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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130654 | ELECTRICAL NETWORKS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Electrical networks are formed to produce an approximation of at least one desired performance characteristic, based on the recognition that fabrication variations introduce slight differences in electronic sub-networks which were intended to be identical. These fabrica... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126347 | PACKAGES AND METHODS FOR PACKAGING Packaged integrated devices and methods of forming the same are provided. In one embodiment, a packaged integrated device includes a package substrate, a package lid, and an integrated circuit or microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device. The package lid is mounted t... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120110218 | Auto-Detection and Mode Switching for Digital Interface A method of operating a microphone system includes the steps of monitoring an I/O terminal to detect whether a signal on that terminal achieves a pre-defined logic level during a monitoring period. The I/O terminal and a second I/O terminal are configured to one of a ha... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120080764 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS DEVICE PACKAGING A MEMS package includes a substrate having an L-shaped cross-section. The substrate includes a vertical portion having a front surface and a back surface, and a horizontal portion protruding from a lower part of the front surface of the vertical portion, wherein the fro... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069956 | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DETECTOR MODULE A computed tomography detector module can include a detector element, a frame, and a converter element. The detector element can be configured to detect electromagnetic radiation at a detection plane and output one or more analog detection signals. The frame can connect... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050084 | DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTERS HAVING CIRCUIT ARCHITECTURES TO OVERCOME SWITCH LOSSES A digital to analog converter (DAC) includes a pair of operational amplifiers each having a first input coupled to a reference voltage. The DAC includes a plurality of switch-controlled cells, each of which includes a resistor and two force/sense switch pairs. A first f... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050080 | LINEARITY CORRECTION CIRCUIT FOR VOLTAGE MODE DAC A force/sense voltage-mode DAC coupled with multiple transconductance amplifiers that generate a correction current injected to a node in one of the DAC cells is discussed. The correction current injected into the DAC cell may reduce nonlinearity produced by biasing cur... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049941 | APPARATUS AND METHOD CONFIGURED TO PROVIDE ELECTRICAL BIAS As provided herein, in some embodiments, power consumption and/or chip area is reduced by bias circuits configured to provide bias conditions for more than one active circuit, thereby reducing the number of bias circuits in a design. Shared bias circuits may reduce the ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049934 | LOW-LEAKAGE DIODES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Low leakage diodes and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In one embodiment an apparatus includes a designed or parasitic bipolar transistor having an emitter, a base and a collector. The bipolar transistor is configured to operate as a diode, the diode having r... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044040 | DIGITAL POTENTIOMETER WITH INDEPENDENT CONTROL OVER BOTH RESISTIVE ARMS A digital potentiometer includes a circuit containing multiple string arrays, each having a plurality of switching devices connected to an array of resistors. Each input terminal receives a separate digital input code enabling the resistance of one of the arms to be var... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038417 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR REDUCING NONLINEARITY IN SAMPLING NETWORKS An integrated circuit allows for the correction of distortion at an input of a sampling network. The integrated circuit contains a first bootstrap circuit to drive a sampling network transistor and a second bootstrap circuit to separate the back-gate terminal of the tra... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120032893 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUAL-TOUCH GESTURE CLASSIFICATION IN RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREENS A system and method for classifying touches input into a four-wire resistive touch screen is presented. A voltage may be applied to electrodes in a layer making it the active layer. A first set of four voltages may be measured by a voltage sensing circuit from electrode... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120028591 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOW VOLTAGE RADIO TRANSMISSION Apparatus and methods are disclosed related to low-voltage radio transmitters with high spectral purity. One such apparatus includes a baseband path with a predistortion stage, a programmable filter, and an upconverter core. In an embodiment, the programmable filter is ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028432 | METHODS OF FORMING A BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR A bipolar transistor, comprising a collector, a base and an emitter, in which the collector comprises a relatively heavily doped region, and a relatively lightly doped region adjacent the base, and in which the relatively heavily doped region is substantially omitted fr... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027234 | Reduced Footprint Microphone System with Spacer Member Having Through-Hole A microphone system has a chip system coupled to a base. Among other things, the chip system includes a microphone chip and a circuit chip, in a stacked relationship, configured to electrically communicate. The microphone chip has a diaphragm configured to move upon rec... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120025882 | CALIBRATION FOR PHASE-LOCKED LOOP A method for calibrating a bandwidth of a phase-locked loop begins with detecting an error signal generated by the phase-locked loop in response to a stimulus signal. The difference between the integral of the error signal and a nominal value thereof is computed, and th... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120020502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING HEADPHONE SPATIAL IMPRESSION A headphone system includes a headphone, a sensor, and a processor. The headphone may provide sound from virtual speakers to a listener via a plurality of sound paths that are filtered with a plurality of filters. The sensor may sense an angular velocity of a movement o... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110279192 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING RADIO FREQUENCY POWER Apparatus and methods are disclosed related to radio frequency (RF) power detection. One such apparatus includes a directional coupler, an RF switch, and an RF power detector. The RF switch can selectively change coupling between the directional coupler and the RF power... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279147 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION IN RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMITTERS Apparatus and methods are disclosed related to phase synchronization in transmitters. One such apparatus includes a wireless transmitter with two or more separate and unrelated local oscillators. The apparatus can provide RF signals to multiple antenna elements, which c... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110266639 | Method of Producing a MEMS Device A method of producing a MEMS device removes the bottom side of a device wafer after its movable structure is formed. To that end, the method provides the device wafer, which has an initial bottom side. Next, the method forms the movable structure on the device wafer, an... