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7061282 Differential signal pairs generator  
A device for generating a pair of true/complementary-phase logic signals is provided. The device comprises a single-end to true/complementary-phase signal conversion circuit, a first stage circuit...
7057425 Propagation of a dynamic signal to a quasi-differential receiver biased by an ungrounded driver-side bias signal  
In one disclosed method, a dynamic signal is driven onto a driven end of a first signal line, and an ungrounded bias signal is driven onto a driven end of a second signal line. The ungrounded bias...
7057424 Diagnose interface for a non-isolated sensor  
A circuit arrangement for coupling with a sensor having two output terminals is disclosed wherein one terminal is coupled to a first ground and the circuit arrangement is coupled with a second...
7053676 Circuit arrangement for generating a signal having a specific waveform with an adjustable voltage level  
A circuit arrangement for generating specific waveforms includes a controllable voltage transformer circuit for generating an output signal (V OUT ) with a specific waveform, which increases the...
7053699 Current output stages  
Current output stages are provided. In accordance with an embodiment, a current output stage includes a voltage follower circuit, a first current mirror and a second current mirror. A node of the...
7053679 Output driver for controlling slew rate in a semiconductor device  
Disclosed is an output driver for a semiconductor device with an improved slew rate. The output driver comprises a first pre-driver receiving a first signal so as to output a second signal in which...
7053677 Input/output device having linearized output response  
Disclosed is an input/output (IO) device for transmitting an input data bit signal. In one embodiment, the IO device includes an IO device input node for receiving the input data bit signal and an...
7053678 Driving circuit for a control terminal of a bipolar transistor in an emitter-switching configuration and corresponding method for reducing the VCESAT dynamic phenomenon  
A driving circuit is provided for a control terminal of a bipolar transistor in an emitter-switching configuration. The emitter-switching configuration is between first and second voltage...
7053661 Impedance-matched output driver circuits having enhanced predriver control  
Impedance-matched output driver circuits utilize predriver circuits with analog control to provide enhanced operating characteristics. This analog control may be provided by an analog loop...
7054771 Bus line current calibration  
Disclosed herein is a method and system for calibrating line drive currents in systems that generate data signals by varying line drive currents and that interpret the data signals by comparing...
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...
7049848 Linear buffer  
A source-follower transistor based buffer provides high linearity. A replica transistor is used to generate a replica voltage substantially equal to the output voltage of the buffer. The replica...
7049863 Output driver circuit with reduced RF noise, reduced power consumption, and reduced load capacitance susceptibility  
According to an exemplary embodiment, an output driver circuit includes a pre-conditioning circuit. The output driver circuit further includes a timing control circuit coupled to an output of the...
7046070 LVDS switch control device for a portable apparatus  
An LVDS switch control device for a portable apparatus is disclosed, which has an LVDS transducer, which transforms the image information for the portable apparatus into LVDS signals; a buffer...
7046073 Load drive circuit  
A load drive circuit includes a plurality of control sections for drive controlling of a drive switching element while protecting the drive switching element from a predetermined abnormality...
7046039 Class AB analog inverter  
A class AB analog inverter comprising cascoded n-channel (NMOS) and p-channel (PMOS) transistors. The inverter uses complementary devices, of which one or more may be a first transistor in cascode...
7046049 Driver circuit for controlling a resonant converter  
In order to improve the efficiency of a driver circuit for controlling upper and lower switching means (T 3 , T 4 ) for converting a direct voltage Ud into a clocked output voltage Ua for a...
7046050 High side NFET gate driving circuit  
A circuit that provides for a high side NFET gate driver that uses a circuit using only common capacitors, diodes, resistors, and transistors to create a high side NFET gate driver. The system is...
7042254 Differential signal receiving device and differential signal transmission system  
The intermediate node of a first terminator is connected between a first pair of signal lines transmitting a first differential signal, with one side of a third differential signal as a common...
7038500 Circuit arrangement for controlling power semiconductor transistors  
A current regulated circuit arrangement for controlling a power semiconductor transistor, as example a MOSFET or IGBT power transistor, that includes at least two mirror-symmetrically arranged...
7038502 LVDS driver circuit and driver circuit  
A low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) driver circuit for providing logic output and high impedance output includes a current source, an output switch circuit setting an output state, and a...
7038501 Transconductor circuit for compensating the distortion of output current  
Provided is a transconductor circuit for compensating distortion of an output current without reducing the size of chips and operation speed characteristics. The transconductor circuit includes a...
7034567 Semiconductor devices with reference voltage generators and termination circuits configured to reduce termination mismatch  
A semiconductor device includes an on-chip termination circuit, a reference voltage generator, and an input buffer. The on-chip termination circuit generates a variable resistance to an input...
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...
7034600 Method and apparatus for EMC-optimized actuation of a semiconductor switching element  
A semiconductor switching element has a control connection and a load path, with the load path connected in series with a load and a supply voltage is applied across the series circuit. The...
