Abstract:
A filtering circuit with BAW type acoustic resonators having at least a first quadripole and a second quadripole connected in cascade, each quadripole having a branch series with a first acoustic resonator of type BAW and a branch parallel with each branch having an acoustic resonator of type BAW, the first acoustic resonator having a frequency of resonance series approximately equal to the frequency of parallel resonance of the second acoustic resonator, the branch parallel of the first quadripole having a first capacitance connected in series with the second resonator and, in parallel with the capacitance, a first switching transistor to short circuit the capacitance.
Abstract:
A system for detecting the time exceeding conditions of at least one application being executed by a processor, including: an element for storing time conditions, the conditions being sorted by increasing deadline order; a register for storing the condition closest to the current date; and a comparator of the deadline contained in the register with the current date of the system.
Abstract:
A RAM memory integrated circuit, in particular a SRAM memory integrated circuit, includes a matrix of memory cells that are arranged between two bit lines via two access transistors. The bit lines are intended in one case to be discharged and in the other case to be maintained at a high precharge potential during a read operation. The bit line of each column of the matrix that is intended to be maintained at the high precharge potential is produced in the form of at least two partial bit lines. The memory cells of each column are implanted in the form of groups of cells which are alternately connected to one or the other of the partial bit lines, respectively.
Abstract:
A switching power supply source including an inductance with first and second terminals; an output node; an NMos transistor, the drain of which is connected to the first terminal; a PMos transistor, the drain of which is connected to the first terminal; a control device generating control signals for NMos and PMos transistors assuring that these transistors are not conducting simultaneously; a capacitor with a third terminal connected to the first terminal and a fourth terminal; a resistance with a fifth terminal connected to the fourth terminal and a sixth terminal; and an NMos transistor the drain of which is connected to the grid of the PMos transistor and the gate of which is connected to the fourth terminal.
Abstract:
A method for forming, in a semiconductor substrate, wells and/or trenches having different destinations, including the steps of at least partly simultaneously etching cavities according to the pattern of the trenches and/or wells; closing the openings of the cavities with at least one first non-conformal thick layer, and selectively opening the first thick layer according to the subsequent processings.
Abstract:
A generator capable of supplying one or more output signals with a modulated cyclic ratio includes one or more formatting circuits each processing one input signal and one or more class D amplifiers powered with a power supply voltage and being driven by a corresponding one of the formatting circuits. Each formatting circuit has a counter-reaction loop and uses a reference voltage for which the average value is equal to half the power supply voltage. The corresponding output signal is thus corrected for any variations in the power supply voltage.
Abstract:
The invention concerns an inductive element for forming an electromagnetic transponder antenna, comprising a first group of mutually parallel conductors coplanar in a first plane, a second group of mutually parallel conductors coplanar in a second plane parallel to the first plane, and an insulating material separating the two groups of conductors, one end of each conductor of the first group being connected to one end of a conductor of the second group whereof the other end is connected to one end of another conductor of the first group, the connections between the conductors being conductive via holes in the thickness of the insulating material.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes several assembled integrated-circuit chips. A main integrated-circuit chip has at least one cavity in which electrical contacts are provided. A secondary integrated-circuit chip includes an edge which engages in the cavity of the main chip and has electrical contacts. When the secondary integrated-circuit chip is inserted into the cavity, the electrical contacts of the main chip and the electrical contacts of the secondary chip are placed so as to be in contact with one another.
Abstract:
A non-volatile memory element includes a transistor for selecting the element and a capacitor for recording a binary value by electrical breakdown of an insulating layer of the capacitor. A structure of the memory element is modified in order to allow a higher degree of integration of the element within an electronic circuit of the MOS type. In addition, the memory element is made more robust with respect to a high electrical voltage (VDD) used for recording the binary value. The transistor includes a drain in the substrate with electric field drift in a longitudinal direction extending towards the capacitor. The electric field drift region for the drain includes a first extension underneath the gate of the transistor opposite the source and a second extension underneath the insulating layer of the capacitor. Doping of the substrate for the electric field drift region is limited to a region substantially corresponding to a distance between the gate and an electrode of the capacitor.
Abstract:
A digital frequency synthesizer receiving a first signal corresponding to a periodic sequence of first pulses at a first frequency and providing a second signal corresponding to a periodic sequence of second pulses at a second frequency. The synthesizer includes a first circuit clocked by a third signal corresponding to a sequence of third pulses and obtained from the first signal, the first circuit providing a fourth digital signal which, for any set of third successive pulses, increases (decreases) on each pulse and decreases (increases) at the end of said set; and a second circuit receiving the first and fourth signals and providing, for each first pulse from among some at least of the first pulses, a second pulse which is shifted with respect to the first pulse by a duration which depends on the fourth signal.