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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110013053 | DEFECTIVE PIXEL DETECTION AND CORRECTION A device can include a detection module and a correction module. The detection module can classify a pixel in a sensor as a defective pixel, and can store location information for the defective pixel. The correction module can identify the defective pixel based on the l... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110006946 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH A SIGNAL PROCESSOR A signal processor for processing multiple satellite signals is disclosed. The signal processor includes multiple acquisition channels operable for capturing tracking information from a first plurality of satellite signals synchronously according to multiple correlation... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110001357 | VERTICAL BUS CIRCUITS A vertical bus circuit includes multiple devices for transmitting signals between the bus devices. The multiple devices share multiple common voltage levels. Each of the devices includes a bus block and two input/output (I/O) devices powered by a first voltage level and... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100264882 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR BATTERY CHARGING Circuits and methods for battery charging are disclosed. In one embodiment, the battery charging circuit comprises an AC to DC converter, a charging control switch, and a charger controller. The AC to DC converter provides a charging power to a battery pack. The chargin... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100259332 | COMPENSATION CIRCUIT FOR VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR A circuit can be used to a control the voltage of a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) can include a first comparator, a second comparator, an accumulator, and an output device. The first comparator outputs a first pulse signal when the control voltage is higher than a... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100259313 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR TEMPERATURE DETECTION A temperature detection circuit includes a sensor, an integrated circuit (IC) chip, and a resistor. The sensor is operable for sensing a temperature. The IC chip can compare a sense voltage indicative of the temperature with a threshold voltage indicative of a temperatu... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100244784 | BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEMS A circuit for charging a battery may include a switch operable for conducting a current flowing through the switch, and a first amplifier coupled to the switch and operable for adjusting the current according to an amount of power dissipation associated with the switch.... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100241679 | SIGNAL CONVERSION SYSTEMS A signal conversion system includes a compensation module and a conversion module coupled to the compensation module. The compensation module is operable for adjusting a first compensation signal according to a dynamic signal and adding the first compensation signal to ... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100231754 | VIRTUAL CAMERA FOR SHARING A PHYSICAL CAMERA A virtual camera component allows multiple camera-use applications to share a camera simultaneously. For example, a first application can request access to the camera for a first set of data, and a second application can also request access to the camera for a second se... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100231174 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR BATTERY CHARGING A circuit for charging a battery pack includes a power converter and a charger controller. The power converter is operable for receiving an input power, and for providing a charging power for charging the battery pack. The power converter provides galvanic isolation bet... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100225496 | MULTI-CHANNEL CONVERTER WITH SELF-DIAGNOSIS FUNCTIONALITY An apparatus includes a plurality of channels, a converter, a control block and a counter. The channels can be used to measure a first plurality of signals. The converter can be used to convert the first plurality of signals into a second plurality of signals. The contr... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100225275 | CELL BALANCING SYSTEMS EMPLOYING TRANSFORMERS A cell balancing circuit for balancing battery cells includes a transformer and a switching controller. The transformer has a primary winding and a secondary winding. The switching controller can select a first cell coupled to the primary winding and select a second cel... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100220611 | PACKET FRAGMENT REASSEMBLY An apparatus for packet fragment reassembly includes a memory and a fragment processing block coupled to the memory. The memory caches information contained in the headers of a plurality of packet fragments, wherein the plurality of packet fragments are identified as be... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100194345 | MULTI-CELL BATTERY PACK PROTECTION CIRCUIT A voltage detection circuit can include a status sensing network and a comparing network. The status sensing network can simultaneously detect a cell voltage for each battery cell of a plurality of battery cells. The comparing network can simultaneously compare the dete... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100173180 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A battery management system can include a battery having a plurality of cells, a plurality of devices coupled to the battery, and a control unit coupled to a first device of the devices. The devices can assess the statuses of the cells. The control unit can communicate ... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100166013 | RECOGNITION SYSTEMS BASED ON PATTERN MATCHING A recognition system for recognizing a data packet includes a data memory for storing data units in a predetermined order. A first data unit includes an instruction for determining a characteristic of the data packet. The first data unit also includes the total number o... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100164403 | Circuits and methods for controlling LCD backlights A circuit for controlling light sources comprises a converter, a feedback circuit and a current distribution controller. The converter is operable for converting an input voltage to an output current and for providing the output current to the light sources. The feedbac... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100138917 | REFRESH MECHANISM FOR RATE-BASED STATISTICS Rate-based statistics are aperiodically refreshed. For example, for each Internet Protocol address being monitored, a time stamp of the last (most recent) statistics object (e.g., packet) and corresponding rate-based statistics are stored. The time stamp of a new statis... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100138155 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS WITH INTEGRATED SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS A notebook computer can receive a satellite navigation system (SNS) signal from satellites and realize a navigation function. The notebook computer includes a navigation device, a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus and a CPU. The navigation device is used for r... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100073230 | CALCULATING NAVIGATION SYSTEM TIME IN A SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM A satellite navigation system receiver that includes a counter and a controlling unit is described. The counter may be driven by a reference clock signal having a reference clock frequency. The controlling unit can calculate a correction value indicative of a corrected ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100066318 | SUPPLY TOPOLOGY WITH POWER LIMITING FEEDBACK LOOP A supply topology comprising an AC to DC or DC to DC adapter and an electronic device with an active system, a battery, and an adapter controller implements closed-loop control of adapter output voltage to limit power consumption by the electronic device to a value rela... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100052783 | CLASS-D AMPLIFIER An amplifier that receives an input signal and outputs an amplified output signal includes an integration stage, a comparison stage, and a full bridge circuit. The integration stage is be used for receiving a constant common mode voltage, for receiving a first signal re... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100052624 | BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEMS WITH CONTROLLABLE CHARGING CURRENTS A charging path includes a charging switch for transferring a charging current from an input terminal to an output terminal. The charging path further includes a first enable terminal coupled to the charging switch. The first enable terminal receives a first enable sign... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20090328192 | Policy based VPN configuration for firewall/VPN security gateway appliance A method for managing a network based Virtual Private Network (VPN) configuration is disclosed. The method includes configuring a VPN policy using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) of a centralized management server for at least two network devices. A VPN tunnel is estab... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090292854 | USE OF BOND OPTION TO ALTERNATE BETWEEN PCI CONFIGURATION SPACE An adaptor for adapting one of a first device complying with a first bus, and a second device complying with a second bus to a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) interface. The adaptor comprises a first bridge for interconnecting the first bus with the PCI... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090292849 | ADAPTABLE PCI EXPRESS CONTROLLER CORE A controller core for controlling communication of Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express, the controller core comprises: a standard configuration register unit, a capabilities register unit, a logic unit and a bond option signal. The standard configuration reg... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090273285 | PROTECTION FOR EXTERNAL ELECTRODE FLUORESCENT LAMP SYSTEM The present invention provides a protection means for a driving circuit which drives a set of external electrode fluorescent lamps (EEFL). The driving circuit with protection function for driving a set of EEFLs consistent with the present invention includes: a transform... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090262478 | ELECTRICITY DELIVERY SYSTEM An electronic system can include a switch and a regulator coupled to the switch. The switch can be used to deliver electricity from a first terminal to a second terminal. The switch can also be used to prevent the second terminal from having a level that is higher than ... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090256490 | VOLTAGE SENSING CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR INVERTERS A voltage sensing circuit includes a voltage divider and a voltage rectifier. The voltage divider divides a first output voltage on a first output voltage line to a first divided output voltage. The voltage divider comprises a first metal foil and a first capacitor. The... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090230972 | Capacity detector for detecting capacity of an energy storage unit A capacity detector for detecting capacity of an energy storage unit includes a first and a second buffers and a voltage divider. The first buffer is used for generating a first threshold reference according to a first adjustable reference which is predetermined based u... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090218954 | Sequential burst mode actlvation circuit A sequential burst mode regulation system to deliver power to a plurality of loads. In the exemplary embodiments, the system of the present invention generates a plurality of phased pulse width modulated signals from a single pulse width modulated signal, where each of ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090195423 | Analog to digital converters An analog to digital converter (ADC) converts an analog signal to a digital signal. The ADC includes an input channel, a sampling circuit coupled to the input channel, an integrator coupled to the sampling circuit, and a feedback circuit coupled to the integrator. The i... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090178126 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING USER-FRIENDLY COMPUTER SERVICES A system for providing computer services includes a camera and an electronic device. The camera obtains recognition information for a user. The electronic device is operable for executing a first operating system for conducting user authentication according to the recog... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090160500 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WITH CHARGE PUMPS A driving circuit for an N-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (NMOS) transistor can include a charge pump unit and a driver coupled to the charge pump. The charge pump can receive a source voltage and output an output voltage higher than the source voltage, where the sou... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090091293 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BALANCING CELLS IN A BATTERY PACK WITH SELECTIVE BYPASS PATHS A system and method for cell balancing with smart low-voltage control circuit. The cell balancing system comprises a plurality of battery cells, an external bypass path for each cell, an internal bypass path for each cell, an input terminal receiving an enable signal fo... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090039796 | POWER SUPPLY FOR AN LCD DISPLAY A power supply system is provided for a multiple lamp LCD panel. In one aspect, the power supply includes a plurality of transformers for driving a plurality of respective CCFLs. The primary sides of each transformer are coupled in series to thereby reduce the stress on... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090027015 | DC/DC CONVERTER WITH IMPROVED STABILITY The DC/DC converter according to one embodiment includes a switch, an inductor, a capacitor, a resistor, and a voltage divider. The switch is coupled to the input voltage. The inductor is used for coupling the first switch to an output node of the DC/DC converter so as ... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090006453 | Systems and methods for SNMP access Systems and methods for SNMP access are disclosed. A computer-implemented method of SNMP access includes mapping a MIB object in a MIB into an XML object in an XML document, generating a class library based on the XML document, creating a service object representative o... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080315855 | Low power bandgap voltage reference circuit having multiple reference voltages with high power supply rejection ratio A voltage generator is used for generating a voltage reference with high power supply rejection. One embodiment of the circuit includes a voltage regulator and a bandgap voltage circuit and an amplifier. The voltage regulator including an input node is coupled to an ext... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080310440 | Network interface system with filtering function A network interface system with packet filtering function is disclosed herein. The network interface system includes interfaces, a packet buffer and a controller. The packet buffer stores data packets received by the network interface system. The controller provides sec... | 12/18/2008 |
