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7612599 Semiconductor device  
Clock skew can be reduced by suppressing fluctuation in wiring leads between the final stage clock buffers and the clock distribution circuit for supplying the clock. In view of attaining such...
7592860 Minimizing the number of external terminals required when compensation is to be provided for signal drop in bond wire of a package in which an integrated circuit is provided  
Compensation is provided for signal drop in bond wires of an integrated circuit (IC) while minimizing the number of external terminals in the IC package. A functional circuit provides an output...
7586355 Low skew clock distribution tree  
A clock distribution tree for an integrated circuit memory includes a set of data drivers, a corresponding set of input buffers coupled to the data drivers, a first clock distribution tree coupled...
7557646 Semiconductor device with non-intersecting power and ground wiring patterns  
A semiconductor circuit is installed on a printed circuit board having a power wiring pattern and a ground wiring pattern that do not intersect. The semiconductor circuit includes a first power...
7557645 Semiconductor device  
In order to prevent a signal of a signal wiring from receiving a bad influence due to a power supply capacitor, provided is a semiconductor including a high reference potential terminal and a low...
7545205 Low power on-chip global interconnects  
An apparatus including a first circuit, a second circuit and a third circuit. The first circuit may be configured to (a) receive (i) a plurality of input signals and (ii) a clock signal and (b)...
7545196 Clock distribution for specialized processing block in programmable logic device  
Clocks are distributed efficiently to regions of a specialized processing block in a PLD. Multiple clocks are selected from a larger universe of clocks and distributed to the specialized processing...
7538603 Signal distribution architecture and semiconductor device  
Provided is a grid-type high-speed clock signal distribution network capable of reducing a difference in amplitude of a standing wave on a transmission line and of supplying a signal from any...
7528642 Semiconductor integrated circuit device and method of outputting signals on semiconductor integrated circuit  
A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first area. A first counter is provided in the first area, cyclically counts and outputs a first counter signal...
7525373 Compensation of process and voltage variability in multi-threshold dynamic voltage scaling circuits  
This invention relates to adaptively compensating for variations in integrated chip circuitry due to delays caused by multiple thresholds. The multi-threshold adaptive dynamic scaling system...
7521993 Substrate stress signal amplifier  
A computer system includes a substrate on which a first current mirror and a second current mirror are disposed. When a stress is present, a behavior, e.g., carrier mobility, of at least one of the...
7508256 Integrated circuit with signal bus formed by cell abutment of logic cells  
An integrated circuit with a signal bus formed by the cell abutment of logic cells. The integrated circuit comprises at least two logic cells. The signal bus is formed by cell abutment of the at...
7495269 Semiconductor device and electronic apparatus using the same  
A semiconductor device contains a semiconductor chip, and includes first and second circuits, a control signal line and a terminal. The first circuit is arranged in a center of the semiconductor...
7488995 Semiconductor integrated circuit device and I/O cell for the same  
In a semiconductor integrated circuit device in which a plurality of I/O cells having level shift circuits are placed in an I/O region, two input/output cells respectively have four level shift...
7486130 Clock skew compensation  
A clock distribution approach includes distributing a clock signal from a clock tree to a first set of circuit elements characterized by a first circuit characteristic; and distributing a clock...
7482861 Semiconductor integrated circuit device, and method of manufacturing the same  
A power MOSFET Qp and a protection circuit 3 are formed over a semiconductor substrate to constitute a construction in which the power MOSFET Qp and the protection circuit 3 are electrically...
7479825 Clock forming method for semiconductor integrated circuit and program product for the method  
Regions G 1 to G 8 each including a predetermined number of flip-flops (FF) are divided into two groups. This dividing is performed so that the number of data connection channels intersected by a...
7459965 Semiconductor integrated circuit  
The invention provides a semiconductor integrated circuit of which malfunction caused by noise from outside is reduced. The semiconductor integrated circuit has a power supply terminal, a ground...
7427886 Clock generating method and circuit thereof  
A clock generating method and circuit are provided. The circuit includes a basic clock unit, a plurality of subclock units, which are connected in parallel or in series, and a plurality of special...
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...
7391255 Semiconductor phase adjustment system module  
A module includes a semiconductor device, a phase adjustment circuit generating a second clock so that a phase adjustment signal output from the semiconductor device and a first clock have a...
7348837 Point diffusion signal distribution with minimized power consumption and signal skew  
For distributing a signal to loads in an area, the area is divided into a plurality of regions. A respective signal point is disposed in each region for providing the signal to a load in the...
7342440 Current regulator having a transistor and a measuring resistor  
The invention relates to a current regulator having the following features: a first semiconductor body ( 1; 1 ′) having a first and second terminal contact ( 11, 12 ), a transistor (T)...
7336089 Power line control circuit of semiconductor device  
A power line control circuit of a semiconductor device in which a width of a power line can be selectively controlled. The power line control circuit of the semiconductor device according to the...
7321257 Semiconductor device capable of detecting an open bonding wire using weak current  
An IC chip has a series regulator built therein. A battery voltage is applied to an input pin. An output of a transistor constituting the series regulator occurs at an output pin via an output pad....
