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Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/11

20110018585 - Methods, systems and arrangements for edge detection: A variety of edge-detection related devices, methods and systems are implemented in various fashions. One implementation is directed to an edge detector circuit (100) for detecting an edge of an input signal and producing an output level-sensitive signal that is synchronous to a clock signal having an active edge corresponding... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20110018586 - Signal judgement circuit, integrated circuit device and electronic equipment: A signal judgement circuit 1 making a judgement on a signal includes: an error signal generation circuit 10 receiving signals via at least four signal lines 100 and outputting an error signal when, of all the received signals, the number of signals taking on a same value does not exceed... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20110018587 - Method and circuit for configuring pin states: The present disclosure relates to an electronic technology and discloses a method and circuit for configuring pin states. The method for configuring pin states includes: establishing a connection between a pin and a variable resistor; loading a fixed voltage on the pin, and detecting intensity of currents generated by the... Agent: Huawei/bhgl

20110018588 - Level-shifter circuit: A level-shift circuit, comprising: an input, for receiving a first voltage; an output, for outputting a second voltage; a resistor array comprising one or more resistors connected in series to the input; a current sink for providing a current that is independent of the first voltage; a switch arrangement comprising... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20110018589 - Bootstrapped clock generator and track-and-hold circuit including the same: A track-and-hold circuit includes a bootstrapped clock generator and a track-and-hold unit. The bootstrapped clock generator receives an input voltage signal and generates a sampling control signal having a voltage level lower than or equal to a level of a power supply voltage by maintaining an initial level of a... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20110018590 - Feedback circuit and control method for an isolated power converter: A feedback circuit for an isolated power converter includes an opto-coupler and a reversed polarity regulator. The opto-coupler provides a current related to an output voltage of the isolated power converter. When the isolated power converter enters light load, the output voltage rises and the reversed polarity regulator reduces the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20110018591 - System for converting charge into voltage and method for controlling this system: The invention relates to controlling a device for converting charge into voltage comprising an amplifier and at least one capacitor mounted in inverse feedback between an input and an output of said amplifier, whereby said amplifier can be connected between at least one input stage, to receive a charge therefrom,... Agent: Burr & Brown

20110018592 - Electric circuit: This invention provides an electric circuit which used a rectification type device in which an electric current is generated only in a single direction, when an electric potential difference was applied to electrodes at both ends of the device. Then, the invention provides an electric circuit which utilized a fact... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C. (dc)

20110018593 - Mosfet gate drive with reduced power loss: A gate driver for a power MOSFET in, for example, a DC-DC converter switches the MOSFET between a fully-on condition and a low-current condition instead of switching the MOSFET between fully-on and fully-off conditions. The amount of charge that must be transferred to charge and discharge the gate of the... Agent: Patentability Associates

20110018594 - Latch module and frequency divider: A latch module comprising a sense pair of transistor elements coupled together for sensing a differential input signal at input terminals, a level-shift module for producing a differential output signal at output terminals, and a regenerative pair of transistor elements coupled together and with the input pair for holding the... Agent: Larson Newman & Abel, LLP

20110018595 - Metastability hardened synchronizer circuit: A metastability hardened synchronizer circuit includes a plurality of transmission gates, each transmission gate responsive to an input signal and a clock signal to generate a driver signal. The synchronizer circuit also includes a plurality of latches. The plurality of latches includes a first one of the latches in electrical... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20110018596 - Phase locked loop and 3-stage frequency divider: The phase locked loop has a phase-frequency detector (PFD), a loop filter (LF), a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), and a 3-stage frequency divider. The PFD receives a reference signal and a feedback signal to determine phase and frequency errors. The LF), coupled to the phase-frequency detector, filters the phase and... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20110018597 - Phase locked loop and phase-frequency detector: The phase-frequency detector (PFD) includes a frequency detector (FD) arranged to receive orthogonal signal pairs of a reference signal and a feedback signal and estimate a frequency error between a reference signal and a feedback signal; a FD voltage-to-current converter arranged to convert the frequency error into a first current;... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20110018598 - Pll circuit: A PLL circuit according to the present invention includes a VCO that outputs an VCO signal having a frequency according to an input voltage, a loop filter that feeds a voltage according to an input current to the VCO, a phase comparator that outputs a phase difference pulse having a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20110018600 - Delay locked loop circuit: A delay locked loop circuit includes a delay locking unit configured to output a first internal clock and a second internal clock, a rising edge of which is synchronized with that of the first internal clock by delaying a compensated external clock for compensating a skew of a semiconductor memory... Agent: Ip & T Group LLP

20110018599 - Partial response receiver and related method: A multi-phase partial response equalizer circuit includes sampler circuits that sample an input signal to generate sampled signals in response to sampling clock signals having different phases. A first multiplexer circuit selects one of the sampled signals as a first sampled bit to represent the input signal. A first storage... Agent: Steven J. Cahill / Rambus Inc.

