Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems inventions 04/09

20090108878 - High-frequency clock detection circuit: In order to provide a high frequency clock detection circuit capable to detect a high frequency clock using any period as a threshold, the high frequency clock detection circuit of the present invention includes a delay circuit having a delay time set to be longer than a clock period corresponding... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20090108879 - Programmable sensitivity frequency coincidence detection circuit and method: A frequency coincidence detection circuit for detecting frequency edges for each of a plurality of periodic digital signals. The circuit generates count indicators for each of the periodic digital signals and compares each of the count indicators to a programmable sensitivity input to determine a coincidence window for the corresponding... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20090108880 - Systems, circuits and methods for extended range input comparison: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and circuits for processing information through comparison of input signals. For example, various embodiments of the present invention provide comparator circuits that include two input stages that each receive a first input and a second input. One of the input stages is... Agent: Hamilton,desanctis & Cha (lsi)

20090108881 - Latch-based sense amplifier: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and circuits for processing information through comparison of input signals. For example, various embodiments of the present invention provide differential latch circuits. Such differential latch circuits include an input stage and a latch stage. The input stage provides an interim output that... Agent: Hamilton,desanctis & Cha (lsi)

20090108882 - Low power low voltage differential signaling (lvds) output drivers: A method and apparatus for providing a low power low voltage differential signaling driver are disclosed. In an example, a low voltage differential signaling driver circuit is described, comprising a first current source to provide current to a first differential pair of PNP transistors, a pair of transresistance amplifiers driven... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090108883 - Digital sine wave generator: In accordance with described exemplary embodiments, correction is inserted into the feedback loop of a second order resonator used at the time of frequency transition. The correction is based upon parameters generated from a desired output signal frequency and a desired sampling frequency. The correction is generated to maintain i)... Agent: Ip Legal Services

20090108884 - High side boosted gate drive circuit: A high-side boosted gate drive circuit is disclosed. In a particular example, an output driver is described, comprising a switching device configured to selectively conduct current in response to a charge being present at a control terminal for a duty cycle, a charging device configured to deliver charge to the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090108885 - Design structure for cmos differential rail-to-rail latch circuits: A design structure including a CMOS rail-to-rail differential latch is provided in which a plurality of cross-coupled devices pull first and second nodes of the latch to opposite rail-to-rail voltages. Desirably, first and second output isolating elements have inputs coupled to the first and second nodes, the output isolating elements... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20090108886 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device includes a circuit having a first data holding node and a second data holding node; a first MOS field-effect transistor coupled to the first data holding node; a second MOS field-effect transistor coupled to the second data holding node; and a clock generation circuit coupled to a... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090108887 - Fast power-on detect circuit with accurate trip-points: A power-on reset circuit includes a first PNP transistor having an emitter, a base, and a collector coupled to ground; a second PNP transistor having an emitter coupled to the base of the first transistor, and a base and collector coupled to ground; a third PNP transistor having an emitter,... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20090108888 - Switched-capacitor charge pumps: A switched-capacitor charge pump comprises a two-phase charging circuit, cross-coupled transistors connected to output nodes of the switched capacitors, and a pump output connected to source terminals of the cross-coupled transistors. The charge pump has side transistors for boosting charge transfer, and gating logic of the side transistors includes level... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jvm)

20090108891 - Bandwidth control in a mostly-digital pll/fll: Methods and apparatus for controlling a controlled oscillator using a phase-locked loop (PLL) or frequency-locked loop (FLL) having a digital loop filter with programmable filter parameters. An exemplary PLL (or FLL) includes a digital loop filter having one or more of the programmable filter parameters, which are changed by increments... Agent: Patent Law Professionals

20090108890 - Internal supply voltage controlled pll and methods for using such: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and circuits for clock signal generation. For example, various embodiments of the present invention provide semiconductor devices that include a power source and a phase lock loop circuit. The power source provides a supply voltage to the phase lock loop circuit. The... Agent: Hamilton,desanctis & Cha (lsi)

20090108889 - Precision integrated phase lock loop circuit loop filter: A loop filter in a phase lock loop circuit comprising a reference precision resistor, a first FET and a second FET, wherein the gate of the first FET is tied to the gate of the second FET, and a filter capacitor connected to the first FET for producing a capacitor... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090108892 - Frequency synthesizer: A frequency synthesizer includes: a fractional-N synthesizer configured to provide, in a locked condition, an output signal with an output frequency based on an input signal with a reference frequency, the fractional-N synthesizer including a charge pump outputting a current to be calibrated; a lock detector coupled to the fractional-N... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090108893 - Electric circuit and method for designing electric circuit: A designing method is provided for designing an electric circuit including a clock output circuit for delivering a clock signal and a plurality of processing circuits for receiving the clock signal from the clock output circuit via wirings for clock transmission so as to perform a predetermined process based on... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090108894 - Pwm signal generator: After an output signal S4 is level-inverted, first and second shorting FETs 55, 56 as a level-inversion inhibiting circuit inhibit level-inversion so that the signal is maintained to the inverted state. Thereafter the inhibition of level-inversion is released, when the signal is subsequently level-inverted at a proper time according to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090108895 - Latch structure and self-adjusting pulse generator using the latch: The disclosure includes a latch structure and self-adjusting pulse generator using the latch. In an embodiment, the system includes a first latch and a pulse generator coupled to provide a timing signal to the first latch. The pulse generator includes a second latch that has characteristics matching the first latch.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090108896 - Semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus: It is made possible to provide a flip-flop circuit capable of implementing the error correction function with a small area increase as far as possible and a pipeline system using such a flip-flop circuit. A flip-flop circuit includes: a flip-flop configured to operate based on a rising edge or a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090108897 - Semiconductor device and timing control method for the same: A semiconductor device includes a power-supply control portion and a latch portion. The power-supply control portion supplies power to an internal circuit in response to an input signal synchronized with rising of clock. The latch portion latches the input signal in synchronization with falling of the clock and supplies the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090108898 - Methods and apparatus for improved phase switching and linearity in an analog phase interpolator: Methods and apparatus are provided for improving phase switching and linearity in an analog phase interpolator. A phase interpolator in accordance with the present invention comprises (i) a plurality of tail current sources that are activated for substantially all times when the phase interpolator is operational; (ii) at least two... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090108900 - Apparatus and method for optimizing delay element in asynchronous digital circuits: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to construct a delay element to replicate the timing of critical gates and paths within a segment of an asynchronous circuit. The rise and fall delay mismatch of the delay element is minimized without obeying timing constraints. The position of each output... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090108899 - Dynamic voltage scaling for self-timed or racing paths: A timing-constrained circuit (e.g., a self-timed circuit) of optimal performance is achieved by allowing the delay of the circuit to be changed dynamically as a function of operating conditions (e.g., operating voltages or temperatures). The delay of timing signals in the timing-constrained circuit for a given operating condition may be... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Sun / Stk

