Patents by Inventor Ralf Brederlow

Ralf Brederlow 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).

  • Publication number: 20070085582
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic component that can be operated by means of an alternating voltage. Said component includes at least one input, at least one output and a pair of electronic sub-components with an identical function. The input(s) of the electronic component is/are coupled to a respective input of the electronic sub-components with an identical function and the output(s) of the electronic component is/are coupled to a respective output of said electronic sub-components. In addition, the electronic component is configured in such a way that at least one output only one output signal of the first sub-component of the pair of functionally identical electronic components can be picked up during a first half-wave of an alternating voltage, whereas only one output signal of the second sub-component of the pair of functionally identical electronic can be picked up during the second half-wave of the alternating voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Ralf Brederlow, Sylvain Briole, Christian Pacha, Roland Thewes, Werner Weber
  • Publication number: 20070052457
    Abstract: A frequency-divider circuit arrangement having a power supply, a first clock signal, a second clock signal, a first switch unit, a first capacitance which is connected downstream from the first switch unit is disclosed. A second switch unit is connected downstream from the first capacitance and is controlled by the second clock signal, a second capacitance is connected downstream from the second switch unit and is connected in parallel to the first capacitance, a clock-signal control unit, a capacitance discharge device and a capacitance discharge device control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Roland Thewes, Christian Pacha, Ralf Brederlow
  • Patent number: 7173302
    Abstract: An integrated circuit arrangement and method of fabricating the integrated circuit arrangement is described. The integrated circuit arrangement contains an insulating region and a sequence of regions which forms a capacitor. The sequence contains a near electrode region near the insulating region, a dielectric region, and a remote electrode region remote from the insulating region. The insulating region is part of an insulating layer arranged in a plane. The capacitor and an active component are arranged on the same side of the insulating layer and form a memory cell. The near electrode region and an active region of the component are arranged in a plane which lies parallel to the plane in which the insulating layer is arranged. A processor is also contained in the integrated circuit arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Infineon technologies AG
    Inventors: Ralf Brederlow, Jessica Hartwich, Christian Pacha, Wolfgang Rösner, Thomas Schulz
  • Publication number: 20060208815
    Abstract: An amplifier circuit for an oscillator in a defined oscillating frequency range includes a plurality of transconductors, wherein at least one transconductor has a positive transconductance, and wherein at least one other transconductor has a negative transconductance, wherein the transconductors together provide a positive amplification, and a passive impedance element coupled to at least one fed back transconductor, wherein the transconductance of the transconductor and the impedance element are dimensioned so that, in the oscillating frequency range, a given phase difference is present between a signal at the input and a signal at the output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Marcin Augustyniak, Ralf Brederlow, Marc Tiebout
  • Patent number: 7084641
    Abstract: A measuring cell for recording an electrical potential of an analyte situated on the measuring cell. The measuring cell has a sensor, a layer arranged above the sensor and electrically insulating the analyte from the sensor, and an amplifier circuit connected to the sensor on a substrate and having an input stage containing a field-effect transistor or a bipolar transistor, the sensor being at least indirectly connected to a control terminal of the field-effect transistor or of the bipolar transistor. An operating point of the amplifier circuit is set by means of a voltage or a current applied at the control terminal of the field-effect transistor or of the bipolar transistor of the input stage of the amplifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ralf Brederlow, Bjorn-Oliver Eversmann, Ivo Koren, Christian Paulus, Roland Thewes
  • Publication number: 20060094198
    Abstract: An integrated analog circuit using switched capacitor technology includes an integrated capacitor device that includes a first electrode device, a second electrode device, and a dielectric region formed between the first and second electrode devices. The dielectric region is made from or with an organic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Hagen Klauk, Marcus Halik, Ute Zschieschang, Dirk Rohde, Gunter Schmid, Ralf Brederlow
  • Patent number: 7031691
