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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6245584 | Method for detecting adjustment error in photolithographic stepping printer An adjustment error in a photolithographic stepping printer is detected by applying photoresist to a semiconductor wafer, and exposing the wafer to substantially identical light images in multiple locations using a stepping printer. The light images are d... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6242924 | Method for electronically measuring size of internal void in electrically conductive lead The size of an internal void in an electrically conductive lead is measured by determining its electrical resistance at a plurality of A.C. frequencies, ranging from D.C. to a frequency on the order of 50 to 100 GHz at which the majority of current flows ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6205059 | Method for erasing flash electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) A flash Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM) includes a plurality of field effect transistor memory cells, a power supply, and a controller which cooperates with the power supply to apply an erase pulse to the cells, and then erase... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6190966 | Process for fabricating semiconductor memory device with high data retention including silicon nitride etch stop layer formed at high temperature with low hydrogen ion concentration A semiconductor memory device such as a flash Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (Flash EEPROM) includes a floating gate with high data retention. A tungsten damascene local interconnect structure includes a silicon nitride etch stop laye... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6170881 | Pseudo three-dimensional image display and method of manufacturing including reflective monochrome or holographic roll leafing A textured pattern including raised lines, bumps, etc. is formed of ink on a front surface of a base sheet. A layer of reflective monochrome or holographic roll leafing is formed over the textured pattern such that the surface of the leafing follows that ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6134146 | Wordline driver for flash electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) A flash Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM) includes a plurality of floating gate transistor memory cells, a plurality of wordlines connected to the cells and a power source for generating a low power supply voltage on the order o... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6128607 | Computer implemented machine learning method and system One or more machine code entities such as functions are created which represent solutions to a problem and are directly executable by a computer. The programs are created and altered by a program in a higher level language such as "C" which is not directl... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6101550 | Method and structure for interrupt polling signal bandwidth allocation in universal serial bus (USB) system A Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller includes an allocation unit configured to allocate bandwidths to a plurality of nodes in a polling list, each node being capable of storing at least one descriptor representing a respective polling signal. The nodes... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6077083 | Doll for instruction of sickle cell disease clinical observations A medical teaching doll is provided with devices for simulating the differences between normal organs, and organs which are physically altered by sickle cell or other disease. The devices simulate the normal and diseased conditions so that the differences... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6052310 | Method for tightening erase threshold voltage distribution in flash electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) A flash Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory includes a plurality of field effect transistor memory cells each having a source, drain, floating gate and control gate. The state of erasure of the cells is determined by sensing the source vol... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6051870 | Process for fabricating semiconductor device including improved phosphorous-doped silicon dioxide dielectric film A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a microelectronic device formed on the substrate, and a dielectric layer including silicon dioxide formed over the microelectronic device. The silicon dioxide layer is doped with phosphorous in the form of a... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6051348 | Method for detecting malfunction in photolithographic fabrication track A malfunction in a photolithographic fabrication track is detected by applying photoresist to a semiconductor wafer, and exposing the wafer to substantially identical light images in multiple locations using a stepping printer. The light images are define... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6040619 | Semiconductor device including antireflective etch stop layer A microelectronic device such as a Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) transistor is formed on a semiconductor substrate. A tungsten damascene interconnect for the device is formed using an etch stop layer of silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride or silicon oxi... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6028994 | Method for predicting performance of microelectronic device based on electrical parameter test data using computer model Electrical parameter testing and performance testing are performed on a plurality of microelectronic devices to obtain parametric values and performance values respectively. The parametric values are applied as inputs to a computer program such as a back ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6026838 | Method for detecting opening in fluid flow passageway and shutting off flow in response thereto An apparatus detects an opening in a fluid flow passageway such as occurs when a resistance welding cap which is cooled by the fluid flow becomes accidently detached from a welding machine. Upon detection of an opening, an air-actuated pinch lever is acti... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6027973 | Oxidation and etchback process for forming thick contact area on polysilicon layer in microelectronic structure A NAND type flash Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (Flash EEPROM) includes an array of memory cells which each include a floating gate for storing charge when the cell is programmed. Select lines are used to control programming, reading... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6011721 | Method for sensing state of erasure of a flash electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) A flash Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM) includes a plurality of field effect transistor memory cells each having a source, drain, floating gate and control gate. The memory further includes a resistive power supply, a sensor, ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5991871 | Application binary interface and method of interfacing binary application program to digital computer An application binary interface includes linkage structures for interfacing a binary application program to a digital computer. A function in a relocatable shared object module obtains the absolute address of a Global Offset Table (GOT) in the module usin... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5956707 | Database system with query relaxation using type abstraction hierarchy (TAH) as query condition relaxation structure A system for obtaining target data from a conventional computer database in response to an input query which has at least one attribute includes a Type Abstraction Hierarchy (TAH) manager for providing a TAH structure including relaxation conditions for s... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5950667 | Apparatus for detecting opening in fluid flow passageway and shutting off flow in response thereto An apparatus detects an opening in a fluid flow passageway such as occurs when a resistance welding cap which is cooled by the fluid flow becomes accidently detached from a welding machine. Upon detection of an opening, an air-actuated pinch lever is acti... