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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5978037 | Circuit for decoding additional information in a composite signal A circuit for decoding additional information in a composite signal, the circuit having a filter device for separating a signal range in the composite signal, which includes the additional information in coded form. An adaptive decoding device is controll... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5923223 | Transmission system in which either an in-phase or quadrature component of a transmitted signal is delayed prior to modulation A transmission system and a transmitter (T) for such a system are disclosed for transmitting a digital signal (sr), encoded in symbols (Si), from the transmitter (T) to a receiver (R) at an arbitrary frequency position by quadrature modulation. In the tra... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5890807 | Method for identifying an apparatus or device utilizing a randomly produced characteristic thereof A method identifying components is disclosed. Measured values of a randomly produced property of the component are recorded. The measured values are biuniquely assigned to the component by means of a characteristic parameter and the measured values access... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5888882 | Process for separating electronic devices A process for separating electronic devices connected with one another in a body, the process including thinning the side of the body remote from the electronic devices, separating the electronic devices, and testing electrical parameters of the electroni... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5887036 | Logical block for a Viterbi decoder A logical block is disclosed for decoding a data sequence encoded by a convolutional code, in which a given number of states are to be evaluated. These given states are assigned the given number of state memories which store an associated path and an accu... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5885897 | Process for making contact to differently doped regions in a semiconductor device, and semiconductor device A process is disclosed for making contact to differently doped regions in a semiconductor device which are disposed in a silicon substrate in different depths, a first region with a first dopant concentration and/or conductivity type and the smaller depth... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5881107 | Transmission system for digital signals, and transmitter and receiver therefor Transmission system with a transmitter (T), a receiver (R), and a filter combination (FI1, FI2; FQ1, FQ2) for transmitting a digital signal (sr), encoded in symbols (Si), from the transmitter (T) to the receiver (R) at any frequency position by quadrature... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5872504 | Semiconductor structure ladder network configuration A semiconductor structure for creating resistor networks, particularly ladder networks, has resistive sections made of semiconductor material and metal contact areas. A continuous semiconducting resistor strip is provided as a primary arm. Along this cont... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5858808 | Process and auxiliary device for fabricating semiconductor devices An auxiliary device is constituted by a U-bolt-shaped, pincer-like implement which, during the fabrication of semiconductor devices with a mesa structure from a starting substrate forming a wafer, serves to transfer the outline geometry of the individual ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5844674 | Virtual reality system with an optical position-sensing facility A virtual reality system permanently connected with a device to be worn by a user is disclosed which has an optical position-sensing facility that contains at least one radiation source defining a fixed reference point in space and an optical receiving sy... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5844427 | Monolithic integrated sensor circuit A monolithic integrated sensor circuit is disclosed comprising a sensor system for generating an electronic sensor signal; a supply unit for the sensor system; an amplifying stage for amplifying the sensor signal; a plurality of inverting devices in the s... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5824595 | Method of separating electronic elements A method for separating elements associated within a body includes creating a separation region within the body, between the elements, leaving a region of the body which is to be thinned. The method then requires depositing a delay layer on the body, with... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5822437 | Signal modification circuit A circuit is disclosed for modifying a first signal and a second signal from a signal source providing at least two signals. The circuit including devices for forming signal components from the first and second signals. The signal components are then comb... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5798802 | Video signal clamping circuit A video signal clamping circuit for adapting the DC level of a composite video signal to the processing range of a digital video signal processing device, includes an isolating capacitor in the analog video signal path and a controlled current source whic... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5790046 | Sensor with a programmable switching threshold A programmable switching threshold sensor including a sensing element having its measurement output terminals connected to a comparator, a current-signal generator, for generating a reference current signal changing in steps. An encoding unit has a code a... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5789307 | Method of separating electronic devices contained in a carrier A method of separating electronic devices contained in a carrier which are provided at the surface of the carrier and are covered by a protective layer. Openings are provided above separation regions between adjacent electronic devices. The material of th... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5777915 | Multiplier apparatus and method for real or complex numbers A multiplier for real or complex numbers is split at each data input into two equally large digit ranges to determine partial products in separate subfields. Within a rectangular partial-product field, the subfields are rearranged according to the real or... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5767739 | Digital demodulator for quadrature amplitude and phase modulated signals Digital demodulator for a quadrature-modulated signal (sq) which transmits a combination signal by amplitude and phase modulation. A quadrature-signal source provides a digitized in-phase component (I) and a digitized quadrature component (Q) of low frequ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5751826 | Monolithically integrable mixer network for a mixer console A monolithic integrable mixer network for a mixer console includes a variable gain preamplifier for each sound channel, a summing amplifier whose summing gain is adjustable differently for each sound channel, and a control unit which divides the channel g... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5740089 | Iterative interpolator An iterative interpolator permits linear interpolation between a first known value and second known value, which are defined by n-coordinate values in an n-dimensional coordinate system. An intermediate value to be interpolated is defined by n-1 intermedi... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5736882 | Complementary clock systems A complementary clock system is disclosed for producing antiphase clock signals. The system includes a clock generator for producing a first clock signal (t3) and a second clock signal (t4). A first and second driver stage coupled to the clock generator f... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5717618 | Method for digital interpolation An improved method for digital interpolation of signals for a second interpolation filter is disclosed which permits a high signal/noise ratio with a minimum amount of circuitry for an overall system comprising first and second interpolation filters. The ... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5714918 | Equalizer for digitized signals In an equalizer with n number of frequency ranges for digitized signals in which by means of n-1 cascaded filter circuits containing parallel connected digital low-pass filters and digital high pass filters whose respective frequency responses are linked ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5699005 | Clock generator for generating a system clock causing minimal electromagnetic interference A clock generator circuit for clock controlled electronic devices, which causes minimal electromagnetic interference in adjacent electronic equipment. The clock generator circuit includes a clock source for generating a basic clock signal having a predete... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5689657 | Apparatus and methods for bus arbitration in a multimaster system A bus arbitration method for a multimaster system comprising a plurality of masters sharing a global data bus and a plurality of bus arbiters sharing a global identification bus. Each active bus arbiter applies to the identification bus a bus request sign... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5654629 | Current mirror in MOS technology comprising cascade stages with wide drive ranges A current mirror circuit including at least one current bank transistor coupled to a cascade transistor. The cascade transistor further coupled to a current mirror input. A current-controlled current source operable for both receiving a differential curre... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5646438 | Programmable semiconductor memory A programmable semiconductor memory is disclosed which can be fabricated with an MOS process of low complexity and which takes up little space. The memory comprises a MOS field-effect transistor having an antifuse region between the gate electrode and the... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5620920 | Process for fabricating a CMOS structure with ESD protection A process is disclosed for fabricating a CMOS structure with ESD protection. The outside transistors are covered with a protective oxide layer which is so masked as to cover the areas of the respective source and drain regions adjoining the field-oxide re... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5608346 | MOS driver circuit for suppressing interference by preventing shunt currents A MOS driver circuit has a first output transistor and a second output transistor which are driven in push-pull into a conducting state by a first driver stage having first high impedance and first low impedance elements and a second driver stage having s... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5604433 | Offset compensation for magnetic-field sensor with Hall effect device The invention relates to a magnetic-field sensor with a Hall effect device, a power supply, and an evaluating facility, which can be supplied with a Hall signal from the Hall-effect device and comprises an input amplifier, a storage element, and a signal ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5583367 | Monolithic integrated sensor circuit in CMOS technology The invention relates to a monolithic integrated sensor circuit, fabricated in CMOS technology, in which the circuit implemented on the semiconductor chip is connected to the ground connection via the substrate of the semiconductor chip, and in which the ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5565698 | IC protection structure having n-channel MOSFET with n-type resistor region A protection structure for integrated circuits with an n-channel MOS field-effect transistor has a more stable bipolar state, with the change to the bipolar state occurring fast. Below the drain region and the drain contact region an n-type resistor regio... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5504361 | Polarity-reversal protection for integrated electronic circuits in CMOS technology A polarity-reversal protection device for integrated circuits, comprising a substrate of a first conductivity type; a well region of a second conductivity type opposite said first conductivity type, within said substrate; a field effect transistor having ... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5495240 | Master-slave data transmission system employing a flexible single-wire bus A master-slave data transmission system employs a flexible single-wire bus and where any master unit can send data to or read data from any slave at a single time. Data transfer is accomplished by means of a flexible message format having a variable-lengt... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5465225 | Method of increasing the data-processing speed of a signal processor An apparatus and method increase the data-processing speed of a signal processor whose signal-processing unit includes at least one arithmetic logic unit and one multiplier which are fed with input data of n-bit word length. When such a signal processor i... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5451861 | Method of setting the output current of a monolithic integrated pad driver The invention is a method and circuit for improving the settability of the output current (i1) of at least one pad driver (D: D1, D2, . . . Dn) to reduce interfering voltage dips on the supply lines. The pulselike current peaks caused by rapid charging/di... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5448303 | Apparatus including amplitude limiter and associated method for generating a modified video signal An apparatus and method for generating a modified video signal consisting of a correction signal and a video input signal. The correction signal is derived from a digitized video input signal by at least a frequency-band limiter and an amplitude limiter. ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5445998 | Method for the global planarization of surfaces of semiconductor integrated circuits A method for the global planarization of surfaces of semiconductor integrated circuits which involves etching back an auxiliary layer made of a dielectric with a single auxiliary photoresist step is disclosed.... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5446380 | Monolithic integrated voltage regulator A voltage regulator in the form of a series regulator for generating a regulated supply voltage includes a control loop with a reference network, a difference device, and a control element. The control element is connected between a first terminal and a s... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5446852 | Method of reducing noise signals caused by fluctuations in power requirements of digital signal processor having recurring wait routines A method utilizing a predetermined set of instructions in a wait routine reduces spurious signals caused by the power consumption of processors, particularly digital signal processors, which is dependent on the instruction code being executed. These spuri... | 08/29/1995 |
