Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037259 | System and method for managing addresses in a computing system A method for retrieving and managing addresses is provided. The steps may include of receiving, at a first buffer of m buffers, a request for an address; obtaining the address from a corresponding first register of the m registers; sending the address, received by s... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8028403 | Method for forming laminated multiple substrates The present invention provides a number of techniques for laminating and interconnecting multiple substrates to form a multilayer package or other circuit component. A solder bump may be formed on the conductive pad of at least one of two or more substrates. The sol... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8009079 | Methods for two-dimensional autofocus in high resolution radar systems Provided are two-dimensional autofocus methods in a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system which include: (1) two-dimensional pulse pair product algorithm including shear PGA, eigenvector phase history (“EPH”), shear PGA/EPH); (2) two-dimensional optimization alg... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7998731 | Portable sampling device for airborne biological particles The present invention relates to a collection device for a substance, and methods related to collecting thereof. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7898364 | System and method for using MEMS filter bank A method and apparatus for recovering at least one signal of interest are provided. The method includes receiving an overall signal, the overall signal including the at least one signal of interest and a plurality of other signals, identifying at least one of the st... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895020 | System and method for multi-perspective collaborative modeling One method according to the present invention may include defining a first object. The first object may have a unique object identifier. The method may also include defining a second object. The second object may also have a unique object identifier. After the objec... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7892441 | Method and apparatus to change solder pad size using a differential pad plating A method of manufacturing an interposer is provided, including the steps of providing a sheet with a copper layer and polyimide layer, laser drilling holes in the polyimide layer down to the copper layer, filling the holes with copper and extending the copper above ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7843377 | Methods for two-dimensional autofocus in high resolution radar systems Provided are two-dimensional autofocus methods in a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system which include: (1) two-dimensional pulse pair product algorithm including shear PGA, eigenvector phase history (“EPH”), shear PGA/EPH); (2) two-dimensional optimization alg... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7819667 | System and method for interconnecting circuit boards A connector system is provided. The system includes a substantially circular interconnecting hub, and a plurality of circuit board bays configured substantially radially around the substantially circular interconnecting hub. Each circuit board bay has a plurality of... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818879 | Method and apparatus for compliantly connecting stack of high-density electronic modules in harsh environments A system for connecting circuit boards is provided. A plurality of overlapping spaced apart circuit boards have a plurality of conductive pins passing through holes in the circuit boards. A connector includes a flexible sheet insulator and a plurality of conductive ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7802360 | Methods for filling holes in printed wiring boards The invention comprises methods for filling holes in printed wiring boards and printed wiring boards produced by these methods. The methods involve plating metal conductors inside the holes of the printed wiring boards while protecting the conducting surfaces of the... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7802046 | Method and apparatus for a federation control plane in an orthogonal system A method of and architecture for controlling board elements in an orthogonal system architecture is provided. The method and architecture preferably utilize an internal bus architecture between control boards, such that a first control board can access board element... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801250 | Low latency analog QAM coherent demodulation algorithm A digital demodulation method for a quadrature amplitude modulated signal uses a phase locked loop to generate a local carrier signal. The phase locked loop uses a feedback signal derived from one or more demodulated signals of interest. The loop has a filter charac... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7734844 | Trusted interface unit (TIU) and method of making and using the same The disclosure relates to a trusted interface unit and a method of making and using the same. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of transmitting data on a network may include receiving data from a partition within a node on the network. T... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7710146 | Hierarchical FPGA configuration A system for configuring programmable logic devices includes a serial data bus, a first device to fan-out data signals on the serial data bus, a second device to fan-in data signals on the serial data bus, and a control device that uses the first device and the seco... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7684205 | System and method of using a compliant lead interposer The present invention relates to a compliant leaded interposer for resiliently attaching and electrically connecting a ball grid array package to a circuit board. The interposer may include a substrate, a plurality of pads, and a plurality of pins. The plurality of ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7663529 | Methods for two-dimensional autofocus in high resolution radar systems Provided are two-dimensional autofocus methods in a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system which include: (1) two-dimensional pulse pair product algorithm including shear PGA, eigenvector phase history (“EPH”), shear PGA/EPH); (2) two-dimensional optimization alg... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7650510 | Method and apparatus for in-line serial data encryption A method and apparatus for real-time in-line encryption of data transmitted over a serial channel from a source device to a target device. An encryption unit includes logic configured to receive data packets including headers with control information and data on the... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7644048 | System, method and software for cognitive automation Software code may include code to receive a first request associated with a discrete problem that is broadcast over a network of cobots. The request may be accepted based on the discrete problem to be solved. The code may also include code to determine whether a uti... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7614341 | Apparatus and method for a segmented squeegee for stenciling The present invention relates to a segmented squeegee for depositing a medium onto a surface, such as depositing solder paste onto a printed wiring board. The segmented squeegee may include a plurality of independent squeegee segments or elements, a support structur... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7592899 | Low power telemetry system and method A telemetry system is described in which a plurality of channels are coupled to a bus. A control subsystem controls the channels so that one of the channels presents to the bus during its designated time period a channel characteristic. The control subsystem interro... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7547125 | Guard device for a light source An embodiment of the present invention relates to the protection of electronic displays and includes a guard configured to protect a lighting means while providing an expanded field of view. The guard may include a first element and a second element each having at l... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7531774 | Measurement-diverse imaging and wavefront sensing with amplitude and phase estimation A system and method for imaging one or more objects in the presence of unknown phase and amplitude aberrations is described. Multiple images are collected so as to have measurement diversity and processed using a model-based approach to estimate the aberrations. An ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7512492 | System and method for detecting interference in global positioning satellite signals A system and method are provided for detecting local interference in GPS signals. A plurality of remotely located GPS receivers are capable of receiving GPS signals and producing GPS related data. A monitoring station is capable of storing at least one expected GPS ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7503767 | Method and apparatus for compliantly connecting stack of high-density electronic modules in harsh environments A system for connecting circuit boards is provided. A plurality of overlapping spaced apart circuit boards have a plurality of conductive pins passing through holes in the circuit boards. A connector includes a flexible sheet insulator and a plurality of conductive ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7497734 | Reduced crosstalk differential bowtie connector A connector is provided. A plurality of parallel pins is mounted in a connector. A circuit board is connected to the connector. Some of the pins are configured to communicate signals from the circuit board and others of the pins are configured to communicate corresp... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7490402 | Technique for laminating multiple substrates The present invention provides a number of techniques for laminating and interconnecting multiple substrates to form a multilayer package or other circuit component. A solder bump may be formed on the conductive pad of at least one of two or more substrates. The sol... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7445938 | System and method for detecting presence of analytes using gratings The present invention is directed to an optical grating sensor configured to detect a phase change in light passing though the system due to a binding event caused by an analyte. The grating sensor may include a light source that may be, for example, a coherent ligh... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7430357 | Hermetic seal on metallized fiber optics A fiber optic cable includes multiple optical fibers extending from a low-pressure environment into a high-pressure environment. At a junction region, the optical fibers are substantially free of any coating, while the fibers include a coating in the low- and high-p... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430109 | Electrical device including battery pack and method of making the same An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a chassis configured to house electronics. The chassis of an electronic device may include a first rail and a second rail substantially parallel to the first rail. The first rail an... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7406309 | Cellular radio system A method for forwarding incoming cellular communications to an aircraft is provided. A request is received to divert incoming calls for a cellular telephone number to a communication system on board an aircraft. The request includes at least a temporary identificati... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7366611 | System and method for detecting interference in global positioning satellite signals A system and method are provided for detecting local interference in GPS signals. A GPS receiver is capable of determining its GPS coordinates. A memory is capable of storing an initial location of the GPS receiver and a user-defined range of error. A processor is p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7324908 | System and method for temperature compensation of eddy current sensor waveform An embodiment of the invention generally pertains to a method of compensating for temperature variations in an eddy current sensor signal. The method may include the steps of receiving an initial signal from an eddy current sensor (ECS) in response to a conductive e... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323868 | System and method for temperature independent measurement of standoff distance using an eddy current sensor An embodiment of the invention generally relates to a temperature-independent method of determining an engine health parameter, namely stand-off distance, between an eddy current sensor and a conductive element. The method includes receiving a signal from the eddy c... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7304314 | Quantum cross-ambiguity function generator A cross-ambiguity function generator (“CAF”) uses properties of quantum mechanics for computation purposes. The CAF has advantages over standard analog or digital CAF function generators, such as improved bandwidth. The CAF may be used for traditional geolocatio... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7282787 | Laminated multiple substrates The present invention is for laminated and interconnected multiple substrates forming a multilayer package or other circuit component. A solder bump may be situated on the conductive pad of at least one of two or more substrates. The solder bump preferably is formed... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7249272 | Apparatus and method for coordinating activities of one or more computers A method and apparatus for coordinating the activities of multiple computers using a common reference point such as a Global Positioning System pulse-per-second signal. A reload register transmits a reload value to a mission timer. The mission timer generates an int... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7223851 | Nucleic acid-binding polymers The present invention relates to a nucleic acid binding polymer which has affinity for nucleic acid molecules such as DNA, RNA, or hybrids thereof. The polymer is comprised of a nucleic acid binding backbone linked to a nucleic acid binding agent, preferably by a li... | 05/29/2007 |