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5949693 | Computer aided design (CAD) system for automatically constructing datum reference frame (DRF) and feature control frame (FCF) for machine part A formal drawing for a machine part includes datum features that are used to construct a Datum Reference Frame (DRF) for the part. A Feature Control Frame (FCF) containing a datum feature that is intended to eliminate roll about a fixed primary axis of th... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5946214 | Computer implemented method for estimating fabrication yield for semiconductor integrated circuit including memory blocks with redundant rows and/or columns A computer is used to estimate a fabrication yield for a semiconductor product under design which includes a plurality of integrated circuit dies, each of which includes a memory cache having a predetermined redundancy scheme in the form of redundant rows... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5946674 | Turing complete computer implemented machine learning method and system One or more machine code entities such as functions are created which represent solutions to a problem and are directly executable by a computer. The programs are created and altered by a program in a higher level language such as "C" which is not directl... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5915288 | Interactive system for synchronizing and simultaneously playing predefined musical sequences A plurality of pre-recorded, generated or other sound tracks (e.g. voice, karaoke) are selectable and de-selectable by a user for synchronously mixing with a main song track and all other sound tracks that are playing. The sound tracks are matched and syn... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5907705 | Computer implemented request to integrate (RTI) system for managing change control in software release stream Change control in a software release stream is managed by a computer implemented Request To Integrate (RTI) system, including at least one user unit having an input unit and a display. A server unit which is connected to the user unit(s) creates and store... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5901090 | Method for erasing flash electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) A flash Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM) includes a plurality of field effect transistor memory cells each having a source, drain, floating gate and control gate, and a power source for supplying a plurality of voltages to the ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5875130 | Method for programming flash electrically erasable programmable read-only memory A flash Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM) includes a semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of field effect transistor memory cells each having a source, drain, floating gate and control gate formed on the substrate. A control... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5841947 | Computer implemented machine learning method and system One or more machine code entities such as functions are created which represent solutions to a problem and are directly executable by a computer. The programs are created and altered by a program in a higher level language such as "C" which is not directl... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5835743 | Application binary interface and method of interfacing binary application program to digital computer An application binary interface includes linkage structures for interfacing a binary application program to a digital computer. A function in a relocatable shared object module obtains the absolute address of a Global Offset Table (GOT) in the module usin... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5822787 | Application binary interface and method of interfacing binary application program to digital computer including efficient acquistion of global offset table (GOT) absolute base address An application binary interface includes linkage structures for interfacing a binary application program to a digital computer. A function in a relocatable shared object module obtains the absolute address of a Global Offset Table (GOT) in the module usin... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5111202 | Extended dynamic range quadrature detector with parallel channel arrangement Parallel low-level and high-level quadrature demodulators (60,62) are provided, each including high speed analog-to-digital converters (82,84) with a nominal number of bits. A signal limiter (56) upstream of the low-level demodulator (60) limits the ampli... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5035486 | Optical imaging apparatus An optical imaging apparatus according to the present invention comprises a flat multilens array having a number of lenses arranged in a row and a flat multiprism array having a number of prisms also arranged in a row and located behind the multilens arra... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4824267 | Control apparatus for hammer type impact printer An alterable storage unit is included in a control apparatus to store code conversion tables for transforming type data or type position data into various control data such as a hammer pressure, an amount of ribbon feed and an amount of proportional space... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4800574 | Digital modulator/demodulator including non-linear analog-to-digital converter and circuitry compensating for the non-linearity of the converter A low cost analog-to-digital converter having a non-linear conversion characteristic produces an output digital signal non-linearly relative to an input analog transmission signal which is applied thereto for demodulation. A compensation circuit having a ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4716543 | Terminal device for editing document and communicating data A terminal device capable of preparing a document and communicating data includes a system control section having storage means in which are resident a control program for outputting received document data either to an output section or an external storag... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4684799 | Focus detection method involving cutting more than half of light beam reflected from disc A knife edge type focus detection method for optics associated with an optical pickup is disclosed. A light intercepting member is interposed between an object lens and a light receiving element for focus detection in order to cut 60-95% of a reflected fl... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4681470 | Bidirectional serial printer A printer once stores input data in a buffer memory and then sequentially reads them out for printing. Whether the input data is predetermined one is determined and, based on the result, the sequence of input data stored in the buffer memory is changed. E... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4657136 | Receptacle for memory cassette A receptacle for detachably receiving a memory cassette is disclosed. A holder member reciprocates in unison with the movement of an openable cover member to hold the memory cassette thereon. Drive means is provided for driving the holder member in a reci... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4651293 | Image processing system comprising dither screen size selection based on image periodicity An image processing system which processes an input image such as a halftone image or an image having a high periodicity into a two-level image by use of dither matrixes. Peaks of an auto-correlation of the image are calculated and, then, a mean period of... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4651221 | Facsimile transmission system A charge coupled device (CCD) photosensor array (32) continuously performs horizontal scan and feeds out data signals representing horizontal scan lines in such a manner that data signals representing one horizontal scan line are produced during one horiz... | 03/17/1987 |
