clocked operation. In this implementation, the resolution of the modulator is consistent over a wide... Agent: Hensley Kim & Holzer, LLC

20090066384 - Semiconductor integrated circuit, pwm signal output device, and power conversion control apparatus: Provided is a control technique of a PWM conversion type power converter capable of compensating for a voltage error due to voltage drop mainly at a switching element and managing a switching time of a PWM signal at the same time, and capable of suppressing increase/decrease of software operation load... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090066385 - Latch device having low-power data retention: A latch of an integrated circuit is able to retain data at the latch when the integrated circuit is in a low-power mode. The latch retains data at a retention stage in response to assertion of an isolation signal. In response to a reference voltage supplied to the latch being... Agent: Larson Newman Abel & Polansky, LLP

20090066386 - Mtcmos flip-flop with retention function: There is provided a MTCMOS flip-flop configured to operate at high speed and to reduce leakage current while realizing a retention function in a sleep mode. The MTCMOS flip-flop may include a signal generator adapted to output an internal clock signal or a sleep mode control signal based on changes... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090066387 - Latch circuit: A latch circuit (1) comprising a first input device (10a) in a first branch (4a) and a second input device (10b) in a second branch (4b). The latch circuit comprises a first estimator unit (40a) adapted to generate a first estimate of a current generated by the first input device... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090066388 - Schmitt trigger circuit: A Schmitt trigger circuit having at least eight transistors is provided. The first transistor can have a source connected to a power terminal, and the second transistor can have a source connected to a drain of the first transistor. The third transistor can have a source connected to the drain... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20090066389 - Power controlling apparatus applied to biochip and operating method thereof: The invention discloses a power controlling apparatus for a biochip including M regions. Each region includes a plurality of cells respectively. The power controlling apparatus includes a pulse generating module, a combinational circuit, and M controlling modules. The pulse generating module generates a pulse. The combinational circuit receives the pulse... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090066390 - Timing control circuit and semiconductor storage device: Disclosed is a timing control circuit which receives a first clock having a period T1 and a group of second clocks of L different phases (where L is a positive integer) spaced apart from each other at substantially equal intervals and which generates a fine timing signal delayed from the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090066391 - High voltage, high speed, high pulse repetition rate pulse generator: A high voltage, high speed, and high repetition rate pulse generator solves the high pulse repetition rate limitations associated with RF power amplifiers. The pulse generator employs resonant techniques to provide current limiting features that allow for continued high voltage, high speed, and high repetition pulse rate operation of the... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090066392 - Electronic circuit for measuring a physical parameter supplying an analogue measurement signal dependent upon the supply voltage: The electronic circuit (1) for measuring at least one physical parameter supplies an analogue output measurement signal (SA) dependent upon the value of a supply voltage. The circuit includes a sensor interface (2) connected to a sensor (C) for supplying an analogue measurement signal (Vm) which is then filtered. The... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20090066393 - Switch circuit: A switch circuit includes a pair of metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) switches and an adjusting unit. Each of the MOS switches has an input terminal and an output terminal. The MOS switches receive a pair of differential input voltages at the input terminals thereof, and output a pair of differential... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090066394 - Peaking control circuit: There are provided a peaking detection part detecting a peaking amount in an output part of an inductor peaking circuit and a control signal generation part varying a circuit parameter of the inductor peaking circuit based on the peaking amount detected by the peaking detection part. Particularly, the inductor peaking... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090066395 - Active clamp for semiconductor device: An active clamp circuit for avalanching and clamping voltage at a gate terminal of a first transistor connected to a power source. The active clamp circuit includes a second transistor for turning ON the first transistor; a third transistor having EPI breakdown voltage less than that of the first transistor;... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090066397 - Level shift circuit: In a level shift circuit, even when a power supply voltage of an input signal is reduced, a level shift operation is reliably performed without causing increase in circuit area and process costs. For a pair of n-type transistors which receive an input signal and a reverse signal of the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090066399 - Level shift circuit: A level shift circuit includes an input stage and an output stage coupled to each other by two nodes. The input stage changes the voltages on the nodes according to an input signal, and the output stage determines an output signal according to the voltages on the two nodes. In... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090066396 - Level shifting circuit: A level shifting circuit is provided. Thin oxide devices are utilized to reduce the threshold, and thick oxide devices are utilized to protect the thin oxides from breakdown. An input voltage input voltage swings between a low supply voltage and ground. An output voltage swings between a high supply voltage... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090066398 - Voltage level shifter circuit: A voltage level shifter circuit is provided. A high power voltage is input to a first power voltage terminal, an enable signal is input to an enable terminal, and an intermediate voltage level between the first power voltage and a high enable signal voltage is input to a second power... Agent: The Law Offices Of Andrew D. Fortney, Ph.d., P.C.

