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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7443256 | Oscillator circuit with a voltage restriction block An oscillator circuit having a relatively simple circuit structure while enabling full swing with low power consumption includes an oscillation core block, a voltage restriction block, and a differential output block. Drain terminals of first and second transistors ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7432771 | Oscillator circuit having temperature and supply voltage compensation An oscillator circuit includes a current source comprising an amplifier, a first resistor, a second resistor, and a third inverter whose input and output are connected and coupled with an input of the amplifier. The amplifier is configured to generate a first curren... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7420431 | RC oscillator integrated circuit including capacitor An RC oscillator integrated circuit includes: an active current mirror connected to an external resistor, for receiving a current signal corresponding to a voltage signal applied to the external resistor, performing 1/N-times division of the received current signal ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7385452 | Voltage controlled oscillator using capacitive degeneration A VCO is based on a capacitively emitter degenerated topology which uses a cross-coupled MOS pair as the degeneration cell. The cross-coupled MOS pair contributes additional conductance and results in a higher maximum attainable oscillation frequency and better nega... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7375596 | Quadrature voltage controlled oscillator A quadrature voltage controlled oscillator having low phase noise and excellent output swing characteristics includes a first voltage controlled oscillator for outputting a positive in-phase output signal and a negative in-phase output signal; a second voltage contr... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7348860 | Triple-input relaxation oscillator with differential controllability There are provided relaxation oscillators and methods for controlling the same. A relaxation oscillator includes a load device, a switching device, a fine-tuning varactor, and a current source. The load device is configured to provide a variable oscillator output ba... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7301320 | On-chip high frequency power supply noise sensor The on-chip power supply noise sensor detects high frequency overshoots and undershoots of the power supply voltage. By creating two identical current sources and attaching a time constant circuit to only one, the high frequency transient behavior differs while the ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7274264 | Low-power-dissipation CMOS oscillator circuits with capacitively coupled frequency control Methods and apparatus are disclosed for adjusting the frequency tuning range of an oscillator circuit. The oscillator circuit is comprised of at least two MOS devices; a first reactance connecting a drain electrode of a first MOS device to a gate electrode of a seco... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7227422 | Temperature compensated R-C oscillator An R-C oscillator (200) is configured to vary the two voltage levels that are used to control the oscillation, such that the variation in oscillation frequency with temperature is minimized. A first resistor (R1) is used to control one of the voltage l... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7215164 | Capacitance multiplier with enhanced gain and low power consumption A capacitance multiplier includes a cascade of a plurality of current amplifiers with each current amplifier having a respective current gain Ki. In addition, the capacitance multiplier includes a capacitor coupled in parallel across the cascade of current amplifier... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7199664 | Integrated switchless programmable attenuator and low noise amplifier An integrated receiver with channel selection and image rejection substantially implemented on a single CMOS integrated circuit is described. A receiver front end provides programable attenuation and a programable gain low noise amplifier. Frequency conversion circu... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187244 | Digital light ballast oscillator An oscillator for a power converter control outputs a pulse train based on a charging time of a capacitor linked to a variable current source. A digital to analog converter (DAC) controls the variable current source in conjunction with a switch to determine the char... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7164323 | Phase synchronous multiple LC tank oscillator A phase synchronous multiple LC tank oscillator includes a plurality of oscillator stages configured to oscillate synchronously. The phase of each of the plurality of oscillator stages is substantially the same. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161442 | Latch system comprising an action module to increase negative resistance A latch system used for providing a negative resistance. It includes a current source module used for providing at least one DC current. The latch system also includes a first cross-coupling module, which contains a first inverter, a second inverter, and an action m... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154349 | Coupled-inductor multi-band VCO A multi-band VCO employs a coupled-inductor based resonator having N≧2 ports. Each port has an inductor and at least one capacitor. The N inductors for the N ports are magnetically coupled. The inductors/ports may be selectively enabled and disabled to allow the V... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7119626 | Oscillation circuit and operation method thereof An oscillation circuit has: a first MOS transistor having a gate connected to a first node and a source connected to the ground; a second MOS transistor having a gate connected to a second node and a source connected to the ground; a current supply circuit supplying... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116180 | Voltage-controlled oscillator and integrated circuit device provided with it A voltage-controlled oscillator has a voltage-controlled oscillation circuit that oscillates at a frequency according to a control voltage and a limiter circuit that limits the output of the voltage-controlled oscillator to a predetermined level. This configuration ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7109804 | Precision relaxation oscillator without comparator delay errors A relaxation oscillator for generating an oscillator output signal having a predetermined frequency. The relaxation oscillator includes an interleaved charge pump for providing a restoring charge to an integrator in response to at least one charge pump control signa... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7102453 | Oscillator circuit configuration The invention relates to an oscillator circuit configuration comprising in an LC-parallel oscillatory circuit and a transistor as an amplifying element. A compensating winding is associated with the parallel oscillatory circuit whereby the collector voltage of the t... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093151 | Circuit and method for providing a precise clock for data communications An apparatus comprising a circuit configured to (i) generate an output having a frequency and (ii) adjust the frequency in response to a measured duration of a known time interval associated with an input data stream. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7075347 | Multiphase resonant pulse generators A multiphase resonant pulse generator (74) has N groups of N-1 switches (44,46,48) which, when activated, form N paths from a power supply (Vdc) to ground or a reference voltage. Here N is a positive integer greater than 2. Each of the paths inc... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7071788 | Low power balanced Colpitts oscillator with improved negative resistance A low power balanced Colpitts oscillator circuit with improved negative resistance. The oscillator circuit comprises two cross-coupled Colpitts oscillators with a crystal oscillator connected between the two oscillators. A single current source can be used for both ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068093 | Semiconductor integrated circuit with voltage adjusting circuit A voltage adjusting circuit includes a transistor connected in a current mirror, and a resistor element connected to the transistor. The resistor element has a resistance that changes with temperature, so the voltage level is adjusted according to variations in temp... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068117 | Power supply ripple rejection in tuner oscillator stage A bipolar transistor (Tr) in an oscillator stage of a tuner is provided with a diode (D10) in series with a resistor (R11) coupled between the base of the transistor (Tr) and the reference voltage to which the emitter of the transistor (Tr) is coupled.... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7023287 | Voltage-controlled oscillator and integrated circuit device provided with it A voltage-controlled oscillator has a voltage-controlled oscillation circuit that oscillates at a frequency according to a control voltage and a limiter circuit that limits the output of the voltage-controlled oscillator to a predetermined level. This configuration ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023181 | Constant voltage generator and electronic equipment using the same A constant voltage generator is comprised of a band gap reference circuit, a current supply circuit, a starting circuit and a voltage-current conversion circuit, and the starting circuit is further comprised of a first and second load elements, a first transistor wh... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015735 | Semiconductor integrated circuit having built-in PLL circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit having a built-in PLL circuit which has two charge pump circuits for charging and discharging capacitive elements of a loop filter in response to signals generated by a phase comparator circuit. One of the two charge pump circuits ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7005930 | Synchronously coupled oscillator A phase synchronous multiple LC tank oscillator includes a plurality of oscillator stages that are configured to oscillate synchronously. The phase of each of the plurality of oscillator stages is substantially the same and the plurality of oscillators are inductive... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6965272 | Worldwide marketing logistics network including strategically located centers for frequency programming crystal oscillators to customer specification A worldwide logistics network includes a processing center for receiving customer orders for crystal oscillators over communications links, processing the orders, and generating work orders that are selectively disseminated over communications links to programming c... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6956420 | Duty cycle compensation in clock circuit A clock shrink circuit has an inverting first matching stage which is responsive to an input clock signal to generate a first inverted signal having a first matching delay. The first matching delay is a difference between a first rise and a first fall propagation ti... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954113 | Programmable oscillator circuit A programmable crystal oscillator is provided having a memory for storing frequency-defining parameters. Typically, one of these parameters is used to program an adjustable capacitive load circuit coupled to a crystal to thereby adjust the crystal source frequency. ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6946920 | Circuit for locking an oscillator to a data stream An apparatus comprising a control circuit and a first circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a calibration signal in response to an adjustment signal and a first control signal. The control circuit may be configured to generate (i) the first contro... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947774 | Variable delta voltage tracking regulator and method therefor A telematics communication system (100) receives an input supply voltage (Vin) (122) from a battery (102) charged by an alternator (101) in an automotive vehicle. The telematics communication system (100) includes a transceiver ( | 09/20/2005 |
| 6917231 | Pulse width modulation circuit and illuminating device incorporating same In a pulse width modulation circuit, which generates an output whose pulse width is modulated by controlling a duty ratio of an oscillation circuit adapted to generate an oscillation at a frequency determined by a resistor and a capacitor to be electrically charged ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6791423 | Quadrature coupled controllable oscillator and communication arrangement A quadrature coupled controlled oscillator comprising a first and a second circuit module, each of the circuit modules (100 and 100′) comprising an astable multivibrator circuit (103). The first circuit module is coupled with the second circui... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6600379 | Voltage-controlled variable duty-cycle oscillator A voltage-controlled variable duty-cycle oscillator includes a current generator whose current Iref mirrored in three one-shots that each include two pair of series-coupled MOS transistors and a timing capacitor. The timing capacitor is precharged to Vcc ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6545555 | Voltage controlled oscillator having a phase noise reduction device Differential voltage controlled oscillators are provided including a differential oscillator core, a first linear capacitor, a second linear capacitor, a first phase noise reduction device, and a second phase noise reduction device. The differential oscil... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6404296 | Amplitude-leveled wide-range source-coupled oscillator A source-coupled oscillator contains two main MESFETs which supply current to respective loads and which have sources connected through a capacitor. Each of the main MESFETs is supplied with a constant current which can be adjusted to vary the frequency o... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6377129 | Programmable relaxation oscillator An oscillator has a slope-fixing circuit that generates a control signal and fixes the slope of the control signal, a swing-fixing circuit that fixes the swing of the control signal, and a switching block that generates an output signal having a frequency... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6317008 | Clock recovery using an injection tuned resonant circuit A tuning signal is injected into an LC tank circuit oscillator, e.g., through an impedance (either reactive, inductive, capacitive and/or resistive) to tune the phase and/or frequency of the LC tank circuit oscillator. A negative resistance is included in... | 11/13/2001 |