    Abstract: The invention relates to a low-noise amplifier circuit and a method for amplifying low-power signals in a low-noise manner. Said signals are supplied to the inputs of several amplifiers (20 . . . 29) which are arranged in parallel. The output signals of said amplifiers (20 . . . 29) are multiplied by each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Ralf Brederlow
  • Patent number: 7012468
    Abstract: The circuit configuration and the associated method allow reducing the 1/f noise of MOSFETs in an electronic circuit, especially in an integrated circuit with one or more MOSFETs. At least one direct current and/or at least one direct voltage source for adjusting constant working point(s) of the MOSFET(s) is/are assigned to one or more or all MOSFETs. At least one periodically oscillating current and/or voltage source is assigned to one or more or all MOSFETs so that the respective working points periodically oscillate about the constant working point(s) in such a manner that impurity states in the oxide of the MOSFET, which are recharged under the condition of a constant working point according to the principles of statistics such that they determine the 1/f noise signal, are no longer recharged statistically but at a lower probability due to the modulatory frequency of the periodically oscillating sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ralf Brederlow, Roland Thewes
  • Publication number: 20060033170
    Abstract: A transistor arrangement having a multiplicity of transistors interconnected with one another, having a noise detection device, which is set up for detecting the 1/f noise of at least one portion of the transistors, having a selection device, which is set up for selecting at least one of the transistors, on the basis of the ascertained 1/f noise characteristic of the transistors, in the case of which the 1/f noise is sufficiently low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Ralf Brederlow
  • Publication number: 20060022302
    Abstract: An integrated circuit arrangement and method of fabricating the integrated circuit arrangement is described. The integrated circuit arrangement contains an insulating region and a sequence of regions which forms a capacitor. The sequence contains a near electrode region near the insulating region, a dielectric region, and a remote electrode region remote from the insulating region. The insulating region is part of an insulating layer arranged in a plane. The capacitor and an active component are arranged on the same side of the insulating layer and form a memory cell. The near electrode region and an active region of the component are arranged in a plane which lies parallel to the plane in which the insulating layer is arranged. A processor is also contained in the integrated circuit arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Ralf Brederlow, Jessica Hartwich, Christian Pacha, Wolfgang Rosner, Thomas Schulz
  • Publication number: 20060003526
    Abstract: An integrated circuit arrangement contains an insulating region, which is part of a planar insulating layer, and a capacitor which contains: near and far electrode regions near and remote from the insulating region and a dielectric region. The capacitor and an active component are on the same side of the insulating layer, and the near electrode region and an active region of the component are planar and parallel to the insulating layer. The near electrode region is monocrystalline and contains multiple webs. Alternately, a FET is present in which: a channel region is the active region, the FET contains a web with opposing control electrodes connected by a connecting region that is isolated from the channel region by a thick insulating region. The thick insulating region is thicker than control electrode insulation regions. The control electrodes contain the same material as the far electrode region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ralf Brederlow, Jessica Hartwich, Christian Pacha, Wolfgang Rosner, Thomas Schulz
  • Publication number: 20050125471
    Abstract: Random number generator having a transistor that generates an analog random telegraph signal (RTS) having a first or second signal state, a RTS detection unit for detecting the RTS generated by the transistor, a RTS sampling unit that supersamples the RTS detected by the RTS detection unit and thus generates a digitized RTS, a signal state duration detection unit that determines, from the digitized RTS, a first time variable representing the time duration of at least one first signal state of the generated RTS and a second time variable representing the time duration of at least one second signal state of the generated RTS, and a random number conversion unit, which is coupled to the signal state duration detection unit, and that generates a random number from the first time variable and the second time variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thomas Sturm, Guido Stromberg, Ralf Brederlow, Werner Weber
  • Publication number: 20050116037
