Bizarre Patents
A portable partition for use in an automobile having a seat with a seat bench and a seat backrest.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126773 | SWITCHING REGULATOR WITH BALANCED CONTROL CONFIGURATION WITH FILTERING AND REFERENCING TO ELIMINATE COMPENSATION A switching regulator and controller and an electronic device using same are disclosed in which the controller includes a sense circuit, an error amplifier circuit, a filter and reference circuit, and a comparator circuit. The switching regulator includes a pulse switch... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105038 | CLOCK PHASE SHIFTER FOR USE WITH BUCK-BOOST CONVERTER A buck boost converter generates a regulated output voltage responsive to an input voltage and switching control signals. Switching control circuitry generates the switching control signals responsive to the regulated output voltage, a maximum duty cycle signal and a mo... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081936 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING AN AC INPUT VOLTAGE TO A REGULATED DC OUTPUT VOLTAGE USING A Z-TYPE CONVERTER WITH RECTIFIED SWITCHES An AC to DC converter for converting an AC input voltage to a regulated DC output voltage using a Z-type converter and rectified switches. The Z-type converter includes first and second inductors, a capacitor, two rectified switches and a load device coupled in a cross-... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081128 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF OPEN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND A MULTI-CELL BATTERY PACK An apparatus comprises an integrated circuit and an open connection detection circuit within the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a plurality of inputs for connecting with a plurality of outputs of a multi-cell battery pack. The open connection detect... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081081 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING AN AC INPUT VOLTAGE TO A REGULATED OUTPUT CURRENT A converter according to one embodiment converts an AC voltage to a regulated output current provided to a DC load of a Z-type configuration. A filter capacitor is provided to average current flowing through the load. The converter includes a rectifier network for recti... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081016 | LED DRIVER WITH ADAPTIVE DYNAMIC HEADROOM VOLTAGE CONTROL A multi-channel LED driver includes a plurality of linear current regulators, each connected to a bottom of a string of series connected LEDs of a multi-channel LED that controls a bias current and the string of series connected LEDs responsive to an LED bias reference ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120049927 | CIRCUITS, METHODS, SUB-SYSTEMS AND SYSTEMS INCLUDING ADAPTIVE ANALOG SUBTRACTION FOR LIGHT SENSING Circuits, methods, sub-systems and systems including adaptive analog subtraction for light sensing are described herein. In an embodiment, an analog circuit including a current mirror is configured to replicate a first current to produce a replicated version of the firs... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049826 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADAPTIVE SLOPE COMPENSATION FOR VOLTAGE REGULATOR WITH CONSTANT ON-TIME CONTROL A system and method including providing an error voltage indicative of output voltage error, generating an off ramp voltage while a pulse control signal is turned off and otherwise resetting the off ramp voltage, developing the off ramp voltage to have a slope which is ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049820 | SOFT START METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A BIDIRECTIONAL DC TO DC CONVERTER A system and method for reducing negative inductor current during soft start of a bidirectional direct current (DC)-to-DC converter is provided. Typically, the bidirectional DC-to-DC converter includes an active switch and a passive switch. The system employs a soft sta... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049810 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CURRENT LIMITING A DC-DC CONVERTER A DC-DC voltage converter has a pair of switching transistors to provide an output voltage and are alternately switched in a boost mode of operation responsive to control signals. An inductor is connected to the pair of switching transistor and has an inductor current f... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049772 | CONTROLLING A BIDIRECTIONAL DC-TO-DC CONVERTER A system and method for regulating power flow and limiting inductor current in a bidirectional direct current (DC)-to-DC converter is provided. In one aspect, a feedback circuit is provided to control power flow and/or limit inductor current based on the input/output vo... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049048 | ADAPTIVE ANALOG INFRARED SUBTRACTION CIRCUIT FOR AN AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR A system and method for adaptive analog infrared subtraction during ambient light sensing is provided. The system employs a current mirror circuit to perform an analog subtraction of currents (IIR and IIR−AB) obtained from photodiodes. An ADC is ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044732 | ISOLATED EPITAXIAL MODULATION DEVICE An isolated epitaxial modulation device comprises a substrate; a barrier structure formed on the substrate; an isolated epitaxial region formed above the substrate and electrically isolated from the substrate by the barrier structure; a semiconductor device, the semicon... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044018 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED OVER-CURRENT CLIPPING Systems and methods for implementing over-current protection include reducing a clip level while an over-current condition is being detected. Once the over-current condition is no longer detected, the clip level is maintained for a specified period before allowing the c... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120033466 | PARTIAL POWER MICRO-CONVERTER ARCHITECTURE A system and method for reducing the amount of power processed in a power converter during power generation is provided. In one aspect, the system includes a partial power converter connected between a set of power sources and a load. The partial power converter include... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032657 | REDUCING SHOOT-THROUGH IN A SWITCHING VOLTAGE REGULATOR Methods, apparatuses, and devices for a voltage regulator are provided. In certain examples, a method for preventing shoot-through in a voltage regulator includes determining whether an output stage for a voltage regulator is operating in a continuous-conduction mode (C... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20110273430 | VOLTAGE LEVEL SHIFTING WITH REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION In an embodiment, a voltage level shifter circuit includes a first terminal configured to be connected to a high voltage supply rail (Vs+), a second terminal configured to be connected to a low voltage supply rail (Vs−), and an output voltage (VOUT) termina... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110272756 | METHOD OF FORMING AN INSULATOR LAYER IN A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND STRUCTURES RESULTING THEREFROM An electronic system, method of manufacture of a semiconductor structure, and one or more semiconductor structures are disclosed. For example, a method of manufacture of a semiconductor structure is disclosed, which includes forming a first semiconductor substructure ov... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110260703 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND COMPENSATION OF AGGRESSIVE OUTPUT FILTERS FOR SWITCHED MODE POWER SUPPLIES A controller for a switched mode power supply converting an input voltage to a regulated output voltage according to one embodiment includes a control network and a detection network. The control network develops a pulse width control signal for regulating a level of th... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20120013313 | MULTIPHASE DC-DC CONVERTER USING ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING A multiphase DC-DC converter including at least one conversion path, multiple switch capacitance networks, and a multiphase switch controller. Each conversion path includes first and second intermediate nodes. Each switch capacitance network includes a capacitance coupl... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120008359 | ASYMMETRIC ZERO-VOLTAGE SWITCHING FULL-BRIDGE POWER CONVERTERS Disclosed are full-bridge power converters providing DC output power at increased conversion efficiencies, and methods of operating full-bridge power converters providing DC output power at increased conversion efficiencies. In disclosed embodiments, the switches of the... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120007199 | PROTECTING BOND PAD FOR SUBSEQUENT PROCESSING A method for opening a bond pad on a semiconductor device is provided. The method comprises removing a first layer to expose a first portion of the bond pad and forming a protective layer over the exposed first portion of the bond pad. The method further comprises perfo... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120007097 | SCHOTTKY DIODE WITH COMBINED FIELD PLATE AND GUARD RING A Schottky diode comprising a merged guard ring and field plate defining a Schottky contact region is provided. A Schottky metal is formed over at least partially over the Schottky contact region and at least partially over the merged guard ring and field plate.... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110304393 | CLASS AB OUTPUT STAGES AND AMPLIFIERS INCLUDING CLASS AB OUTPUT STAGES A buffer stage includes a flipped voltage follower and an emitter follower. The flipped voltage follower is connected between a high voltage rail and a low voltage rail and include an input and an output. The emitter follower is also connected between the high voltage r... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110302344 | I2C ADDRESS TRANSLATION Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, devices and methods for translating I2C addresses. In accordance with an embodiment, a method for translating an I2C address includes receiving an original I2C address from a first I2C compatible device via an I2C-... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110299577 | DIFFERENTIAL DRIVER WITH COMMON MODE VOLTAGE TRACKING AND METHOD In a transceiver, a transmitter circuit is provided substantially the same common-mode voltage regardless of whether the transceiver is in a transmitting or receiving mode. In one embodiment, the transmitter circuit includes a driver circuit which, in the transmission m... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110298483 | TESTER HAVING DEVICE UNDER TEST POWER SUPPLY A tester includes a device under test (DUT) power supply (DPS) with and input and output includes an amplifier configured to set an output voltage of the DPS output equal to an input voltage for the DPS. The DPS has a first output stage coupled to the amplifier and conf... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110286245 | DC/DC POWER CONVERTER HAVING ACTIVE SELF DRIVING SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFICATION A DC/DC voltage converter includes a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side. Primary side circuitry is connected to the primary side and includes a first pair of switching transistors controlled responsive to first control signals from the primary side o... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110284922 | DEVICES WITH ADJUSTABLE DUAL-POLARITY TRIGGER-AND HOLDING-VOTAGE/CURRENT FOR HIGH LEVEL OF ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION IN SUB-MICRON MIXED SIGNAL CMOS/BICMOS INTEGRATED Symmetrical/asymmetrical bidirectional S-shaped I-V characteristics with trigger voltages ranging from 10 V to over 40 V and relatively high holding current are obtained for advanced sub-micron silicided CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor)/BiCMOS (Bipolar CMO... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110256857 | Systems and Methods for Improving Antenna Isolation Using Signal Cancellation Interference compensation circuits can isolate a victim antenna from an aggressor antenna, which causes the antennas to appear as being spaced further apart. The interference compensation circuit can obtain samples of signals generated by a transmitter for transmission ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110249134 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH CONDUCTIVE TRENCHES TO CONTROL ELECTRIC FIELD An imaging system, semiconductor device, and method of manufacture of a photo-detector device are disclosed. For example, an imaging system is disclosed, which includes a photo-detector unit including a plurality of conductive trenches formed within the photo-detector u... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110241734 | COUPLING TOLERANT PRECISION CURRENT REFERENCE WITH HIGH PSRR Embodiments of the present invention are related to circuits and methods for generating a reference current (Idc). In an embodiment, a voltage-to-current converter circuit is used to generate the reference current (Idc) in dependence on a reference voltage (Vref) and a ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110241640 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTERMITTENT DIODE BRAKING FOR MULTIPLE PHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR A method of operating a regulator controller IC for performing intermittent diode braking for controlling a multiple phase voltage regulator. The method includes receiving at least one signal for detecting repetitive load transients, determining a rate of the repetitive... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110241636 | MULTI-PHASE NON-INVERTING BUCK BOOST VOLTAGE CONVERTER A multi-phase non-inverting buck boost voltage converter has a plurality of buck boost voltage regulators. Each regulator is associated with a separate phase for generating a regulated output voltage responsive to an input voltage. A plurality of current sensors are eac... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110234315 | Power Amplifier Linearization Using Cancellation-Based Feed Forward Methods and Systems Linearizers can improve the linearity of power amplifiers by canceling or reducing amplitude of non-linearity components, (e.g., IM3, IM5, IM7, IM9, etc.) generated by the power amplifier. The linearizers can obtain samples of signals output ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110234193 | MULTIPLE PHASE SWITCHING REGULATOR WITH PHASE CURRENT SHARING A phase current sharing network for a current mode multiphase switching regulator. The multiphase switching regulator includes switching networks for developing phase currents of switching phase networks controlled by pulse control signals for converting an input voltag... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110228661 | HYBRID LASER DIODE DRIVERS A hybrid LDD includes a read channel to selectively output a read current, a plurality of write channels, each to selectively output a different write current, and an oscillator channel to selectively output an oscillator current. Additionally, the hybrid LDD includes p... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110228507 | MOLDED POWER-SUPPLY MODULE WITH BRIDGE INDUCTOR OVER OTHER COMPONENTS An embodiment of a power-supply module includes a molded package, power-supply components disposed within the package, and an inductor disposed within the package and over the power-supply components. For example, for a given output-power rating, such a power-supply mod... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110227550 | MODULATION SCHEME USING A SINGLE COMPARATOR FOR CONSTANT FREQUENCY BUCK BOOST CONVERTER A buck boost converter generates an output voltage responsive to an input voltage and at least one switching control signal in a buck mode of operation, a boost mode of operation and a buck-boost mode of operation. Control logic generates the at least one switching cont... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110227549 | DC/DC CONVERTER INCLUDING ULTRASONIC FEATURE FOR USE WITH LOW QUIESCENT CURRENTS A buck voltage converter comprises an upper switching transistor connected between an input voltage node and a phase node. The upper switching transistor turns on and off responsive to a first drive signal. A lower switching transistor is connected between the phase nod... | 09/22/2011 |
