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7388410 |
Input circuits configured to operate using a range of supply voltages
An input circuit includes an input signal transmission circuit configured to output a first transmission signal at a first output node in response to an input signal at an input node, and a Schmitt...
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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...
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7382153 |
On-chip resistor calibration for line termination
A circuit for calibrating a resistance value on an integrated circuit includes a resistor network, a reference voltage generator, a comparator, a servo loop, and a shift register. The resistor...
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7383373 |
Deriving corresponding signals
Apparatus used in deriving corresponding signals includes first and second circuitry. The first circuitry derives, from a source-terminated first signal driven from a Peripheral Control Interface...
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7378883 |
Source follower and electronic system utilizing the same
A source follower is disclosed. A driving transistor comprises a first gate receiving an input signal. An active load is connected to the driving transistor in series between a first voltage source...
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7378882 |
Semiconductor device including a pixel having current-driven light emitting element
The invention provides a semiconductor device having a transistor that can supply a proper current to a load (EL pixel and signal line) without being influenced by variations. A voltage of each...
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7378878 |
Driver circuit having programmable slew rate
The programmable slew rate driver uses separate and programmably selectable resistors for time constants for on and off transitions on the NMOS and PMOS output transistors. By proper setting of...
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7372331 |
Receiver circuit
A receiver circuit for receiving and forwarding data signals comprises at least one first and one second input to be used to inject an external digital data signal and a reference signal into the...
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7372649 |
Apparatus and method for applying write signals for driving a write head
An apparatus for use in applying write signals for driving a write head to effect writing information to a memory device; the write signals including a first write signal and a second write signal;...
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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...
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7372308 |
High-voltage generation circuits and nonvolatile semiconductor memory device with improved high-voltage efficiency and methods of operating
A power-voltage driver circuit includes a first MOS transistor configured to turn a second MOS transistor off when a high-voltage generator provides a high voltage output. Related methods are also...
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7368972 |
Power transistor control device
The invention relates to a gate control device 10 of a power semiconductor component 11 of the IGBT type. A ramp generator circuit 20 delivers a reference gate voltage at its output. A stage...
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7368948 |
Integrated receiver circuit
An integrated receiver circuit for amplifying an input signal based on a reference signal includes two voltage converters to respectively convert the input and reference signals to level-converted...
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7365594 |
Current driver, data driver, display device and current driving method
A current driver includes a gate line having a first and second nodes, K driving transistors, a terminal and a voltage generation section. The terminal receives a first current. The voltage...
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7365578 |
Semiconductor device with pump circuit
In the present semiconductor device a positive, driving pump circuit is driven by an external power supply potential EXVDD (for example of 1.8V) to generate a positive voltage VPC (for example of...
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7362061 |
Gate driver, motor driving device including the gate driver, and apparatus equipped with the motor driving device
A gate driver for forcing a power transistor including a gate electrode insulated with oxide film into conduction or shut-off, the gate driver includes a first current source for outputting a first...
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7362146 |
Large supply range differential line driver
A differential transmission line driver with supplemental current sources that overcome switching anomalies and EMU issues when the logic state of the driver is switching. During a logic...
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7362147 |
Integrated circuit
An integrated circuit is disclosed that includes a MOS output stage transistor, a gate terminal for applying a drive signal, which controls the turning on and off of the output stage transistor, a...
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7362144 |
Low jitter input buffer with small input signal swing
A particular input buffer receiver includes a buffer input portion for receiving an input signal, a large capacitor between a bias node and the lower supply voltage, and a buffer output portion for...
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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...
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7358774 |
Output driver circuit with pre-emphasis function
In an output driver circuit and method, a control circuit generates a control signal in response to a current internal data signal. An output driver generates an output data signal in response to...
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7355782 |
Systems and methods of controlling micro-electromechanical devices
An interference modulator (Imod) incorporates anti-reflection coatings and/or micro-fabricated supplemental lighting sources. An efficient drive scheme is provided for matrix addressed arrays of...
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7355458 |
Output driver circuit and a method of transmitting an electrical signal via an output driver circuit
In an output driver circuit, the signal propagation time of an electrical signal which is to be transmitted between two selected driver stages is ascertained. If the ascertained signal propagation...
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7355432 |
Buffer circuit, driver circuit, and semiconductor testing apparatus
There is provided a buffer circuit that can deal with input and output signals having a large voltage swing. Such a buffer circuit is designed for outputting an output signal corresponding to an...
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7355901 |
Synchronous output buffer, synchronous memory device and method of testing access time
An output buffer includes an output terminal, a pull up module, a pull down module and an output latching module. The pull up module pulls up the output terminal to a first source voltage when the...
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7352232 |
Method and apparatus for extending the size of a transistor beyond one integrated circuit
A technique for extending the size of a power transistor beyond one integrated circuit is disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first integrated circuit chip having a first switch, which...
