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| 20080297271 | MULTI-PHASE LAYOUT STRUCTURE AND METHOD - The present invention provides a multi-phase layout structure and method. The layout structure comprises: a first layout layer; a second layout layer substantially parallel to the first layout layer; a plurality of traces, each transmitting a signal, and the plurality of signals having a phase difference between each other; wherein a horizontal coupling capacitance is provided between two neighboring traces configured on the same layer of the first layout layer and the second layout layer, a vertical coupling capacitance is provided between two neighboring traces configured on different layers of the first layout layer and the second layout layer, and the plurality of traces have substantially the same total coupling capacitance wherein the total coupling capacitance is defined by the horizontal coupling capacitance and the vertical coupling capacitance. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080303595 | AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT - An amplifier includes: a class AB input stage, receiving an input signal, for generating an inner signal according to the input signal; class AB output stage, includes: a biasing circuit, for providing a first voltage and a second voltage according to the inner signal; and an output stage, for generating an output signal according to the first voltage and the second voltage; wherein a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage generated by the biasing circuit is corresponding to the input signal. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090066393 | SWITCH CIRCUIT - A switch circuit includes a pair of metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) switches and an adjusting unit. Each of the MOS switches has an input terminal and an output terminal. The MOS switches receive a pair of differential input voltages at the input terminals thereof, and output a pair of differential output voltages at the output terminals thereof when the MOS switches conduct. The adjusting unit changes a difference between common mode levels of the input terminals and the output terminals of the MOS switches so as to adjust linearity of differential mode resistances of the MOS switches. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20110037525 | CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR - This invention discloses a crystal oscillator, in which by appropriately designing the gain of an amplifier to achieve high trans-conductance and low power consumption. This crystal oscillator includes a first pad, coupled to a first node of a crystal, for receiving a crystal oscillating signal outputted from the crystal; an amplifier, coupled to the first pad, for amplifying the crystal oscillating signal to generate an amplifying signal; an inverter, coupled to the amplifier, for inverting the amplifying signal; and a second pad, coupled to a second node of the crystal, for outputting an oscillating signal to the crystal. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110051799 | EQUALIZATION APPARATUS - This invention provides an equalization apparatus for equalizing an input signal on a cable. The equalization apparatus comprises a cable equalizer for equalizing a cable attenuation effect of the input signal to output a first equalization signal; and a stub equalizer for equalizing a stub effect of the first equalization signal to output an outputting equalization signal. | 03-03-2011 |
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| 20080268805 | High Linearity Passive Mixer and Method Thereof - A high linearity mixer circuit includes a commutation network comprising four switches to provide an electrical coupling between a first pair of circuit nodes and a second pair of circuit nodes, whereas the coupling has two states and is controlled by a pair of complementary logical signals. The mixer circuit further comprises a first pair of current-sourcing devices coupled to the first pair of circuit nodes and a second pair of current-sourcing devices coupled to the second pair of circuit nodes. The mixer circuit further includes a pair of capacitors to provide AC coupling, either between the first pair of circuit nodes and a first external circuit, or between the second pair of circuit nodes and a second external circuit. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090134858 | VOLTAGE REGULATING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND VOLTAGE REGULATOR THEREOF - A voltage regulating apparatus and method and voltage regulator thereof are presented. The apparatus includes a first regulator and a second regulator. The first regulator is used for receiving an input voltage and outputting a first voltage according to the input voltage. When the input voltage reaches a steady voltage value, the second regulator is turned on so as to receive the first voltage provided by the first regulator and output a second voltage according to the first voltage or the input voltage. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090206920 | SOFT-START DEVICE - A soft-start device including a current source, a first transistor, and a second transistor is described. The first transistor is coupled to the current source, and an amount of current conducted by the first transistor is determined according to a voltage. The second transistor is also coupled to the current source, and an amount of current conducted by the second transistor is determined according to a fixed bias. An initial voltage value of the voltage is smaller than a voltage value of the fixed bias. However, after a soft start, the voltage value of the first voltage is increased gradually to be larger than the voltage value of the fixed bias, such that the soft start may be implemented smoothly. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20110012657 | DIGITALLY CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR - A digitally controlled LC-tank oscillator is constructed by connecting different tuning circuits to a LC tank. The tuning circuit includes a single bank of tuning cells, a dual bank of tuning cells, or a fractional tuning circuit. Each of said tuning cells in the tuning circuit includes a tuning circuit element and a memory cell. | 01-20-2011 |