20090108901 - Pulse generation circuit and uwb communication device: A pulse generation circuit for outputting to an output terminal (OT) includes an inverter delay circuit (IDC) for processing a start signal with a predetermined delay; a first switching circuit (SC) adapted to connect the OT to a first voltage when a logical product of the IDC is true, and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090108902 - Delay circuit having reduced duty cycle distortion: A delay circuit having reduced duty cycle distortion is provided. The delay circuit includes a plurality of delay elements connected together in a series configuration. Each of the delay elements has a prescribed delay associated therewith. The delay circuit further includes a controller connected to respective outputs of the delay... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090108903 - Level shifter device: A first transistor of a level shifter provides conductivity between a reference voltage and a node of the level shifter to hold a state of the level shifter output. When an input signal of the level shifter switches, additional transistors assist in reducing the conductivity of the first transistor. This... Agent: Larson Newman Abel & Polansky, LLP

20090108904 - Shifting of a voltage level between different voltage level domains: A voltage level shifter for receiving a digital signal from a first voltage domain and converting said signal to a digital signal in a second voltage domain is disclosed. The voltage level shifter comprises: an input for receiving said digital signal from said first voltage domain; a device connected to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090108905 - Dynamic np-swappable body bias circuit: A dynamic NP-swappable body bias circuit includes a core circuit, a power switch and a body bias controller. The core circuit includes a body bias terminal. The power switch includes a body bias terminal, and connects the core circuit to an external voltage supply. The body bias controller is connected... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090108906 - Cable driver using signal detect to control input stage offset: A system, apparatus and method are arranged for monitoring an input signal for a line driver and determining if a valid data signal is present. When the input signal is determined to be an invalid data signal, an offset is introduced into the input stage of the line driver to... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090108907 - Signal detector output for cable driver applications: The present disclosure relates to a system, apparatus and method for a line driver circuit to generate a signal detect (SD) signal when an invalid data signal is detected at its input. An invalid signal may be present either when no signal is available or when the line driver circuit... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090108908 - Bootstrap circuit and step-down converter using same: The invention provides a bootstrap circuit which enables adequate charging of a capacitor used in the bootstrap circuit even during light load or no load conditions, and which does not impede the performance of a step-down converter proper, as well as a step-down converter using the bootstrap circuit. A capacitor... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090108909 - High current power output stage: A high current end power stage (PA) comprises at least four power transistors (T), two electrical supply lines and at least a safety fuse (S). The at least four power transistors (T) have each a diode (D) which is blocked during normal operation of the respective power transistor (T). The... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090108911 - Analog switch: An analog signal is input to an input terminal. An analog signal is output via an output terminal. A first transistor is an N-channel MOSFET, and is provided between the input terminal and the output terminal. A first resistor is provided between the gate of the first transistor and a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090108910 - Very low power consumption solid state relay: A normally closed solid state power relay with an optionally optically coupled input circuit at an input terminal with a driver circuit electrically coupled to input terminal to drive one or more a power transistors, preferably MOSFET transistors so that the power transistor is held in the on state by... Agent: Clifford H. Kraft

20090108912 - Circuit architecture for radiation resilience: A system and method for extending the operating life of a device susceptible to defects caused by total ionizing dose radiation and/or bias dependent degradation are described. The device is replicated at least once and at least one switching mechanism is used to cycle between the devices such that only... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090108913 - Mos resistor with second or higher order compensation: A circuit arrangement (e.g., an integrated circuit) generates a second or higher order compensation voltage to compensate for variations in operation parameters (e.g., temperature and process variations). In one aspect, the compensation voltage is applied to a MOS resistor to compensate for mobility variations of the MOS resistor by maintaining... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090108914 - Adaptive capacitive touch sense control circuit: An adaptive capacitive touch sense control circuit includes a voltage buffer, a current setting resistor, a current mirror, a capacitor, a start comparator, an end comparator and a time-to-digital converter. The capacitor is connected with the current setting resistor. The circuit further includes a latch with a first control switch... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090108915 - Charge pump system and method of operating the same: A charge pump system includes a charge pump circuit, a level shifter and a start circuit. The charge pump circuit has a voltage input terminal and a voltage output terminal. The charge pump circuit receives an input voltage at the voltage input terminal and generates an output voltage at the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090108916 - Pump circuit: A pump circuit includes a plurality of transfer elements, capacitors, and controllers. The transfer elements are connected in series between a power supply terminal and an output terminal. The capacitors charge two terminals of each of the transfer elements according to first and second clock signals, respectively. Each of the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090108917 - Methods and apparatus to produce fully isolated npn-based bandgap reference: Methods and apparatus to produce fully isolated NPN-based bandgap references are disclosed. A disclosed method to form a bandgap reference comprises generating a first current that is proportional-to-temperature, generating a second current that is complementary-to-temperature, and adding the currents to form a third current that is constant over a change... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090108918 - Methods and apparatus to sense a ptat reference in a fully isolated npn-based bandgap reference: Methods and apparatus for a PTAT reference in a fully isolated NPN-based bandgap references are disclosed. A disclosed method to form a bandgap reference comprises generating a first current that is constant over a change in temperature, generating a second current that is complementary-to-temperature, and generating a current that is... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090108919 - Power supply circuit using insulated-gate field-effect transistors: A power supply circuit is disclosed. The power supply circuit is provided with a reference voltage generation circuit to receive a voltage from a higher voltage supply so as to generate a reference voltage. The reference voltage from the reference voltage generation circuit is outputted to a power supply voltage... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090108920 - Energy-saving circuit and method using charge equalization across complementary nodes: An energy-saving circuit and method using charge equalization across complementary nodes reduces power consumption in memory circuits and other circuits such as wide multiplexers having complementary high-capacitance nodes. A change detection circuit detects a state change to be applied to the bitlines, and generates a pulse if a state change... Agent: Ibm Corporation (mh) C/o Mitch Harris, Attorney At Law, L.L.C.

20090108921 - Timing control circuit with power-saving function and method thereof: A timing control circuit with a power-saving function includes a receiving circuit, a processor, and a first switch. The receiving circuit receives a first set of differential signals for generating a set of command signals. The processor is coupled to the receiving circuit and generates a first control signal according... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090108922 - Method and system for managing voltage swings across field effect transistors: A circuit for managing voltage swings across FETs comprising a reference precision resistor, a first FET and a second FET, wherein a gate of the first FET is tied to a gate of the second FET, wherein a drain to source resistance of the second FET is substantially equal to... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090108924 - Structure for managing voltage swings across field effect transistors: A design structure of a circuit for managing voltage swings across FETs comprising a reference precision resistor, a first and second FET, wherein a gate of the first FET is tied to a gate of the second FET, wherein a drain to source resistance of the second FET is substantially... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090108923 - Structure for precision integrated phase lock loop circuit loop filter: A design structure for a loop filter in a phase lock loop circuit comprising a reference precision resistor, a first and second FET, wherein the gate of the first FET is tied to the gate of the second FET, and a filter capacitor connected to the first FET for producing... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090108925 - Low power on-chip global interconnects: An apparatus including a first circuit, a second circuit and a third circuit. The first circuit may be configured to (a) receive (i) a plurality of input signals and (ii) a clock signal and (b) present (i) a plurality of low-swing differential signals and (ii) a full-swing differential signal. The... Agent: Christopher P Maiorana, PC Lsi Corporation

