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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...
7170324 Output buffer with selectable slew rate  
A buffer design for an integrated circuit that has adjustable slew rate control, yet requires significantly less space to fabricate than does a conventional buffer with slew rate control. A new...
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...
7167018 Circuits, architectures, systems and methods for overvoltage protection  
Circuits, architectures, a system and methods for protecting against overvoltages in a high-speed differential signal or circuit. The circuit generally includes (a) a differential signal...
7167038 Power efficiency control output buffer  
A power efficiency control circuit eliminates short circuit power consumption associated with a CMOS output buffer in a manner that substantially increases the buffer operating efficiency. The...
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...
7154296 Integrated bus hold and pull-up resistor  
Circuits, methods, and apparatus that combine a bus hold and a pull-up circuit in a die area efficient and conflict free manner. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention combines a bus hold...
7155164 Method and apparatus for performing transmit pre-emphasis  
A pre-emphasis circuit and methods are provided. The circuit includes a first amplifier and a second amplifier. The first amplifier is operable to amplify a signal using a first amplifier current,...
7154301 Apparatus and method for a low jitter predriver for differential output drivers  
A method and apparatus for a low jitter predriver for differential output drivers. In one embodiment, the predriver comprises a pull-up circuit having at least one pull-up device of a first device...
7151392 Output driver circuit  
The present invention relates to an output driver circuit for a semiconductor memory device, in particular, a memory device using a DDR II concept or a concept similar thereto, which can reduce a...
7148725 Voltage clamp  
A pre-driver 102 has a data signal input 110 to receive a data signal, a pair of voltage inputs 103,107 to receive supply voltages, and a data output 135 to provide an output voltage. A...
7142016 Input buffer of differential amplification type in semiconductor device  
In a semiconductor device, an input buffer for buffering an input signal to provide an internal signal includes a reference voltage adjusting unit configured to receive a reference voltage and to...
7139691 Method for calculating weighted average ground bounce noise generated by simultaneous switching outputs in a digital system  
Ground bounce noise in a digital system is evaluated using a weighted average simultaneous switching output (“WASSO”) on an I/O bank of a digital switching device, such as a field programmable...
7138836 Hot carrier injection suppression circuit  
A method of preventing Hot Carrier Injection in input/output connections on low voltage integrated circuits. As integrated circuit voltages drop generally so does the external voltages that those...
7135889 Universal single-ended parallel bus  
A high speed data communication system uses a single-ended bus architecture with a reference signal extracted from a differential periodic signal that is transmitted along with single-ended data....
7132857 High speed receiver with wide input voltage range  
A receiver circuit ( 12 ) includes a first gate ( 24 ) that receives an input signal (V IN0 , V IN1 ) and has an output ( 32, 34 ) for providing an output signal (V G0 , V G1 ). A shifting circuit...
7129743 Digital audio system on a chip  
A GPIO cell of a SOC functions, in a first state, to pass an output signal from one of plurality of modules of the SOC to a pin when an output enable signal is activated. The GPIO cell further...
7129749 Programmable logic device having a configurable DRAM with transparent refresh  
A programmable logic device (PLD) having a programmable routing structure that employs non-static memory cells, such as dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cells, to control configurable circuit...
7129737 Method for avoiding transients during switching processes in integrated circuits, and an integrated circuit  
In a method for avoiding transients during switching processes in integrated circuits, a module of the integrated circuit is switched from a first operating state to a second operating state, a...
7126369 Transceiver providing high speed transmission signal using shared resources and reduced area  
A transceiver provides a high-speed transmission signal using shared resources and reduced area. A differential amplifier has its current source/sink connected to a supply terminal. A multiplexing...
7123053 Circuitry for providing overvoltage backdrive protection  
A logic gate for use in an electronic system comprising: i) a first component operating from a low voltage power supply rail; ii) a second component operating from a high voltage power supply rail;...
7123054 Semiconductor integrated circuit device having an ESD protection unit  
A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor integrated circuit formed in a semiconductor chip, and a switching element that is formed in the semiconductor chip and has a...
7119839 High resolution CMOS circuit using a matched impedance output transmission line  
Image sensor with CMOS output, an another circuit receiving input. The circuit operates like a transmission line, in current mode, with substantially zero voltage. The impedances are matched by...
7119579 Supply voltage detection circuit  
A supply voltage detection circuit determines when the voltage for any one of the power supply signals received by an integrated circuit device is below its steady state level, as may occur during...
7116127 Circuit with fuse and semiconductor device having the same circuit  
A circuit with fuses and a semiconductor device having the same circuit include a first switch connected to a power supply voltage or a signal input terminal and turned on in response to a first...
7116135 Programmable high speed I/O interface  
Methods and apparatus for providing either high-speed, or lower-speed, flexible inputs and outputs. An input and output structure having a high-speed input, a high-speed output, a low or moderate...
