Quotables
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. "
Ambose Bierce
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6579462 | Plasma addressed liquid crystal display with glass spacers A flat display device, preferably of the PALC type, in which the plasma channels are formed by etching laterally-spaced slots in a spacer plate, attaching a thin dielectric sheet over the etched spacer plate, and bonding the etched spacer plate to a trans... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6569757 | Methods for forming co-axial interconnect lines in a CMOS process for high speed applications A method of forming a co-axial interconnect line in a dielectric layer is provided. The method includes defining a trench in the dielectric layer and then forming a shield metallization layer within the trench. After forming the shield metallization layer... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6438364 | Radio frequency device with fast charging of an input capacitance A radio frequency device has an input transistor from which a capacitance is seen, and a fast charging circuit for charging the capacitance. The input transistor receives a radio frequency signal. The capacitance is quickly charged when the device is swit... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6433471 | Plasma addressed liquid crystal display with glass spacers A flat display device, preferably of the PALC type, in which the plasma channels are formed by etching laterally-spaced slots in a spacer plate, attaching a thin dielectric sheet over the etched spacer plate, and bonding the etched spacer plate to a trans... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6424567 | Fast reconfigurable programmable device A programmable cell comprises an externally loadable electrically erasable (EE) transistor cell that is configured to be independent of the currently active state of the programmed cell. When all of the EE cells are loaded with a new configuration, the co... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6418477 | Communication network A communications network for transmitting at least one information packet between a source node and a destination node of the network. The network includes an information cluster transmittable between the source node and the destination node and for havin... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6413152 | Apparatus for performing chemical-mechanical planarization with improved process window, process flexibility and cost An apparatus for chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) of semiconductor wafers that allows independent micro-control of each spindle for tailored CMP performance. The present invention provides, in one embodiment, a CMP tool that includes a stationary b... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6407014 | Method achieving higher inversion layer mobility in novel silicon carbide semiconductor devices The invention provides a method for the production of high quality thermally grown oxide on top of silicon carbide. The high quality oxide is obtained by selectively removing the carbon from the silicon carbide in the areas where oxide formation is desire... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6401155 | Interrupt/software-controlled thread processing Rapid thread processing is achieved by transferring complete thread contexts between a memory and a context register set. Each thread context is read from a respective memory location in response to either a designated interrupt or an instruction.... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6400127 | Dual mode pulse-width modulator for power control applications A dual-mode modular pulse-width-modulator capable of outputting low-speed and high-speed control signals is presented. In one mode, a control signal is generated based on timing parametric data stored in a memory. In a second mode, a control signal is gen... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6400100 | System and method for determining the frequency of longitudinal mode required for color mixing in a discharge lamp In a power source system, a method for providing color mixing in a high intensity discharge (HID) lamp comprises the steps of providing a swept frequency signal having a sweeping frequency ranging between a first lower frequency value and a second higher ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6393572 | Sleepmode activation in a slave device In a master-slave configuration wherein a sleepmode activation is effected by the cessation of a clocking signal, the need for an analog device or auxiliary clock for detecting the cessation of the clocking signal is obviated by anticipating the cessation... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6388470 | High voltage CMOS signal driver with minimum power dissipation The system and method facilitates the transmission of relatively high voltage signals via a thin oxide gate CMOS device without an excessively detrimental electric field build up across the thin oxide layers forming a gate in a CMOS device. The high volta... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6388332 | Integrated circuit power and ground routing An integrated circuit includes a plurality of blocks of cells, and a plurality of layers with conductors for signal and power routing. Power and ground connections for individual cells are supplied by power and ground conductors in a first layer of conduc... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6389070 | Device for indicating the received signal quality in a digital television receiver A device for indicating the quality of a received digital broadcast video signal in a digital television receiver includes circuitry for determining the amount of multipath interference. The device generates a display graph indicative of the signal qualit... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6384817 | Apparatus for applying voltages to individual columns of pixels in a color electro-optic display device In an electro-optic display device, such as a liquid crystal display device which serves as a modulator for projected light, a global ramp generator is used in conjunction with track and hold circuits to convert incoming digital display signals to analog ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6380721 | Voltage regulator circuit The performance of the main regulatory transistor of an on-chip voltage regulator circuit is enhanced when the main transistor is appropriately biased during start up. In an example embodiment, a voltage regulator circuit includes a thin gate oxide transi... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6376991 | Circuit assembly for inclusion within fluorescent lamp A compact circuit assembly is provided for containment within the end of a circular fluorescent lamp envelope. The circuit assembly includes a plurality of circular circuit boards arranged along the length of the envelope end and having respective periphe... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6376999 | Electronic ballast employing a startup transient voltage suppression circuit An LCD backlight inverter that comprises a power stage that includes a first power switch and a second power switch that powers one or more cold cathode fluorescent lamps. A controller generates control signals, receives an IC supply input signal having a... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6374319 | Flag-controlled arbitration of requesting agents A method and an system are provided for servicing a plurality of agents requesting access to a bus. The agents are arranged in a hierarchical order of groups, each having first and second pairs of the agents. Within each group, flags are set to indicate w... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6373725 | Reconfigurable converter for multiple-level input-line voltages A switchable power converter includes an input section that receives an AC input voltage and rectifies the AC input voltage and a switchable converter section operative to receive the rectified AC input voltage and convert the rectified AC input voltage t... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6373199 | Reducing stress on ignitor circuitry for gaseous discharge lamps Igniter circuitry for a gaseous discharge lamp includes an inductive igniting pulse generating circuit and a capacitive timing circuit. The pulse generating circuit includes a unidirectional voltage-sensitive switch which is electrically connected in seri... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6373076 | Passivated silicon carbide devices with low leakage current and method of fabricating Semiconductor power devices with improved electrical characteristics are disclosed including rectifying contacts on a specially prepared semiconductor surface with little or no additional exposure to other chemical treatments, with oxide passivation and e... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6374369 | Stochastic performance analysis method and apparatus therefor A programmable method for analyzing the performance of software using a combination of statistical sampling, hardware events and feedback, and a finite state machine execution model. Performance analysis code is integrated with the object code of the soft... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6370623 | Multiport register file to accommodate data of differing lengths A multiport register file includes a first file unit having registers of a first width and a second file unite having registers of a second width. The second width being less than the first width. The first file unit accommodates data destined to be opera... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6369525 | White light-emitting-diode lamp driver based on multiple output converter with output current mode control A white light-emitting-diode array driver circuit with a multiple output flyback (or forward) converter with output current mode control. The circuit comprises a power supply source and a transformer. The transformer has a primary winding coupled to, and ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6368149 | Insulating cover for dual connector A ballast assembly facilitates alternative wiring configurations via the use of one or more dual-port connectors with corresponding insulating covers. The dual-port connectors provide a choice of wiring options, and the insulating cover provides the prote... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6362575 | Voltage regulated electronic ballast for multiple discharge lamps A method and apparatus for regulating the lamp output voltage in a multiple (parallel) discharge lamp fixture irrespective of the number of operating lamps and based upon monitoring of the lamp filament current. A modification thereof provides constant an... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6361172 | Color projection system incorporating electro-optic light modulator and rotating light-transmissive element A color projection display system, comprising a rotatable color drum with transmissive segments on the surface of the drum, the segments composed of dichroic filters having different color transmission bands, a cylindrical lens mounted co-axially inside t... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6362504 | Contoured nonvolatile memory cell A nonvolatile memory cell of the type having a single lateral transistor includes source and drain regions separated by a channel region. A floating gate is provided over at least the channel region and is separated therefrom by a gate oxide, with a contr... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6359658 | Subjective noise measurement on active video signal An apparatus and method is disclosed for measuring and filtering noise signals in an active video signal to create an enhanced video signal that produces a video image that is subjectively perceived to be superior to prior art video images. The apparatus ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6359516 | High-frequency amplifier circuit with independent control of quiescent current and bias impedance A high-frequency amplifier circuit includes an amplifying transistor and a bias circuit coupled to the amplifying transistor. The bias circuit includes a first bias subcircuit for controlling a quiescent current in the amplifying transistor and a second b... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6359396 | Multiple-parameter control of lamp ignition Starting of a gaseous discharge lamp is control led in response to both lamp voltage and duration of time during which igniting pulses are applied. An upper and a lower threshold voltage are utilized to determine whether the lamp is in an unstable startin... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6359387 | Gas-discharge lamp type recognition based on built-in lamp electrical properties A gas discharge lamp has an impedance element such as a capacitor connected to at least one electrode heater, to produce a heater impedance which falls within a range which is unique to lamps of that lamp type. An electronic ballast for operating such lam... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6359647 | Automated camera handoff system for figure tracking in a multiple camera system The invention provides for the automation of a multiple camera system based upon the location of a target object in a displayed camera image. The preferred system provides a nearly continuous display of a figure as the figure moves about throughout multip... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6359391 | System and method for overvoltage protection during pulse width modulation dimming of an LCD backlight inverter A system and method for providing overvoltage protection during a pulse width modulation (PWM) dimming of a liquid crystal display (LCD) backlight inverter are provided. The disclosed system achieves overvoltage protection by providing two low voltages (o... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6356035 | Deep PWM dimmable voltage-fed resonant push-pull inverter circuit for LCD backlighting with a coupled inductor An LCD backlighting inverter circuit comprising a voltage-fed series resonant push-pull inverter that is capable of efficient operation in a PWM deep dimming mode. The voltage-fed series resonant push-pull inverter comprising: a DC voltage source, a trans... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6356027 | 0-10V dimming interface protection circuit A 0-10V dimming interface protection circuit generating an indication that line voltage is applied across first and second leads of the dimming interface controlling light output by a lamp, includes a first device for limiting current serially connected b... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6355969 | Programmable integrated circuit structures and methods for making the same A method for making, and a programmable structure for use in a semiconductor chip is provided. The method includes forming a lower metallization layer, and forming an upper metallization layer. The upper metallization layer has a first portion and a secon... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6355944 | Silicon carbide LMOSFET with gate reach-through protection A silicon carbide LMOSFET having a self-aligned gate with gate reach-through protection and method for making same. The LMOSFET includes a first layer of SiC semiconductor material having a p-type conductivity and a second layer of SiC semiconductor mater... | 03/12/2002 |
