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Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems August inventions list 08/09

20090212824 - Method and apparatus for automatic optimal sampling phase detection: A system for determining an optimal sampling phase is provided. The system includes a plurality of analog to digital converters, each receiving an analog signal and a clock phase signal and generating an output. A clock generator receives a reference clock and generates a plurality of clock phase signals. A... Agent: Jackson Walker (conexant)

20090212825 - High speed comparator: A comparator comprises a differential amplifier (T1, T2, T8, T9) having differential inputs (IN1, IN2) forming the comparator inputs, and a first and a second amplifier output (f1, f2) forming the comparator outputs of a first comparator stage, wherein the differential amplifier has first (T1, T8) and second (T2, T9)... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20090212826 - Hysteresis comparator: Disclosed herein is a hysteresis comparator for performing a binarization determination with respect to an input signal having a consecutively varying voltage level based on two threshold voltages having different voltage levels and generating an output signal based on a result of the determination. The hysteresis comparator includes a top... Agent: Volentine & Whitt Pllc

20090212827 - Correlated double sampling circuit: A correlated double sampling circuit includes a first capacitor and a comparator. The first capacitor may be configured to receive a ramp signal via a first end. The comparator may be configured to receive the ramp signal and an output signal of a unit pixel circuit via a differential amplifier... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090212830 - Buffer device for switched capacitance circuit: An integrated buffer device for a switched capacitance circuit having a buffer with an output for an output voltage dependent upon an input voltage that can be supplied by a source to the buffer device; a capacitive switching component that can be switched between a first and second condition and... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20090212829 - Line driver architecture for 10/100/1000 base-t ethernet: A multimode line driver circuit is provided having improved performance. The multimode line driver comprises at least first and second driver circuits that, when “active,” respectively transmit data using first and second modes. The multimode line driver further comprises a circuit arrangement including a voltage regulator and an associated set... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090212828 - Load driving circuit: To provide a load drive circuit that has a satisfactory phase characteristic and can be realized as a low-price LSI chip. A series circuit of nonlinear resistive elements (P2 and N3) and switch elements (N2 and P3) is inserted between control input terminals (GP1 and GN1) of output elements (P1... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090212831 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including plural capacitive loads, with one terminal of each of the capacitive loads being connected to a common electrode and with each of the capacitive loads being charged/discharged on the basis of image data, and a first and second drive circuits is provided. The first drive... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.c.

20090212832 - Load capacity driving circuit: The present invention provides a load capacity driving circuit that is inexpensive and has a high driving capability. When an input signal changes to low potential, gate voltage of an output stage of an amplifying circuit increases, an NMOS transistor MNO turns on, and an NMOS transistor MN8 increases potential... Agent: Volentine & Whitt Pllc

20090212833 - Frequency divider circuit: Disclosed is a frequency divider including first to fifth FFs(flip-flops), each of which receives a common clock signal and samples and outputs an input signal responsive to an effective edge of the clock, an output signal of the 1st FF being supplied to the 2nd FF, a first logic gate... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20090212834 - Sequencing control circuit: A sequencing control circuit includes an electronic component configured for controlling a signal output to a motherboard, and input voltages being input to the sequencing control circuit. The input voltages are connected to an input terminal of the electronic component. The electronic component includes a preset threshold and input voltage... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090212835 - Delta-sigma modulator clock dithering in a fractional-n phase-locked loop: The clock signal supplied to the delta-sigma modulator in a fractional-N phase-locked loop is dithered. In one example, the PLL includes a novel programmable clock dithering circuit. The programmable clock dithering circuit is controllable via a serial bus to dither the phase of the clock signal in a selected one... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090212836 - Frame pulse signal latch circuit and phase adjustment method: A frame pulse signal latch circuit has: a pulse-width expanding unit which outputs a frame pulse signal FPIN having a pulse width longer than a m-clock cycle; a phase adjustment unit which generates a phase-adjusted output clock CLK′; a flip-flop which latches the frame pulse signal FPIN; a racing detection... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090212837 - Circuit, apparatus and method of transmitting signal: A circuit includes a first wiring to transmit a first signal, an alteration element to adjust a delay amount being added to the first wiring, and a shield element to shield the alteration element from a second wiring, the second wiring transmitting a second signal.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20090212838 - Delay circuit having long delay time and semiconductor device comprising the same: A delay circuit has a long delay time and a semiconductor device includes the delay circuit. The delay circuit includes an inverter circuit unit having at least one inverter. Each of the inverters includes a first transistor connected to a supply voltage and a second transistor connected to a ground... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, Llc

20090212839 - Circuit for settling dc offset in direct conversion receiver: The present invention discloses a circuit for settling DC offset and controlling RC time-constant in a direct conversion receiver. The circuit includes a variable resistive unit for providing a continuously or non-continuously variable resistance in the direct conversion receiver. The variable resistive unit can provide the variable resistance by utilizing... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090212840 - Dc current reduction circuit: A DC current reduction circuit of the present invention that reduces a DC component in an output current of a current output element in which an AC current and a DC current are superimposed includes a low-pass filter for extracting a current component of a frequency lower than a cutoff... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090212841 - Level shift circuit and method for the same: The present invention discloses a level shift circuit which comprises: an input driver circuit; a capacitor having a first end electrically connected with the output of the input driver circuit; an output driver circuit electrically connected with a second end of the capacitor; and a feedback latch circuit electrically connected... Agent: Tung & Associates

20090212842 - Level shifter with memory interfacing two supply domains: A level-shifter circuit configured to transfer data between two voltage supply domains may eliminate crowbar current while simultaneously providing a valid output signal. The level-shifter circuit may transfer a data signal between the two voltage domains using a latch that is capable of maintaining its output level—based on the destination... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.c.