20110018601 - Phase control device, phase-control printed board, and control method: A DLL circuit includes a delay line that adds, when receiving a reference signal, a delay amount to the phase of the reference signal by using each delay element and outputs a delay signal for each delay element. The DLL circuit includes a phase detector that compares the phase of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20110018602 - Edge-sensitive feedback-controlled pulse generator: Edge-sensitive Feedback-controlled pulse generator. A circuit includes a pulse generating circuit responsive to a desired transition in an input signal to initiate an output pulse. The circuit also includes a delay circuit responsive to the output pulse to generate a feedback signal. Further, the circuit includes a first latch that... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20110018603 - Spurious pulse generator: According to a spurious pulse generator of this invention, integrating circuits are provided at a plurality of stages for carrying out integrating operations about time and outputting a spurious pulse, the integrating circuits being constructed to input a voltage value for controlling a crest value which is a peak swing... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20110018604 - Configurable clock signal generator: A method to provide a low-power clock signal or a low-noise clock signal is described herein. It is determined whether a low-power mode or a low-noise mode is in use. A voltage reference input of a low-dropout voltage regulator (LDO) is switched to a low-power voltage reference for low-power mode... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20110018605 - Offset-voltage calibration circuit: Provided is an offset-voltage calibration circuit. The circuit includes a comparator configured to receive at least two comparison voltages and output a result of a comparison between the comparison voltages, an up/down counter (UDC) configured to output an up-counting or down-counting output signal in response to an output signal of... Agent: Ampacc Law Group, PLLC

20110018606 - Level shifters and high voltage logic circuits: Level shifters and high voltage logic circuits implemented with MOS transistors having a low breakdown voltage relative to the voltage swing of the input and output signals are described. In an exemplary design, a level shifter includes a driver circuit and a latch. The driver circuit receives an input signal... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20110018607 - Method and circuit for controlling radiant heat of transistor using metal-insulator transition device: Provided are a method and circuit for controlling heat generation of a power transistor, in which the power transistor can be protected by preventing heat generation of the power transistor by using a metal-insulator transition (MIT) device that can function as a fuse and can be semi-permanently used. The circuit... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20110018608 - Bipolar transistor, band-gap reference circuit and virtual ground reference circuit: The present invention provides a bipolar transistor, a method for forming the bipolar transistor, a method for turning on the bipolar transistor, and a band-gap reference circuit, virtual ground reference circuit and double band-gap reference circuit with the bipolar transistor. The bipolar transistor includes: a Silicon-On-Insulator wafer; a base area,... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20110018609 - Temperature compensation in output feedback of a flyback power converter: A secondary circuit of a flyback power converter has a resistor network to monitor the output current of the flyback power converter, so as to generate a voltage to apply to a base of a bipolar junction transistor to thereby provide a collector signal for output feedback. The resistor network... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20110018610 - Force invariant touch sensitive actuator: A load control device for controlling an amount of power delivered to an electrical load from an AC power source, the load control device comprising a semiconductor switch operable to be coupled in series electrical connection between the source and the load, the semiconductor switch having a control input for... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20110018611 - Force invariant touch sensitive actuator: l

20110018612 - System, devices and methods for coupling qubits: A ladder structure is ferromagnetically coupled to a first qubit where the ladder structure has a monostable energy potential in use, such that the first qubit and the ladder structure effectively operate as a single qubit. The ladder structure and first qubit may be coupled via a superconducting flux coupler.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20110018613 - System and method for pre-charging a boot capacitor in a switching regulator with high pre-bias voltage: An apparatus comprises a voltage regulator including an high side switching transistor and a low side switching transistor. An high side drive controls operation of the high side switching transistor. A low side driver controls operation of the low side switching transistor. A bootstrap capacitor provides an operating voltage to... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20110018614 - Semiconductor switch: A challenge in outputting a voltage near the midpoint potential in a semiconductor switch which operates based on a low voltage power supply is to avoid a decrease in operation speed and a deterioration in accuracy of the output voltage which would be caused due to an increase in ON-resistance... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20110018616 - Charge pump circuit: A charge pump circuit for biasing a capacitive transducer. The charge pump circuit includes a plurality of parallel arranged transistor-capacitor units each having a bipolar junction transistor with a collector terminal connected to a base terminal and an emitter terminal connected to a capacitor. The charge pump circuit also includes... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20110018618 - Charge pump circuit: A rectifying device is used to prevent any reverse current in a charge pump circuit. Accordingly, energy stored in the charge pump circuit is prevented from being transmitted back to an input voltage source, or energy stored in a capacitor coupled to an output end is prevented from being transmitted... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20110018615 - Charge pump with current based regulation: A charge pump system using a current based regulation method, in addition to the typical voltage based regulation methods is presented. The current flow in the charge pump is determined independently of the output voltage. By sensing the current going through the charge pump while its output is being regulated... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Sandisk Corporation

20110018617 - Charge pump with reduced energy consumption through charge sharing and clock boosting suitable for high voltage word line in flash memories: A charge pump circuit for generating an output voltage is described. Charge pump circuits typically have two branches. As the clocks supplying the branches of a charge pump circuit alternate, the output of each branch will alternately provide an output voltage, which are then combined to form the pump output.... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Sandisk Corporation

20110018619 - Integrated negative voltage generator: A negative voltage generator with AC coupled control signals is described. In an exemplary design, the generator includes four switches (which may be implemented with MOS transistors) and a capacitor. A first switch is coupled between a positive input voltage and a first end of the capacitor. A second switch... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20110018620 - Semiconductor integrated circuit having normal mode and self-refresh mode: An SDRAM includes a DC-DC converter IC for generating a first internal power supply voltage from external power supply voltage, a regulator IC for generating a second internal power supply voltage lower than the first internal power supply voltage, from external power supply voltage, and a switching portion for supplying... Agent: Novak Druce + Quigg LLP

