| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080310616 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUBSCRIBER LINE INTERFACE CIRCUIT - A subscriber line interface circuit apparatus includes a linefeed circuit and a subscriber line control circuit (SLCC). In an embodiment, the linefeed circuit includes a signal conversion circuit which provides a differential mode signal and a common mode signal in response to at least a tip signal and a ring signal from the subscriber loop. The linefeed circuit includes a tip control circuit and a ring control circuit. In an embodiment, the SLCC is provided in a single integrated circuit chip and is coupled to the linefeed circuit which isolates the SLCC from the tip or ring signals. The SLCC includes a first and a second differential mode inputs for receiving the differential mode signal, and a common-mode input for receiving the common-mode signal. In an embodiment, the SLCC also provides various tip control signals and ring control signals to the tip control circuit and the ring control circuit, respectively. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080310655 | PROGRAMMABLE INTEGRATED MICROPHONE INTERFACE CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit for providing programmable microphone interface includes an input terminal for receiving an input signal and an output terminal for providing an output audio signal. In an embodiment, the integrated circuit includes a bias circuit, an amplifier circuit and two feedback circuits. The amplifier circuit includes a first input, a second input, and an output. The first input receives either the input signal or a feedback signal, depending upon mode control signals. The second input receives either the feedback signal or the input signal depending upon the mode control signals. The first feedback circuit is in communication with the output and the first input of the amplifier and includes a first resistor and a first capacitor connected in parallel. The second feedback circuit includes an integrator circuit and provides the feedback signal. The mode control signals can be set in a programmable mode control register. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090110213 | PROGRAMMABLE INTEGRATED MICROPHONE INTERFACE CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit for providing programmable microphone interface includes an input terminal for receiving an input signal and an output terminal for providing an output audio signal. The integrated circuit includes a bias circuit, an amplifier circuit, and two feedback circuits. The bias circuit provides a microphone bias signal to the microphone and provides a sensed microphone signal. The amplifier circuit includes a first input, a second input, and an output. The first input is configured to receive the sensed microphone signal, a first feedback signal, and a second feedback signal. The second input is configured to receive a first reference signal. The feedback circuits are in communication with the output and the first input of the amplifier circuit. In a specific embodiment, the first feedback circuit includes an RC circuit and the second feedback circuit includes an integrator. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100086121 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUBSCRIBER LINE INTERFACE CIRCUIT HAVING A HIGH-VOLTAGE MOS LINEFEED CIRCUIT - A subscriber line interface circuit apparatus includes a linefeed circuit and a subscriber line control circuit (SLCC). In an embodiment, the linefeed circuit includes a signal conversion circuit having cross-coupled first and second MOSFETs for providing a differential mode signal and a common mode signal in response to at least a tip signal and a ring signal from the subscriber loop. The linefeed circuit includes a tip control circuit and a ring control circuit, each having two or more MOSFETs. In an embodiment, the SLCC is provided in a single integrated circuit chip and is coupled to the linefeed circuit which isolates the SLCC from the tip or ring signals. The SLCC includes a first and a second differential mode inputs for receiving the differential mode signal, and a common-mode input for receiving the common-mode signal. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100148851 | LOW VOLTAGE ANALOG CMOS SWITCH - A CMOS analog switch circuit includes an NMOS switch transistor, a PMOS switch transistor, and a bias circuit. In an embodiment, the bias circuit includes a first and a second native bias transistors having their gate terminals coupled to a first and a second terminals of the CMOS switch circuit, respectively. The source terminals of the first and the second native bias transistors are coupled together and are also coupled to the body terminal of the PMOS switch transistor. In an configuration, the first and the second native bias transistors are characterized by substantially 0V threshold voltages, and the PMOS switch transistor is configured to exhibit a lower on-resistance in response to the greater of the voltages of the first terminal and the second terminal of the CMOS analog switch circuit. | 06-17-2010 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090019772 | Method for Limiting the Excess Force of a Closing Part Which is Actuated by an External Force - In a method for limiting the excess force of a closing part of an adjusting device, the closing part is actuated by external force. An anti-jamming system determines, during an adjusting operation, current adjusting force values at least within a partial area of the adjusting path and respectively, in predetermined positions of the closing part, and compares the values to adjusting force comparative values which are already stored in a storage device. At least one of the stored adjusting force comparative values are adapted to mechanical technical conditions of the adjusting device and the extent of the adaptation is predetermined according to the service life. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20100097026 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRACKING THE POSITION OF A COMPONENT DRIVEN BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - In order to track the position of a component driven by an electric motor, wherein rotational movements of the electric motor are detected and used for a position count, deviations from an anticipated position count are determined and added to the position given by the position count as an uncertainty region. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100138046 | METHOD AND UNIT FOR OPERATING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL ADJUSTING DEVICE - In a method for operating an electromechanical adjusting device, having an actuating part driven by a controller controlled motor, and which can be adjusted according to a manual specification for a controller operating element between a first and a second end position, the controller detects the precise position of a blockage of an adjusting movement from fed sensor signals, wherein user action performed on the operating element adjusts the actuating part by a first movement directed toward the end position to a position at which mechanical blockage occurs in order to determine a reference position, and adjusts the actuating part by a second movement into the second end position to examine the validity of the previously determined reference position by a test program which decides whether an automatic operating mode, in which an actuating process runs automatically, is activated, or blocked, as a function of the test result. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100223025 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BALANCING PRODUCTION-RELATED INACCURACIES OF THE MAGNETIC WHEEL OF AN ELECTROMOTIVE DRIVE OF A VEHICLE - In a method and a device for balancing production related inaccuracies of the magnetic wheel of an electromotive drive of a vehicle, correction factors are used, the initial value of which is factory preset, and which are modified in the course of an adaption process until the production-related inaccuracies of the magnetic wheel have been balanced as much as possible. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100283417 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING A REVERSING OPERATION IN AN ELECTRIC ACTUATING UNIT OF A VEHICLE - In a method and a device for identifying a reversing operation in an electric actuating unit of a vehicle, once a trapped object is detected, the rotational direction of the electromotive drive is commutated. Sequential pulse interval counter values, derived from a sensor system or data derived from the values is or are written to a ring buffer store and compared with pre-defined reference data patterns. If a match is found, the counter reading of the position counter is corrected in accordance with the pre-defined reference data pattern. This ensures that the counter reading of the position counter is correct even after a reversing operation. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110046856 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION OF JAMMING OF AN OBJECT - In a computer-aided detection of the jamming of an object, wherein, when adjusting a component of a motor vehicle using an adjusting drive ( | 02-24-2011 |