Inventor

FERNALD KENNETH W

US70 patents

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FERNALD KENNETH W

SILICON LABS CP INC

Cross-bar matrix for connecting digital resources to I/O pins of an integrated circuit

Method and apparatus for calibration of a low frequency oscillator in a processor based system

Reconfigurable interface for coupling functional input/output blocks to limited number of i/o pins

Voltage reference circuit using PTAT voltage

Serial data interface

Clock recovery method for bursty communications

Micro controller unit (MCU) with RTC

Processor based integrated circuit with a supply voltage monitor using bandgap device without feedback

Analog-to-digital converter with low power track-and-hold mode

Precision oscillator for an asynchronous transmission system

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) clamp using output driver

Clock recovery method for bursty communications

Processor based integrated circuit with a supply voltage monitor using bandgap device without feedback

Digital control circuit for switching power supply with pattern generator

Paging scheme for a microcontroller for extending available register space

Priority cross-bar decoder

Reconfigurable interface for coupling functional input/output blocks to limited number of I/O pins

Comparators in IC with programmably controlled positive / negative hysteresis level and open-drain / push-pull output coupled to crossbar switch or rising / falling edge interrupt generation

Battery protect circuit for switched circuit that switches between a supply and a battery

Cross-bar matrix for connecting digital resources to I/O pins of an integrated circuit

Clock circuit with fractional divide circuit

SILICON LAB INC

Charge pump for low power consumption apparatus and associated methods

Controlling a frequency locked loop

Low-power communication apparatus with wakeup detection and associated methods

Apparatus for differencing comparator and associated methods

Charge pump for low power consumption apparatus and associated methods

System and apparatus for improving the utility of regulators and associated methods

Communication apparatus having an oscillator that is disabled based on idle state detection of a communication link and associated methods

Apparatus for sensing temperature in electronic circuitry and associated methods

Maximum supply voltage selection

Micro controller unit (MCU) with RTC

Cross-bar matrix with LCD functionality

ZILKER LABS INC

Method for using a multi-master multi-slave bus for power management

Power management system using a multi-master multi-slave bus and multi-function point-of-load regulators

Adaptive thresholding technique for power supplies during margining events

Hardware efficient digital control loop architecture for a power converter

Method for pre-bias correction during turn-on of switching power regulators

Method for accurate current sensing in power converters

Method for accurately setting parameters inside integrated circuits using inaccurate external components

Integrated multi-function point-of-load regulator circuit

Accurately setting parameters inside integrated circuits using inaccurate external components

INTERMEDICS INC

Method and apparatus for improving the resolution of pulse position modulated communications between an implantable medical device and an external medical device

Hybrid analog-to-digital convertor for low power applications, such as use in an implantable medical device

Method and apparatus for measuring the period of response of an implantable medical device based upon the difference in phase between a trigger signal and an internal clock signal

FERNALD KENNETH W

Method for using a multi-master multi-slave bus for power management

Method for control of overlap times in switching power converters

Power management system

HEINEMAN DOUGLAS E

Active droop current sharing

Active droop current sharing

CYGNAL INTEGRATED PRODUCTS INC

Supply voltage monitor using bandgap device without feedback