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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7924081 | Self-adaptive soft turn-on of power switching devices An embodiment of a control circuit is proposed for turning on a power switching device, the switching device turning on in response to a control signal exceeding a threshold value. The control circuit includes pre-charging means for providing the control signal at a... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7705654 | Fast turn on active DCAP cell A fast active DCAP cell which has a short turn-on time, achieves a high capacitance density, and which minimizes leakage overhead during its normal operation mode is disclosed. The DCAP cell has a pair of PMOS transistors that have their drains connected to a gate o... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7675346 | Switching control system to reduce coil output voltage when commencing coil charging A switching control system and method is provided that optimizes switching efficiencies for power switching applications including automotive ignition systems, solenoid drivers, motor drivers and power regulation systems. In an ignition system, a coil current switch... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7312510 | Device using ambipolar transport in SB-MOSFET and method for operating the same A device using an ambipolar transport of an SB-MOSFET and a method for operating the same are provided. The SB-MOSFET includes: a silicon channel region; a source and a drain contacted on both sides of the channel region and formed of material including metal layer;... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7274228 | Method and apparatus for digital phase generation at high frequencies An apparatus and method for generating phase related clocks, includes delaying a clock input by a cycle delay magnitude to generate a cycle delay signal and N delay taps is disclosed. Each delay tap has a delay equal to a fractional amount of the cycle delay magnitu... | 09/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7265591 | CMOS driver with minimum shoot-through current A CMOS driver with minimum shoot-through current is disclosed. The potential for shoot-through current may be eliminated or reduced with a break-before-make circuit driving an output stage. The break-before-make circuit may include a first logic element followed by ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7233191 | JFET driver circuit and JFET driving method To turn on a JFET, a two-stage turn-on current control is employed in a JFET driver circuit and a JFET driving method, by which a shortly pulsed high sourcing current is provided to turn on the JFET rapidly and efficiently, and a continuous low sourcing current is p... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7218164 | Emitter switching driving network to control the storage time A driving network for an emitter-switching circuit comprises a pair of cascode-configured transistors, the one of the bipolar type and the other of the MOS type, and the driving network is of the type comprising a driving block for respective conduction terminals an... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215173 | Low-swing level shifter In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus for shifting a low swing signal. The apparatus includes a first pair of transistors to receive a first input signal and a second input signal and to generate a first output signal that is a shifted ver... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7180762 | Cascoded rectifier A high voltage rectifier device exhibiting low forward resistance and fast switching time formed of a high voltage structure connected in a cascode configuration with a low voltage structure. The high voltage structure is a bidirectional normally on semiconductor sw... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173474 | Load-generated drive, no quiescent current, techniques and circuits for high speed switching of transistors Techniques and circuits for high speed switching of transistors are provided. These techniques and circuits switch an output device while varying the drive current to the output device in proportion to the output current through the output device. In addition, these... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7119590 | Scalable integrated circuit architecture An integrated circuit architecture comprises a phase lock loop (PLL) circuit that includes a feedback circuit that receives a reference signal. A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) generates an output signal to an input of the feedback circuit. A master transistor ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7082020 | Electronic switching device and an operating method thereof A switching device includes at least one MOSFET switching element and at least one JFET protective element, which is connected electrically in series to the switching element and which limits the electric current to a maximum current (saturated current) and control ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7071747 | Inverting zipper repeater circuit Repeater circuits including an inverting zipper repeater circuit and an inverting gain-enhanced repeater circuit are described. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7057429 | Method and apparatus for digital phase generation at high frequencies An apparatus and method for generating phase related clocks, includes delaying a clock input by a cycle delay magnitude to generate a cycle delay signal and N delay taps is disclosed. Each delay tap has a delay equal to a fractional amount of the cycle delay magnitu... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7050920 | Semiconductor device having a test circuit for testing an output circuit A method for testing an output circuit of a semiconductor device including a plurality of output circuits includes the step of turning ON p-ch and n-ch MIS transistors of a subject output circuit, turning ON and OFF one and the other, respectively, of p-ch and n-ch ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7034600 | Method and apparatus for EMC-optimized actuation of a semiconductor switching element A semiconductor switching element has a control connection and a load path, with the load path connected in series with a load and a supply voltage is applied across the series circuit. The semiconductor switching element is actuated by providing a first charging cu... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026790 | Built-in battery controller for personal telecommunication device A built-in battery controller for a personal telecommunication device. The battery controller includes a push switch that is switched on and off by a user, a power control unit that is connected to the push switch and allows a leakage current to flow through the pow... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7005910 | Feed-forward circuit for reducing delay through an input buffer An invention is provided for a feed forward circuit that reduces delay through an inverting circuit. The feed forward circuit includes an inverter having an input and an output, and an inverting circuit having an input and an output. The input of the inverting circu... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6987414 | High frequency switch circuit A high frequency switch circuit including high frequency terminals which input/output a high frequency signal, high frequency semiconductor switch sections which are arranged on lines coupling the high frequency terminals, a DC potential isolating circuit which isol... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6975157 | Starter device for normally off JFETs A semiconductor switching device or amplifier combined in parallel with one or more active devices defined as starter devices. A starter device is used to reduce the terminal voltage of a switching device or amplifier to a dc level below about 0.4 volts which will t... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6930555 | Amplifier power control circuit A sense transistor is placed in a current path between a reference voltage source and ground. The base terminal of the sense transistor is coupled to the base terminal of an amplifying transistor. Thus, current in the sense transistor corresponds to signal power out... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6917227 | Efficient gate driver for power device A power module includes a power semiconductor device having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal. The second terminal is a control terminal to regulate flow of electricity between the first and third terminals. A gate driver has an output node c... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6879190 | Low-power driver with energy recovery The present invention provides an energy recovering driver that includes a pull-up control, a pull-down control and a transmission gate. The pull up control is responsive to a pull-up control signal and a clock signal to turn the transmission gate ON and OFF and pre... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6861892 | Load-generated drive, substantially no quiescent current, techniques and circuits for high speed switching of transistors Techniques and circuits for high speed switching of transistors are provided. These techniques and circuits switch an output device while varying the drive current to the output device in proportion to the output current through the output device. In addition, these... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6819149 | Gate drive device for reducing a surge voltage and switching loss In a circuit having MOS transistors connected in series, a surge voltage that occurs during off periods is reduced, while suppressing an increase in switching loss at turning off of the MOS transistors. When a first power MOSFET (1) is turned off and then a s... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6734713 | System for improving the parasitic resistance and capacitance effect of a transistor-based switch Systems for reducing the parasitic effects of a transistor-based switch are provided. In one such system provides a transistor circuit for implementing a switch having reduced parasitic effects. In general, the transistor circuit comprises a first switch node, a sec... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6661275 | Circuit arrangement and method for discharging at least one circuit node In a circuit arrangement for discharging at least one circuit node, an input and at least one output connectible to the at least one circuit node are provided along with at least one controllable resistor, a capacitor and a diode. A first terminal of the ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6624682 | Method and an apparatus to actively sink current in an integrated circuit with a floating I/O supply voltage Described is an apparatus and a method for pulling an integrated circuit I/O pad to a known state and providing a current path between the pad and a source of potential during periods when an I/O voltage is likely to be floating. At least one I/O transist... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6614289 | Starter device for normally off FETs A semiconductor switching device or amplifier combined in parallel with one or more active devices defined as starter devices. A starter device is used to reduce the terminal voltage of a switching device or amplifier to a dc level below about 0.4 volts w... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6614288 | Adaptive drive circuit for zero-voltage and low-voltage switches A circuit for controlling the switching behavior of a field effect transistor (FET) or other power switch in a power supply or converter. The circuit includes an adaptive feedback loop which controls the switching operation of the FET through application ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6577171 | Methods and apparatus for preventing inadvertent activation of power devices A high side circuit includes at least one power device having a first non-drivable terminal connected to a supply voltage, at least one load connected between a second non-drivable terminal of the power device and ground, and driving circuitry. The drivin... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6531909 | Load-generated drive, substantially no quiescent current, techniques and circuits for high speed switching of transistors Techniques and circuits for high speed switching of transistors are provided. These techniques and circuits switch an output device while varying the drive current to the output device in proportion to the output current through the output device. In addi... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6518804 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device A semiconductor integrated circuit device with a high switching speed of an internal power source voltage supplied via an operational amplifier, when said internal power source voltage is output from a switching circuit, is provided. As input signal Vin g... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6433592 | Method and apparatus for switching a field-effect transistor A method and apparatus in which the switching of a field-effect transistor is effected by the application of a control voltage suitable for switching to an RC element connected upstream of the gate terminal. The method and apparatus are distinguished by t... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6400207 | Quick turn-on disable/enable bias control circuit for high speed CMOS opamp Bias circuitry of an electronic circuit is disabled by interrupting a compensated feedback loop in a bias control circuit that, when enabled, produces a predetermined bias voltage (VBIAS+) applied to the bias circuitry. A trickle charging curre... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6396325 | High frequency MOSFET switch A high-frequency switch circuit having an MOS pass gate or transfer transistor. The switch circuit of the invention includes a first impedance element coupled to the gate of the transfer transistor and, preferably, an alternative second impedance element ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6377107 | Fast turn-off circuit arrangement A circuit arrangement having at least one electric main switch (T1) with a reference electrode (E), a control electrode (B), and a work electrode (C). A recovery diode (D1; D2) is connected antiparallel to the main flow direction of each main switch (T1).... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6373296 | Circuit configuration for driving a semiconductor switch The circuit configuration has a semiconductor switch and a driver circuit that drives the switch. A switching signal is applied at an input terminal of the driver circuit and an output terminal that is connected to a control input of the semiconductor swi... | 04/16/2002 |
