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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7945022 | Radiation therapy plan dose perturbation system and method A method of determining a patient dose during or prior to therapy from an external radiation beam includes determining a dose distribution from a patient plan as delivered in a QA phantom at each appropriate beam angle and comparing the dose distribution determined ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944890 | Using windows specified object identifiers (OIDs) for an antenna steering algorithm A communications device operates in a wireless local area network (WLAN), and includes a processor operating in accordance with an operating system that includes a standardized set of object identifiers (OIDs) associated therewith. An antenna steering algorithm is e... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7532662 | Method of delaying symbols within a “Rake” receiver, and corresponding “Rake” receiver A receiver includes an input for receiving an input signal including a plurality of symbols from a plurality of multi-path transmission channels, and a plurality of fingers are connected to the input. Each finger includes a plurality of demodulation units assigned t... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532512 | Non-volatile memory device and method of handling a datum read from a memory cell A memory device includes a pre-charge transistor for connecting/disconnecting the input line of a global data line driver to a supply voltage line. To reduce the flow of current through the pre-charge transistor even in a stand-by state, the pre-charge transistor is... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7502265 | Voltage regulator having a low noise discharge switch for non-volatile memories, in particular for discharging word lines from negative voltages A voltage regulator with a low noise discharge switch is used in non-volatile memory electronic devices, such as for discharging word lines from negative voltage potentials. The voltage regulator includes a first circuit portion with transistors for transforming a f... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7488209 | Coaxial connector with insulator member including elongate hollow cavities and associated methods A coaxial cable connector may include an insulator member including a forward portion, and a rearward portion extending rearwardly from the forward portion. The rearward portion may include a tubular outer conductor support portion for supporting an interior surface... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7488653 | Semiconductor device and method for implantation of doping agents in a channel A semiconductor device includes a substrate of a first type of conductivity provided with at least one gate on one of its faces, and at least two doped regions of a second type of conductivity for forming a drain region and a source region. The two doped regions are... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7489102 | Battery charger that identifies portable device type and rechargeable battery type and method 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 co... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7489196 | Output power control of an RF amplifier Precision and reliability of a current limited mode output power control of an RF amplifier is enhanced by sensing the base current of the current controlled output power transistor. The base current is compared to a control current that is normalized by scaling it ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7489233 | Vehicle security device having pre-warn features and related methods A pre-warn vehicle security device is for a vehicle including a data communications bus, an alert indicator, and an alarm controller. The alarm controller may interface with the data communications bus and, when in an armed mode, may cause the alert indicator to gen... | 02/10/2009 |