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7057415 Output buffer compensation control  
One or more characteristics of circuitry for an output buffer are identified relative to a reference a plurality of times to produce a sequence of results. One or more compensation signals for one...
7049861 Reduced current input buffer circuit  
There is provided an input buffer circuit that, in one embodiment, includes an input buffer adapted to draw an operating current, a first buffer enabling circuitry operatively coupled to the input...
7049849 Signal transmission circuits that use multiple input signals to generate a respective transmit signal  
A transmission circuit that conducts signals between integrated circuit devices includes a first driver circuit that generates a first transmit signal in response to first and second input signals,...
7049847 Semiconductor device  
A semiconductor device including a tristate buffer circuit, which includes, on an output stage, at least a first transistor (P 1 ) for pull-up driving and a second transistor (N 1 ) for pull-down...
7046038 Upward and downward pulse stretcher circuits and modules  
The invention includes digital logic devices with extremely skewed trip points and reset circuitry for rapidly propagating signal edges. Embodiments of skewed logic devices in accordance with the...
7046033 Termination enable: hardware and software controlled enable with detect  
A method and circuit allows flexible control for termination of a signal line. The mode of operation of the circuit may be set manually or automatically. A software controller provides software...
7043674 Systems and methods for facilitating testing of pads of integrated circuits  
Methods for testing integrated circuits (ICs) are provided. An embodiment of a method comprises: electrically interconnecting automated test equipment (ATE) with the IC; providing at least one...
7038491 Level shifter for wide range operation  
A programmable level shifter. The programmable level shifter comprises a first P-type FET, a second P-type FET, a third P-type FET, a fourth P-type FET, a fifth P-type FET, a sixth P-type FET, a...
7038493 Circuit for eliminating leakage current in signal transmission  
A circuit ( 3 ) for eliminating leakage current in signals transmitted from a first electronic system ( 1 ) to a second electronic system ( 2 ) includes two circuit units. Each circuit unit...
7034570 I/O cell configuration for multiple I/O standards  
Circuitry is provided to individually configure each I/O of an integrated circuit to be compatible with a different LVTTL I/O standards. This can be done with only one I/O supply voltage, where...
7030656 Low voltage differential signaling device with feedback compensation  
A low voltage different signaling (LVDS) includes an LVDS transmitter and an LVDS receiver. The LVDS transmitter includes a feedback compensation circuit, which adjusts and stabilizes the analog...
7030655 Memory interface system  
The invention relates to a semiconductor memory device and, more particularly, to an interface system for a semiconductor memory device. The interface includes a transmitter capable of encoding...
7023242 Method and circuit configuration for adapting the voltage level for the transmission of data  
The invention relates to a method and to a circuit configuration for adjusting the voltage level for the electrical data transmission between a transmitting component and a receiving component of...
7019555 Circuit for performing on-die termination operation in semiconductor memory device and its method  
A circuit for performing an on-die termination operation includes a clock buffer for outputting first and second buffered clocks using an external clock and an external inverting clock applied...
7012449 Input and output driver  
An input and output driver is disclosed which includes comprising a DQ switch capable of reducing a total input capacitance Cin by electrically isolating an output driver from a DQ pad using the DQ...
7009426 Data transmission/reception system  
In the process of transferring a clock signal and a plurality of data signals which are in synchronization with the clock signal, a driving pulse width of a driver switch is feedback-controlled by...
7005891 Data transmission circuit for universal serial bus system  
The data transmission circuit generates the first and second data signals that are transferred respectively to first and second data lines after delaying or expanding a rising edge or a falling...
7002377 Clock signal detection circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit using the same  
A clock signal detection circuit is provided that can reliably detect whether or not a clock signal is supplied with a reduced circuit scale and reduced power consumption. The clock signal...
6998870 Method and apparatus for impedance matching in systems configured for multiple processors  
A method and apparatus for impedance matching in systems configured for multiple processors is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer system includes a first processor socket and a second...
6998873 Data input/output buffer and semiconductor memory device using the same  
Provided is a data input/output buffer and a semiconductor memory device using the same. A transistor of a switching means or a logical element out of devices constituting a data input/output...
6998880 Driver circuit  
The invention relates to a driver circuit with a circuit node ( 10 ), at least two first transistors (P 1 , P 2 ), the load sections of which are switched in series and connect the circuit...
6994562 Apparatus for multiplex communication  
In an apparatus for multiplex communication, a bus line constitutes a bus type network for connecting a plurality of terminal communication equipments. A plug-shaped terminating resistance device...
6980773 Apparatus and method for bias compensation in line circuits  
A transmission line circuit includes a line driver having first and second outputs coupled through a differential transmission line to first and second inputs of a line receiver. A first bias is...
6975140 Adaptive data transmitter having rewriteable non-volatile storage  
A data transmitter and transmitting method are provided in which an adaptive finite impulse response (FIR) driver has a plurality of taps to which coefficients having updateable values are applied....
6972590 Data bus with separate matched line impedances and method of matching line impedances  
A data bus for a printed circuit board is disclosed having a plurality of lines separated by a substrate. A method is also disclosed for creating a bus with a reduced reflection of signal energy at...
