| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-6,084,448 |
Adaptive divider control for a phase lock loop circuit A phase lock loop circuit comprising a reference frequency divider, wherein the divisor increases until the desired operating frequency is reached. The input... |
| US-6,084,447 |
Pulse discriminating clock synchronizer for logic derived clock signals
with synchronous clock suspension... A programmable device includes circuitry for generating an asynchronous logic derived clock signal from one or more of a number of input signals. Circuitry for... |
| US-6,084,446 |
Power on reset circuit A circuit generates a power on reset signal in response to the changing of a supply potential across a supply node and a reference node from a power down level... |
| US-6,084,445 |
Power on/reset strap for a high speed circuit An initialization strap is disclosed. The initialization strap includes an electronic device capable of receiving a control signal and of transmitting a first... |
| US-6,084,444 |
Buffer driver reference circuit A circuit for charging or discharging a capacitive load. The circuit includes a buffer driver comprising first and second input terminals and an output terminal,... |
| US-6,084,442 |
Digital oscillator for generating two fixed pulse signals from one clock In order to use a digital oscillator to generate a target frequency ZT with a "high" or "low" level constant in time from a working clock by variable division by... |
| US-6,084,441 |
Apparatus for and method of processing data A data processing apparatus functions as a timer or counter by counting clock pulses of a system clock signal to generate a timing signal. The system clock... |
| US-6,084,440 |
Circuits and methods for canceling harmonic distortion in sample and
hold circuits The circuits and methods of the present invention provide sample and hold circuits that incorporate an auxiliary sampling leg that cancels distortion produced in... |
| US-6,084,439 |
Peak detector circuit with extended input voltage range A detector circuit may detect a peak value of at least one input voltage and may provide the peak value as an output for use by other circuitry capable of being... |
| US-6,084,438 |
Data determination circuit A P-type MOSFET transistor as a current source and an N-type MOSFET transistor are connected in series between a power supply and one end of a bit line that is... |
| US-6,084,437 |
Logic circuit utilizing pass transistors and logic gate A logic circuit combines a plurality of pass-transistor logic trees and a multiple-input logic gate for receiving intermediate logic signals from the respective... |
| US-6,084,436 |
Multi-input semiconductor logic device with mask pattern for reduced
parasitic capacitance A multi-input semiconductor logic device capable of high-speed operation includes a first to fifth source/drain regions formed in an active area, and first to... |
| US-6,084,435 |
Logic circuit A logic circuit contains a first transistor with a logic signal supplied to the base and having its collector connected to an output node. A second transistor... |
| US-6,084,434 |
Adjustable output driver circuit An output driver circuit offers wave-shaping and logic level adjustment for high speed data communications in a synchronous memory such as a dynamic random... |
| US-6,084,433 |
Integrated circuit SCSI input receiver having precision high speed input
buffer with hysteresis A high-speed SCSI input receiver has separate high and low level input buffers, each operating in response to a control voltage that conditions their respective... |
| US-6,084,432 |
Driver circuit having reduced noise A driver circuit has an output node coupled to a chip pad. A first PFET and a first resistor are connected between a power supply and the output node, wherein... |
| US-6,084,431 |
Output circuit providing protection against external voltages in excess
of power-supply voltage In a case where a plurality of outputs are connected and used, even when a voltage higher than the power-supply voltages inside the integrated circuit is applied... |
| US-6,084,430 |
Input buffer for a mixed voltage environment An input buffer to interface between a main logic circuit and a peripheral device, which includes a first transistor that is adapted to be coupled to a first... |
| US-6,084,429 |
PLD having a window pane architecture with segmented and staggered
interconnect wiring between logic block arrays A window pane architecture for FPGAs utilizes spaced subarrays having routing channels therebetween. In one embodiment, at least one routing channel includes... |
| US-6,084,428 |
Programmable integrated circuit having shared programming conductors
between columns of logic modules A field programmable gate array has columns of logic modules. A programming conductor used to conduct programming current to program antifuses of the field... |
| US-6,084,427 |
Programmable logic devices with enhanced multiplexing capabilities Programmable logic modules on a programmable logic device each include a four-input look-up table circuit which can be programmed to allow the logic module to... |
| US-6,084,426 |
Compensated input receiver with controlled switch-point A compensated CMOS receiver includes an inverter, at least one compensation transistor coupled between a first voltage and the output of the inverter, a... |
| US-6,084,425 |
Apparatus for adjusting impedance of controlling chip on a computer
mainboard An impedance adjusting apparatus of a controlling chip on a computer mainboard. When a computer is turned on, BIOS automatically detects the actual usage of the... |
| US-6,084,424 |
Adjustable biasing voltage for a bus line and associated method Method and apparatus for voltage biasing a bus line are disclosed. In one embodiment, a terminator voltage biases a differential data line having a first bus... |
| US-6,084,423 |
Method and device of testing a semiconductor integrated circuit chip in
which a voltage across the... An ultrasonic wave beam producing device scans an ultrasonic wave beam 5 across a semiconductor integrated circuit chip 2 while detecting a voltage applied... |
| US-6,084,422 |