20090212843 - Semiconductor device arrangement and method: A semiconductor device arrangement and a method. One embodiment includes at least one power transistor and at least one gate resistor located between a gate of the power transistor and a connecting point in the drive circuit of the power transistor. The semiconductor device arrangement includes a switchable element between... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090212845 - High voltage control switch: A high voltage control switch including a voltage controller and a control switch is provided. The high voltage control switch splits the control switching of high voltages into two ranges. The voltage controller determines the on and off voltages appropriate for the application based on the range the input signal... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090212844 - Information handling system port security: A port securing module includes a power gate that is operable to be coupled in series to a power source and to a load. A resistor is coupled in parallel to the power gate. An operational amplifier includes an inverting input and a non-inverting input that couple the operational amplifier... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP Ip Section

20090212846 - Insulated gate field effect transistors: A field transistor is divided into a number of cells (6) and includes a separate first gate line (20) connected to first transistor cells (8) and a separate second gate line (22) connected to second transistor cells (10). A drive circuit is used to drive all the cells (6) in... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20090212847 - System and method for sensor thermal drift offset compensation: A system and method for compensating for thermal drift. A temperature is measured in a meter as a temperature voltage. The temperature voltage is converted to a digital signal. The digital signal is processed to generate an offset voltage in response to the digital signal. The offset voltage is applied... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090212849 - Capacitive moisture independent crush protection: A protective arrangement for preventing parts of the body from being trapped between at least two mutually relatively moveable parts including at least one strip which is associated with at least one part. There are provided in the strip at least two mutually spaced conductive elements extending in the longitudinal... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090212848 - Power supply unit for mobile workstation and method: A power supply unit for a mobile computerized device includes a housing having a handle, a battery positioned within the housing, and a detector configured to detect user interaction with the handle. The power supply unit may comprise a removable power supply unit for a mobile computerized device, having a... Agent: Michael B. Mcneil Liell & Mcneil Attorneys Pc

20090212850 - Method and circuit for implementing efuse resistance screening: A method and circuit for implementing eFuse resistance screening, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. An eFuse is sensed using a first reference resistor. Responsive to the eFuse being sensed as blown with the first reference resistor, the eFuse is sensed using a second... Agent: Ibm Corporation Rochester Ip Law Dept 917

20090212852 - Power supply circuit and semiconductor memory: A power supply circuit outputs different set potentials in response to control signals, wherein a voltage detecting circuit changes levels of a first reference potential and a second reference potential in response to inputs of control signals, and a clock generating circuit increases a frequency of the frequency divided clock... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090212851 - Power supply unit: High-accuracy overcurrent detection is performed, while a loss resulting from the current detection is significantly reduced. A switch section outputs the voltage between the both terminals of a current detection resistor using an AND signal between an output signal from a hysteresis comparator and an output signal from a pre-driver.... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.c.

20090212853 - Apparatus for supplying power in semiconductor integrated circuit and input impedance control method of the same: An apparatus for supplying power in a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a plurality of power lines, each supplying external power to an interior of the semiconductor integrated circuit, and at least one decoupling capacitor set connected to the plurality of power lines and having a resistance value configured to be... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090212854 - Asymmetric segmented channel transistors: Structures, layouts and methods of forming integrated circuits are described. In various embodiments, the current invention includes an asymmetric segmented transistor. The asymmetric segmented transistor includes a source region and a drain region disposed within an active region, a floating source/drain region disposed within the active region, a first channel... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20090212855 - Feedback technique and filter and method: An example filter includes a differential amplifier and a resistor string coupled between output terminals of the differential amplifier. The resistor string may generate a common mode sense voltage and an intermediate voltage at an intermediate node. A feedback resistor is coupled between the intermediate node of the resistor string... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090206884 - Locking state detector and dll circuit having the same: A locking state detector includes a phase comparing unit configured to compare a reference clock signal and a feedback clock signal to generate a first phase difference distinction signal to distinguish a first phase difference range, and a second phase difference distinction signal to distinguish a second phase difference range... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090206885 - Track and hold circuit: A track and hold circuit (1) comprising a switch device (10) and a capacitive hold device (20). The track and hold circuit (1) comprises a track-voltage generating device (30) adapted to generate a control voltage based on a signal on an input terminal of the switch device (10) and supply... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090206887 - Differential current output driver with overvoltage protection: A differential current output driver and a method for overvoltage protection of a differential current output driver circuit are provided. The output driver includes a differential current output driver circuit operable by a power supply voltage and including first and second driver transistors in a differential current configuration and first... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090206886 - Line driver with tuned on-chip termination: A line driver includes current sources and resistors that form a bridge circuit in which a bridge resistor is connected between an internal node and ground, and a series resistor connected between the internal node and the driver's output node. The internal node is connected to receive a unit current... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP 901 Campisi Way

20090206888 - Driving circuit for capacitive load and liquid injecting apparatus: A driving circuit for a capacitive load includes a driving signal generating unit that generates a driving signal for driving the capacitive load by using a pair of driving transistors. A power source voltage generating unit generates high-voltage and low-voltage power source voltages that are higher and lower, respectively, than... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090206889 - Method and apparatus for controlling power surge in an integrated circuit: A method for ramping a high-speed clock to control power surge in an integrated circuit when transitioning from a low power holdstate to an operational state where the integrated circuit includes selected logic circuits adapted to be maintained in the holdstate. A core clock signal including a plurality of core... Agent: George A Leone, Sr Citadel Patent Law

20090206891 - Power cycling power on reset circuit for fuse initialization circuitry: A system for initializing circuitry is presented. The system employs a power-on reset circuit having a threshold voltage and a programmable switch circuit. The power-on reset circuit has a detector circuit for detecting a reference voltage, and a one-sided latch for generating an output voltage reflective of the reference voltage.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090206890 - Reset signal generator and a method for generating reset signal of a semiconductor integrated circuit: A reset signal generator of a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a counter that counts a clock signal in response to activation of a power-up signal and activates a count-result signal when the counted value reaches a target value, and a reset signal generating unit that activates a reset signal in... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090206893 - Charge pump circuit and pll circuit: PLL circuit 1000 includes a charge pump circuit 100, a low-pass filter 101, a voltage controlled oscillator 102, a frequency divider 103, and a phase comparator 104. As in the comparative example, the frequency divider 103 divides the frequency of an oscillation signal C and outputs a feedback signal B... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090206892 - Phase-locked loop system and method: A phase-locked loop including a phase detector configured to receive inputs from a reference signal path and a feedback signal path and generate a phase detector output based upon such inputs. The phase-locked loop also includes an oscillator operatively coupled with the phase detector and configured to produce an oscillatory... Agent: Matthew D. Rabdau Tektronix, Inc.

20090206895 - Phase synchronization apparatus: A phase synchronization apparatus includes an oscillator gain setting member configured to discriminate a frequency by sequentially delaying input clock signal after dividing the input clock signal at a predetermined division ratio and to generate an oscillator gain setting signal by using discriminated frequency information, and a phase locked loop... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090206894 - Phase-locked loop with adaptive performance: A phase-locked loop capable of being dynamically configured to optimize phase-noise performance during different modes of operation. The phase-locked loop may include a switchable charge pump, loop filter and voltage-controlled oscillator having auxiliary circuit components that may be switched in and out to achieve calibration settings for optimizing phase-noise performance... Agent: The Mueller Law Office, P.C.

