With Periodic Switching Input-output (e.g., For Drift Correction) Patents (Class 330/9)
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Patent number: 12160206Abstract: The present invention provides an amplifier circuit, wherein the amplifier circuit includes an input terminal, a capacitor, an amplifier, a feedback circuit and an aliasing tone cancellation circuit. The input terminal is configured to receive a first input signal. The capacitor is coupled to the input terminal. The amplifier is configured to receive the input signal through the capacitor to generate an output signal. The feedback circuit is coupled between an input node and an output node of the amplifier, and is configured to generate a feedback signal according to the output signal, wherein the feedback circuit includes a storage block including a switched-capacitor. The aliasing tone cancellation circuit is coupled between the input terminal of the amplifier circuit and the input node of the amplifier, and configured to generate a signal to cancel or reduce an aliasing tone of the feedback signal according to the input signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Sujith Kumar Billa, Sung-Han Wen
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Patent number: 12143741Abstract: Provided is a light detecting device, including a first electrode and a third electrode formed on a semiconductor layer, a photoelectric conversion layer formed on the first electrode and the third electrode, a second electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion layer, and an insulation film is disposed between the third electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer. A voltage of the third electrode is controlled to a voltage corresponding to a detection result which can contribute to control of discharge of charges or assist for transfer of charges.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Uesugi, Fumihiko Koga, Keisuke Hatano
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Patent number: 12143080Abstract: A first correction voltage generation circuit provides a first positive or negative correction voltage for correcting an input voltage. A second correction voltage generation circuit provides a second correction voltage identical in polarity to the first correction voltage in accordance with the first correction voltage. The second correction voltage is generated to have a temperature coefficient reverse in polarity to a temperature coefficient of the first correction voltage.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Tomokazu Kojima
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Patent number: 12074545Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first to fifth terminals, an amplification circuit including a first input end connectable to the first terminal and the third terminal, a second input end connectable to the second terminal and the fourth terminal, and an output end, and a switching circuit. The switching circuit is configured to switch between a first state in which the first input end is connected to the first terminal and insulated from the third terminal and the second input end is connected to the second terminal and insulated from the fourth terminal, and a second state in which the first input end is connected to the third terminal and insulated from the first terminal and the second input end is connected to the fourth terminal and insulated from the second terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage CorporationInventors: Kazuya Kobayashi, Hiroshi Odawara
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Patent number: 12038863Abstract: A USB chip includes positive and negative data pins, first and second transceiver circuits, a switching circuit, and a control circuit. During a high-speed handshake stage, the control circuit controls the switching circuit to be in a second state to disconnect the positive and negative data pins from a first terminal impedance circuit and actuates the second transceiver circuit to transmit a second voltage signal via the positive and negative data pins alternately. During a high-speed transmission stage, the control circuit controls the switching circuit to be in a first state to connect the positive and negative data pins with the first terminal impedance circuit and actuates the first transceiver circuit to transmit a first voltage signal, which has a first voltage level lower than a voltage level of the second voltage signal, via the positive and negative data pins alternately.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.Inventor: Nai-Yuan Kang
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Patent number: 11984859Abstract: A chopper amplifying circuit employing a negative impedance compensation technique, including a differential input end, a first-level chopper switch, a first-level amplifying circuit, a second-level chopper switch, a second-level amplifying circuit, a negative impedance converting circuit, a negative feedback unit, an input capacitor, and a differential output end, is provided. The differential input end is connected to the first-level chopper switch. An output terminal of the first-level chopper switch is connected to the first-level amplifying circuit through the input capacitor. The first-level amplifying circuit is connected to the second-level chopper switch, which is connected to the second-level amplifying circuit. The second-level amplifying circuit is connected to the differential output end, and is also connected to a feedback input end of the first-level amplifying circuit through the negative feedback unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Zhiming Liang, Bin Li, Zhaohui Wu
