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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8148972 | Filter circuit and method of controlling same Disclosed is a filter circuit that includes means for monitoring currents flowing through positive and negative windings of a common-mode noise filter, and means for performing an adjustment based on the result of monitoring so as to equalize the current flowing pos... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7402990 | Reduction of energization transients in a three phase power system A method and an apparatus for reducing energization transients in a three phase AC power system which includes an electrical device having legs A, B and C associated with corresponding phases of the power system. The method includes the steps of connecting the legs ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7353481 | Computer implemented method for designing a semiconductor integrated circuit and a semiconductor integrated circuit A computer implemented method for designing a semiconductor integrated circuit includes placing dummy pattern on a second interconnection layer positioned just above the first power line based on a placement result of the first power line, the dummy pattern having a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7345931 | Maintaining internal voltages of an integrated circuit in response to a clocked standby mode A method and circuit for controlling an output reference voltage generated by a reference voltage generator disposed on a memory device are provided. A signal for enabling a clocked standby mode of the memory device is received. If the signal indicates that the memo... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7292020 | Remote DC-DC converter for high current, low voltage applications A remote voltage regulator module (VRM) for high-current, low voltage applications. In one embodiment, an electronic system includes a VRM configured to provide a DC output voltage. The VRM is coupled to a load board via a first bus bar and a second bus bar. The VRM... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281141 | Bypass discharge path for a power sourcing equipment A method for preventing an excess voltage from appearing at an output of a power over Ethernet controller, the method comprising: sensing that a powered device has been disconnected from a port; enabling a bypass path around a means for unidirectional current flow o... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274117 | Radio wall switch A radio wall switch that uses radio signals to control a load through a load circuit is disclosed. The radio wall switch is also configured group or bind electronic devices to operate collectively by responding to the same radio control signals. Preferably, the radi... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7236114 | Digital-to-analog converters including full-type and fractional decoders, and source drivers for display panels including the same A digital-to-analog converter includes a full-type decoder, a fractional decoder and an averaging amplifier. The full-type decoder is configured to select, based on N-bit digital data, one of a set of first gamma reference voltages corresponding to a first interval ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236920 | Mechanism for estimating and controlling di/dt-induced power supply voltage variations A system for delivering power to a device in a specified voltage range is disclosed. The system includes a power delivery network, characterized by a response function, to deliver power to the device. A current computation unit stores values representing a sequence ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236034 | Self correcting scheme to match pull up and pull down devices The self correcting scheme to match pull up and pull down devices includes: a first comparator for comparing a common mode signal to a high reference limit; a second comparator for comparing the common mode signal to a low reference limit; a first flip flop having a... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7200502 | Dual connection power line parameter analysis method and system A method and apparatus is disclosed for determining the power line parameters of a system. Specifically, there is provided a method comprising perturbing a voltage waveform through a first connection, measuring a characteristic of the perturbation through a second c... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7119529 | Circuit arrangement with a resistor voltage divider chain A description is given of a circuit arrangement with a resistor voltage divider chain which comprises a number N of two-terminal resistors which are connected in series between a number N+1 of connection points, with N being greater than or equal to 2. In order to m... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7057330 | Broad frequency band energy scavenger In accordance with one aspect of the present exemplary embodiment, an energy generation device is provided. A base is fixedly secured to a source of mechanical energy of an oscillatory nature. At least one mass is movably suspended relative to the base. First and se... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7035785 | Mechanism for estimating and controlling di/dt-induced power supply voltage variations A system for delivering power to a device in a specified voltage range is disclosed. The system includes a power delivery network, characterized by a response function, to deliver power to the device. A current computation unit stores values representing a sequence ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7009199 | Electronic devices having a header and antiparallel connected light emitting diodes for producing light from AC current A light engine comprises a pair of LED active elements mounted on a common header having first and second terminals. The first terminal is connected to the cathode of the first LED active element and the anode of the second LED active element, while the second termi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6995496 | Electrical power extraction from mechanical disturbances A method of extracting power includes coupling a transducer that converts mechanical power to electrical power to a disturbance; coupling an electrical circuit to the transducer such that a peak voltage experienced by the transducer is greater than two times higher ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6989807 | LED driving device A LED driving device includes a plurality of LEDs, a voltage detecting circuit, and a current switching circuit. When the voltage detecting circuit detects the different voltage level of power source without coupling to a filtering capacitor, it sends a signal to th... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6987248 | Microprocessor controlled portable heating system A heating system including a power supply and a heating element for conducting a current from the power supply. A temperature sensing device is adopted to detect a temperature of the heating element, and a switch is connected in a circuit containing the power supply... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6911797 | Multi-axes industrial processing machine A multi-axes industrial processing machine with a multi-axes electrical drive system and at least two axle drives that have each an axle module and a built-in motor is disclosed. The machine further includes an impedance that is transformer-coupled with a supply mod... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6911810 | Reduction of energization transients in a three phase Y-connected load Reduction of energization transients in a three phase Y-connected load having legs A, B and C associated with corresponding phases of a three-phase AC power system is achieved by energizing respective legs of the load in an order determined by a energization sequenc... