COSMIC CIRCUITS PRIVATE LIMITED Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130127522 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ABRITRARY VOLTAGE WAVEFORMS - An electrical system for generating arbitrary voltage waveform includes a power supply unit for providing a supply voltage to the electrical system. One or more charge pumps are in electrical communication with the power supply unit. Each charge pump generates a voltage. The electrical system also includes a plurality of switches, a first switch among the plurality of switches coupled between a ground and an output terminal, other switches among the plurality of switches coupled between the one or more charge pumps and the output terminal. A control circuit is in electrical communication with the power supply unit, the plurality of switches and the one or more charge pumps, and is operable to control the voltage generated by the each charge pump and the plurality of switches. Voltages from the one or more charge pumps additively result in a variable output voltage that generates an arbitrary voltage waveform. | 05-23-2013 |
20130021094 | CIRCUIT FOR OPTIMIZING A POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DURING VARYING LOAD CONDITIONS - A circuit for optimizing a power management system. The circuit includes a first amplifier. The first amplifier is responsive to a first reference signal and operable to supply a first load current. The circuit also includes a second amplifier coupled to the first amplifier. The second amplifier is responsive to a second reference signal and operable to supply a second load current. The second load current is lower in magnitude than the first load current, thereby enabling the first amplifier to operate during a first load condition, and the second amplifier to operate during the first load condition and a second load condition. Further, the circuit includes a resistive element coupled to the first amplifier and the second amplifier, to isolate the first amplifier from the second amplifier. | 01-24-2013 |
20130021092 | ULTRA LOW CUT-OFF FREQUENCY FILTER - An ultra low cut-off frequency filter. A filter circuit includes a control circuit responsive to an input signal and a feedback signal to generate a control signal. The filter circuit includes a controllable resistor coupled to the control circuit. The controllable resistor is responsive to a reference signal and the control signal to generate the feedback signal. The filter circuit includes a feedback path coupled to the control circuit and the controllable resistor to couple the feedback signal from the controllable resistor to the control circuit, thereby removing noise from at least one of the input signal and the reference signal, and preventing voltage error in the filter circuit. | 01-24-2013 |
20120319789 | RELAXATION OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT WITH REDUCED SENSITIVITY OF OSCILLATION FREQUENCY TO COMPARATOR DELAY VARIATION - A relaxation oscillator circuit with reduced sensitivity of oscillation frequency to comparator delay variation includes a first current source that generates charging current, a second current source coupled to the first current source to generate reference voltage, a resistor coupled to the second current source to enable generation of the reference voltage, a capacitor coupled to the first current source that is charged based on the charging current, a comparator responsive to voltage corresponding to the capacitor and the reference voltage to generate output voltage, a peak detector coupled to the capacitor to generate peak voltage, an error detector coupled to the peak detector and the second current source to generate an error based on the peak voltage and the reference voltage, and a controller coupled to the error detector to control one of the charging current, offset voltage input to the comparator, and capacitance of the capacitor. | 12-20-2012 |
20120299580 | TRANSIENT RECOVERY CIRCUIT FOR SWITCHING DEVICES - A transient recovery circuit for switching devices. The transient recovery circuit includes a detecting circuit for detecting a rapid transient in an output voltage of a switching device by detecting a rate of the output voltage transient; an auxiliary controlling circuit in a feedback loop of the switching device for correcting the output voltage by changing a bandwidth of the feedback loop if the rapid transient is detected; and an initializing circuit for initializing the feedback loop to expected operating points in a continuous conduction mode after correcting the output voltage. | 11-29-2012 |
20120176112 | CIRCUIT FOR SENSING LOAD CURRENT OF A VOLTAGE REGULATOR - A circuit for sensing load current of a voltage regulator. The circuit includes a power transistor and a minor transistor. A first transistor sizing circuit is coupled to the power transistor and is operable to control size of the power transistor based on a bias voltage of the power transistor, thereby regulating a first voltage for varying load conditions. The circuit also includes a feedback amplifier coupled to the power transistor and the mirror transistor. A transistor is coupled to the feedback amplifier and the mirror transistor. An analog to digital converter (ADC) is coupled to the transistor. A second transistor sizing circuit is coupled to the mirror transistor, the transistor, and the ADC. The second transistor sizing circuit is responsive to an output voltage to control size of the minor transistor, thereby ensuring that accuracy of output voltage sensed by ADC is not limited by ADC's resolution. | 07-12-2012 |