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Patent number: 11979126Abstract: Charge leakage/injection suppression circuitry within a capacitive programmable gain amplifier provides a low-impedance expulsion path for residual carriers within a feedback-path amplifier-mode switch and equalizes a voltage across a critical-leakage-path component of that amplifier-mode switch, reducing charge injection and leakage into an otherwise isolated amplifier input node to yield a low-noise amplifier output.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Gigajot Technology, Inc.Inventor: Dexue Zhang
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Patent number: 11973476Abstract: Chopper amplifiers with low intermodulation distortion (IMD) are provided. To compensate for IMD, at least one distortion compensation channel is included in parallel with chopper amplifier circuitry of a main signal channel. Additionally, output selection switches are included for selecting between the output of the main signal path and the distortional compensation channel(s) over time to maintain the output current continuous. Such IMD compensation can be realized by filling in missing current of the main signal channel using the distortion compensation channel(s), or by using channel outputs only when they have settled current.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Technische Universiteit DelftInventors: Casper Thije Rooijers, Johan H. Huijsing, Kofi A. A. Makinwa
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Patent number: 11973496Abstract: A drive circuit includes: an input stage configured to receive a first input signal and a second input signal, and to output a first output signal and a common-mode output signal, where the first input signal and the second input signal are complementary signals; an output stage configured to receive the first output signal, and to output a second output signal; and a duty cycle adjusting subcircuit configured to determine the first output signal and the common-mode output signal or a signal obtained by inverting the common-mode output signal as a control signal, and to adjust a duty cycle of the second output signal. The drive circuit determines the common-mode output signal or the signal obtained by inverting the common-mode output signal as the control signal of the duty cycle adjusting subcircuit, and adjusts the duty cycle of the second output signal to tend to a preset value.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Siman Li
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Patent number: 11929111Abstract: A sense amplifier, a memory and a method for controlling the sense amplifier are provided. The sense amplifier includes: an amplification module, arranged to read data in a memory cell; and a control module, electrically connected to the amplification module. In a first offset compensation stage of the sense amplifier, the control module is arranged to configure the amplification module to include a first inverter and a second inverter, and each of the first inverter and the second inverter is an inverter an input terminal and an output terminal connected to each other; and in a second offset compensation stage of the sense amplifier, the control module is arranged to configure the amplification module to include a current mirror structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: ANHUI UNIVERSITY, CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Zhiting Lin, Guanglei Wen, Jun He, Zhan Ying, Xin Li, Kanyu Cao, Wenjuan Lu, Chunyu Peng, Xiulong Wu, Junning Chen
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Patent number: 11894811Abstract: An operational amplifier includes a first amplifying unit, a second amplifying unit, a current source, a first compensation capacitor, and a second compensation capacitor. The first amplifying unit includes a first input transistor, a second input transistor, a third input transistor, and a fourth input transistor. The second amplifying unit includes a fifth input transistor, a sixth input transistor, a seventh input transistor, and an eighth input transistor. One end of the first compensation capacitor is coupled to a drain of the seventh input transistor, and the other end of the first compensation capacitor is coupled to a gate of the eighth input transistor. One end of the second compensation capacitor is coupled to a drain of the eighth input transistor, and the other end of the second compensation capacitor is coupled to a gate of the seventh input transistor.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Taotao Yan, Kerou Wang, Wei Wu
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Patent number: 11876490Abstract: Described embodiments include an integrated circuit for temperature gradient compensation of a bandgap voltage. A bandgap core circuit has a bandgap feedback input, a bandgap adjustment input and a bandgap reference output. A resistor is coupled between the bandgap adjustment input and a ground terminal. An offset and slope correction circuit has an offset correction output that is coupled to the bandgap adjustment input. A signal at the offset correction output is trimmed at an ambient temperature. A thermal error cancellation (TEC) circuit has a TEC output coupled to the bandgap adjustment input. The TEC circuit includes first and second temperature sensors that are located apart from each other. A signal at the TEC output is responsive to temperatures at the first and second temperature sensors. An amplifier has an amplifier input and an amplifier output. The amplifier input is coupled to the bandgap reference output.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Sandeep Shylaja Krishnan, Akshay Yashwant Jadhav, Tallam Vishwanath
