Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems inventions

20090278571 - Device and technique for transistor well biasing: A method includes receiving a set of voltages comprising at least a first voltage, a second voltage, and a third voltage and biasing a well of a transistor based on the extreme voltage of the set of voltages. Biasing the well of the transistor can include concurrently providing a first... Agent: Larson Newman & Abel, LLP

20090278572 - Load-driving circuit having two transistors switched for heat dissipation: A load-driving circuit supplies electric current to a load, such as a resistor of an airbag squib. The load-driving circuit includes high side and low side current control circuits, both connected in series. Each current control circuit is composed of a driving transistor, a resistor and a current mirror circuit... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090278573 - Band converted signal generator and band extender: A band converted signal generator includes a low range characteristic application section (16) as a component emphasis means emphasizing only one or more specific frequency components selected from among frequency components of an input signal; and a low pass filter (17) as a component extraction means extracting a signal component... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090278574 - Frequency divider, frequency dividing method thereof, and phase locked loop utilizing the frequency divider: A frequency divider reduces jitter and power consumption, and includes a phase selector for receiving a plurality of clock signals and outputting an intermediate signal corresponding to phase characteristic of at least one of the clock signals, and an adjustable delay circuit for receiving the intermediate signal and generating an... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090278575 - Charge recycling amplifier for a high dynamic range cmos imager: A high dynamic range amplifier circuit for amplifying pixel signals of an imager device is disclosed. The amplifier circuit uses a read-out scheme based on a charge recycling approach, where a pixel signal is first amplified with a low gain during a first amplification phase T1, and then the amplifier... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090278576 - Critical path monitor for an integrated circuit and method of operation thereof: A path monitor, a method of monitoring a path, an integrated circuit and a library of standard logic elements. In one embodiment, the path monitor includes: (1) a delay element having an input couplable to an input of a clocked flip-flop associated with a path to be monitored and configured... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20090278577 - Semiconductor device including phase detector: A semiconductor device including an edge synchronizer which outputs a synchronized strobe signal generated by synchronizing a transition time point of a strobe signal with clock edges of a main clock or a sub clock, a detector which outputs a phase determination signal indicating a phase difference between the main... Agent: Mannava & Kang, P.C.

20090278578 - Delay locked loop circuit and delay locking method: A delay locked loop circuit includes a phase detecting unit for detecting a phase difference between a reference clock signal and a feedback clock signal, and for producing a phase difference detection signal, a code generating unit for producing a digital code signal according to the phase difference detection signal,... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090278579 - Delay line calibration mechanism and related multi-clock signal generator: A delay line calibration mechanism includes a delay line, a phase detector, and a controller. The delay line receives an input pulse, a calibration pulse, a first delay selection signal, and a second delay selection signal, delays the input pulse for a delay period according to the first delay selection... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090278580 - Clock control circuit and a semiconductor memory apparatus having the same: A clock control circuit includes a clock delay device, an edge detection device, a phase determination device and a delay control device. The clock delay device generates a delayed rising clock and a delayed falling clock by delaying a rising clock and a falling clock, which are transferred from a... Agent: Mannava & Kang, P.C.

20090278581 - Delay lock loop and phase angle generator: The provided delay lock loop delaying an input signal includes a quadrature generator, a voltage controller and a delay cell. The input signal is inputted into the quadrature generator and the delay cell. A phase-changing signal from the quadrature generator and a delay signal respectively from the delay cell are... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090278582 - Circuit for controlling pulse width of auto-refresh signal and circuit for generating internal row address for auto refress: A circuit for controlling a pulse width of a refresh signal is provided. The circuit includes a first pulse width controller for receiving a first refresh signal having a first enable period, and generating a second refresh signal having a second refresh signal, and a second pulse width controller for... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090278583 - Clipping correction system and method for correcting clipped signals in a receiver: A system and method for restoring a clipped signal may be used in an optical receiver that detects a clipped modulated optical signal. The clipped modulated optical signal is detected to produce a clipped electrical signal including a series of clipped negative peaks and corresponding positive peaks. The clipped signal... Agent: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.