20090206898 - Control of a variable delay line using line entry point to modify line power supply voltage: Disclosed herein is a VDL/DLL architecture in which the power supply to the VDL, VccVDL, is regulated at least as a function of the entry point of the input signal (ClkIn) into the VDL. Specifically, VccVDL is regulated to be higher when the delay through the VDL is relatively small... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20090206896 - Delay locked loop: An integrated circuit includes a chain of delay elements, a first phase detector, and a controller. The chain of delay elements is configured to delay an input clock signal for providing an output clock signal phase shifted with respect to the input clock signal by a selected value. The first... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090206897 - Skew adjustment circuit and a method thereof: Provided are a skew adjustment circuit and a method thereof. The skew adjustment circuit inputs an input clock signal and an input start pulse signal to output an output clock signal and an output start pulse signal which are delayed according to a skew value of a skew control signal.... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090206899 - System for controlling a signal slew rate in a digital device: A system for controlling a slew rate of a signal, such as used in an imaging device, comprises a counter for measuring a duration that the signal drops from a maximum voltage to a predetermined reference voltage; a register for retaining a desired duration that the signal drops from the... Agent: Patent Documentation Center Xerox Corporation

20090206900 - Duty cycle correction circuit and method for correcting duty cycle: A duty cycle correction circuit capable of reducing current consumption and that includes a back-bias voltage supply circuit for supplying back-bias voltages, wherein a duty cycle of an input clock is reflected on the back-bias voltages; and a buffer for adjusting the duty cycle of the input clock and configured... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090206901 - Duty cycle correction circuit with reduced current consumption: A duty cycle correction circuit includes a signal generating unit including a first signal generating unit coupled to a power supply voltage terminal and configured to output a complementary output signal of an output signal in response to a clock signal, and a second signal generating unit coupled to the... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090206902 - Method for providing power factor correction including synchronized current sensing and pwm generation: A method for providing power factor correction for a boost converter in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes providing a current sense signal indicative of a current flowing through an inductor of the boost converter, sampling the current sense signal to provide a digital current sense signal,... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090206903 - Radio frequency and microwave signals: A device for generating high powered Radio Frequency (RF) or microwave signals comprising a fast rise-time video pulse generator, a modulator to modify the generated UWB pulses by gyromagnetic action to transfer a portion of the UWB pulse energy from lower frequencies to frequencies in the RF or microwave range... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090206904 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a first flip-flop, a combined circuit and a second flip-flop that form a critical path; a first delay circuit and a third flip-flop that are provided in the post-stage of the combined circuit; a second delay circuit and a fourth flip-flop that are provided in... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090206905 - Self clock generation: A clock signal may be generated for a receiving circuit without requiring an external oscillator. A first digital circuit may convert a first signal edge at an input into a first clock signal at an output, and a second digital circuit, in feedback connection with the first digital circuit, may... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090206906 - Signal splitter: A controllable-gain circuit (TI, Rt, TS1, . . . , TS4) provides a first and a second pair of complementary gain-controlled signals (Ip1, Ip3; Ip2, Ip4) in response to an input signal (RFI). In each pair, one gain-controlled signal (Ip1, Ip2) is the input signal amplified with a gain G... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20090206907 - Thermaltronic analog device: A method is provided for the electronic processing of analog signals in thermaltronic device. The method accepts an analog input signal, e.g., an AC signal, at a thermaltronic device input and generates a thermal electric (TE) temperature having a first transfer function responsive to the input signal. As opposed to... Agent: Law Office Of Gerald Maliszewski

20090206908 - Radio frequency switch: An RF switch includes first, second and third transmission lines for forming ports, respectively, and first, second and third slot line pattern portions connected to one another, for transferring signals to the first, second and third transmission lines, respectively. The first slot line pattern portion has a slot line pattern... Agent: Storm LLP

20090206909 - Bidirectional controlling device for increasing resistance of elements on voltage stress: A bidirectional controlling device is utilized for receiving two input signals, which are respectively provided from a first input terminal and a second input terminal, and for respectively providing two output signals to a first output terminal and a second output terminal, by controlling a plurality of switch sets.... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090206910 - High-frequency switch circuit: A high frequency switch circuit is provided with a switch section composed of a field effect transistor having a plurality of bias circuits; and a potential generating circuit for generating a bias voltage from a control signal and supplying a bias circuit with the bias voltage. The field effect transistor... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090206911 - Solid state thermal electric logic: A method is provided for thermal electric binary logic control. The method accepts an input voltage representing an input logic state. A heat reference is controlled in response to the input voltage. The method supplies an output voltage representing an output logic state, responsive to the heat reference. More explicitly,... Agent: Gerald W. Maliszewski

20090206912 - Temperature detection circuit: Provided is a temperature detection circuit which can, even when a set range of detected temperature is enlarged, suppress a rise in a lowest operating voltage. The temperature sensor circuit has a function of adjusting a voltage level of an output voltage, thereby suppressing the output voltage of the temperature... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20090206913 - Edge termination with improved breakdown voltage: A MOSFET switch which has a low surface electric field at an edge termination area, and also has increased breakdown voltage. The MOSFET switch has a new edge termination structure employing an N-P-N sandwich structure. The MOSFET switch also has a polysilicon field plate configuration operative to enhance any spreading... Agent: Groover & Associates

