Resonance suppression circuit
    42.
    发明授权
    Resonance suppression circuit 有权
    谐振抑制电路

    公开(公告)号:US06995605B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-02-07

    申请号:US10813169

    申请日:2004-03-31

    IPC分类号: H03K5/00

    摘要: A resonance suppression circuit is provided to suppress resonance on a power grid of a chip or die. The resonance suppression circuit may include a band-pass filter portion, a comparator portion, an amplification portion and a current dissipation portion. The band-pass filter portion may include an inverter coupled between two signal lines of the power grid. The comparator portion may sense voltage fluctuations at approximately the resonance frequency and trigger the current dissipation portion to turn ON and thereby change the frequency spectrum of the load current on the power grid to suppress the power grid resonance.

    摘要翻译: 提供谐振抑制电路以抑制芯片或管芯的电网上的共振。 谐振抑制电路可以包括带通滤波器部分,比较器部分,放大部分和电流消耗部分。 带通滤波器部分可以包括耦合在电网的两个信号线之间的反相器。 比较器部分可以感测大致谐振频率处的电压波动,并且触发电流耗散部分导通,从而改变电网上的负载电流的频谱以抑制电网谐振。

    Memory cell driver circuits
    43.
    发明申请
    Memory cell driver circuits 有权
    存储单元驱动电路

    公开(公告)号:US20060291265A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-12-28

    申请号:US11169106

    申请日:2005-06-27

    IPC分类号: G11C17/00

    CPC分类号: G11C17/18

    摘要: A system includes a pull-up circuit to program a memory cell. The pull-up circuit may include a level shifter to receive a control signal, a supply voltage, and one or more of a plurality of rail voltages, each of the plurality of rail voltages substantially equal to a respective integer multiple of the supply voltage, and to generate a second control signal, and a cascode stage. The cascode stage may include a plurality of transistors, a gate voltage of each of the plurality of transistors to be controlled at least in part by a respective one of the second control signal, the supply voltage, and at least one of the plurality of rail voltages, and an output node to provide a cell programming signal.

    摘要翻译: 系统包括用于对存储器单元进行编程的上拉电路。 上拉电路可以包括电平移位器以接收控制信号,电源电压以及多个轨道电压中的一个或多个,多个轨道电压中的每一个基本上等于电源电压的相应整数倍, 并产生第二控制信号和共源共栅级。 共源共栅级可以包括多个晶体管,多个晶体管中的每一个的栅极电压至少部分地由第二控制信号,电源电压和多个轨道中的至少一个轨道 电压和输出节点以提供单元编程信号。

    Timing circuit for separate positive and negative edge placement in a switching DC-DC converter
    44.
    发明授权
    Timing circuit for separate positive and negative edge placement in a switching DC-DC converter 失效
    用于在开关DC-DC转换器中单独的正和负边缘放置的定时电路

    公开(公告)号:US07030676B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-04-18

    申请号:US10748298

    申请日:2003-12-31

    IPC分类号: H03H11/26

    CPC分类号: H03K5/135 H02M3/157

    摘要: A timing circuit independently controls placement of the positive and negative edges of a periodic signal. This signal may then be used to control a wide variety of integrated circuit applications. The timing circuit includes separate programmable delay lines and a signal processor. Each delay line delays an input clock signal by a different increment of time. The signal processor then generates a timing signal from the clock signal, where the timing signal has a first edge controlled by the first delayed clock signal and a second edge controlled by the second delayed clock signal. The edges may be controlled so that the timing signal assumes different logical values for different amounts of time, thereby customizing the signal to any application. An example of one application includes using the timing signal control switching in a DC-DC converter.

    摘要翻译: 定时电路独立地控制周期信号的正和负边缘的放置。 然后可以将该信号用于控制各种各样的集成电路应用。 定时电路包括单独的可编程延迟线和信号处理器。 每个延迟线将输入时钟信号延迟不同的时间增量。 信号处理器随后从时钟信号产生定时信号,其中定时信号具有由第一延迟时钟信号控制的第一边沿和由第二延迟时钟信号控制的第二边沿。 可以控制边缘使得定时信号在不同的时间量内采用不同的逻辑值,从而将信号定制到任何应用。 一个应用的示例包括在DC-DC转换器中使用定时信号控制切换。

    Apparatus and method for multi-phase transformers
    45.
    发明申请
    Apparatus and method for multi-phase transformers 有权
    多相变压器的装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20060071649A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-04-06

    申请号:US10956192

    申请日:2004-09-30

    IPC分类号: G05F1/12

    摘要: A method and apparatus for multi-phase transformers are described. In one embodiment, a coupled inductor topology for the multi-phase transformers comprising N primary inductors. In one embodiment, each primary inductor is coupled to one of N input nodes and a common output node. The transformer further includes N−1 secondary inductors coupled in series between one input node and the common output node. In one embodiment, the N−1 secondary inductors are arranged to couple energy from N−1 of the primary inductors to provide a common node voltage as an average of N input node voltages, wherein N is an integer greater than two. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于多相变压器的方法和装置。 在一个实施例中,用于包括N个初级电感器的多相变压器的耦合电感器拓扑。 在一个实施例中,每个主电感器耦合到N个输入节点和公共输出节点之一。 变压器还包括串联耦合在一个输入节点和公共输出节点之间的N-1个次级电感器。 在一个实施例中,N-1次级电感器被布置成耦合来自初级电感器的N-1的能量,以提供公共节点电压作为N个输入节点电压的平均值,其中N是大于2的整数。 描述和要求保护其他实施例。

    DC-DC CONVERTER SWITCHING TRANSISTOR CURRENT MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE
    48.
    发明申请
    DC-DC CONVERTER SWITCHING TRANSISTOR CURRENT MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE 有权
    DC-DC转换器开关晶体管电流测量技术

    公开(公告)号:US20120169425A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-05

    申请号:US13417763

    申请日:2012-03-12

    IPC分类号: H03F3/04

    摘要: A method is described comprising conducting a first current through a switching transistor. The method also comprises conducting a second current through a pair of transistors whose conductive channels are coupled in series with respect to each other and are together coupled in parallel across the switching transistor's conductive channel. The second current is less than and proportional to the first current.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种方法,其包括通过开关晶体管导通第一电流。 该方法还包括通过一对晶体管导通第二电流,导体沟道相对于彼此串联耦合并且一起并联耦合在开关晶体管的导电沟道上。 第二电流小于并与第一电流成比例。

    Stepwise drivers for DC/DC converters
    49.
    发明授权
    Stepwise drivers for DC/DC converters 有权
    DC / DC转换器的逐步驱动

    公开(公告)号:US07394298B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-07-01

    申请号:US10919672

    申请日:2004-08-16

    IPC分类号: H03K3/00

    CPC分类号: H02M1/08 H03K4/023

    摘要: Stepwise drivers for DC/DC converters are described herein. In one embodiment, a stepwise driver is provided to charge or discharge a gate capacitance of a power switch of a DC/DC converter. In a particular embodiment, a stepwise driver example includes multiple switching elements to sequentially switch to charge a gate capacitance of a power switch of a DC/DC converter from a first voltage to a second voltage in multiple steps. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.

    摘要翻译: 本文描述了用于DC / DC转换器的逐步驱动器。 在一个实施例中,提供逐步驱动器以对DC / DC转换器的电源开关的栅极电容进行充电或放电。 在特定实施例中,逐步驱动器示例包括多个开关元件,以顺序切换以将DC / DC转换器的电源开关的栅极电容从多个步骤中的第一电压从第一电压充电到第二电压。 还描述了其它方法和装置。