20090278584 - Cell-based integrated circuit and a method of operating a thyristor circuit in a standard cell of a cell-based integrated circuit: A cell-based integrated circuit comprises a first supply voltage terminal and a second supply voltage terminal. A standard cell comprising a thyristor circuit comprising a first input inputs the first supply voltage. A second input inputs the second supply voltage. A first output outputs a first output voltage corresponding to... Agent: Spryip, LLC Ifx

20090278585 - Attenuation system and method: An attenuation system includes an attenuator, a control unit, a comparator, two couplers, and two convert circuits, wherein a signal is attenuated by the attenuator via the first coupler and sent to a functional unit. The signal is output to the first convert circuit via the first coupler to be... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090278586 - Level shift circuit: A level shift circuit for adjusting voltage level of an input signal includes a voltage dividing circuit coupled to a input terminal for outputting a first voltage signal in response to the input signal at the input terminal, and a buffer coupled to a first node for generating a second... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090278587 - Level shift circuit: A level shift circuit insusceptible to mistaken operations at the time of disengagement of a standby state is disclosed. The level shift circuit includes a level converter circuit 5, a barrier gate circuit 2 and a holding circuit (MMP1, MMP2). The level converter circuit converts a signal level of a... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090278588 - Low voltage mixer with improved gain and linearity: A frequency mixing apparatus with improved voltage gain and linearity is provided. The frequency mixing apparatus includes a transconductor, a separator, and a switching unit. A voltage gain of the transconductor is controllable, and the transconductor converts a Radio Frequency (RF) signal into a current signal under control of a... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20090278589 - Method and apparatus for propagation delay and emi control: An output switch driving capability booster which may effectively reduce a propagation delay in an output switch with an independently controllable output transition change rate. A delay controller coupled to the output switch may be used to control the propagation delay. The delay controller may have a switch which may... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090278590 - Power sequence control circuit, and gate driver and lcd panel having the same: A power sequence control circuit receives an input positive voltage and an input negative voltage. The control circuit includes a pull-up stage, having a first terminal receiving the input positive voltage, a second terminal coupled to a node, and a control terminal receiving feedback of an output positive voltage. A... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090278591 - Power supplies in flash memory devices and systems: Power supplies in flash memory devices are disclosed. A first section of a flash memory device includes non-volatile memory for storing data. A second section of the flash memory device includes at least first and second pumping circuits. The first pumping circuit receives a first voltage and produces, at an... Agent: Mosaid Technologies Incorporated

20090278592 - Internal voltage discharge circuit and its control method: An internal voltage discharge circuit includes a differential comparator for differentially comparing a reference voltage with a feedback voltage to generate a discharge control voltage, a level detector for detecting a level of external power supply voltage and a discharge unit for adjusting an amount of discharge of an internal... Agent: Ip & T Law Firm PLC

20090278593 - Semiconductor circuit board and semiconductor circuit: The present invention is intended to efficiently implement noise countermeasures for a semiconductor circuit board and for a semiconductor circuit. The present invention is constituted by a control substrate, and a semiconductor circuit connected to the control substrate. The semiconductor circuit includes a substrate, an integrated circuit group, and a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090278594 - Frame-based level feedback calibration system for sample-based predictive clipping: A feedback calibration system and a method for controlling an electronic signal are disclosed. The feedback calibration system includes an input controller adapted to modify an input signal in response to a control signal and generate a modified input signal, a signal processing block including a signal analyzer, wherein the... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20090278595 - Braithwaite particle trap (the bpt): THE BRAITHWAITE PARTICLE TRAP, a small device that is for or used to generate limitless electrical power. THE BPT CIRCUIT works simply by using Like-Forces (+ verses +) and (− verses −) or charges instead of Opposite-Forces (+ verses −) to produce power or to increase electrical power greatly. In... Agent: Sherman W. Braithwaite

20090273371 - Phase comparator, phase synchronizing circuit, and phase-comparison control method: A phase comparator includes an edge detecting unit to which a reference signal is input and to which a referred signal based on the reference signal is input as a feedback signal. The edge detecting unit detects an edge of the reference signal and an edge of the referred signal.... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20090273372 - Half bin linear frequency discriminator: Frequency discriminator based on a variant of the DFT transform in which the usual twiddle factors are replaced with twiddle factors as for a DFT on a number of points which is the double as the actual number of sample points. The DFT so modified allows half-bin frequency discrimination, with... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090273373 - Semiconductor device having receiving circuit using internal reference voltage: A semiconductor device includes a reference voltage generating unit configured to produce a reference voltage by dividing a voltage difference between a positive clock terminal and a negative clock terminal, and a logic determination unit configured to determine a logic level of an external signal based on the reference voltage.... Agent: Mannava & Kang, P.C.