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7352211 |
Signal history controlled slew-rate transmission method and bus interface transmitter
A signal history controlled slew-rate transmission method and bus interface transmitter provide an improved channel equalization mechanism having low complexity. A variable slew-rate feed-forward...
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7348805 |
Chip-to-chip digital transmission circuit delivering power over signal lines
A chip-to-chip digital transmission circuit includes a differential driver portion, a pair of differential signal transmission lines connected to the driver portion, and a receiver portion...
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7348810 |
Push pull high-swing capable differential signaling circuits
A novel push-pull differential signaling circuit architecture exceptionally suited for 2-wire transceiver implementations is disclosed. The invention Class-B differential signaling (CBDS)...
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7348809 |
Input buffer
In one embodiment, the present invention includes an input buffer with a common gate amplifier having input terminals coupled to receive an incoming common mode voltage. The common gate amplifier...
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7348811 |
Equalizing transceiver with reduced parasitic capacitance
A signaling circuit having reduced parasitic capacitance. The signaling circuit includes a plurality of driver circuits each having an output coupled to a first output node, and a plurality of...
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7345504 |
Impedance adjustable circuit having on-chip adjustable termination resistor
An adjustable termination resistor includes a reference resistor, a current mirror circuit, a calibration transistor-resistor array, a digital code generator, a comparator, a decision and latch...
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7345513 |
Driver circuit with automatic offset compensation of an amplifier and method for offset compensation of an amplifier of a driver circuit
A driver circuit is provided, which includes a differential amplifier whose output signal controls the driving input signal, a reference signal generator that supplies a reference input of the...
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7339398 |
Driver impedance control apparatus and system
A driver impedance control apparatus and system for determining the impedance of at least one driver are provided. The driver impedance control apparatus includes a first reference impedance, a...
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7339409 |
Slew rate controlled output driver for use in semiconductor device
An output driver for use in a semiconductor is capable of maintaining its slew rate constantly regardless of PVT(Process/Voltage/Temperature) variation. The output driver includes a pre-driving...
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7339413 |
Clock generator and organic light emitting display (OLED) including the clock generator
A clock generator, which can be included in an Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED), includes four switching units and two inverters. Each of the switching units includes two transistors....
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7336122 |
Low power high side current monitor which operates at high voltages and method therefor
A low power high side current monitor has an input terminal and a load terminal. A current sensing element is coupled to the input terminal and the load terminal. A first resistor is coupled to the...
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7336109 |
High voltage tolerant port driver
A plurality of output drive devices are capable of tolerating an overvoltage produced by an electrical connection with an external device operating in a high-voltage supply realm. The drive devices...
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7330056 |
Low power CMOS LVDS driver
A low voltage CMOS output driver is adapted to generate an output voltage that stays within predefined limits at relatively low supply voltages. The output driver includes, in part, a...
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7330055 |
Circuit with high power density applicability
A power control circuit is presented. The circuit includes a pair of parallel optocoupler/logic stages and a pair of parallel voltage-to-current driver stages electrically coupled to a halfbridge...
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7330053 |
Prestage for an off-chip driver (OCD)
A prestage for generating a control signal for an output driver of an integrated circuit, wherein the integrated circuit can be provided with a reference potential and a supply potential fixed in...
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7327167 |
Anticipatory programmable interface pre-driver
This document discusses, among other things, a circuit for selectively engaging an output section based on a received data signal. The output is driven to a high-impedance state in anticipation of...
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7327170 |
Current driver
A current driver outputs an output current according to a reference current. The current driver includes: a current-voltage converter; a bias-voltage generating transistor; a differential...
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7324405 |
DQS postamble filtering
Circuits, methods, and apparatus for filtering signals at a high-speed data interface. One exemplary embodiment is particularly configured to filter a clock signal at the end of a data burst...
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7323912 |
Half-bridge driver and power conversion system with such driver
A half-bridge driver includes first and second power switches, connected with their respective current paths in series, a pulse generator for generating a voltage pulse waveform, arranged to drive...
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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...
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7321245 |
Pipelined AD converter capable of switching current driving capabilities
A first bias voltage generating circuit which applies a bias voltage to an amplifier circuit of an AD converter has a driving unit and a control unit. The driving unit includes a first bias circuit...
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7319359 |
High current charge pump for intelligent power switch drive
A current limiting driver circuit for a semiconductor power switch and a switching device including same. The driver circuit includes a sensing circuit for providing a signal representing the...
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7315188 |
Programmable high speed 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...
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7307447 |
Self series terminated serial link transmitter having segmentation for amplitude, pre-emphasis, and slew rate control and voltage regulation for amplitude accuracy and high voltage protection
A circuit design method and transmitter that enables flexible control of amplitude, pre-emphasis, and slew rate utilizing a design of a segmented self-series terminated (SSST) transmitter having a...
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