Patents by Inventor Juergen Hertle

Juergen Hertle 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).

  • Patent number: 8536917
    Abstract: A duty cycle adjustment circuit includes a clock signal input node; a clock signal output node; a control voltage generation circuit coupled to the clock signal input node; and a first inverter configured to receive an inverter input signal comprising a sum of an input clock signal received at the clock signal input node and a control voltage received from the control voltage generation circuit, and to output an output clock signal at the clock signal output node, wherein variation of the control voltage is configured to vary a duty cycle of the output clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Juergen Hertle, Christian I. Menolfi, Thomas H. Toifl
  • Publication number: 20130200934
    Abstract: A duty cycle adjustment circuit includes a clock signal input node; a clock signal output node; a control voltage generation circuit coupled to the clock signal input node; and a first inverter configured to receive an inverter input signal comprising a sum of an input clock signal received at the clock signal input node and a control voltage received from the control voltage generation circuit, and to output an output clock signal at the clock signal output node, wherein variation of the control voltage is configured to vary a duty cycle of the output clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juergen Hertle, Christian I. Menolfi, Thomas H. Toifl
  • Patent number: 6888482
    Abstract: An ADC is disclosed comprising at least one folder receiving an input voltage, generating a first output voltage and a second output voltage, and including a plurality of amplifiers and calibration logic for generating bias control signals according to the first output voltage and the second output voltage. Each of the amplifier receives one of a plurality of reference voltages and comprises a bias circuit for providing a bias current to the amplifier based on at least one of a plurality of bias control signals. During calibration, the calibration logic provides the bias control signals to control the bias circuit of each amplifier in the folder such that the first output voltage is substantially the same as the second output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventor: Fritz Juergen Hertle