20090108926 - Filter circuit: One aspect of the embodiments utilizes a filter circuit which can be connected to a signal source has a low-frequency cutoff of 1/(R×C). The filter includes a buffer circuit which can be connected to an output end of the signal source and has an output impedance of R, and a... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090108927 - Filter adjusting circuit: A filter adjusting circuit, has: a filter circuit which has a circuit configuration operating as an n-th order filter including n (n≧1) integrators and can switch a connection of the circuit configuration to operate as a circuit equivalent to the n integrators; a signal generating circuit that outputs a first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090108928 - Large-scale integrated circuit: A large-scale integrated circuit according to the present invention includes a plurality of functional blocks for independently performing a signal processing operation, and a selection controlling circuit for generating a first control signal to select one of the plurality of functional blocks, in which the selection controlling circuit includes a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090102514 - Duty cycle detecting circuit for pulse width modulation: A duty cycle detecting circuit for pulse width modulation (PWM) is disclosed. The circuit comprises a clock generating circuit, a sampling circuit and a calculation circuit. The clock generating circuit is for generating a clock signal. The sampling circuit receives a PWM signal and the clock signal, samples the PWM... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090102515 - Sense-amplifying circuit having two amplification stages: A sense-amplifying circuit amplifies a voltage difference between a first signal source and a second signal source. A first inverter has a first intermediate node from which a first output extends. A second inverter has a second intermediate node from which a second output extends. The second inverter is recursively... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20090102516 - Comparator: A comparator has P-channel field effect transistors that are supplied at respective gates with input voltages Vin and Vref, which are objects of comparison, and that act as a differential transistor pair; and N-channel field effect transistors that serve as current channels for respective drain currents of these two P-channel... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090102517 - Track-and-hold circuit with adjustable charge compensation: A circuit design incorporates charge compensation devices within a Track-and-Hold (T/H) circuit to control channel charge generated by a tracking switch. Calibrating a T/H circuit requires selecting charge compensation devices from an array of similar devices to function within the T/H circuit to absorb charge ejected from the tracking switch.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090102518 - Device for generating a signal and method for controlling operation of the same: The present invention relates to a device for generating a signal and method for controlling operation of the same. The present invention provides a device for generating a signal, which includes an electrode (110), if connected to an external power source (200), supplied with a voltage from the external power... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090102519 - A/d converter: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a sample and hold circuit, a converter, and an adjustable current circuit. The sample and hold circuit is adapted to receive an analog input signal and to output an amplified signal. The converter is coupled to the sample and hold circuit and that... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090102520 - Direct injection-locked frequency divider circuit with inductive-coupling feedback architecture: A direct injection-locked frequency divider circuit with inductive-coupling feedback architecture is proposed, which is designed for integration to a high-frequency circuit system with a high operating frequency such as 24 GHz (gigahertz), for providing a frequency-dividing function. The proposed frequency divider circuit comprises an injection-locked oscillator (ILO) circuit module and... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090102521 - Circuit and oscillating apparatus: A circuit includes a logic circuit containing a first transistor and a second transistor which are connected in series to each other between a high power supply and a low power supply in such a manner that an emitter of one of the first and second transistors is connected to... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090102522 - Power on reset circuitry: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, devices, and systems for operating power on reset (POR) circuitry. One method embodiment includes providing a voltage to a POR circuit of the system, detecting when the voltage reaches a number of different trip levels, maintaining a count of the... Agent: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch , PLLC

20090102523 - Linear digital phase interpolator and semi-digital delay locked loop (dll): Provided are a digital phase interpolator, which performs linear phase interpolation irrelevantly to input order of two input signals, and a semi-digital delay locked loop (DLL), which includes and controls the same. The phase interpolator includes: a first clocked inverter controlled by a phase indicating signal and providing a first... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20090102524 - Timing control circuit and semiconductor storage device: Disclosed is a timing control circuit that receives a first clock having a period T1, a group of second clocks of L different phases spaced apart from each other at substantially equal intervals and selection signals m, n supplied thereto and generates a fine timing signal delayed from the rising... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090102525 - Voltage controlled oscillator (vco) with a wide tuning range and substantially constant voltage swing over the tuning range: A wide tuning range and constant swing VCO is described that is based on a multipass Ring Oscillator enhanced with feed-backward connections. This VCO is designed to overcome tuning range limitations of prior-art “feed-forward” ring oscillators. The Feedback multipass Ring Oscillator of the invention provides decreasing frequency when tuned by... Agent: Allan Williams

20090102527 - Semiconductor device including dll circuit, and data processing system: A DLL circuit includes: a phase determining circuit that compares phases of respective rising edges of CK and LCLK to generate a determining signal R-U/D; a phase determining circuit that compares phases of respective falling edges of CK and LCLK to generate a determining signal F-U/D; a first adjusting circuit... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090102526 - Spread spectrum clock generator: A delay-type phase adjusting circuit including a first variable delay circuit for receiving a reference clock signal and adding a delay to the reference clock signal, for output a phase comparator for receiving an output of the first variable delay circuit and the reference clock signal and detecting a phase... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090102528 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: During a period of preparation for actual operation, a reference clock is supplied to both a comparison clock input portion and a feedback clock input portion of a phase comparator while a feedback loop of a PLL (phase-locked loop) is interrupted, and a delay of a reset signal within the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090102529 - Shifting inactive clock edge for noise reduction: An integrated circuit and a design structure are disclosed. An integrated circuit may comprise: multiple clocked elements; a clock signal source providing clock signals to the multiple clocked elements; and a clock shifting means coupled between the clock signal source and each of the multiple clocked elements; wherein the clock... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090102530 - Reference pulse discrimination method: The invention relates to a method of forming a reference pulse Ir from three signals, SIN, COS and REF, in which: the REF signal is compared with a threshold value such as to form a digital signal S1 comprising windows F having a width that is a function of the... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090102531 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: [Means for Solving Problems] the semiconductor integrated circuit is provided with a plurality of flip-flop circuits and selectors corresponding to each flip-flop circuit. Each flip-flop circuit is provided with a master latch and a slave latch connected to the master latch. The selector is electrically connected with the master latch... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090102532 - Latch circuit: A latch circuit includes: a first terminal; a second terminal; a first data-gating circuit coupled to the first terminal and the second terminal, the first data-gating circuit non-reversely gating the second signal in response to the first signal to reveal a third signal; a second data-gating circuit coupled to the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090102533 - Temperature independent delay circuits: Delay circuits are provided. Some embodiments of delay circuits herein include a delay line including multiple delay cells connected in series and a variable voltage supplier operative to output a voltage value proportional and/or inversely proportional to a temperature. Delay circuits may include at least one loading capacitor that includes... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090102534 - Decentralised fault-tolerant clock pulse generation in vlsi chips: The invention relates to a method for distributed, fault-tolerant clock pulse generation in hardware systems, wherein the system clock pulse is generated in distribution by a plurality of intercommunicating fault-tolerant clock pulse synchronization algorithms (TS-Algs), in which an arbitrary number of such TS-Algs exchange information between one another via a... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20090102535 - Clock signal circuit for multiple loads: A clock signal circuit for multiple loads includes a clock generator and M loads. The clock generator includes N clock generator pins which output clock signals having a same frequency. The N clock generator pins are all connected to a connection point. The connection point is connected to M loads... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090102536 - Data transmission system: A data transmission system is made up from: a transmission circuit (100) for generating and transmitting a data sequence in which the abundance ratio of each value for each prescribed data length is fixed, and a reception circuit (101) for, based on the abundance ratio of each value of a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090102537 - Method of forming a signal level translator and structure therefor: In one embodiment, a first portion (20) of translator circuit (17) is configured to extract a first supply voltage level from a high level of an input signal, an inverter (25) is configured to operate from the first supply-voltage level and a second portion (30) of the translator circuit is... Agent: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC Intellectual Property Dept. - A700

