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7643981 Pulse waveform timing in EinsTLT templates  
The present invention provides for simulating signal transitions. Circuit characteristics are generated. Circuit characteristics are loaded into memory. Circuit behaviour is simulated. A...
7612587 Semiconductor circuits  
Semiconductor circuit capable of selecting a corresponding adjusting parameter to adjust the received signal according to different voltages and frequencies. A voltage detector detects a voltage...
7602195 Single pin multi-state identifier using RC timing element  
In a circuit identifier, an electrical circuit includes an output node to output an electrical signal. A resistor device and a capacitor device, electrically in series with the resistor device,...
7579818 Current regulator and method therefor  
In one embodiment, a current regulator is configured to form a first signal representative of a current flow through a power switch and to use the first signal to determine an off-time of the power...
7489575 Noise resistant small signal sensing circuit for a memory device  
Apparatus and method for data sensing circuitry that uses averaging to sense small differences in signal levels representing data states. The apparatus periodically switches the coupling of input...
7453298 PWM controller and method therefor  
In one embodiment, a PWM controller is configured to form a control signal that has reduced noise. The control signal is used to adjust a frequency of a clock signal of the PWM controller.
7436233 Normal mode and green mode pulse width modulation controller  
A PWM controller that effectively transitions between normal mode and green power mode is disclosed. A driver provides a normal drive signal during normal operation. A pulse width detector detects...
7406135 Reducing power consumption in signal detection  
Methods, systems, and media to time-share the signal detection between reference voltages for a data transmission are contemplated. Embodiments include a time-sharing detector that is designed to...
7376201 System and method for reducing crest factor of signal  
A new system and method is developed for reducing the crest factor of a signal. The system includes a large signal extraction module for receiving the input signal and the magnitude of the input...
7263151 High frequency loss of signal detector  
Methods and circuitry for implementing high speed loss-of-signal detectors for use in Gb/s telecommunication applications. The invention measures bit error rate (BER) of the incoming data by...
7259607 Integrated semiconductor memory with clock generation  
An integrated semiconductor memory includes a clock generator circuit driven by an external clock signal and a control circuit driven by the external clock signal. The clock generator circuit...
7256632 Pulse width modulation (PWM) controlling module and method for adjusting a PWM signal thereof  
A pulse width modulation (PWM) controlling module, includes: a PWM controller, a load detector, and an adjusting module. The PWM controller generates a PWM signal that is utilized for controlling a...
7245167 Clock regulation apparatus and circuit arrangement  
Clock regulation apparatus for preventing a logic switching mechanism from operating incorrectly. The apparatus has a supply voltage input that receives a supply voltage, which is also applied to...
7224751 Device and method for checking whether a signal with a predetermined frequency is being received  
A device and method are disclosed, whereby the normally complicated and difficult frequency determination is achieved by simply arranged and executed measures, namely by means of larger, smaller...
7133751 Method and apparatus for detecting on-die voltage variations  
On-die voltage and/or frequency detectors. For one aspect, an adaptive frequency clock generation circuit includes a droop detector to detect a supply voltage level and to cause the frequency of an...
7061277 Low power differential-to-single-ended converter with good duty cycle performance  
A differential-to-single-ended (DSE) converter receives a positive differential input and a negative differential input and generates a single-ended output. The DSE converter comprises: 1) a first...
7053685 Frequency signal enabling apparatus and method thereof  
The present invention discloses a frequency signal enabling apparatus and the method thereof for filtering noises and glitch when entering an operating mode from a power-saving mode. When the pulse...
7053667 Single wire digital interface  
A single-wire digital interface for receiving digital data as a stream of pulses, with ‘1’ and ‘0’ logic levels represented with pulses having “first” and “second” pulse widths,...
7034515 Instantaneous voltage lowering detection device  
An instantaneous voltage dip detection device is provided with: all-pass filter ( 2 ) for phase shifting a supply voltage waveform ( 11 ) by 90°; a comparator 7 that outputs a signal when the...
6960951 Circuit for detecting a logic transition with improved stability of the length of a detection signal pulse  
A circuit for detecting a logic transition is proposed. The circuit includes an input terminal for receiving a logic signal, an output terminal for generating a detection signal, two capacitors, in...
6859423 Motor drive circuit for a disk drive apparatus  
When a circuit that is likely to cause noise is enabled, a control circuit turns on a switch so that an inverter will be formed by one P-channel MOSFET and two parallel-connected N-channel MOSFETs....
6788111 One cell programmable switch using non-volatile cell  
A one transistor, non-volatile programmable switch comprises a first node and a second node coupled with corresponding circuit elements in an integrated circuit. A single, non-volatile programmable...
6775809 Technique for determining performance characteristics of electronic systems  
A technique for determining performance characteristics of electronic systems is disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for determining performance...
6762636 Circuit and method for adjusting duty cycle of a high speed, low swing output signal  
A circuit, system, and method is provided for regulating the pulse width and/or duty cycle of a signal indirectly or directly used to drive, e.g., a transmitter. The load of the transmitter can be,...
6545509 Voltage measurement circuit using an improved comparator  
A comparator circuit with comparing means for comparing first and second voltages, has current source circuitry for providing current to said comparing means, said current source circuitry having...
