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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7834666 | Voltage divider having varied output levels depending on frequency and PLL including the same A voltage divider for dividing an input voltage includes a fixed resistor, a variable resistor, an input node and an output node. The fixed resistor has a fixed resistance value independent of an operating frequency, and includes at least one resistance device. The ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7479812 | Producing a frequency-representative signal with rapid adjustment to frequency changes A feed-forward path is combined with a feed-back path to produce an output signal representation of an input signal frequency. The feed-forward path adjusts the output signal representation in response to a change in the input signal frequency, and does so in a resp... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7477080 | Current loop powered isolator and method A system and method for isolating the input and output of a self-powered current loop includes coupling a voltage to frequency converter to the input terminals and connecting the output of the voltage to frequency converter through an optical isolator, either direct... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7418250 | Quadrature mixer circuits and mobile terminal using the same Because there are different voltages at two current output terminals of a current divider, the voltages at the current input terminals of two current switch circuits are not affected mutually even with a large amplitude of local signals. Accordingly, the performance... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7394296 | Apparatus and method for automatically offsetting linear deviation of V/F converter An apparatus and method for automatically offsetting the linear deviation of a V/F converter, the offset adjust pin of which is connected to a fixed resistance, and the frequency output pin of which is connected to a microcontroller unit (MCU) via an opto-isolator, ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7372338 | Self-adjusting clock generator with stable frequency output A self-adjusting clock generator is disclosed. The self-adjusting clock generator comprises a voltage control oscillator for generating a frequency output, a frequency to voltage converter for converting the frequency output into a voltage output, and a comparator f... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7332944 | Frequency-controllable oscillator A frequency-controllable oscillator, having an oscillation device in which the oscillation frequency is controlled on the basis of a feedback current or voltage; a constant current source circuit; a charge device which charges a capacitor with a constant current fro... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7242857 | Motor control circuit A motor control circuit includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal generating circuit, a driving circuit and a waveform-shaping circuit connected between the PWM signal generating circuit and the driving circuit. The PWM signal generating circuit generates a squ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239185 | Driver circuit connected to pulse shaping circuitry An integrated circuit driver includes an output stage having source drain paths of a PFET and NFET connected in series with each other across DC power supply terminals. A pair of inverters simultaneously responsive to a bilevel signal drive gate electrodes of the PF... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7227397 | System, method and circuits for generating a signal The present invention relates to the field of electronics. More particularly, forms of the present invention relate to systems, methods and circuits for generating a signal. A system, method and circuit for generating a signal are described. Forms of this system, me... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227911 | Multichannel receiver for simultaneously receiving a plurality of different channel signals A multichannel receiver for effectively receiving multichannel signals at the same time without any restrictions in the symbol timing and channel interval of modulated signals. A quadrature detector of the multichannel receiver includes first and second multipliers.... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7215162 | Start signal outputting circuit A start signal outputting circuit according to the invention has a differential RF/DC convertor part 100 for converting a high frequency power (RF) into a d.c. potential (DC). The RF/DC convertor part 100 is formed by two transistors QRD, Q | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211971 | Linear actuator A linear actuator having a housing, a plunger slidably mounted to the housing between an extended and retracted position, and an electric motor drivingly connected to the plunger to move the plunger between its extended and retracted positions. A motor circuit contr... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7205805 | Adjusting power consumption of digital circuitry relative to critical path circuit having the largest propagation delay error A method and apparatus is disclosed for adjusting at least one of a supply voltage and a clocking frequency applied to digital circuitry of a computing device, wherein the digital circuitry comprises a plurality of critical path circuits and a corresponding pluralit... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7184739 | Quadrature mixer circuits and mobile terminal using the same Because there are different voltages at two current output terminals of a current divider, the voltages at the current input terminals of two current switch circuits are not affected mutually even with a large amplitude of local signals. Accordingly, the performance... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7149903 | System and method for signal delay in an adaptive voltage scaling slack detector A system and method for slack determination in a logic integrated circuit. A launch pulse is input to a circular delay loop circuit. The leading edge of the launch pulse causes a pulse to circulate around the circular delay loop. The number of passes made through th... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7117378 | Adaptive voltage scaling digital processing component and method of operating the same There is disclosed a digital circuit comprising a digital processing component, an adjustable power supply and power supply adjustment circuitry. The digital processing component is capable of operating at a plurality of selected clock frequencies, wherein a maximum... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7098748 | Integrated CMOS high precision piezo-electrically driven clock A clock oscillator embedded in an integrated circuit, including a piezoelectric resonator formed on the integrated circuit; a clock generator coupled to the on-chip piezoelectric resonator, one or more sensors adapted to sense one or more environmental parameters af... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7061292 | Adaptive voltage regulator for powered digital devices Apparatus for efficiently supplying energy to a device in a circuit, the apparatus comprising a powered device having a critical path delay; delay line operative to model said critical path delay; control logic responsive to output from said delay line and operative... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7050478 | Apparatus and method for synchronizing clock modulation with power supply modulation in a spread spectrum clock system A spread spectrum clock system (11) modulates the supply voltage for a circuit (10) in concert with the circuit clock frequency (C). The system increases the supply voltage for the circuit (10) in phase with increases in the circuit clock freque... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7031175 | System and method of detecting phase body diode using a comparator in a synchronous rectified FET driver A body diode comparator circuit for a synchronous rectified FET driver including a sample circuit and a comparator. The FET driver has a phase node coupled between a pair of upper and lower switching FETs and is responsive to a PWM signal having first and second pha... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030661 | Power supply system and method that provides a low-cost approach to voltage scaling A low-cost approach to voltage scaling is realized by latching the output of a propagation delay detector, and inputting the latched output to a string digital-to-analog (DAC) converter. The string DAC generates a DC voltage in response to the latched values, which ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7024568 | Method and system for providing self-calibration for adaptively adjusting a power supply voltage in a digital processing system A method for providing self-calibration for adaptively adjusting a power supply voltage in a digital processing system is provided that includes providing a nominal power supply voltage to the system as a power supply voltage. A regulator clock signal is propagated ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020228 | DLL circuit A DLL (delay locked loop) circuit for outputting a phase lock signal having a predetermined phase relationship with an input signal. The DLL circuit has: a functional block having a constant-current source; and bias generator for generating a constant current source... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7009182 | Low cost digital pocket dosemeter The invention relates to a pocket type digital radiation dosemeter comprising of a detector, which converts the ionisation in the detector caused by the incidence of ionising radiation of certain energy range into electrical impulses, a low power pulse amplifier, th... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6999745 | Mixer with a variable gain current-to-voltage converter A receiver comprising an input for receiving a first signal, said receiver further comprising a local oscillator for generating a periodical signal. The receiver further comprises a mixer for generating a third signal representative for a combination of a second sig... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6989693 | Pulse interval to voltage converter and conversion method thereof A Pulse Interval to Voltage Converter (PIVC) and conversion method thereof is revealed. The PIVC comprises a clock generator, a counter, a latch, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a delay unit, a frequency regulator and an underflow protection unit. New component... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6970313 | Write compensation circuit and signal interpolation circuit of recording device A write compensation circuit of a recording device includes a first delay portion driven by a first driving voltage, for receiving a clock signal, delaying the clock signal by a first delay time, and outputting the delayed clock signal, and a voltage supplying porti... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6917577 | Method for determining position of optic pick-up head and device of the same A method for determining the position of an optic pick-up head and the device of the same are disclosed. The number of frames in certain section of the disk are used to determine the position of the optic pick-up head. The number of frames in inner section of the co... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6915442 | Precision-controlled duty cycle clock circuit A clock signal duty cycle control circuit is provided that receives an incoming signal from a clock signal input source and generates an improved output clock signal having an accurately controlled duty cycle. The circuit controls the duty cycle of the output clock ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6696868 | Frequency to frequency de-randomizer circuit A frequency to frequency de-randomizer circuit having means for smoothing a current which comprises a diode filter configured so as to have a time constant which changes in response to changes in the current thus providing a rapidly responding, real time,... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6578154 | Clock duty cycle correction circuit which corrects an input clock by directly comparing the input clock with a reference clock generated by the output clock A clock signal duty cycle control circuit is provided that receives an incoming signal from a clock signal input source and generates an improved output clock signal having an accurately controlled duty cycle. The circuit controls the duty cycle of the ou... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6501411 | System and method for optimizing power in pipelined data converters A pipelined data converter current biasing system employs a frequency-to-voltage converter (FVC) operational to convert a plurality of desired sampling frequencies to a plurality of output voltages and a voltage-to-current (V to I) converter operational t... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6452427 | Dual output capacitance interface circuit A dual output capacitance interface circuit (100) based on switched capacitor circuits and charge subtraction technique provides both voltage output (104) and frequency output (106). The circuit is programmable independently with sensitivity and offset ad... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6445219 | Method and circuit configuration for converting a frequency signal to a DC voltage In the process for converting a frequency signal to a DC voltage according to the invention a first and a second output voltage signal (UA1, UA2) are generated from the frequency signal. Each of the output voltage signals is a sequence of rectangular puls... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6437609 | Charge pump type voltage booster circuit An integrated circuit card receives power in the form of a radio frequency signal and includes a voltage generator that produces a first power supply voltage. The card also includes a voltage booster circuit for producing a high voltage that receives the ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6433591 | Frequency-voltage conversion circuit and receiving apparatus In a frequency-voltage conversion circuit, integrating means gives a predetermined slope for rising or falling of a rectangular pulse signal. First comparing means compares an output value of the integrating means with a threshold value, and produces a pu... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6424184 | FREQUENCY-VOLTAGE CONVERSION CIRCUIT, DELAY AMOUNT JUDGEMENT CIRCUIT, SYSTEM HAVING FREQUENCY-VOLTAGE CONVERSION CIRCUIT, METHOD OF ADJUSTING INPUT/OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS OF FREQUENCY-VOLTAGE CONVERSION CIRCUIT, AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING INPUT A frequency-voltage conversion circuit 21 receives a clock CLK as an input and provides a voltage IVdd in accordance with the frequency of the clock as an output. The input and output characteristic of the frequency-voltage conversion circuit 2... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6407618 | Method and apparatus for a bias generator with output current dependent on clock frequency An electronic circuit generates a bias current that is proportional to a frequency of a reference clock signal in a switched capacitor circuit. The electronic circuit includes a capacitive circuit selectively coupled to a transistor supplied by a voltage ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6337585 | Transconductor To control the transconductance of a transconductor, its voltage input terminal (Vin2) is connected to the base of a first and a second transistor (Q21, Q22) via respective capacitors (C21, C22). The interconnection points between the capacitors (C21, C22... | 01/08/2002 |