20090066400 - Circuit for switching a voltage-controlled transistor: A circuit comprising a voltage-controlled transistor (T4), comprising a first (+) and a second (−) supply potential (+,−); a first (Ti) and a second transistor (T2); and an impedance (R4). A series circuit (R4, Ti) is formed by a switching path of the first transistor (T1) and the impedance (R4)... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090066401 - Analog insulation/multiplexer: An analog insulation multiplexer not causing magnetic saturation even if a small transformer is used and having a wide use temperature range. The analog insulation multiplexer includes: a first switching element for generating a drive control signal in accordance with an external signal; a drive insulation transformer for receiving the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090066402 - Gate drive circuit: A gate drive circuit includes a turn-on side circuit for turning on a gate of a power switching device, the turn-on side circuit including a first turn-on side power supply circuit and a second turn-on side power supply circuit, the first turn-on side power supply circuit including: a first turn-on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090066403 - Emc protection circuit: A protection circuit for protecting an electronic circuit against EMC disturbances and/or negative transient overvoltage pulses comprises a switch in series between a power supply and the electronic circuit to be protected; a comparator for comparing a first operating parameter with a second operating parameter and producing a comparison signal,... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090066405 - Apparatus and method for generating internal voltage in semiconductor integrated circuit: An internal voltage generating apparatus includes: a voltage detector that detects the level of the internal voltage and outputs a fixed level detection signal and a variable level detection signal. An oscillation controller generates an oscillation enable signal according to whether the fixed level detection signal and the variable level... Agent: Venable LLP

20090066404 - Mosfet with temperature sense facility: A transistor (1) has a FET (2) and a temperature sensing diode (4) integrated within it. Gate drive circuit (12) is arranged to switch off FET (2) and in this case biasing circuit (14) drives a constant current through the diode (4). The voltage across the diode (4) is measured... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20090066406 - Charge pump device and operating method thereof: A charge pump device and an operating method thereof are proposed. The charge pump device is composed of a plurality of stages of charge transfer units and an output unit that are cascaded together. Each stage of the charge transfer units includes a first node for input, a second node... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090066407 - Charge pump systems and methods thereof: A charge pump system includes a plurality of charge pump cells coupled in series between an input and an output and a voltage regulator system. The voltage regulator system is coupled to an output from the plurality of charge pump cells and to each of the plurality of charge pump... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20090066408 - Step-up power supply circuit and stepping-up method: Boosting operation of a charge pump is performed at a fixed period irrespective of the state of a load. A regulator for controlling a charge pump includes: a frequency dividing circuit generating a frequency-divided clock having a period that is twice that of a boost clock; a voltage dividing circuit... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090066409 - Bias circuit and voltage-controlled oscillator: A bias circuit and a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) thereof suitable for improving the stability of the bias circuit are provided. The bias circuit includes: an error amplifier circuit, having an inverting input terminal connected to a reference voltage; a voltage-controlled current source, having a voltage control terminal connected to a... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20090066410 - Core voltage generator: Core voltage generator including a comparison unit configured to compare a reference voltage with a feedback core voltage to output a difference between the reference voltage and the feedback core voltage, an amplification unit configured to output a core voltage by amplifying an external power supply voltage according to an... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090058466 - Differential pair circuit: A differential pair circuit includes a first transistor having a first control terminal, a first input terminal, and a first output terminal; a second transistor having a second control terminal, a second input terminal, and a second output terminal, a first buffer stage including a third transistor having a third... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090058467 - Phase detection apparatus: There is provided a phase detection apparatus that can accurately detect a phase difference between an input signal and a reference signal even when the input signal and the reference signal have different duty cycles. A phase detection apparatus according to an aspect of the invention may include: a pulse... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090058468 - Method of detecting the frequency of an input clock signal of an integrated circuit and integrated circuit: An integrated circuit includes a first switched capacitor element and a second switched capacitor element, which are coupled to form a bridge circuit, the first switched capacitor element being located in a first branch of the bridge circuit and the second switched capacitor element being located in a second branch... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20090058469 - Methods and systems for comparing currents using current conveyor circuitry: Methods and systems are provided for comparing currents. The method includes driving a first current through a first X leg of a first current conveyor circuit and a second current through a second X leg of a second current conveyor circuit. The method further includes draining a third current from... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090058470 - Self-stop circuit using nonvolatile storage element charge amount as timer: A self-stop circuit has a nonvolatile storage element (20), and a write terminal (50) and an erase circuit (30) for controlling the amount of electric charges charged in or discharged from the nonvolatile storage element (20). A determination circuit (40) determines that the amount of electric charges accumulated in the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090058471 - Rail-to-rail comparator with hysteresis: A comparator, comprising at least one current stage for providing a first current proportional to a difference between first and second comparator inputs, the first current being provided to an amplifier input; an amplifier for amplifying a current provided to the amplifier input and providing a comparator output; apparatus for... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20090058472 - Voltage comparator circuit: A voltage comparator circuit includes a voltage input terminal, a first resistor, a second resistor, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a voltage output terminal connected to the collector of the second transistor. The voltage input terminal is connected to ground via the first and second resistors in turn.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090058473 - Active pre-emphasis for passive rc networks: An approach that provides active pre-emphasis for a passive RC network is described. In one embodiment, there is a circuit that comprises an RC filter including a resistive divider formed from a first resistor and a second resistor and a filtering capacitor. The first resistor is configured to receive an... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090058474 - Output driver of semiconductor memory device: An output driver of a semiconductor memory device is capable of controlling falling and rising edges of an output data. The output driver prevents the first output data form being relatively deteriorated compared with other output data in case that the output data are terminated centering around a predetermined voltage... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090058475 - Apparatus and method for digital frequency up-conversion: Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for up-converting frequencies of digital Intermediate Frequency (IF) signals input through at least two paths, and then outputting IF signals to which at least two frequencies are allocated in a communication system. The apparatus includes Serializer/Deserializers (SerDeses), down-converters, up-converters, a signal adder, a... Agent: Ampacc Law Group

