Abstract: A microphone includes an amplifier coupled to an input node of the microphone; a shock detector coupled to the input node of the microphone; and a recovery circuit having an input coupled to an output of the shock detector, and an output coupled to the input of the microphone.

Abstract: A microphone includes an amplifier coupled to an input node of the microphone; a shock detector coupled to the input node of the microphone; and a recovery circuit having an input coupled to an output of the shock detector, and an output coupled to the input of the microphone.

Abstract: A circuit includes a first regulation module, second regulation module, first monitoring module, and second monitoring module. The first regulation module is configured to generate, from a supply voltage, a first voltage. The second regulation module is configured to generate, from a first voltage, a second voltage that is less than the first voltage. The first monitoring module is configured to generate a first warning signal when the first voltage exceeds a first threshold and to generate the first warning signal when a first testing voltage exceeds the first threshold. The second monitoring module is configured to generate a second warning signal when the second voltage exceeds a second threshold and to generate the second warning signal when a second testing voltage exceeds the second threshold.

Abstract: A circuit includes a first regulation module, second regulation module, first monitoring module, and second monitoring module. The first regulation module is configured to generate, from a supply voltage, a first voltage. The second regulation module is configured to generate, from a first voltage, a second voltage that is less than the first voltage. The first monitoring module is configured to generate a first warning signal when the first voltage exceeds a first threshold and to generate the first warning signal when a first testing voltage exceeds the first threshold. The second monitoring module is configured to generate a second warning signal when the second voltage exceeds a second threshold and to generate the second warning signal when a second testing voltage exceeds the second threshold.

Abstract: Devices for sampling a plurality of input signals are provided, wherein a sampling device is controlled to sample the input signals in a random order with additional delays. Other embodiments relate to voltage monitoring systems and corresponding methods.

Abstract: Devices for sampling a plurality of input signals are provided, wherein a sampling device is controlled to sample the input signals in a random order with additional delays. Other embodiments relate to voltage monitoring systems and corresponding methods.

Abstract: An integrated circuit arrangement includes a semiconductor body having a substrate and at least one substrate terminal. At least one semiconductor component is integrated in the semiconductor body and is connected between a first supply terminal and a second supply terminal. The first supply potential is higher than the second supply potential during normal operation of the semiconductor component and the first supply potential is lower than the second supply potential during reverse voltage operation of the semiconductor component. A switch is adapted to couple at least one of the substrate terminals to the first supply terminal during reverse voltage operation and to the second supply terminal during normal operation.

Abstract: An integrated circuit arrangement includes a semiconductor body having a substrate and at least one substrate terminal. At least one semiconductor component is integrated in the semiconductor body and is connected between a first supply terminal and a second supply terminal. The first supply potential is higher than the second supply potential during normal operation of the semiconductor component and the first supply potential is lower than the second supply potential during reverse voltage operation of the semiconductor component. A switch is adapted to couple at least one of the substrate terminals to the first supply terminal during reverse voltage operation and to the second supply terminal during normal operation.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement includes a first semiconductor switch and at least one second semiconductor switch, each of them having a control terminal and a first and second load terminal, and with an overvoltage protection arrangement for the at least two semiconductor switches. The overvoltage protection arrangement comprises a voltage limiting unit with a first and a second terminal, whose first terminal is connected to a central circuit node, whose second terminal is connected to a terminal for a reference potential, and which is configured so that it conducts current when a threshold voltage is applied between the first and second load terminals. The central circuit node is coupled to the first load terminals of the semiconductor switches. The overvoltage protection arrangement further comprises a first actuating circuit for the first semiconductor switch and a second actuating circuit for the at least one second semiconductor switch.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement includes plural semiconductor switches, at least one overvoltage protection arrangement and a coupling circuit. Each of a first semiconductor switch and a second semiconductor switch has a control terminal and first and second load terminals. The at least one overvoltage protection arrangement provides overvoltage protection to the semiconductor switches. The coupling circuit is operable to selectively couple the control terminals of at least two of the at least two semiconductor switches.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reference voltage generating circuit comprising: a voltage source circuit (10) which is constructed for providing at an output (15) a first reference voltage (Vbe/a) which is proportional to the voltage (Vbe) across a pn junction, polarized in the forward direction, of a bipolar component (11) and which is lower than this voltage, an amplifier arrangement (2) having a first and second input (25, 26), an output (27) at which an output voltage (Vout) is available, a differential amplifier stage (20) which has at least two semiconductor components (21, 22; 121, 122), and an output stage (30), the first reference voltage (Vbe/a) being supplied to the first input (25), the output (27) being fed back to the second input (26) and the amplifier arrangement having an offset which is proportional to the thermal voltage of a semiconductor material of the at least two semiconductor components (21, 22; 121, 122) of the differential amplifier stage (20) and wherein a second reference voltage

Abstract: A circuit arrangement includes a first semiconductor switch and at least one second semiconductor switch, each of them having a control terminal and a first and second load terminal, and with an overvoltage protection arrangement for the at least two semiconductor switches. The overvoltage protection arrangement comprises a voltage limiting unit with a first and a second terminal, whose first terminal is connected to a central circuit node, whose second terminal is connected to a terminal for a reference potential, and which is configured so that it conducts current when a threshold voltage is applied between the first and second load terminals. The central circuit node is coupled to the first load terminals of the semiconductor switches. The overvoltage protection arrangement further comprises a first actuating circuit for the first semiconductor switch and a second actuating circuit for the at least one second semiconductor switch.