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20120013492 | PROGRAMMABLE LINEARITY CORRECTION CIRCUIT FOR DIGITAL-TO- ANALOG CONVERTER The invention provides a systematic error correction network coupled to a converter. The converter may display a systematic non-linearity error, and the systematic error correction network shapes a correction transform function that acts like counter distortion function... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120013406 | DIGITAL PHASE-LOCKED LOOP CLOCK SYSTEM A clock system includes a digital phase/frequency detector (DPFD), a buffer, a digitally-controlled oscillator (DCO) including a sigma-delta modulator (SDM), an adder, a first frequency divider. The DPFD may have a first input for a reference input clock, a second input... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120013320 | VOLTAGE REGULATING CIRCUIT AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A REGULATED DC OUTPUT VOLTAGE FROM AN UNREGULATED DC INPUT VOLTAGE A voltage regulator receives an unregulated DC input voltage supply and provides a regulated DC output voltage. A primary pass element and an external resistor are located in a primary current path through which a load current flows from the input terminal to the output... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120008242 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT PROTECTION Apparatuses and methods for electronic circuit protection are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises an internal circuit electrically connected between a first node and a second node, and a protection circuit electrically connected between the first node a... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120007207 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT PROTECTION Apparatus and methods for electronic circuit protection are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a substrate includes an n-well and a p-well adjacent the n-well. An n-type active area and a p-type active area are disposed in the n-well. The p-type active... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120007195 | APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGING Apparatuses are disclosed, such as those involving integrated circuit packaging. In one embodiment, a chip package includes: an encapsulation having a top surface and a bottom surface facing away from the top surface. The package further includes a leadframe including a... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120002337 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT PROTECTION Apparatuses and methods for providing transient electrical event protection are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a detection and timing circuit, a current amplification circuit, and a clamping circuit. The detection and timing circuit is configured t... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110311080 | Very Low Power MEMS Microphone A MEMS microphone is capable of operating with less-than-one-volt bias voltage. An exemplary MEMS microphone can operate directly from a power rail (i.e., directly from VDD), i.e., without a DC-to-DC step-up voltage converter or other high bias voltage generator. The ME... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110309486 | Method of Etching and Singulating a Cap Wafer A method of forming a capped die forms a cap wafer having a top side and a bottom side. The bottom side is formed with 1) a plurality of device cavities having a first depth, and 2) a plurality of second cavities that each have a greater depth than the first depth. At l... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110306166 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING MULTIPLE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES ON A FILM FRAME HANDLER Film frame assemblies and apparatus for testing and singulating integrated circuit packages, as well as associated methods for forming a film frame assembly, and testing and singulating integrated circuit packages are disclosed. A plurality of leads on a lead frame are ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110304944 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS RELIABILITY Apparatuses and methods for protecting electronic circuits are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus for providing protection from transient signals comprises an integrated circuit, a pad on a surface of the integrated circuit, and a configurable protection circuit... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110304488 | FILTER FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF NOISE IN RESOLVER-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS A system and method for reducing noise in resolver-to-digital converters (RDC) using a cascaded tracking loop filter. In some embodiments, one or more tracking loop filters may be implemented in a cascade to attenuate carrier harmonic frequencies in the digitized output... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110303947 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS Apparatuses and methods for electronic circuit protection are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a well having an emitter and a collector region. The well has a doping of a first type, and the emitter and collector regions have a doping of a second typ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110298643 | ADAPTIVE BIAS CURRENT GENERATOR METHODS AND APPARATUS In one aspect, a method of reducing power consumption in a circuit by adaptive bias current generation of a bias current configured to bias, at least in part, at least one amplifier of the circuit is provided. The method comprises establishing the bias current based, at... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110287586 | MEMS Switch Capping and Passivation Method A MEMS switch with a platinum-series contact is capped through a process that also passivates the contact by controlling, over time, the amount of oxygen in the environment, pressures and temperatures. Some embodiments passivate a contact in an oxygenated atmosphere at ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110285365 | DC TO DC CONVERTER A DC to DC converter comprising an inductor, first and second electrically controllable switches and a controller, wherein the first electrically controllable switch is interposed between an input node and a first terminal of the inductor and the second electrically con... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110254609 | VECTOR MODULATOR HAVING ATTENUATORS WITH CONTINUOUS INPUT STEERING Variable attenuation systems having continuous input steering may be used to implement vector or quadrature modulators and vector multipliers. Discrete implementations of attenuators with continuous input steering may have two outputs which may be cross-connected to pro... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110254599 | Method and Apparatus for MEMS Phase Locked Loop The proper operation of a phase locked loop is determined by monitoring certain signals within the loop for their phase relationship or duty cycle. If a malfunction of the loop is detected, proper operation may be imposed or restored by resetting a phase-frequency detec... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110244630 | Method of Substrate Bonding with Bonding Material Having Rare Earth Metal A microchip has a bonding material that bonds a first substrate to a second substrate. The bonding material has, among other things, a rare earth metal and other material.... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110241176 | Substrate Bonding with Bonding Material Having Rare Earth Metal A microchip has a bonding material that bonds a first substrate to a second substrate. The bonding material has, among other things, a rare earth metal and other material.... | 10/06/2011 |
