410 patents
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Open-circuit detector
16 Jan 24
One example discloses an open-circuit detector, comprising: a first current source configured to inject a current at an output of a closed-loop circuit; a detector configured to monitor a voltage of the closed-loop circuit; wherein the detector is configured to indicate whether the voltage monitored exceeds a predetermined threshold voltage; a controller configured to regulate the current injected by the first current source; wherein the controller is configured to set an open-circuit flag if the current injected caused the voltage to exceed the predetermined threshold voltage.
Mohammed Mansri, Mahraj Sivaraj, Hamada Ahmed, Tarek Hakam
Filed: 31 May 22
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Substrate pad and die pillar design modifications to enable extreme fine pitch flip chip (FC) joints
16 Jan 24
An electronic component includes a device die and a substrate.
Kabir Mirpuri
Filed: 29 Apr 21
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Semiconductor device with directing structure and method therefor
16 Jan 24
A semiconductor device having a radiating element and a directing structure is provided.
Robert Joseph Wenzel, Michael B. Vincent
Filed: 17 May 21
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Optocoupler circuit with level shifter
16 Jan 24
In an optocoupler circuit, a first direction path, which transmits signals from a first to a second terminal, includes a first level shifter, a second level shifter, and a first optocoupler.
YangTao Cheng, Kai Zhu
Filed: 7 Apr 22
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Network node firmware update
16 Jan 24
An apparatus and method for updating the firmware version in a network node is described.
Bruno De Smet, Gatien Chapon
Filed: 2 Oct 20
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Antenna with switchable beam pattern
9 Jan 24
A waveguide antenna (200) is disclosed, comprising: a first plurality (220) of slots (222,224), for producing a beam having a first radiation pattern (301) at a first resonant frequency (f1); and a second plurality (230) of slots (232, 234), for producing a beam having a second radiation pattern (302) at a second resonant frequency (f2).
Ziqiang Tong
Filed: 25 Jan 22
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Input voltage ripple compensation of interleaved boost converter using cycle times
9 Jan 24
A method and apparatus are described for compensating input voltage ripples of an interleaved boost converter using cycle times.
Wilhelmus Hinderikus Maria Langeslag, Remco Twelkemeijer
Filed: 25 Aug 21
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IQ to phase conversion method and apparatus
9 Jan 24
A method for cartesian (IQ) to polar phase conversion includes: converting a first input value into a first absolute value, and a second input value into a second absolute value; converting the first absolute value into a first logarithmic value by calculating a scaled logarithmic value of the first absolute value, and the second absolute value into a second logarithmic value by calculating a scaled logarithmic value of the second absolute value; subtracting the first logarithmic value from the second logarithmic value, to provide a subtract value; and selecting a phase value from a plurality of phase values stored in a storage unit.
Yijie Zhang, Khurram Waheed
Filed: 29 Aug 22
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Method and system for accelerator thread management
2 Jan 24
A thread management circuit of a processing system stores a thread identifier table and a thread completion table.
Sourav Roy, Arvind Kaushik, Sneha Mishra, Howard Dewey Owens, Joseph Gergen
Filed: 15 Oct 20
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High dielectric constant carrier based packaging with enhanced WG matching for 5G and 6G applications
2 Jan 24
A wafer-scale die packaging device is fabricated by providing a high-k glass carrier substrate having a ceramic region which includes a defined waveguide area and extends to a defined die attach area, and then forming, on a first glass carrier substrate surface, a differential waveguide launcher having a pair of signal lines connected to a radiating element that is positioned adjacent to an air cavity and surrounded by a patterned array of conductors disposed over the ceramic region in a waveguide conductor ring.
Jinbang Tang
Filed: 29 Dec 21
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Area-efficient ESD protection inside standard cells
2 Jan 24
An integrated circuit is provided with a protected circuit wherein a first FinFET operably coupled to a signal node is protected against electrostatic discharge voltage damage by a standard cell electrostatic discharge protection circuit which is connected between first and second voltage supplies and which includes a first FinFET diode connected between the signal node and the first voltage supply, and a second FinFET diode connected between the signal node and the second voltage supply, where the first and second FinFET diodes are each formed with a FinFET device comprising (1) a body well region forming a first diode terminal connected to one of the first or second voltage supplies, and (2) a shorted gate, source, and drain regions forming a second diode terminal connected to the signal node.
Michael A. Stockinger, Mohamed Suleman Moosa, Vasily Vladimirovich Korolev, Irina Yuryevna Bashkirova, Olga Olegovna Sibagatullina
Filed: 10 Jan 22
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Level-shifter
2 Jan 24
One example discloses a level-shifter circuit, comprising: a pre-driver stage configured to receive differential inputs and generate differential pre-driver outputs; a first output stage coupled to receive the differential pre-driver outputs and generate a single-ended first stage output; a second output stage coupled to receive the differential pre-driver outputs and generate a single-ended second stage output; and wherein the first and second stage outputs together form a differential output.
Xu Zhang, Xiaoqun Liu, Siamak Delshadpour
Filed: 22 Sep 21
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Signal driver circuit
19 Dec 23
One example discloses a signal driver circuit, including: an input configured to receive an input signal; an output configured to transmit an output signal; a low drop-out voltage regulator (LDO) having a regulated voltage output; a set of voltage-modulated amplifiers having a first input coupled to the regulated voltage output, and a second input configured to receive the input signal; wherein the voltage-modulated amplifier is configured to amplify the input signal and transmit an amplified input signal on the output of the signal driver circuit; a de-emphasis controller, including a set of de-emphasis levels; wherein the de-emphasis controller is configured to selectively switch-on a first subset of the set of voltage-modulated amplifiers and switch-off a second subset of the set of voltage-modulated amplifiers based on the de-emphasis levels.
Xiaoqun Liu, Siamak Delshadpour
Filed: 12 Sep 22
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Electro-static discharge device with integrated capacitance
19 Dec 23
An integrated electro-static discharge (ESD) device has a set of metal layers.
Evgueniy Nikolov Stefanov, Pascal Kamel Abouda
Filed: 15 Nov 21
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Amplifier modules and systems with ground terminals adjacent to power amplifier die
12 Dec 23
An amplifier module includes a module substrate with a mounting surface, a signal conducting layer, a ground layer, and a ground terminal pad at the mounting surface.
Jeffrey Kevin Jones, Kevin Kim, Freek Egbert van Straten, Ibrahim Khalil
Filed: 29 Dec 20
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Transistor with odd-mode oscillation stabilization circuit
12 Dec 23
A transistor includes first and second sets of gate fingers formed in an active area of a semiconductor substrate, an input bond pad formed in the semiconductor substrate and spaced apart from the active area, a first conductive structure with a proximal end coupled to the input bond pad and a distal end coupled to the first set of gate fingers, and a second conductive structure with a proximal end coupled to the input bond pad and a distal end coupled to the second set of gate fingers.
Darrell Glenn Hill
Filed: 24 Nov 21
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Semiconductor device with waveguide and method therefor
5 Dec 23
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided.
Michael B. Vincent, Giorgio Carluccio, Maristella Spella, Scott M. Hayes
Filed: 26 Aug 21
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Apparatus and methods of access point operation in multi-link wireless communication systems
5 Dec 23
Various embodiments relate to a method for a non simultaneous transmit and receive (NSTR) soft access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) negotiating a traffic identifier (TID)-to-link mapping with a non-AP MLD, including: transmitting, by the NSTR soft AP MLD, a first frame that includes information on a first group of links that the NSTR soft AP MLD proposes to map to a first TID for the non-AP MLD; receiving, by the NSTR soft AP MLD, a second frame that includes an indication that the non-AP MLD agrees with the NSTR soft AP MLD's proposal on mapping of the first TID to the first group of links; and transmitting, by the NSTR soft AP MLD, traffic to the non-AP MLD on the first group of links based on the mapping.
Young Hoon Kwon, Liwen Chu, Hongyuan Zhang
Filed: 30 Nov 21
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Hybrid device assemblies and method of fabrication
28 Nov 23
A device assembly includes a functional substrate having one or more electronic components formed there.
Li Li, Lakshminarayan Viswanathan, Jeffrey Kevin Jones
Filed: 22 Oct 20
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Method and apparatus for communications with channel puncturing
28 Nov 23
Embodiments of a method and apparatus for communications are disclosed.
Rui Cao, Hongyuan Zhang, Liwen Chu
Filed: 31 Dec 20