7112996 Level shifter for detecting grounded power-supply and level shifting method  
A level shifter includes an input buffer, a level shifting circuit, a voltage level detecting circuit, an output buffer and a reference logic circuit. The input buffer buffers a small range input...
7113000 Bus agent having multiple reference levels  
An integrated circuit is configured as a selected one of a terminated and a non-terminated bus agent for terminating a bus signal line. Reference level selection logic selects one of a first and a...
7109745 Configurable integrated circuit for use in a multi-function handheld device  
A configurable integrated circuit includes at least one general purpose input/output (GPIO) interface module, a first functional module, and a second functional module. The GPIO interface module...
7106105 High voltage integrated circuit driver with a high voltage PMOS bootstrap diode emulator  
A high voltage circuit driver includes high and low side driver cells to drive a high and a low side power MOSFET, a bootstrap circuit to energize the high side driver cell, a high voltage PMOS...
7106097 IC with dual input output memory buffer  
An electronic integrated circuit includes a signal path connected between the functional logic ( 15 ) thereof and an external output terminal thereof, which signal path includes a memory circuit (...
7106103 Selectable integrated circuit interface  
In an implementation, a selectable integrated circuit interface includes selectable integrated circuit interface configurations that can each interface an integrated circuit. A selection circuit...
7102390 Method and apparatus for signal reception using ground termination and/or non-ground termination  
Receiving units with inputs that may be ground-terminated and with inputs that are selectively ground-terminated or non-ground terminated are enabled with signal level shifting and a termination...
7102389 Voltage translator with data buffer  
A voltage translator with data buffer includes an input inverter receiving a data input signal at a first voltage level. A level shifting cross-coupled NOR circuit is coupled to the input inverter...
7098692 Switchable power domains for 1.2v and 3.3v pad voltages  
An integrated circuit includes a core circuit and a buffer circuit. The buffer circuit includes a plurality of input buffers and a plurality of output buffers that service a plurality of voltage...
7098703 Resonant logic driver circuit  
An electronic logic driver circuit, for driving a capacitive load between supply potentials for example for use in driving logic circuit elements on or off a chip, is disclosed. The driver circuit...
7098686 System generated electromagnetic pulse guard  
A discharge guard circuit for use in combination with an integrated circuit that prevents the integrated circuit logic from damage or upset caused by system generated electromagnetic pulses at the...
7095246 Variable impedance output buffer  
An output buffer circuit ( 10, 40, 50 ) includes an output driver transistor ( 12 ), a predriver circuit ( 14, 54 ), and a bias generator ( 16, 54 ). The predriver circuit ( 14, 54 ) has an input...
7095250 Single wire bus communication system with method for handling simultaneous responses from multiple clients  
A single wire bus communication system comprises a bus wire, a host device, and at least one client device, with each host and client device having pull-up and pull-down transistors to pull the bus...
7091742 Fast ring-out digital storage circuit  
A static storage element distorts metastable feedback signals in an unbalanced feedback loop with the resulting metastable signals eroding and being suppressed as they circulate in the loop. The...
7088126 Output circuit  
An output circuit includes a source follower constituted by a n-channel MOS transistor, having a drain connected to a power source and a source connected to an output terminal, and applying an...
7088141 Multi-threshold complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (MTCMOS) bus circuit and method for reducing bus power consumption via pulsed standby switching  
A multi-threshold complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (MTCMO) bus circuit reduces bus power consumption via a reduced circuit leakage standby and pulsed control of standby mode so that the...
7084677 Line driver  
The invention relates to a line driver arrangement for driving signals via at least one subscriber line, provided with: an input for injecting an input signal and having an output at which a...
7081842 Electronic component value trimming systems  
Described is a system for trimming the value of an electronic component. The system comprises: at least one trimming component, each trimming component having an associated switch for selectively...
7081774 Circuit having source follower and semiconductor device having the circuit  
When a potential of a power supply line varies according to a flowing current, the gate-source voltage Vgs of a transistor also varies, leading to variations in the constant current between each...
7078935 Simultaneous bi-directional transceiver  
A simultaneous bi-directional (SBD) transceiver includes a first, second, third and fourth differential amplifiers, where the third differential amplifier responds to signals input through data...
7075335 Level shifter  
A first and a second semiconductor switching elements are provided in parallel between a first supply voltage and a second negative reference voltage to become conductive based on an input signal....
7075330 System and method for balancing capacitively coupled signal lines  
A signal balancing circuit for capacitively coupled signaling between transmitting and receiving devices over a plurality of capacitively coupled signal lines on which data signals are transmitted...
7072227 Current mode output driver  
A current mode output driver and output current control method of controlling an output current using a gate voltage are provided. The current mode output driver, which outputs data read from a...
7064581 Bus interface and method for coupling a bus device to a bus  
A bus interface is described, in particular in motor vehicles, for connecting a bus device to a bus using a pair of complementary bus lines, including a first driver circuit whose input is...
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