6972589 Method for rapidly propagating a fast edge of an output signal through a skewed logic device  
The invention includes digital logic devices with extremely skewed trip points and reset circuitry for rapidly propagating signal edges. Embodiments of skewed logic devices in accordance with the...
6972595 Electrical circuit  
An electrical circuit assembly includes a node and an electrical circuit. The circuit draws a node point to a specific potential when and for as long as the node point is not drawn in any other way...
6970015 Apparatus and method for a programmable trip point in an I/O circuit using a pre-driver  
The invention enables the performance of the input and output stages of an I/O circuit to be modified after an IC is manufactured. In one embodiment, the I/O circuit includes an output driver,...
6960938 Enhanced CMOS circuit to drive DC motors  
An enhanced CMOS circuit to drive a DC motor is disclosed, in which a CMOS circuit is used to form a driver circuit of the DC motor, replacing a conventional BiCMOS for the part of the driver...
6958621 Method and circuit for element wearout recovery  
A recovery circuit and a method for employing the same are provided. The recovery circuit has a current driver and, preferably two pass-gates, a first pass-gate connected in series to the current...
6956404 Driver circuit having a plurality of drivers for driving signals in parallel  
In a driver circuit having a plurality of drivers for driving signals in parallel, the drivers are each connected to an input signal line for receiving a respective input signal and to an output...
6956402 Multi-device system and method for controlling voltage peaking of an output signal transmitted between integrated circuit devices  
A multi-device system and method for controlling voltage peaking of an output signal transmitted between input and output circuits of integrated circuit devices utilizes various electrical elements...
6947335 Semiconductor device with an input/output interface circuit for a bus  
There is provided a control circuit which instructs, using a control signal, validation and invalidation of operations of an input/output interface circuit suitable for a bus such as the IIC bus...
6940311 Data transmission system  
A data transmission system includes a first bus; a first bus master coupled to the first bus; a second bus master coupled to the first bus; a bus arbiter coupled to the first and second bus masters...
6937060 Method and apparatus for implementing power control in multi-voltage I/O circuits  
A method and apparatus are provided for implementing power control in multi-voltage input/output (I/O) circuits. First current biasing devices are provided for creating a first constant bias...
6933750 Buffer circuit, buffer tree, and semiconductor device  
A buffer circuit includes first and second transistors which are connected in series between first and second power supplies and which are controlled to be on/off based on values of signals at...
6930514 Method and apparatus for transferring data between data buses  
Systems and methods for transferring data. A circuit transfers information between two buses using different signal voltage levels and multiplexes signals applied to the second bus over multiple...
6924661 Power switch circuit sizing technique  
An integrated circuit structure has at least one voltage island and a pattern of power switches within the voltage island. The pattern determines the number of (and evenly spaces) the power...
6922071 Setting multiple chip parameters using one IC terminal  
A method for setting multiple chip parameters using one IC terminal is described. The chip comprises a first circuit coupled to the pin for setting a first parameter. A second circuit coupled to...
6919735 Skewed nor and nand rising logic devices for rapidly propagating a rising edge of an output signal  
The invention includes digital logic devices with extremely skewed trip points and reset circuitry for rapidly propagating signal edges. Embodiments of skewed logic devices in accordance with the...
6919738 Output buffer circuit, memory chip, and semiconductor device having a circuit for controlling buffer size  
An output buffer circuit including a programmable impedance buffer configured to match a buffer size thereof with an external impedance, a buffer size decision circuit configured to generate a...
6919742 Fast ethernet and ethernet driver  
A driver circuit for driving a line in a network comprises first driving means for driving the line, second driving means for driving the line, and switching means for switching between the first...
6914451 Adaptive level binary logic  
A digital logic interface circuit makes use of a logic signal representative of a logic signaling level definition, to determine the logic swing amplitude of signals from a given source adopting...
6903570 Bidirectional signal transmission circuit  
A bidirectional signal transmission circuit includes: a buffer element for reducing the impedance of a signal line; a signal line disposed between input terminals in both ends of the bidirectional...
6903577 Delay circuit  
An input signal (SIN) is inverted by an inverter ( 101 ), and the inverted input signal is entered into a tri-state type inverter ( 104 ). An output portion of this inverter is connected via a...
6903578 Logic isolator  
A logic isolation circuit has a transmitter circuit for receiving a logic input signal and providing a periodic signal to an isolation barrier, and a receiving circuit for receiving the periodic...
6897685 Differential data transmitter  
A differential data transmitter includes a first pre-driver configured to receive a differential data signal, a delay circuit configured to receive the differential data signal in parallel with the...
6897681 Time division multiplexed serial bus with increased bandwidth  
The output of drivers which are used to drive the input signals to a multiplexed signal line are combined in a logic OR gate or a logic AND gate prior to connection to the input of the multiplexed...
6894538 Expanding module for serial transmission  
An expanding module for serial transmission between a chip and a plurality of interface units is disclosed. The module is comprised of a plurality of first OR gates and a plurality of second OR...
6891398 Skewed falling logic device for rapidly propagating a falling edge of an output signal  
The invention includes digital logic devices with extremely skewed trip points and reset circuitry for rapidly propagating signal edges. Embodiments of skewed logic devices in accordance with the...