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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8191019 | Non-predicated to predicated conversion of asynchronous representations Methods, circuits and systems for converting of a non-predicated asynchronous netlist to a predicated asynchronous netlist are described. These may operate to identify one or more portions of an asynchronous netlist corresponding to a partially utilized portion of a... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8183907 | Detection circuit and sensor device Provided is a detection circuit for monitoring a power supply voltage with a circuit configuration in which power consumption is reduced, and a sensor device including the detection circuit. A detection circuit (100) detects an input signal input thereto to o... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7956668 | Spectral predictive switching device activation A method of driving an array of switches comprising supplying the same drive signal to a first drive terminal of a plurality of the switches of an array and supplying second drive signals to a second drive terminal of each of the plurality of switches, the second dr... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7952417 | Power control circuit Apparatus for controlling an integrated circuit comprises a power control device for controlling the power to at least part of the integrated circuit, the power control device is connected to a first input, for receiving a power-down signal, and a second input, for ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7893749 | High frequency switch circuit having reduced input power distortion There has been a problem that the distortion characteristic of a switch circuit for a high frequency is deteriorated. A switch circuit in accordance with one aspect of the present invention includes a transistor connected in series between input and output terminals... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7750720 | Circuit arrangement and a method for galvanically separate triggering of a semiconductor switch A circuit arrangement and a method for the DC-isolated driving of a semiconductor switch, wherein the circuit arrangement has a control circuit, a driver, a transformer for the DC-isolated transfer of a drive signal from the controller as switching signal into the d... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7679423 | Switch circuit for magnetic-induction interface A switch circuit is provided for conditional communication within a magnetic-induction interface, including first and second control nodes, a data input and output nodes, a parallel circuit, and first and second control nodes. The parallel circuit includes a pair of... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7649399 | Signal generating and switching apparatus and method thereof A signal generating and switching apparatus and a method thereof are provided. According to a simple layout technique, the signal switching apparatus is formed in each layer of a plurality of metal layers in an integrated circuit. When there is a need to correct any... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7564291 | Threshold voltage adjustment in thin film transistors A thin film transistor circuit has a main thin film transistor (10), a control input (12) for controlling the operation of the main thin film transistor and a threshold adjustment capacitor (14) connected between the control input and the gate o... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7508248 | Electronic device Provided is an electronic device capable of completely interrupting a power source and an electronic circuit when the electronic circuit is not being operated, and reducing power consumed wastefully. In the electronic device including the power source, a switch, and... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7492207 | Transistor switch A circuit is disclosed, including a transistor switch having a first terminal to receive an input voltage, a second terminal to output an output voltage and a gate terminal; a determination circuit, coupled to the first terminal and the second terminal of the transi... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7403026 | Electronic switching circuit, switching circuit test arrangement and method for determining the operativeness of an electronic switching circuit The invention relates to an electronic switching circuit in which a plurality of test circuit blocks is provided, whereby every test circuit block comprises a first sub-circuit block and at least one second sub-circuit block. A field effect transistor in the first s... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7382168 | Buffer circuit with multiple voltage range A buffer circuit operative at multiple power supply voltage levels includes first and second buffers, the first buffer being configured for operation with a first voltage source and the second buffer being operative with a second voltage source. The buffer circuit f... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370300 | Systems and methods of simulating signal coupling Systems and methods for simulating signal coupling in electronic devices are disclosed. In an exemplary implementation a computer program product executes a computer process to simulate a victim signal having a toggling bit pattern relative to a quiet culprit signal... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359888 | Molecular-junction-nanowire-crossbar-based neural network A method for configuring nanoscale neural network circuits using molecular-junction-nanowire crossbars, and nanoscale neural networks produced by this method. Summing of weighted inputs within a neural-network node is implemented using variable-resistance resistors ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7340356 | Method and system for reading the resistance state of junctions in crossbar memory Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods for determining the resistance state of nanowire-crossbar junctions, and can also be used to determine the resistance state of sub-microscale crossbar junctions. A pair of wires interconnected thro... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327053 | Electronic power circuit An electronic power circuit includes at least one power semiconductor whose control inputs are connected to a trigger device and a power supply which, on the output side, is connected to terminals of the trigger device and, on the input side, is connected to an acce... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321253 | Multiplier A conventional multiplier which uses a MOS transistor has a subject that, in order to compensate for a variation of a bias voltage or the like, it is necessary to add a complicated correcting circuit to an outputting section or the like, and the circuit scale become... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7313034 | Low supply voltage temperature compensated reference voltage generator and method A reference voltage generator uses a conventional forward junction voltage generating device and a conventional thermal generator to generate a thermal voltage. The forward junction voltage and the thermal voltages have respective thermal sensitivities that act oppo... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305509 | Method and apparatus for zero stub serial termination capacitor of resistor mounting option in an information handling system A method of implementing zero stub serial termination component mounting in an information handling system includes providing a first and second serial terminator option. The first serial terminator option includes a first pad and a second pad on a circuit board. Th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7286001 | High-frequency switching device and semiconductor device The first terminals of a plurality of resistor elements are connected to the intermediate connection points of a plurality of FETs connected in series, and a voltage, having a phase opposite to that of the voltage applied to the gate terminals of the plurality of FE... