摘要:
An ultra-capacitor may replace a rechargeable battery in consumer applications where the appliance usage is not prolonged. That is, if the usage is intermittent, the ultra-capacitor can quickly recharge between consecutive uses. Especially for those applications where an appliance spends most of the time on a charging cradle ultra-capacitor may efficiently replace batteries in appliances.
摘要:
In some embodiments, a light device for generating light includes light emitting diodes (LEDs), and power supply circuitry including at least one switching regulator including switching elements to provide power to the LEDs. The light device includes a device support structure including a device connector and an LED support to support the LEDs, wherein the device connector is one end of the device support structure, and the power supply circuitry is supported by the device support structure. Other embodiments are described.
摘要:
An ultracapacitor formed on a semiconductor substrate includes a plurality conductive layers with intervening dielectric layers. These layers form a plurality of capacitors which may be connected in parallel to store a charge for powering an electronic circuit or for performing a variety of integrated circuit applications. A plurality of ultracapacitors of this type may be connected in series or may be designed in stacked configuration for attaining a specific charge distribution profile.
摘要:
In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a method for use in packet processing. The method can include receiving at least a portion of at least one packet and, based on the at least a portion of the at least one packet, determining a clock signal to provide to processing logic that processes the at least one packet.
摘要:
In some embodiments, the invention involves multiple integrated circuit stubs coupled in series. At least one of the integrated circuit stubs including first conductors to receive signals from a first adjacent one of the integrated circuit stubs, second conductors to provide signals to a second adjacent one of the integrated circuit stubs, and third conductors to provide signals to an integrated circuit chip. The integrated circuit stubs include first drivers and second drivers coupled to the first, second, and third conductors, wherein the first drivers receive the external signals from the first conductors and drive them onto the second conductors and the second drivers receive signals from the first conductors and drive them onto the third conductors.
摘要:
A synchronous clock generator for an integrated circuit is described in which a delay lock loop circuit may be used to delay a first input signal. A delay circuit is coupled to the delay lock loop circuit and receives a control voltage from the delay lock loop circuit, which is used to delay a second input signal. The first and second input signal may be complimentary.
摘要:
A receiver integrated circuit (IC) die or functional unit has deskew circuitry to reduce bit-to-bit timing variation that is no more than one bit time interval in a number of bits that are received, before validating the capture of the bits using a transition in a received strobe signal. The data bits and the strobe signal are driven in a parallel bus section that may be part of a shared multi-drop bus or a point-to-point bus. The system applications include interfacing to a processor or memory bus of a computer system.
摘要:
In some embodiments, the invention involves a system including an integrated circuit. The system a circuit including transistors. The system further includes control circuitry to control a setting of a body bias signal to control body biases provided in the circuit to at least partially control a parameter of the integrated circuit, the setting of the body bias signal being responsive to an input signal to the control circuitry. In some embodiments, the invention involves a system including an integrated circuit. The system a circuit including transistors. The system further includes control circuitry to control settings of a body bias signal, a supply voltage signal, and a clock signal to control body biases, supply voltages, and clock frequencies provided in the circuit to at least partially control a parameter of the integrated circuit, the setting of the body bias signal, supply voltage signal, and clock signal being responsive to an input signal to the control circuitry.
摘要:
A latch having increased soft error rate tolerance includes cross-coupled inverters having transistors with varying sizes. Diffusion regions of transistors coupled to storage nodes are kept small to reduce the effect of charge accumulation resulting from particles bombarding the bulk of an integrated circuit die. Transistors having gates coupled to the storage nodes are increased in size to increase the capacitance on the storage nodes. The reduced size of diffusion regions and increased size of gates on storage nodes combine to reduce the effects of accumulated charge. Diffusion region area is further reduced by reducing the size of pass gates that load normal data and scan data. A large capacitor is coupled to a feedback node within the cross-coupled inverters to further reduce the effect of accumulated charge.
摘要:
One embodiment of the invention includes a semiconductor circuit including a ground voltage node to provide a ground voltage and pFET transistors having an n-type body electrically coupled to the ground voltage node to forward body bias the pFET transistors. Another embodiment of the invention includes a semiconductor circuit including a supply voltage node to provide a supply voltage and nFET transistors having a p-type body electrically coupled to the supply voltage node to forward body bias the nFET transistors. Still another embodiment of the invention includes a semiconductor circuit including a ground voltage node to provide a ground voltage and pFET transistors having an n-type body electrically coupled to the ground voltage node to forward body bias the pFET transistors. The circuit also includes a supply voltage node to provide a supply voltage and nFET transistors having a p-type body electrically coupled to the supply voltage node to forward body bias the nFET transistors.