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7428465 Testing control methods for use in current management systems for digital logic devices  
Systems and methods for Current Management of Digital Logic Devices are provided. In one embodiment a method for calibrating a digital logic circuit current management system is provided. The...
7427872 Asynchronous coupling and decoupling of chips  
In some embodiments, a chip includes first and second nodes, a variable voltage source, and transmitter and control circuitry. The transmitter includes a driver coupled to the first and second...
7421530 Noise attenuating bus structure and method for a mobile communication  
A bus structure of a mobile communication terminal for reducing digital noise is disclosed. The bus structure comprises a bus switch controller, a first element having a first bus, a second element...
7411416 Technology for supressing noise of data bus circuit  
A data bus circuit connects a south bridge driven by a first voltage and a bay driven by a second voltage. The first voltage and the second voltage are different. The data bus circuit includes a...
7405598 Differential line compensation apparatus, method and system  
A differential line compensation apparatus is disclosed that has a first terminal to receive a first differential signal supplied by a first trace and a second terminal to receive a second...
7405591 Concept for interfacing a first circuit requiring a first supply voltage and a second supply circuit requiring a second supply voltage  
An apparatus interfaces a first circuit using a first supply voltage and a second circuit using a second supply voltage different from the first supply voltage. The apparatus includes a driver...
7397270 Dynamically-adjustable differential output drivers  
Systems and methods are provided using dynamically adjustable differential output drivers. Integrated circuits such as programmable logic devices may be provided with adjustable differential output...
7394282 Dynamic transmission line termination  
A system may include detection of a low signal received from a transmission line, and uncoupling of a termination circuit from the transmission line in response to the detected low signal. In some...
7388400 Semiconductor integrated circuits with power reduction mechanism  
A semiconductor integrated circuit with an operating voltage having an absolute value is 2.5 V or below includes circuit blocks to which operation voltage is supplied by first and second power...
7385415 Semiconductor integrated circuit  
A semiconductor integrated circuit for matching the resistance of a variable resistor, which is used as a terminating resistor or a reference of said terminating resistor, to the characteristic...
7382152 I/O interface circuit of integrated circuit  
A plurality of transistor pairs of Pch and Nch transistors are connected in series between VDD and GND. An I/O terminal is connected to each connection point of the transistor pairs. Two transistor...
7380182 Method and apparatus for checking output signals of an integrated circuit  
Apparatus and method for checking output signals of an integrated circuit are provided. One embodiment provides a method for checking whether signals are output by a write circuit of an integrated...
7372293 Polarity driven dynamic on-die termination  
Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for polarity driven on-die termination. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit includes an input/output...
7372291 Circuits having precision voltage clamping levels and method  
A slew rate control circuit includes a receiver for receiving input signals and an output generator for generating output signals based on the input signals. The slew rate control circuit also...
7362130 Method and device for transmission with reduced crosstalk  
The invention relates to a method and a device for transmission with reduced crosstalk in interconnections used for sending a plurality of signals, such as the interconnections made with flat...
7332932 Serial link receiver with wide input voltage range and tolerance to high power voltage supply  
A circuit device and method for designing a serial link receiver, which accommodates a wide input voltage range and provides tolerance to high termination voltages. The receiver is designed with a...
7332930 Noise canceller circuit  
A noise canceller circuit capable of suppressing power supply noise, produced by transition of a data signal, even in case a data signal is increased in speed. The noise canceller circuit includes...
7323901 Semiconductor integrated circuit device  
A plurality of sets of circuits are provided, each of which generates an impedance code through the use of an impedance control circuit in association with a resistive element connected to an...
7315182 Circuit to observe internal clock and control signals in a receiver with integrated termination and common mode control  
A serial data receiver circuit includes a pair of differential input nodes, and receiver circuitry and a termination circuit coupled between the differential input nodes. The termination circuit...
7305038 Peripheral device receiver detection in a high noise environment  
A peripheral device includes a data port having high and low impedance terminations, a transmitter having a data signal generator and a receiver detector. The data signal generator is electrically...
7295033 Impedance adjustment circuits and methods using replicas of variable impedance circuits  
An impedance adjustment circuit for controlling an impedance of a variable impedance circuit includes a calibration circuit including a replica of the variable impedance circuit and configured to...
7285978 Circuit and method for impedance calibration of output impedance of LVDS driver  
An H-bridge LVDS driver circuit includes a means to calibrate the output impedance of the switches of an LVDS driver to any desired value.
7282947 Memory module and method having improved signal routing topology  
A registered memory module includes several memory devices coupled to a register through a plurality of transmission lines forming a symmetrical tree topology. The tree includes several branches...
7282946 Delay-insensitive data transfer circuit using current-mode multiple-valued logic  
The present invention relates to a delay-insensitive DI data transfer circuit based on a current-mode multiple-valued logic for transferring data regardless of a delay time of transmission...
7279924 Equalization circuit cells with higher-order response characteristics  
Equalization circuitry includes additional components to boost the performance of the circuitry to a higher-order response. The additional components are preferably controllably variable so that...
7242214 Semiconductor integrated circuits with power reduction mechanism  
Power dissipation of a semiconductor integrated circuit chip is reduced when it is operated at an operating voltage of 2.5 V or below. A switching element is provided in each circuit block within...