6535024 Clock signal filtering circuit  
A clock signal filtering circuit includes a bistable flip-flop and a controller for controlling state changes of the flip-flop. A first activation circuit activates the controller by edges of...
6456134 Duty cycle discriminating circuit having variable threshold point  
A duty cycle discriminating circuit used, for example, in a VTR includes an up/down counter with sign bit for counting up or counting down a count clock signal depending on a potential level of a...
6393069 Circuit and method for compensating for degradation in pulse width of burst data  
The output from a digital signal amplitude regenerator circuit in which the amplitude of a transmitted burst data signal is amplified, and an initial potential generator circuit, are connected to a...
6337649 Comparator digital noise filter  
Spurious pulses are eliminated in the output of a comparator performing analog to digital conversion by addition of logic which eliminates pulses having a width less than a selected width from the...
6320438 Duty-cycle correction driver with dual-filter feedback loop  
A clock generator has a duty cycle correction circuit that adjusts the duty cycle to 50%. A modulator is an inverter with extra source-limiting transistors in series to the power and ground...
6292524 Counting apparatus and rotation stopped detection apparatus which uses a counting apparatus  
A counting apparatus having excellent fail-safe characteristics can be used in a rotation-stopped detection apparatus. As a first feature, timing of a high-frequency signal P 2 is carried out by a...
6255860 Pulse detection circuit, method of operation thereof and fan assembly test circuit employing the same  
A pulse detection circuit, a method of operation and a fan assembly test circuit employing the same. In one embodiment, the pulse detection circuit includes a charge pump that receives an input...
6198310 Circuit arrangement for monitoring a clock-timed load  
A circuit arrangement for monitoring a load operated with a clock signal is provided. The circuit arrangement may be applied to the field of automotive engineering. The circuit arrangement includes...
6184720 Internal voltage generating circuit of a semiconductor device using test pad and a method thereof  
An internal voltage generating circuit and method for generating thereof in semiconductor device capable of performing test without any needless transfer between a test equipment and a repair...
6169765 Apparatus and method for output signal pulse width error correction in a communications receiver  
An output signal pulse width error correction circuit and method wherein errors in a data signal conforming to a communications protocol having a prescribed duty cycle are corrected by monitoring a...
6064237 Device for removing noise  
A device for removing a noise, in which a delay circuit is used for positively removing a noise contained in a signal regardless of the signal transitioning either from high to low or vice versa....
6047032 Signal equalization and data recovery with non-linear digital threshold feedback  
In a digital communication system, analog equalization and data recovery are provided with non-linear digital feedback at the receiver, to overcome frequency domain distortion imposed by the...
5880615 Method and apparatus for detecting differential threshold levels while compensating for baseline wander  
A method and an apparatus for detecting differential threshold levels of a differential signal being carried in first and second lines while compensating for baseline wander. In one embodiment,...
5841301 Valuable threshold waveform shaping apparatus  
A waveform shaping apparatus includes a comparing device for comparing a sensor output signal with a threshold voltage to convert the sensor output signal into a waveform shaped signal. The...
5834968 Low pass filter  
A low pass filter comprises a complementary signal generator circuit for receiving an input pulse signal to output a first and a second signals having phases inverse to each other, a first CR...
5737140 Simple pulse position modulation channel/decoder  
In a magnetic recording reproducing apparatus, a detecting and decoding circuit comprising: a first integrator having an input for receiving a pulse position modulated (PPM) encoded signal...
5703504 Feedforward adaptive threshold processing method  
A signal processing circuit (10) generates a bias signal (27) that is used for biasing a comparator (26). An input signal (14) is compared to the bias signal (27) in order to reconstruct the input...
5696463 Address transition detecting circuit which generates constant pulse width signal  
An address transition detecting circuit comprising a first address transition detecting stage for generating a first address transition detection signal, the first address transition detection...
5686846 Time duration trigger  
An oscilloscope has a trigger circuit which is operable in any one of three different modes. The trigger circuit has a number of edge detect circuits which generate pulses in response to a rising...
5680265 Circuit for detecting contact of MR head with disk surface  
A circuit for detecting contact of a magneto-resistive (MR) head with a disk surface by properly sensing disturbance signals without being effected by noises using a simple configuration. The...
5646565 Pulse-width-extension circuit and electronic device including the circuit  
A pulse-width-extension circuit for producing an output pulse signal whose pulse width is extended as compared with a pulse width of an input pulse signal when the pulse width of the input pulse...
5631567 Process for predicting propagation delay using linear interpolation  
According to the present invention, a process for use with automatic test equipment ("ATE") for determining a propagation delay in a semiconductor circuit is provided. In one embodiment of the...
5631585 Wave-shaping circuit  
A wave-shaping circuit comprises a dynamic hysteresis generating circuit for generating a dynamic hysteresis voltage having a certain crest value and whose signal level attenuates at a speed...
5483154 Apparatus for detecting signal frequency and controlling indicating device  
An apparatus and a method for discriminating the frequency of an input signal and for providing a binary output signal. The binary output signal can be used to control an indicating device and/or...
5479118 Pulse width discriminating circuit  
A pulse width discriminating circuit comprises an edge detecting circuit receiving an input signal for generating a detection signal when the input signal rises up, first to third counters each...
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