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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7626427 | Voltage comparator utilizing voltage to current conversion A voltage comparator for comparing a reference voltage with a threshold, includes a first voltage-to-current converter to convert a reference voltage that determines the threshold into a reference current that depends on the reference voltage, a second voltage-to-cu... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7589569 | Comparator with self-biased reference voltage for an oscillator A comparator with a fixed reference voltage (self bias) for an oscillator is disclosed. The comparator includes: a depletion MOS network to form a source current, wherein the gate and the source has a connection; and an enhanced MOS transistor, wherein the drain or ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7417496 | Demodulator circuit of RFID system Provided is a demodulator circuit allowing a tag or transponder to efficiently recover data of an input amplitude signal at very low power in a wireless communication system such as a radio frequency identification (RFID) system. The demodulator connects an output o... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414440 | Low voltage detection circuit A low voltage detection circuit includes a reference voltage generation circuit, a divider circuit, a comparator that serves as a comparison circuit, and a second constant current transistor connected in series with the divider circuit. An auxiliary current transist... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7394295 | Sense amplifier The invention relates to a sense amplifier comprising the following element: a first current mirror unit coupled to a high voltage source, outputting a first current and a second current according to a first reference current, wherein the second current is twice the... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7295045 | Circuit for cutting-off output signal An output signal cutting-off circuit includes a first switching element, a driving circuit and a voltage-drop-signal generating circuit. When a voltage to be monitored becomes lower than a threshold voltage, a voltage-drop-signal is generated and supplied to the dri... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295050 | Power-up reset circuit with reduced power consumption A power-up reset circuit with reduced power consumption. The resistance of the power-up reset circuit may be adjusted during a power-up operation. The standby current may thereby be reduced, which may reduce the power consumption in the power-up reset circuit. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292053 | High-voltage measuring device The present invention provides a high-voltage measuring device capable of providing sufficient electric isolation between resistors and between resistors and a voltage measurement circuit without necessity of enlarging a size of a substrate for carry thereon the cir... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288985 | Current mirror with programmable floating gate Systems and methods are discussed for using a floating-gate MOSFET as a programmable reference circuit. One example of the programmable reference circuit is a programmable voltage reference source, while a second example of a programmable reference circuit is a prog... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282965 | Signal detection circuit capable of automatically adjusting threshold value The signal detection circuit of the present invention includes: a comparison section for comparing the absolute value of a voltage of an input differential signal with a threshold voltage corresponding to a first detection level adjustment signal to detect presence/... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7262646 | Power-on reset circuit A power-on reset circuit of the present invention comprises: a first p-channel MOS transistor having the gate and the drain which are grounded and having a substrate which is connected to a power supply; a first resistor which is inserted and connected between the a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259597 | Low-voltage detection circuit A low-voltage detection circuit detects a terminal voltage of a power supply terminal. The low-voltage detection circuit includes a first voltage-dividing circuit, a second voltage-dividing circuit, and a comparator. The second voltage-dividing circuit includes a bi... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259596 | Circuit arrangement for monitoring a voltage A voltage (UE1, UE2), other than a supply voltage (UV1, UV2), is monitored and controlled to avoid damage to circuit components by maintaining a required voltage level. Dissipation power losses are reduced by switching off a monitoring ci... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7245535 | Non-volatile programmable memory cell for programmable logic array A non-volatile programmable memory cell suitable for use in a programmable logic array includes a non-volatile MOS transistor of a first conductivity type in series with a volatile MOS transistor of a second conductivity type. The non-volatile MOS transistor may be ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7236023 | Apparatus and methods for adaptive trip point detection Apparatus and methods are described for providing an adaptive trip point detector circuit that receives an input signal at an input signal node and generates an output signal at an output signal node, the output signal changing from a first value to a second value w... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7227390 | Apparatus and method for a driver with an adaptive drive strength for a class D amplifier A circuit for adaptively adjusting the drive strength of output power transistors in a class D amplifier is provided. The circuit includes a driver circuit and a low-voltage detect circuit. The low-voltage detect circuit is arranged to assert a low-voltage detect si... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224192 | Voltage detection circuit A voltage detection circuit, comprises a constant-current circuit, a current mirror circuit operated by the constant-current circuit, at least one diode-connected first transistor disposed between an output of the current mirror circuit and a detected voltage, and a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215159 | Comparator, sample-and-hold circuit, differential amplifier, two-stage amplifier, and analog-to-digital converter A comparator includes a sampling capacitor, a first switching unit which is connected to an input end of the sampling capacitor and which applies an input signal to the input end of the sampling capacitor, a second switching unit which is connected to the input end ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7199663 | Use of analog-valued floating-gate transistors for parallel and serial signal processing Analog-valued floating-gate transistors are used as trimmable circuit components for modifying and/or controlling the gain, phase, offset, frequency response, current consumption, and/or transfer function of signal pathways in parallel and/or serial processing circu... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187237 | Use of analog-valued floating-gate transistors for parallel and serial signal processing Analog-valued floating-gate transistors are used as trimmable circuit components for modifying and/or controlling the gain, phase, offset, frequency response, current consumption, and/or transfer function of signal pathways in parallel and/or serial processing circu... