Patents by Inventor Paul Brucke

Paul Brucke 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).

  • Prestage for an off-chip driver (OCD)
    Patent number: 7330053
    Abstract: A prestage for generating a control signal for an output driver of an integrated circuit, wherein the integrated circuit can be provided with a reference potential and a supply potential fixed in relation to the reference potential, comprises an input for receiving an input signal from the integrated circuit, a circuitry for generating an output signal based on the received input signal, an output for outputting the generated output signals as control signal for an output driver as well as a current source, which is effectively connected to the circuitry. Thereby, the circuitry for generating an output signal and the current source are connected in series and connected to a first potential and a second potential such that a prestage potential difference across the series circuit is higher than a supply potential difference between the supply potential and the reference potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Paul Brucke, Helmut Fischer
  • Prestage for an off-chip driver (OCD)
    Publication number: 20060076979
    Abstract: A prestage for generating a control signal for an output driver of an integrated circuit, wherein the integrated circuit can be provided with a reference potential and a supply potential fixed in relation to the reference potential, comprises an input for receiving an input signal from the integrated circuit, a circuitry for generating an output signal based on the received input signal, an output for outputting the generated output signals as control signal for an output driver as well as a current source, which is effectively connected to the circuitry. Thereby, the circuitry for generating an output signal and the current source are connected in series and connected to a first potential and a second potential such that a prestage potential difference across the series circuit is higher than a supply potential difference between the supply potential and the reference potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Paul Brucke, Helmut Fischer
  • Auto-refresh multiple row activation
    Publication number: 20050088894
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides methods and apparatus for activating rows for refreshing memory cells in the activated rows. In one embodiment, two or more rows of memory are activated in response to a single externally applied refresh command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventor: Paul Brucke