20090102538 - Electronically scannable multiplexing device: An electronically scannable multiplexing device is capable of addressing multiple bits within a volatile or non-volatile memory cell. The multiplexing device generates an electronically scannable conducting channel with two oppositely formed depletion regions. The depletion width of each depletion region is controlled by a voltage applied to a respective control... Agent: Fleit, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l

20090102539 - Switch elements and pixels: A pixel, according to the invention, comprises a pixel electrode, a data line, and a switch element. The switch element comprises a gate electrode, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a semiconductor layer. The first electrode is electrically connected to the pixel electrode and comprises a first portion and... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090102540 - Switch apparatus and control apparatus: There is provided a switching apparatus that switches connection or non-connection between two terminals. The switching apparatus includes a series connection FET (field effect transistor) of which a source and a drain are connected to the two terminals, and a series connection control section that supplies a series connection control... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090102541 - Switching circuit arrangement: A switching circuit arrangement (100) comprises a field effect transistor (40) and circuitry (50, 52, 54, 60, 62) for biasing the gate voltage of the field effect transistor (40), in particular forcing the gate voltage of the field effect transistor (40) under a certain threshold, in particular under a certain... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090102542 - Switch with reduced insertion loss: A circuit includes an amplifier having an input and an output; and at least one transistor comprising at least one terminal and at least one isolated well. The input of the amplifier is electrically connected to the at least one terminal of the transistor; and the output of the amplifier... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090102543 - Negative voltage generating circuit: A negative voltage generating circuit for providing a negative voltage for an electronic circuit, includes a voltage input terminal receiving a positive voltage, a voltage output terminal outputting the negative voltage to the electronic circuit, a pulse generator, a first transistor, a second transistor, a first capacitor, at least one... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090102544 - Semiconductor device including detector circuit capable of performing high-speed operation: A detector circuit and a negative voltage generating circuit capable of performing a high-speed operation are provided. A negative voltage generating circuit includes a charge pump circuit, a first voltage divider circuit that makes a voltage division between an output of the charge pump circuit and a power supply to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090102545 - Signal processing method and signal processing apparatus: An input signal (Vin) is divided into n (≧3) number of divided signals which are weighted by first weights (ki). The weighted divided signals are processed by n number of signal processing means 1 to n performing the same signal processing. The processed divided signals are weighted by second weights... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20090102546 - Composite band-pass filter and method of filtering quadrature signals: A composite band-pass filter receives a quadrature input signal and passes an intermediate frequency signal while attenuating all other signals including an undesired image signal. The composite band-pass filter is comprised of a continuous time polyphase filter and a discrete time polyphase filter and can amplify signals. The amplification is... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090102547 - Flyback current control: One embodiment of the invention includes a power driver system. The power driver system comprises a power transistor that is activated to provide power to a load and a switching circuit configured to control the power transistor based on a control signal. The power driver system further comprises a control... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090102548 - Coil enhancement circuit: An enhancement circuit for enhancing the value of a coil having a first winding. The enhancement circuit comprises a second winding forming a transformer with the first winding and having a first terminal coupled to the ground and a second terminal coupled to an input of a feedback circuit. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090096487 - Sense amplifier control circuit: The present invention discloses a sense amplifier control circuit which controls the sense amplifier. A sense amplifier control circuit comprises a voltage comparing unit outputting delay control signals having a value corresponding to each of divided voltages obtained by dividing a potential of a power supply voltage and a pull-up... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090096488 - Time constant calibration device and related method thereof: A time constant calibration device includes: a first voltage generating circuit utilizing a first current passing through a capacitive component to generate a first voltage; a second voltage generating circuit utilizing a second current passing through a resistive component to generate a second voltage; and a comparing circuit for comparing... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090096489 - High voltage tolerant over-current detector: A system comprising an over-current detector configured to receive a switching voltage signal and to produce a first and a second current signal; an current-to-voltage converter configured to convert the first and second current signals into a first and a second voltage signal; and a current mirror amplifier configured to... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP C/o Cpa Global

20090096490 - Transconductor: A transconductor to convert an input voltage to an output current, includes: a primary transconductance stage to provide the output current from the input voltage and a driving current; an adaptive transconductance stage coupled in series with the primary transconductance stage to generate the driving current from the input voltage;... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090096491 - Driver circuit, data driver, integrated circuit device, and electronic instrument: A driver circuit includes a first capacitor provided between a first node and a reference node, a second capacitor provided between a second node and the reference node, a first switch element provided between the first node and an input node, a second switch element provided between the first node... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090096492 - Output driver equipped with a sensing resistor for measuring the current in the output driver: An electronic circuit has an output driver for providing a driving signal. The output driver has a transistor with a first main terminal, a second main terminal and a control terminal coupled to receive a control signal, a power supply terminal, an output terminal for providing the driving signal that... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20090096493 - Driving circuit, led head and image forming apparatus: A driving circuit is supplied capable of preventing excessive overshoot from occurring when electric current of LED rises; preventing degradation of LED that is caused by peak electric current; and preventing the life of LED from shortening. In the driving circuit, a drive transistor supplies drive electric current to record... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090096494 - Circuit arrangement for generating a complex signal and the use of this circuit arrangement in a high-frequency transmitter or receiver: A circuit arrangement for generating an IQ signal which comprises an oscillator (3) and a frequency divider (4). The oscillator (3) and the frequency divider (4) are arranged in a common current path between the supply and reference potentials (7, 5) in accordance with the proposed principle. It is possible... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090096495 - Ring oscillator for temperature sensor, temperature sensor circuit, and semiconductor device having the same: A ring oscillator includes an odd number of unit circuits connected in series each of which includes an inverter. Each of the unit circuits includes the inverter and a MOSFET. The MOSFET is an FET which is a temperature sensor, and uses a drain-source leakage current in a state that... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090096496 - Phase-locked loop and control method utilizing the same: A phase-locked loop includes a processing unit, a voltage-controlled oscillator, and a control unit. The processing unit generates a control voltage to a node according to a phase difference between a reference clock and a first feedback clock. The voltage-controlled oscillator generates the first feedback clock according to a voltage... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090096497 - Design structures including multiple reference frequency fractional-n pll (phase locked loop): A design structure including a system. The system includes a fractional-N phase-locked loop (PLL). The PLL includes a PLL input and a PLL output. The fractional-N PLL further includes a multiplexer. The multiplexer includes a multiplexer output electrically coupled to the PLL input. The multiplexer further includes M multiplexer inputs,... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090096498 - Receiver system and method for automatic skew-tuning: A receiver system is provided. The receiver system includes a control unit for outputting a control signal and a selective signal, a PLL unit for generates PLL clock signals based on an initial clock signal, a phase select unit for selecting one of the PLL clock signals as a base... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090096499 - Apparatus and method for power amplification with delay control in wireless communication system: A transmitting apparatus and method for power amplification with delay control in a wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes signal converters, a delay difference measurer, and a delay controller. The signal converters separate a baseband signal into an envelope signal and a phase modulated signal. The delay difference... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090096500 - Skew compensation circuit: The present invention describes a skew compensation circuit that can compensate for changes in signal skew in response to changes in external environments and processes. The skew compensation circuit includes a controller for outputting a control signal according to whether an external power supply is supplied and its operation mode.... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090096501 - Apparatus and method for preventing snap back in integrated circuits: A method for preventing snap-back in a circuit including at least one MOS transistor having a parasitic bipolar transistor associated with it includes coupling a circuit node including at least one source/drain node of the at least one MOS transistor to a bias-voltage circuit and enabling the bias-voltage circuit to... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner / Atmel

