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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184102 | Finger gesture recognition for touch sensing surface Touch sensor methods, devices and systems are disclosed. One embodiment of the present invention pertains to a method comprising monitoring a finger movement along a touch sensing surface based on position data of a finger touching the touch sensing surface, where t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179193 | Intelligent voltage regulator A voltage regulator includes a programming interface via which programming instructions may be applied to a processor of the voltage regulator. The voltage regulator operates the processor according to the programming instructions to select one of multiple active in... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179161 | Programmable input/output circuit A programmable input/output circuit includes a programmable output circuit configured to drive an output signal to an input/output pad at a plurality of voltages. The programmable input/output circuit further includes a programmable input configured to detect an inp... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179056 | System and method for remote control lighting Remote lighting control methods, devices and systems are disclosed. One embodiment of the present invention pertains to a light device. The light device includes a light source for emitting light and a control circuit for setting an intensity level of the light sour... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177389 | Deterministically calculating dimming values for four or more light sources An intelligent light source deterministically calculates luminous flux levels of individual color sources of four or more light sources without a look-up table to determine the luminous flux levels. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176468 | Multivariable transfer functions In one embodiment, a method for supporting multivariable functions of an application includes receiving user input pertaining to two or more variables associated with a multivariable function of the application, and then causing code for the function to be automatic... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176296 | Programmable microcontroller architecture Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a microcontroller device having a microprocessor, programmable memory components, and programmable analog and digital blocks. The programmable analog and digital blocks are configurable based on programming inform... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174510 | Capacitive touch screen One embodiment in accordance with the invention can include a capacitive touch screen. The capacitive touch screen includes a substantially transparent substrate and a plurality of electrodes formed on the substantially transparent substrate. The plurality of electr... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174507 | Apparatus and methods for detecting a conductive object at a location A method and apparatus to detect a conductive object at a location determines a capacitance variation of a first sensor element and a capacitance variation of a second sensor element. The method and apparatus detects a touch at a first location if the capacitance va... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174332 | Phase lock loop pre-charging system and method A phase lock loop pre-charging system and method are described. In one embodiment, a phase lock loop pre-charge system includes a bias component for generating a pre-charge voltage, and an activation component for activating the bias component. In one exemplary impl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174326 | Phase lock loop control error selection system and method In one embodiment, a cross zero best error selection system includes an error input interface, a most significant bit summation component and a multiplexer. The error input interface in coupled to a most significant bit summation component which in turn is coupled t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174291 | Buffer circuit with improved duty cycle distortion and method of using the same An improved buffer circuit and method for minimizing (or altogether eliminating) duty cycle distortion between input and output signals of the buffer circuit are provided herein. In general, the improved buffer circuit essentially decouples the charging and discharg... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169421 | Apparatus and method for detecting a touch-sensor pad gesture An apparatus and method for distinguishing a particular gesture from among multiple gestures, performed by a conductive object on the sensing device, using fewer than three time intervals. The apparatus may include a sensing device to detect a presence of a conducti... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165339 | Sense/control devices, configuration tools and methods for such devices, and systems including such devices A system for monitoring equipment in a non-invasive fashion may include at least one sense device comprising an electronics module that includes a image sensor, at least one controller coupled to receive image data from the image sensor and generate a reading value,... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164365 | Non-resistive load driver Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus to drive non-resistive loads. The non-resistive load driver may include two or more drivers, such as a high-drive circuit and a low-drive circuit, to drive rail-to-rail output voltages and to stabilize th... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163660 | SONOS type stacks for nonvolatile change trap memory devices and methods to form the same A method for fabricating a nonvolatile charge trap memory device is described. The method includes forming a first oxide layer on a surface of a substrate. The first oxide layer is exposed to a first decoupled plasma nitridation process having a first bias. Subseque... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160864 | In-circuit emulator and pod synchronized boot A synchronized boot process for an In-Circuit Emulator system. A real microcontroller is operated in lock-step synchronization with a virtual microcontroller to permit In-Circuit Emulation that allows debugging of the real microcontroller without interfering with it... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159462 | Reference voltage offset for capacitive touch-sensor measurement Apparatus and methods for offsetting the reference voltage range of a relaxation-type oscillator decreases sensing time and reduces noise-induced jitter. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156539 | Method and system for protecting a wireless network A method and system for protecting a wireless network by establishing virtual walls to confine wireless connection to devices located within a three-dimensional region. A network of wireless monitoring nodes is established at physical locations. The monitoring nodes... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154310 | Capacitance sensor with sensor capacitance compensation A capacitance sensing circuit may include a capacitive sensor configured to conduct a sensor current, a current source for supplying a compensation current to the capacitive sensor, and a current mirror that generates a mirror current based on a compensated sensor c... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154221 | Controlling a light emitting diode fixture One embodiment in accordance with the invention can include a circuit for controlling a light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture via a power line. The circuit can include a power switch coupled to the power line and is for outputting a firing angle. Additionally,... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154088 | Semiconductor topography and method for reducing gate induced drain leakage (GIDL) in MOS transistors Improved semiconductor topographies and methods are provided herein for reducing the gate induced drain leakage (GIDL) associated with MOS transistors. In particular, a disposable spacer layer is used as an additional mask during implantation of one or more source/d... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149643 | Memory device and method A memory device and method may include separating alternating read and write accesses to different banks of a memory device. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149048 | Apparatus and method for programmable power management in a programmable analog circuit block An apparatus and method for programmable power management in a programmable analog circuit block. Specifically, the present invention describes an operational amplifier circuit that includes current sources that are coupled in parallel. Configuration bits are assert... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145809 | Busy detection logic for asynchronous communication port An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a system for synchronizing independent time domain information. The synchronization of the device resource access information allows a memory access device to reliably access memory in a time domain independent o... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144126 | Reducing sleep current in a capacitance sensing system An apparatus and method for reducing power consumption of capacitance sensing device in a reduce power mode. In one embodiment, the method includes individually measuring a capacitance on each of a plurality of sensor elements of a device, coupling a group of sensor... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143934 | Analog switching system for low cross-talk A system includes a voltage pump to generate a first pump voltage from an analog voltage signal. The system further includes switching pad to receive an analog signal from an external source and route the analog signal to analog processing circuitry over one or more... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143920 | Current sensor A system includes a current sensor to receive an input signal based on a sense current provided to load circuitry. The current sensor is configurable to generate an output signal from the input signal based, at least in part, on one or more configurable characterist... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143673 | Circuit with electrostatic discharge protection A circuit with electrostatic discharge protection is described. The circuit includes an output driver transistor with an extended drain contact region. The circuit also includes a distinct device configured to provide electrostatic discharge protection for the outpu... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143129 | Integration of non-volatile charge trap memory devices and logic CMOS devices A semiconductor structure and method to form the same. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a non-volatile charge trap memory device disposed on a first region and a logic device disposed on a second region. A charge trap dielectric stack may be f... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140013 | Wireless communication device and method A wireless communication device and associated method is described. The device includes a radio and a controller to operate the radio in a normal communications range responsive to the controller binding the radio to a host in a reduced binding range, where the radi... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135884 | Programmable interrupt routing system A method and apparatus for a programmable interrupt routing system is described. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135880 | USB mass storage locking Disclosed is a mass-storage device, comprising a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, a locking function coupled to the USB interface wherein the locking function is accessible via a USB device class other than a mass-storage class, and a data mass-storage memory c... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135029 | Method and apparatus for a high-speed frame tagger A method is described including extracting protocol information from a received packet within a framer, comparing the protocol information in a first pass to predetermined values to produce a first result, and tagging the packet based on the set of results. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131890 | Circuit and method for increasing universal serial bus (USB) device endpoints A USB control circuit for increasing USB endpoints includes a token detection circuit. The USB control circuit is configured to receive a first logical endpoint (LEP) address and a USB token. The token detection circuit is configured to determine a direction of a US... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130025 | Numerical band gap A system includes a bandgap temperature sensor to generate multiple base-emitter voltages. The system also include a controller to detect the base-emitter voltages generated by the bandgap temperature sensor and to generate a bandgap reference voltage according to t... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129924 | Stochastic signal density modulation for optical transducer control A controller for optical transducers uses stochastic signal density modulation to reduce electromagnetic interference. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129916 | Light emitting driver circuit with bypass and method A light emitting driver circuit, system, and method are provided. The driver circuit system and method can be implemented in various ways. An embodiment includes a bypass circuit which diverts current from the LEDs whenever a switch coupled to the LEDs incurs residu... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129788 | Capacitor triggered silicon controlled rectifier A protection circuit and method are provided for protecting semiconductor devices from electrostatic discharge (ESD). Generally, the ESD protection circuit includes a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) formed in a substrate and configured to transfer charge from a p... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125835 | Memory architecture having two independently controlled voltage pumps In embodiments described herein, a memory architecture has an array of non-volatile memory cells and a pair of independently controlled voltage pumps. The pair of voltage pumps is coupled for supplying both positive and negative voltage biases to the memory array du... | 02/28/2012 |
