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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100091670 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ALLOW COEIXTENCE BETWEEN WIRELESS DEVICES The present invention relates generally to wireless transceivers, and more particularly but not exclusively to non 802.11 detection and avoidance methodologies for wireless devices including transceivers. In one or more implementations, a method for detecting non 802.11... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100077363 | ISOLATION METHOD AND PACKAGE USING A HIGH ISOLATION DIFFERENTIAL BALL GRID ARRAY (BGA) PATTERN According to an embodiment an improved Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) isolation method and system for assigning signal pins in an ASIC package having a plurality of signal pins is disclosed. The method and system comprise identifying an isolation require... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100071467 | INTEGRATED MULTIAXIS MOTION SENSOR A system and method describes an inertial sensor assembly, the assembly comprises a substrate parallel to the plane, at least one in-plane angular velocity sensor comprising a pair proof masses that are oscillated in anti-phase fashion along an axis normal to the plane.... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100066972 | DIGITAL EYEWEAR Improved eyewear is disclosed. The eyewear comprises a frame member and a lens. The eyewear also includes circuitry within the frame member for enhancing the use of the eyewear. A system and method in accordance with the present invention is directed to a variety of way... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100065906 | SYSTEM FOR VERTICAL DMOS WITH SLOTS A device for providing a high power, low resistance, efficient vertical DMOS device is disclosed. The device comprises providing a semiconductor substrate with a source body structure thereon. The device further comprises a plurality of slots in the source/body structur... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100064805 | LOW INERTIA FRAME FOR DETECTING CORIOLIS ACCELERATION A sensing frame that moves in response to torque generated by the Coriolis acceleration on a drive subsystem is disclosed. The sensing frame include a first rail. The first rail is constrained to move along the first axis parallel to the first rail. The frame includes a... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100061070 | FOLDING USB DRIVE Provided is a memory device comprising a circuit assembly including a flexible substrate and at least one flash memory chip mounted thereupon. The flexible substrate has upper and lower surfaces and a flash memory chip is preferably mounted on at least one the upper and... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100060338 | LEVEL SHIFTER WITH REDUCED LEAKAGE The present invention relates generally to the level shifter circuits and more specifically to improved level shifter circuits providing for reduced leakage current and reduced power consumption. In one or more implementations, a method, apparatus and computer program p... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100054368 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DETECT PACKETS OF DIFFERENT FORMATS IN A WIRELESS RECEIVER A method and system for detecting packets of different formats in a receiver is disclosed. The method and system include initializing the receiver to be in a legacy mode; and receiving at least one data symbol by the receiver. The method and system include detecting if ... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100043851 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR CLEANING A PLURALITY OF SOLAR PANELS An automated system for cleaning a plurality of solar energy generation modules is disclosed. The system comprises a control mechanism, at least one tank coupled to the control mechanism, a feeder line coupled to the at least one tank and a spray nozzle arrangement coup... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100043732 | COOLING SYSTEM A system and method for reducing fouling. In one embodiment, the system includes a housing and a plurality of channels contained within the housing. The system also includes a fouling reduction element that passes through at least one channel of the plurality of channel... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100023818 | MULTIPLE ACCESS TEST ARCHITECTURE FOR MEMORY STORAGE DEVICES A new architecture for use with computer memory storage devices is disclosed that provides means by which a memory storage device may be accessed both as standard archive file device as well as in any unique physical and native command set modes supported by the device.... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100020696 | UNSUPERVISED TRAFFIC ESTIMATION FOR LOW-POWER MEDIA STREAMING A method and system for processing data streams is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes establishing a plurality of initial sample zones; establishing a plurality of wakeup zones; sampling a plurality of data packets based on the plurality of initial sample... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100019462 | APPARATUS FOR INCREASING ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY TO A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER SUBSTRATE WHEN EXPOSURE TO ELECTRON BEAM An apparatus for increasing electric conductivity to a wafer substrate when exposures to electron beam irradiation is disclosed. More specifically, a more free mechanical contact between a wafer and electric contact pins (within an electrostatic chuck) is provided to si... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100015736 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A CHIP A method of fabricating a chip may include the step of providing a first electrical part. The method may also include the step of forming a shell with the first electrical part embedded in a first side portion of the shell and a cavity in a second side portion of the sh... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100007363 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING IN-LINE INTERFACIAL OXIDE CONTACT RESISTANCE The present invention relates generally to semiconductor wafer fabrication and more particularly but not exclusively to advanced process control methodologies for measuring in-line contact resistance in relation to oxide formations. The present invention, in one or more... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090324019 | MOTION SENSING METHOD OF SUB-PIXEL LEVEL PRECISION The present invention discloses a method for motion sensing of sub-pixel level precision. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a reference image (reference frame) and a sample image (sample frame) of a surface; calculating the correlation between the refe... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090320862 | GAS-ABSORBING SYSTEM The present invention provides a gas absorbing system which comprises: an inlet pipe, a gas accommodating section into which gas enters through the inlet pipe, and a negative pressure exhausting pipe which exhausts the gas in the gas accommodating section to external de... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090320632 | MARKING SCHEME FOR A GEAR MESHING ARRANGEMENT TO ENSURE PROPER ASSEMBLY THEREOF A gear meshing system is disclosed. The gear meshing system includes a pair of gears engaged with each other through a first plurality and a second plurality of teeth thereon. Each gear has a mark which is oriented in a predetermined relationship with a timing slot on t... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090316798 | AUDIO AND VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS The present invention performs video and audio compression/decompression, video input and output scaling, video input and output processing for enhancement, and system layer functions on a single semiconductor chip. The media processor is compromised of video processor ... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090315611 | QUADRATURE MIXER CIRCUIT A mixer is disclosed. In one embodiment, the mixer includes a polyphase filter that generates linear quadrature signals. The mixer also includes a potentiometric mixer that performs a frequency-conversion operation on the quadrature signal. According to the embodiments ... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090315444 | THERMAL FIELD EMISSION CATHODE A thermal field emission cathode which is employed in an electron microscope, a critical dimension examine tool, an electron beam lithograph machine, an electron beam tester and other electron beam related systems as an electron source is disclosed. Embodiments disclose... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090310562 | Wireless subscriber inter-technology handoff Embodiments for a method and apparatus of a wireless subscriber unit triggering an inter-technology handoff are disclosed. One method includes estimating a signal quality of first technology communication signals received from a serving base station. Information of neig... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090303204 | CONTROLLING AND ACCESSING CONTENT USING MOTION PROCESSING ON MOBILE DEVICES Various embodiments provide systems and methods capable of facilitating interaction with handheld electronics devices based on sensing rotational rate around at least three axes and linear acceleration along at least three axes. In one aspect, a handheld electronic devi... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090302378 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VERTICAL DMOS WITH SLOTS A method for providing a high power, low resistance, high efficient vertical DMOS device is disclosed. The method comprises providing a semiconductor substrate with a source body structure thereon. The method further comprises providing a plurality of slots in the sourc... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090298654 | TECHNIQUE PLATES An apparatus for weightlifting. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a plate. The plate is formed as one piece of solid plastic. The plate includes a hole that is configured to receive a bar. The plate is used in a weightlifting system. According to the apparatus d... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090296605 | MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATOR A multimedia communicator is disclosed. The multimedia communicator comprises a processing unit; and a storage device coupled to the processing unit. The multimedia communicator further includes a plurality of interfaces to allow the multimedia communicator to offer a u... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090294664 | ELECTRON BEAM APPARATUS The present invention includes an electron beam device for examining defects on semiconductor devices. The device includes an electron source for generating a primary electron beam, wherein the total acceleration potential is divided and is provided across the ground po... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090294596 | Method of Reducing Drag and Increasing Lift Due to Flow of a Fluid Over Solid Objects A method for reducing drag, increasing lift and heat transfer using a de-turbulating device is disclosed, with the preferred form of the deturbulator being a flexible composite sheet. The flexible composite sheet comprising a membrane, a substrate coupled to the membran... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090287166 | INTEGRATED DEVICE FOR ISCHEMIC TREATMENT A system and method in accordance with the present invention provides a infusion catheter that is flexible, has such a smooth traction and a low profile to minimize break up of the obstruction when crossing it, can access distal vasculature quickly, is easy to use and r... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090284289 | METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING POWER-ON-RESET IN POWER SWITCHES A power switch circuit and method is provided for having the capability of (1) a power switch circuit having a POR in which the switch is enabled at a predetermined voltage such that the switch is unable to be activated when a minimum lower input voltage is not achieved... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090283313 | SMALL FORM FACTOR MOLDED MEMORY CARD AND A METHOD THEREOF A shape-molding structure of a memory card comprises a circuit substrate, at least one chip, and an encapsulant covering. The upper and lower surfaces of the circuit substrate have a circuit layer and a plurality of electric contacts, respectively. The chip is located o... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090282277 | LOW-POWER IDLE MODE FOR NETWORK TRANSCEIVER Low-power idle mode for network transceivers. In one aspect, a method for reducing power consumption of a transceiver connected to a communication network includes entering a low-power idle mode, and in this mode, repeatedly turning off a transmitter of the transceiver ... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090276606 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARALLEL HISTOGRAM CALCULATION IN A SIMD AND VLIW PROCESSOR The present invention provides histogram calculation for images and video applications using a SIMD and VLIW processor with vector Look-Up Table (LUT) operations. This provides a speed up of histogram calculation by a factor of N times over a scalar processor where the ... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090276163 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTATION FOR DERIVING SURROGATE RESPONSE DATA The present invention provides a system and method for automatically deriving unique surrogate response data from experiment results in which inherent data loss occurs in a sufficient number of the samples to disallow quantitative effects estimation at the experimenter'... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090267662 | FAST RESPONSE PHASE-LOCKED LOOP CHARGE-PUMP DRIVEN BY LOW VOLTAGE INPUT Phase-locked loop charge pump driven by low voltage input. In one aspect, a charge pump for a phase-locked loop circuit includes a sourcing current transistor providing a sourcing current, wherein the sourcing current transistor is coupled to a high-voltage operating vo... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090265671 | MOBILE DEVICES WITH MOTION GESTURE RECOGNITION Mobile devices using motion gesture recognition. In one aspect, processing motion to control a portable electronic device includes receiving, on the device, sensed motion data derived from motion sensors of the device and based on device movement in space. The motion se... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090262074 | CONTROLLING AND ACCESSING CONTENT USING MOTION PROCESSING ON MOBILE DEVICES Various embodiments provide systems and methods capable of facilitating interaction with handheld electronics devices based on sensing rotational rate around at least three axes and linear acceleration along at least three axes. In one aspect, a handheld electronic devi... | 10/22/2009 |