20110018621 - Current mirror circuit: The invention relates to a current mirror circuit (40, 50, 60) comprising an input-side transistor (Q1) or field effect transistor and an output-side transistor (Q2) or field effect transistor, which are coupled with their emitters or sources and are connected to a voltage (UB, 55), which are electrically coupled with... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20110018622 - Simple noise control method: The Simple Noise Control Method is a method used to eliminate all noise from a pulsed signal. By subjecting the pulsed signal to a band pass filter and duration filter based on simple, low cost and widely available timers, counters and logic gates or equivalents, any noise in the pulsed... Agent: Vuong Binh Hong

20110018623 - Integrated circuit package: An integrated circuit combination, comprising first and second integrated circuit dies with respective first and second control register banks, and a path for external control data, within said combination, coupling a first data interface on said first die, which receives the external control data, to the first and second control... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20110018624 - Integrated power detector with temperature compensation for fully-closed loop control: An amplifier circuit comprises a detection power input circuit for receiving an RF signal, and a bias circuit that includes an output for generating a bias signal in response to a reference control voltage. The power detector further comprises a detection circuit for generating a power control voltage having a... Agent: Dla Piper LLP (us )

20110018625 - Electronic circuit and electronic circuit arrangement: In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, an electronic circuit is provided, wherein the electronic circuit comprises a first transistor and also a second transistor coupled in series with the first transistor. Furthermore, the electronic circuit comprises a capacitor, wherein a first terminal of the capacitor is coupled to a control... Agent: Spryip, LLC Ifx

20110012643 - Apparatus and method for testing sense amplifier thresholds on an integrated circuit: An apparatus and method for testing sense amplifier threshold voltages on an integrated circuit includes one or more sense amplifier modules each including a number of sense amplifier circuits, a voltage generator unit, and detection logic. The voltage generator unit may select a differential voltage to supply to at least... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20110012644 - Sampling circuits: A sampling circuit includes an amplifier, a sampling capacitor, a feedback capacitor, and a voltage source. The sampling capacitor and the feedback capacitor are coupled to the same input terminal of the amplifier, such that the offset of the amplifier and low-frequency noise can be cancelled. The voltage source can... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20110012645 - Signal line driving circuit and light emitting device: Dispersion occurs in the characteristics of the transistors. The invention is a signal line driving circuit having a first and a second current source circuits corresponding to each of a plurality of signal lines, a shift register, and a constant current source for video signal, in which the first current... Agent: Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, P.C.

20110012646 - Bus low voltage differential signaling (blvds) circuit: A differential signaling circuit and a control circuit. The differential signaling circuit includes a first positive driver and a first negative driver. The first negative driver has different impedance than the first positive driver. The first positive driver and the first negative driver together define a first current path between... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20110012647 - Frequency divider with a configurable dividing ratio: A method for dividing the frequency of a signal using a configurable dividing ratio is disclosed. An input signal with a first frequency is received at clocked switches in a frequency divider with a configurable dividing ratio. Non-clocked switches inside the frequency divider are operated to select one of multiple... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20110012648 - Systems and methods for reducing average current consumption in a local oscillator path: A method for reducing average current consumption in a local oscillator (LO) path is disclosed. An LO signal is received at a master frequency divider and a slave frequency divider. Output from the master frequency divider is mixed with an input signal to produce a first mixed output. Output from... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20110012649 - Interrupter, a method of responding to a monitored event and an integrated circuit including an interrupter: An interrupter, a method of responding to a monitored event and an IC are disclosed. In one embodiment, the interrupter includes: (1) a monitoring circuit configured to monitor for an occurrence of at least one event and generate an external event signal when detecting the occurrence, (2) a microprocessor, having:... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20110012650 - Microcontroller unit and method therefor: A microcontroller unit comprises a reset controller operably coupled to a plurality of logic elements of the microcontroller unit. Low voltage detection logic is operably coupled to the reset controller and arranged to provide a plurality of low voltage interrupt signals to a number of respective logic elements of the... Agent: Larson Newman & Abel, LLP

20110012651 - Power-on reset circuit, module including same, and electronic device including same: A power-on reset circuit includes a charge-up circuit to charge a first capacitor after power is on, a first NOR circuit connected to an output terminal of the charge-up circuit and receive a power-on reset signal output from an output terminal of the power-on reset circuit, a first inverter connected... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20110012652 - Phase-locked loop: A loop filter for receiving an input signal indicative of a phase-difference between a reference signal and a signal output by a signal generator and forming a control signal for controlling the signal generator in dependence thereon, the loop filter comprising a plurality of filter components that determine the frequency... Agent: Novak Druce Deluca + Quigg LLP (csr)

20110012653 - Charge pump with low charge injection and low clock feed-through: A charge pump with low charge injection and low clock feed-through for a phase locked loop (PLL). A first source-switched current mirror has a source transistor and an output transistor. The source transistor has a drain connected to a first current source. The output transistor has a drain connected to... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20110012654 - 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

20110012655 - Locked loops, bias generators, charge pumps and methods for generating control voltages: Locked loops, bias generators, charge pumps and methods for generating control voltages are disclosed, such as a bias generator that generates bias voltages for use by a clock signal generator, such as a voltage controlled delay line, in a locked loop having a phase detector and a charge pump. The... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20110012656 - 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

