Patents by Inventor Boris D. Andreev

Boris D. Andreev has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Block power switch with embedded electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection and adaptive body biasing
    Patent number: 8988839
    Abstract: A block power switch may be embedded with electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuitry. A transistor portion of the block power switch may be allocated to act as part of ESD protection circuitry and may be combined with an RC clamp to provide ESD protection. Adaptive body biasing (ABB) may be applied to the block power switch to reduce on-chip area and decrease leakage current of the block power switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mikhail Popovich, Yuan-Cheng Pan, Boris D. Andreev, Junmou Zhang, Reza Jalilizeinali