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6909224 | Piezoelectric generator A method of extracting electrical energy from mechanical motion includes reusing an elastic portion of energy in a transducer by transferring the elastic portion of energy to another transducer. An apparatus for extracting electrical energy from mechanical motion in... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6636027 | LED power source A cost and space efficient diode circuit arrangement for limiting current from an AC source using only a few components, the circuit includes a capacitor coupled to an AC source and at least two oppositely polarized diodes connected in parallel. This circ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6509785 | Voltage regulator circuit for attenuating inductance-induced on chip supply variations An active digital voltage regulator circuit is a two terminal device that is connected in shunt to first and second power supply input lines. The active digital voltage regulator circuit stores energy during times when the local power supply voltage is gr... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6343024 | Self-adjustable impedance line driver with hybrid A pair of equivalent controlled impedance buffers are connected in a push-pull configuration to a transformer primary coil. A pair of equivalent pre-drivers are connected to the pair of buffers. Each pre-driver receives a driver input signal and outputs a... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6326775 | Fast DC discharge device A fast DC discharge device for a large rated capacity, includes a capacitor (C1), a switch (SW2) serially connected to capacitor (C1), a high voltage transformer (T1), an amplifier (AMP1) connected to the primary coil of high voltage transformer (T1), a s... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6271508 | System and method for providing RF power to a load An RF power supply that is capable of tracking rapid changes in the resonant frequency of a load and capable of quickly responding to varying load conditions so as to deliver the desired amount of power. The present invention also provides an RF power sup... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6201382 | Low noise and energy loss power supply apparatus and voltage converter A power supply apparatus 200 comprises an energy supplying circuit 210 for supplying energy at a predetermined timing, and an energy preserving circuit 220 for receiving the energy supplied from the energy supplying circuit 210 and preserving the energy. ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6194888 | Impedance-to-voltage converter and converting method An impedance-to-voltage converter utilizes an operational amplifier to convert an impedance into a voltage without suffering from the influence of stray capacitances. The impedance-to-voltage converter is formed of an operational amplifier which has an im... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6118267 | Apparatus for switching a reference voltage between high and low impedance states A dual mode apparatus for alternately supplying a low power reference voltage and a high power reference voltage, both at the same voltage level. The apparatus includes a driver, an output buffer and a switch. The driver generates the low power reference ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6113760 | Power supply apparatus for sputtering and a sputtering apparatus using the power supply apparatus The present invention provides a sputtering power supply apparatus which realizes stable sputtering at a pressure lower than the discharge start pressure, so that scattering of sputtering particles due to collision with sputtering inert gas can be reduced... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6087823 | Electronic inductance circuit There is provided an electronic inductance circuit having a transistor, a first resistor, a second resistor, a capacitor and a first current source. The main current path of the transistor and the first resistor are connected in series to form a first ser... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6028417 | Voltage regulator circuit for attenuating inductance-induced on-chip supply variations An active digital voltage regulator circuit is a two terminal device that is connected in shunt to first and second power supply input lines. The active digital voltage regulator circuit stores energy during times when the local power supply voltage is gr... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5986241 | Heating control system for heater provided in laser printer A heater temperature control circuit for controlling a temperature of, for example, a heater incorporated in a laser printer for fixing a toner image on a recording material includes a voltage divider circuit delivering an output voltage divided by a ther... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5869953 | Retrofittable energy saving device A power lag compensation device is provided including a housing. A socket assembly is situated within the interior space of the housing for releasably receiving a plug connected to an appliance for being in electrical communication therewith. A plug assem... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5835996 | Power generation method and power generator using a piezoelectric element, and electronic device using the power A power generator using a piezoelectric element is provided which generates electric power at a high efficiency. It has been determined that the efficiency of power generation varies as a function of the ratio of an initial unloaded value of the power gen... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5640082 | Duty cycle controlled switch variable capacitor circuit A switch controlled variable capacitor circuit that includes a capacitor having a first terminal and a second terminal; a switch connected across the first and second terminals of the capacitor; a pulse width modulator for controlling the switch to close ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5166600 | Measuring device having an auxiliary electrode for a gas-insulated encased high-voltage conductor The measuring device is incorporated in a projection of the casing. Its auxiliary electrode forms the high-voltage capacitor of a capacitive voltage divider together with the internal conductor, and is connected with the casing via a low-voltage capacitor... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5079500 | Potentiometric circuit arrangement A potentiometric circuit arrangement 30 is based on a resistive potentiometer tarck 11 with a capacitively coupled `wiper` 14', the resistive track being driven by switched alternating voltages of +/- V at 12 and -/+(X-V) at 13, where X is a reference vol... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4950979 | Insulating member, functioning as a voltage divider in a high voltage system An insulating member which functions as a voltage divider in a high voltage system. The insulating member includes an insulating body having a head section and a base section. The insulating body is made of plastic containing conductive fillers to reduce ... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4894520 | Circuit for controlling power dissipated by an electrical resistance A circuit for controlling the power dissipated by an electrical resistance coupled to a supply voltage which varies, includes a feedback circuit, coupled to the electrical resistance, for producing a feedback current corresponding to the current flowing t... | 01/16/1990 |