20090273374 - High linearity voltage to current conversion: A system and method for performing voltage to current conversion, the system comprising of a first set of devices that senses the input voltage signal through its input terminal and replicates said input voltage across a second set of devices which then converts said replicated input voltage signal to an... Agent: Rahman LLC

20090273375 - Low-noise lvds output driver: An LVDS output is described herein that has wideband operation down to 2.5V without degrading spur performance or dramatically increasing die are. A current mirror used in a conventional LVDS output is eliminated in such as way as to reduce noise coupling and produce especially clean output signals.... Agent: Michael J. Ure

20090273376 - Ac/dc converters and methods of manufacturing same: The present invention discloses AC/DC converters and methods of manufacturing the same. The method includes providing a substrate; forming an oxide layer on a top surface of the substrate; applying a photo-resist layer on the oxide layer to define a well region; performing an ion-implantation in the well region using... Agent: Eastwind Consultants Company Limited

20090273378 - Clock configuration: A circuit and method for determining the frequency of a first oscillating reference signal generated by a first reference oscillator. The circuit comprises: a second reference oscillator arranged to generate a second oscillating reference signal having a known frequency, a boot memory storing boot code comprising clock configuration code, and... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090273377 - Threshold dithering for time-to-digital converters: Techniques for dithering quantization thresholds of time-to-digital converters (TDC's) in all-digital phase-locked loops (ADPLL's) are disclosed. In an embodiment, the delay introduced by an individual buffer in a TDC delay line may be dithered. In another embodiment, the delay associated with the TDC delay line may be extended by a... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090273379 - Self-biased phase locked loop and phase locking method: The present invention discloses a self-bias phase locked loop including a phase frequency detector, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage control oscillator, a divider and a bias current converter. A charging or discharging current output from the charge pump equals to a first control current. A resistor of... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090273380 - Delay locked loop circuit and method thereof: A delayed locked loop (DLL) circuit for reducing power consumption in updating a delay value of an external clock after locking. The DLL circuit includes a phase comparator for comparing a phase of a feedback clock and a phase of an external clock, and a delay unit for delaying an... Agent: Mannava & Kang, P.C.

20090273381 - Delayed locked loop circuit: A delay locked loop circuit for compensating for a phase skew of a memory device includes a first delay locking unit configured to delay an external clock of the memory device by a first amount of delay to output a first internal clock, a second locking unit configured to delay... Agent: Mannava & Kang, P.C.

20090273382 - Circuit and method for correcting duty cycle: A circuit configured to correct a duty cycle includes a clock dividing unit configured to delay an input clock signal by a specified delay amount and to generate a plurality of delayed clock signals, a clock selection unit configured to output any one among the plurality of delayed clock signals... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090273383 - Logic circuit having gated clock buffer: A logic circuit includes a gated clock buffer including a control node, being set in either a first state or a second state in response to an input signal applied to the control node, outputting an input clock signal supplied as an output signal in the first state, and fixing... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090273384 - Vernier delay circuit: A ring oscillator oscillates at a frequency determined by an input bias signal. A bias signal adjusting unit produces a bias signal for the ring oscillator using feedback so that the oscillation frequency of the ring oscillator matches a predetermined reference frequency. An individual bias circuit includes a plurality of... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20090273385 - Output circuit of semiconductor device: An output circuit of a semiconductor device includes a signal selector configured to receive first and second input data signals and sequentially outputting the first and second input data signals in response to a phase signal; and an output level controller configured to control a voltage level of an output... Agent: Mannava & Kang, P.C.

20090273386 - Apparatus for current-to-voltage integration for current-to-digital converter: Methods and apparatus for improved current-to-voltage integrators reducing charge injection and kT/C errors from capacitor switching and intrinsic operational amplifier noise (i.e., offset, 1/f noise, thermal noise) during the reset cycle of the integrator, simultaneously reducing demands on the reference voltage source, using correlated double sampling to compensate for DC... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20090273387 - Bypassing amplification: An integrated circuit includes a power amplification circuit and a switch circuit wherein the switch circuit is coupled to an output of the power amplification circuit, a bypass input, and a control input, such that the switch selectively couples the power amplification circuit output or the bypass input to an... Agent: Bose Corporation C/o Donna Griffiths

20090273388 - Miniaturized demultiplexer and electronic device using same: A demultiplexer includes an input terminal for providing an input signal, a plurality of output terminals for outputting the input signal, and a switching circuit coupled among the input terminal and the plurality of output terminals, and outputting the input signal selectively from the plurality of output terminals according to... Agent: Liu & Liu

