Patents in Class 327/534

Matches 51 - 100 out of 593

Match	Document	Document Title
51	7486127	Transistor switch with integral body connection to prevent latchup A circuit device having a transistor-based switch topology that substantially eliminates the possibility of latchup of the device. A series-connected low voltage threshold (LVT) N-channel...
52	7479813	Low voltage circuit with variable substrate bias In one form a circuit has a bias stage having an input signal terminal for receiving an input signal. The circuit modifies the input signal with a drive stage to provide an output signal in...
53	7480164	Semiconductor integrated circuit with voltage generation circuit, liquid crystal display controller and mobile electric equipment There is to be provided a liquid crystal drive controller with a built-in power supply circuit wherein latch-up is made difficult to arise even if one amplitude level of the segment line drive...
54	7479818	Sense amplifier flip flop A sense amplifier flip flop including a differential input portion, a differential amplifying portion including a first inverter and a second inverter, and a bias voltage generating portion. The...
55	7474139	Semiconductor integrated circuit device and frequency modulation device An N-type well region is formed in a P-type semiconductor substrate. In the N-type well region, a P-type well region is formed. The P-type well region is used as a back gate of a transistor. The...
56	7459959	Method and apparatus for driving LED's A plurality of LEDs is driven in parallel, in at least two modes. In a first mode, the LEDs are driven with a first voltage. In subsequent modes, the LEDs are driven with successively higher...
57	7459958	Circuits to reduce threshold voltage tolerance and skew in multi-threshold voltage applications A circuit and a method for adjusting the performance of an integrated circuit, the circuit includes: first and second sets of FETs having respective first and second threshold voltages, the first...
58	7453311	Method and apparatus for compensating for process variations A method and apparatus compensate for process variations in the fabrication of semiconductor devices. A semiconductor device includes a control circuit that measures a performance parameter of the...
59	7449973	Semiconductor circuit for reducing flicker noise A semiconductor circuit for reducing flicker noise includes a negative-conductance generator and a body bias voltage supplying circuit. The negative-conductance generator includes a pair of...
60	7439792	High voltage generation circuit and semiconductor device having the same A high voltage generation circuit includes a pump clock generation unit configured to generate a pump clock signal in response to a pumping enable signal, a charge pump configured to generate a...
61	7436206	Semiconductor integrated circuit The present invention provides an integrated circuit capable of reducing a leak current and reliably holding data therein in a standby mode. A potential higher than a potential of a second source...
62	7432754	Voltage control circuit having a power switch A voltage control circuit includes a first transistor coupled to a first voltage supply terminal having a first voltage, a second transistor coupled to the first transistor and a node, a third...
63	7432756	Regulated charge pump circuit and application in power stages employing normally on power switching devices A charge pump circuit employs an oscillator powered by a variable positive supply voltage, storage and switching circuitry controlled by an oscillator signal from the oscillator, and a regulator...
64	7425861	Device and method for regulating the threshold voltage of a transistor A method and a device for regulating the threshold voltage of a transistor is disclosed. The device includes a circuit configured for modifying a voltage applied at a bulk connection of the...
65	7417489	Semiconductor integrated circuit having controller controlling the change rate of power voltage A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising: a power controller which outputs a voltage select signal for selecting one of at least two types of voltages; a power supply voltage controller which...
66	7417490	Internal voltage generator of semiconductor integrated circuit The internal voltage generator of a semiconductor integrated circuit includes at least one variable reference voltage generating unit that generates a base reference voltage increased or decreased...
67	7405611	Semiconductor integrated circuit device To save power consumption in a semiconductor integrated circuit 2 A increased due to a leak current caused by a variation in a manufacturing process, temperature, and a power supply voltage. A...
68	7405589	Apparatus and methods for power management in integrated circuits A programmable logic device (PLD) includes a non-volatile memory, a configuration memory, and a control circuitry. The control circuitry couples to the non-volatile memory and to the configuration...
69	7403060	Forward biasing protection circuit A forward biasing protection circuit is provided. More specifically, there is provided a device comprising a transistor, a resistive element coupled to the body terminal of the transistor, and a...
70	7400186	Bidirectional body bias regulation A system may include detection of a direction of transistor body current flow, and control of a regulator transistor to regulate a transistor body voltage based on the detected direction. In some...
71	7394304	Semiconductor integrated circuit, electronic device using the same, and controlling method of semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit comprises a logic circuit unit, a signal control unit, a first signal selecting unit to a third signal selecting unit, and a first element electrode to a fourth...
72	7391233	Method and apparatus for extending lifetime reliability of digital logic devices through removal of aging mechanisms An apparatus for extending lifetime reliability of CMOS circuitry includes a first switching device between a logic high supply rail/logic low supply rail, and a virtual supply rail coupled to the...
73	7391253	Power saving semiconductor integrated circuit device To save power consumption in a semiconductor integrated circuit 2 A increased due to a leak current caused by a variation in a manufacturing process, temperature, and a power supply voltage. A...
74	7386740	Method for efficient supply of power to a microcontroller A method and a system for supplying power to a microcontroller with a single cell. One embodiment of the present invention discloses incorporation of a power supply pump circuit with the...
