Mosaid Technologies Corporation

Infineon Technologies Ag

Conversant Intellectual Property Management Incorporated

Dieter Haerle

Peter Vlasenko

Robert McKenzie

Sean Lord

Tony Mai

Alan S Roth

Steven Smith

Alexander Mayer

Andrea Baschirotto

Derek Bernardon

Hubert Rothleitner

Michael Nelhiebel

Ahmed Sokar

Petar Tzenov

Anis Chenbeh

Sergio De Gasperi

In some examples, a device includes a power structure and a sensing structure that is electrically isolated from the power structure. The device also includes processing circuitry configured to determine whether the sensing structure includes a prognostic health indicator, wherein the prognostic health indicator is indicative of a health of the power structure.

Prognostic health management for power devices

A charge pump for use in a Phase Locked Loop/Delay Locked Loop minimizes static phase error through the use of an operational amplifier. The operational amplifier also mitigates the effects of low power supply voltage.

Charge pump for PLL/DLL

A fault aware analog model (FAAM) system is disclosed. The FAAM system comprises a FAAM builder module comprising a model construction module configured to receive a reference dataset associated with a circuit block. The reference dataset comprises a set of data values that defines input to output relationship of the circuit block for both in spec and out of spec operation of the circuit block. The reference data set is derived based on data associated with a ground truth representation of the circuit block. In some embodiments, the model construction module is further configured to generate a FAAM comprising a behavioral model of the circuit block, based on the reference dataset, wherein the FAAM is configured to approximate the input to output relationship of the circuit block that is defined by the set of data values in the reference dataset.

Fault aware analog model (FAAM)

A delay locked loop operates over a wide range of frequencies and has high accuracy, small silicon area usage, low power consumption and a short lock time. The DLL combines an analog domain and a digital domain. The digital domain is responsible for initial lock and operational point stability and is frozen after the lock is reached. The analog domain is responsible for normal operation after lock is reached and provides high accuracy using smaller silicon area and low power.

Wide frequency range delay locked loop

A delay locked loop includes initialization circuitry that ensures that a DLL is initialized to an operating point that is not to close to either end of a delay vs. control voltage characteristic. The initialization circuitry forces the DLL to initially search for a lock point starting from an initial delay, the delay is varied in one direction, forcing the DLL to skip the first lock point. The initialization circuitry only allows the DLL to vary the delay of the voltage controlled delay loop in the one direction from the initial delay until the operating point is reached.

Delay locked loop circuit and method

A priority encoder (PE) for a CAM, comprising a plurality of PE blocks, each receiving a plurality of match results corresponding to data entries in a corresponding data array block and, for determining an address of a highest priority data entry based on a physical location in the data array block during a CAM search-and-compare operation a register for storing a user defined priority value assigned to each PE block and means for evaluating priority values and the address determined by the plurality of PE blocks to select a PE block having the highest priority data entry.

Block programmable priority encoder in a cam

A circuit and method for capacitor effective series resistance measurement. One embodiment provides a method for measuring the effective series resistance of a capacitor having a capacitor voltage. The method includes amplifying the capacitor voltage with an AC coupled amplifier yielding a first amplified signal. The capacitor is discharged with a constant current for a measurement time thus causing a voltage swing of the capacitor voltage due to a voltage drop across the effective series resistance. The capacitor voltage is amplified with the AC coupled amplifier yielding a second amplified signal being dependent on the voltage swing. The effective series resistance is calculated from the first and the second amplified signals.

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Villach, Austria

Dieter Haerle