20100283439 | EFFICIENT SWITCH CASCODE ARCHITECTURE FOR SWITCHING DEVICES - Efficient switch cascode architecture for switching devices, such as switching regulators. The cascode architecture includes a switching stage responsive to an external driver signal for switching transitions, and a bias generator operative to bias the cascode transistor of the switching stage to protect the switching stage from damage during the switching transitions. | 11-11-2010 |
20100253563 | CAPACITOR BASED DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER LAYOUT DESIGN FOR HIGH SPEED ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER - A method and system for capacitor based digital to analog converter design layout for high speed analog to digital converter are provided. The method includes arranging a plurality of metal plates to form the capacitor. Each of the plurality of metal plates includes a driven plate and a common plate. The method also includes generating a plurality of interconnects in the common plate and extending the driven plate over the plurality of interconnects. Further, the method includes shielding the common plate by the driven plate. The system includes an analog to digital converter. The analog to digital converter also includes capacitor based digital to analog converter and digital logic for controlling digital operations in the analog to digital converter. The capacitor based digital to analog converter includes a plurality of capacitors, and a comparator for comparing the analog output from the digital to analog converter with a ground potential. | 10-07-2010 |
20100164611 | LEAKAGE INDEPENDENT VRY LOW BANDWIDTH CURRENT FILTER - A current filter circuit is provided. The current filter circuit comprises a source transistor comprising a drain, a gate, and a source. The source of the source transistor is coupled to a reference voltage terminal, the gate of the source transistor is coupled to the gate of a mirror transistor, and the drain of the source transistor is coupled to a reference current source. The mirror transistor comprises a drain, a gate, and a source. The source of the mirror transistor is coupled to the reference voltage terminal, the gate is coupled to the gate of the source transistor, and the drain is coupled to a load. The current filter circuit comprises a low pass filter for filtering noise. The current filter circuit also comprises an impedance reduction circuit coupled to the drain of the mirror transistor for reducing bandwidth of the current filter circuit. | 07-01-2010 |
20100164606 | DC BIASING CIRCUIT FOR A METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSISTOR - A method for biasing a MOS transistor includes AC coupling an input signal from an amplifier stage to a gate of the MOS transistor. The method includes connecting a pair of diodes in an opposing parallel configuration to a bias transistor and a current source. Further, the method includes generating a DC bias voltage through the bias transistor and the current source. The method also includes clamping the voltage at drain of the bias transistor to a fixed voltage by a clamping circuit. Further, the method includes coupling the DC bias voltage to the gate of the MOS transistor through the pair of diodes. | 07-01-2010 |
20100026267 | SINGLE INDUCTOR MULTIPLE OUTPUT SWITCHING DEVICES - Single inductor multiple output (SIMO) switching devices with efficient regulating circuits. The SIMO switching device includes a plurality of time division multiplexing (TDM) switches for switching current through an inductor of the SIMO switching device. The plurality of TDM switches produces a plurality of outputs. The SIMO switching device further includes an error calculation circuit operatively coupled to the plurality of outputs for determining a calculated error from the plurality of outputs; a time slot generation circuit for controlling the plurality of TDM switches according to the calculated error; and a pulse width modulation (PWM) control circuit operatively coupled to the time slot generation circuit for controlling a plurality of PWM switches of a switching stage of the SIMO switching device in a continuous conduction mode (CCM) of operation. The PWM switches are controlled according to the time slots generated by the time slot generation circuit. | 02-04-2010 |
20090278516 | TRANSIENT RECOVERY CIRCUIT FOR SWITCHING DEVICES - A transient recovery circuit for switching devices. The transient recovery circuit includes a detecting circuit for detecting a rapid transient in an output voltage of a switching device by detecting a rate of the output voltage transient; an auxiliary controlling circuit in a feedback loop of the switching device for correcting the output voltage by changing a bandwidth of the feedback loop if the rapid transient is detected; and an initializing circuit for initializing the feedback loop to expected operating points in a continuous conduction mode after correcting the output voltage. | 11-12-2009 |