20090206914 - Semiconductor device generating varied internal voltages: The present invention describes a semiconductor device that generates internal voltages having different levels using an external voltage. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of asynchronous internal voltage generating circuits that share an external voltage source and generate internal voltages having different levels from one another. The plurality of asynchronous... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090206917 - Two stage voltage boost circuit with precharge circuit preventing leakage, ic and design structure: A two stage voltage boost circuit, IC and design structure are disclosed for boosting a supply voltage using gate control circuitry to reduce gate oxide stress, thus allowing lower voltage level FETs to be used. The voltage boost circuit may include a first stage for boosting the supply voltage to... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090206915 - Two stage voltage boost circuit, ic and design structure: A two stage voltage boost circuit, IC and design structure are disclosed for boosting a supply voltage using gate control circuitry to reduce gate oxide stress, thus allowing lower voltage level FETs to be used. The voltage boost circuit may include a first stage for boosting the supply voltage to... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090206916 - Voltage boost system, ic and design structure: A voltage boost system, IC and design structure are disclosed for boosting a supply voltage while preventing forward biasing of n-well structures. The voltage boost system may include a first voltage boost circuit producing a first boosted voltage using at least one voltage boost sub-circuit, each of the at least... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090206918 - Semiconductor device and cell plate voltage generating apparatus thereof: A semiconductor device includes a monitor voltage transfer unit and a voltage generating unit. The monitor voltage transfer unit selects one of a plurality of internal voltages including a cell plate voltage in accordance with a test mode to output it to a voltage monitor pad or outputs an external... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090206919 - No-trim low-dropout (ldo) and switch-mode voltage regulator circuit and technique: An optimized output voltage circuit and technique obtainable without trimming is set forth. A voltage reference circuit and method devoid of trim resistors comprising a high gain amplifier, a plurality of bandgap resistors, and at least a plurality of bipolar devices interconnected across circuitry in a predetermined configuration having emitter... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20090206920 - Soft-start device: A soft-start device including a current source, a first transistor, and a second transistor is described. The first transistor is coupled to the current source, and an amount of current conducted by the first transistor is determined according to a voltage. The second transistor is also coupled to the current... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090206921 - Single-chip common-drain jfet device and its applications: A single-chip common-drain JFET device comprises a drain, two gates and two source arranged such that two common-drain JFETs are formed therewith. Due to the two JFETs merged within a single chip, no wire bonding connection is needed therebetween, thereby without parasitic inductance and resistance caused by bonding wire, and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090206922 - Single-chip common-drain jfet device and its applications: A single-chip common-drain JFET device comprises a drain, two gates and two source arranged such that two common-drain JFETs are formed therewith. Due to the two JFETs merged within a single chip, no wire bonding connection is needed therebetween, thereby without parasitic inductance and resistance caused by bonding wire, and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090206923 - Filter switching device and filter switching method: A filter switching device includes a first buffer amplifier, a first characteristic resistor with one terminal connected to the output of the first buffer amplifier, first and second filter circuits connected in parallel to the other terminal, the first filter circuit including a first relay and a first low-pass filter,... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090206924 - Semiconductor device structures and related processes: Improved highly reliable power RFP structures and fabrication and operation processes. The structure includes plurality of localized dopant concentrated zones beneath the trenches of RFPs, either floating or extending and merging with the body layer of the MOSFET or connecting with the source layer through a region of vertical doped... Agent: Groover & Associates

20090201050 - Fault detection and isolation of redundant signals: A method of detecting signal faults comprises sampling at least three redundant signals; calculating a difference signal for each unique pair-wise comparison of the at least three sampled redundant signals; comparing each difference signal to an expected distribution for the difference signals; and determining if one of the at least... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090201051 - Sample-and-hold circuit and pipeline ad converter using same: A switched capacitor sample-and-hold circuit using a source grounded input operational amplifier, wherein a feed forward circuit or a feedback circuit is provided in the operational amplifier and connected to the feedback capacitor of the operational amplifier via switches, an input common voltage or a middle point voltage of outputs... Agent: William S. Frommer Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090201054 - Driving circuits in electronic device: In driving circuits, signal enhancing circuits are used to enhance driving ability of driving signals. Further, source follower transistors may further enhance driving ability of the driving circuits by conducting more current to loading, so that output signals of the driving circuits may transit more rapidly. In other words, the... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090201053 - Layout structure of source driver and method thereof: A layout structure of a source driver having a plurality of driving channels, and a method thereof are provided herein. The layout structure of the source driver includes a plurality of pads and a plurality of routings. The pads are used for making electric contact between the source driver and... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090201052 - Low voltage, high-speed output-stage for laser or modulator driving: The present invention provides a driving circuit (100) in particular for driving a laser diode (700) or a modulator, at data speed in the order of Gb/s. The driving circuit (10) has a low-voltage, high-speed output stage capable of driving efficiently a laser diode (700) or a modulator The driver... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20090201055 - Methods and apparatus for managing lsi power consumption and degradation using clock signal conditioning: Methods and apparatus for distributing clock signals to an integrated circuit provide for: producing, in a slow mode of operation, a first clock signal having at least first and second on-pulses of differing first and second on-times each period, respectively, where a sum of the first and second on-times is... Agent: Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20090201056 - Preset circuit of audio power amplifier: A preset circuit of an audio power amplifier includes an inverter and a voltage drop device. The inverter receives an input signal to output an output signal, and includes a first switch and a second switch. The first switch is controlled with the input signal, and has a first terminal... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090201057 - Method and apparatus to generate system clock synchronization pulses using a pll lock detect signal: Method and apparatus for generating system clock synchronization pulses using a Phase Locked Loop (PLL) lock detect signal are provided. The method includes utilizing a clock lock detect signal indicative that a system clock is synchronized with an internal clock, and determining an initial count value. Then, start counting beginning... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20090201058 - Charge pump for pll/dll: A charge pump for use in a Phase Locked Loop/Delay Locked Loop minimizes static phase error through the use of an operational amplifier. The operations amplifier also mitigates the effects of low power supply voltage.... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20090201059 - System and method for signal adjustment: Embodiment of the present invention relate to a method for receiving a first signal, determining a first characteristic of the first signal, the characteristic being a time based characteristic, receiving a second signal and processing the second signal through a predetermined range of delay elements, an initial minimum number of... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20090201060 - Clock synchronizing circuit: A clock synchronizing circuit applied in a SMD block is provided. The clock synchronizing circuit includes a number of stages of clock synchronizing units. The clock synchronizing circuit can achieve the purpose of clock synchronizing by using a novel circuit design of the forward delay unit, the mirror control unit... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090201061 - Electronic apparatus having display portion and oscillator and manufacturing method of the same: A method for manufacturing a quartz crystal unit comprises the steps of forming a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator vibratable in a flexural mode of an inverse phase and having a quartz crystal tuning fork base and first and second quartz crystal tuning fork tines connected to the quartz crystal... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20090201062 - Electronic apparatus having display portion and oscillator and manufacturing method of the same: A method for manufacturing a quartz crystal unit comprises the steps of adjusting an oscillation frequency of a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator that is vibratable in a flexural mode of an inverse phrase and that has first and second quartz crystal tuning fork tines, forming at least one groove... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20090201063 - Dynamic semiconductor device: A dynamic semiconductor device is provided with a plurality of master step sections having hatch sections for temporarily storing input data and dynamic gate sections; a plurality of slave step sections, which are alternately connected with master step sections and provided with dynamic gate sections or with latch sections and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090201066 - Digitally clock with selectable frequency and duty cycle: A system and method are provided for controlling the duty cycle and frequency of a digitally generated clock. The method accepts a first clock signal having a fixed first frequency. A frequency control word with a first pattern is loaded into a first plurality of serially-connected registers. A duty cycle... Agent: Law Office Of Gerald Maliszewski