20110012657 - Digitally controlled oscillator: A digitally controlled LC-tank oscillator is constructed by connecting different tuning circuits to a LC tank. The tuning circuit includes a single bank of tuning cells, a dual bank of tuning cells, or a fractional tuning circuit. Each of said tuning cells in the tuning circuit includes a tuning circuit... Agent: Ipr Works, LLC

20110012658 - Adaptive pulse width control power conversation method and device thereof: An adaptive pulse width control power conversion device includes a pulse width adjustable pulse frequency module (PFM) control circuit, a pulse width modulation (PWM) control circuit, a PWM/PFM switching unit, a switching circuit, and a load status detection circuit. When the power conversion device is to be switched from a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20110012660 - Clock circuit with delay functions and related method: A clock circuit with delay functions includes a first clock tree and a delay module. The first clock tree provides a first clock signal and includes a first clock root and a plurality of first sub-trees. The delay module is coupled to the first clock root or a designated sub-tree... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20110012659 - Signal generation apparatus and test apparatus: Provided is a signal generating apparatus that generates an output signal having a designated phase, comprising a phase difference detecting section that outputs a control signal corresponding to a phase difference between a reference signal having a prescribed period and the output signal; an oscillating section that generates a periodic... Agent: Masao Yoshimura

20110012661 - Sequentially operated modules: Method, modules and a system formed by connecting the modules for controlling payloads. An activation signal is propagated in the system from one module to the modules connected to it. Upon receiving an activation signal, the module (after a pre-set or random delay) activates a payload associated with it, and... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20110012662 - Sub-beam forming transmitter circuitry for ultrasound system: Multi-channel pulser driver circuitry for a sub-beam forming transmitter of an ultrasound system in which sub-beam signals are formed by delaying sub-beam pulse pattern data in accordance with sub-beam pulse delay data and multiple clock signals.... Agent: Vedder Price/nsc

20110012663 - Clock signal generating arrangement for a communication device: A clock signal generating arrangement for a communication device generates a system clock signal at an output for use as a timing reference. The clock signal generating arrangement comprises a reference clock generator for generating a reference clock signal, a main clock generator for generating a main clock signal having... Agent: Larson Newman & Abel, LLP

20110012664 - Clock signal amplifier circuit: A clock signal amplifier circuit includes: an inverter; a coupling capacitor connected to the input of the inverter; two resistors connected in series between the power supply potential and the ground potential, a connection node of the two resistors being connected to the input of the inverter; a feedback resistor... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20110012665 - Systems and methods for lowering interconnect capacitance through adjustment of relative signal levels: Methods and circuitry for lowering the capacitance of interconnects, particularly Through Wafer Interconnects (TWIs), using signal level adjustment are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention seek to bias the midpoint voltage level of the signals on the TWIs towards inversion, where at high frequencies capacitance is at its minimum. In one... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20110012666 - Non-predicated to predicated conversion of asynchronous representations: Methods, circuits and systems for converting of a non-predicated asynchronous netlist to a predicated asynchronous netlist are described. These may operate to identify one or more portions of an asynchronous netlist corresponding to a partially utilized portion of an asynchronous circuit. The asynchronous netlist may be modified to control the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20110012667 - Zero power drain pushbutton on switch: A normally-open pushbutton switch is coupled to and cooperates with a pair of MOSFETs to provide a power on switch function for a personal audio device that does not require power to be drawn from a power source to monitor the pushbutton switch while awaiting operation of the pushbutton switch... Agent: Bose Corporation C/o Donna Griffiths

20110012668 - Programmable efuse and sense circuit: A circuit for electric fuses includes circuits for sensing status and programming that have separate paths for each operation. The circuit includes a plurality of electrically programmable fuses and, associated with each fuse, a switch for coupling a first terminal of the fuse to a ground supply for programming or... Agent: Christie Parker & Hale LLP

20110012670 - Providing in package power supplies for integrated circuits: A device with an in package power supply may be utilized to supply power to other components. As a result, the overall system size may be reduced and economies may be achieved.... Agent: Timothy N. Trop Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.

20110012669 - Semiconductor-on-insulator with back side connection: Embodiments of the present invention provide for the removal of excess carriers from the body of active devices in semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structures. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an integrated circuit is disclosed. In one step, an active device is formed in an active layer of a semiconductor-on-insulator wafer.... Agent: The Mueller Law Office, P.C.

20110012671 - Charge pump circuit: A charge pump circuit includes an input end, a first reservoir capacitor, a second reservoir capacitor, a first output end, a second output end, and a charge pump unit. The input end is utilized for receiving an input voltage. The charge pump unit includes a first flying capacitor, a second... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20110012672 - Body-bias voltage controller and method of controlling body-bias voltage: A body-bias voltage controller includes: a plurality of transistors at least one of which is supplied with a body-bias voltage; a monitor circuit to detect voltage characteristics of the plurality of transistors and to output a indicator signal; and a body-bias voltage generator to generate the body-bias voltage based upon... Agent: Fujitsu Patent Center Fujitsu Management Services Of America, Inc.