20090273389 - Integrated circuit having temperature based clock filter: An integrated circuit is provided having a system clock and a clock filter. The clock filter has a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of the integrated circuit and for causing the clock filter to block output of the system clock if the sensed temperature is below or above a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273390 - Method of mediating forward voltage drift in a sic device: A method of reversing Shockley stacking fault expansion includes providing a bipolar or a unipolar SiC device exhibiting forward voltage drift caused by Shockley stacking fault nucleation and expansion. The SiC device is heated to a temperature above 150° C. A current is passed via forward bias operation through the... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20090273391 - Flash memories and regulated voltage generators thereof: A flash memory and a regulated voltage generator thereof. The regulated voltage generator includes a charge pump having an output terminal outputting a first voltage, a control circuit coupled to the output terminal of the charge pump and having first and second output terminals outputting a second voltage and a... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090273392 - Methods and apparatus for reducing non-ideal effects in correlated double sampling compensated circuits: Embodiments of the present invention address kT/C noise, sampled high frequency operational amplifier noise, and charge injection errors sampled on switching capacitors and introduced due to internal switching. Correlated double sampling compensates for DC offset and low frequency operational amplifier noise, and the use of fake integration and a capacitor... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20090273393 - Substrate stress measuring technique: A system, including: a first current mirror having a first current, formed of multiple devices disposed on a substrate, where, when a stress is present, a behavior of a device of the multiple devices forming the first current mirror depends on a direction in which the device of the multiple... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20090273394 - Adjustable capacity device and process thereof: The invention specifically concerns a device for varying the apparent level of a capacity, said device being characterized in that it compromises: —a dipole (1) of a type known per se, comprising a semiconductor material (4) for electronic transfer via hopping situated between a first electrode (2) and a second... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090267650 - Passive offset and overshoot cancellation for sampled-data circuits: A zero-crossing detector with effective offset cancellation includes a set of series connected capacitors and an amplifier having an input terminal. An offset capacitor is operatively connected between the amplifier and the set of series connected capacitors. A switch is operatively connected to the input terminal, and an offset sampling... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20090267651 - Switch state detector and encoder: A switch state detector for use in a system wherein a plurality of n switches (S1, . . . , Sn) produces on a single line (22) a number of discrete voltage levels each representative of one particular state of open and closed switches. The switch state detector comprises a... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090267652 - Methods and circuits for triode region detection: The present invention relates to circuits and methods for detecting transistor operation in the triode region including a circuit for a transistor in a constant current source. The circuit comprises a detector having a first input, a second input, and an output. The first input of the detector is coupled... Agent: Howrey LLP-ca

20090267653 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: For a semiconductor integrated circuit device such as AFE including a CDS amplifier, in case of excessive signal input to the CDS amplifier, a technique capable of preventing the response characteristic of the CDS amplifier from deteriorating is provided. In the AFE including the CDS amplifier, the CDS amplifier is... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20090267655 - Analog buffer with voltage compensation mechanism: An analog buffer having voltage compensation mechanism is disclosed for use in a source driving circuit of a liquid crystal display. The analog buffer includes a reference voltage generator, a plurality of capacitors, a plurality of switches, and a plurality of transistors. Each of the capacitors is utilized to store... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090267654 - High-speed transmit driver switching arrangement: The invention relates to a line driver to drive a transmission line with a differentially balanced signal, with selectable signal amplitude, with output impedance matched to a characteristic impedance of the transmission line, and with reduced dissipation. The line driver includes a first driver subcircuit including a first and a... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20090267656 - Precision triangle waveform generator: A triangle waveform generator is set forth that comprises a capacitive element, a regulator, and a control circuit. The regulator is configured to charge the capacitive element in responsive to a first control signal and to discharge the capacitive element in response to a second control signal. The control circuit... Agent: Harman - Brinks Hofer Chicago Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090267657 - Method and apparatus for divider unit synchronization: A method an apparatus for synchronizing phases of one or more divider units comprise powering on a master divider unit to provide a reference signal. A phase of a slave divider unit is synchronized to the reference signal from the master divider unit by providing a power on pulse at... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090267658 - Synchronizing frequency and phase of multiple variable frequency power converters: In an embodiment, a power converter system includes a plurality of variable frequency power converters and a plurality of synchronization circuits. Each variable frequency power converter has a switching frequency. Each synchronization circuit is associated with a respective one of the plurality of variable frequency power converters. A control circuit... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20090267659 - Power-on reset circuit and electronic device using the same: A power-on reset circuit, connected to an external direct current (DC) power source, to receive DC power signals and generate a reset signal, includes a delay circuit, a combination circuit and a shaping circuit. The delay circuit comprises a plurality of delay units, to delay the received DC power signals... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090267660 - Circuit and design structure for synchronizing multiple digital signals: Disclosed is a circuit configured to synchronize multiple signals received by one clock domain from a different asynchronous clock domain, when simultaneous movement of the signals between the clock domains is intended. In the circuit multiple essentially identical pipelined signal paths receive digital input signals. XOR gates are associated with... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20090267661 - Pll control circuit: A PLL control circuit, which outputs a PLL clock in response to a reference clock, is provided with a frequency adjustment circuit which performs frequency adjustment such that the PLL clock frequency is substantially constant even when the reference clock varies. The frequency adjustment circuit changes a set value in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090267662 - Fast response phase-locked loop charge-pump driven by low voltage input: Phase-locked loop charge pump driven by low voltage input. In one aspect, a charge pump for a phase-locked loop circuit includes a sourcing current transistor providing a sourcing current, wherein the sourcing current transistor is coupled to a high-voltage operating voltage supply. A sourcing control circuit uses low-voltage sourcing control... Agent: Sawyer Law Group PC

