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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7326582 | Optical isolator device, and method of making same The present invention is generally directed to an optical isolator device, and various methods of making same. In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises obtaining a single SOI substrate, the SOI substrate having an active layer comprised of silicon and a ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7273776 | Methods of forming a P-well in an integrated circuit device The present invention is generally directed to a method of forming a p-well in an integrated circuit device. In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises forming a first layer of epitaxial material above an active layer of a substrate, forming a first doped ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7260210 | Unbalanced slic with a built-in ring circuit A method and apparatus is provided for implementing an unbalanced subscriber line interface circuit with built-in ring circuit. A signal to be conditioned is received. An unbalanced output buffering function is performed upon the signal to be conditioned using an un... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254229 | Method and apparatus for an active impedance feedback A method and apparatus is provided for performing an active impedance feedback. A signal is received. An active feedback synthesis is performed based upon the signal. Performing the active feedback synthesis includes using an active feedback network for conditioning... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253498 | Bipolar transistor with geometry optimized for device performance, and method of making same The present invention is generally directed to bipolar transistors with geometry optimized for device performance and various methods of making same. In one illustrative embodiment, the device includes a substrate, an intrinsic base region formed in the substrate, a... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7239695 | Method and apparatus for detecting line card threshold A method and apparatus is provided. The method includes transmitting a signal having an AC component to a subscriber line and receiving at least a portion of the transmitted signal from the subscriber line. The method includes determining at least a portion of a per... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239640 | Method and apparatus for controlling ATM streams The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for receiving and transmitting asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cell streams over a bus. The invention provides a method for receiving ATM cells in a host from a client over a bus, comprising the steps of determinin... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7215764 | Current sensing echo cancellation device A passive echo cancellation circuit for reducing echoes on a subscriber line includes an output driver adapted to drive a downstream signal on the subscriber line. First sensing circuitry is coupled to the output driver and adapted to sense a current on the subscrib... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7190784 | Method and apparatus for adaptive DC level control A method and apparatus is provided for DC level control in a line card. The method includes receiving a digital input signal, determining a first DC component value of the digital input signal at a first preselected time, and determining a second DC component value ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181002 | Method and apparatus for a single power supply for dual power mode A method and apparatus is provided for using a single power supply in a dual mode fashion. A ringing signal is received. A waveform power supply signal based upon the ringing signal. An unbalanced output buffering function upon the signal to be conditioned using an ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180098 | Optical isolator device, and method of making same The present invention is generally directed to an optical isolator device, and various methods of making same. In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises obtaining a single SOI substrate, the SOI substrate having an active layer comprised of silicon and a ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6651078 | Method for determining a decimation pattern in a network communications receiver A method for selecting a decimation phase of a decimation filter includes determining a phase strength value for each phase of a plurality of phases. The quantity of phases corresponds to the decimation factor of the decimation filter. The phase strength ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6628534 | Method and apparatus for improving voltage to current signal conversion A method and apparatus is provided for converting a voltage signal into a current signal. A differential circuit is used to convert a voltage signal into a current signal. The differential circuit comprises at least one feedback amplifier to reduce non-li... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6285975 | System and method for detecting floating nodes within a simulated integrated circuit A method and apparatus for detecting floating transistor gates within a netlist model of an integrated circuit is disclosed. All transistor gates and input nodes coupled to the transistor gates are identified. These input nodes are then used to generate a... | 09/04/2001 |