20090096502 - Semiconductor device: The present invention provides a semiconductor device includes arms formed by two semiconductor elements, a map memory device which stores therein a correlation map between a control value for each of the arms and an optimized dead time to be set for the control value or is capable of storing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090096503 - Semiconductor device comprising a housing containing a triggering unit: A housing for a semiconductor device is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the housing comprises a semiconductor substrate that is arranged between two contact elements, one contact element forming an anode contact element and another contact element forming a cathode contact element, the semiconductor substrate having,... Agent: InternationalIPLaw Group

20090096504 - Data reception apparatus and microcomputer having the same: A data reception apparatus includes: an oscillation circuit that multiplies or divides an oscillation signal from a CR oscillator based on a cycle setting value, and outputs a clock signal corresponding to the multiplied or divided oscillation signal; a temperature detector; a memory; a clock cycle setting element that reads... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090096505 - Systems, circuits and methods for reducing thermal damage and extending the detection range of an inspection system: Inspection systems, circuits, and methods are provided to enhance defect detection by reducing thermal damage to large particles by dynamically altering the incident laser beam power level supplied to the specimen during a surface inspection scan. In one embodiment, an inspection system includes an illumination subsystem for directing light to... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20090096506 - Power supply circuit: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a power supply circuit including: a detection circuit that is connected to an external power supply voltage and that outputs a first signal indicating whether the external power supply voltage is in a dropped-state in which the external power... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090096507 - Integrated semiconductor metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor: An integrated MIS capacitor has two substantially identical MIS capacitors. A first capacitor comprises a first region of a first conductivity type adjacent to a channel region of the first conductivity type in a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate has a second conductivity type. A gate electrode is insulated and... Agent: Dla Piper LLP (us )

20090096508 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: The present invention provides a charge pump circuit capable of achieving desired boosting operation even when a high-side switch for precharge or a low-side switch for driving output is constructed by a low-withstand-voltage transistor. The high level of a drive input signal for driving a high-side switch for precharge and... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20090096509 - Bandgap reference circuits for providing accurate sub-1v voltages: A reference voltage circuit includes a first PMOS device having a first source, a first gate, and a first drain, wherein the first source is coupled to a power supply node; and a second PMOS device having a second source, a second gate and, a second drain. The second source... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20090096510 - Reference voltage generating circuit for use of integrated circuit: An amplifying circuit receives an output from a comparator. The output is provided to each gate of first, second and third transistors. First and second resistors are connected in series. The first and second resistors and a first diode are connected to a drain of the first transistor. Second diodes... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090096511 - Method and apparatus for high performance switch mode voltage regulators: A circuit configuration for a high power switch-mode voltage regulator circuit is disclosed that includes an array of Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) switching transistors electrically coupled to one another at their drains and sources, and a plurality of gate driver circuits. Each gate driver circuit is coupled substantially close to... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090096513 - Multiple circuit blocks with interblock control and power coservation: A semiconductor integrated circuit is provided including a plurality of circuit blocks and adapted to cut off the supply of power source voltage to any one of the circuit blocks. The integrated circuit includes an interblock interface circuit provided on a signal path between an elected circuit block and a... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20090096512 - Standby modes for integrated circuit devices: An integrated circuit device comprises an internal pull up current source Ipup and a pull up resistor Rpup connected in parallel between a voltage supply pin Vs and an output node OUT. A standby switch SBY is connected in series with the pull up resistor Rpup. The standby switch SBY... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090096514 - Method and apparatus for providing cancellation of harmonics signals with modulated signals for multi-channels: A device and method for canceling or attenuating harmonics noise without distorting the incoming signal. An exemplary device includes the use of an estimation loop to generate an artificial signal to eliminate or attenuate the influence of harmonics. The estimation loop includes a mixer adapted to produce a mixed signal... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090096515 - Filter adjustment method and filter adjustment apparatus as well as filter circuit: A filter adjustment method of adjusting the characteristics of an analog filter (111) includes supplying a pseudo-random code to the analog filter (111), computing a cross-correlation between an output of the analog filter (111) and the pseudo-random code, and adjusting the characteristics of the analog filter based on the computed... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20090096516 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device having control circuit to selectively activate decoupling cells: The semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a plurality of decoupling cells that suppress power noise respectively, a plurality of power switches that connect the decoupling cells to a power line respectively, and a control circuit that controls the number of power switches selected from among the plurality of power switches... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090096517 - Filtering apparatus and method for dual-band sensing circuit: A filtering apparatus and method for dual-band sensing circuit are disclosed. The invention features a dual-band sensing unit disposed in a filtering device that receives the signals from a sub-system with variable frequency spectrum. The signals are split up into several bands. After that, one or more frequency detecting units... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090096518 - Matrix converters: A matrix converter that can be used as part of a two-stage power converter has three ac three ac voltage lines AC1, AC2 and AC3 and two dc voltage lines DC1 and DC2. An array of six semiconductor switches 10a to 10f are arranged such that each of the three... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller

20090091353 - Method for detecting leading edge blanking parameter of power management chip: A method for detecting a leading edge blanking parameter of a power management chip includes generating a pulse signal and inputting the pulse signal to the power management chip, wherein the amplitude of the pulse signal will cause a PWM signal of the power management chip to change its duty... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090091354 - Semiconductor circuit: In a conventional circuit to buffer differential clock signals at plural stages, the deteriorations of duty ratios caused by the variations of transistors constituting the circuit have not been compensated. Further, when it is attempted to increase the effect of compensating the duty ratios, the size of the circuit increases... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090091355 - Amplifier: An amplifier includes: an operation amplifier including a positive input terminal and a negative input terminal; and a detector which detects that a difference between a voltage of the positive input terminal and a voltage of the negative input terminal is equal to or exceeds a predetermined value and outputs... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090091356 - Current-mode differential transmitter and receiver: A current-mode differential transmitter, receiving a single-end input voltage signal and accordingly generating a differential output current signal, is provided. The transmitter includes a first switch, a second switch and a current mirror. The first switch is coupled in a first current path and controlled by the single-end input voltage... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090091358 - Compensated output buffer for improving slew control rate: The present invention provides a compensated output buffer circuit providing an improved slew rate control and a method for minimizing the variations in the current slew rate of the buffer over process, voltage and temperature (PVT) conditions. The output buffer circuit includes a split-gate compensated driver and a slew rate... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090091359 - Current source device: The present invention provides a current source device comprising a plurality of current output circuits each including a current output FET, first and second switch FETS respectively series-connected to source and drain sides of the current output FET to form a series circuit, source voltage supply means which applies a... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20090091357 - Low voltage differential signalling driver: A low voltage differential signal (LVDS) driver comprising a cascade current source circuit coupled to a positive voltage supply configured to supply a current, a cascade current sink circuit maintained at a ground voltage configured to receive the current; the cascade current source circuit being coupled to the cascade current... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20090091360 - Delay-locked loop control: This invention relates to devices, a chip, a method and a computer-readable medium for controlling operation of a delay-locked loop. A delay-locked loop unit is adapted to trigger generation of first-type edges of a target signal. A main control unit is adapted to control operation of the delay-locked loop unit... Agent: Alfred A. Fressola Ware, Fressola, Van Der Sluys & Adolphson LLP

20090091361 - Frequency divider configuration: A frequency divider including at least one frequency divider cell having an adjustable circuit configuration which may be selected adaptively according to properties of an oscillator signal to be frequency-divided in the frequency divider. Accordingly, the circuit configuration of the frequency divider may be changed on the fly during the... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090091362 - Device, system and method of delay calibration: System and method of calibrating delay mismatch for high-spectral purity applications. For example, a method includes measuring the delay of one delay element at a time in a fixed topology by moving a time reference generated by an auxiliary delay-locked loop. The auxiliary DLL may have a replica structure of... Agent: Empk & Shiloh ,llp

20090091363 - Dll circuit: A DLL circuit including a first clock signal dividing block configured to selectively divide a frequency of a reference clock signal according to whether a lock completion signal is enabled, a phase comparing block configured to generate a phase comparison signal by comparing phases of a clock signal transmitted from... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090091365 - Methods for generating pwm-signals: In a method for generating a PWM-signal to drive the power transistors of a half-bridge of a converter with the aid of a digital circuit, a digital reference value is compared to the counter content of a digital counting ramp, and a logic state of the PWM-signal is dependent upon... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090091364 - Semiconductor circuit: A semiconductor circuit according to the present invention includes: a differential input section to receive input differential signals; a load resistance section to output a voltage according to a current output by the differential input section; differential signal output terminals to output a differential signal corresponding to the voltage output... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090091366 - Voltage generator of semiconductor integrated circuit: A voltage generator includes a detector for outputting a driving signal according to comparison results of a reference voltage and a pumping voltage, an oscillator for generating an oscillation signal in response to the driving signal and varying a period of the oscillation signal according to a level of the... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090091368 - Design structure for a high-speed level shifter: Disclosed are embodiments of a design structure for a voltage level shifter circuit that operates without forward biasing junction diodes, regardless of the sequence in which different power supplies are powered up. The circuit embodiments incorporate a pair of series connected switches (e.g., transistors) between an input terminal and a... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20090091367 - Level shifter concept for fast level transient design: A driver including a first level shifter group and a second level shifter group is provided. The first level shifter group includes at least one first level shifter to receive a first input signal. The second level shifter group includes at least one second level shifter to receive a second... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090091370 - Large scale integrated circuit for dynamically changing resonant point: The semiconductor intergrated circuit comprises: a circuit that executes a predetermined process and a switching circuit that selects a power impedance, The switching circuit selects the power impedance, in accordance with a variation in voltage supplied to the circuit, so that a resonant frequency of the semiconductor integrated circuit is... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090091369 - System and method for equalizing transition density in an integrated circuit: A system for equalizing transition density in an integrated circuit includes a first circuit configured to transition according to a data stream; and a second circuit configured to transition at a time when the first circuit is not transitioning.... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20090091371 - Touch sensor controlled switch with intelligent user interface: A module for controlling power supply to a load in a product which includes a microchip, and an electromechanical switch and a proximity/touch sensor connected to the microchip, preferably to the same input. The switch is primarily used to activate or deactivate the load and the proximity/touch sensor to vary... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090091372 - System-on-a-chip and power gating circuit thereof: A system-on-a-chip and a power gating circuit thereof are provided. The power gating circuit includes a first transistor, a charge pump circuit, and a hold circuit. A gate terminal of the first transistor is controlled by a first input signal. A first source/drain terminal of the first transistor is coupled... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090091373 - Temperature-sensor circuit, and temperature compensated piezoelectric oscillator: A temperature-sensor circuit includes: a transistor having an emitter that is grounded, a collector, and a base; a first resistor having a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled with the collector; and a second resistor having a third end and a fourth end, the third... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090091374 - Electronic device for commutation of electric load controlled by a microcontroller: An electronic device and method for commuting an electric load, including an electronic commutator controlled by a microcontroller, positively supplied at a voltage, with an outlet that may adopt at least three states and operating in a nominal mode that may be switched intentionally or by default to a failsafe... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090091375 - System and method to minimize transition time between circuit operating modes: A system is disclosed. The system includes a first circuit, the first circuit includes a bias device for allowing the first circuit to transition between a first mode and a second mode. The system further includes a second circuit which controls the bias device. The second circuit provides a bias... Agent: Ibm Rp-rps Sawyer Law Group LLP

20090091376 - Internal voltage generating circuit: Disclosed is an internal voltage generating circuit that pumps charge to generate an internal driving voltage. The internal voltage generating circuit includes: a first oscillation signal generating unit that provides a first oscillation signal in response to a detected internal voltage and a predetermined test mode signal; a second oscillation... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090091377 - Integrated system and method for multichannel neuronal recording with spike/lfp separation, integrated a/d conversion and threshold detection: A CMOS integrated circuit for multi-channel neuronal recording with twelve true-differential channels, band separation and digital offset calibration. The recorded signal is separated into 2 bands: a low-frequency, local field potential (LFP); and high-frequency spike data. Digitally programmable gains for the LFP and spike bands are provided. A mixed-signal front-end... Agent: Edward Langer C/o Shiboleth Yisraeli Roberts Zisman & Co.