20090267663 - Electronic system that adjusts dll lock state acquisition time: One embodiment provides an electronic system including a delay locked loop and a control circuit. The delay locked loop is configured to be enabled and update lock state data and to be disabled and store the locked state data. The control circuit is configured to periodically enable the delay locked... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090267664 - Pll circuit: In an ADPLL composed of a digital circuit, a technique improving phase difference detection in a vicinity of a phase difference of 0 (zero) is provided. A feedback loop comprises a PFD comparing phases and frequencies of a reference signal and a feedback signal, a TDC converting an output of... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20090267665 - Semiconductor memory device for generating a delay locked clock in early stage: A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a first delay locked loop configured to delay a system clock by a predetermined time to thereby generate a first delay locked clock synchronizing a data output timing with the system clock, a second delay locked loop configured to delay an inverse signal of the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090267666 - Phase difference detector and phase difference detection method: A phase difference detector for detecting a phase difference between input clocks which both have a same first frequency, including: a pulse width conversion unit for converting the input clocks into a phase difference signal indicating by a pulse width a phase difference between the input clocks; and a counter... Agent: Hanify & King Professional Corporation

20090267667 - Low power programmable clock delay generator with integrated decode function: A programmable Local Clock Buffer has a single inverter between the clock input and the delayed clock output. A transistor switch modulates the single inverter stage between a clock signal transmit state and a non-transmitting state. A combination of delay select bits control the timing of the beginning and ending... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Richard Lau

20090267668 - Method and apparatus for calibrating a delay chain: Apparatus and methods are provided for calibration within a delay chain. In various embodiments, such apparatus and techniques can be used to address delay mismatch, but are not limited to such applications. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090267669 - Microwave generating apparatus and microwave generating method: The present invention is a microwave generating apparatus comprising: a switch signal generator that generates a square wave switch signal having a fundamental frequency of a microwave band; a switching power amplifier that performs a switching power amplification based on the switch signal so as to output an amplified signal;... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090267670 - Circuit with parallel functional circuits with multi-phase control inputs: A circuit has a plurality of functional circuits (100a-f), each with multiphase control inputs. A control circuit drives the inputs for each phase in parallel. The control circuit (120a-c) comprises a chain of one-shot circuits (120a-c), each comprising a bi-stable circuit (121). The bi-stable circuit (121) of a first one-shot... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20090267671 - Optimization of library slew ratio based circuit: Disclosed is a technique for providing minimal sequential overhead in a flip-flop circuit. Equalization of setup times is achieved in one embodiment. In addition, delays in clock to Q can be equalized for both rising data transitions and falling data transitions. Large setup times are not required since optimization techniques... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC Lsi Corporation

20090267672 - Serial peripheral interface (spi) circuit and display using the same: A serial peripheral interface (SPI) circuit and a display using the same are provided. The SPI circuit includes a mater device and a slave device. A serial data input pin and a serial data output pin of the slave device are both electrically connected to a data input/output pin of... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090267673 - Signal generation circuit: A signal generation circuit that uses a waveform generation mechanism to generate predetermined waveform(s) when triggered. A triggering mechanism is configured to repeatedly trigger the waveform generation mechanism at times that are dependent on data provided by a data source. The predetermined waveform may be a bandwidth-limited pulse, but might... Agent: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC Intellectual Property Dept. - A700

20090267674 - Clock control circuit and semiconductor memory device using the same: A clock control circuit comprises a control signal generating unit configured to generate a control signal disabled in a predetermined state while in an active mode, and a clock transferring unit configured to transfer an external clock in response to the control signal.... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090267675 - Offset compensation using non-uniform calibration: Methods and systems for offset compensation using calibration are provided. Embodiments enable offset compensation using non-uniform calibration. Embodiments enable calibration schemes configurable according to the probability distribution function (PDF) of the random offset. Embodiments enable calibration schemes configurable with multiple levels of calibration resolution according to the PDF of the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090267676 - Multi-input mixer, mixer device, and mixing method: A mixer device includes a differential circuit, a transconductance circuit, and a selecting circuit. The differential circuit receives a differential input signal and generates a differential output signal. The transconductance circuit is coupled to the differential circuit, receives a plurality of radio frequency input signals, and determines to mix at... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090267677 - Compact ejectable component assemblies in electronic devices: Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies. The ejectable component assembly may include a tray that can be loaded with one or more removable modules, wafers coupled to circuit boards, cages and retaining plates to assist in retaining the tray within the assembly. The ejectable component assembly may include... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20090267678 - Integrated circuit with improved data rate: An integrated circuit includes: a terminal for outputting data, a driver for providing the data to the terminal, and a switch for selectively connecting/disconnecting the driver to the terminal. The disconnection of the driver reduces the capacitive load on the connection between the terminal and driver, thus reducing limitations on... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20090267679 - Analog multiplexer and its select signal generating method: To provide an analog multiplexer capable of extending the frequency characteristic of the analog multiplexer in terms of frequency band. The analog multiplexer 1 includes a plurality of input terminals I1 to In, a reference voltage input terminal REF, a first output terminal O1, a second output terminal O2, a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090267680 - Power driving device for electronic device: The present invention discloses a power driving device for an electronic device, comprising: a data input terminal capable of receiving a sequential data comprising at least a first power control sequential data and at least a second power control sequential data; an operation module capable of performing operation on the... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090267681 - Integrated circuit and method of configuring an integrated circuit: An integrated circuit comprises an output terminal to be coupled to a non-linear circuit element, an output circuit coupled to the output terminal, the output circuit being configured to supply an operating signal to the non-linear circuit element, a measuring circuit coupled to the output terminal, the measuring circuit being... Agent: Coats & Bennett/infineon Technologies

