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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
May. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Kent Kernahan, Cupertino, CA (US);
John Carl Thomas, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Craig Norman Lambert, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kent Kernahan, Cupertino, CA (US);
John Carl Thomas, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Craig Norman Lambert, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Exar Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A voltage signal is monitored in comparison to another voltage signal by a differential amplifier. When the first voltage signal value drops below the second voltage signal value an output signal is boosted in response. The output signal returns to a previous state without boost.