Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
326017000 | ACCELERATING SWITCHING | 6 |
20080238473 | Push-Pull Pulse Register Circuit - A push-pull pulse register circuit. The push-pull pulse register circuit includes a first logic inverter having first-inverter input and first-inverter output, a second logic inverter having second-inverter input and second-inverter output, a third logic inverter having third-inverter input and third-inverter output and configured to receive logic input data at the third-inverter input, a first logic gate having first-gate input, first-gate output, and first-gate control input, and a second logic gate having second-gate input, second-gate output, and second-gate control input. The third-inverter input is coupled to the first-gate input; the third-inverter output is coupled to the second-gate input; the second-inverter input is coupled to the second-gate output and the first-inverter output; the second-inverter output is coupled to the first-gate output and the first-inverter input; the first-gate control input is coupled to the second-gate control input; and the first-gate and the second-gate control inputs are configured to receive a clock pulse. | 10-02-2008 |
20080238474 | BOOSTER CIRCUITS FOR REDUCING LATENCY - A booster circuit for reducing the nominal latency of a logic gate. The booster circuit includes a charge sharing mechanism to transfer a stored charge to the output of the logic gate in response to a logic state transition on the input of the logic gate. The transfer of stored charge also reduces the charge drawn from the supply during the output transition. | 10-02-2008 |
20090273362 | BOOSTER CIRCUITS FOR REDUCING LATENCY - A booster circuit for reducing the nominal latency of a logic gate. The booster circuit includes a charge sharing mechanism to transfer a stored charge to the output of the logic gate in response to a logic state transition on the input of the logic gate. The transfer of stored charge also reduces the charge drawn from the supply during the output transition. | 11-05-2009 |
20140028344 | Pre-Heating For Reduced Subthreshold Leakage - Certain semiconductor processes provide for the use of multiple different types of transistors with different threshold voltages in a single IC. It can be shown that in certain ones of these semiconductor processes, the speed at which high threshold transistors can operate at decreases with decreasing temperature. Thus, the overall processing speed of an IC that implements high, threshold transistors is often limited by the lowest temperature at which the IC is designed (or guaranteed) to properly function. Embodiments of a system and method that overcome this deficiency by “pre-heating” the IC (or at least portions of the IC that implement the high threshold transistors) such that the IC can operate at a frequency (once pre-heated) higher than what would otherwise be possible for a given minimum temperature at which the IC is designed or guaranteed) to properly function at are provided. | 01-30-2014 |
20150091609 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH SIGNAL ASSIST CIRCUITRY AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit has signal assist circuitry for assisting with pulling a signal on the signal line towards the logical low or high signal level. The signal assist circuitry comprises first and second assist circuits. The first assist circuit couples the signal line to the logical high signal level following a pullup transition of the signal and provides a floating signal level following a pulldown transition, while the second assist circuit provides the floating signal level following the pullup transition and provides the logical low signal level following the pulldown transition. By providing complementary first and second assist circuits, each circuit can be optimized for the opposite transition to achieve improved performance or power consumption. | 04-02-2015 |
326018000 | Bipolar transistor | 1 |
20140111246 | INCREASED TRANSITION SPEED SWITCHING DEVICE DRIVER - A switching device driver, which includes switching circuitry and a first capacitive element, which is coupled to the switching circuitry, is disclosed. The switching circuitry receives a logic level input signal and provides a switching control output signal to a switching device based on the logic level input signal. When the logic level input signal has a first logic level, the switching circuitry charges the first capacitive element. When the logic level input signal transitions from the first logic level to a second logic level, the switching circuitry at least partially discharges the first capacitive element to rapidly transition the switching control output signal, thereby causing the switching device to quickly change states. | 04-24-2014 |