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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176109 | Calculating unit for reducing an input number with respect to a modulus A calculating unit for reducing an input number with respect to a modulus, wherein the input number has input number portions of different significances, wherein the input number portions represent the input number with respect to a division number, wherein the modu... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174454 | Dual-band antenna Dual-band antenna including a shorted loop slot antenna and a spiral antenna. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8164173 | Panel, semiconductor device and method for the production thereof A panel has a baseplate with an upper first metallic layer and a multiplicity of a vertical semiconductor components. The vertical semiconductor components in each case have a first side with a first load electrode and a control electrode and an opposite second side... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8151270 | Method and apparatus for time-sliced and multi-threaded data processing in a communication system A method for designing a time-sliced and multi-threaded architecture comprises the steps of conducting a thorough analysis of a range of applications and building a specific processor to accommodate the range of applications. In one embodiment, the thorough analysis... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145953 | Programmable unit A program-controlled unit including a monitoring device, which compares a value, depending on the flow of the program executed by the program-controlled unit, with a preset value, in response to a particular event or in relation to a particular point in time. Errors... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141167 | Communication device and method of transmitting data A communication device for transmitting data to a communication partner device includes a transmitter for transmitting transmit data to the communication partner device, a determiner for determining a check value from the transmit data in accordance with a determina... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135920 | Apparatus and method for controlling the access operation by a plurality of data processing devices to a memory In an apparatus for controlling the access operation by a plurality of data processing devices to a memory, each data processing device (10, 11, 12) is assigned a respective address region which indicates the part of the addresses of the memory (13) wh... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129225 | Method of manufacturing an integrated circuit module A method includes providing an integral array of first carriers, arranging first semiconductor chips on the first carriers, and arranging an integral array of second carriers over the semiconductor chips. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8112563 | Arrangement comprising a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip connected thereto An arrangement including a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip connected thereto, where the second semiconductor chip is additionally connected to electrical loads and drives these electrical loads on the basis of a timing which is prescribed to... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107564 | Device for detecting a frequency offset A device detects a frequency offset by a frequency converter arranged to convert a received signal into a sideband and comprises a calculator arranged to calculate a characteristic quantity of the sideband which is a measure of the frequency offset. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8081725 | Edge evaluation of ASK-modulated signals Signal processing circuit including a demodulator that receives a receive signal with signal edges, and outputs a demodulated receive signal with transitions from a first level to a second level or vice versa at signal edges of the receive signal, wherein points of ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078808 | Method and device for managing a memory for buffer-storing data blocks in ARQ transmission systems A data block to be transmitted to a receiver is subjected to channel coding and puncturing in a transmitter. For the purpose of managing data block versions obtained from repeat transmissions of this data block in the receiver, a memory area is provided for storing ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078703 | Efficient software download to configurable communication device An efficient software download to a configurable communication device is disclosed herein. The method of efficiently downloading software begins with a step of receiving a request to configure a communication device to run a communication application. The communicat... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074081 | Method for replacing contents of a data storage unit A data storage device includes a plurality of data storage units, a physical random number generator with a noise source based on a physical noise process, for generating a random number, and a replacer for selecting a data storage unit wherein data is to be stored,... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073439 | Control system and method for operating a transceiver Transceiver for controlling an application device by means of an external control device. The transceiver has a control unit, a memory unit coupled to the control unit, a control interface coupled to the control unit, a communication interface coupled to the control... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069196 | Method and device for creating a starting value for a pseudorandom number generator Method and device for creating a starting value for a pseudorandom number generator, having a reader configured to unstably read out an output value from a memory cell and a determiner configured to determine the starting value on the basis of the output value of th... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8060757 | Decryption and encryption during write accesses to a memory An encryption part or a decryption part of an encryption/decryption apparatus or a part common to both parts is used both for encryption and decryption of a datum to be stored and the encrypted memory content and for the generation of the address-individual key and ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058098 | Method and apparatus for fabricating a plurality of semiconductor devices A method includes the steps of providing a carrier comprising a plurality of cavities; placing at least one semiconductor element into each of the cavities; filling the plurality of cavities with a packaging material; and removing the carrier. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8036613 | Communication system and method for operating a communication system Communication system including a host and a device. The host has an oscillator and the device has a USB-function core. The oscillator in the host is coupled to the USB-function core in the device. ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8023491 | Mobile radio communication system A mobile radio communication system having a mobile radio communication network and a mobile radio subscriber appliance, wherein a unit in the network layer of the core network of the mobile radio communication network is configured to transmit to the mobile radio s... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8010144 | Computer-aided conference session having priority indication A priority indication, which is used to prescribe at least one priority with which a conference session to which the at least one participant communication terminal is to be invited is to be conducted, is added to a conference session invitation message. ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010093 | Communication network unit and method for exchanging capability information A communication network unit having a memory for storing, for each communication terminal of a plurality of first communication terminals which are each associated with a same user identification, information about communication capabilities of the respective commun... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005212 | Device and method for performing a cryptoalgorithm A device for executing a cryptoalgorithm including a central processing unit for a first sub-group of operations and for a flow control of the cryptoalgorithm as well as a hardware circuit for a second sub-group of operations, wherein the first sub-group preferably ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990927 | Method and apparatus for transmitting data in a communication system An apparatus and method of grouping and assigning a plurality of random access sequences, including assigning each random access sequence to one or a plurality of user equipments, to a plurality of users, type of users or types of communication connection. ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983870 | Integrated circuit and method for determining the operating range of an integrated circuit Method for ascertaining an operating range for an integrated circuit which has a plurality of system components, in which a test routine is performed for testing at least one system component from the plurality of system components, where the at least one system com... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983713 | Smart card; communication device; method for selecting a communication network to be used by a communication device; computer program product Smart cards, a communication device, methods for selecting a communication network to be used by a communication device, and a computer program product. ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979828 | Integrated circuit and method for determining an integrated circuit layout Various methods for determining a layout of an integrated circuit are described. For example, a method is described comprising determining a layout of an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of functional cells, wherein a maximum extent of each of the cells in ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979783 | Error detection device and method for error detection for a command decoder An error detection device for a command decoder is described, the command decoder reading out an associated sequence of control signal words from a command memory based on an input word, wherein the sequence of control signal words has at least one control signal wo... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979482 | Random number generator configured to combine states of memory cells A random number generator includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in a series, a feedback processor for generating a feedback signal and for feeding the feedback signal into one of the memory cells, and a random number outputter formed to combine states of a g... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977167 | Method of producing a field effect transistor arrangement A method of producing a field effect transistor arrangement. A substrate having a first crystal surface orientation is provided. A first layer is formed above a first portion of the substrate, the first layer having a second crystal surface orientation different fro... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969763 | Detector circuit for detecting an external manipulation of an electrical circuit, circuit arrangement comprising a plurality of detector circuits, memory device and method for operating a detector circuit A detector circuit for detecting an external manipulation of an electrical circuit. The detector circuit includes a digital circuit which is sensitive to at least one of the effects of ionizing radiation or fluctuations of a supply voltage, and the output state of t... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7952841 | Device for detecting malfunctions by manipulation of an internal voltage supply A device for determining an interference with a regulated voltage provided by a control loop with a unit for monitoring a control variable of the control loop and a unit for generating a notification signal if the control variable or a change in the time of the cont... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949698 | Circuit arrangement and method for initializing a random number generator A circuit arrangement for initializing a random number generator includes a volatile random access memory and an access device for storing and reading information in the random access memory. The information is read out from at least one area of the random access me... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7937639 | Device and method for reading out a data word and device and method for storing a data block A device for reading out a predetermined data word from a memory in which a data block is divided into a plurality of data words including the predetermined data word, an error identification value associated with the respective data word per data word of the plural... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7925684 | Method and apparatus for distributing random elements Apparatus for distributing valid random elements, including at least a first module and a second module. The first module is connected to a provider of valid random elements and to the second module. The first module includes a controller that passes valid random el... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923365 | Methods of forming field effect transistors having stress-inducing sidewall insulating spacers thereon Methods of forming integrated circuit devices include forming a field effect transistor having a gate electrode, a sacrificial spacer on a sidewall of the gate electrode and silicided source/drain regions. The sacrificial spacer is used as an implantation mask when ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916517 | Circuit arrangement and method for recognizing manipulation attempts A circuit arrangement having complementary data lines of a dual rail data bus, wherein in a regular operating phase the complementary data lines carry complementary signals, and in a precharge phase the complementary data lines assume an identical logic state or the... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912430 | Circuit arrangement for wirelessly exchanging data and RFID chip card device A circuit arrangement for wirelessly exchanging data with a reader device, including an antenna for converting electromagnetic radiation into an antenna voltage, an analogue circuit for demodulating an information signal based on the antenna voltage, and a digital c... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911355 | Apparatus for storing and wirelessly transmitting data A data storing apparatus that wirelessly transmits data, wherein the apparatus is deformable so as to block wireless transmission of data when the apparatus is in the deformed state. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911041 | Semiconductor device with gold coatings, and process for producing it A semiconductor device (7) has gold coatings (1 to 5) which are applied to metallic or ceramic components (6) of the semiconductor device (7). The gold coatings (1 to 4) have a multifunctional multilayer metal coating... | 03/22/2011 |
