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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7888234 | Method for manufacturing a semiconductor body with a trench and semiconductor body with a trench A method for manufacturing a semiconductor body with a trench comprises the steps of etching the trench (11) in the semiconductor body (10) and forming a silicon oxide layer (12) on at least one side wall (14) of the trench (11) an... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884654 | Circuit arrangement and method for controlling an electrical load A circuit arrangement (10) for driving an electrical load (2) comprises an input (11) for feeding a power-supply voltage (Vs) with an AC component and an output (13) for providing an output signal (Sout) for driving a connectable electric... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7795780 | Phase-locked loop and method for operating an electromechanical system A phase-locked loop for controlling an electromechanical component comprises a digitally controlled oscillator (10), a phase comparator (20), and a digital loop filter (30). The digitally controlled oscillator (10) has an output (11 | 09/14/2010 |
| 7791411 | Amplifier arrangement and method for amplifying a signal An amplifier arrangement and a method for amplifying a signal, the arrangement including a transistor to amplify an input signal and to provide an intermediate signal. The intermediate signal is amplified to form an output signal which is fed back to the transistor.... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7738265 | Control system for a voltage converter and method A control arrangement for a voltage converter includes a first input electrically connected to a device configured to sense a first current in a primary side of a transformer and a first output electrically connected to a control terminal of a transistor. The transi... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7724167 | Integrated circuit arrangement, and method for programming an integrated circuit arrangement An integrated circuit includes a comparator having a first input, a second input, and an output for providing a comparison result. The first input is connected to a readable component having a predefined value, and the second input is connected to a reference compon... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7705608 | Calibrating a light-sensitive chip A method for use with a light-sensitive integrated circuit includes applying different wavelengths of light to the integrated circuit to produce output signals in response to the different wavelengths of light, measuring the output signals to obtain measured values,... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7698083 | Control apparatus and method that compensates for disturbance signals of a sensor A control apparatus configured to generate correction values for compensation of disturbance signals of a sensor includes a control loop having an input to receive input values. The control loop includes circuitry configured to receive the input values and configure... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7679452 | Amplifier arrangement and method An amplifier arrangement having a transistor arrangement comprising a first transistor (1) in common-emitter configuration and a second transistor (2) in common-base configuration. A switching device (7) couples, in a first mode of operation, th... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7663409 | Voltage/current converter circuit and method for providing a ramp current A voltage/current converter circuit includes a bridge configuration having a first current path with a first resistor, a first transistor, and an input node to receive a ramp voltage to be converted, and a second current path with a second resistor and a second tran... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7663203 | High-voltage PMOS transistor In a high-voltage PMOS transistor having an insulated gate electrode (18), a p-conductive source (15) in an n-conductive well (11), a p-conductive drain (14) in a p-conductive well (12) which is arranged in the n-conductive well, a... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7618871 | Method for the production of a bipolar transistor comprising an improved base terminal For the production of an improved bipolar transistor comprising a low-resistance base terminal, a dielectric layer is deposited over the semiconductor substrate and is highly doped via an implantation mask. In a subsequent controlled thermal step, the dopant is then... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7485947 | Zener diode and method for production thereof A zener diode circuit includes a semiconductor substrate having an N-doped region and a P-doped region that form a PN junction. The N-doped region and the P-doped region have areas with widths that decrease as the N-doped region and the P-doped region approach the P... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7474087 | Energy meter system and method for calibration An energy meter device includes a first analog/digital transformer having an input configured to provide a signal derived from a voltage and a second analog/digital transformer having an input configured to provide a signal derived from a current. A first input of t... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7427808 | Micro-sensor The present invention describes a microsensor with a sensor element (2) and an integrated circuit (1), containing a semiconductor body (11) with an intergrated circuit (4), the sensor element (2) being positioned on a main surface ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423855 | Active protection circuit arrangement A circuit arrangement includes an RC element connected between a first supply potential line and a second supply potential line. The RC element includes a first resistor and a first capacitor. The circuit arrangement also includes a plurality of inverters connected ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7327190 | Differential amplifier arrangement Circuitry for use in a differential amplifier includes an input stage having a first differential amplifier and an offset compensation stage that includes at least one controllable current source. The offset compensation stage is connected to a bias input of the fir... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319251 | Bipolar transistor A bipolar transistor formed in a substrate includes a collector, a base layer above the collector, where the base layer includes a base that is monocrystalline, and an emitter layer that is monocrystalline and above the base, where the emitter layer includes silicon... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7230311 | Silicon substrate having an insulating layer A silicon substrate includes plural partial areas defined on the silicon substrate such that adjacent partial areas are orientated in different directions. The plural partial areas define an insulating layer that extends from a surface of the silicon subtrate into t... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7095258 | Circuit arrangement for the provision of an output signal with adjustable flank pitch Circuitry is disclosed for controlling the slope of rising and falling edges of a signal. The circuitry includes a ramp signal generator that receives an input signal and that generates a trapezoidal signal based on the input signal, and a circuit array that receive... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095228 | Sensor system and method for operating the sensor system A system includes plural sensors to detect at least one of a magnetic field and an electrical field, where each of the plural sensors includes outputs that output sensor signals when a field is detected. Plural signal modulators receive sense signals that correspond... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7026966 | Digital-to-analog converter comprising an integrated test circuit In a digital-to-analog converter including an integrated test circuit, a digital input and an analog output, a comparator (5) capable of being connected with the analog output (4) and including a connection (7) for a reference voltage source, a ... | 04/11/2006 |
