Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Signal converting – shaping – or generating – Rectangular or pulse waveform width control
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-05
2011-07-05
Cox, Cassandra (Department: 2816)
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Signal converting, shaping, or generating
Rectangular or pulse waveform width control
C327S175000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07973580
ABSTRACT:
A semiconductor device includes: a voltage-control-type clock generation circuit having a plurality of stages of first delay elements and whose oscillation frequency is controlled according to a control voltage applied to the first delay elements; a delay circuit having a plurality of stages of second delay elements connected serially; and a selection circuit selecting one from pulse signals output by the plurality of stages of respective second delay elements. The first delay elements and the second delay elements have a same structure formed on a same semiconductor substrate, and a delay amount of the second delay elements is adjusted according to the control voltage.
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Kamata Yuki
Naka Toshiyuki
Nakagawa Akio
Nakamura Kazutoshi
Sano Yoshinobu
Cox Cassandra
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
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