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Patent number: 11870337Abstract: In an embodiment a current limiting circuit includes a circuit configured to detect when an input or output current of a DC to DC converter exceeds or falls below a threshold and a controller configured to store a first value representative of a level of an output voltage of the DC to DC converter in response to the input or output current exceeding or falling below a first threshold, store a second value representative of the level of the output voltage in response to the input or output current falling below a further threshold and modify a control signal based on the first and second values, wherein the control signal is modified based on the first and second values so that the control signal brings the output voltage to an intermediate voltage level between the level of the output voltage represented by the first value and the level of the output voltage represented by the second value.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Grand Ouest) SASInventor: Lionel Cimaz
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Patent number: 11843708Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a PUF apparatus for generating a persistent, random number. The random number is determined by selecting one or more PUF cells, each of which comprise a matched pair of capacitors that are of identical design, and determining a value that is accurately and reliably indicative of a random manufacturing difference between them, based in which the random number is generated. The random manufacturing differences between the capacitors creates the randomness in the generated random number. Furthermore, because the random manufacturing difference should be relatively stable over time, the generated random number should be persistent.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited CompanyInventor: Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz
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Patent number: 11775000Abstract: A circuit includes a current mirror stage with a switch, that when made conductive, provides current between the input and the output of the current mirror stage through the switch. When the switch is nonconductive, current is not provided through the switch. The stage includes current mirror circuitry, that when the switch is nonconductive, provides current at the output that is mirrored from current provided to the input of the current mirror stage.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventor: Kristian Hafkemeyer
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Patent number: 11770109Abstract: An integrated circuit can include an amplifier coupled to receive an analog input signal, an anti-aliasing filter (AAF) coupled to an output of the amplifier, a buffer circuit coupled to an output of the AAF, a sigma-delta modulator configured to generate a digital data stream in response to an output of the buffer, and a plurality of chopping circuits nested within one another, including a first pair of chopping circuits having at least the amplifier disposed therebetween and configured to remove offset in the analog input signal, and a second pair of chopping circuit having at least the first pair of chopping circuits disposed therebetween. The amplifier, AAF, sigma-delta modulator, and chopping circuits can be formed with the same integrated circuit substrate. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Erhan Hancioglu, Eashwar Thiagarajan, Eric Mann, Harold Kutz, Vaibhav Ramamoorthy, Rajiv Singh, Amsby Richardson, Jr.
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Patent number: 11747371Abstract: A current sensing topology uses an amplifier with capacitively coupled inputs in feedback to sense the input offset of the amplifier, which can be compensated for during measurement. The amplifier with capacitively coupled inputs in feedback is used to: operate the amplifier in a region where the input common-mode specifications are relaxed, so that the feedback loop gain and/or bandwidth is higher; operate the sensor from the converter input voltage by employing high-PSRR (power supply rejection ratio) regulators to create a local, clean supply voltage, causing less disruption to the power grid in the switch area; sample the difference between the input voltage and the controller supply, and recreate that between the drain voltages of the power and replica switches; and compensate for power delivery network related (PDN-related) changes in the input voltage during current sensing.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Nachiket Desai, Harish Krishnamurthy, Suhwan Kim, Fabrice Paillet
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Patent number: 11736075Abstract: An amplifier circuit is capable of switching between a unipolar output voltage domain and a bipolar output voltage domain. The amplifier circuit comprises an operational amplifier with a feedback circuit that is configurable using switches. By controlling the switches, the amplifier's feedback circuit can switched between two different arrangements having a positive and a negative signal gain, respectively. The amplifier circuit is designed such that the noise gain is the same in both operating modes, allowing a single noise compensation approach to be used for both operating modes. Since configurability of the circuit is achieved using static switches, the amplifier circuit maintains high accuracy and experiences no appreciable impact on power consumption as a result of implementing the switching.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Andre Rossberg
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Patent number: 11728776Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a switched capacitor amplifier apparatus for improving level-shifting. An amplifier includes input terminals and output terminals. Two capacitor circuits correspond to signal input terminals and signal output terminals and each includes a sampling capacitor circuit, a load capacitor and a level-shifting capacitor. The sampling capacitor circuit samples an input signal from one of the signal input terminals to one of the input terminals. An electrical charge neutralizing capacitor is coupled between the output terminals. The load capacitor and the level-shifting capacitor are charged according to an output from one of the output terminals in an estimation period. The level-shifting capacitor charges the load capacitor in a level-shifting period to generate an output signal at one of the signal output terminals.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Shih-Hsiung Huang
