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7612603 Switching frequency control of switched capacitor circuit using output voltage droop  
A frequency control circuit including a controlled oscillator and an amplifier circuit is disclosed for providing a clock signal to a switched capacitor circuit which divides an input voltage to...
7605633 Level shift circuit which improved the blake down voltage  
A gate and the other end of the current path of first and second transistors are cross-connected. A third transistor is inserted to the other end of the current path of the first transistor, and a...
7580288 Multi-level voltage adjustment  
An adjustable voltage supply ( 310 ) may have a plurality of levels of adjustment, such as a coarse select circuit ( 471 ) and a fine select circuit ( 473 ), to generate an adjustable voltage (e.g....
7561809 Modulated laser with integral pre-distortion circuit  
An integrated laser device includes a pre-distortion circuit. The pre-distortion circuit receives an electrical modulation signal and generates a pre-distorted modulation signal. A laser is...
7554378 Fast DC coupled level translator  
A level translator has an inverter comprising a first transistor having a first predetermined voltage threshold and a second transistor having a second predetermined voltage threshold. The two...
7538612 Control circuit for diode based RF circuits  
A control circuit for diode based RF circuit ( 6 ) comprising at least one analog communicating device ( 2, 3 ) having a plurality of digital control lines (A 0 , A 1 , A 2 , En 1 , B 0 , B 1 , B 2...
7489179 Electronic high-frequency switch and attenuator with said high-frequency switches  
In an electronic high-frequency switch, comprising a field-effect transistor as the switching element, the size of the gate voltage may be switched between at least two values (−5.5 V and −8...
7453305 Voltage level shifting circuit, a differential input stage circuit, and a method for providing a level shifted differential signal to a differential input buffer circuit  
A voltage level shifting circuit ( 5 ) for shifting the common mode voltage of a differential signal to be within the working range of a differential input buffer circuit ( 3 ) comprises a first...
7382166 Signal amplification device  
A signal amplification device which uses inexpensive standard CMOS and yet is capable of high-accuracy threshold setting. An offset voltage generator detects the direct-current level of an input...
7376358 Location specific optical monitoring  
An optical spike is generated at an arbitrarily selected location within an arbitrary optical link. The optical spike is generated by deriving a spike signal having a plurality of components, and...
7375574 Semiconductor device  
A semiconductor device includes a differential level converter circuit that receives a first signal and outputs a second signal of greater amplitude. The differential level converter has a first...
7352229 Reference clock receiver compliant with LVPECL, LVDS and PCI-Express supporting both AC coupling and DC coupling  
A reference clock receiver structure according to the invention is provided. The structure preferably includes an input buffer that is formed from a PMOS differentiated pair of transistors and a...
7323924 Level shifter circuit  
A low-power consumption level shifter circuit is provided by preventing a through current which is generated when a level of a signal is changed. In order to prevent a through current which flows...
7262650 Amplitude adjusting circuit  
An amplitude adjusting circuit comprises a first current mirror where a variable current of a variable current source is copied into each of 1st-3rd transistors; a second current mirror where the...
7245895 Attenuator with switch function and mobile telephone terminal device using the same  
A high frequency part, which amplifies a high frequency signal outputted from an intermediate frequency part and supplies to an antenna, is equipped with a gain controller with switch function. The...
7245170 Attenuator and portable telephone terminal apparatus using the same  
Provided are: at least one or more series variable resistors implemented by field effect transistors connected to a signal line A; and at least one or more shunt variable resistors implemented by...
7190220 Circuit for providing a base operating voltage for a bipolar transistor and amplifier circuit  
A circuit for providing a base operating voltage for a bipolar transistor includes a U BE multiplier providing, in response to a working-point control current, a working voltage fed to a circuit...
7180310 Amplitude varying driver circuit and test apparatus  
There is provided an amplitude varying driver circuit operable to output an output signal, which is an amplified input signal being supplied. The amplitude varying driver circuit includes: a...
7167045 System and method for modifying output power of an information communication system  
A system for communicating information includes a variable gain amplifier (VGA) responsive to an input signal and a gain control signal for controlling a gain of the VGA. The system also includes a...
7161405 Level shift circuit  
A level shift circuit includes first and second inverters and an inversion circuit. The first inverter has a first input terminal and a first output terminal for generating the output signal. The...
7135921 Differential circuit, amplifier circuit, driver circuit and display device using those circuits  
A differential circuit and an amplifier circuit for reducing an amplitude difference deviation, performing a full-range drive, and consuming less power are disclosed. The circuit includes a first...
7116160 Booster  
A booster includes a boosting circuit and a feedback control circuit. The boosting circuit is used to boost an input voltage into a predetermined output voltage; the feedback control circuit...
7102410 High voltage level converter using low voltage devices  
A circuit for converting an input signal at a first voltage level to an output signal at a second voltage level uses only thin oxide transistors. The circuit includes a first unit operating at a...
7049729 Amplifier converting charge signal  
A positive charge of a sensor element is charged in a signal converting circuit, is converted into a positive voltage, and is outputted. When the polarity of the charge of the sensor element is...
6963242 Predistorter for phase modulated signals with low peak to average ratios  
An amplifier system containing a polynomial predistorer and a polynominal predistorter configured for use with an RF power amplifier, the polynomial predistorter having a polynomial generator...