20090201065 - Local signal generation circuit: A local signal generation circuit in accordance with one aspect of the present invention includes a phase comparator that detects a phase difference between a reference signal and a feedback signal and outputs a error signal, a charge-pump circuit that receives the error signal and generates a step-up voltage, a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090201064 - Phase interpolator system and associated methods: A phase interpolator system is disclosed that may include a clock to provide a clock signal, and a control section in communication with the clock to regulate the strength of the clock signal. The system may also include a generator circuit to produce an alternate clock signal based upon the... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Richard Lau

20090201067 - Reference voltage generating circuit, integrated circuit device, and signal processing apparatus: A reference voltage generating circuit that generates a reference voltage includes: a first pn junction that generates a first voltage; a second pn junction that has a different current density from the first pn junction; a first resistor that generates a first current having a positive temperature coefficient based on... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090201068 - Output circuit with overshoot-reducing function: Output circuit with reduced overshoot includes input end, output end, a circuit composed of PMOS and NMOS, rising and falling edge trigger bias circuits. The rising and falling edge trigger bias circuits output biasing voltages to the output end for clamping the voltage of the output signals respectively according to... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090201069 - Level shifting circuit: A level shifting circuit includes a first level shifting unit including a plurality of signal transfer units; a first operation control unit inactivating some of signal transfer units of the first level shifting unit in response to a clamping signal; a second level shifting unit connected in parallel to the... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090201070 - Pre-driver circuit using transistors of a single channel type: A serial interface apparatus comprises a driver for generating a differential communication signal and a pre-driver for driving the driver circuit. The pre-driver receives an input signal that alternates between VDD and ground and produces an output signal that alternates between a lower limit that is greater than ground and... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090201071 - Bootstrap circuit: Disclosed herein is a bootstrap circuit configured to employ first, second and third transistors of the same conduction type wherein: a node section connecting a gate electrode of the first transistor and a specific one of the source and drain areas of a third transistor to each other is put... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090201072 - Bridge circuits and their components: A half bridge is described with at least one transistor having a channel that is capable in a first mode of operation of blocking a substantial voltage in at least one direction, in a second mode of operation of conducting substantial current in one direction through the channel and in... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090201073 - Pump control unit with decelerometer switch: A pump control unit incorporates an accelerometer as a sensor. Responsive to outputs from the sensor, electrical load driving signals can be provided to energize a pump motor to reduce a fluid level in an enclosure.... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20090201074 - Method and circuit for implementing efuse sense amplifier verification: A method and circuit for implementing Efuse sense amplifier verification, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. A first predefined resistor value is sensed relative to a reference resistor. A second predefined resistor value is sensed relative to a reference resistor. Responsive to identifying a... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept 917

20090201075 - Method and apparatus for mosfet drain-source leakage reduction: A method and apparatus are taught for reducing drain-source leakage in MOS circuits. In an exemplary CMOS logic gate, a first transistor causes the body of an affected transistor to be at a first body potential. A second transistor brings the body potential of the affected transistor to a second... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20090201076 - Semiconductor charge pump using mos (metal oxide semiconductor) transistor for current rectifier device: A semiconductor charge pump includes a plurality of P-channel MOS transistors being connected in series, a plurality of first pumping capacitors one electrode of each of which is connected to a connection point of each of the P-channel MOS transistors, a clock signal generating circuit which generates first and second... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090201077 - Clocked inverter, nand, nor and shift register: A threshold voltage of a transistor is fluctuated because of fluctuation in film thickness of a gate insulating film or in gate length and gate width caused by differences of used substrates or manufacturing steps. In order to solve the problem, according to the present invention, there is provided a... Agent: Eric Robinson