20090267682 - High precision power-on-reset circuit with an adjustable trigger level: An electronic device comprising circuitry for providing a Power-on-Reset (POR) signal as a function of a supply voltage level of the circuitry. The circuitry comprises a Vbe-cell or a Vgs-cell comprising a first current path including a first transistor and a second current path including a second transistor. Each transistor... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090267683 - Internal voltage generator of semiconductor device: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to provide an internal voltage generator of a semiconductor memory device for generating a predetermined stable level of an internal voltage. The semiconductor memory device includes a control signal generator, an internal voltage generator and an internal voltage compensator. The control signal generator... Agent: Mannava & Kang, P.C.

20090267685 - Circuit and method for controlling internal voltage: The A circuit for controlling an internal voltage, comprising: a level detector configured to detect a voltage level of a core voltage to generate a core voltage level detection signal; a release controller configured to generate a release control signal according to the core voltage level detection signal; and a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090267684 - Internal voltage generating circuit of semiconductor device: An internal voltage generating circuit of a semiconductor device includes a first voltage driver configured to pull up an internal voltage terminal during a period where a level of the internal voltage terminal is lower than a target level, and a second voltage driver configured to pull up the internal... Agent: Mannava & Kang, P.C.

20090267686 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: A semiconductor integrated circuit device enhanced in design efficiency while achieving multi-functionalization and power saving is to be provided. The semiconductor integrated circuit device has first through third circuit blocks, and is placed in a first power supply state in which the operation of internal circuits in the first circuit... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090261861 - Current detection circuit: There is provided a current detection circuit capable of preventing an excessive voltage from being applied to an input terminal of a differential amplifier, without resulting in reduction in current detection accuracy. The current detection circuit includes a power MOSFET 1 (a first semiconductor switching device), a sense MOSFET 2... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090261862 - Techniques for measuring voltages in a circuit: A circuit can include a comparator, a resistor divider, a control circuit, and a multiplexer. The comparator compares an internal supply voltage of the circuit to a selected reference voltage. The resistor divider generates reference voltages. The control circuit receives an output signal of the comparator and generates a select... Agent: Steven J. Cahill/ Altera Corp.

20090261863 - Start signal detection circuit: A start signal detection circuit includes a wave-detection circuit 1 outputting a voltage in accordance with an envelope of a radio signal from an output point B, a reference voltage generation circuit 2 outputting a voltage at the output point B at a non-signal state as a reference voltage to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090261864 - Current mode data sensing and propagation using voltage amplifier: A method and a circuit for current mode data sensing and propagation by using voltage amplifier are provided. Example embodiments may include providing an output signal from a voltage amplifier in response to the voltage amplifier receiving an input signal. The method may include providing a current output signal from... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/micron

20090261865 - High voltage cmos output buffer constructed from low voltage cmos transistors: A high voltage CMOS output buffer is constructed from low voltage CMOS transistors. The output buffer employs a series of unique CMOS inverter stages, each of which contains a switched PMOS transistor, one or more voltage drop blocks, and a switched NMOS transistor. The voltage drop blocks are composed of... Agent: Law Office Of Mark C. Pickering

20090261867 - Semiconductor device having voltage output circuit: Input and output nodes, an output circuit and a drive circuit are provided. The output circuit includes first and second n-channel MOS transistors connected to each other in series. A drain of the first n-channel MOS transistor is connected to a first line. A source of the first n-channel MOS... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090261866 - Voltage divider circuit: Provided is a voltage divider circuit for dividing an input voltage in accordance with a predetermined ratio with high accuracy, in which a source current does not flow from a voltage source and a sink current does not flow into the voltage source. The voltage divider circuit according to the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/seiko Instruments Inc.