6927630 RF power detector  
A method and apparatus is provided for detecting the output power of an RF power amplifier for purposes of controlling the output power. A circuit for generating an output power control signal...
6917233 Limiting amplifier and method for amplifying an input signal  
Disclosed is a limiting amplifier for amplifying an input signal including at least first portions having a first amplitude and second portions having a second amplitude being lower than said first...
6888393 Amplitude limiting apparatus and multi-carrier signal generating apparatus  
A peak level of amplitude of transmission signals in a multi-carrier communication system or the like is to be effectively suppressed. A transmission data generating unit generates digital...
6867637 Semiconductor integrated circuit device including a substrate bias controller and a current limiting circuit  
In a semiconductor integrated circuit device, for realizing high speed, as well as superior product yield rate and usability, while reducing circuit scale and improving on product yield rate and...
6867633 Complementary electronic system for lowering electric power consumption  
An electronic system with semiconductor components allows electronic circuits with conventional semiconductor components to be used, having minimal supply voltages to guarantee stable operation,...
6856926 Frequency margin testing of bladed servers  
A frequency margin testing blade is adapted for use in a bladed server. The testing blade is further adapted to provide one or more output clock signals for use as clock inputs to one or more...
6720816 Integratable circuit configuration for potential-free signal transmission  
A circuit configuration for potential-free signal transmission has a transformer with a primary winding and a secondary winding. A drive circuit is connected upstream of the primary winding and a...
6717458 Method and apparatus for a DC-DC charge pump voltage converter-regulator circuit  
An apparatus and method for a DC-DC charge pump voltage converter-regulator circuit includes a control circuit, a multiplier circuit, and a feedback circuit. The feedback circuit includes a load...
6700426 Programmable voltage pump having a ground option  
Programmable voltage pump for producing an output voltage includes a trim input configured to set the output voltage, an output configured to emit the output voltage therefrom, and an...
6667669 Differential pin diode attenuator  
A differential PIN diode attenuator ( 450 ) that selectively attenuates a differential analog input signal. The two parts of the differential signal are applied to separate input lines ( 452, 454 )...
6597233 Differential SCSI driver rise time and amplitude control circuit  
An SCSI circuit which allows for the independent control of driver slew rate and amplitude with a linear shaped driver output voltage. The circuit comprises 1) a symmetrical H-Driver having at...
6570430 Non-linear distortion generator for both second and third order distortion  
An in-line distortion generator for coupling in-line with a non-linear device (NLD) produces an output signal of useful amplitude, but with low composite second order, composite triple beat and...
6552592 Differential input circuit for digital signal processing system  
The invention relates to an evaluation device ( 4 ) connected to the output of an A/D converter ( 3 ) for comparing the direct component of a digitally converted input signal having a threshold...
6552591 Method and apparatus for processing a wide dynamic range signal  
Method and apparatus are provided for processing a wide dynamic range analog signal which comprises a compressive nonlinear transfer function responsive to the average amplitude of the signal...
6518814 High-voltage capacitor voltage divider circuit having a high-voltage silicon-on-insulation (SOI) capacitor  
A high-voltage capacitive voltage divider circuit includes a high-voltage Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) capacitor connected between a high-voltage terminal and a low-voltage terminal, and a...
6509778 BIST circuit for variable impedance system  
Disclosed is a programmable impedance driver that includes two sets of impedance devices, two primary counters and two test counters. The primary counters selectively activate individual ones of...
6496341 SOI electrostatic discharge protection circuit  
A silicon-on-insulator (SOI) electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit. The SOI ESD protection circuit has a first and a second diode, a first and a second NMOS transistor and a first and a...
6472948 High-power precision 1 dB step attenuator  
A step attenuator for use in attenuating an electromagnetic signal. The step attenuator includes a first path having a plurality of attenuator structures provided therein, each attenuator structure...
6459554 Drive circuit for the trip actuator of a network protector and a network protector incorporating the same  
A network protector includes a coil drive circuit for the trip actuator which operates as a current limiter to protect a trip coil with limited impedance at the upper limit of network voltage while...
6445239 Bus coupling with amplitude-controlled transmission circuit  
A bus coupling includes an amplitude-controlled transmission circuit for generating a substantially rectangular active pulse for a transmission pulse including an active pulse and an equalizer...
6441671 Digital trim capacitor programming  
A programming method ( 250 ) for digitally programming the adjustment of an electronic trim capacitor ( 212, 314, 414 ). In an initial step ( 252 ), programming is initiated by setting an enable...
6424200 Termination impedance trimming circuit  
A termination impedance in a semiconductor circuit is trimmed to fall within a desired range by a trimming circuit such that the amount of variation in the termination impedance is less than the...
6411244 Phase startable clock device for a digitizing instrument having deterministic phase error correction  
A phase stable clock circuit includes a phase gate having track-and-hold (T/H) circuits with each T/H circuit receiving a phase shifted continuous sinusoidal signal of predetermined phase and a...
6396327 Method and apparatus for reducing distortion produced by a nonlinear device  
A predistortion circuit ( 102 ) includes a signal splitter ( 114 ), a diode network ( 118 ) and a signal combiner ( 116 ). The signal splitter ( 114 ) is splits an input signal into two portions....
6377106 Circuit and method of maximum voltage bias control  
A maximum voltage bias control circuit ( 22 ) is provided which accepts two supply voltages (V batt and V out ) and determines the maximum voltage. The maximum voltage is then applied to terminal...