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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183983 | Method for the at least temporary activation of bidirectional communication and transponder A method for the at least temporary activation of bidirectional communication between a transponder having a nonvolatile memory area and a base station, whereby the transponder in an at least partial mute state receives messages, but no information-related data from... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183834 | Current to frequency conversion, apparatus and methods Electronic apparatus, methods of forming the electronic apparatus, and methods of operating the electronic apparatus include features of current to frequency conversion that may be implemented in a variety of applications. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181042 | Low power mode data preservation in secure ICs Methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for reducing power consumption in a device. One method includes identifying a plurality of addressable areas for storing data in a volatile memory element of a device and, responsive to a detection of a p... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179708 | Anti-cross-talk circuitry for ROM arrays A circuit and method precharge a selected bit-line in a read only memory (ROM) array during a precharge period of a read cycle. At least one bit-line adjacent to the selected bit-line is discharged during the precharge period. After the precharge period, the selecte... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174099 | Leadless package with internally extended package leads A DFN package includes internally extended package leads. One or more package pads are physically and electrically extended from a first edge of the package to a second, opposite edge of the package. These extended package leads can terminate at the edges of the lea... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173526 | Method for providing a nanoscale, high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) on insulator Various embodiments include forming a silicon-germanium layer over a substrate of a device; forming a layer in the silicon-germanium layer, the layer including at least one of boron and carbon; and forming a silicon layer over the silicon-germanium layer. Additional... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169845 | Apparatus and methods for sense amplifiers Some embodiments include apparatus and methods having a sense amplifier unit, a supply node to receive a supply voltage, and a line coupled to a memory cell of a device. The sense amplifier unit includes a circuit path coupled between the supply node and the line to... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169450 | System and method for ambient-light adaptive intensity control for an electronic display The techniques of the present invention relate to automatically controlling display intensity. The present invention includes a calibration step in which the display intensity settings are correlated to the ambient light intensity conditions. The present invention a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166280 | Microprocessor for executing byte compiled JAVA code A microprocessor architecture for executing byte compiled Java programs directly in hardware. The microprocessor targets the lower end of the embedded systems domain and features two orthogonal programming models, a Java model and a RISC model. The entities share a ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165193 | Method for wireless data transmission between a base station and a passive transponder, as well as a passive transponder A method for wireless data transmission, in, for example, RFID systems, between a base station and a passive transponder, as well as a passive transponder is provided by inductive coupling, as well as a passive transponder. It is possible to transmit data from the b... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160253 | Method, transponder, and system for rapid data transmission A method for wireless data transmission between a base station and a transponder is provided, whereby a message, comprising at least one command and one data sequence, is transmitted by the base station, the message is received and evaluated by the transponder, at l... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160184 | Radio clock and method for extracting time information A method for extracting time information from a received, amplitude-modulated time signal is provided. The method provides that the time signal is demodulated, the analog signal thus obtained is digitized by a comparator, and the digital signal thus obtained is anal... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159830 | Surface mounting chip carrier module A device includes a carrier and an integrated circuit chip having a first side supported by the carrier and a second side having contacts. The carrier has multiple carrier contacts supported by the carrier and separated from the integrated circuit chip. Multiple lea... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155240 | Receiver circuit, application of a first and a second proportional element of a digital PLL structure, and method for receiving a frequency-shift keyed signal A receiver circuit, application of a first proportional element and a second proportional element of a digital PLL structure, and method for receiving a frequency-shift keyed signal are provided. A phase signal is calculated from an in-phase signal and a quadrature ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154529 | Two-dimensional touch sensors In a touch sensor, as well as providing touch position data, additional data is provided on the shape of the touch. This is achieved by having sampling nodes on a finer mesh than the size of the actuating object, typically a finger, so each finger touch activates a ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154217 | Driver circuit, method for operating and use of a current mirror of a driver circuit A driver circuit, operating method, and use of a current mirror of a driver circuit is provided that includes at least one output transistor, a reference network with at least one reference transistor, a switching device, which is connected to the control input of t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8143860 | Single chip microcontroller including battery management and protection A microcontroller is disclosed. The microcontroller comprises a processor system and a high voltage interface coupled to the processor system and adapted to be coupled to a battery. The microcontroller further includes a battery management system for monitoring the ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139679 | System and method for controlling modulation A system and method for controlling modulation. The system includes a plurality of modulators and a transmitting unit. The plurality of modulators decodes data from a data signal and also encodes the data into a clock signal. The transmitting unit transmits the enco... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138889 | Method, transponder, and system for secure data exchange A method for data exchange is provided, whereby a first code is generated by a transponder, which is transmitted to a base station, a first transmission information is generated by the base station by encoding a base station code with a first identification and the ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138578 | Method and system for creating self-aligned twin wells with co-planar surfaces in a semiconductor device A method and system for providing a twin well in a semiconductor device is described. The method and system include providing at least one interference layer and providing a first mask that covers a first portion of the semiconductor device and uncovers a second por... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134870 | High-density non-volatile read-only memory arrays and related methods In an embodiment, a read-only memory array includes a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit-lines including first and second bit-lines, and a plurality of memory cells configured to represent data values. Each memory cell can include a transistor having a cont... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131789 | True random number generator True random number generation circuitry utilizes a pair of oscillators driving a pair of linear feedback shift registers, with their output being combined to generate random numbers. At least one of the oscillators is programmable with a variable frequency. One embo... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130580 | Low power sense amplifier for reading memory A low power sense amplifier is configured to sense the state of a memory cell (e.g., non-volatile memory cell) without the use of a reference current or direct current. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125366 | Integrating (slope) DAC architecture A current source is used to pre-charge a capacitor to a known value. The capacitor can then be connected to a unity gain buffer to provide a low cost DAC. The DAC can include a self-calibration stage to improve accuracy. The DAC can include two or more circuit branc... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120963 | Method and system for program pulse generation during programming of nonvolatile electronic devices Aspects for program pulse generation during programming of nonvolatile electronic devices include providing a configurable voltage sequence generator to manage verify-pulse and pulse-verify switching as needed during modification operations of a programming algorith... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118214 | Method and system for generating electronic keys A method and system for generating electronic keys. The method comprises providing a plurality of devices and generating an electronic key for each device of the plurality of devices, wherein the electronic keys are generated substantially simultaneously. According ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115462 | Voltage regulator for an integrated circuit A voltage regulator is disclosed. The voltage regulator includes a comparator for providing a gated output signal; and a state machine for receiving the gated output signal. The voltage regulator further includes at least one switch cell controlled by the state mach... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115281 | Differential varactor A high-Q differential varactor includes reduced inner spacing dimensions between differential fingers. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111672 | Method for data communication between a base station and a transponder A method for wireless data communication between a base station and at least one transponder by a high-frequency electromagnetic carrier signal, onto which information packets are modulated, wherein each information packet has a header section, a middle section, and... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107911 | Signal processing device and signal processing method A signal processing device and signal processing method is provided that includes a detection unit for detecting a signal strength of a signal, whereby the detection unit is configured to output a detection value that represents the signal strength of the signal; a ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107577 | Communication protocol method and apparatus for a single wire device The present invention is a noise tolerant communication protocol device and method where a clock signal input triggers an internal delay clock in an integrated circuit. Data is presented to an input pin and sampled prior to the next external clock pulse based on the... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107513 | Differential detection unit for the zigbee 802.15.4 standard In one embodiment, a detection unit includes a sequence providing unit to provide a third group of derived sequences. The sequence providing unit has a counting unit and multiplexers connected to the counting unit. Fixed values are applied at the inputs of the multi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102401 | Display controller operating mode using multiple data buffers A display controller unit for controlling a display on a display panel comprises a first set of registers to hold data to be displayed and a second set of registers loadable from the first set of registers. A set of multiplexers has first data inputs coupled to the ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102286 | Capacitive keyboard with non—locking reduced keying ambiguity Keyboards, keypads and other data entry devices can suffer from a keying ambiguity problem. In a small keyboard, for example, a user's finger is likely to overlap from a desired key to onto adjacent ones. An iterative method of removing keying ambiguity from a keybo... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101900 | Circuit and method for operating a circuit A circuit and method for operating a circuit with a terminal for connecting a photodiode to output an output current dependent on the photocurrent of the photodiode, with a resistance device for generating a voltage drop dependent on a photocurrent of the photodiode... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099783 | Security method for data protection An integrated circuit (IC) security apparatus with complementary security traces and a method for producing such an apparatus is disclosed. The security apparatus comprises a pattern generator, and a plurality of security traces. The arrangement of security trace pa... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099270 | Simulation model for transistors Various embodiments include methods and apparatus for simulating a transistor using a simulation model that includes a transistor simulation model coupled to diode simulation model. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093640 | Method and system for incorporating high voltage devices in an EEPROM A method and system for fabricating a stacked capacitor and a DMOS transistor are disclosed. In one aspect, the method and system include providing a bottom plate, an insulator, and an additional layer including first and second plates. The insulator covers at least... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085604 | Snap-back tolerant integrated circuits A method and a circuit for preventing snap-back current in NMOS transistors of MOS integrated circuits are provided. Example embodiments may include preventing snap-back current in a circuit including a first NMOS transistor having an associated parasitic bipolar tr... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8067975 | MOS resistor with second or higher order compensation A circuit arrangement (e.g., an integrated circuit) generates a second or higher order compensation voltage to compensate for variations in operation parameters (e.g., temperature and process variations). In one aspect, the compensation voltage is applied to a MOS r... | 11/29/2011 |
