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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179463 | Image sensor with shared node In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an image sensor comprises a plurality of pixel sensing circuits. Each pixel sensing circuit includes a photodiode and a storage node. Each pixel sensing circuit further includes a first transistor coupled be... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8159284 | Method for regulating temperature and circuit therefor A method and circuit for managing thermal performance of an integrated circuit. In accordance with an embodiment, a thermal limit circuit and a semiconductor device are manufactured from a semiconductor material, wherein the thermal limit circuit is configured to op... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8148928 | Method for starting a brushless sensorless DC motor A method for starting a brushless DC motor. A rotor is aligned with a stator in accordance with a predetermined phase. After alignment, the rotor is positioned in accordance with another phase, two phases are skipped, a timer is set to a first count time, and the ro... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144444 | EMC protection circuit A protection circuit for protecting an electronic circuit against EMC disturbances and/or negative transient overvoltage pulses comprises a switch in series between a power supply and the electronic circuit to be protected; a comparator for comparing a first operati... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138535 | Method for manufacturing a pixel sensing circuit Systems and methods of pixel sensing circuits. In accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention, a pixel sensing circuit includes a floating diffusion functionally coupled to and surrounded by a ring transfer transistor. The ring transfer transistor is... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138033 | Semiconductor component and method of manufacture A semiconductor component that includes a Schottky device, an edge termination structure, a non-Schottky semiconductor device, combinations thereof and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor component. A semiconductor material includes a first epitaxial layer d... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8093133 | Transient voltage suppressor and methods Transient voltage suppressor and method for manufacturing the transient voltage suppressor having a dopant or carrier concentration in a portion of a gate region near a Zener region that is different from a dopant concentration in a portion of a gate region that is ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085015 | Current balancing circuit and method A multi-phase power converter and a method for balancing a plurality of currents in the multi-phase power converter. The multi-phase power converter has a pulse width modulation circuit, a current ordering circuit, and a plurality of currents, wherein each current o... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084335 | Method of thinning a semiconductor wafer using a film frame A method for manufacturing a thin semiconductor wafer. A semiconductor wafer is thinned from its backside followed by the formation of a cavity in a central region of the backside of the semiconductor wafer. Forming the cavity also forms a ring support structure in ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8071427 | Method for manufacturing a semiconductor component and structure therefor A semiconductor component having wetable leadframe lead surfaces and a method of manufacture. A leadframe having leadframe leads is embedded in a mold compound. A portion of at least one leadframe lead is exposed and an electrically conductive material is formed on ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8063963 | Imaging device having a pixel structure with high dynamic range read-out signal A method obtains a read-out signal of a pixel having at least a photosensitive element with a charge storage node. The method includes the steps of acquiring charge carriers, converted from impinging radiation on the photosensitive element, on the charge storage nod... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063621 | Current balancing circuit and method A multi-phase power converter and a method for balancing a plurality of currents in the multi-phase power converter. The multi-phase power converter that includes a pulse width modulator coupled to an oscillator. A plurality of currents are generated in response to ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059173 | Correlated double sampling pixel and method A correlated double sampling (CDS) pixel and methods of operating the same are provided. The CDS pixel includes a sensor circuit to generate a voltage value corresponding to electromagnetic radiation received on a photodetector included therein, and a sample and hol... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058894 | Method for detecting a fault condition A method for detecting and correcting for a step loss condition. A back electromagnetic force signal is measured and compared to a reference voltage. The motor continues operating and the back electromagnetic force signal is measured again and compared to the refere... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8049789 | White balance correction using illuminant estimation A method and apparatus for white balance correction using illuminant estimation includes calculating a weighted average of the color coordinates of points in a color image to determine an estimated illuminant of the color image in the color space of an image sensor ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049476 | Method for changing an output voltage and circuit therefor A power supply and a method for compensating for a droop component in an output signal of the power supply. The power supply may include an error amplifier and an oscillator coupled to a pulse width modulation circuit. Outputs of the pulse width modulation circuit a... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8035161 | Semiconductor component A semiconductor component resistant to the formation of a parasitic bipolar transistor and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor component using a reduced number of masking steps. A semiconductor material of N-type conductivity having a region of P-type condu... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8034685 | Semiconductor component and method of manufacture 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... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7981757 | 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 ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7977929 | Method for regulating a voltage and circuit therefor A voltage regulator (10) having an undervoltage protection circuit 11 and a method for protecting against an output voltage out being less than a predetermined level. The voltage regulator has an undershoot limitation circuit (11) coupled betwee... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7956651 | Method for detecting a current and compensating for an offset voltage and circuit A method and circuit for detecting a current and compensating for an offset voltage. The circuit includes two comparators where one of the comparators has two input terminals and the other comparator has three input terminals. An input terminal of each of the two co... | 06/07/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7943465 | Method for manufacturing a semiconductor component A semiconductor component that includes a contact landing pad and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor component. A trench having sidewalls is formed in a semiconductor material and a dielectric material is formed on the sidewalls of the trench. An electrica... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7939380 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor component with a low cost leadframe using a non-metallic base structure A method for manufacturing a semiconductor component that includes a leadframe having a non-metallic base structure and an intermediate leadframe structure. The non-metallic base structure may be, among other things, paper, cellulose, or plastic. A layer of electric... | 05/10/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7851312 | Semiconductor component and method of manufacture A semiconductor component that includes a field plate and a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor component. A body region is formed in a semiconductor material that has a major surface. A gate trench is formed in the epitaxial layer a... | 12/14/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7820473 | Schottky diode and method of manufacture A Schottky diode capable of sustaining a voltage of greater than about 250 volts and a method for its manufacture. An epitaxial layer of N-type conductivity is disposed on a semiconductor substrate of N-type conductivity. A guard ring of P-type conductivity extends ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7812584 | Method for regulating a voltage and circuit therefor A regulator circuit and a method for regulating an output voltage. The regulator circuit includes an undervoltage protection stage capable of operating in a plurality of operating modes. In one mode, the undervoltage protection stage compensates for a low undervolta... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7808274 | Monolithically integrated multiplexer-translator-demultiplexer circuit and method A monolithically integrated multiplexer-translator-demultiplexer and a method for multiplexing and translating an electrical signal or demultiplexing and translating an electrical signal. A multiplexer and a demultiplexer are monolithically integrated with a transla... | 10/05/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7767529 | Semiconductor component and method of manufacture A semiconductor component resistant to the formation of a parasitic bipolar transistor and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor component using a reduced number of masking steps. A semiconductor material of N-type conductivity having a region of P-type condu... | 08/03/2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7342528 | Circuit and method for reducing electromagnetic interference A spread spectrum system having a self-oscillating delay-line digital pulse width modulator and a method for mitigating electromagnetic interference. The spread spectrum system has a pseudo-random pattern generator connected to a digital-to-analog converter, which i... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7026225 | Semiconductor component and method for precluding stress-induced void formation in the semiconductor component A semiconductor component having a feature suitable for inhibiting stress induced void formation and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor component. A semiconductor substrate is provided having a major surface. A layer of dielectric material is formed over t... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6929963 | Semiconductor component and method of manufacture and monitoring A semiconductor component having a monitoring structure suitable for monitoring metal migration of a metallization system and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor component. A semiconductor substrate is provided having a major surface. A first extrusion moni... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6927113 | Semiconductor component and method of manufacture A semiconductor component and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor component that mitigates electromigration and stress migration in a metallization system of the semiconductor component. A hardmask is formed over a dielectric layer and an opening is etched ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6750544 | Metallization system for use in a semiconductor component A metallization system (10) suitable for use in a semiconductor component and a method for fabricating the metallization system (10). The metallization system (10) includes a dielectric material (20) disposed on a major surface (14... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6637094 | Method for manufacturing a horse race starting gate A method for manufacturing a modular starting gate. The modules making up the starting gate include a truss module, a door releasing module, a stall divider module, a front door module, a rear door module, a towing module, and a wheel assembly module. Eac... | 10/28/2003 |