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7145356 | Circuits for transistor testing Disclosed is a circuit for transistor testing, by which electrical stresses of separate conditions can be simultaneously applied to a plurality of transistors, respectively. According to one example, such a circuit may include a plurality of contact pads connectable... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142023 | Voltage detection circuit A voltage detection circuit of the invention is composed of the minimum needed number of circuit elements and that permits the temperature characteristic of the reference level for voltage detection to be set arbitrarily. The voltage detection circuit has a first tr... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7116134 | Voltage comparator A voltage comparator with comparing means that are energized upon the occurrence of a clock-edge and that are de-energized when the comparison operation is completed. The comparing means are preceded by a voltage divider (D) for dividing the voltage to be compared a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7109779 | Semiconductor integrated circuit and a burn-in method thereof A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first circuit and a second circuit having a breakdown voltage higher than that of the first circuit. Operation voltages of the first and second circuits can be made equal to or different from each other. The second circu... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7061305 | Threshold voltage detector for process effect compensation A process variation compensation circuit and method including a threshold voltage detector circuit, a comparator network, and a circuit block. The threshold voltage detector circuit is configured with at least one transistor that is manufactured during a process. Th... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058922 | Semiconductor integrated circuit and method of manufacturing the same A multi-input logic circuit (e.g. a 2-input NAND circuit) mounted on a semiconductor integrated circuit comprises a plurality of voltage-activated transistors which have the same channel conduction type and are electrically connected in series between a power supply... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7046079 | Circuit for generating a reference voltage A circuit for generating a reference voltage of an image sensor is provided. The circuit comprises a signal differential amplifier, a gain amplifier, a source follower and a clamp circuit. The signal differential amplifier is adapted for receiving and comparing a bi... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7038603 | Analog to digital converter using analog-valued floating-gate transistors Analog-valued floating-gate transistors are used as trimmable circuit components for modifying and/or controlling the gain, phase, offset, frequency response, current consumption, and/or transfer function of signal pathways in parallel and/or serial processing circu... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034605 | Internal step-down power supply circuit An internal step-down power supply circuit has an internal step-down power-supply output node, a driver, a divider circuit and a current mirror circuit. The internal node provides an internal step-down power supply potential. The driver adjusts an external power-sup... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034603 | Floating-gate reference circuit Systems and methods are discussed for using a floating-gate MOSFET as a programmable reference circuit. One example of the programmable reference circuit is a programmable voltage reference source, while a second example of a programmable reference circuit is a prog... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034598 | Switching point detection circuit and semiconductor device using the same A switching point detection circuit for detecting a switching point according to a fabrication condition of a MOS transistor includes a reference voltage generation circuit for generating a reference voltage, a first CMOS inverter circuit for receiving the reference... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030668 | Voltage detector A voltage detector circuit such as a power up and/or brownout detector circuit (100) includes a comparator (102) having at least one of its inputs (104) coupled to a diode-connected transistor (108). The other input can include another di... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030682 | Voltage detection circuit and internal voltage generating circuit comprising it An internal voltage generation circuit and a voltage detection circuit for stably generating an internal voltage at a desired voltage level are provided. The voltage detection circuit includes an insulated gate field effect transistor receiving a reference voltage a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6980116 | Method for failure detection in a radio frequency device A method for detecting a failure in a radio frequency (RF) device (200) that includes a transistor (210) having a first terminal at an RF input (220), a second terminal at an RF output (260), and a third terminal at an RF common (230 | 12/27/2005 |
| 6956409 | Reference voltage detector for power-on sequence in a memory System and method for detecting a reference signal. A preferred embodiment comprises a latch (such as the latch 320) and a filter (such as the filter 325). The latch tracks a reference signal at its input and reflects the reference signal at its output... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6922087 | Control arrangement for power electronic system A control arrangement and method is provided that monitors the condition and operating parameters of a power electronic system having power electronic devices and responds to various detected abnormalities via appropriate action to optimize operation of the power el... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6909659 | Zero power chip standby mode A zero power standby mode in a memory device used in a system, such as a battery powered hand held device. By disconnecting the internal power supply bus on the memory device from the external power supply during standby mode, the junction leakage and gate induced d... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6867624 | Circuit for voltage level detection A voltage level detection circuit (1) with a threshold level, which is dependent on the manufacturing process. The circuit comprises a first current generator (4), which generates a monitoring current (IM) derived from the voltage (VM | 03/15/2005 |
| 6853219 | Charging circuit Charging a storage cell requires the electromotive force exerted at a photogenerating cell in addition to the voltage equal to or higher than the forward on voltage developed at an backflow preventing diode. Therefore, the charging is inefficient. Moreover, the area... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6842051 | Voltage detector circuit with application to variable voltage filter and variable output buffer Within one embodiment, a voltage detector circuit detects whether a voltage supply (e.g., VDD) is in a high or low range and generates a logic output. Using this logic output, a variable RC (resistor capacitor) VDD filter may be implemented suc... | 01/11/2005 |
