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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8068379 | Dynamic RAM A plurality of sub word lines each have a length equivalent to the division of a main word line along the extension direction thereof, arranged along a bit line crossing said main word line, and are connected with a plurality of memory cells. A first sub word select... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7728436 | Method for selective deposition of a thin self-assembled monolayer A method for selective deposition of self-assembled monolayers to the surface of a substrate for use as a diffusion barrier layer in interconnect structures is provided comprising the steps of depositing a first self-assembled monolayer to said surface, depositing a... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7368377 | Method for selective deposition of a thin self-assembled monolayer A method for selective deposition of self-assembled monolayers to the surface of a substrate for use as a diffusion barrier layer in interconnect structures is provided comprising the steps of depositing a first self-assembled monolayer to said surface, depositing a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7034611 | Multistage common mode feedback for improved linearity line drivers A technique to attenuate even-order harmonics of an output stage of a multistage nested Miller compensation circuit. In one example embodiment, this is accomplished by using a low-bandwidth low-swing amplifier in the common mode feedback loop to improve the even-ord... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7006023 | Sigma-delta modulator with passive bandpass loop filter Digitizing a signal includes sampling and holding an analog signal to yield a sampled signal, where the analog signal includes information. The sampled signal is filtered at a passive filter circuit to yield a filtered signal. The passive filter circuit includes at ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006521 | External bus arbitration technique for multicore DSP device A digital signal processing system includes multiple processor subsystems, an external input/output port (XPORT), and an XPORT arbiter. The processor subsystems each include a processor core and a DMA controller. The XPORT arbiter arbitrates between the processor co... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6807080 | Enhanced storage states in an memory A memory with mechanisms for enhancing storage states without boosting voltages to levels that damage storage cell structures. A storage cell according to the present teachings includes a storage structure capable of switching storage states. A memory according to t... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6754503 | Method for adaptively selecting a soft symbol for a subsequent operation a communication device A method of selecting a soft symbol for a subsequent operation in a communication device is disclosed. In one embodiment, a signal is received at the communication device. Next, the signal is demodulated. Then, a strength level such as a signal to noise ration Eb/Nt... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6617217 | Reduction in well implant channeling and resulting latchup characteristics in shallow trench isolation by implanting wells through nitride Retrograde wells are formed by implanting through nitride films (40). Nitride films (40) are formed after STI (20) formation. By selectively masking a portion of the wafer with photoresist (47) after portions of a retrograde well are formed (45, 50, 55, a... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6453394 | Memory interface device and memory address generation device A memory interface device of the present invention includes: an input buffer including a plurality of input areas; an output buffer including 8 plurality of output areas; and a control section for controlling the input buffer, the output buffer and a sing... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6337648 | MOS transistor digital-to-analog converter A monolithic, low power, digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit which uses an efficient transistor element to perform both switching and resistive current division functions simultaneously. This allows a R-2R type ladder network to be built using only ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6168985 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device including a DRAM having reduced parasitic bit line capacity and method of manufacturing same In semiconductor integrated circuit device having a DRAM including a memory cell portion formed at a first portion of a main surface of a semiconductor substrate and a peripheral circuit portion formed at a second portion of the main surface of the semico... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6089717 | Projector apparatus A small-sized and light-weight projector apparatus capable of projecting images of high picture quality. A color separation/synthesis section of a projector apparatus includes a glass block body composed of a plurality of glass blocks combined together in... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6023084 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device including a memory device having memory cells with increased information storage capacitance and method of manufacturing same A semiconductor memory device has a semiconductor substrate, and memory cells provided at intersections between word line conductors and bit line conductors. Adjacent two memory cells for each bit line conductor form a memory cell pair unit structure, in ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5933724 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device using a photomask in which transmitted light beam intensities are controlled A phase shifting mask is used for manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device including a conductor pattern in which the line width of patterned conductor strips or the space between patterned conductor strips is not constant. For main transpa... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5909634 | Method and apparatus for forming solder on a substrate The invention discloses a method for forming solder (114) on a substrate (112). The method includes forming a decal (110) with a plurality of solder regions (113). The method further comprises aligning the decal (110) with the substrate (112) and transfer... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5892287 | Semiconductor device including stacked chips having metal patterned on circuit surface and on edge side of chip A three-dimensional semiconductor circuit assembly wherein each of several circuit chips is provided with patterned metal layers that extend from the circuit surface onto an edge side of the chip, then the chips are adhesively bonded to opposite surfaces ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5804479 | Method for forming semiconductor integrated circuit device having a capacitor The etch-back amount of a silicon oxide film of a memory array which is a higher altitude portion is increased when etching back and flattening the silicon oxide film by arranging a first-layer wiring on a BPSG film covering an upper electrode of an infor... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5761149 | Dynamic RAM A dynamic RAM is provided with a main word lines; a plurality of subsidiary word lines which are arranged in the direction of bit lines crossing the main word line and to which a plurality of dynamic memory cells are connected; a plurality of subsidiary w... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5729556 | System decoder circuit with temporary bit storage and method of operation A data processing system (10) is disclosed which comprises a microprocessor host (12) coupled to a decoding system (14). A host interface block (18) receives a bit stream and passes bit stream on to a system decoder block (20). The system decoder block (2... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5712999 | Address generator employing selective merge of two independent addresses An address generator (120) forms a selective merge of two addresses. First (610) and second (620) address units generate respective first and second N bit address. Each unit (610, 620) preferrably includes a set of base address registers (611), a set of i... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5699087 | Sequential access memories, systems and methods A method is provided for accessing data stored in memory (76). First data appearing at outputs (102) of memory (76) are read during a first reading cycle in a sequence of reading cycles, the first data retrieved from a first location in memory (76) corres... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5648294 | Integrated circuit and method Heterojunction bipolar transistors (130) with bases (138) including an etch stop element are disclosed. The preferred embodiment devices have Alz Ga1-z As emitters (140) and GaAs collectors (136) and bases (138) with Iny G... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5637828 | High density semiconductor package The invention discloses a high density semiconductor package. Two semiconductor chips are each affixed on a corresponding one of two lead frames. The semiconductor chips and the lead frames are encapsulated, wherein only a portion of the leads of the lead... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5633120 | Method for achieving anode stripe delineation from an interlevel dielectric etch in a field emission device A method of fabricating a double level metal (DLM) anode plate for use in a field emission device comprises the steps of providing a transparent substrate 82 having an active region 58 and a bus region 62. Then providing electrically conductive regions 50... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5631848 | System decoder circuit and method of operation A data processing system (10) is disclosed which comprises a microprocessor host (12) coupled to a decoding system (14). A host interface block (18) receives a bit stream and passes bit stream on to a system decoder block (20). The system decoder block (2... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5615383 | Microcomputer system for digital signal processing A system for real-time digital signal processing employs a single-chip microcomputer device having separate on-chip program ROM and data RAM, with separate address and data paths for program and data. An external program address bus allows off-chip progra... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5610100 | Method for concurrently forming holes for interconnection between different conductive layers and a substrate element or circuit element close to the substrate surface In a semiconductor device having conductive paths for electrically coupling a substrate surface with a second conductive/wiring layer, the substrate and the second conductive layer having a first conductive layer therebetween, a second insulating layer se... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5602392 | Thermal crosstalk reduction for infrared detectors with common electrodes A hybrid thermal detector and method for producing same where the optical coating 32 of the hybrid thermal detector has elongated parallel thermal isolation stots 62 along one axis. The elongated parallel slots 62 improve the acuity, or MTF of the resulta... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5595922 | Process for thickening selective gate oxide regions One embodiment of the present invention is a method of simultaneously forming high-voltage (12) and low-voltage (10) devices on a single substrate (14), the method comprising: forming a thin oxide layer (18) on the substrate, the thin oxide layer having a... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5592509 | Transceiver circuit with transition detection A bidirectional data transceiver circuit is described which automatically transfers data from a first bidirectional data port to a second bidirectional data port when new data is detected. The transceiver has a collision arbitration circuit which prevents... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5577943 | Method for fabricating a field emission device having black matrix SOG as an interlevel dielectric A method of fabricating an anode plate 80 for use in a field emission device. The method comprises the steps of providing a substantially transparent substrate 88 having spaced-apart, electrically conductive regions 50 on a surface thereof, then coating t... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5578902 | Field emission display having modified anode stripe geometry A field emission display apparatus comprised of an emitter plate 2 having a plurality of column conductors 9 intersecting a plurality of row conductors 6, and electron emitters 5 at the intersection of each of the row and column conductors. An anode plate... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5573824 | High strength, high modulus continuous polymeric material for durable, impact resistant applications A protective, impact resistant material and method, the material comprising a fabric of thermoplastic polymeric fibers having a strength of at least 0.5 GPa and an elastic modulus of at least 25 GPa and a matrix of polymeric material disposed in the inter... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5558554 | Method for fabricating a field emission device anode plate having multiple grooves between anode conductors A method of fabricating an anode plate 40 having a multiplicity of grooves 50 for use in a field emission flat panel display device comprises the steps of providing a transparent planar substrate 42 having a plurality of electrically conductive, parallel ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5554546 | Method of fabricating a high voltage transistor A high voltage transistor includes a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) region in which a source and a channel are formed. A drain drift region is further formed partly in the SOI region and partly in the bulk silicon region beyond SOI and a gate is coupled... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5544101 | Memory device having a latching multiplexer and a multiplexer block therefor A memory device (10) is provided which includes a memory array (12), a multiplexer block (14) and a control block (16). The memory array (12) is operable to provide a plurality of memory array outputs (281 . . . 28n) responsive to a ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5541448 | Electronic circuit card An electronic circuit card has a metal case including top and bottom surfaces connected by first and second sidewalls and a rear wall. The case has an interior chamber and an opening at one end. A substrate is positioned in the interior chamber and a conn... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5528064 | Structure for protecting integrated circuits from electro-static discharge An input protection circuit for a MOS device uses back-to-back zener diodes 30 and 40 with the anodes 130 and 150 connected and floating. This circuitry protects against positive and negative ESD events and does not interfere with the normal operation of ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5527651 | Field emission device light source for xerographic printing process A xerographic printing system is constructed using a field emission device 120 as a modulated light source. Alternatively, a lens 122 may be disposed between the field emission device 120 and the photoreceptor drum surface 106. The field emission device 1... | 06/18/1996 |