20090058476 - Receiver circuit for use in a semiconductor integrated circuit: A receiver circuit for sensing and transmitting input data in sync with a plurality of clock signals having mutually different phase sequentially enabled comprising a sense amplifier configured to receive, as offset voltages, first signals which can be obtained by amplifying the input data in sync with a first clock... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090058478 - Efficient clocking scheme for ultra high-speed systems: There is provided a system for comparing the phase characteristics of three generated clock signals, each having a unique phase relationship with an original clock signal, with the original clock signal and to select a signal based on the proximity of the phase characteristic of the three signals to the... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (micron Technology, Inc.)

20090058477 - Method and system for reclocking a digital signal: A method and system are disclosed for reclocking a digital time-based signal. An exemplary method includes receiving a digital signal output at a first clock rate. Data transitions of the received digital signal are measured using a master clock having a second clock rate. The digital signal is filtered to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090058479 - Timing controllers and driving strength control methods: A timing controller receiving image data using an input clock signal and transferring the received image data and an output clock signal to a source driver. The received image data is transferred to the source driver through an output buffer. A frequency detection circuit detects a frequency of the input... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090058480 - Scheme for controlling rise-fall times in signal transitions: A serial interface interacting with a transmission pad system circuitry wherein a differential impedance is reckoned across the system voltage source, includes a scheme for controlling transmitter rise-fall transitions (to selectively speed up or slow down transitions) without requiring additional timing controls or affecting reflection coefficient of the transmitter port.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090058483 - Duty cycle correcting circuit and method: A duty cycle correcting circuit includes a duty detector that detects a duty ratio of an output clock signal to output a duty detection signal, a variable delay unit that outputs a delay clock signal obtained by variably delaying a input signal according to the duty detection signal, and a... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090058482 - Duty detection circuit: Semiconductor memory device with duty correction circuit includes a clock edge detector configured to generate first and second detection pulses in response to a transition timing of a common clock signal in an initial measurement operation; a duty detector configured to compare the first and second detection pulses to output... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090058481 - Semiconductor memory device and method for driving the same: A semiconductor memory device has a duty cycle correction circuit capable of outputting a duty cycle corrected clock and its inverted clock having substantially exactly 180° phase difference therebetween. The semiconductor memory device includes a duty cycle corrector configured to receive a first clock and a second clock to generate... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090058484 - Slave latch controlled retention flop with lower leakage and higher performance: In a method and apparatus for data retention, a first latch latches a data input and a second latch that is coupled to the first latch retains the data input while the first latch is inoperative in a standby power mode. The second latch includes a second latch inverter having... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090058485 - Flip-flop having logic state retention during a power down mode and method therefor: A flip-flop includes a master latch, a first inverter, a slave latch, and a first clocked inverter. The master latch has an input for receiving an input signal and an output. The first inverter has an input coupled to the output of the master latch and an output for providing... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20090058486 - Master-slave circuit and control method of the same: A master-slave circuit that includes a master circuit having input data stored therein, a storage unit for receiving the input data in response to receiving a sleep mode setting signal that sets a sleep mode, and for storing the input data, and a first control unit for interrupting the supply... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090058487 - Delay circuit: A delay circuit controls a delay time according to variation of a power supply voltage. In the delay circuit, the capacitance of a capacitor connected in parallel to the delay line is changed according to the change of the power supply voltage. Alternatively, a current is made to flow through... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090058488 - Delay circuit, semiconductor control circuit, display device, and electronic device: Disclosed herein is a delay circuit for performing one of a charge and a discharge in two stages, and delaying a signal, the delay circuit including an output section configured to output a delayed signal; two power supplies; and a delay inverter; wherein the delay inverter has a first transistor... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090058490 - Pulse generating circuit, electronic device using this pulse generating circuit, cellular phone set, personal computer, and information transmitting method using this circuit: A pulse generating circuit includes a plurality of delay elements cascaded so as to constitute a predetermined loop, wherein when a predetermined input pulse is supplied to a leading end of the series connection, an effective frequency multiplication is applied to signals which appear at a plurality of portions out... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090058489 - Spread spectrum clock generator: A spread spectrum clock generator for sequentially modulating a source clock of a fixed frequency with a predetermined frequency range, including: a plurality of first loading units configured to delay clock edges of the source clock by a delay time corresponding to the number of unit delay steps determined by... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090058492 - Electronic isolator: The present invention is an electronic isolator that provides low input to output insertion loss, high output to input insertion loss, and substantial asymmetric isolation between a source circuit and a load circuit. The invention actively reduces noise and reflected power appearing on the isolator output. In numerous embodiments, the... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20090058494 - Head substrate, printhead, and head cartridge: The following arrangement is added to a head substrate including a plurality of electrothermal transducers, a plurality of switching elements which drive the plurality of electrothermal transducers, and a logic circuit which drives the plurality of switching elements. That is, the head substrate includes a plurality of level converters which... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090058491 - High-to-low level shifter: A high-to-low level shifter is disclosed, comprising a high voltage unit and a low voltage unit. The high voltage unit receives an input signal from an input node. The high voltage unit outputs a first output signal to an output node when the high voltage unit receives a low-voltage-level input... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090058493 - Signal level converter: An electronic device with a supply voltage level converter converts a signal from a first low supply voltage level to a second high supply voltage level includes; a first pair of cross coupled MOS transistors compliant with the second supply voltage level, each having a source coupled to the second... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090058495 - Circuit arrangement for signal mixing: A circuit arrangement for signal mixing. One embodiment provides a circuit arrangement for mixing an input signal with at least one carrier signal. The circuit arrangement includes a current source and a current sink. The current source and the current sink have a mixer core coupled between them which provides... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090058496 - Circuit arrangement and corresponding method for controlling and/or preventing injection current: In order to further develop a circuit arrangement (100; 100′; 100″) as well as a corresponding method for controlling and/or for preventing injection current, said method comprising—switching at least one transistor means (20; 20′) between at least one enabled state and at least one disabled state in dependence on the... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20090058497 - Method to reduce the pin count on an integrated circuit and associated apparatus: A method and associated apparatus for enabling a plurality of functions of an integrated circuit to be controlled on a single pin of the circuit. The method includes the steps of providing each of the functions with a designated periodically recurring sampling instance during which time the status of a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090058498 - Half bridge circuit and method of operating a half bridge circuit: A half bridge circuit has a first switch having at least one control gate and a second switch having at least two control gates. A first driver has an output connected to a control gate of the first switch. A second driver has an output connected to a first control... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090058499 - Gate driving circuit and method for driving semiconductor device: A gate driving circuit and method can improve the tradeoff relation between the noise and the loss caused in the turn-OFF switching of semiconductor device. The gate driving circuit includes first and second series circuits. The first series circuit includes first and second MOSFETs connected in series. The gate terminal... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090058500 - Bidirectional switch module: A first semiconductor element having a junction electrode to be connected to a first node of a bidirectional switch circuit is mounted on a first metal base plate to be a heat dissipation plate, and a second semiconductor element having a junction electrode to be connected to a second node... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090058501 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device includes an input terminal, a first aging device whose source is connected to the input terminal to turn on at τ1 and turn off at τ2 (>τ1), a second aging device whose source is connected to the input terminal, whose gate is connected to the drain of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090058502 - Optical sensor having current amplifier, and display apparatus provided with the optical sensor: An optical sensor includes a photoelectric converter to receive external light and to output a photocurrent signal according to the illuminance of the external light. A current-to-voltage converter converts the photocurrent signal output from the photoelectric converter to a voltage signal. A voltage amplifier amplifies the voltage signal. A current... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090058503 - Method to bridge a distance between efuse banks that contain encoded data: An eFuse system that includes a mechanism that bridges banks of eFuses and allows the banks of eFuses to be placed any distance from each other. The bridging of the eFuse banks is transparent to compression and encode programming algorithm and hardware decode mechanisms. Thus, by using the mechanism for... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP IBM Austin

