Abstract:
The invention concerns a control circuit for controlling a power switch by means of a galvanic insulation transformer, the transformer being produced in the form of planar conductive windings on an insulating substrate (20) whereon are integrated passive components constituting a high frequency excitation oscillating circuit for a primary winding of the transformer, the transformer substrate being directly mounted on a wafer (24) whereon is mounted a circuit chip (40) integrating the power switch.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a deep insulating trench, comprising side walls (11) and a base (10), embodied in a semiconductor substrate (1). The side walls (11) and the base (10) are coated with an electrically insulating material (12) which defines an empty cavity (13) and forms a plug (14) to seal the cavity (13). The side walls (11) are embodied with a neck (15) for determining the position of the plug (15) and a first section (16) which tapers out towards the neck (15) with increasing separation from the base (10). The above is particularly suitable for application in bipolar circuits and BiCMOS.
Abstract:
The invention concerns an antenna generating an electromagnetic field for an electromagnetic transponder, and a terminal provided with such an antenna, comprising a first inductive element (Lp) designed to be connected to two terminals (3, 4) applying an energizing voltage (Vg), and a parallel resonant circuit (21) coupled with the first inductive element.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method which consists in forming on a substrate (1) coated with a dielectric material layer (3) provided with a window (3a), a stack of successive layers alternately of germanium or SiGe alloy (4, 6, 8) and polycrystalline silicon (5, 7, 9); selective partial elimination of the germanium or SiGe alloy layers, to form an tree-like structure; forming a thin layer of dielectric material (10) on the tree-like structure; and coating the tree-like structure with polycrystalline silicon (11). The invention is useful for making dynamic random-access memories.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and a circuit for verifying data transferred between a circuit (21) and a processing unit (11), in which: the data originating from the circuit travels through a first temporary storage element (23) having a size representing an integer multiple of the size of data liable to be presented subsequently on a bus (27) of the processing unit; an address provided by the processing unit (11) destined for the circuit is stored temporarily in a second element (22); and the content of the first element is compared with a current data item (CDATA) originating from the circuit, at least when said data item corresponds to an address of a data item already present in this first element.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a circuit (30) for detecting an overload in a load supplied by a switched-mode power supply, comprising: a first comparator (25) of a first voltage based on the supply voltage of the load relative to a first threshold (V FB ), supplying a regulating signal (CT) to a pulse generator (6) controlling the switched-mode power supply; a second comparator (31) of a second voltage relative to a second threshold (V OLV ), supplying a signal (OVL) indicating the presence of an overload; and means (C33, 34, 35, M35) for automatically controlling said second voltage by a third threshold (V INI ) lower than the second and higher than the first, and for deactivating the second comparator as long as said automatic control is maintained.
Abstract:
The invention concerns an inductive element for forming an electromagnetic transponder antenna, comprising a first group of mutually parallel conductors (p1') coplanar in a first plane, a second group of mutually parallel conductors (p2') coplanar in a second plane parallel to the first plane, and an insulating material (52') separating the two groups of conductors, one end of each conductor of the first group being connected to one end of a conductor of the second group whereof the other end is connected to one end of another conductor of the first group, the connections between the conductors being conductive via holes (v) in the thickness of the insulating material.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a single-crystal layer of a first semiconductor material (5) comprising single-crystal nanostructures of a second semiconductor material (3), said nanostructures being distributed in a regular crystallographic network with a centred tetragonal prism.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for stabilizing the operation of a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) monitored by a phase locked loop (PLL), the voltage-controlled oscillator delivering a RF signal and receiving via at least one disturbance path a frequency harmonics component equal or close to that of the RF signal, capable of disturbing its operation by injection pulling effect. The invention is characterized in that the method comprises a step which consists in injecting into the voltage-controlled oscillator a signal for compensating the injection pulling effect, whereof the phase and amplitude are adjusted to as to neutralize the effects of the disturbance harmonics component. The invention is applicable in particular to IQ phase modulation in radiotelephony.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a device comprising on a common electronic chip frequency translation means (MX) connected to a main oscillator (VCOP). The main oscillator (VCOP) is incorporated in a main phase locked loop (PLL2) whereof the reference frequency is supplied by a voltage-regulated auxiliary oscillator (VCOA), itself incorporated in an auxiliary phase locked loop (PLL1) whereof the reference frequency is lower than the auxiliary oscillator frequency. The reference frequency (SRFP) of the main loop is lower than the main oscillator output frequency, higher than 10 times the frequency spacing of the channels referred to the main oscillator output frequency, and distant by a whole multiple from reception or transmission frequency of at least the main loop cutoff frequency.