7307331 Integrated radio front-end module with embedded circuit elements  
A highly integrated radio front-end module. In one embodiment a semiconductor substrate is processed with various circuit components in the substrate, as well as interconnections for the various...
7305222 Radio frequency integrated circuit having reduced receiver noise levels  
A radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) includes a digital to analog converter, an analog to digital converter, and a radio module. The digital to analog converter (DAC) is operably coupled to...
7286007 Configurable clock network for programmable logic device  
In a programmable logic device having high-speed serial interface channels, a clock distribution network for providing one or more high-speed clocks to dynamic phase alignment circuitry of those...
7245173 Method to reduce integrated circuit power consumption by using differential signaling within the device  
A method of power consumption reduction in integrated circuits comprising extensive use of differential signaling within said circuits. Differential signaling comprises a pair of coupled,...
7227407 Integration and terminal arrangement of parallel monitor circuits  
Integration and terminal arrangement of serially-connected parallel monitor circuits, capable of monitoring the terminal voltages of serially-connected capacitors, are disclosed. A semiconductor...
7221214 Delay value adjusting method and semiconductor integrated circuit  
The method provides wide-range delay value adjustment without making changes in cell size and metal wiring, even when a process variation occurs. Threshold values of some or all of the transistors...
7199653 Semiconductor device with operation mode set by external resistor  
A semiconductor device capable of setting a large number of operation modes with a single external terminal, while ensuring a stable operation mode regardless of fluctuations in the power supply...
7174525 Integrated structure layout and layout of interconnections for an instruction execution unit of an integrated circuit chip  
An integrated structure layout of functional blocks and interconnections for an integrated circuit chip. Data dependency comparator blocks are arranged in rows and columns. This arrangement defines...
7159203 Differential delay-line  
A printed circuit board is built including metal traces for a differential clock. Within a break in each metal trace pads for a delay line socket are included along with pads for two 0-ohm...
7138850 High-gain synchronizer circuitry and methods  
High-gain synchronizer circuitry and methods are provided that reduce the meta-stable resolve time of a synchronizer circuit. The high-gain synchronizer is made up of high-gain latch circuits. The...
7123084 Semiconductor integrated circuit and designing method for same  
A power supply cell is arranged in the corner of a rectangular semiconductor chip. A first or second power supply voltage is supplied to a pad of the power supply cell. A first connecting line of...
7099648 Radio frequency integrated circuit layout with noise immunity border  
An RFIC includes a baseband processing module, a digital to analog converter, an analog to digital converter, a radio module, and a border section. The border section is fabricated on the...
7095999 Signal processing semiconductor integrated circuit device  
A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising a first circuit block including an oscillation circuit considered to be a noise generator and a second circuit block including circuits considered to...
7081778 Semiconductor integrated circuit related to a circuit operating on the basis of a clock signal  
A semiconductor integrated circuit comprises therein a plurality of logic circuits synchronously designed to operate in synchronization with a clock signal, a first power supply wire for supplying...
7055045 Automatic mode detection circuits for configuring a terminal as an output terminal in a first mode as an input terminal in a second mode  
Mode detection circuitry includes first detection circuitry which detects the presence of a first input signal selectively presented at a first terminal for a first selected time duration and, in...
7042269 Method for dynamic balancing of a clock tree  
The present invention provides a method to balance a clock tree dynamically. A controllable buffer is inserted in a specific level of a clock tree, and a controller is provided for adjusting two...
7005907 Integrated circuit device with clock skew reduced  
In an integrated circuit device, a clock signal distribution section is arranged in an outer circumferential area of a semiconductor chip to supply a clock signal. Each of interface circuit blocks...
6995608 Reconfigurable analog cell and an arrangement comprising a plurality of such cell  
The reconfigurable analog cell according to the invention comprises admittances y ab having first terminals (a) which are coupled to first terminals SW 1 of a first plurality of switches, and...
6978122 High-frequency switching device incorporating an inverter circuit  
A high frequency switching device includes a control terminal, a power source terminal, a GND terminal, an RF terminal, a switch section, a control section, and protecting diodes. The switch...
6958654 Layout technique for matched resistors on an integrated circuit substrate  
Provided a method of reducing impedance variations in an electrical circuit structured and arranged for placement on an integrated circuit (IC) substrate. The method includes forming sets of...
6948922 Hermetic compressor and open compressor  
The present invention provides a hermetic or open compressor for hydrocarbon refrigerant having high reliability. According to the present invention, in the compressor using hydrocarbon as...
6933800 Printed circuit suppression of high-frequency spurious signals  
In electronic equipment, such as, for example, a personal computer printed circuit board, an arrangement for mitigating EMI, noise and other spurious signals at high frequencies. The arrangement...
6924688 Rectifying charge storage device with antenna  
A composite rectifying charge storage device, consisting of a rectifier and capacitor which share common elements, is combined in a circuit with an antenna for remote energization in response to an...
6911700 Semiconductor integrated circuit device including digital and analog circuits comprising electrostatic destruction protection circuits  
A semiconductor integrated circuit including a digital circuit and an analog circuit which are integrated on a single semiconductor chip comprises a first electrostatic destruction protection...
6900691 Semiconductor integrated circuit  
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first pad mounted on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, a second pad mounted on the main surface and positioned adjacent to the first pad, a...