20090201078 - Single-chip common-drain jfet device and its applications: A single-chip common-drain JFET device comprises a drain, two gates and two source arranged such that two common-drain JFETs are formed therewith. Due to the two JFETs merged within a single chip, no wire bonding connection is needed therebetween, thereby without parasitic inductance and resistance caused by bonding wire, and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090201079 - Single-chip common-drain jfet device and its applications: A single-chip common-drain JFET device comprises a drain, two gates and two source arranged such that two common-drain JFETs are formed therewith. Due to the two JFETs merged within a single chip, no wire bonding connection is needed therebetween, thereby without parasitic inductance and resistance caused by bonding wire, and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090201080 - Current mirror circuit and digital-to-analog conversion circuit: A first switched capacitor circuit is connected to the source of one MOS transistor of a current mirror pair configured by a pair of MOS transistors and a second switched capacitor circuit is connected to the source of the other MOS transistor. Each of the first and second switched capacitor... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090201081 - Method and apparatus for mosfet drain-source leakage reduction: A method and apparatus is taught for reducing drain-source leakage in MOS circuits. In an exemplary CMOS inverter, a first transistor causes the body of an affected transistor to be at a first body potential. A second transistor brings the body potential of the affected transistor to a second body... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20090201082 - Integrated circuit device having power domains and partitions based on use case power optimization: A programmable SoC (system on a chip) having optimized power domains and power islands. The SoC is an integrated circuit device including a plurality of power domains, each of the power domains having a respective voltage rail to supply power to the power domain. A plurality of power islands are... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090201050 - Fault detection and isolation of redundant signals: A method of detecting signal faults comprises sampling at least three redundant signals; calculating a difference signal for each unique pair-wise comparison of the at least three sampled redundant signals; comparing each difference signal to an expected distribution for the difference signals; and determining if one of the at least... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090201051 - Sample-and-hold circuit and pipeline ad converter using same: A switched capacitor sample-and-hold circuit using a source grounded input operational amplifier, wherein a feed forward circuit or a feedback circuit is provided in the operational amplifier and connected to the feedback capacitor of the operational amplifier via switches, an input common voltage or a middle point voltage of outputs... Agent: William S. Frommer Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090201054 - Driving circuits in electronic device: In driving circuits, signal enhancing circuits are used to enhance driving ability of driving signals. Further, source follower transistors may further enhance driving ability of the driving circuits by conducting more current to loading, so that output signals of the driving circuits may transit more rapidly. In other words, the... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090201053 - Layout structure of source driver and method thereof: A layout structure of a source driver having a plurality of driving channels, and a method thereof are provided herein. The layout structure of the source driver includes a plurality of pads and a plurality of routings. The pads are used for making electric contact between the source driver and... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090201052 - Low voltage, high-speed output-stage for laser or modulator driving: The present invention provides a driving circuit (100) in particular for driving a laser diode (700) or a modulator, at data speed in the order of Gb/s. The driving circuit (10) has a low-voltage, high-speed output stage capable of driving efficiently a laser diode (700) or a modulator The driver... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20090201055 - Methods and apparatus for managing lsi power consumption and degradation using clock signal conditioning: Methods and apparatus for distributing clock signals to an integrated circuit provide for: producing, in a slow mode of operation, a first clock signal having at least first and second on-pulses of differing first and second on-times each period, respectively, where a sum of the first and second on-times is... Agent: Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20090201056 - Preset circuit of audio power amplifier: A preset circuit of an audio power amplifier includes an inverter and a voltage drop device. The inverter receives an input signal to output an output signal, and includes a first switch and a second switch. The first switch is controlled with the input signal, and has a first terminal... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090201057 - Method and apparatus to generate system clock synchronization pulses using a pll lock detect signal: Method and apparatus for generating system clock synchronization pulses using a Phase Locked Loop (PLL) lock detect signal are provided. The method includes utilizing a clock lock detect signal indicative that a system clock is synchronized with an internal clock, and determining an initial count value. Then, start counting beginning... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20090201058 - Charge pump for pll/dll: A charge pump for use in a Phase Locked Loop/Delay Locked Loop minimizes static phase error through the use of an operational amplifier. The operations amplifier also mitigates the effects of low power supply voltage.... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20090201059 - System and method for signal adjustment: Embodiment of the present invention relate to a method for receiving a first signal, determining a first characteristic of the first signal, the characteristic being a time based characteristic, receiving a second signal and processing the second signal through a predetermined range of delay elements, an initial minimum number of... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20090201060 - Clock synchronizing circuit: A clock synchronizing circuit applied in a SMD block is provided. The clock synchronizing circuit includes a number of stages of clock synchronizing units. The clock synchronizing circuit can achieve the purpose of clock synchronizing by using a novel circuit design of the forward delay unit, the mirror control unit... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090201061 - Electronic apparatus having display portion and oscillator and manufacturing method of the same: A method for manufacturing a quartz crystal unit comprises the steps of forming a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator vibratable in a flexural mode of an inverse phase and having a quartz crystal tuning fork base and first and second quartz crystal tuning fork tines connected to the quartz crystal... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20090201062 - Electronic apparatus having display portion and oscillator and manufacturing method of the same: A method for manufacturing a quartz crystal unit comprises the steps of adjusting an oscillation frequency of a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator that is vibratable in a flexural mode of an inverse phrase and that has first and second quartz crystal tuning fork tines, forming at least one groove... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20090201063 - Dynamic semiconductor device: A dynamic semiconductor device is provided with a plurality of master step sections having hatch sections for temporarily storing input data and dynamic gate sections; a plurality of slave step sections, which are alternately connected with master step sections and provided with dynamic gate sections or with latch sections and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090201066 - Digitally clock with selectable frequency and duty cycle: A system and method are provided for controlling the duty cycle and frequency of a digitally generated clock. The method accepts a first clock signal having a fixed first frequency. A frequency control word with a first pattern is loaded into a first plurality of serially-connected registers. A duty cycle... Agent: Law Office Of Gerald Maliszewski

20090201065 - Local signal generation circuit: A local signal generation circuit in accordance with one aspect of the present invention includes a phase comparator that detects a phase difference between a reference signal and a feedback signal and outputs a error signal, a charge-pump circuit that receives the error signal and generates a step-up voltage, a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090201064 - Phase interpolator system and associated methods: A phase interpolator system is disclosed that may include a clock to provide a clock signal, and a control section in communication with the clock to regulate the strength of the clock signal. The system may also include a generator circuit to produce an alternate clock signal based upon the... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Richard Lau

20090201067 - Reference voltage generating circuit, integrated circuit device, and signal processing apparatus: A reference voltage generating circuit that generates a reference voltage includes: a first pn junction that generates a first voltage; a second pn junction that has a different current density from the first pn junction; a first resistor that generates a first current having a positive temperature coefficient based on... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090201068 - Output circuit with overshoot-reducing function: Output circuit with reduced overshoot includes input end, output end, a circuit composed of PMOS and NMOS, rising and falling edge trigger bias circuits. The rising and falling edge trigger bias circuits output biasing voltages to the output end for clamping the voltage of the output signals respectively according to... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090201069 - Level shifting circuit: A level shifting circuit includes a first level shifting unit including a plurality of signal transfer units; a first operation control unit inactivating some of signal transfer units of the first level shifting unit in response to a clamping signal; a second level shifting unit connected in parallel to the... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090201070 - Pre-driver circuit using transistors of a single channel type: A serial interface apparatus comprises a driver for generating a differential communication signal and a pre-driver for driving the driver circuit. The pre-driver receives an input signal that alternates between VDD and ground and produces an output signal that alternates between a lower limit that is greater than ground and... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090201071 - Bootstrap circuit: Disclosed herein is a bootstrap circuit configured to employ first, second and third transistors of the same conduction type wherein: a node section connecting a gate electrode of the first transistor and a specific one of the source and drain areas of a third transistor to each other is put... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090201072 - Bridge circuits and their components: A half bridge is described with at least one transistor having a channel that is capable in a first mode of operation of blocking a substantial voltage in at least one direction, in a second mode of operation of conducting substantial current in one direction through the channel and in... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090201073 - Pump control unit with decelerometer switch: A pump control unit incorporates an accelerometer as a sensor. Responsive to outputs from the sensor, electrical load driving signals can be provided to energize a pump motor to reduce a fluid level in an enclosure.... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20090201074 - Method and circuit for implementing efuse sense amplifier verification: A method and circuit for implementing Efuse sense amplifier verification, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. A first predefined resistor value is sensed relative to a reference resistor. A second predefined resistor value is sensed relative to a reference resistor. Responsive to identifying a... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept 917