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276172 | Method for preparing a nanowire crossbar structure and use of a structure prepared by this method The present invention relates to a method for preparing a nanowire crossbar structure, comprising: (a) providing a substrate; (b) depositing thereon a composite structure comprising a nucleic acid-block copolymer having equidistant nucleic acid-catalyst binding site... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268606 | High-frequency signal switching An electronic signal processing apparatus has a signal switch with a first and a second transistor of normally-on type, having main current channels coupled between an internal node and a switch input and output, respectively. A diode provides a switchable signal co... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7259589 | Visual or multimedia interface bus switch with level-shifted ground and input protection against non-compliant transmission-minimized differential signaling (TMDS) transmitter A bus switch chip is limited to operating with a power-supply voltage of 1.8 volts relative to a 0-volt ground. Differential bus signals switched through the bus switch chip swing from 2.7 to 3.3 volts, well above the chip's specified power-supply voltage. The bus s... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253059 | Method of forming an integrated circuit with multi-length power transistor segments A monolithic power integrated circuit fabricated on a semiconductor die includes a control circuit and a first output high voltage field-effect transistor (HVFET) having source and drain segments substantially equal to a first length. A second output HVFET has sourc... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250829 | High frequency switch To provide a high frequency switch capable of dealing with multiple frequency bands without having plurality of switch circuits. A first diode that conducts due to a bias current when a first switch is closed is interposed between a first signal terminal and a secon... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250804 | Series/shunt switch and method of control A switch includes at least two signal ports in series with a series FET connected therebetween, and a shunt path having an FET, whereby an input bias is applied to a gate on the series FET and to a drain on the shunt FET. In one embodiment, the switch includes a con... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248034 | Time limit function utilization apparatus A time limit function utilization apparatus includes a first function block, a second function block, a signal line which connects the first and second function blocks and allows using a desired function that is generated by accessing the first and second function b... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245887 | High speed CMOS transmit-receive antenna switch A high-speed CMOS transmit/receive antenna switch includes a first transistor, a second transistor and a parasitic compensation network. The first transistor is operably coupled to an antenna, to a transmit path, and to receive a transmit/receive (T/R) control signa... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242215 | Nanoscale latches and impedance-encoded logic for use in nanoscale state machines, nanoscale pipelines, and in other nanoscale electronic circuits Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to implementation and use of logic-state-storing, impedance-encoded nanoscale, impedance-encoded latches that store logic values as impedance states within nanoscale electronic circuits that employ impedance-... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235803 | Semiconductor relay device A system is described that adjusts the impedance of a circuit. One aspect of the present invention may have: a light-emitting element; a photo detector being configured to receive an optical signal from the light-emitting element, to generate an electrical signal; a... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7221207 | Semiconductor switching circuit for switching the paths of a high frequency signal in a mobile communications unit A semiconductor apparatus is provided which makes it possible to reduce the number of control terminals required for switching through paths of a high frequency signal, simplify the circuit configuration for controlling the terminals, improve an isolation characteri... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215188 | Integrated circuit having a low power mode and method therefor An integrated circuit (70) includes a first power supply bus (72) and a second power supply bus (74). The first power supply bus (72) provides a first power supply voltage (VDD) to a first plurality of circuit elements (12 and 7... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7203789 | Architecture and methods for computing with reconfigurable resistor crossbars An architecture for computing includes nanometer scale crossbar switches configured to perform a logical function in response to a sequence of pulses that encode logic values in the nanometer scale crossbar switches as impedances. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199640 | Bi-directional double NMOS switch A semiconductor switch comprises two NMOS transistors coupled in an anti-series arrangement, and a gate control circuit coupled to both gates of the NMOS transistors. Both drains of the NMOS transistors are interconnected, and the gate control circuit is coupled to ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199635 | High-frequency switching device and semiconductor The first terminals of a plurality of resistor elements are connected to the intermediate connection points of a plurality of FETs connected in series, and a voltage, having a phase opposite to that of the voltage applied to the gate terminals of the plurality of FE... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7190207 | One way conductor A one way conductor includes a MOSFET and a driving device. The MOSFET has a source and a drain respectively serving a positive end P and a negative end N of the one way conductor. The driving device including a BJT differential amplifier detects a voltage differenc... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187226 | Anti-cross conduction drive control circuit and method An anti-cross conduction driver control circuit and method prevent the occurrence of race conditions and avoid cross-conduction between series-connected power devices, typically MOSFETs, controlled in accordance with the present invention. Individual state machines ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187205 | Integrated circuit storage element having low power data retention and method therefor A storage element (10) includes a first latch (12) and a second latch (14). The first latch (12) is coupled to a first power supply voltage terminal for receiving a first power supply voltage. The second latch (14) is coupled to a ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183834 | Method and apparatus for driving a power MOS device as a synchronous rectifier A synchronous rectifier comprising a MOSFET device, and a gate driver for driving the gate of the MOSFET device, the MOSFET device comprising first and second MOSFET transistors coupled with their drain-source paths in parallel to receive an alternating current wave... | 02/27/2007 |