20110012673 - Integrated circuit including a large number of identical elementary circuits powered in parallel: b

20110006811 - Frequency synthesizer for a level measuring device and a level measuring device: A frequency synthesizer for a time base generator of a level measuring device which works according to the radar principle, with at least one first output for output of a first frequency signal, with at least one second output for output of a second frequency signal, and with a reference... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20110006812 - Driver circuit and adjustment method therefor: A driver circuit includes an output section; a voltage-dividing section configured to divide a first voltage at a coupling point between the output section and a termination resistor; a comparison section configured to compare a voltage difference with one of the first voltage and a second voltage, the voltage difference... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20110006813 - Input circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit including the same: An input circuit, includes a first buffer circuit whose output is couple to an output signal terminal of the input circuit, and whose input is coupled to an input signal terminal of the input circuit, a second buffer circuit, a third buffer circuit, a first differential amplification circuit whose first... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20110006814 - Power stage: An power stage has a differential output stage 2 driven by one or more buffer stages 4. The buffer stages 4 are implemented as high and low side buffers 12,14, each of which is itself a differential buffer implemented using transistors formed in an isolated-well technology such as triple-well CMOS.... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20110006815 - High performance voltage buffers with distortion cancellation: A voltage buffer may include a first signal path extending from an input terminal to an output terminal in which the first signal path further may include a buffer transistor that may have a control terminal, and a first and second current terminals responsive to the control terminal. In the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20110006816 - Method and apparatus for generating frequency divided signals: In a method for dividing a frequency of a clock signal, a first frequency divided signal is generated based on a clock signal. Rising edges in the first frequency divided signal are detected. Alternatively, falling edges in the first frequency divided signal are detected. An edge detection signal that includes... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun, LLP (marvell)

20110006817 - Triangular wave generator, sscg utilizing the triangular wave generator, and related method thereof: A triangular wave generator, comprising: a first frequency divider, for utilizing a first positive integer to divide a first frequency of a first periodical signal to generate a first frequency-divided signal; a second frequency divider, for utilizing a second positive integer to divide a second frequency, which equals the first... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20110006818 - Clock synchronization system, node, clock synchronization method, and program: The invention provides a clock synchronization system which synchronizes the clock of a slave node with the clock of a master node by use of a timestamp packet transmitted from the master node to the slave node on the packet network, wherein the slave node includes a phase comparison part... Agent: Mr. Jackson Chen

20110006819 - Level-restored supply-regulated pll: The present disclosure provides for a processor that can include digital processing circuitry that receives a digital clock signal from a supply regulated phase locked loop. The supply regulated phase locked loop can include a voltage controlled oscillator that can output an analog signal and a level restorer that can... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20110006820 - Dual phase-locked loop circuit and method for controlling the same: A dual phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit includes a phase/frequency detector, a charge pump, a frequency tuning circuit and an N divider. The frequency tuning circuit includes a coarse-tuning circuit, for coarse-tuning an output frequency of the dual PLL circuit to approximate a target frequency; a fine-tuning circuit, for fine-tuning the... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20110006821 - 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

20110006822 - Open-loop line driver control method and apparatus: According to an embodiment, a circuit includes an amplifier and an open-loop control system. The amplifier has an output stage for amplifying a signal, a power supply for driving a supply voltage of the output stage to different voltage levels responsive to being modulated and a pulse width modulator for... Agent: Coats & Bennett/lantiq

20110006823 - Signal delay circuit, clock transfer control circuit and semiconductor device having the same: A signal delay circuit including a clock transfer control circuit configured to transmit or block a clock signal, and a pulse signal generation circuit configured to delay a first pulse signal in response to the transmitted clock signal to generate a second pulse signal which has a longer active period... Agent: Ip & T Group LLP

20110006824 - Wake-up receiver and wake-up method using duty cycling and power off technique: Provided is a low-power wake-up receiver that is sensitive to electric waves, by which power consumed by a radio frequency (RF) transceiver of a sensor node in a ubiquitous sensor network (USN) is minimized. A wake-up receiver waking up a main transceiver includes a duty cycle signal generation unit controlling... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20110006825 - Phase control circuit and method for optical receivers: This invention relates to a phase control circuit for an optical receiver (1). The phase control circuit (9, 19) comprises a non-linear element (22) and a power detector (24). The non-linear element (22) has a rectifying characteristic, inputs the received electrical signal (7, 17) and provides a rectified signal at... Agent: Edell, Shapiro, & Finnan, LLC

20110006826 - Phase signal generating apparatuses: In at least one example embodiment, a phase signal generating apparatus includes a phase signal generator and phase controller. The phase signal generator is configured to receive a plurality of first phase signals and a plurality of second phase signals, adjust a phase difference between the plurality of first phase... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20110006827 - 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

20110006828 - Differential type level shifter: This patent discloses a differential type level shifter, comprising: a differential pair of transistors, having a pair of gate terminals, a pair of drain terminals and a common source terminal, with the pair of gate terminals coupled to a first clock signal and a second clock signal; a current source,... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC

