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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8139408 | Scalable electrically eraseable and programmable memory A non-volatile memory including one or more EEPROM cell pairs. Each EEPROM cell pair includes three transistors and stores two data bits, effectively providing a 1.5 transistor EEPROM cell. An EEPROM cell pair includes a first non-volatile memory transistor, a secon... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8093650 | Scalable electrically eraseable and programmable memory (EEPROM) cell array A non-volatile memory (NVM) system includes a plurality of NVM cells fabricated in a dual-well structure. Each NVM cell includes an access transistor and an NVM transistor, wherein the access transistor has a drain region that is continuous with a source region of t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7944299 | Method for adjusting threshold voltage and circuit therefor A method and circuit for changing a threshold voltage of a transistor. The circuit includes a sense circuit coupled to a switching transistor, a circuit transistor and to one terminal of a resistor. The other terminal of the resistor is connected to a body contact. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7920424 | Scalable electrically eraseable and programmable memory (EEPROM) cell array A non-volatile memory (NVM) system includes a plurality of NVM cells fabricated in a dual-well structure. Each NVM cell includes an access transistor and an NVM transistor, wherein the access transistor has a drain region that is continuous with a source region of t... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7915672 | Semiconductor device having trench shield electrode structure In one embodiment, a structure for a semiconductor device having a trench shield electrode includes a control pad, control runners, shield runners, and a control/shield electrode contact structure. The structure is configured to use a single level of metal to connec... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915155 | Double trench for isolation of semiconductor devices Semiconductor device has a substrate (50), a buried layer (55), an active area extending from a surface contact to the buried layer, an insulator (130) in a first trench extending towards the buried layer, to isolate the active area, and a secon... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911081 | Power supply control method and structure therefor In embodiment, a power supply system is configured to use a linear regulator to form a regulated voltage during a standby mode and to use the regulated voltage to form another regulated voltage. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7902075 | Semiconductor trench structure having a sealing plug and method In one embodiment, a semiconductor device is formed having a trench structure. The trench structure includes a single crystalline semiconductor plug formed along exposed upper surfaces of the trench. In one embodiment, the single crystalline semiconductor plug seals... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7897462 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor component with gate and shield electrodes in trenches A semiconductor component that includes gate electrodes and shield electrodes and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor component. A semiconductor material has a device region, a gate contact region, a termination region, and a drain contact region. One or mor... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7888921 | Switching power supply controller with high frequency current balance A controller for a multi-phase switching power supply shuffles the sequence of the phases in response to a load transient to prevent synchronization of one or more phases with high-frequency load transients. The sequence may be shuffled by varying the frequency and/... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7876083 | Digital compensation tuning for switching power supply control A tuner having one or more digitally controllable tuning components may be coupled to an analog feedback compensation network in a target switching power supply controller to adjust the compensation while the power supply is operating. A communication interface coup... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7875964 | Multi-chip semiconductor connector and method In one exemplary embodiment, a multi-chip connector is formed to have a first conductive strip that is suitable for attaching to a first semiconductor die and a second conductive strip that is attached suitable for attaching to a second semiconductor die. ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7852155 | Class-D amplifier and method therefor In one embodiment, a class-D amplifier (11) is configured to form first (DP) and second (DN) PWM signals each having a duty cycle that is proportional to a received analog input signal (12) and responsively to enable a switch (31, 32) to short t... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7851852 | Method of forming a low capacitance semiconductor device and structure therefor In one embodiment a transistor is formed with a gate structure having an opening in the gate structure. An insulator is formed on at least sidewalls of the opening and a conductor is formed on the insulator. ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7830714 | Non-volatile memory with high reliability A non-volatile memory (NVM) system includes a set of NVM cells, each including: a NVM transistor; an access transistor coupling the NVM transistor to a corresponding bit line; and a source select transistor coupling the NVM transistor to a common source. The NVM cel... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7829426 | Semiconductor component and method of manufacture A semiconductor component that includes an integrated passive device and method for manufacturing the semiconductor component. Vertically integrated passive devices are manufactured above a substrate. In accordance with one embodiment, a resistor is manufactured in ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7821325 | Charge pump converter and method therefor In one embodiment, a charge pump converter is formed to use various values of an output voltage to selectively control a value of a charging current during a charging cycle of the charge pump converter. ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7804670 | Hybrid ESD clamp A circuit for protecting a semiconductor from electrostatic discharge events includes a Zener diode (21) in series with a resistor (22) between a power line HV VDD and a ground fine HV VSS. A gate of a DMOS device (23) is connected to a node bet... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7782033 | Method for regulating a voltage and circuit therefor A voltage regulator having an overload protection circuit and a method for protecting against an output voltage being less than a predetermined level. The voltage regulator has an overload protection circuit coupled between a feedback network and a regulation sectio... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7768078 | Power semiconductor device having improved performance and method In one embodiment, a semiconductor device is formed in a body of semiconductor material. The semiconductor device includes a counter-doped drain region spaced apart from a channel region. ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7760106 | Power cell monitoring The invention relates to a signaling system for use in a system for monitoring and/or controlling a stack of power cells. The stack of power cells is series connected, i.e. the negative terminal of one power cell is connected to the positive electrode of the adjacen... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7759918 | Method for inhibiting thermal run-away A method for method for inhibiting thermal run-away in a multi-phase power converter at varying load transition rates. A multi-phase power converter having an on-time is provided and the frequency of the multi-phase power converter is adjusted so that a load step pe... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7755382 | Current limited voltage supply A current limited voltage supply including a transistor and a capacitor is provided for powering digital logic cells of an integrated circuit. The transistor is connected in a current mirror configuration, such that a constant reference current is mirrored through t... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7736951 | Circuit component and method of manufacture An inductor, a semiconductor component including the inductor, and a method of manufacture. A leadframe has a plurality of conductive strips and a flag. A ferrite core is mounted on a die attach material disposed on the conductive strips and a semiconductor die is m... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7728573 | DC-DC converter controller having optimized load transient response and method thereof A power supply controller (25) is configured to accurately adjust the value of an output voltage of a power supply system (10) responsively to the output voltage increasing to an undesirable value. The controller (25) accurately limits an upper ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7709889 | Semiconductor device with improved breakdown properties and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a semiconductor device (20) comprising a trench (5) formed in a semiconductor substrate formed of a stack (4) of layers (1,2,3), a layer (6) of a first, grown dielectric material covering sidewalls an... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7696740 | EMI suppressing regulator A regulator circuit receives a power supply and provides a regulated power supply output suitable for integrated circuitry. It has a controllable current source circuit, a controller and a capacitor, such that an output of the controllable current source circuit can... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7679874 | Power overload detection method and structure therefor In one embodiment, the bulk input voltage is used to form a reference signal that is used for controlling a switching power supply system to operate in a power overload operating mode. ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7646189 | Power supply controller and method therefor In one embodiment, a PWM controller uses the input power of a power system to regulate a duty cycle of a switching PWM signal. ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7646028 | LED driver with integrated bias and dimming control storage A LED driver IC includes a control module(s) for controlling one or more LED drive parameters and non-volatile memory for storing settings data for that control module(s). The control module(s) is fully integrated into the LED driver IC and does not require any cont... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7642754 | Method of forming a voltage regulator and structure therefor In one embodiment, a voltage regulator uses a first current to charge a by-pass capacitor for a first time period and uses a second current after the first time period. ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7638979 | Method and system for monitoring battery stacks comprising a controller for calculating a correction factor used to correct battery voltage measurements A monitoring system (14, 24, 34, 50) monitors voltage of a stack of batteries (10, 20, 30.) Each battery has a plurality of cells (13). A monitoring unit (14, 24, 34) is associated with each battery and measures voltage across a selected ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7616501 | Method for reducing charge loss in analog floating gate cell A voltage reference circuit provides a reference voltage in response to a programmed threshold voltage of a first non-volatile memory (NVM) transistor. The threshold voltage of the first NVM transistor is programmed by applying a programming voltage to commonly conn... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7615469 | Edge seal for a semiconductor device and method therefor In one embodiment, an edge seal region of a semiconductor die is formed by forming a first dielectric layer on a surface of a semiconductor substrate near an edge of the semiconductor die and extending across into a scribe grid region of the semiconductor substrate.... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7606679 | Diagnostic and maintenance systems and methods for LED power management integrated circuits According to some embodiments, a light emitting diode (LED) power management and diagnostics history recording integrated circuit includes a power management circuit controlling a supply of power to the LED, a diagnostics detection circuit recording a diagnostics hi... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7602232 | Programmable fractional charge pump for DC-DC converter A charge pump provides a programmable multiplication factor for generating an output voltage. A first output voltage may be generated by connecting a first plurality of N capacitors in a first plurality of (N+1) configurations. A second output voltage may be generat... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7602206 | Method of forming a transistor diagnostic circuit In one embodiment, a diagnostic circuit is used to test the on-resistance of a transistor. ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7602054 | Method of forming a molded array package device having an exposed tab and structure In one embodiment, a method for forming a molded flat pack style package includes attaching electronic chips to an array lead frame, which includes a plurality of elongated flag portions with tab portions and a plurality of leads. The method further includes connect... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7602027 | Semiconductor component and method of manufacture A semiconductor component that includes an integrated passive device and method for manufacturing the semiconductor component. Vertically integrated passive devices are manufactured above a substrate. In accordance with one embodiment, a resistor is manufactured in ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7598123 | Semiconductor component and method of manufacture A semiconductor component comprising two stacked semiconductor dice and a method of manufacture. A leadframe having an active area that includes leadframe leads and a cavity is mounted to a support material such as an adhesive tape. A packaged semiconductor die that... | 10/06/2009 |