7030662 Rail-to-rail input linear voltage to current converter  
A voltage-to-current converter circuit is disclosed. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a first metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) stage operable in a low to...
7030663 Method and apparatus for generating narrow pulse width monocycles  
A monocycle forming network may include a monocycle generator, up and down pulse generators, data modulators and clock generation circuits. The network may generate monocycle pulses having very...
7030664 Half-rail differential driver circuit  
A half-rail differential driver circuit comprises a differential line pair, a high line and a low line, that are charged to half a first supply voltage, typically VDD, by shorting the high output...
7030679 Analog multiplexing circuits  
A multiplexer circuit includes a plurality of switched differential amplifier circuits, one of which can be selected at a time. Each switched differential amplifier includes a pair of differential...
7027332 Memory I/O driving circuit with reduced noise and driving method  
A memory driving circuit has a register for receiving a new-coming data and a delayed clock, and exporting a current-existing data. The delayed clock has a delay to a clock. A pre-detecting circuit...
7023246 Driving circuit for a control terminal of a bipolar transistor in an emitter-switching configuration having a resonant load  
A driving circuit is provided for a control terminal of a bipolar transistor in an emitter-switching configuration. The emitter-switching configuration is between a resonant load and a voltage...
7019583 Current inrush limiting circuit  
An inrush circuit for electronic devices is particularly useful for point-of-sale printers. The circuit applies an active feedback-controlled voltage ramp to a bulk capacitor by means of a...
7019578 Input circuit  
An input circuit for preventing the application of a voltage exceeding a transistor withstand voltage when the input circuit is switched to a standby state. The input circuit includes a first...
7019552 Line driver with active termination  
The line driver with active termination includes: a differential amplifier having an inverting output terminal, a non-inverting output terminal, an inverting input terminal, and a non-inverting...
7015731 CMOS output buffer circuit  
A CMOS output buffer circuit comprises an input unit, a compensation control unit, a first switching unit and a second switching unit. The input unit outputs a data signal in response to a stop...
7012451 Slew rate at buffers by isolating predriver from driver  
In one embodiment, a pre-driver generates pre-driving signals based on control signals provided by a control circuit. The pre-driver has pre-driver power and ground connections. The pre-driving...
7012452 High voltage high speed amplifier using floating high side structure  
An integrated high-voltage linear amplifier IC with reduced power dissipation, faster operation, and small die size, comprising a low side well and a floating high side well; an error amplifier for...
7009420 Input circuit for receiving a signal at an input on an integrated circuit  
An input circuit for receiving a signal at an input on an integrated circuit, particularly a DRAM circuit, and for assessing the signal with respect to a reference voltage is provided. One...
7005895 Driver circuit with frequency-dependent signal feedback  
Driver circuit for driving a useful signal having: (a) at least one amplifier circuit ( 3 a , 3 b ) with low output impedance for the signal amplification of the useful signal; (b) a protection...
7005903 Output buffer with adjustment of signal transitions  
An output buffer generates an output signal having a plurality of low-to-high (LH) and high-to-low (HL) signal transitions, with each of the signal transitions having a clock-to-output delay. A...
7002379 I/O circuit using low voltage transistors which can tolerate high voltages even when power supplies are powered off  
An apparatus for providing bias voltages for input/output (I/O) connections on low voltage integrated circuits. In one embodiment, the invention comprises an I/O pad, a pull-down transistor device...
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...
7002931 Power efficient line driver with high performance echo cancellation for 1000BASE-T  
A 1000BASE-T transceiver linked to an unshielded twisted pair (UTP) through a transformer currently transmits and receives outgoing and incoming signals via the UTP. The transceiver employs an...
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...
7000128 Method and apparatus for reducing capacitive load-related power loss by gate charge adjustment  
The present invention increases power efficiency in power FET applications with varying loads. A constant frequency mode can be used without detracting from efficiency. This is accomplished by...
6992512 Output buffer  
The present invention is related an output buffer that has one input pin and produces a two-bit output. The input levels are a ground voltage, a supply voltage, and a voltage that is halfway...
6992507 Method for selecting optimal I/O buffer  
A method for selecting an I/O buffer. The method includes providing a plurality of I/O buffers. Each one of the plurality of I/O buffers has a different performance characteristic. Each one of the...
6987403 Driver for an external FET with high accuracy and gate voltage protection  
A circuit for driving an external FET has a differential amplification stage supplied by a first and second operating potential. An output load resistor is included in a current flow path in which...
6982601 High isolation/high speed buffer amplifier  
A method and circuits of a high isolation and high-speed buffer amplifier capable to handle frequencies in the GHz range have been achieved. The output to input isolation is primary dependent on...
6982574 Method of forming a transistor driver and structure therefor  
In one embodiment, a power supply system has a transistor driver that receives a PWM signal and generates signals to drive output transistors of the power supply system in response to the PWM...