20110006829 - Isolation circuit: An isolation circuit is provided. The isolation circuit is coupled to an output and an input node and includes a first set, a second switch set, and a body bias voltage generator. The first switch set couples a switch control node to a second voltage when a first voltage is... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20110006830 - High current control circuit including metal-insulator transition device, and system including the high current control circuit: Provided are a high current control circuit including a metal-insulator transition (MIT) device, and a system including the high current control circuit so that a high current can be controlled and switched by the small-size high current control circuit, and a heat generation problem can be solved. The high current... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20110006831 - Devices and methods for reducing effects of device mismatch in temperature sensor circuits: A temperature sensor having one or more mirror circuits output temperature dependent output signals is disclosed in one embodiment. The temperature sensor includes a sampling circuit coupled to receive a clock signal that samples the output signals for a duration of a predetermined number of clock cycles. The temperature sensor... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20110006833 - Micro-controller-based electronic switch using a proximity detector to facilitate hands-free control of an ac device: This system is a no touch single pole single throw (spst) two wire electronic light switch that uses an Infrared Proximity Detector to create a working system designed to replace existing mechanical switches common in households. The use of a Micro Controller enables the system to adapt to different loads... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20110006832 - Negative pixel compensation: Negative pixel compensation in a touch sensitive device is disclosed. The device can compensate for a negative pixel effect in touch signal outputs due to poor grounding of an object touching the device. To do so, the device can switch to a configuration to measure the grounding condition of the... Agent: Apple C/o Mofo La

20110006834 - Semiconductor device and method of monitoring blowing of fuse in semiconductor device: In some embodiments, a semiconductor device includes a fuse having a conductive portion configured to be blown when a current exceeding a rated value flows through the conductive portion, a first monitor wiring configured to monitor blowing of the conductive portion of the fuse, and a second monitor wiring configured... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20110006835 - Multi-chip system: Provided is a multi-chip system. The multi-chip system includes a plurality of chips and a power sequence controller. The power sequence controller supplies a plurality of external power voltages to the plurality of chips according to a predetermined sequence.... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20110006836 - Charge pump and charging/discharging method capable of reducing leakage current: A charge pump includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first, a second and a third selectors. The first transistor includes a gate electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode which serves as an output port of the charge pump. The second transistor includes a gate electrode, a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20110006837 - Graphene device, method of investigating graphene, and method of operating graphene device: The present invention provides for a graphene device comprising: a first gate structure, a second gate structure that is transparent or semi-transparent, and a bilayer graphene coupled to the first and second gate structures, the bilayer graphene situated at least partially between the first and second gate structures. The present... Agent: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

20110006838 - Device for controlling a power transistor: e

20110006839 - Circuit providing compensated power for sense amplifier and driving method thereof: The present invention discloses a circuit providing a power for a sense amplifier that stabilizes a power voltage supplied to the sense amplifier by compensating a noise generated in the power voltage when the sense amplifier operates with an selectively generated decoupling noise. The circuit providing a power for a... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20110006840 - Fixing full-chip violations using flip-flops: A method of forming an integrated circuit includes providing a first design of the integrated circuit; analyzing the first design to identify a first flip-flop having setup/hold violations and a second flip-flop not having setup/hold violations; and replacing the first flip-flop with a third flip-flop having a substantially same cell... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20110001515 - Comparator with self-limiting positive feedback: A method and circuit for attenuating positive feedback in a comparator in one embodiment includes an amplifier configured to compare a first input signal with a second input signal and to provide an output based upon the comparison, a non-linear function with a first input operably connected to an output... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20110001516 - Circuit, apparatus, and method for signal transfer: A signal transfer circuit according to the present invention includes a differential signal generation unit that generates a differential signal according to a voltage difference between two input signals, a voltage difference detection unit that detects a voltage difference between the two input signals input to the differential signal generation... Agent: Young & Thompson

20110001517 - Semiconductor device: A disclosed semiconductor device includes an input terminal, a power line, a pnp-bipolar transistor connected to the power line, a first resistor connecting an emitter of the transistor to the input terminal, a second resistor connecting a collector of the transistor to ground, an operation circuit operable when the input... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20110001518 - Operating a switched-capacitor circuit with reduced noise: Techniques for operating a switched-capacitor circuit to reduce input and feedback dependence and/or reduce reference modulation. A switched-capacitor circuit can be operated in four phases. In a first phase at a start of a cycle, the capacitor is charged/discharged by a common mode signal to mask any residual charge stored... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20110001519 - System for converting charge into voltage and method for controlling this system: The invention relates to controlling a device for converting charge into voltage comprising an amplifier and at least one capacitor mounted in inverse feedback between an input and an output of said amplifier, whereby said amplifier can be connected between at least one input stage, to receive a charge therefrom,... Agent: Burr & Brown

20110001520 - Driver circuit and image forming apparatus: A driver circuit includes a memory cell for storing data and a data switching circuit. The memory cell includes a first inverter having a first output terminal and a first input terminal and a second inverter having a second output terminal and a second input terminal. The first output terminal... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20110001521 - Frequency divider: This disclosure relates to a divide-by-N frequency divider system and frequency dividing method. The system includes a ring oscillator having M stages, where M is an integer, and a zero mean current component coupled to one or more of the stages to provide a zero mean current flow path.... Agent: Spryip, LLC Ifx

20110001522 - High speed divide-by-two circuit: A high frequency divider involves a plurality of differential latches. Each latch includes a pair of cross-coupled P-channel transistors and a variable resistance element. The latch is controlled to have a lower output resistance at high operating frequencies by setting a multi-bit digital control value supplied to the variable resistance... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20110001523 - Frequency synthesizer: Provided is a frequency synthesizer capable of fine setting over a wide band and having a wide frequency pull-in range. A sine wave signal of an output frequency of a voltage controlled oscillating part is quadrature-detected, and in a PLL utilizing a vector rotating at a frequency (velocity) equal to... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20110001524 - Phase locked loop circuit: A Phase Locked Loop circuit, includes: a main path through which an input signal is propagated, and an actual signal is output; a main feedback path through which the actual signal is fed back to an input stage of the main path; and a local feedback path through which feedback... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20110001525 - Delay locked loop circuit: A delay locked loop circuit includes: a voltage level detector for detecting of an external power source voltage level; a phase comparator for comparing phases of reference clock and feedback clock; a clock delayer for designating one of a first delay cell unit and a second delay cell unit as... Agent: Ip & T Group LLP

20110001526 - Delay locked loop circuit: A delay locked loop circuit includes a phase comparison unit configured to compare a reference clock with a feedback clock and to output a phase comparison signal, a clock delay unit configured to delay a first reference clock in response to the phase comparison signal, to output a first delay... Agent: Ip & T Group LLP

20110001527 - Duty-cycle error correction circuit: A duty cycle error correction circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes an inversion and delay circuit and a phase interpolator. The inversion and delay circuit is configured to receive an input signal having a waveform that includes a duty cycle error, delay and invert the input signal to form an... Agent: Muir Patent Consulting, PLLC

20110001528 - Periodic signal synchronization apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed that operate to generate a periodic output signal from a periodic input signal, obtain a plurality of samples of a phase difference between the output signal and the input signal, and to adjust a phase of the output signal based on the samples of... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/micron

20110001529 - Signal processing circuit, agc circuit, and recording and playback device: Disclosed herein is a signal processing circuit including: a main path configured to transmit an input signal and output an actual signal; and a negative feedback path configured to feed back the actual signal to an input stage of the main path, wherein the main path includes a main path... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20110001530 - Method and apparatus for receiving burst data without using external detection signal: Apparatus and method for receiving burst data signal without using external detection signal are disclosed. The apparatus can include a clock data recovery (CDR) circuit to generate a clock signal, and a detection circuit to detect an initial portion in the data recovered from the input signal. The CDR circuit... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20110001531 - Method and apparatus for receiving burst data without using external detection signal: Apparatus and method for receiving burst data signal without using external detection signal are disclosed. The apparatus can include a clock data recovery (CDR) circuit to generate a clock signal, and a detection circuit to detect an initial portion in the data recovered from the input signal. The CDR circuit... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20110001532 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device includes a phase division unit, a clock delay unit, a duty cycle correction clock generation unit, and a duty cycle correction voltage generation unit. The phase division unit is configured to divide a phase of a source clock to generate a first division clock. The clock delay... Agent: Ip & T Group LLP

20110001533 - Sampling circuit: A sampling circuit for use in a semiconductor device, includes a first sampling unit configured to sample a data signal in synchronism with a reference clock signal and output a first output signal, a second sampling unit configured to sample a delayed data signal in synchronism with the reference clock... Agent: Ip & T Group LLP

20110001534 - Voltage generator capable of preventing latch-up and method thereof: A voltage generator capable of preventing latch-up is disclosed. The voltage generator includes a positive charge pump unit, a negative charge pump unit, a second stage charge pump unit, and a control unit. The positive charge pump unit is utilized for generating a positive charge pump voltage according to a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20110001535 - Sequential circuit with dynamic pulse width control: A pulsed latch circuit with conditional shutoff prevents an input node, such as a node receiving data, of the pulsed latch circuit, from latching data based on a delayed input control signal, such as an internal clocking signal, and based on a feedback latch state transition detection signal indicating that... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price P.C.

20110001536 - Static latch: A static latch includes a clock-based driver, an actuation circuit, and a weak latched unit. The clock-based driver includes first node, second node, a driving unit, first pass switch, and second pass switch. The driving unit drives the first node corresponding to first voltage in response to first level of... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20110001537 - Delay line: A delay line includes a delay amount adjusting unit configured to adjust a delay amount of an input signal in response to a first delay control code, and a delay unit configured to determine a number of first delay blocks having a delay amount with a first variation width and... Agent: Ip & T Group LLP

20110001538 - Voltage level shifter: A voltage level shifter is provided for receiving an input signal from an input voltage domain and converting said signal to a shifted signal in a shifted voltage domain. The voltage level shifter has an input, switching circuitry, a pass transistor and an output. The switching circuitry is configured to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20110001540 - Combined mixer and balun design: A circuit with inputs for first (LO) and second (IF) unbalanced signals at respective first and second frequencies, also comprising a mixer for the first and second input signals to produce a third signal (RF) at a third frequency at an output port. The mixer comprises first and second transistors... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20110001539 - Mixer-transconductance interface: Techniques for providing an efficient interface between a mixer block and a transconductance (Gm) block. In an exemplary embodiment, the output currents of at least two unit cells of the transconductance block are conductively coupled together, and coupled to the mixer block using a single conductive path. For a differential... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20110001541 - Power amplification device and communication device: In a case where two constant envelope signals corresponding to an input signal are generated through analog signal processing, variation in detection sensitivities of amplitudes of those signals is suppressed. At least one of a mixer (24) for detecting an amplitude of a first intermediate signal S1 and a mixer... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20110001542 - Devices and methods for improving voltage handling and/or bi-directionality of stacks of elements when connected between terminals: Devices and methods for improving voltage handling and/or bi-directionality of stacks of elements when connected between terminals are described. Such devices and method include use of symmetrical compensation capacitances, symmetrical series capacitors, or symmetrical sizing of the elements of the stack.... Agent: Martin J. Jaquez, Esq. Jaquez & Associates