20090261868 - Harmonic suppression circuit, an injection-locked frequency divider circuit and associated methods: The invention includes a harmonic suppression circuit, an injection-locked frequency divider circuit (ILFD) and associated methods. The harmonic suppression circuit comprises a source voltage, two suppression modules, two input terminals, two smoothed output terminals and a ground. The ILFD comprises a ground, an input transistor, an input terminal, two divider... Agent: Venable LLP

20090261869 - Clock domain data transfer device and methods thereof: Two clock domains of a data processing device are each synchronized with a different clock signal. The clock signals are generated by clock generation logic. The clock generation logic also generates a transfer enable signal based on the relative frequency of each clock signal to indicate when data can be... Agent: Larson Newman & Abel, LLP

20090261871 - Method and system for power saving and state retention in electronic device: A method and a system for power saving and state retention in an electronic device are provided. The method for power saving and state retention in an electronic device includes recording a state variation of electronic components of a plurality of groups in a second circuit of the electronic device... Agent: Virtual Law Partners LLP

20090261870 - Power-on detection circuit for detecting minimum operational frequency: A power-on detection circuit for detecting a minimum operational frequency includes: an oscillating circuit, which includes: a ring oscillator, for generating a first oscillating signal; and a high pass filter for filtering the first oscillating signal to generate a second oscillating signal. The power-on detection circuit also includes a rectification... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090261872 - Fast, low power formatter for automatic test system: Automated test equipment (ATE) used to test semiconductor components during the manufacturing process. The ATE generates and measures signals at test points of a device under test. The ATE includes a signal formatter with an SR latch having set and reset inputs each connected through or coupled to a number... Agent: Teradyne, Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090261873 - Signal generating circuit: A signal generating circuit includes a detecting circuit, a charge pump, a first level shifter, a filtering circuit, a second level shifter and a controllable oscillator. The detecting circuit outputs a detecting signal according to a reference signal and an oscillating signal. The charge pump outputs a first output signal... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090261874 - Phase locked loop with small size and improved performance: A phase locked loop (PLL) includes a frequency detector and a type 1 PLL including a phase detector. The phase detector produces a phase error signal indicative of a difference in phase between a reference signal and a feedback signal, while the frequency detector produces a frequency error signal indicative... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090261875 - Electronic circuit: An electric circuit, for use in a phase lock loop circuit, the electric circuit comprising: a first circuit element, being a phase frequency detector or a charge pump; at least one LC resonant loop, the first circuit element forming part of the loop; and means arranged to reduce ringing in... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090261876 - Voltage controlled oscillator: An embodiment of the voltage controlled oscillator is provided. The oscillator comprises a first inductor set, a second inductor set, a second capacitor, a voltage source and a negative resistance element. The inductance of the second inductor set is k times the inductance of the first inductor set. The voltage... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090261877 - Duty cycle correction circuit with wide-frequency working range: A duty cycle correction circuit with wide-frequency working range utilizes a pulse generator having adjustable pulse width function to adjust the width of the pulse and outputs a clock signal with the duty cycle of 50%. The pulse generator includes a NAND gate, a modulation device, and an inverter. The... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090261878 - Method and apparatus for amplifying a time difference: Various methods and apparatus can be used for amplifying a time interval in a variety of applications. In an embodiment, a feedback device is implemented in a time amplifier in conjunction with an output device of the time amplifier.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090261879 - Voltage and temperature compensation delay system and method: A delay circuit provides a voltage and temperature compensated delayed output signal. The delay circuit includes a first delay stage that receives an input signal, and generates a delayed output signal from the input signal. The delay circuit also includes a second delay stage that receives the delayed output signal... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090261880 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: In order to transfer data at high speed over a long distance, a current mode logic output circuit (CML) having a large number of taps, high accuracy, and a wide switchable range of the amount of pre-emphasis is needed. However, when the amount of emphasis is set by adding unit... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090261881 - Signal processing device having a variable current source: A signal processing device suppresses a DC offset without omission of a low-frequency component of a signal in a receiver in a direct conversion system. The signal processing device includes an input terminal 29, a gain amplifier 31 that amplifies an input signal to generate an output signal, comparators 32... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090261882 - Skewed double differential pair circuit for offset cancelllation: A differential system producing differential signals with offset cancellation utilizing a double differential input pair system is disclosed. It uses two parallel differential transistor pairs which are intentionally skewed. Nominally, the differential pairs are skewed in opposite direction from each, but with equal magnitude, so that the combination of the... Agent: Ibm Microelectronics Intellectual Property Law

