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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8062414 | Coating liquid for forming amorphous silica-based coating film with low dielectric constant The present invention relates to a coating liquid for forming an amorphous silica-based coating film with a low dielectric constant of 2.5 or below and the Young's modulus of 6.0 GPa or more and having excellent hydrophobic property, and to a method of preparing the... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7936838 | Wireless communication system, receiving apparatus, modulating method for use therein, and program therefor It is an object to provide a receiving apparatus which is capable of demodulating signals with a very simple arrangement. Receiving apparatus 1 has N reception antennas 11-1-11-N, and reception antennas 11-1-11-N rece... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7907975 | Bluetooth communication system for drivers of vehicles A system is provided that enables communications between a driver of a vehicle and a person outside the vehicle, between a rider of a motorcycle and a fellow rider of the same vehicle, or between a driver of a vehicle and another driver of another vehicle. A Bluetoo... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7893596 | Micro movable element and micro movable element array A micro movable device suitable for suppressing deterioration of driving characteristics, and a micro movable device array including such a micro movable device are provided. The micro movable device (X1) of the present invention includes a movable portion in... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7783895 | Method and apparatus for encrypting data to be secured and inputting/outputting the same A controller of a recording device issues a secure command to a storage device, and then waits the time estimated necessary for the storage device to execute the secure command before issuing the next secure command. When a controller of the storage device is execut... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7742207 | Image processing apparatus, method of updating color-conversion table, and computer program product An updating unit updates a color-conversion table stored in a storing unit. An image processing unit processes an input image data based on updated color-conversion table. A tamper-resistant chip that includes a first collecting unit that collects log information re... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7721346 | Method and apparatus for encrypting data to be secured and inputting/outputting the same A technology is provided to improve tamper resistance in encrypting data to be secured and inputting/outputting the data between a recording device and a host device. When the recording device issues an input/output command to a storage device to input/output data t... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7716746 | Data storing device for classified data A controller in a hard disk serving as a data storage device stores a license including a content key for decrypting encrypted content data E and others in a secure data storage portion. The license is managed in the secure data storage portion in accordance with a ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7650328 | Data storage device capable of storing multiple sets of history information on input/output processing of security data without duplication A data storage device includes a secure data storage portion including a log memory. The log memory is formed of a plurality of banks, and stores history information in the plurality of banks in a ring-like fashion. The plurality of banks are designated by addresses... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7595693 | System and method for providing a configurable inductor less multi-stage low-noise amplifier In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is offered that includes a configurable feedback low noise amplifier (LNA) connected to a common source connected input transistor to realize a specific value of an input impedance, th... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7594195 | Multithreaded reachability In one embodiment, a method for multithreaded reachability analysis includes partitioning a state space of a circuit under analysis into a plurality of partitions and assigning each partition to a thread to carry out a reachability analysis on the partition assigned... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7594145 | Improving performance of a processor having a defective cache In one embodiment, a method for improving performance of a processor having a defective cache includes accessing first object code and generating second object code from the first object code. The generation of the second object code takes into account one or more l... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7593646 | Upgraded optical communication system with increased transmission capacity and method A method for upgrading a wavelength division multiplex (WDM) optical communication system includes replacing an installed transmitter operable to transmit a data stream at a defined bit rate with a return-to-zero M-ary phased shift keying (RZ-mPSK) transmitter opera... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7591293 | Device for bonding a metal on a surface of a substrate A device and method for bonding objects to be bonded each having a metal bonding portion on a substrate, comprising cleaning means for exposing the metal bonding portions to a plasma having an energy enough to etch the surfaces of the metal bonding portions at a dep... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7590353 | System and method for bandwidth allocation in an optical light-trail The present invention relates to allocating the use of optical light-trails. Optical light-trails enable a plurality of nodes included in a light-trail to share the use of an optical wavelength to transmit traffic between the nodes included in the light-trail. A met... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7579872 | Low-voltage differential signal driver for high-speed digital transmission A low-voltage differential signal driver for high-speed digital transmission includes a first converter operable to receive a signal in a first type and convert the signal into a second type, wherein a resistance of the first converter is variable. A second converte... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7577366 | Selectable dispersion enhancement A dispersion compensation system includes a dispersion compensation module and a dispersion enhancement module. The dispersion compensation module receives optical input and provides optical output having a negative dispersion relative to the optical input. The disp... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7576567 | Low-voltage differential signal driver for high-speed digital transmission A low-voltage differential signal driver for high-speed digital transmission includes a first converter operable to receive a signal in a first type and convert the signal into a second type, and a cascode current mirror coupled to the first converter. The cascode c... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7573775 | Setting threshold voltages of cells in a memory block to reduce leakage in the memory block In one embodiment, a memory block includes one or more bit lines that each include two or more cells. Each cell in each bit line has a distance from a sense amplifier coupled to the bit line, and each of one or more of the cells in each of one or more of the bit lin... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7571403 | Circuit verification In one embodiment, a method for verifying one or more particular properties of a circuit using a learning strategy to determine suitable values of particular verification parameters includes classifying each of multiple properties of a circuit according to circuit s... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7301243 | High-reliable semiconductor device using hermetic sealing of electrodes The present invention relates to a high-reliable semiconductor device in which electrodes formed on substrates are prevented from deteriorating by sealing the electrodes with a frame member rather than a sealing material. The frame member in the present invention su... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7280385 | Semiconductor memory device A memory cell MC includes nMOS transistors for a transfer gate configured to be paired with each other, and one capacitor for data storage connected to the nMOS transistor. A gate electrode of the nMOS transistor is connected to a word line WL, and a drain is connec... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7217631 | Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the device There are provided a semiconductor device and method for fabricating the device capable of achieving reliable electrical connection by securely directly bonding conductors to each other even though bonding surfaces are polished by a CMP method and solid-state-bonded... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7190188 | Signal transmission system, and signal transmission line To transmit a high-speed digital signal of several tens GHz via a differential line by connecting a differential line referring to the ground to differential lines not referring to the ground, there is provided a signal transmission system which transmits a digital ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6975489 | Circuit structure and semiconductor integrated circuit A bypass capacitor having a given capacitance is arranged on the power/ground line adjacently to a driver circuit in a chip to reduce an effect of transient phenomenon at switching. The capacitance of the bypass capacitor is preset so as to be larger than a parasiti... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6914502 | Wiring structure for transmission line having grooved conductors A wiring structure for a transmission line has a ground line (2) and a signal line (1). The signal line (1) is disposed so as to face the ground line (2) through a dielectric (3). A surface of the signal line (1) facing the ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 7508471 | Transflective liquid crystal display A pixel electrode structure of a transflective liquid crystal display comprises a reflective electrode laid on a surface of the gate-insulating layer, a dielectric layer covering the reflective electrode, and a transmissive electrode on the dielectric layer and conn... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7446567 | Signal transmission apparatus and interconnection structure Apparatus for transmitting a digital signal within, for example, an integrated circuit includes a signal transmission line with a directional coupler at one or both ends. The directional coupler blocks the direct-current component of the digital signal while transmi... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7428307 | Data reproduction apparatus capable of safely controlling reproduction time of encrypted content data and data reproduction circuit and data recording apparatus used for the same A decryption processing unit decrypts encrypted content data using a license key Kc. When an elapsed time after reception of the license key (Kc) does not exceed a hold time at a time of the license key (Kc) included in reproduction control information (ACp), reprod... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7394752 | Joint reduction of NEXT and FEXT in xDSL systems Methods, apparatus, techniques and computer program products for joint reduction of crosstalk in a synchronized, time division duplexed DSL systems use sequential removal of NEXT interference followed by removal of FEXT interference from a received DSL signal. Cross... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7379135 | Transflective liquid crystal display A pixel electrode structure of a transflective liquid crystal display comprises a reflective electrode laid on a surface of the gate-insulating layer, a dielectric layer covering the reflective electrode, and a transmissive electrode on the dielectric layer and conn... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379218 | Apparatus equipped with removable scanner unit A scanner-equipped apparatus includes a combination of a base unit such as a printer unit, personal computer or word processor incorporating a printer unit and a scanner unit. The printer unit and the scanner unit can operate as automatic sheet feeder type apparatus... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376570 | System and method for customer satisfaction survey and analysis for off-site customer service A system and method for customer satisfaction survey for a customer service provided over a telephone network. A customer initiates a telephone call to a customer service number provided by a company. The company's PBX receives the call and transfers it to a compute... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7283220 | Methods and apparatuses for measuring the refractive index and other optical properties of liquids, gels, and solids Methods and apparatuses for measuring the optical properties of solids, gels, and liquids are disclosed. The apparatuses may be constructed on miniature substrates using conventional semiconductor wafer and packaging processes. The substrates may be mass-produced on... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280648 | Display method of multiple types of incoming-call histories A terminal apparatus is provided that has a display unit; communication means which makes communication with other apparatuses and enables reception of multiple types of incoming calls; and a control unit which controls display contents on the display unit. The cont... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274558 | Electronic apparatus and display panel fixed structure An electronic apparatus of the present invention has a display panel incorporating therein a display screen and a back cover that covers the display panel. The display panel is fixed to the back cover via a fixing part. The back cover has a positioning pin standing ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261918 | Methods of forming lanthanum-modified lead zirconium titanate (PLZT) layers Methods and solutions for forming lanthanum-modified lead zirconium titanate (PLZT) layers are disclosed. The PLZT layers are highly transparent to 1550 nm wavelength light, and have high crystal quality. Loss factors as low as 0.25 dB per mm are achieved. Fast and ... | 08/28/2007 |
| RE39802 | Storage medium for preventing an irregular use by a third party A storage medium stores encrypted electronic data, a medium personal number which is unique for each storage medium and encrypted permission information. At least the medium personal number is written onto the storage medium in an un-rewritable form which a user com... | 08/28/2007 |
