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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110043263 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a DLL controlling block configured to enable or disable an update enable signal by detecting a change in a voltage level of a phase detecting signal during a predetermined time when an operation enable signal and a threshold p... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110035867 | FLEXIBLE FLANGE APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING CONDUITS AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING SAME The present disclosure generally relates to improved water closet flanges and methods for installing such water closet flanges. In one exemplary embodiment, an improved water closet flange apparatus includes an outer flange and a flexible conduit portion (i.e. sleeve) e... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110032240 | BUFFERING CIRCUIT WITH REDUCED DYNAMIC POWER CONSUMPTION A buffering circuit with reduced power consumption is provided. The output buffering circuit includes first and second amplifier circuits. The first amplifier circuit includes a first input stage and a first output stage both coupled between a first power voltage and a ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110029437 | Information System, Processing Station and Credit Card Payment Method Disclosed are an information system, processing station and credit card payment method. The system comprises at least one mobile device and an information processing station communicating with the mobile device. The information processing station comprises at least one ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024352 | Water Treatment Process for the Reduction of THM & HAA Formation Disclosed herein are systems and process integrating the chemical-free oxidation of a photocatalytic decontamination process with a biological decontamination system to eliminate the THM and HAA precursors in drinking water. In one embodiment, a system may comprise a so... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110019370 | FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT MODULE This disclosure pertains to a flexible circuit module and related methods of manufacturing and applications for such a flexible circuit module. In one exemplary embodiment, the flexible circuit module comprises a flexible substrate, at least one flexible chip element, a... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110018792 | MULTIMODE SOURCE DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME A multimode source driver for driving a display device in provided, including a bus swapping circuit, connecting a first data bus to one of first and second internal buses and connecting a second data bus to the other one of the first and second internal buses according... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110012654 | LOCKING STATE DETECTOR AND DLL CIRCUIT HAVING THE SAME A locking state detector includes a phase comparing unit configured to compare a reference clock signal and a feedback clock signal to generate a first phase difference distinction signal to distinguish a first phase difference range, and a second phase difference disti... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110012593 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHIELDING A LINEAR ACCELERATOR AND A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE FROM EACH OTHER A radiation therapy system comprises a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system combined with an irradiation system, which can include one or more linear accelerators (linacs) that can emit respective radiation beams suitable for radiation therapy. The MRI system include... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110005036 | HINGE JOINT SYSTEM The present invention relates to a hinge joint mechanism. The hinge joint mechanism comprises a fixed component including a plurality of curved portions and at least one straight portion; a movable component including a plurality of curved portions and a plurality of st... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110005033 | LOCKABLE HINGE ASSEMBLY The present invention relates to a hinge joint mechanism. The hinge joint mechanism comprises a fixed component including a plurality of curved portions and at least one straight portion; a movable component including a plurality of curved portions and a plurality of st... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110004199 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR EXTERNAL FIXATION STRUT ADJUSTMENT The present disclosure includes a method for adjusting the orientation of a first external fixator support member relative to a second external fixator support member, wherein a plurality of adjustable struts connect the first and second external fixator support members... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110001432 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE WITH COMPENSATION CAPABILITY A light emitting device with compensation capability is disclosed herein which includes a plurality of light emitting diodes, when a light emitting diode is out of order, the remaining of the light emitting diodes can still working properly; a status detecting unit; a p... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100331840 | FAST ADJUST EXTERNAL FIXATION CONNECTION ROD The present disclosure provides various embodiments of an external fixation connection rod having articulatable joints that can be attached to external supports, such as rings. In some embodiments, the fixation connection rod includes a telescopic rod and connecting mec... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100327303 | Light-emitting diode lamp with uniform resin coating LED lamps with a conformally coated LED chip and methods of manufacturing the same provides for LEDs having predictable color temperature. A conformally coated LED chip includes an LED chip with a conformal resin layer disposed over a portion of the LED chip. The LED la... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100322497 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE ACQUISITION AND RECONSTRUCTION Systems and methods for tomographic reconstruction of an image include systems and methods for producing images from k-space data. A k-space data set of an imaged object is acquired using know k-space data acquisition systems and methods. A portion of the k-space data s... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100321413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY The invention describes a system and method for driving a display device that includes an array of pixels respectively coupled with a plurality of scanning lines along a first direction and a plurality of data lines along a second direction, each of the data lines being... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100321412 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY The invention describes a system and method for driving a display device that includes an array of pixels respectively coupled with a plurality of scanning lines along a first direction and a plurality of data lines along a second direction, each of the data lines being... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100321077 | PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS A phase synchronization apparatus includes a bias control unit configured to sequentially delay an input clock signal to generate bias control signals having multiple bits, a bias generation unit configured to generate a pull-up bias voltage having a level that correspo... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100312243 | EXTERNAL FIXATOR RING The present disclosure provides an external fixation strut for an external fixation device having a ball joints that can be attached to the outer or inner surface of the ring and locked to increase overall stability of the external fixation device. Some embodiments of t... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100307485 | LIQUID SUGAR FROM RAW GRANULATED CANE SUGAR PURIFYING PROCESS This invention refers to a process for purifying sugar syrup, usually called liquid sugar, prepared with raw granulated cane sugar, in order to obtain a product called purified liquid sugar, with a degree of purity, referred to the content of ashes and color, similar or... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100305568 | EXTERNAL FIXATOR RING The present disclosure includes an external fixator ring that includes a central opening, inner and outer ring surfaces and upper and lower ring surfaces. In some embodiments, one or more apertures are defined in the inner or outer surface for receiving securing devices... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100304541 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEMORY STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PPROM AND AN EMBEDDED FLASH MEMORY A memory structure that combines embedded flash memory and PPROM. The PPROM can be used as a memory structure. The flash memory can be used, e.g., as air replacement cells or back up memory, or additional memory cells. The PPROM cells are stacked on top of the flash mem... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100303992 | MILK FAT SUBSTITUTE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR The invention relates to a milk fat substitute and to a method for producing same from a vegetable oil using a fractionation method, which is suitable for use in the production of products such as ice cream, biscuits, cakes, bread-making products, reconstituted mil, mil... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100296358 | ACTIVE DRIVER CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS An active driver control circuit for a semiconductor memory apparatus includes an asynchronous decoding unit that can be activated in response to a bank selection signal, when an external command is a read or write command, can generate an enabled read/write enable sign... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100294726 | UV REACTOR DESIGN HAVING PRESSURE EQUALIZING MANIFOLD FOR INCREASING UV FLUX EFFICIENCY The disclosed principles employ a UV reactor design for photo-based treatment of contaminated fluid media using a concentric single light source/single sleeve design, with multiple such concentric light source/sleeve units placed in parallel. In one embodiment, such a r... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100292063 | Apparatus and a method for folding and unfolding a foldable transport container This invention provides an apparatus and a method for folding and unfolding a foldable transport container automatically. The apparatus comprises plurality of moving parts (P1, P2) and arms (A1, A2, A3, A4) to fold the sides (FS... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100289953 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTIMEDIA DATA USING AN AUDIO-VIDEO LINK A multimedia processor includes an audio processor configured to process an audio input signal to generate an audio output signal and an assistant signal, and a video processor coupled with the audio processor and configured to process video input signal and the assista... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100288991 | FASTENERS, RAILING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY A fastener is configured to affix a first article such as a picket to a second article such as a rail to form a railing or balustrade. The fastener includes a first engaging surface having a maximum diameter configured to engage an interior surface of an opening in the ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100278004 | ADDRESS RECEIVING CIRCUIT FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS An address receiving circuit for a semiconductor apparatus includes a controller that, in response to a semiconductor apparatus initialization-related command, generates a control signal having an activation cycle corresponding to the standard of cycle time of the semic... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100277209 | SIGNAL RECEIVER CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF IMPROVING AREA AND POWER EFFICIENCY IN SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS A signal receiver circuit includes a first level detector for offset-controlling a first output node in response to a pair of first reference signals. A second level detector offset-controls a second output node in response to a pair of second reference signals.... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100271890 | DATA I/O CONTROL SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUIT IN A SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS A circuit for generating a data I/O control signal used in a semiconductor memory apparatus comprises a delay block for generating a delay signal having a relatively short delay value and a delay signal having a relatively long delay values, and a selection block for se... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100264945 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a sense amplifier for sensing input data and a sense amplifier controller for blocking a signal path between the sense amplifier and a memory cell when a test mode signal is activated.... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100259510 | Apparatus for data encoding in LCD Driver A source driver includes an external data bus and a receiver configured to receive data signals from the external data bus, the receiver having an encoder configured to encode the data signals and output encoded signals such that a toggling rate of the encoded signals i... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100259232 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A POWER SUPPLY DEVICE IN AN INITIAL ACTIVATION STAGE The present application describes a system and method for driving a power supply device in an initial activation stage. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing in the power supply device at least one voltage regulator that is coupled with a voltage output adap... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100258502 | Advanced Oxidation Enhancements and High Temperature treatment of Contaminated Media Disclosed herein are decontamination techniques that use a chemical that acts as an oxygen source and adsorption/binding agent in a UV reactor to bring together organic contaminant molecules and TiO2 molecules in the photoreactive slurry, or to alternatively ... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100257806 | Hidden decking fastener and related method of fastening deck boards Fasteners, and related methods, for securing deck boards to a support joist are disclosed. In one embodiment, the fastener comprises a base portion and a cap portion on the base portion. In some embodiments, the base portion includes an opening formed therethrough for r... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100256681 | MULTI-AXIAL CONNECTION SYSTEM In one embodiment of the present invention a system for connecting a fastener element (e.g., a pedicle screw) relative to a rod for the purposes of vertebral fixation is provided. The system may permit multi-axial movement between the fastener element and the rod. Furth... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100254133 | LED LIGHTING LAMP LED lighting lamps provide improved heat dissipation efficiency, wide illumination beam angles, and substantially uniform illumination intensity. Generally, the disclosed LED lamps comprise at least one LED lighting element mounted on at least one stand and a two-level ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100253438 | Phase Locked Loop Circuit A PLL circuit comprises a phase detector, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), and two variable voltage sources. The phase detector and the charge pump each comprises low-voltage transistors, and operates with a fixed supply voltage VCC1 ... | 10/07/2010 |