7215136 Semiconductor integrated circuits with power reduction mechanism  
Power dissipation of a semiconductor integrated circuit chip is reduced when it is operated at an operating voltage of 2.5 V or below. A switching element is provided in each circuit block within...
7180325 Data input buffer in semiconductor device  
A data input buffer for use in a semiconductor device, including: a detection unit for receiving a reference voltage signal and an input data signal through a first input terminal and a second...
7170438 Decision feedback equalizer with bi-directional mode and lookup table  
In one embodiment, a decision feedback equalizer helps mitigate intersymbol interference in a bi-directional signaling environment. In the particular embodiment, the decision feedback equalizer...
7170312 Systems and methods for reducing timing variations by adjusting buffer drivability  
Systems and methods for reducing variations in the timing of signal transitions which may result from interference with neighboring signal lines by adjusting the drivability of in-line buffers...
7167017 Isolation cell used as an interface from a circuit portion operable in a power-down mode to a circuit portion in a power-up mode  
An isolation cell provided between a first module (which can operate in either a power-up mode or a power down mode) and a second module. According to an aspect of the present invention, the...
7161385 Circuit elements and parallel computational networks with logically entangled terminals  
The invention relates to circuit elements and computing networks for resolving logical entanglement, in which the allowed logical value of a variable in a set of variables depends on the logical...
7161379 Shunted current reduction  
One disclosed method comprises drawing current from a termination voltage supply and through a termination voltage delivery network by termination circuitry in response to a first signal on one or...
7142006 Device and method to cause a false data value to be correctly seen as the proper data value  
The present invention is a device and method to change the reflection time of a bidirectional signal so as to cause a false data value to be correctly seen as the proper data value when the...
7142005 Method and apparatus for a reference clock buffer system  
According to one example embodiment, a buffer, e.g., in a clock/signal distribution apparatus is provided that substantially reduces jitter due to power supply noise. Decoupler and input stage...
7133956 Electronic device with serial ATA interface and signal amplitude adjusting method  
The CPU of an electronic device generates a parameter for determining the amplitude of a serial data signal when it is output from an output device to a serial ATA bus. The parameter indicates a...
7129740 Low noise output buffer  
The strength of the output buffer is changed gradually when there is a transition in the output (or input) value. Due to the gradual change, switching noise is avoided in several contexts (e.g.,...
7127629 Redriving a data signal responsive to either a sampling clock signal or stable clock signal dependent on a mode signal  
A method and apparatus for redriving a data signal adjusts a sampling clock signal responsive to the data signal. An embodiment of an I/O cell may include a receiver to receive and redrive a data...
7116126 Intelligent delay insertion based on transition  
A method of transmitting adjacent signals is disclosed. Sensing is performed on signals in the group and adjacent signals are either switched or delayed if the adjacent signals are switching at the...
7099786 Signaling accommodation  
A receiving unit may implement voltage compensation using a parameters table, an analog calibration component, and/or a digital calibration component. In certain implementation(s), an integrated...
7091741 Input buffer capable of reducing input capacitance seen by input signal  
Provided is an input buffer whose input capacitance presented to input signals can be reduced. The input buffer includes a first differential amplifier which compares the sizes of a first input...
7088129 Hybrid binary/thermometer code for controlled-voltage integrated circuit output drivers  
A hybrid binary/thermometer code is employed to adjust the output impedance of a variable impedance output driver circuit having an impedance network comprising a plurality of impedance legs each...
7084662 Variable impedance output driver  
A variable impedance output driver has been disclosed. One embodiment of the variable impedance output driver includes a first pull-up structure, a pull-down structure, and a comparator, coupled to...
7075329 Signal isolators using micro-transformers  
A logic signal isolator comprising a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding; a transmitter circuit which drives said primary winding in response to a received logic signal,...
7071727 Method and apparatus for mitigating radio frequency radiation from a microprocessor bus  
A low-pass filter 10 on a microprocessor bus 22 for attenuating radio frequencies from digital signals travelling on the bus 22 from a microprocessor 12 to a peripheral device 20 . An RC...
7053651 Low power CMOS switching  
A CMOS switching circuit that includes a charge reservoir and a multiplexer connected to the charge reservoir. The multiplexer receives control signals from a delay line and a control signal line,...
7038486 Semiconductor integrated circuit device  
A plurality of sets of circuits are provided, each of which generates an impedance code through the use of an impedance control circuit in association with a resistive element connected to an...
7034566 Method and circuit for increased noise immunity for clocking signals in high speed digital systems  
Aspects for increased noise immunity for clocking signals in high speed digital systems are described. The aspects include buffering a differential clock signal with a single buffer circuit for a...
7024496 Operation method of input/output pad with monitoring ability  
An I/O pad has a data transmitting circuit, a data monitoring control circuit, and a control selection circuit. The control selection circuit controls the data transmitting circuit. When it is...
7023237 Semiconductor integrated circuits with power reduction mechanism  
Power dissipation of a semiconductor integrated circuit chip is reduced when it is operated at an operating voltage of 2.5 V or below. A switching element is provided in each circuit block within...