20090261883 - Symmetric blocking transient voltage suppressor (tvs) using bipolar transistor base snatch: A symmetrical blocking transient voltage suppressing (TVS) circuit for suppressing a transient voltage includes an NPN transistor having a base electrically connected to a common source of two transistors whereby the base is tied to a terminal of a low potential in either a positive or a negative voltage transient.... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20090261884 - Level shifter using coupling phenomenon: A level shifter removes delay, which is generated at the time of transition of an input signal level, by adjusting a size of NMOS transistors to perform pull-down and pull-up operations. The level shifter includes a coupling unit for setting up a voltage level of a first node according to... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090261885 - Power-on detecting circuit and level converting circuit: When a low supply potential has risen while a high supply potential has not risen, a logical value “0” is output as an output signal by applying a ground potential to an input terminal of a latch circuit through a capacitor. On the other hand, when the high supply potential... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090261886 - Mixer circuit, communication device, and electronic equipment: A mixer circuit includes a grounded-gate amplifier disposed between an input node and a first node, and first through nth (n denotes an integer equal to or greater than 1) series transistor rows disposed between the first node and a second node, each of the first through nth series transistor... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090261887 - System for reducing second order intermodulation products from differential circuits: A passive CMOS differential mixer circuit with a mismatch correction circuit for balancing the electrical characteristics of the two output paths. Once the output paths of the differential circuit are balanced, or matched as closely as possible, second order intermodulation product generation can be inhibited or at least reduced to... Agent: Eaton Peabody Patent Group, LLC

20090261888 - Autonomous control of multiple supply voltage generators for display drivers: Circuits and methods to operate an arrangement of one or more charge pumps with two or more power supplies where each supply is able to vary over a range of voltages, and where any one supply can be of a higher or lower voltage than any of the others have... Agent: Saile Ackerman LLC

20090261889 - Data output clock signal generating apparatus and semiconductor integrated circuit with the same: A data clock control apparatus includes a bias voltage generator configured to receive a plurality of test mode signals and a plurality of fuse signals and to generate a bias voltage to secure a predetermined potential difference from an external driving power supply, and a clock signal controller configured to... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090261891 - Charge pump: The present invention relates to a charge pump, which uses a chopper circuit or a clamp circuit coupled between a pump capacitor and an output capacitor for preventing a parasitic transistor produced by a switching mechanism from turning on. Thereby, the performance of the charge pump is improved effectively.... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090261890 - Regulated voltage boost charge pump for an integrated circuit device: An apparatus and method for a regulated voltage boost charge pump for an integrated circuit (IC) device. The charge pump generally includes a plurality of switching networks and a lift capacitor that are intermittently coupled to an output capacitor or to a regulating transistor, a differential error amplifier biasing a... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090261893 - Semiconductor device including cell transistor and cell capacitor: A semiconductor memory device includes a current source, a first resistance element, a comparator, and a charge pump. The current source supplies current to a first node. The current source includes a first transistor, and a second transistor. The first transistor supplies a drain current. The second transistor supplies a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090261892 - Voltage generating circuit and semiconductor device having the same: An active charge pump circuit may include a charge pump circuit, a control circuit, and a charge transfer circuit. The charge pump circuit may generate a charge pumping voltage in response to an active enable signal. The control circuit may generate a charge transfer control signal varying between a ground... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090261894 - Over-voltage protection circuit and lcd driving circuit using the same: An LCD driving circuit comprising an over-voltage protection circuit includes an input terminal to receive an input voltage, a voltage-dividing circuit, a voltage-stabilizing circuit including a voltage-stabilizing element, a control circuit, a switching element, and an output terminal. The voltage-dividing circuit provides a reference voltage according to the input voltage... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090261895 - Bandgap voltage reference circuit: A bandgap voltage reference circuit includes an operational amplifier, a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a first resistor, a second resistor, a first diode, a second diode, and a divider. The first transistor, the second transistor, and the third transistor form current mirrors. The reference current of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090261896 - Leakage current suppressing circuit and semiconductor chip: A leakage current suppressing circuit includes a bias generating unit and a switch unit. The bias generating unit is adapted to be coupled to a power source and an output terminal, and generates a bias voltage substantially equal to a voltage at the power source when the power source is... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20090261897 - Applying trenched transient voltage suppressor (tvs) technology for distributed low pass filters: An electronic circuit includes a filtering circuit implemented with a distributed inductor-and-capacitor (LC) network that includes metal oxide effect (MOS) trenches opened in a semiconductor substrate filled with dielectric material for functioning as capacitors for the distributed LC network. The electronic circuit further includes a transient voltage suppressing (TVS) circuit... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20090261898 - Systems and methods for oscillation suppression in switching circuits: A switching circuit configured to reduce the effects of signal oscillation on the operation of the switching circuit is provided. The switching circuit may include signal oscillation and detection circuitry that suppresses control signals during a detected oscillation, allowing stored energy to naturally decay in the switching circuit and thereby... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP