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7616050 Power supply circuit for producing a reference current with a prescribable temperature dependence  
A power supply circuit is provided for producing a reference current with a prescribable temperature dependence. The circuit includes two current sinks, which at their respective input take up a...
7610165 Semiconductor memory device having on die thermal sensor  
A semiconductor memory device includes: a temperature information output unit for measuring an internal temperature of the semiconductor memory device, and generating a plurality of flag signals,...
7609105 Voltage level generating device  
The present invention discloses a voltage level generating device. The voltage level generating device includes: a reference voltage generating module, a first circuit module, a second circuit...
7605643 Voltage generation circuit and method thereof  
A voltage generation circuit may include a static current circuit and/or a current mirror. The static current circuit may include a first resistor. The current mirror may include a second resistor,...
7605642 Generic voltage tolerant low power startup circuit and applications thereof  
Circuits and systems including a startup circuit coupled to a reference source for providing startup current to the reference source wherein no transistor of the startup circuit experiences a...
7605641 Apparatus comprising a charge pump and LCD driver comprising such an apparatus  
Apparatus comprising a charge pump ( 20 ) with multiple independently regulated outputs (V 1 , V 2 ) for providing different voltage levels at each of said outputs. The charge pump ( 20 ) comprises...
7602235 Semiconductor device with internal current generating section  
A semiconductor device comprising an internal current generating section ( 1 ) for supplying an output current (i 2 ) dependent on an input current (i 1 ) into an IC, an external terminal ( 2 ) for...
7602234 Substantially zero temperature coefficient bias generator  
In an embodiment, a bias generator circuit comprises a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit includes a first input coupled to a voltage source and a first output that provides a...
7602230 Control integrated circuit for a charge pump  
An integrated control circuit for a charge pump includes a first device for regulating the output voltage of the charge pump and a second device for increasing the output voltage from the charge...
7598798 Trimmer device and related trimming method  
A trimmer device for adjusting a reference signal of a target circuit is disclosed. The trimmer device includes: a switch controlling module and an impedance adjustment circuit. The switch...
7595745 Circuit for converting a voltage range of a logic signal  
In a circuit to convert a first logic signal having a first range to a second logic signal having a second range, a switch selectively couples an output node to a first reference voltage when the...
7595685 Power efficient and fast settling bias current generation circuit and system  
Bias current generation systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a bias current generation system comprises a proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT) current source generating a PTAT current,...
7595684 Voltage generation circuit and semiconductor memory using the same  
The voltage generation circuit is disclosed that has a standard voltage generation circuit, a minimum voltage setting circuit, a voltage setting circuit that gradually sets voltage by switching a...
7592862 Digital temperature sensing device using temperature depending characteristic of contact resistance  
A digital temperature sensing device uses temperature depending characteristic of contact resistance of a MOS transistor and a self-refresh driving device adjusts its self-refresh period depending...
7589584 Programmable voltage regulator with dynamic recovery circuits  
Voltage regulator circuitry is provided. The voltage regulator circuitry is suitable for powering core logic on a programmable logic device. The voltage regulator circuitry receives an external...
7589580 Reference current generating method and current reference circuit  
Provided are a reference current generating method and a current reference circuit. The reference current generating method includes generating a first current using a NMOS transistor and a second...
7586365 Apparatus for controlling voltage  
An apparatus for controlling a voltage includes a reference voltage generator that generates reference voltage, and a bulk bias voltage generator that generates a bulk bias voltage using the...
7586364 Power supply voltage controlling circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit  
A power supply voltage controlling circuit has a voltage regulator circuit that supplies a current to an output terminal from at least any of a first power supply and a second power supply, and...
7586340 Driving apparatus having an adjustable driving current output  
An exemplary driving apparatus capable of generating a driving current, including: an analog input generating circuit, an analog input driving circuit, and an output circuit. The analog input...
7583107 Sense amplifier circuit for low voltage applications  
A sense amplifier circuit for low voltage applications is provided. In one implementation, the sense amplifier circuit includes a reference current generation circuit coupled to a power supply. The...
7583034 LED controller and method therefor  
In one embodiment, a vertical N-channel transistor is coupled in a high side configuration to control a current through an LED. A control circuit operates the vertical N-channel transistor to...
7579903 Power-source potential control circuit and method of trimming power-source potential  
A power-source potential control circuit has: an output terminal outputting a control signal to a power-source generating device which generates a power-source potential in accordance with the...
7576597 Electronic device and related method for performing compensation operation on electronic element  
The present invention discloses an electronic device and related method for performing a compensation operation on an electronic element, wherein the electronic device includes: a control module,...
7576596 Internal voltage generator of semiconductor device  
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to provide an internal voltage generator of a semiconductor memory device for generating a predetermined stable level of an internal voltage. The...
7576595 Buffer circuit  
The objective of the present invention is to present a buffer circuit by which a load can be driven at a high speed while restraining an increase in power consumption. A current input to npn...
7576594 Method and device for reducing influence of early effect  
A method is provided for improving the performance of a circuit containing a three-terminal device. In the operation of a circuit containing three-terminal device 10 , the influence of the Early...
7573325 CMOS reference current source  
A CMOS reference current source comprises two circuit branches connected in parallel between supply terminals. The first circuit branch includes a series connection of a bias current source (MP 1 )...
7573323 Current mirror bias trimming technique  
A reference current is generated by a current mirror circuit. An operational amplifier of a feedback circuit generates a control voltage for control of the feedback circuit transistor. The size of...
7570107 Band-gap reference voltage generator  
A band-gap reference voltage generator is provided that is capable of being used at low voltage simultaneously with adjusting a reference voltage.
7570040 Accurate voltage reference circuit and method therefor  
In one embodiment, a voltage reference circuit is configured to use two differentially coupled transistors to form a delta Vbe for the voltage reference circuit.
7567117 Data output clock signal generating apparatus and semiconductor integrated circuit with the same  
A data clock control apparatus includes a bias voltage generator configured to receive a plurality of test mode signals and a plurality of fuse signals and to generate a bias voltage to secure a...
7564300 High voltage generator  
A high voltage generator includes a charge pump configured to output a pumping voltage in accordance with a first clock signal and a second clock signal having a level opposed to a level of the...
7564299 Voltage regulator  
In some embodiments, regulator circuits are provided.
7554387 Precision on chip bias current generation  
Bias current generation circuits and systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a bias current generation system comprises a current generation circuit generating a first current based on a first...
7554312 DC-to-DC voltage converter  
According to an embodiment of the invention, a method and apparatus for DC voltage conversion are described. According to one embodiment, a voltage converter comprises a current mirror, the current...
7551020 Enhanced output impedance compensation  
A compensation circuit for compensating an output impedance of at least a first MOS device over PVT variations to which the first MOS device may be subjected includes a first current source...
7551005 Output circuit and current source circuit used in the same  
An output circuit includes a constant current circuit that generates and supplies a constant current to an output terminal of the output circuit. Based on the constant current, the output circuit...
7551003 Current mirror circuit and constant current circuit having the same  
A current mirror circuit includes a pair of first and second transistors having bases connected together and emitters connected to a power line, a resistor connected between the bases of the first...
7548088 Systems and methods for current management for digital logic devices  
Systems and methods for current management for digital logic devices are provided. In one embodiment, a method of current management for a digital logic circuit comprises drawing power to drive a...
7545204 Semiconductor device  
A semiconductor device is disclosed which can perform a stable data inputting operation by overdriving a terminal supplying an internal voltage used as a drive voltage for a write driver such that...
7545200 Leakage current compensated system  
A leakage current compensated multiplex driver system includes a multichannel mux having a predetermined leakage current at the switched side of each channel and a leakage current compensation...
7545199 Power supply circuit for oscillator of semiconductor memory device and voltage pumping device using the same  
Disclosed are a power supply circuit for an oscillator of a semiconductor memory device and a voltage pumping device using the same. In the power supply circuit, a voltage divider divides a voltage...
7545165 System architectures for and methods of scheduling on-chip and across-chip noise events in an integrated circuit  
Integrated circuit (IC) system architectures that allow for the reduction of on-chip or across-chip transient noise budgets by providing a means to avoid simultaneous high current demand events...
7541861 Matching for time multiplexed transistors  
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method of matching currents to a known ratio including generating a control signal from a control circuit, which includes a value that...
7535284 Switching control circuit  
A switching control circuit, controlling a transistor, of a voltage generating circuit generating an output voltage of a target level from an input voltage applied to the transistor, comprising: an...
7535283 Gate drive circuit, semiconductor module and method for driving switching element  
There is provided with a gate drive circuit including: a first switching element connected at one end to a power terminal; a second switching element connected at one end to the other end of the...
7532515 Voltage reference generator using big flash cell  
A voltage reference generator includes multiple closed loop voltage references. Each of the closed loop voltage references uses a flash cell with a variable threshold voltage and a feedback loop to...
7532063 Apparatus for generating reference voltage in semiconductor memory apparatus  
An apparatus for generating a reference voltage in a semiconductor memory apparatus according includes: a first voltage generating unit configured to generate a voltage proportional to temperature;...
7528637 Driver circuit  
A driver circuit for outputting an output signal corresponding to an input signal given to the driver circuit, includes a voltage generating unit for outputting a basic output voltage corresponding...
7525370 Circuits for generating a reference voltage  
A circuit of generation of a reference voltage by a first MOS transistor connected to a first terminal of application of a supply voltage, the first transistor being in series with a second MOS...