20090091378 - Statistical switched capacitor droop sensor for application in power distribution noise mitigation: A circuit and a method for detecting noise events in a system with time variable operating points is provided. A switched capacitor filter comprising a plurality of capacitor units, samples a first voltage to determine an average of a set of voltage measurements, forming an average voltage. A filter control... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090091379 - Active rectifier: In accordance with the present invention, the active rectifier is a circuit which directly takes the place of a passive rectifier by using a switching module (or simply a device in cases where a single device is used) controlled by a sensing circuit. Where passive devices have a single knee... Agent: Andrew Frederick Robinson Iii

20090091380 - Differential varactor using gated varactor: Provided is a differential varactor using a gated varactor, which has a wider tuning range and a better linearity and minimum to maximum capacitance ratio than conventional PN-junction and MOS varactors. Thus, the differential varactor having a wider tuning range, and better linearity and common-mode rejection ratio may be implemented.... Agent: Ampacc Law Group

20090085610 - General purpose comparator with multiplexer inputs: A circuitry comprises a comparator for comparing a signal received on a first input to a signal received on a second input. A control register associated with the first multiplexer stores control values enabling connection of one input of the first multiplexer to the output of the first multiplexer.... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20090085611 - Method and system for a programmable local oscillator generator based on quadrature mixing using a phase shifter: Methods and systems for a local oscillator generator based on quadrature mixing using a phase shifter. Aspects of one method may include generating a local oscillator signal, where a frequency of the local oscillator signal may be determined by controlling a phase of in-phase (I) components and quadrature phase (Q)... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090085614 - Circuits and methods for programming integrated circuit input and output impedances: An integrated circuit may include at least a first replica driver stage coupled between a reference impedance input and a first power supply node and having a first programmable driver impedance set by a first driver configuration value in the same manner as a first output driver section of the... Agent: Bradley T. Sako Haverstock & Owens, LLP

20090085613 - Low current wide vref range input buffer: A low-current input buffer is disclosed. The buffer uses self-biased N and P channel differential pairs with their outputs tied together. The self-biasing assists in reducing current consumption. The combination of N and P-channel differential pairs results in symmetry across a wide range of reference and supply voltages.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090085612 - Multi-purpose current driver system and method: A current driver system and method for generating one or more independent current signals for controlling or driving an external device. In one embodiment the system includes a programmable controller having both serial and parallel interfaces, and controls six independent current driver channels. Each current driver channel may form a... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20090085615 - Method and apparatus for simplifying the control of a switch: A technique for simplifying the control of a switch is presented. In one embodiment, a method of controlling a switch as a function of the voltage across the switch is presented. In one embodiment a method of controlling a switch as a function of the slope of the voltage across... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090085616 - Semiconductor integrated circuit, communication apparatus, information playback apparatus, image display apparatus, electronic apparatus, electronic control apparatus and mobile apparatus: The semiconductor integrated circuit having a transmitter circuit for transmitting a supplied external data signal DIN. The transmitter circuit includes: a transmitter flip-flop circuit having a reference clock CK as an input for holding the external data signal DIN in synchronization with the reference clock CK; a frequency divider circuit... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090085617 - Ramp voltage circuit: Implementations related to ramp voltage generating circuits and systems implementing the same are presented herein.... Agent: Infineon Technologies Ag Patent Department

20090085619 - Power supply voltage monitors: The single chip microcontroller unit includes a processing unit having normal power mode of operation and a low power mode of operation. Analog circuitry and digital circuitry are connected to the processing unit. Monitoring circuitry determines if a chip supply voltage level exceeds a threshold level necessary to maintain operation... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20090085618 - Wake-up circuit: Disclosed herein is a wake-up circuit for a bias input of a circuit such as a slave DLL circuit, to allow it to be placed in a reduced power mode and be “awoken” (brought up to a control bias level) in a sufficiently small enough amount of time. The wake-up... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20090085620 - Clock system and applications thereof: A clock system includes a phase locked loop, a phase divider, and a control module. The phase locked loop (PLL) produces a plurality of phase-offset output oscillations. The phase divider generates a clock signal from one or more of the plurality of phase-offset output oscillations based on a phase divider... Agent: Huffman Law Group, P.C.

20090085621 - Loop filters: Loop filters are provided, in which a first resistor comprises a first terminal coupled to a first node, and a second terminal coupled to a second node; a first capacitor is coupled between the second node and a ground voltage, a second resistor comprises a first terminal coupled to the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090085622 - Phase-locked loop start-up techniques: Implementations feature systems and techniques for phase-locked loops (PLLs). In some aspects, implementations feature a system that has a PLL circuit including an oscillator and programmable reference frequency divider circuit or a programmable feedback frequency divider circuit. The PLL includes a control circuit to reduce a time required for a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090085623 - Bias signal delivery: Provided herein are approaches for controlling remote slave DLL circuits with a master DLL circuit by conveying a relevant bias signal as a current signal instead of as a voltage signal.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20090085624 - Flip-flop circuit and duty ratio correction circuit using the same: A flip-flop circuit includes a first unit configured to receive a reference clock signal and a reset signal, and a second unit configured to change an output node to a first level in response to the reference clock signal and change the output node to a second level by precharging... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090085625 - Time-based control of a system having integration response: A time-based controller provides control for a controlled system including a plant having an integration response. The time-based controller includes a comparator that detects a polarity change in a comparison of a sensed signal from the plant and a reference signal while a control signal is in a first state,... Agent: Dillon & Yuell LLP

20090085626 - Semiconductor integrated circuit and method for controlling semiconductor integrated circuit: When a master circuit is in an inactive state, a slave circuit assigned to the master circuit is not used. Accordingly, the use efficiency of system recourses is decreased. To solve the above problem, a semiconductor integrated circuit reassigns a M2 region of a slave circuit, previously assigned to a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090085628 - Semiconductor device reducing leakage current of transistor: A semiconductor device includes: a first transistor having a control electrode coupled to an input node receiving a signal synchronized with a clock, a first conductive electrode coupled to an output node, and a second conductive electrode; a second transistor having a control electrode coupled to the input node, a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090085627 - Soft error rate hardened latch: A latch is provided that includes a first inverter, a second inverter, a first latch circuit and a second latch circuit. The first inverter to receive the first clock signal from an input port and to provide a clock signal. The second inverter to receive the first clock signal from... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP Intel Corporation

20090085629 - Dual edge triggered flip flops: An implicitly pulsed dual edge triggered pulsed latch. The implicitly pulsed latch includes an overlapping clock generator and a transparency circuit designed to cause a transparent latch circuit to become transparent on each edge of a clock signal. A logic value on the input node of the latch is transferred... Agent: Sun Microsystems, Inc. C/o Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20090085630 - Arbitrary clock circuit and applications thereof: A clock circuit includes a waveform generator, a comparison module, and a clock signal module. The waveform generator is coupled to generate a waveform based on a reference oscillation. The comparison module is coupled to compare the waveform with a plurality of references to produce a plurality of waveform comparisons.... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090085631 - Bus circuit: Clock control is handed over in a bus circuit from a first circuit (14) to a second circuit (12). A clock conductor (10a) is driven to a predetermined voltage level with the driver circuit of the first circuit after a last clock period following the start of execution of the... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20090085632 - Low-offset input circuit: In a signal transmission system where an influence of the circuit characteristic variation of an input circuit on signal receiving operation cannot be ignored, there is provided a method of realizing a low-offset input circuit which is capable of conducting high-speed operation and always continuing signal receiving operation without increasing... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090085633 - Active voltage-clamping gate driving circuit: An active voltage-clamping gate driving circuit comprises a difference comparison circuit for receiving a reference voltage, a gate driving signal, and a preset voltage level, and outputting a voltage comparison signal; and a gate driving circuit for receiving an input signal and the voltage comparison signal, and outputting a gate... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090085634 - Method for optimizing of communication signal: A transceiver that reduces power consumption when data is transferred between devices in different modes. The transceiver is arranged in a first node and in a second node, which communicate between each other. A first control unit generates a first signal transmitted from the first node in predetermined time intervals... Agent: Fujitsu Patent Center C/o Cpa Global