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Patent number: 11716060Abstract: The present disclosure relates to chopper amplifier circuits with inherent chopper ripple suppression. Example implementations can realize a doubly utilized chopper amplifier circuit that is a current-saving circuit with a wake-up function that is capable of providing a self-wake signal in order to change into a fast, low-jitter/low-latency mode, and to provide a wake-up signal for a sleeping microprocessor or a system in response to signal changes.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Mario Motz
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Patent number: 11695374Abstract: A method for a fast settling ripple reduction loop for high speed precision chopper amplifiers includes amplifying an input signal with a signal path to generate a first output, the signal path comprising chopping the input signal to generate a first chopper output, amplifying the first chopper output with an amplifier to generate an amplifier output and chopping the amplified output to generate a second chopper output. An output ripple of the first output is reduced with a Ripple Reduction Loop comprising chopping the second chopper output to generate a third chopper output, filtering the third chopper output with a filter to generate a Direct Current (DC) offset correction, and combining the DC offset correction with the amplifier output, wherein the third chopper output is driven to the output voltage of the filter and the RRL is disconnected from the low frequency signal path in response to a non-linear event.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Ranga Seshu Paladugu, Hanqing Xing, Soon G Lim
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Patent number: 11695377Abstract: An amplifier including a P-channel transistor having current terminals coupled between a first node and a second node and having a control terminal coupled to a third node receiving an input voltage, an N-channel transistor having current terminals coupled between a fourth node developing an output voltage and a supply voltage reference and having a control terminal coupled to the second node, a first resistor coupled between the first node and a supply voltage, a second resistor coupled between the first and fourth nodes, and a current sink sinking current from the second node to the supply reference node. The amplifier may be converted to differential form for amplifying a differential input voltage. Current devices may be adjusted for common mode, and may be moved or added to improve headroom or to improve power supply rejection. Chopper circuits may be added to reduce 1/f noise.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Robert van Veldhoven, John Pigott
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Patent number: 11595009Abstract: A slewing mitigation technique is presented where just the right amount of charge is provided at the switching instant to a switch capacitor circuit so that operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) does not need to provide high peak current. This eliminates slewing altogether and allows using OTAs with less static current for the same settling accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Oregon State UniversityInventors: Manjunath Kareppagoudr, Gabor Temes, Jyotindra Shakya, Emanuel Caceres
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Patent number: 11588455Abstract: An amplifier circuit includes multiple transistors, a set of input routing circuits, and a set of output routing circuits. Each output routing circuit corresponds to an input routing circuit. Each input routing circuit and its corresponding output routing circuit are controlled by one or more control signals. Each input routing circuit is configured to selectively connect each transistor of a transistor pair to a first input terminal of the amplifier circuit, a second input terminal of the amplifier circuit, or a third input terminal of the amplifier based on a value of the one or more control signals. Each output routing circuit is configured to selectively connect each transistor of the transistor pair to a first output terminal of the amplifier circuit, a second output terminal of the amplifier circuit, or a calibration circuit based on the value of the one or more control signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Erhan Ozalevli
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Patent number: 11588509Abstract: A near-field communication (NFC) receiver includes first and second input terminals for receiving first and second input signals having a modulated signal portion and a carrier signal portion. The receiver includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a mixer, a track-and-hold (T&H) circuit, an amplifier, and an analog-to-digital converter. The mixer has a first input coupled to receive the first and second input signals and a second input coupled to receive a low frequency current from the DAC. The mixer subtracts the carrier portion from the first and second input signals using the DAC current at a level determined using a DSP in a feedback loop to approximate the carrier. The T&H circuit has an input coupled to receive the combined current and an output to provide a series of output samples. The ADC is coupled to receive the amplified output signal and to provide a digital representation of the amplified output signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventor: Frederic Benoist