20090058504 - Self-powered voltage islands on an integrated circuit: The present disclosure is directed to self-powered voltage islands on an integrated circuit. A structure in accordance with an embodiment includes: an integrated circuit including a power source; a voltage island; and an on-board power source provided on the voltage island for powering the voltage island independently of the power... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090058505 - Voltage converting circuit and battery device: A voltage converting circuit and a battery device, aimed at the problem that the breakdown voltage required for the driving input of the selected switch element is increased as the potential of the selected power storage device is increased when a power storage device is selected from a plurality of... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090058507 - Bottom plate regulated charge pump: Techniques of operating a charge pump are described. The charge pump is connectable to receive a clock signal and a regulating voltage and provide an output voltage. The charge pump can have one or multiple stages, each of the stages will include a capacitor. During the charging phase, the regulating... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Sandisk Corporation

20090058506 - Bottom plate regulation of charge pumps: Techniques of operating a charge pump are described. The charge pump is connectable to receive a clock signal and a regulating voltage and provide an output voltage. The charge pump can have one or multiple stages, each of the stages will include a capacitor. During the charging phase, the regulating... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Sandisk Corporation

20090058508 - Word line boost circuit and method: A word line boost circuit includes a first pump circuit, a first transistor, a voltage detection circuit and a second pump circuit. The first pump circuit provides a gate boosted signal according to an address transfer detection (ATD) signal. The first transistor has a control terminal for receiving the gate... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090058509 - Booster circuit, semiconductor device, and electronic apparatus: A conventional circuit requires a booster circuit for generating a voltage higher than an external power supply voltage, thus low power consumption is difficult to be achieved. In addition, a display device incorporating the aforementioned conventional switching element for booster circuit has problems in that the current load is increased... Agent: Cook Alex Ltd

20090058510 - Semiconductor memory device: A semiconductor memory device includes a voltage detector configured to detect a voltage level of an external power supply voltage, a first core voltage generation driver configured to operate when the external power supply voltage is in a high level region and a second core voltage generation driver configured to... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090058511 - Low supply voltage bandgap system: A system and a method is disclosed for allowing bandgap circuitry to function on a low supply voltage integrated circuit, and for using the reference voltage (Vbg) generated by the bandgap circuitry to enable a reference voltage to control system voltage. An illustrative embodiment comprises a charge pump to raise... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20090058512 - Process independent curvature compensation scheme for bandgap reference: In a voltage reference circuit, a bandgap reference circuit, for generating a bandgap reference voltage and a reference current, includes an operation amplifier, and a first transistor for providing the reference current. Another transistor mirrors the reference current to provide a first current. A compensation controller converts a node voltage... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090058513 - Core voltage generation circuit: A core voltage generation circuit includes a comparator configured to perform a differential comparison of a reference voltage and a feedback core voltage. An amplifier is configured to amplify the external power supply voltage in response to an output signal of the comparator to generate the core voltage. A control... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090058514 - Semiconductor device of power compensation: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes: a reference line; a first line provided with a first voltage with respect to the reference line; a second line provided with a second voltage not less than the first voltage with respect to the reference line; a capacitor... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090058515 - Semiconductor device, information processing apparatus and power supply voltage variation suppressing method: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an internal circuit which is driven by a power supply voltage and is set in one of a first state and a second state in which an amount of current consumed by the internal circuit is greater than in the first state,... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090058516 - Sensor apparatus having sensor element: A sensor apparatus is disclosed. A sense circuit is provided to convert inputted physical quantity to electrical signal. An amplifier amplifies an analog signal outputted from the sense circuit. An AID converter converts the output signal of the amplifier to digital data. A sensing interval setup unit sets a sensing... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090058517 - High voltage tolerant input buffer: An input buffer protection circuit is disclosed which comprises a NMOS transistor with a source, drain and gate coupled to an input terminal of the input buffer, a pad and a chip peripheral positive power supply voltage (VDDP), respectively, and a PMOS transistor with a source, drain and gate coupled... Agent: K & L Gates LLP

20090058518 - High-pass filter: A capacitor has one end receiving an input signal and the other end outputting an output signal. A resistor circuit, connected between a power source and the other end of the capacitor, functions as a resistor. The resistor circuit includes a PNP transistor having a base connected to the other... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.