20090085637 - Apparatus effecting interface between differing signal levels: An apparatus includes: a signal receiving unit receiving an input signal and presenting a first signal varying within a first signal range; a signal treating unit coupled with the signal receiving unit, receiving the first signal and presenting a second signal varying within a second signal range; and an output... Agent: Law Office Of Donald D. Mondul C/o Intellevate

20090085635 - High frequency differential voltage level shifter: A design for a high speed differential voltage level shifter circuit arrangement utilizes both PFETs and NFETs controlled by inputs to determine the state of the outputs, which minimizes or eliminates contention on internal nodes when switching from one state to another. As a result, the design minimizes the adverse... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20090085640 - Level shift device and method for the same: The present invention discloses a level shift device which comprises: a level shift circuit for receiving an input with a first voltage level and generating a first signal and a second signal with a second voltage level; and an output circuit which generates an output according to the first signal... Agent: Tung & Associates

20090085639 - Output buffer circuit: An output buffer circuit is provided that outputs an input signal output from a circuit operating at a first power supply voltage to another circuit operating at a second power supply voltage higher than the first power supply voltage. The output buffer circuit includes an output driver circuit including a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090085636 - Pre-driver circuit and apparatus using same: In one embodiment, a pre-driver circuit comprises input circuitry connected to receive a digital input signal that alternates between an upper voltage rail and a lower voltage rail and to provide a first inverted signal that is an inversion of the digital input signal and a second inverted signal that... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090085638 - Semiconductor device: It is an object of the present invention to prevent an error or malfunction such as nonresponse which is caused due to difference in pulse width in a semiconductor device capable of communicating data wirelessly. In a semiconductor device, a level shift circuit is provided between a data demodulation circuit... Agent: Cook Alex Ltd

20090085641 - Circuit and method for integrating a voltage signal: A circuit arrangement having a signal input configured to be supplied with a voltage signal; a first operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) having a voltage input that may be coupled to the signal input; at least one second OTA having a voltage input that may be coupled to the signal input;... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090085642 - Passive mixer having transconductance amplifier with source degeneration capacitance: A passive mixer includes a transconductance amplifier having a source degeneration capacitance. The transconductance amplifier has an input for receiving an input signal and an output for outputting a current signal. A multiplier is provided for mixing a local oscillator signal with the current signal so as to provide an... Agent: Mark Sonderskov

20090085643 - Power distribution current limiting switch including a current limit blanking period providing a burst of current: A method for operating a current limit power switch for supplying power to a load include activating the power switch to start supplying power to the load; limiting the current drawn by the power switch to a first current limit for a first, fixed duration; after the first, fixed duration,... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20090085644 - Integrated circuit: An integrated circuit includes an input terminal for applying an input signal, a further input terminal for applying a further input signal having a level differing from the level of the initial input signal, an output terminal for providing an output signal, a switching unit having a controllable switch, which... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20090085645 - Semiconductor device: A plurality of circuit blocks are provided in a semiconductor device which collects and corrects impairment quantities of discretionary areas in a circuit group of various types having random couplings. The semiconductor device is provided with a detector, which is arranged in each circuit block and detects an electric signal... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090085646 - Measuring high voltages in an integrated circuit using a common measurement pad: Integrated circuit devices include operational circuits that are configured to operate from power supply voltages and from high voltages that are generated in the integrated circuit device from the power supply voltages. A circuit for measuring the high voltages is also provided in the integrated circuit. The circuit includes a... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090085647 - Storage apparatus for using adaptive clock to temperature change and broadcast receiving apparatus using the same: Provided are a storage apparatus in which a clock can be adapted according to temperature changes and a broadcast receiving apparatus using the same. The storage apparatus adjusts and uses a signal, which is used to read out data from a memory, according to the measured temperature. Accordingly, the storage... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090085648 - Sampling device and circuit having a single voltage supply: In embodiments of the present invention a device, circuit, and method are described for sampling input signal voltages, which may include voltages below a negative supply voltage for the device or circuit, without requiring static current from the input. Various embodiments of the invention obviate the requirement of an external... Agent: North Weber & Baugh LLP

20090085650 - Internal voltage generating circuit for semiconductor device: An internal voltage generating circuit is provided. The internal voltage generating circuit of a semiconductor device includes a control signal generating circuit for generating a control signal according to a number of data bits, a comparator for comparing a reference voltage to an internal voltage to generate a driving signal... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20090085649 - Negative output regulator circuit and electrical apparatus using same: A negative output regulator circuit (24) is provided with clamp circuits CLP (X1, X2, Q1, Q2), which detect a current generated when the output of a negative voltage (VM) is stopped and fixing the voltage of an output end (T2) at a prescribed value. Generation of a positive voltage at... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090085651 - System for adjusting output voltage of band gap voltage generator: An apparatus comprises a band gap voltage generator circuit for generating a band gap voltage. A temperature invariant current generator is located within the band gap voltage generator circuit for generating a temperature invariant current. A temperature invariant current correction circuit is located within the band gap voltage generator circuit... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20090085652 - Compensation of operating time related degradation of operating speed by adapting the supply voltage: By controlled increase of the supply voltage of sophisticated integrated circuits, the performance degradation over a lifetime may be significantly reduced. For this purpose, the upper limits of the supply voltage and the thermal design power are taken into consideration when increasing the supply voltage, which may then compensate for... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20090085653 - Semiconductor device, control method of semiconductor device, and control information generating method for semiconductor device: A semiconductor device 2 has a plurality of elements. It also has an F-V table storing unit for low voltage threshold cells 31 for storing an F-V table TB11 of an oscillation frequency f1 relying on the plurality of elements and a power supply voltage EV to be supplied to... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090085654 - Biasing circuit with fast response: A biasing circuit includes a reference current source, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a voltage buffer. The first transistor includes a first connection end coupled to the reference current source, a control end, and a second connection end coupled to a system grounding end. The second transistor includes... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090085655 - Power supply circuit with stand-by control circuit and energy storage circuit: An exemplary power supply circuit configured for supply power for a load includes: a main power supply configured for converting received voltages into required direct current voltages; a microprocessor configured for providing control signals; a stand-by control circuit configured for controlling the main power supply; an energy storage circuit configured... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090085656 - Device and method for limiting di/dt caused by a switching fet of an inductive switching circuit: The main switching FET and the auxiliary FET can be formed from a single die with shared source and drain. The auxiliary inductor can be implemented as a parasitic inductance of an inherently required bonding wire connecting the main switching FET to its device terminal to simplify packaging with reduced... Agent: Chein-hwa S. Tsao