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Patent number: 11581860Abstract: An apparatus for canceling an input offset of a receiver including a differential amplification unit and a differential comparison unit in a distance sensing system includes: an output monitoring unit selectively monitoring differential outputs of the differential comparison unit and the differential amplification unit; a current type digital-analog conversion unit connected to each of an input terminal of the differential comparison unit and the input terminal of the differential amplification unit; and a control unit controlling the current type digital-analog conversion unit to reduce a difference in differential output of the differential comparison unit according to a comparison result for the difference of the monitored differential output of the differential comparison unit and controlling the current type digital-analog conversion unit to reduce the difference in differential output of the differential amplification unit according to the comparison result for the difference of the monitored differentiType: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoon Ji Kim, Hee Hyun Lee
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Patent number: 11571099Abstract: An interlocking adapter in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a current path, an electric load, a switch, and a controller. The controller turns on and off the switch in synchronization with a change of an alternating-current voltage received from an electric outlet of an electric apparatus in response to reception of an interlocking command signal from a working machine so as to supply a load current from the electric outlet to the electric load. The controller turns on and off the switch at a specified ratio of a time every ½ cycle of the alternating-current voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Hitoshi Suzuki, Yuki Kawai, Itsuku Kato, Yasutaka Hotta
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Patent number: 11558013Abstract: Enhanced operational amplifier trim circuitry and techniques are presented herein. In one implementation, a circuit includes a reference circuit configured to produce a set of reference voltages, and a digital-to-analog conversion (DAC) circuit. The DAC circuit comprises a plurality of transistor pairs, where each pair among the plurality of transistor pairs is configured to provide portions of adjustment currents for an operational amplifier based at least on the set of reference voltages and sizing among transistors of each pair. The circuit also includes drain switching elements coupled to drain terminals of the transistors of each pair and configured to selectively couple one or more of the portions of the adjustment currents to the operational amplifier in accordance with digital trim codes.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Nitin Agarwal, Kunal Karanjkar, Venkata Ramanan
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Patent number: 11515849Abstract: A first correction voltage generation circuit provides a first positive or negative correction voltage for correcting an input voltage. A second correction voltage generation circuit provides a second correction voltage identical in polarity to the first correction voltage in accordance with the first correction voltage. The second correction voltage is generated to have a temperature coefficient reverse in polarity to a temperature coefficient of the first correction voltage.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Tomokazu Kojima
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Patent number: 11444580Abstract: An offset-cancellation circuit having a first amplification stage with a gain of the first amplification stage and configured to receive an offset voltage of a first amplifier. A storage element is configured to be coupled to and decoupled from the first amplification stage and configured to store a potential difference output by the first amplification stage. The potential difference is determined by the offset voltage of the first amplifier and the gain of the first amplification stage. A second amplification stage is coupled to the storage element and configured to receive the potential difference from the storage element when the storage element is decoupled from the first amplification stage and configured to deliver an offset-cancellation current. The offset-cancellation current is determined by the potential difference and a gain of the second amplification stage.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.Inventor: Riju Biswas
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Patent number: 11435380Abstract: A signal measurement apparatus and signal measurement method are provided. The measurement apparatus includes a compensation signal generating circuit configured to generate a target compensation signal that reduces a carrier frequency component in a voltage signal that is input into an amplifier based on an output signal of the amplifier, and the amplifier amplifies the voltage signal to which the target compensation signal is applied, wherein the compensation signal generating circuit is configured to determine a signal value of a subsequent compensation signal based on a signal value of the output signal of the amplifier amplified by applying a previous compensation signal, when determining the target compensation signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jongpal Kim
