PIN determination for single-conductor interface

    公开(公告)号:US12237835B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-25

    申请号:US17667027

    申请日:2022-02-08

    Abstract: Circuits and methods for determining the characteristics of swappable pins in a peripheral in a 1-Wire or similar single-conductor system, thereby allowing each one of two pins to be either an I/O pin (connected to an I/O line) or a CAP pin (connected to a storage capacitor). Embodiments preform the following functions: detecting the initial phase of device startup; determining which of pins A and B is coupled to an I/O line (and thus is the I/O pin), and which is coupled to the storage capacitor (and thus is the CAP pin); and generating a flag signal indicating that determination to other circuitry within the peripheral. Detection of pin characteristics is determined at device startup by latching the fastest rising signal on pins A and B, flagging that signal line as being the I/O line, and preventing further changes to the latch output until the next startup cycle.

    SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250060767A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-20

    申请号:US18722051

    申请日:2022-12-02

    Abstract: The signal transmission system comprises a transmitter circuit, a receiver circuit and a signal cable. A current divider is formed by a terminating resistor between the signal conductors of the signal cable. The transmitter circuit drives a loop current. When the receiver circuit input voltage has a voltage level above a first switching voltage threshold value, the output voltage assumes a first voltage level. The output voltage maintains the first voltage level when the input voltage is below the first switching voltage threshold value but above a second switching voltage threshold value. The transmitter circuit is configured to modulate the loop current with at least two different non-zero magnitudes at successive times. The first magnitude is greater than a first switching current threshold value and the second magnitude is less than the first switching current threshold value and greater than a second switching current threshold value.

    DELAY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND MEASUREMENT METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20250060410A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-20

    申请号:US18937072

    申请日:2024-11-05

    Abstract: A delay measurement system and a measurement method are provided. The delay measurement system includes a delay control device and a comparator. The delay control device is configured to generate a second signal in response to a first signal, wherein a rising edge of the second signal delays a first delay time with respect to a rising edge of the first signal, and the first delay time is controlled in response to an output signal of a comparator. The comparator is configured to compare the first delay time with a second delay time and output the output signal, wherein a rising edge of a third signal delays the second delay time with respect to the rising edge of the first signal, and the third signal is generated by a device under test (DUT) in response to the first signal.

    Power efficient retention flip flop circuit

    公开(公告)号:US12231125B1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-18

    申请号:US18208753

    申请日:2023-06-12

    Applicant: SYNOPSYS, INC.

    Abstract: A circuit includes: a first latch; a second latch coupled to the first latch; and a third latch coupled to the second latch at an input terminal of the second latch, wherein the third latch includes: a first inverter and a second inverter, the first inverter being coupled between the input terminal of the second latch and an input terminal of the second inverter and the second inverter being coupled between an output terminal of the first inverter and an input terminal of the first inverter; a first switch connecting the first inverter to a first voltage source; a second switch connecting the first inverter to ground voltage; a third switch connecting the second inverter to the first voltage source; a fourth switch connecting the second inverter to the ground voltage; and a fifth switch connecting the second latch and the first inverter.

    Method of and apparatus for controlling clock signal

    公开(公告)号:US12224755B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-11

    申请号:US18489692

    申请日:2023-10-18

    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a clocking transistor, a first enabling transistor, a second enabling transistor, a branch-one transistor, and a branch-two transistor. The first enabling transistor is coupled between the clocking transistor and a first node. The second enabling transistor is coupled between the clocking transistor and a second node. The branch-one transistor is coupled between a first power supply and the first node. The gate terminal of the branch-one transistor is connected to the second node. The branch-two transistor is coupled between the first power supply and the second node. The gate terminal of the branch-two transistor is connected to the first node. Each of the clocking transistor, the first enabling transistor, and the second enabling transistor is a first-type transistor of a reduced threshold. Each of the branch-one transistor and the branch-two transistor is a second-type transistor of a default threshold.

    MULTI-MODE FREQUENCY DIVISION CIRCUIT

    公开(公告)号:US20250047287A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-06

    申请号:US18792540

    申请日:2024-08-01

    Abstract: The disclosure provides a multi-mode frequency division circuit including a frequency division factor processor, a frequency divider, and a logic operator. The frequency division factor processor receives the frequency division factor, decomposes the frequency division factor to obtain a first sub-frequency division factor and a second sub-frequency division factor, and outputs the first sub-frequency division factor or the second sub-frequency division factor according to a frequency division clock signal. The divider performs frequency division on the clock signal based on the first sub-frequency division factor or the second sub-frequency division factor to generate the frequency division clock signal. The logic operator sequentially samples the frequency division clock signal according to the rising edge and falling edge of the clock signal to generate a first signal and a second signal, and the logic operator generates an output clock signal according to the first signal, the second signal, and an indication signal.

    OSCILLATION CIRCUIT AND CIRCUIT SYSTEM USING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20250047242A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-06

    申请号:US18543269

    申请日:2023-12-18

    Abstract: An oscillation circuit includes: a current mirror circuit outputting a reference current; a charging and discharging circuit charging a first charge storage element by using one of the reference currents or discharging the first charge storage element, to generate a first control voltage; an output stage circuit including a first switch transistor controlled by the first control voltage to output a first oscillation signal; a first resistor; a second resistor; and a diode circuit. The first resistor and the second resistor have same directional temperature drifts, a first resistance of the first resistor is greater than a second resistance of the second resistor, and a first resistance drift of the first resistor with a temperature variation is smaller than a second resistance drift of the second resistor with the temperature variation, such that the effect of the temperature variation on a frequency accuracy is reduced.

    Dual-edge-triggered flip-flop
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12218669B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US18330731

    申请日:2023-06-07

    Abstract: A flip-flop includes an input logic circuit, a first latch, a second latch, and an output multiplexer; where the input logic circuit outputs a clock bar signal based on an input data bit and a clock signal, where the first latch and the second latch operate based on the input data bit, the clock signal, and a clock bar signal, where the output multiplexer operates based on outputs from nodes of the first and second nodes and outputs an output data bit, and where the input logic circuit has a uniform value in a period where there is no change of a value of the output data bit.

    Method and apparatus for self-destruction of device protected by a physical unclonable function generator

    公开(公告)号:US12210631B1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-28

    申请号:US17743797

    申请日:2022-05-13

    Abstract: A method for preventing unauthorized access to information in a semiconductor device that is secured with a security protocol that uses a first portion of the information may include in response to a verified inaccessibility-inducing signal, unlocking safety lock circuitry which is operable to prevent unintentional activation of self-destruction in the semiconductor device, and initiating the self-destruction of at least a portion of the semiconductor device. A semiconductor device is configured to prevent unauthorized access to information available therein that is secured with a security protocol that uses a first portion of the information. The semiconductor device may include safety lock circuitry operable to prevent unintentional activation of self-destruction in the semiconductor device and control circuitry operable to unlock the safety lock circuitry and to initiate the self-destruction of at least a portion of the semiconductor device in response to a verified inaccessibility-inducing signal.

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