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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7429887 Semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus  
Providing semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus capable of controlling the substrate voltage of a MOSFET so that the drain current for an arbitrary gate voltage value in a subthreshold region...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7397282 Semiconductor integrated circuit device  
A semiconductor integrated circuit device which includes a logical circuit containing a MIS transistor on a semiconductor substrate, a control circuit for controlling a threshold voltage of the MIS...
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...
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...
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...
7391232 Method and apparatus for extending lifetime reliability of digital logic devices through reversal of aging mechanisms  
An apparatus for extending lifetime reliability of CMOS circuitry includes a logic high supply rail, a logic low supply rail, and a virtual supply rail. In an intense recovery mode of operation, a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7365590 Semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus  
A semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus capable of controlling the substrate voltage of a MOSFET so hat the drain current for an arbitrary gate voltage value in a subthreshold region or a...
7358793 Semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus  
Providing semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus capable of controlling the substrate voltage of a MOSFET so that the drain current for an arbitrary gate voltage value in a subthreshold region...
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...
7355437 Latch-up prevention circuitry for integrated circuits with transistor body biasing  
An integrated circuit such as a programmable logic device integrated circuit is provided that contains body-biased metal-oxide-semiconductor transistors and latch-up prevention circuitry to prevent...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7330049 Adjustable transistor body bias generation circuitry with latch-up prevention  
An integrated circuit is provided with body bias generation circuitry. The body bias generation circuitry generates a body bias signal that is provided to transistors on a body bias path. The body...
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...
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...
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 (...
7317627 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...
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...
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...
7307465 Step-down voltage output circuit  
To provide a step-down voltage output circuit which causes no latch-up phenomenon for the period between activation of a power supply and complete start of operation of a charge pump circuit. The...
7307464 System and method for switching between high voltage and low voltage  
A system and method for providing a voltage. The system includes a first transistor with a first gate, a first terminal, and a second terminal, a second transistor with a second gate, a third...
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