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Patent number: 11374541Abstract: A common-mode rejection receiver including a first differential amplifier arranged to receive a differential signal including receiving a positive signal of the differential signal at a first non-inverting input port and receiving a negative signal of the differential signal at a first inverting input port, and output a first differentiated signal based on a voltage differential between the positive signal and the negative signal. A clamping circuit is arranged to limit a magnitude of the first differentiated signal to a pre-determined limit. A second differential amplifier is arranged to receive the positive signal at a second inverting input port and receive the negative signal at a second non-inverting input port, and output a second differentiated signal. A matching circuit is arranged to receive the second differentiated signal output and output a matched signal. A summing circuit adds the clamped signal and matched signal and outputs a receiver output signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Thanh Thien Tran, David G. Haedge
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Patent number: 11349576Abstract: A coupling module can be used to communicate high speed signals between an optical transceiver and a processing module of an optical communication device, such as an optical line termination (OLT) or an optical network unit (ONU). The coupling module can adjust the common mode voltage level of a differential signal output by the optical transceiver to the common mode voltage level required by the processing module. In addition, the coupling module splits each of the differential output signals from the optical transceiver and passes the split signals to both a high-pass filter and a low-pass filter that are connected in parallel. An adapter module can be connected to the coupling module such that the coupling module can receive different differential signals from different optical transceivers.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: ADTRAN, Inc.Inventors: Daniel M. Joffe, Vern Brethour
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Patent number: 11309858Abstract: A method for inducing brain waves by sound has the following steps: receiving a first channel input signal and a second channel input signal; adjusting a volume gain of the first channel input signal to form a first channel output signal, wherein a format of the volume gain of the first channel output signal is a first wave format; adjusting a volume gain of the second channel input signal to form a second channel output signal, wherein a format of the volume gain of the second channel output signal is a second wave format, wherein there is a phase difference between the first wave format and the second wave format, wherein the formats of the first wave format and the second wave format are the same; outputting the first channel output signal to a first speaker; and outputting the second channel output signal to a second speaker.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.Inventors: Kuan-Li Chao, Kuo-Wei Kao, I-Ting Lee, Wei-Lin Chang, Wei-Ren Lan, Kuo-Ping Yang
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Patent number: 11290006Abstract: It is an object of one or more embodiments of the present disclosure to provide a single-inductor dual-output (SIDO), or single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO), Buck switching converter which can supply opposite polarity current to its outputs, through an inductor. It is a further object of one or more embodiments, when one output has an overshoot and the other output is below a reference, to enable discharging the overshoot output to the other output, resulting in a significant charge recycling and considerable increase in power efficiency. Still further, it is an object of one or more embodiments to improve output voltage ripple, as both outputs are being supplied at the same time, compared to prior art SIDO operation, where only one output is supplied for a given phase.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor (UK) LimitedInventors: Kemal Ozanoglu, Pier Cavallini, Burak Dundar
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Patent number: 11280818Abstract: The present invention discloses an AC impedance measurement circuit with a calibration function, which is characterized in that only one calibration impedance is needed, associated with a switch circuit. Based on the measurement results of the two calibration modes, an equivalent impedance of the switch circuit, circuit gain and phase offset can be calculated. Based on the above results, the equivalent impedance of the internal circuit is deducted from the measurement result of the measurement mode to accurately calculate an AC conductance and a phase of the AC conductance for impedance to be measured. In addition, by adjusting a phase difference between an input sine wave signal and a sampling clock signal, impedance of the same phase and impedance of the quadrature phase can be obtained, respectively, and the AC impedance and phase angle of the impedance to be measured can be calculated.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Hycon Technology CorporationInventors: Po-Yin Chao, Shui-Chu Lee, Yu-Wei Chuang
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Patent number: 11264961Abstract: A semiconductor circuitry includes a first circuitry having a differential transistor pair and a pair of current sources connected in series to the differential transistor pair, a pair of transmission lines connected to the differential transistor pair at the opposite side to the current sources, and a second circuitry, connected to a node between the differential transistor pair and the current sources, and configured to test operations of at least the differential transistor pair and a latter-stage circuity connected to the transmission lines, in the state where the current outputs of the pair of current sources are stopped.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventor: Naoki Kitazawa
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Patent number: 11232937Abstract: A capacitive trans-impedance amplifier comprising a voltage amplifier having an inverting input terminal for connection to an input current source. A feed-back capacitor is coupled between the inverting input terminal and the output terminal to accumulate charges received from the input current source and to generate a feed-back voltage accordingly. A calibration unit includes a calibration capacitor electrically coupled, via a calibration switch, to the inverting input terminal and electrically coupled to the feed-back capacitor. The calibration unit is operable to switch the calibration switch to a calibration state permitting a discharge of a quantity of charge from the calibration capacitor to the feed-back capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: ISOTOPX LTDInventors: Vadim Volkovoy, Anthony Michael Jones, Damian Paul Tootell
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Patent number: 11218123Abstract: A current sense loop includes an attenuator circuit, which has an embedded input chopper circuit, and an amplifier circuit, which has an output chopper circuit. The embedded input chopper has a first chopper input that is coupled to a first attenuator input, a first chopper output that is coupled to a first attenuator output, a second chopper input that is coupled to a second attenuator input, and a second chopper output that is coupled to a second attenuator output. An amplifier has a first input coupled to the first attenuator output and a second input coupled to the second attenuator output. An NFET has a gate coupled to the amplifier output, a source coupled to a ground plane, and a drain coupled to the second attenuator input.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Ricky Dale Jordanger, Hector Torres
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Patent number: 11209459Abstract: An electronic device test system includes a contactor having probe pairs with first and second conductive probes to couple to a respective conductive feature of a packaged electronic device or wafer die region. The system also includes a test circuit having a voltage source to provide a common mode voltage signal; a first buffer with a first input coupled to an output of the voltage source, an output coupled to a first conductive probe of a first probe pair, and a second input coupled to a second conductive probe of the first probe pair; and a second buffer with a first input coupled to the output of the voltage source, an output coupled to a first conductive probe of a second probe pair, and a second input coupled to a second conductive probe of the second probe pair.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Scott Matthew Gulas, Zebulan Keith Thomas
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Patent number: 11165398Abstract: A circuit including an amplifier having an input and an output. The circuit also includes a current-to-voltage amplifier having an input. The circuit further includes a current mirror coupled between the output of the amplifier and the input of the current-to-voltage amplifier. The current mirror is configured to chop current flowing through the first current mirror.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventor: Shang-Yuan Chuang
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Patent number: 11165396Abstract: An amplifier arrangement comprises a sensor input and a first and a second amplifier. The first amplifier has a first amplifier output and a first input connected to a first reference potential terminal and a second input connected to the sensor input in a direct fashion and to the first amplifier output via a feedback path having a switched integration capacitor that is charged by the feedback path during a first switching phase and discharged during a second switching phase. The second amplifier has a second amplifier output, a first input connected to a second reference potential terminal and a second input. A first feedback capacitor is connected in-between two pairs of feedback switches. A second feedback capacitor is connected between the second amplifier output and the second input of the second amplifier. An impedance element is coupled between the second amplifier output and the sensor input.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: AMS INTERNATIONAL AGInventors: Srinidhi Koushik Kanagal Ramesh, Vincenzo Leonardo
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Patent number: 11159038Abstract: In one aspect, an embodiment of this invention comprises an energy storage device balancing apparatus. The energy storage device balancing apparatus comprises a balancing circuit and an alarm circuit. Both the balancing circuit and the alarm circuit are coupled to the energy storage device. The balancing circuit is configured to monitor a voltage of the energy storage cell and dissipate energy from the energy storage cell if the voltage is at or above a first reference voltage. The alarm circuit is configured to generate an alarm when the voltage of the energy storage cell is at or above a second reference voltage and dissipate energy from the energy storage cell when the voltage is at or above the second reference voltage.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: UCAP Power, Inc.Inventor: Ilya Kaminsky
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Patent number: 11139789Abstract: Chopper amplifiers with tracking of multiple input offsets are disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, a chopper amplifier includes chopper amplifier circuitry including an input chopping circuit, an amplification circuit, and an output chopping circuit electrically connected along a signal path. The amplification circuit includes two or more pairs of input transistors, from which a control circuit chooses a selected pair of input transistors to amplify an input signal. The chopper amplifier further incudes an offset correction circuit that senses the signal path to generate an input offset compensation signal for the amplification circuit. Furthermore, the offset correction circuit separately tracks an input offset of each of the two or more pairs of input transistors.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.Inventor: Yoshinori Kusuda
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Patent number: 11123000Abstract: A biocompatible recording system includes a number of input channels for acquiring electronic information from the neural system of a living being. The recording system includes a preamplifier and further amplifier stages. An input of a second amplifier stage is coupled to an output of the preamplifier. A low-pass filter having a capacitance multiplier is connected to the second amplifier stage. The preamplifier of the recording system is designed using P-MOS technology.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: NEUROLOOP GMBHInventors: Matthias Kuhl, Yiannos Manoli, Dennis Plachta, Thomas Stieglitz, Oscar Cota
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Patent number: 11119063Abstract: An impedance measuring apparatus and method is disclosed. The impedance measuring apparatus includes one or more capacitors configured to receive an induced signal determined by an impedance of a measurement target, a controller configured to output a control signal to selectively turn a switch on or off based on whether a voltage value of the induced signal is included in a threshold range, and the switch configured to determine whether to set, to be a reference voltage value, a voltage value of a capacitor voltage signal output from the one or more capacitors based on the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: JongPal Kim
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Patent number: 11101781Abstract: An amplifier device includes an amplifier circuitry, a controller circuitry, and an offset cancellation circuitry. The amplifier circuitry is configured to amplify a first input signal and a second input signal, in order to generate a first output signal and a second output signal. The controller circuitry is configured to generate a first control signal and a second control signal according to the first output signal and the second output signal. The offset cancellation circuitry is configured to provide a negative capacitor to the amplifier circuitry, and to adjust at least one current flowing through a circuit, which provides the negative capacitor, of the offset cancellation circuitry according to the first control signal and the second control signal, in order to cancel an offset of the amplifier circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignees: GLOBAL UNICHIP CORPORATION, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yen-Chung Chen, Tsai-Ming Yang, Ting-Hsu Chien
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Patent number: 11095259Abstract: An integrated circuit, comprising an amplifier comprising a pair of inputs configured to receive a differential signal, a first resistor, a second resistor, wherein the first resistor and the second resistor are coupled in series with each other and coupled to a first input of the pair of inputs, a third resistor, a fourth resistor, wherein the third resistor and the fourth resistor are coupled in series with each other and coupled to a second input of the pair of inputs, and a first capacitor comprising a first end coupled to a first point between the first resistor and the second resistor, and a second end coupled to a second point between the third resistor and the fourth resistor, a second capacitor disposed between the first input and an output of the amplifier; and a third capacitor disposed between the second input and the output.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Baoyue Wei, Yuemiao Di
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Patent number: 11095262Abstract: A circuit arrangement comprises a first input node, a first output node, a sampling capacitor means and a first switching means being switchable between a first switching state and a second switching state. The first switching means is coupled to the sampling capacitor means, the first input node and the first output node in such a way that the sampling capacitor means is conductively connected to the first input node and disconnected from the first output node in the first switching state and the sampling capacitor means is disconnected from the first input node and conductively connected to the first output node in the second switching state. A first charge-storing element is coupled via a second switching means to the first input node in such a way that the charge-storing element is charged in the first switching state and discharged in the second switching state, thereby at least partly compensating current flow for charging the sampling capacitor means in the first switching state.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: AMS AGInventors: Jose Manuel Garcia Gonzalez, Rafael Serrano Gotarredona
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Patent number: 11057042Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) device includes a current-steering DAC circuitry and a calibration circuitry. The current-steering DAC circuitry generates a first signal according to multiple least significant bits of an input signal, and generates a second signal according to multiple most significant bits of the input signal. The calibration circuitry performs a non-binary search algorithm to generate a calibration signal in response to a comparison result of the first signal and the second signal, in order to calibrate the current-steering DAC circuitry according to the calibration signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Chih-Chieh Yang, Shih-Hsiung Huang, Liang-Huan Lei