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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090128091 | BATTERY CHARGER FOR PORTABLE DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS A battery charger may include a charger connector to be coupled to a corresponding device connector of a portable device including a rechargeable battery. The battery charger may also include a charging circuit connected to the charger connector, and a controller connec... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090073013 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING A DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION OF A DIGITAL SIGNAL, AND CORRESPONDING ELECTRONIC DEVICE A method for processing a digital signal includes an elementary processing including a radiofrequency transposition with a radiofrequency transposition signal and a digital to analog conversion of the transposed digital signal for delivering a radiofrequency analog sign... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090072185 | Anisotropic Magnetic Flakes The invention relates to anisotropic, reflective, magnetic flakes. In a liquid carrier and under influence of an external magnetic field, the flakes attract to one another side-by-side and form ribbons which provide higher reflectivity to a coating and may be used as a ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090070745 | SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR TESTING SOFTWARE EMBEDDED IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE A system includes an electronic device and an external tester to be temporarily coupled thereto. The electronic device includes an integrated circuit processor. The integrated circuit processor includes processor circuitry for executing dedicated code to perform a dedic... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090070593 | FINGER SENSING APPARATUS USING UNIQUE SESSION KEY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS A finger sensor apparatus may include a finger sensor having an integrated circuit (IC) substrate, an array of finger sensing elements on the IC substrate, and session key negotiation circuitry on the IC substrate. The finger sensing apparatus may also include a host pl... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090070592 | FINGER SENSING APPARATUS USING ENCRYPTED USER TEMPLATE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS A finger sensing apparatus may include an integrated circuit (IC) substrate, an array of finger sensing elements on the IC substrate, and encryption circuitry on the IC substrate cooperating with the array of finger sensing elements for encrypting a user template compri... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090067689 | FINGER SENSING APPARATUS PERFORMING SECURE SOFTWARE UPDATE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS A finger sensing apparatus may include a finger sensor having an integrated circuit (IC) substrate, an array of finger sensing elements on the IC substrate, and secure software update circuitry on the IC substrate. In addition, the finger sensing apparatus may include a... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090067688 | FINGER SENSING APPARATUS WITH CREDENTIAL RELEASE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS A finger sensing apparatus may include an integrated circuit (IC) substrate, an array of finger sensing elements on the IC substrate, match circuitry on the IC substrate for performing finger matching, and credential release circuitry on the IC substrate. The credential... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090046288 | Scanning Spectrometer With Multiple Photodetectors A scanning optical spectrometer with a detector array is disclosed, in which position of focused spot of light at the input of a dispersive element such as arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) with a slab input, is scanned using a micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) tiltable mic... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090040684 | CREATION OF CAPACITORS EQUIPPED WITH MEANS TO REDUCE THE STRESSES IN THE METAL MATERIAL OF THEIR LOWER STRUCTURES The method for forming the microelectronic device having at least one two or three dimensional capacitor includes creating, on a substrate, a plurality of components and a number of superimposed metal interconnection levels. An insulating layer is formed above a metal i... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20080302877 | IC CARD COMPRISING A MAIN DEVICE AND AN ADDITIONAL DEVICE The IC Card includes a main device having a microprocessor and a memory unit, and an I/O contact pad for a connection between the main device and a read write device, also referred to as a main interconnection. The IC card also includes additional device connectable to ... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080307051 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING ENHANCED CLIENT-SERVER COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED METHODS A communications system may include an application server and at least one communications device for processing requests from one another. The communications device may process requests using an HTTP client application, for example. Furthermore, the system may also incl... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080303458 | ENHANCEMENT OF THE EFFICIENCY OF ENERGY RECOVERY DURING SPINDLE MOTOR STEP-UP PHASES FOR PARKING THE R/W HEAD OF A DISK STORAGE DEVICE UPON EXTERNAL SUPPLY FAILURE Energy recovery during recirculation phases of the phase windings of a multiphase spindle motor is increased when all the MOSFETs of the output bridge stage associated therewith are turned off (tristated) for charging a hold capacitor. This is accomplished by allowing t... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080303651 | System for Monitoring a Pressure in Motor Vehicle Tires and a Method for Diagnosticating By Means of Said System The motor vehicle tire pressure monitoring system includes a computer to receive input data including at least one tire pressure and transmit a warning to a driver of the vehicle in the event of an abnormal pressure in the tire. The system also includes a recording unit... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080304614 | ELECTRONIC MULTIMODE DATA SHIFT DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR CODING/DECODING WITH AN LDPC CODE An electronic device includes N inputs to receive R input data, R being able to take values from 1 to N, and N outputs. A configurable shift circuit is coupled between the N inputs and N outputs and has a cascade of shift stages, each shift stage comprising at least N c... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080297127 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A SWITCHED-MODE POWER SUPPLY HAVING A SINGLE INDUCTIVE ELEMENT AND SEVERAL OUTPUTS, AND CORRESPONDING POWER SUPPLY, IN PARTICULAR FOR A CELLULAR MOBILE TELEPHONE The switched-mode power supply includes a switching cell having an inductive element with two connections and several individually selectable outputs, and in which the two connections of the inductive element are joined respectively to at least two of the individually s... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080296572 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SEALING SPACER An optical semiconductor device may include a semiconductor component having an optical sensor on a front face thereof, and a transparent plate having electrical connection lines on a rear face thereof and lying outside a free region of the rear face. The front face of ... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080297292 | Radio Frequency Device with Magnetic Element, Method for Making Such a Magnetic Element A radiofrequency device may include an electrically conducting element associated with at least one continuous magnetic element. The first continuous magnetic element may include a substrate coated with a magnetic film having a granular structure, with grains that are i... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080298416 | Mesa Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser The present invention provides an improved mesa vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL), in which a first distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) mesa of semiconductor material is disposed on a top surface of an active layer. A contact annulus is disposed on a contact ... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080298270 | Upstream Signal Quality Monitoring The problem is that a measurement of the average signal quality (average modulation error ratio), does not identify poor quality signals that may be originating from an individual cable modem. The device of the present invention displays the modulation error ratio (MER)... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080299437 | POLYELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS, IN PARTICULAR FOR FUEL CELLS A polyelectrolyte membrane may include at least one styrene polymer or copolymer having a syndiotactic configuration and having sulfonic groups. The at least one styrene polymer or copolymer may be made in the form of a film in clathrate form. The film may include less ... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080297415 | METHOD FOR MANAGING THE OPERATION OF A WIRELESS DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCES WITH A POTENTIAL VICTIM DEVICE A wireless device belongs to a wireless communication system and exchanges information within at least one band of frequencies. A method includes detecting a presence of at least one victim device operating within the at least one band of frequencies. The first wireless... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080290179 | Method Of Recording Machine-Readable Information The invention relates to a method of recording machine-readable information on an article, including the steps of: providing a carrier having flakes dispersed therein onto the surface of the article, wherein all of the flakes have a beam-splitting grating pattern encodi... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080294930 | IC CARD WITH LOW PRECISION CLOCK An IC Card may include electronic components to receive a power supply and a main clock signal by a reader device. The power supply may be provided to a subset of the electronic components during a main clock stop status wherein the main clock signal is suspended for av... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080294731 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING ADAPTIVE POLLING BASED UPON USER USAGE PATTERNS AND RELATED METHODS A communications system may include at least one data storage device for storing messages for respective users, and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices each associated with a respective user for accessing the messages stored on the at least one data st... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080294011 | SURGICAL RETRACTOR AND RELATED METHODS A surgical retractor includes a base defining an open area therein to correspond with a surgical incision in a body. The base has an inner wall facing the open area and an outer wall facing away from the open area. A plurality of channels extend through the base between... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080292934 | POROUS COMPOSITE PRODUCT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A CATALYTIC LAYER, IN PARTICULAR IN FUEL CELL ELECTRODES A composite product is for an electrode of a fuel cell including a catalyst, an electrically conductive phase which supports such catalyst, a protonically conductive phase, and a porous phase. At least the contact between the catalyst and the electrically and protonical... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080291099 | Mobile Wireless Communications Device Comprising Non-Planar Internal Antenna Without Ground Plane Overlap A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a main dielectric substrate carried by the housing, circuitry carried by the main dielectric substrate, and a ground plane conductor on the main dielectric substrate. The mobile wireless communications devic... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080291988 | METHOD FOR TESTING A RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) RECEIVER AND RELATED METHODS A method for testing a radio frequency (RF) receiver may include measuring a plurality of bit error levels for the RF receiver at a given RF frequency. The method may further include applying a Huber function to the measured plurality of bit error levels to generate a b... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080288699 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE EXECUTION OF AN APPLET FOR AN IC CARD A method for controlling the execution of an applet for an IC Card including a java card platform, includes a phase for downloading the applet inside the IC Card, a phase for executing the applet through the java card platform and a phase for storing an identification p... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080287110 | Cellular Communications System For Providing Non-Real Time Subscription Data And Related Methods A cellular communications system may include a plurality of mobile cellular communications devices each associated with a respective user, and at least one cellular base station for wirelessly communicating with the mobile cellular communications devices. The at least o... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080284631 | DIGITIZER FOR A DIGITAL RECEIVER SYSTEM A digitizer for a digital receiver system includes an input terminal to receive a modulated analog input voltage signal, and an output terminal to provide an output voltage signal being a digital conversion of the input voltage signal. A comparator circuit has an output... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080287171 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE COMPRISING A TOP-MOUNTED AUXILIARY INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE AND A BOTTOM-MOUNTED ANTENNA A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, a dielectric substrate carried by the housing, circuitry carried by the dielectric substrate, and an audio output transducer carried by the upper portion of the ho... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080284518 | OVERDRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM An overdrive control system includes a voltage controlled current source to deliver a compensation current, and being between a first voltage reference and an internal node, which is connected to an output terminal. The voltage controlled current source has a control te... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080286501 | Structured surfaces that exhibit color by rotation An optically variable device is disclosed having a substrate with an array of pyramidal structures formed upon it or within it. The structures are coated with an optically variable color-shifting coating. Each of the structures form a pyramidal-like having at least thre... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080285242 | Isolating Stress On A Printed Circuit Board Printed circuit boards (PCB's) with edge connectors undergo bending stresses whenever the edge connectors are plugged into mating connectors. The bending stresses causes deformation of the printed circuit board, which can have deleterious effects on electrical component... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080280996 | Use of Carophyllenes in the Manufacture of Medicaments and Treatment of Bodily Conditions of Inflammation and Inflammatory Pain The invention concerns the use of caryophyllenes related to medicaments and to the treatment of bodily conditions of inflammation and inflammatory pain.... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080278816 | Structured surfaces that exhibit color by rotation An optically variable device is disclosed having a substrate with an array of pyramidal structures formed upon it or within it. The structures are preferably formed by printing pyramids with an optically variable color-shifting ink using an Intaglio-like printing proces... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080276100 | Virtual Machine or Hardware Processor for Ic-Card Portable Electronic Devices A virtual machine or hardware processor for an IC-card portable electronic device includes a non-volatile memory unit, a remote decryption unit, and associated objects for storing an executable program in an encrypted format in the non-volatile memory. The IC-card store... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080272453 | OPTICAL DEVICE COOLING APPARATUS AND METHOD An optical device cooling apparatus includes an image sensor array and a MEMS fan. The MEMS fan is formed integrally with the image sensor array, and cools the image sensor array.... | 11/06/2008 |