    Abstract: The invention relates to a label identification system comprised of a transmitting-receiving unit and of identification labels on which the identification information is stored in the form of a digital identification information word. The provision of a circuit on the identification label in the form of a circuit arrangement, which is prefabricated using a polymer technique and on which the identification information is subsequently placed by the offset printing of conductor tracks, enables the provision of an identification label involving a minimal consumption of energy during inexpensive mass production. The bulk of the identification information processing is transferred to the transmitting-receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Ralf Brederlow, Christian Pacha, Roland Thewes, Werner Weber
  • Publication number: 20040234417
    Abstract: Fluorescence biosensor chip having a substrate, at least one electromagnetic radiation detection device arranged in or on the substrate, an optical filter layer arranged on the substrate, and an immobilization layer, which is arranged on the optical filter layer and immobilizes capture molecules. The electromagnetic radiation detection device, the optical filter layer, and the immobilization layer are integrated in the fluorescence biosensor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Meinrad Schienle, Ralf Brederlow, Franz Hofmann, Martin Jenkner, Johannes R. Luyken, Christian Paulus, Petra Schindler-Bauer, Roland Thewes
  • Publication number: 20040209394
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer transistor arrangement, an integrated circuit arrangement and a method for producing a polymer transistor arrangement. The polymer transistor arrangement contains a polymer transistor formed in and/or on a substrate. The polymer transistor contains a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region, a channel region between the first and second source/drain regions, a gate region and a gate-insulating layer between channel region and gate region. A drive circuit of the polymer transistor arrangement is set up in such a way that it provides the source/drain regions and the gate region with electrical potentials such that the junction between at least one of the source/drain regions and the channel region can be operated as a diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Ralf Brederlow
  • Publication number: 20040207384
    Abstract: A measuring cell for recording an electrical potential of an analyte situated on the measuring cell. The measuring cell has a sensor, a layer arranged above the sensor and electrically insulating the analyte from the sensor, and an amplifier circuit connected to the sensor on a substrate and having an input stage containing a field-effect transistor or a bipolar transistor, the sensor being at least indirectly connected to a control terminal of the field-effect transistor or of the bipolar transistor. An operating point of the amplifier circuit is set by means of a voltage or a current applied at the control terminal of the field-effect transistor or of the bipolar transistor of the input stage of the amplifier circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ralf Brederlow, Bjorn-Oliver Eversmann, Ivo Koren, Christian Paulus, Roland Thewes
  • Publication number: 20040093947
    Abstract: A micromechanical sensor element for recording the bonding of molecules to the micromechanical sensor element. The sensor element having a substrate and at least one electrical terminal. There is also an oscillatable element that is coupled to the electrical terminal in such a manner that an electrical variable that characterizes the oscillation behavior of the oscillatable element may be provided at the electrical terminal. Further, there is a molecule coupling layer, arranged in such a manner that molecules may bond to the molecule coupling layer. The molecule coupling layer is coupled to the oscillatable element in such a manner that bonding of molecules to the molecule coupling layer causes a change in the oscillation behavior of the oscillation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Ralf Brederlow, Roland Thewes
  • Publication number: 20030076162
    Abstract: The invention relates to a low-noise amplifier circuit and a method for amplifying low-power signals in a low-noise manner. Said signals are supplied to the inputs of several amplifiers (20 . . . 29) which are arranged in parallel. The output signals of said amplifiers (20 . . . 29) are multiplied by each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventor: Ralf Brederlow
  • Publication number: 20030011249
    Abstract: The circuit configuration and the associated method allow reducing the 1/f noise of MOSFETs in an electronic circuit, especially in an integrated circuit with one or more MOSFETs. At least one direct current and/or at least one direct voltage source for adjusting constant working point(s) of the MOSFET(s) is/are assigned to one or more or all MOSFETs. At least one periodically oscillating current and/or voltage source is assigned to one or more or all MOSFETs so that the respective working points periodically oscillate about the constant working point(s) in such a manner that impurity states in the oxide of the MOSFET, which are recharged under the condition of a constant working point according to the principles of statistics such that they determine the 1/f noise signal, are no longer recharged statistically but at a lower probability due to the modulatory frequency of the periodically oscillating sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Ralf Brederlow, Roland Thewes