75	7385436	Fully depleted silicon on insulator semiconductor devices A CMOS circuit in low-voltage implementation, low power-consumption implementation, high-speed implementation, or small-size implementation. In a circuit which uses a FD-SOI MOST where a back gate...
76	7385435	Programmable power gating circuit In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a programmable power gating circuit that includes a reference voltage generator to generate a reference voltage and a voltage selector, coupled...
77	7385433	Analog switch with reduced parasitic bipolar transistor injection According to the invention a well-switching arrangement, with a semiconductor circuit including a switch having an input terminal, an output terminal and a body region and at least one comparator...
78	7385434	Circuit for preventing latch-up in DC-DC converter There is provided a circuit for preventing latch-up in a DC-DC. The circuit for preventing a latch-up phenomenon in a DC-DC converter, the DC-DC converter having a first and a second DC-DC...
79	7378899	Semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit according to the present invention comprises a circuit as a controlled object including an MOS transistor, wherein a control potential (at least one of a...
80	7378898	Voltage droop suppressing circuit The invention proposes noise suppression circuits that are assembled together with capacitors on a CPU package. Charge is conveyed from the capacitors dedicated to the active noise suppression...
81	7379353	Voltage Pumping Device A voltage pumping device is disclosed. The device comprises a reference voltage generator for generating a reference voltage having different levels depending on whether a semiconductor device is...
82	7375580	Semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit having a circuit block including a MOS transistor that includes a bias input terminal, a source, and a substrate, in which the bias voltage is applied to the MOS...
83	7368977	Dimming method and system thereof A dimming method for LED driving circuit is proposed. By temporary switching a pin that is originally used for the input/output of other electric signals to a high impedance node, the dimming...
84	7368976	Method and apparatus for providing compensation against temperature, process and supply voltage variation In the present invention an apparatus and method for providing compensation against temperature, process and supply voltage variation in MOS circuits has been proposed. The invention provides a...
85	7355467	Physical layers Improvements to the physical layer are provided, for example a test circuit that does not introduce further skew into critical clock signals. A boundary scan test circuit is also provided used to...
86	7348827	Apparatus and methods for adjusting performance of programmable logic devices A programmable logic device (PLD) includes mechanisms for adjusting or setting the body bias of one or more transistors. The PLD includes a body-bias generator. The body-bias generator is...
87	7342435	Input stage resistant against negative voltage swings Apparatus ( 10 ) comprising a level shifter ( 15 ) connectable to a signal input ( 1 ) for receiving an input signal (s(t)) with a negative signal swing. The level shifter ( 15 ) provides for a DC...
88	7339415	SC circuit arrangement The invention relates to a linear SC circuit arrangement using integrated deep submicron technology, having at least one switched capacitor circuit which is connected to an input for inputting an...
89	7339441	Circuit and method for quickly turning off MOS device An OTA driving an MOS device needs to turn it off quickly to minimize overshoot during a heavy to light load state. The drains of the MOS device can be used to accelerate turning off the MOS...
90	7332955	High voltage generating circuit and semiconductor memory device having the same A high voltage generating circuit and semiconductor memory device having the same are provided, where the high voltage generating circuit includes a pumping driving signal generating means for...
91	7332954	Eased gate voltage restriction via body-bias voltage governor An arrangement, to ease restriction upon gate voltage (Vgg) magnitudes for a dynamic threshold MOS (DTMOS) transistor, may include: an MOS transistor including a gate and a body; and a...
92	7332953	Circuit and method for controlling the threshold voltage of transistors A control unit, for controlling a threshold voltage of a circuit unit having transistor devices, includes a reference circuit and a measuring unit. The measuring unit is configured to measure a...
93	7321254	On-chip automatic process variation, supply voltage variation, and temperature deviation (PVT) compensation method An on-chip substrate voltage controller which includes a plurality of chains of interconnected loaded ring oscillators connected to a multiplexer, where the multiplexer is configured to average the...
94	7321236	Apparatus and methods for programmable logic devices with improved performance characteristics Apparatus and methods are disclosed for improving the performance of a programmable logic device (PLD). A PLD includes a memory cell configured to provide a pair of voltages to a gate of a pass...
95	7319357	System for controlling switch transistor performance The present invention provides a system for controlling performance of a switch transistor ( 106 )—one that is implemented within a circuitry segment ( 100 ) to shut off a circuitry component (...
96	7315194	Booster circuit A booster circuit includes a first booster unit having a first output terminal from which a boosted voltage is output. The first output terminal is connected to an external output terminal. A...
97	7315196	Voltage generating circuit that produces internal supply voltage from external supply voltage A pump circuit includes first and second transistors connected between an input terminal and an output terminal, and a capacitor which is connected at its one end to the connection node of the...
98	7304530	Utilization of device types having different threshold voltages A technique implements high impedance nodes using high threshold voltage devices that may generate less leakage current and may have a higher gate oxide breakdown voltage than standard devices in a...
99	7304528	Charge pump with speed control A charge pump circuit includes a test mode control unit for generating a plurality of control signals according to a test mode enable signal and an input signal and fixing one of the plurality of...
100	7301390	*WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST* Controller for ORing field effect transistor An ORing element for use in a power supply and/or power system. The ORing element may include a field effect transistor (FET), a first bi-polar transistor and a second bi-polar transistor. The FET...

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