20110001543 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: SOI MOSFETs are used for the transistors for switching of an antenna switch and yet harmonic distortion is significantly reduced. Capacitance elements are respectively added to either the respective drains or gates of the transistors comprising the through MOSFET group of reception branch of the antenna switch. This makes the... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20110001544 - Devices and methods for improving voltage handling and/or bi-directionality of stacks of elements when connected between terminals: Devices and methods for improving voltage handling and/or bi-directionality of stacks of elements when connected between terminals are described. Such devices and method include use of symmetrical compensation capacitances, symmetrical series capacitors, or symmetrical sizing of the elements of the stack.... Agent: Martin J. Jaquez, Esq. Jaquez & Associates

20110001545 - Display device and driving method thereof: A display device in which not only a variation in a current value due to a threshold voltage but also a variation in a current value due to mobility are prevented from influencing luminance with respect to all the levels of grayscale to be displayed. After applying an initial potential... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C. (dc)

20110001546 - Sub-threshold cmos temperature detector: A CMOS temperature detection circuit includes a start-up circuit for generating a start-up voltage (VN), and a proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT) current generator coupled to the start-up circuit for generating a PTAT current. The start-up voltage turns on the PTAT current generator, and the PTAT current generator uses the... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20110001547 - Threshold voltage digitizer for array of programmable threshold transistors: A system includes a voltage generator, current sensing amplifiers, and a control module. The voltage generator outputs a first voltage, which is generated based on received codewords, to a first word line that communicates with N transistors each having programmable threshold voltages, where N is an integer greater than 1.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20110001549 - Capacitive sensor arrangement with a sensor electrode, a screen electrode and a background electrode: A capacitive sensor array comprises a sensor electrode by which the intrusion of an object into a space in front of the sensor electrode is detected, a shield electrode and a background electrode. A control and evaluation circuit is coupled with the sensor electrode. This control and evaluation circuit detects... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20110001548 - Device and method for detecting an approach or contact: A device for detecting an approach or a touch related to at least one sensor element, in particular in an electrical appliance, the device comprising an input side and an output side, between which a first signal path with a first input and a first output and a second signal... Agent: Henneman & Associates, PLC

20110001550 - Proximity switch: The invention relates to a proximity switch for the detection of objects, comprising a sleeve-type housing, comprising a transducer unit disposed at a measuring end of said sleeve-type housing, the transducer unit comprising a transducer receptacle and a transducer element disposed therein for detecting a physical measurand, comprising a connecting... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20110001551 - Circuit structure and method for programming and re-programming a low power, multiple states, electronic fuse (e-fuse): Disclosed are embodiments of an e-fuse programming/re-programming circuit. In one embodiment, the e-fuse has two short high atomic diffusion resistance conductor layers positioned on opposite sides and at a same end of a long low atomic diffusion resistance conductor layer. A voltage source is used to vary the polarity and,... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20110001552 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device includes a first transmission line and a second transmission line disposed at different layers; a contact fuse coupled with the first transmission line and the second transmission line; a power driver configured to apply an electric stress to the contact fuse; and a fuse state output unit... Agent: Ip & T Group LLP

20110001553 - Method of driving reverse conducting semiconductor device, semiconductor device and power supply device: A technique for a reverse conducting semiconductor device including an IGBT element domain and a diode element domain that utilize body regions having a mutual impurity concentration, that makes it possible to adjust an injection efficiency of holes or electrons to the diode element domain, is provided. When a return... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20110001554 - Charge pump circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit: Provided is a charge pump circuit which is preferably used for reducing noise generated when electric charges are accumulated in a capacitor of the charge pump circuit. A load driving system 1 includes a charge pump circuit 2, a clock generation circuit 4, an amplifier circuit 6, and a load... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20110001555 - Test circuit for monitoring a bandgap circuit: A test circuit provided to monitor a bandgap circuit that outputs a bandgap reference voltage The test circuit includes a reference voltage test module to output a first pass signal when an operating voltage of the bandgap circuit is greater than a first threshold voltage; an output test module to... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20110001556 - Integrated circuit: An integrated circuit includes a first internal voltage generating unit configured to receive an external power and to generate a first internal voltage, and a second internal voltage generating unit configured to receive the first internal voltage, and to generate a second internal voltage having an absolute value of a... Agent: Ip & T Group LLP

20110001557 - Voltage reference circuit with temperature compensation: A voltage reference circuit with temperature compensation includes a power supply, a reference voltage supply, a first PMOS transistor with its source connected to the power supply voltage, a second PMOS transistor with its source connected to the power supply and its gate and drain connected to the first PMOS... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP (tsmc)

20110001558 - Integrated circuit comprising a broadband high voltage buffer: The disclosure relates to an integrated circuit comprising a data buffer circuit comprising first and second transistors coupled to a contact pad and third and fourth transistors. A first bias voltage is applied on a conduction terminal of the third transistor and a second bias voltage is applied on a... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20110001559 - Semiconductor device and method for driving the same: A semiconductor device and a method for driving the same rapidly detect failure of a through-semiconductor-chip via and effectively repairing the failure using a latching unit assigned to each through-semiconductor-chip via. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor chips that are stacked, and a plurality of through-semiconductor-chip vias to... Agent: Ip & T Group LLP