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5754068 CMOS logic LSI having a long internal wiring conductor for signal transmission  
In a semiconductor integrated circuit having an internal wiring conductor for transferring an internal signal, an intermediate voltage generator generates an intermediate voltage equal to a half of...
5745000 CMOS low voltage current reference  
A CMOS current reference is provided that is relatively independent of supply voltage and generates a substantially steady current. The current reference includes a plurality of P-channel FETs and...
5739718 Integrated circuit in which some functional components are made to work with one and the same operating characteristic  
In an integrated circuit, a central reference generator (3) generates a setpoint signal determining the operating characteristic required to be common to some of the functional components of the...
5736876 Circuit for the detection of voltage thresholds  
A circuit to detect the crossing of at least one voltage threshold by an input voltage of an integrated circuit has two arms mounted in negative feedback configuration, each comprising a forward...
5736881 Diode drive current source  
A current source that uses a regulated constant current power source to supply current to drive a load, and the load current is controlled by shunt switches. If a plurality of loads utilize less...
5736894 Semiconductor device and method of adjusting internal power supply potential of the semiconductor device  
In a level generating circuit 1 included in an internal power supply circuit of a DRAM, MOS transistors 14 and 16 for inactivating a V 1 generating circuit 3, and MOS transistors 23 and 25 for...
5731735 Power supply circuit for driving an integrated circuit, wherein the power supply is adjusted based on temperature so that a delay variation within the IC according to temperature may be cancelled  
In a power supply circuit for driving one IC chip on which first and second semiconductor circuit sections are formed integrally with each other as an IC, and wherein the first semiconductor...
5726604 Differential transconductor stage dynamically controlled by the input signal's amplitude  
The dynamic range of operation of a differential transconductance input stage is reduced when the amplitude of the input signal decreases, thus reducing the level of the noise that is generated by...
5721509 Charge pump having reduced threshold voltage losses  
A charge pump (40) is implemented with several stages (30), including a control stage (50), in a manner integral with a ring-oscillator loop. The charge pump (40) is more efficient for producing...
5686859 Semiconductor switch including a pre-driver with a capacitively isolated power supply  
When an IGBT element (9) is turned off and an IGBT element (19) is turned on, capacitors (1, 2) are charged by a current successively passing through the capacitor (1), a resistive element (4), a...
5682117 Half power supply voltage generating circuit in a semiconductor memory device  
A half Vcc generating circuit generates an accurate half supply voltage with high driving power. The half Vcc generating circuit includes a bias circuit supplied with an internal supply voltage and...
5682118 Circuit for controlling the voltages between well and sources of the transistors of and MOS logic circuit, and system for slaving the power supply to the latter including the application thereof  
The control circuit includes a reference MOS transistor (24) on which preermined operating characteristics are imposed. Circuitry (21, 22, 23) is provided for comparing an operating characteristic...
5675269 Semiconductor device including resistor having precise resistance value  
This invention provides a semiconductor device including a circuit having a resistor element whose resistance value can be controlled via application of a control voltage, and permits the circuit...
5668497 Direct-current voltage generating circuit intermittently activated for reducing electric power consumption  
Disclosed is a DC voltage generating circuit for reducing an electric power consumption in a semiconductor memory device. The DC voltage generating circuit comprises: a refresh counter for setting...
5663917 Semiconductor circuit having MOS circuit for use in strong electric field  
A semiconductor circuit has a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor. The first and fourth transistors are a first conduction type, and the second and...
5659265 Driver circuit for the generation of a switching voltage  
A driver circuit for the generation of a switching voltage, particularly a negative switching voltage, which is suitable for GaAs technology. Field effect transistors whose electric properties can...
5654663 Circuit for providing a compensated bias voltage  
A bias circuit for generating a bias voltage over variations in the power supply voltage and over process parameters is disclosed. The bias circuit utilizes a voltage divider to generate a divided...
5650746 Circuit arrangement for capacitance amplification  
A simple circuit arrangement for amplifying the effect of a capacitance. The input of the circuit arrangement is connected to an output of a current mirror circuit and, via the capacitance, to an...
5646577 SHF output power and channel frequency switching apparatus in FPU system  
The SHF output power and channel frequency switching apparatus having an SHF power amplifier for amplifying an SHF signal and supplying the amplified SHF output power signal to a transmitting...
5640122 Circuit for providing a bias voltage compensated for p-channel transistor variations  
A bias circuit for generating a bias voltage that tracks power supply voltage variations, and that is compensated for variations in p-channel transistor and process parameters, is disclosed. The...
5638013 Charge redistribution circuit and method  
In a signal transmission circuit having a plurality of signal lines for supplying potentials to load capacitances, in which each load capacitance is driven by each signal line, each signal line can...
5635865 Power driving circuit of a thin film transistor liquid crystal display  
A power driving circuit of a thin film transistor liquid crystal display includes Darlington circuits for generating voltages corresponding to the gate driving voltages required in the displays....
5635853 Inherently balanced voltage regulation and current supply for bus termination  
An inherently balanced electrical supply system for a bus provides improved reliability for bus termination in computer systems. The system is particularly well suited for applications such as...
5627490 Amplifier circuit  
An amplifier circuit for amplifying a change in a resistance value of a magnetic resistance element is formed by connecting a first and a second current mirror circuits having the same structure in...
5627491 Plural stage circuit with automatic adaptation to first and second voltage ranges of a common voltage source  
A circuit arrangement which comprises at least one stage which is to be fed by a source voltage from a common voltage source, at least one of these stages comprising a control signal generating...
5627485 Voltage-independent super voltage detection circuit  
This invention is a super voltage detection circuit that functions independent of power supply voltage. The circuit employs a reference node that is coupled to V CC through a current-limiting...
5627493 Semiconductor device having supply voltage deboosting circuit  
The semiconductor device comprises: an internal supply voltage deboosting circuit for inputting an external supply voltage, deboosting the inputted external supply voltage, and outputting a...
5619166 Active filtering method and apparatus  
An adaptive active filtering method and apparatus that detects changes in noise conditions and reduces the signal propagation speed as noise conditions worsen. This active filter has a level...
5619160 Control circuit for setting a bias source at partial stand-by  
The invention relates to a control circuit for setting a ΔVbe/R bias source at stand-by from a stand-by control signal including circuitry for virtually modifying, as a function of the state of...
5598122 Voltage reference circuit having a threshold voltage shift  
An output driver circuit for an integrated circuit is disclosed, where the output driver drives an output terminal with a high logic level having a voltage limited from the power supply voltage of...
5596297 Output driver circuitry with limited output high voltage  
An output driver circuit for an integrated circuit is disclosed, where the output driver drives an output terminal with a high logic level having a voltage limited from the power supply voltage of...
5592430 Semiconductor device equipped with simple stable switching circuit for selectively supplying different power voltages  
An electrically erasable and programmable read only memory device is equipped with a supply voltage switching circuit responsive to a write enable signal for selectively supplying a write-in...
5592115 Voltage booster circuit of the charge-pump type with a bootstrapped oscillator  
The invention relates to charge-pump circuits used for the generation, in an integrated circuit, of an internal supply voltage Vpp which is considerably greater than the external supply voltage...
5592119 Half power supply voltage generating circuit for a semiconductor device  
A half power supply voltage generating circuit receiving first and second power supply voltages and comprising; a bias circuit for generating first and second reference voltages in response to the...
5589794 Dynamically controlled voltage reference circuit  
An output driver circuit for an integrated circuit is disclosed, where the output driver drives an output terminal with a high logic level having a voltage limited from the power supply voltage of...
5581209 Adjustable current source  
An output driver circuit for an integrated circuit is disclosed, where the output driver drives an output terminal with a high logic level having a voltage limited from the power supply voltage of...
5578957 Integrated circuit having different power supplies for increased output voltage range while retaining small device geometries  
An integrated circuit for driving an active or passive matrix liquid crystal display panel or the like provides an analog output signal which switches through a voltage range that exceeds the safe...
5576656 Voltage regulator for an output driver with reduced output impedance  
An output driver circuit for an integrated circuit is disclosed, where the output driver drives an output terminal with a high logic level having a voltage limited from the power supply voltage of...
5574397 Signal output circuit operating stably and arrangement of power supply interconnection line therefor in semiconductor integrated circuit device  
A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a pad receiving a power supply potential and a pad receiving a ground potential both formed on a chip, and a power supply potential line and a...
5572478 Power supply unit for an IC memory card  
A power supply unit including DC-DC converter using a thin and planar inductor arranged in an IC memory card incorporating an EEPROM memory chip, wherein a voltage is adjusted by a dropping...
5572161 Temperature insensitive filter tuning network and method  
A method and circuit for tuning an equivalent resistor in a filter so that the filter is insensitive to temperature changes in which an amplifier output is connected to a common gate of plural...
5570047 Semiconductor integrated circuit with sense amplifier control circuit  
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes memory cell blocks having memory cells arranged in matrix, sense amplifiers, each located adjacent to the memory cells, and sense amplifier control...
5568085 Unit for stabilizing voltage on a capacitive node  
A unit for stabilizing the voltage on a capacitive node of a memory array, such as a common node bit line (CNBL), is disclosed. The unit includes an amplifier connected to the CNBL line and to one...
5552739 Integrated circuit power supply having piecewise linearity  
A power supply for an integrated circuit has a piecewise linear operating characteristic for improved integrated circuit testing and screening. In an integrated circuit that receives an externally...
5550775 Semiconductor device for generating high voltage potentials  
A semiconductor device comprises: a signal of high voltage not less than the power voltage; a first transistor for transmitting the high voltage signal; a second transistor for electrically...
5546042 High precision voltage regulation circuit for programming multiple bit flash memory  
A voltage regulation circuit that includes a sample and hold circuit for sampling an input voltage and for holding a reference voltage generated in response to the input voltage. The sample and...
5546040 Power efficient transistor and method therefor  
A power efficient transistor (11) which operates in or near saturation having a base (16), a collector (17), and an emitter (18). A first transistor (12) having a base, collector, and emitter...
5541540 MOS half-bridge drive circuit, particularly for power MOS half-bridges  
A drive circuit includes a voltage source supplying a reference voltage at its output; a voltage elevating circuit connected to a supply voltage and to the output of the voltage source, and...
5539351 Circuit and method for reducing a gate volage of a transmission gate within a charge pump circuit  
A circuit and method for reducing a gate voltage of a transmission gate to prevent overvoltage that could damage or affect reliability of the transmission gate. The transmission gate resides in a...
5537065 Programmable voltage detection system  
A system and method for detecting the voltage level of a power supply signal and generating a notification signal to indicate when the supply voltage exceeds a minimum voltage that is programmable...