20090201075 - Method and apparatus for mosfet drain-source leakage reduction: A method and apparatus are taught for reducing drain-source leakage in MOS circuits. In an exemplary CMOS logic gate, a first transistor causes the body of an affected transistor to be at a first body potential. A second transistor brings the body potential of the affected transistor to a second... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20090201076 - Semiconductor charge pump using mos (metal oxide semiconductor) transistor for current rectifier device: A semiconductor charge pump includes a plurality of P-channel MOS transistors being connected in series, a plurality of first pumping capacitors one electrode of each of which is connected to a connection point of each of the P-channel MOS transistors, a clock signal generating circuit which generates first and second... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090201077 - Clocked inverter, nand, nor and shift register: A threshold voltage of a transistor is fluctuated because of fluctuation in film thickness of a gate insulating film or in gate length and gate width caused by differences of used substrates or manufacturing steps. In order to solve the problem, according to the present invention, there is provided a... Agent: Eric Robinson

20090201078 - Single-chip common-drain jfet device and its applications: A single-chip common-drain JFET device comprises a drain, two gates and two source arranged such that two common-drain JFETs are formed therewith. Due to the two JFETs merged within a single chip, no wire bonding connection is needed therebetween, thereby without parasitic inductance and resistance caused by bonding wire, and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090201079 - Single-chip common-drain jfet device and its applications: A single-chip common-drain JFET device comprises a drain, two gates and two source arranged such that two common-drain JFETs are formed therewith. Due to the two JFETs merged within a single chip, no wire bonding connection is needed therebetween, thereby without parasitic inductance and resistance caused by bonding wire, and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090201080 - Current mirror circuit and digital-to-analog conversion circuit: A first switched capacitor circuit is connected to the source of one MOS transistor of a current mirror pair configured by a pair of MOS transistors and a second switched capacitor circuit is connected to the source of the other MOS transistor. Each of the first and second switched capacitor... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090201081 - Method and apparatus for mosfet drain-source leakage reduction: A method and apparatus is taught for reducing drain-source leakage in MOS circuits. In an exemplary CMOS inverter, a first transistor causes the body of an affected transistor to be at a first body potential. A second transistor brings the body potential of the affected transistor to a second body... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20090201082 - Integrated circuit device having power domains and partitions based on use case power optimization: A programmable SoC (system on a chip) having optimized power domains and power islands. The SoC is an integrated circuit device including a plurality of power domains, each of the power domains having a respective voltage rail to supply power to the power domain. A plurality of power islands are... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090195271 - Frequency mode selection discriminator and low pass filter: A circuit is described that detects high and low frequencies and additional clock frequencies and outputs a signal that indicates a high, a low frequency or an additional mode. When in the low frequency low frequency mode signals are regenerated free of any high frequency signals from appearing on the... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20090195272 - Data transmission system for exchanging multi-channel signals: A receiver circuit is provided with: a plurality of input terminals; a plurality of hold circuits holding reception signals received by the plurality of input terminals; a detector circuit detecting clock bits from selected one of the reception signals to recover a clock signal in response to the detected clock... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090195273 - Start-up circuit for smia input clock buffer: A circuit for a buffer includes input and output nodes, in which the buffer provides a high level voltage output at the output node for a low level input leakage condition at the input node. The circuit includes a pull-up circuit, coupled to the input node, for providing a pull-up... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090195274 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: A semiconductor integrated circuit according to the present invention comprises a clock tree circuit for delay-adjusting a clock signal using various delay amounts, and a clock synchronizing circuit to which the delay-adjusted clock signal is supplied. The clock tree circuit comprises a first clock tree cell provided in a poststage... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090195275 - Technique for efficiently managing both short-term and long-term frequency adjustments of an electronic circuit clock signal: A control system for generating an electronic circuit clock signal that can optimize operating frequency margins by responding to short term effects by quickly varying the clock frequency and long term effects by finding an optimal frequency point. A sensor indicates frequency margins associated with safe use of the clock... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090195276 - System and method for implementing a digital phase-locked loop: An apparatus for implementing a digital phase-locked loop includes a voltage-controlled oscillator that generates a primary clock signal in response to a VCO control voltage. Detection means generates counter control signals, including count up signals and count down signals, to indicate a current relationship between the primary clock signal and... Agent: Gregory J. Koerner Redwood Patent Law

20090195277 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a clock generating section having a digital control signal generating part operable to generate a clock signal and a digital control part. The clock generating section further includes a phase-frequency comparator and a control register. The comparator is supplied with a reference signal CLKin and... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090195278 - Method and circuit for controlling clock frequency of an electronic circuit with noise mitigation: A technique to mitigate noise spikes in an electronic circuit device such as an integrated circuit. The clock frequency of a clock signal used by the electronic circuit is controlled such that instantaneously large changes to the clock frequency are avoided by use of a frequency filter that is capable... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090195279 - Delay locked loop circuit and method: Delay locked loop circuits and methods are disclosed. In the embodiments, a delay locked loop may include a phase detector to detect a phase difference between a clock signal and a reference clock signal, and a charge pump that receives the detected phase difference. A low pass filter may filter... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/micron

20090195280 - Integrated circuit having a memory with a plurality of storage cells of synchronous design and connected to clock gating units: In a memory area having portions of predictable access frequency, such as in a memory area of a real time clock unit, a synchronous design may be implemented by associating storage cells of identical access frequency with a clock gating mechanism, thereby reducing power consumption. Hence, the synchronous design of... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20090195281 - Timing signal generating circuit, semiconductor integrated circuit device and semiconductor integrated circuit system to which the timing signal generating circuit is applied, and signal transmission system: A semiconductor integrated circuit device has a command decoder for issuing a control command in accordance with a supplied control signal, a DRAM core, and a timing adjusting circuit for supplying the control command, set active for a predetermined period, as a DRAM control signal to the DRAM core. The... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090195283 - Delay locked loop: The digital duty cycle correction circuit according to the present invention includes a first conversion circuit for buffering an internal clock output from a delay locked loop (DLL), converting the buffered internal clock into first and second clocks through first and second terminals, delaying the second clock according to voltage... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090195282 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device having standard cell including resistance element: A standard cell includes an input terminal, an output terminal, first and second inverters coupled in series between the input and output terminals, the first inverter including a first transistor of a first conductivity type and a second transistor of a second conductivity type, the first transistor being coupled between... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090195284 - Semiconductor device equipped with a pull-down circuit: Provided is a semiconductor device equipped with a pull-down circuit capable of reducing its area. The pull-down circuit is formed of a depletion type NMOS transistor in which a gate thereof is connected to a ground potential, and an enhancement type NMOS transistor in which a gate and a drain... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/seiko Instruments Inc.