Printed circuit board testing device An improved device for testing electrical circuit tracings on a printed circuit board is provided. The device includes a first plate, a second plate and... |
| US-6,084,421 |
Test socket A test socket for an integrated circuit package having an upper housing and a lower housing secured to the top and bottom surfaces, respectively, of a load... |
| US-6,084,420 |
Probe assembly for testing An apparatus for probing a semiconductor wafer includes one or more probe tips, the position of each being self-adjustable according to the pressure and... |
| US-6,084,419 |
Method and apparatus for inspecting semiconductor integrated circuits,
and contactor incorporated in the apparatus A wafer inspecting apparatus inspects the electric characteristics of IC chips of a wafer W. The inspection is carried out by simultaneously examining the... |
| US-6,084,418 |
Method for accurately detecting sensor element resistance An air-fuel ratio sensor generates linear air-fuel ratio detection signals proportional to concentration of oxygen in exhaust gas from an engine in response to a... |
| US-6,084,417 |
Method for determining the moisture impinging on a resistive rain sensor In a method and a system for the operation of a resistive moisture sensor, conductance of the sensor is measured, whereby current through the moisture sensor is... |
| US-6,084,416 |
Apparatus for detecting a rotational angle based on pulse propagation An angle detecting apparatus having a simple structure can reliably detect the rotational angle of an object. The apparatus has a rotary shaft, a first conductor... |
| US-6,084,415 |
Method for measuring molecular composition or molecular densities in
gases A measuring technique and method are provided to simultaneously determine the molecular density of several molecular species and the temperature within a closed... |
| US-6,084,414 |
Testing for leakage currents in planar lambda probes A method for testing for leakage currents in an oxygen probe, in particular a planar lambda probe, having at least one heating element, one external electrode... |
| US-6,084,413 |
Method and apparatus for detecting rock movement A method and apparatus for detecting rock movement. The first step involves using at least one electromagnetic induction coil as a sensor. The second step... |
| US-6,084,412 |
Imaging objects in a dissipative medium by nearfield electromagnetic
holography A unique time-domain electromagnetic system and data processing technique which, using low frequency electromagnetic fields, can localize, in three-dimensions,... |
| US-6,084,411 |
Flexible lightweight attached phased-array (FLAP) receive coils One or more flexible magnetic Resonance (MR) receive coils are constructed of a flexible material and connected to a flexible base to produce a module. Each... |
| US-6,084,410 |
Tunable radio-frequency unit for a magnetic resonance device A tunable radio-frequency unit for a magnetic resonance device has a radio-frequency antenna and a radio-frequency signal line connected to a signal terminal of... |
| US-6,084,409 |
Magnetic resonance scanner having a unitary radio-frequency arrangement Magnetic resonance scanner has a radio-frequency system with transmission/reception antennas, and possibly a radio-frequency shield as well, and guides for a... |
| US-6,084,408 |
Methods for acquisition and processing of nuclear magnetic resonance
signals for determining fluid properties... A method for determining intrinsic transverse relaxation time of a first mobile phase in a porous medium using nuclear magnetic resonance measurement sequences.... |
| US-6,084,407 |
System for measuring tissue size and marbling in an animal A computerized system scans an animal using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to produce digital pixel values representing internal tissue. The pixel values are... |
| US-6,084,406 |
Half-cycle saturable-core magnetometer circuit A magnetic field sensor element comprises an elongated core of high-magnetic permeability material having a coil of electrically-conductive wire wound around and... |
| US-6,084,405 |
Transducer utilizing giant magnetoresistance effect and having a
ferromagnetic layer pinned in a direction... A magnetoresistive transducer showing a giant magnetoresistance effect has a multi-layer structure including first and second ferromagnetic layers separated by a... |
| US-6,084,404 |
Apparatus and method for on-line barkhausen measurement Apparatus and method for measuring the Barkhausen signal of a moving magnetic film, ribbon or fiber wherein first and second stationary electromagnet coils are... |
| US-6,084,403 |
Slim-hole collar locator and casing inspection tool with high-strength
pressure housing An inductive collar locator tool is provided that provides improved sensitivity and precision in locating collars and other discontinuities in a casing string.... |
| US-6,084,402 |
Flexible probe for insertion into an auxiliary pipe extending from a
main pipe A flexible probe for insertion into an auxiliary pipe indicates the proximity of the auxiliary pipe to a device within a main pipe. The probe includes an... |
| US-6,084,401 |
Rotational position sensor employing magneto resistors A rotational position sensor assembly (10) includes a wheel (20) having a ferromagnetic hub portion (22) and a resistor support member (24) on which an array of... |
| US-6,084,400 |
Angle of rotation sensor having a counting arrangement with at least two
pulser-wire motion sensors providing... An angle of rotation sensor for measuring the angular position of a rotary shaft during more than one revolution consists of a fine angle of rotation sensor... |
| US-6,084,399 |
Method and apparatus for determining concentration of magnetic
substances in a non-magnetic substance using a SQUID Method and apparatus for determining concentration of a trace of contaminant magnetic substances contained in a non-magnetic substance. A magnetic field (3) is... |
| US-6,084,398 |
Rate of rotation measurement using back-EMFS associated with windings of
a brushless DC motor A system and method are provided for measuring rate of rotation. A brushless DC motor is rotated and produces a back electromagnetic force (emf) on each winding... |