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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178402 | End functionalization of carbon nanotubes Carbon nanotubes may be selectively opened and their exposed ends functionalized. Opposite ends of carbon nanotubes may be functionalized in different fashions to facilitate self-assembly and other applications. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7996663 | Saving and restoring architectural state for processor cores A method and apparatus for saving and restoring architectural states utilizing hardware is described. A first portion of an architectural state of a processing element, such as a core, is concurrently saved upon being updated. A remaining portion of the architectura... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7964490 | Methods of forming nickel sulfide film on a semiconductor device Embodiments of the present invention describe a method of forming nickel sulfide layer on a semiconductor device. A nickel sulfide layer is formed on a substrate by alternatingly exposing the substrate to a nickel-containing precursor and a sulfur-containing precurs... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7917910 | Techniques to manage critical region interrupts Briefly, techniques to manage interrupts and swaps of threads operating in critical region. In an embodiment, a thread is to be interrupted during a first critical region with an interrupt routine. The thread may be set to restart at a beginning of the first critica... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912013 | Methods and apparatus for providing a roaming support system Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing a roaming support system are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7852278 | CMOS IC and high-gain antenna integration for point-to-point wireless communication A point-to-point radio communications device, with an integrated antenna-IC module, includes highly-directional antenna elements and silicon CMOS-based ICs in plastic packaging material. The high-gain horn-type antenna includes two sections made of molded plastic an... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7713858 | Carbon nanotube-solder composite structures for interconnects, process of making same, packages containing same, and systems containing same A carbon nanotube (CNT) array is patterned on a substrate. The substrate can be a microelectronic die, an interposer-type structure for a flip-chip, a mounting substrate, or a board. The CNT array is patterned by using a patterned metallic seed layer on the substrat... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7640034 | System, apparatus and method of estimating quality of signal Briefly, an apparatus and a method of determining a quality indicator of a second received signal based on a characteristic of a first received signal. The apparatus is able to receive over a downlink channel of a wireless communication system a first signal having ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7531726 | Controlled alignment of nanobarcodes encoding specific information for scanning probe microscopy (SPM) reading The methods, apparatus and compositions disclosed herein concern the detection, identification and/or sequencing of biomolecules, such as nucleic acids or proteins. In certain embodiments of the invention, coded probes comprising a probe molecule attached to one or ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7495551 | Device, system and method of locating a wireless communication device Briefly, some embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems and methods for locating a wireless communication station. For example, a system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes a wireless access point to transmit a low-power security q... | 02/24/2009 |