20090195285 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: A semiconductor integrated circuit is provided with one or more flip-flop circuits (10a and 10b) and a control signal generating section (20). The control signal generating section (20) outputs a control signal to control ON/OFF of the flip-flop circuits (10a and 10b). Each of the flip-flop circuits (10a and 10b)... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090195286 - Phase shifting using asymmetric interpolator weights: Illustrative embodiments provide an apparatus for phase shifting to produce uniform phase steps in a predictable manner to improve the linearity of conversion. The apparatus comprises a phase selector for selecting two or more phases to create selected phases and a phase interpolator capable of receiving the selected phases. The... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090195287 - Apparatus and method for external to internal clock generation: A phase recombination circuit includes a first phase input and a first one-shot pulse generator adapted to receive the first phase input and produce a first signal to pull a signal to a first state. The phase recombination circuit also includes a second phase input in phase relationship with the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/micron

20090195288 - Serial link transmitter: The invention provides a serial link transmitter coupled to a serial link receiver through a pair of transmission lines and having a pair of transmitting terminals respectively coupled to one of the transmission lines. The serial link transmitter comprises a differential amplifier and a voltage clamping circuit. The differential amplifier... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090195289 - Process-variation tolerant diode, standard cells including the same, tags and sensors containing the same, and methods for manufacturing the same: Process variation-tolerant diodes and diode-connected thin film transistors (TFTs), printed or patterned structures (e.g., circuitry) containing such diodes and TFTs, methods of making the same, and applications of the same for identification tags and sensors are disclosed. A patterned structure comprising a complementary pair of diodes or diode-connected TFTs in... Agent: The Law Offices Of Andrew D. Fortney, Ph.d., P.C.

20090195290 - Method and apparatus for overshoot and undershoot errors correction in analog low dropout regulators: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for dynamically correcting overshoot and undershoot errors in an analog integrated circuit by improving the reaction time (Δt) of the analog integrated circuit. Equivalently, an error correction circuit is disclosed present invention is only activated to reduce overshoot and undershoot errors by... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090195291 - Level shift circuit, and driver and display system using the same: Disclosed is a level shift circuit that includes a first level shifter which is connected between an output terminal and a first power supply terminal that supplies a first voltage and sets the output terminal to a level of the first voltage when an input signal received at an input... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090195292 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: A semiconductor integrated circuit device including an I/O circuitry capable of low-voltage high-speed operation at low cost is provided. In the I/O circuitry, when an I/O voltage (for example, 3.3 V) is lowered to a predetermined voltage (for example, 1.8 V), portions causing a speed deterioration are a level conversion... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090195293 - Emitter-switched bipolar transistor: The invention relates to a power circuit with a emitter-switched bipolar transistor (ESBT) (T2) and a MOS transistor (T3) connected downstream of the bipolar transistor. The bipolar transistor (T2) is controlled by a Mosfet transistor (T1). A zener diode (D1) which is disposed between the exit of the MOS transistor... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090195294 - Method and system for signal generation via a temperature sensing crystal integrated circuit: Aspects of a method and system for signal generation via a temperature sensing crystal integrated circuit are provided. In this regard, a temperature sensing crystal integrated circuit (TSCIC) comprising a memory and a crystal or crystal oscillator may generate a signal indicative of a measured temperature. The generated signal and... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090195296 - Method for recovering an on-state forward voltage and, shrinking stacking faults in bipolar semiconductor devices, and the bipolar semiconductor devices: In a bipolar semiconductor device such that electrons and holes are recombined in a silicon carbide epitaxial film grown from the surface of a silicon carbide single crystal substrate at the time of on-state forward bias operation; an on-state forward voltage increased in a silicon carbide bipolar semiconductor device is... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090195295 - Semiconductor device having power supply system: A semiconductor device is provided which includes: a first semiconductor integrated circuit; a ground line and a power supply line trough which electric power is supplied to the first semiconductor integrated circuit; and a variable impedance component which is connected between the ground line and the power supply line.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090195297 - Ccd device and method of driving same: Disclosed is a CCD device in which a charge transfer register of a CCD structure is connected to a charge detector via an output gate and has a reset gate between the charge detector and a reset drain, and an output gate pulse opposite in phase from a reset pulse... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090195299 - Apparatus and method for preventing excessive increase in pumping voltage when generating pumping voltage: A device for generating a pumping voltage and preventing an excessive increase in the pumping voltage includes a pumping voltage output unit that outputs a pumping voltage and adjusts the level of the pumping voltage in order to maintain a target voltage. The level of the pumping voltage is adjusted... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090195298 - Charge pump circuit and electronic apparatus provided with the same: A pumping circuit includes: a pumping capacitance; a first drive transistor connected between an input node for receiving an input voltage and one terminal of the pumping capacitance; and a second drive transistor connected between an output node for outputting an output voltage and the one terminal of the pumping... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090195300 - Gate controlled atomic switch: The invention relates to a method for producing a switch element. The invention is characterised in that the switch element comprises three electrodes that are located in an electrolyte, two of which (source electrode and drain electrode) are interconnected by a bridge consisting of one or more atoms that can... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090195301 - Band-gap reference voltage detection circuit: Methods, devices, modules, and systems for a band-gap reference voltage detection circuit are provided. One embodiment for a band-gap reference voltage detection circuit includes a Brokaw cell having a band-gap reference voltage, and a circuit portion for indicating the magnitude of an input voltage signal with respect to the band-gap... Agent: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch , PLLC

20090195302 - Reference buffer: A reference buffer is disclosed. The reference buffer includes a main source follower stage, a replica source follower stage, and a low-pass filter. The main source follower stage provides a first main voltage according to a first driving voltage. The replica source follower stage duplicates the first main voltage to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090195303 - Method of reducing common mode current noise in power conversion applications: A transformer and filter circuit for reducing common mode noise current in isolated power conversion circuits, comprising a series connection of: a first transformer having an N:1 turns ratio, a common mode current filter, and a second transformer having a 1:M turns ratio. The overall effect being a transformer with... Agent: William Joseph Bowhers

20090195304 - Transadmittance and filter having a gain function: Disclosed are a circuit and a method for tuning a programmable filter including input terminals, output terminals, a filter network and a transadmittance stage. The input terminals can receive input signals, and the output terminals output a filtered signal. The transadmittance stage, coupled to the input terminals, generates a current... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP