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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7990183 | Differential comparator with skew compensation function and test apparatus using the same One of differential signals is inputted to a first input terminal. The other of the differential signals is inputted to a second input terminal. A first sample hold circuit samples the signal inputted to the first input terminal and hold it thereafter. A second samp... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7977979 | High-speed multi-stage voltage comparator A high-speed multi-stage voltage comparator is provided. The multi-stage voltage comparator is configured to eliminate offset from outputs of preamplifiers through respective offset-cancellation switches, and to reset the outputs of the preamplifiers through respect... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7880510 | Semiconductor device for receiving external signal having receiving circuit using internal reference voltage A semiconductor device includes a reference voltage generating unit configured to produce a reference voltage by dividing a voltage difference between a positive clock terminal and a negative clock terminal, and a logic determination unit configured to determine a l... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7843231 | Temperature-compensated voltage comparator A temperature-compensated voltage comparator (301) that compares first and second input voltages includes first and second bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) (221 and 222) that convert the first and second input voltages to first and second inp... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843230 | Differential hysteresis comparator circuits and methods A comparator circuit for providing hysteresis comprises first and second differentially coupled transistors. The first of the differentially coupled transistors provides drain current to first and second load transistors. The second of the differentially coupled tra... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7808282 | Out-of-band signaling using detector with equalizer, multiplier and comparator Power-down mode is activated when equal voltages are detected on a pair of differential inputs. The voltage difference across the differential inputs is equalized by an equalizer and then applied to a multiplier and smoothed and filtered by a low-pass filter to prod... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7791379 | High-speed reduced-output-swing self-biased fully-complementary CMOS comparator with rail-to-rail input common-mode range A CMOS comparator having a high-speed reduced-output-swing is provided. The high-speed reduced-output-swing comparator may have a fully complementary CMOS design, be self-biased, and have a rail-to-rail input common-mode range. The self-biasing scheme yields a robus... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7777530 | Comparator module A comparator module applied to a voltage level clamping circuit which can be implemented in an integrated circuit (IC) is provided. The IC includes a parasitic diode coupled between a first voltage source and a second voltage source. The voltage level clamping circu... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7724038 | Semiconductor device for receiving external signal having receiving circuit using internal reference voltage A semiconductor device includes a reference voltage generating unit configured to produce a reference voltage by dividing a voltage difference between a positive clock terminal and a negative clock terminal, and a logic determination unit configured to determine a l... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7714620 | Comparator with amplitude and time hysteresis A comparator generates lower and upper reference voltages to establish an amplitude hysteresis. A first comparator circuit generates a first comparison signal indicating whether an input signal is above the upper reference voltage. A second comparator circuit genera... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7710163 | Compensating a push-pull transmit driver An interface such a PCI-E interface may comprise a transmitter and a compensation circuit. In one embodiment, the transmitter may comprise a transmit driver, which may use a push-pull configuration. The transmit driver may require stable voltages such as (Vdd/2+0.25... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7635994 | Fast rail-to-rail voltage comparator and method for rail-to-rail voltage comparison Method and apparatus are provided for fast rail-to-rail voltage comparison. A rail-to-rail voltage comparator for indicating one of two states with an output signal in response to an input signal is provided comprising an input stage having an input configured to re... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7616029 | Hysteresis-based processing for applications such as signal bias monitors In one embodiment of the invention, a bias signal monitor has two signal comparators that compare two (power supply) voltages at two different bias points and a logic circuit that processes the outputs from the two signal monitors to generate a bias signal monitor o... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7598777 | High-speed reduced-output-swing self-biased fully-complementary CMOS comparator with rail-to-rail input common-mode range A CMOS comparator having a high-speed reduced-output-swing is provided. The high-speed reduced-output-swing comparator may have a fully complementary CMOS design, be self-biased, and have a rail-to-rail input common-mode range. The self-biasing scheme yields a robus... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7586336 | Method and circuit for squelch detection in serial communications A method, algorithm, architecture, circuits, and/or systems for squelch detection in serial communications are disclosed. In one embodiment, a squelch detector can include: (i) a first comparator having first and second inputs configured to receive a differential si... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7570082 | Voltage comparator apparatus and method having improved kickback and jitter characteristics A comparator apparatus for comparing a first and a second voltage input includes a pair of cross-coupled inverter devices, including a pull up device and a pull down device, with output nodes defined between the pull up and pull down devices. A first switching devic... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7545181 | Reduced offset voltage comparator system A method for comparing two signal with increased accuracy by using a reduced offset voltage comparator that has a offset zero mode and amplify mode. Additional comparators are used to indicate when the two signal are close in value. When the signal are close the red... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7501862 | Comparator with low offset voltage A differential comparator is provided. The comparator receiving two differential signals and generating a comparison result represented by an output signal on one of two output terminals respectively on two current paths. The comparator comprises two pairs of latch ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7498850 | Compensated comparator for use in lower voltage, higher speed non-volatile memory Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an offset compensated comparator is capable of being utilized for higher speed, lower voltage use. The comparator comprises a cross-coupled latch comprising n type devices and p type devices. The threshold mismatc... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7468618 | Microcode-initiated high speed comparator A microcode-initiated high speed comparator in an optical transceiver includes an initialization and control section consisting of various register sets, an analog section with comparator hardware, and an output retrieval section. The comparator hardware performs co... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7411431 | Dual output differential line driver using single current Box switches are stacked sharing a common current from power sources. The power sources may be current, voltage or a combination of such sources. In preferred embodiments, the transistor switches in the box switches may be paralleled by different polarity transistor... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7394857 | Flexible versatile low-cost wireline transmit driver A versatile, programmable, low-cost transmit line driver is provided. The line driver includes a digital-to-analog converter that receives a digital input and provides an analog output. The line driver is reconfigurable between the voltage mode of operation. ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7382166 | Signal amplification device A signal amplification device which uses inexpensive standard CMOS and yet is capable of high-accuracy threshold setting. An offset voltage generator detects the direct-current level of an input signal, and generates a positive or negative offset voltage signal. A p... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7365595 | Internal voltage generator An internal voltage generator is highly tolerant of electrical parameter changes of transistors occurring due to process deviation. The generator can produce an internal voltage within a short setup time when there is a significant difference between a voltage level... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358779 | Amplitude compensation circuit with programmable buffers According to one exemplary embodiment, an amplitude compensation circuit includes a first composite programmable buffer for receiving a first input signal with a first input amplitude. The amplitude compensation circuit further includes a second composite programmab... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352221 | Programmable amplifiers with positive and negative hysteresis Programmable dynamic amplifiers with hysteresis are provided. The hysteretic amplifiers have a first input voltage threshold when the output voltage is at a high voltage and a second input voltage threshold when the output voltage is at a low voltage. A multiplexer ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348807 | Electric circuit for providing a selection signal An electric circuit for providing a selection signal being used to select a control value of a control variable which oscillates, at steady state, about a reference value about a first control value and a second control value with a first period duration comprises a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336107 | Comparator circuit and control method thereof This invention provides a comparator circuit which outputs a stable waveform without oscillation even if a gradient of a change of a comparison input signal is small and determines a magnitude of the comparison input signal within a predetermined threshold value reg... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327168 | Semiconductor device and driving method thereof It is an object of the invention to provide a digital circuit which can operate normally regardless of binary potentials of an input signal. A semiconductor device having a correcting unit and a logic unit wherein the correcting unit includes a capacitor, first and ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319936 | Instrument with interface for synchronization in automatic test equipment A test system with multiple instruments. Some instruments act as controller instruments and others act as controlled instruments. Each instrument includes a clock generator that synthesizes one or more local clocks from a reference clock. The reference clock is a re... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315187 | Comparator for input voltages higher than supply voltage A comparator has first and second current paths, each passing from an input through a transistor, through a current source to ground, the second current path also having a reference voltage drop element coupled in series with the second input. The gates of the trans... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7304595 | Current output circuit A capacitor having a capacitance value corresponding to the size of an output current generating transistor is connected between the gate terminal of the output current generating transistor and the input terminal of an inverter circuit. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301382 | Data latch circuit and electronic device The data latch circuit of the invention includes a means for short-circuiting an input terminal and an output terminal of an inverter and by connecting the input terminal to one electrode of a capacitor and sampling a data signal or a reference potential to the othe... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302600 | Power supply detection method, apparatus, and system Circuits in a processor may provide an indication that power supplies are ready when waking from a reduced power state. The processor may include timers to measure a period of time, and may utilize voltage detectors to detect the voltages on the power supplies. A co... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298181 | Highest supply selection circuit A power supply monitoring circuit that monitors and delivers the highest voltage power supply to an IC system includes a voltage comparator that receives two different power supply voltages, and outputs a first signal to the gate of a first switching transistor conn... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7292083 | Comparator circuit with Schmitt trigger hysteresis character A circuit and a method are provided to produce a novel comparator with Schmitt trigger hysteresis character. The circuit includes a current source which controls the magnitude of current flow through this comparator circuit. It has a first logic device which is turn... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288980 | Multiple mode clock receiver A multiple mode clock receiver including first and second input AC-coupled capacitors, first and second voltage dividers and a differential amplifier. The voltage dividers each include first and second junctions, respectively, coupled to the first and second AC-coup... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286333 | Switch card apparatus and methods Switch card apparatus are disclosed. In one embodiment, a circuit includes a first portion having a first switch adapted to be coupled to a first voltage, a second portion including a second switch, and a third portion including a third switch. The first portion act... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282964 | Circuit for detecting transitions on either of two signal lines referenced at different power supply levels A transition detect circuit includes: a first input port referenced to a first supply voltage node and a second input port referenced to a second supply voltage node. The circuit simultaneously monitors both ports for transitions, and once a transition occurs, direc... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
