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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7940585 | Multi-column decoder stress test circuit The embodiments described herein are directed to providing a multi-column decoder stress test circuit capable of reducing a column stress test time while sufficiently performing a stress test by using column selection signals. The multi-column decoder stress test ci... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940115 | Fuse circuit for semiconductor integrated circuit and control method of the same A fuse circuit for a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a control unit configured to activate a fuse set control signal in response to an external command signal, and a plurality of fuse sets, each configured so that power is supplied to internal fuses in res... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936119 | Wide-angle LED lighting lamp with high heat-dissipation efficiency and uniform illumination LED lighting lamps provide optimum heat dissipation efficiency, wide illumination beam angles, and substantially uniform illumination intensity. Generally, the disclosed LED lamps comprise at least one LED lighting element and a substrate with a plurality of incline... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637317 | Hip and ridge end cap | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934047 | Memory module and memory system A memory module includes a plurality of ranks that each include a first pin group and a second pin group for receiving external pin signals, and a rank selecting unit included in each of the plurality of ranks, the rank selecting unit configured to output different ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933157 | Apparatus for generating pumping voltage An apparatus for generating pumping voltage of a multiple Chip Select (CS) mode semiconductor memory apparatus includes a high speed pumping control unit configured to produce a pumping enable signal regardless of the level of a pumping voltage to actuate the pumpin... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929364 | Semiconductor memory apparatus Disclosed is a semiconductor memory apparatus capable of improving precharge performance. The semiconductor memory apparatus includes a plurality of memory banks, data input/output lines commonly connected to the memory banks, and a plurality of precharge circuit un... | 04/19/2011 |
| D636502 | Hip and ridge end cap | 04/19/2011 |
| D636444 | Bubble machine | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924075 | Delay locked loop circuit and control method of the same A delay locked loop capable of preventing delay locking time from being increased, even if the operational environment fluctuates. The delay locked loop circuit includes a delay line for delaying and outputting a reference clock signal, a phase detection unit for de... | 04/12/2011 |
| D635746 | Shoe | 04/12/2011 |
| 7917290 | Method and apparatus for automatic point of interest creator from contact list for GPS units A GPS unit receives a list of contacts from an external source and automatically processes the list of contacts, creating a point of interest for each contact in the list of contacts and saving the created points of interest in a point of interest database. ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916565 | Semiconductor memory device having test circuit A semiconductor memory device including a test circuit capable of reducing test time includes a test circuit for generating leakage current in the semiconductor memory device in a standby state in response to a test mode signal and a standby signal that provides sta... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916562 | Clock driver device and semiconductor memory apparatus having the same A clock driver device includes a driving controller configured to generate a clock output enable signal enabled in response to an internal read pulse signal and disabled in response to a data output enable signal and an internal clock signal, and a clock driver conf... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913681 | Floor assembly for grill The present invention provides a shelf 300 for a barbecue grill frame assembly 302 of a barbecue grill. The shelf 300 has a perimeter that is cooperatively dimensioned with the interior space of the barbecue grill frame assembly 302 such ... | 03/29/2011 |
| D635199 | Toy helicopter | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913134 | Test circuit capable of sequentially performing boundary scan test and test method thereof A boundary scan test circuit is capable of sequentially performing a boundary scan test with respect to semiconductor integrated circuits bonded to both surfaces of a memory board. In order to reduce a boundary scan test time, the boundary scan test circuit includes... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907987 | System for delivering conformal radiation therapy while simultaneously imaging soft tissue A device and a process for performing high temporal- and spatial-resolution MR imaging of the anatomy of a patient during intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) to directly measure and control the highly conformal ionizing radiation dose delivered to the patie... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907466 | Semiconductor memory apparatus A semiconductor memory apparatus includes first and second data storing/processing sections that have memory areas in a bank and the first and second data storing/processing sections share a circuit block that inputs and outputs the data, and a signal line that tran... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7906986 | Data output driving circuit for a semiconductor apparatus A data output driving circuit for a semiconductor apparatus includes a code converter that varies an input on-die termination code according to a control signal and outputs the code, and a driver block having impedance which can be modified according to the code gen... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905602 | Polarization conversion systems for stereoscopic projection A polarization conversion system (PCS) is located in the output light path of a projector. The PCS may include a polarizing beam splitter, a polarization rotating element, a reflecting element, and a polarization switch. Typically, a projector outputs randomly-polar... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904742 | Local skew detecting circuit for semiconductor memory apparatus A local skew detecting circuit for a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a reference delay block that receives a test signal and generates a reference delay signal by delaying the test signal by a predetermined delay time, and a first timing detecting block co... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903471 | Method for improving memory device cycling endurance by providing additional pulses A method for programming and erasing a PHINES memory device is comprising providing one or more additional pulses that are associated with a program or erase pulse, wherein the additional pulses are of similar polarity, but of lesser magnitude than the program or er... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7902347 | Human Ron-related gene variant associated with cancers The invention relates to the nucleic acid and polypeptide sequences of three novel human Ron-related gene variants (Ron-V1, Ron-V2, and Ron-V3). The invention also provides a process for producing the polypeptides of the variants, as well as uses for the nucleic aci... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900570 | Roll motion damping device for a floating body The present disclosure relates to techniques for reducing roll motion experienced by a floating vessel. The disclosure reveals several different techniques for damping roll motion, which may be used alone or in conjunction to stabilize a floating vessel. A typical d... | 03/08/2011 |
| D634059 | Light fixture | 03/08/2011 |
| D634052 | Light fixture | 03/08/2011 |
| D634051 | Light fixture | 03/08/2011 |
| D634050 | Light fixture | 03/08/2011 |
| D634047 | Light fixture | 03/08/2011 |
| D634046 | Light fixture | 03/08/2011 |
| D633955 | Toy helicopter | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900126 | Systems and methods for reduced complexity LDPC decoding Systems and methods for generating check node updates in the decoding of low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes use new approximations in order to reduce the complexity of implementing a LDPC decoder, while maintaining accuracy. The new approximations approximate the... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898734 | Polarization preserving front projection screen Polarization preserving front projection screens and diffusers provide optimum polarization preservation for stereoscopic 3D viewing, as well as improved light control for enhanced brightness, uniformity, and contrast for both 2D and 3D systems. Generally, the discl... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898603 | Double-shutter lenses with compensators Exemplary embodiments of systems for high-performance compensated shutter lens designs, may include compensators for compensating for performance problems that stem from real-world performance limitations in present shutter-glass designs. In an embodiment, a shutter... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898318 | Data output clock signal generating apparatus and semiconductor integrated circuit with the same A data clock control apparatus includes a bias voltage generator configured to receive a plurality of test mode signals and a plurality of fuse signals and to generate a bias voltage to secure a predetermined potential difference from an external driving power suppl... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898317 | Circuit for generating negative voltage and a semiconductor memory apparatus using the same A circuit for generating negative voltage includes a variable period oscillator configured to generate an oscillator signal enabled in response to a detection signal and to determine a period of the oscillator signal in response to a control signal, a pump configure... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898270 | Circuit for testing internal voltage of semiconductor memory apparatus An internal voltage test circuit of a semiconductor memory apparatus includes a comparing unit for comparing a level of internal voltage with a level of external voltage to output a comparison result as an output signal during a test mode, and an output selecting un... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7897125 | Silicon tetrafluoride byproduct separation process Embodiments of the invention provide a system and process for recovering useful compounds from a byproduct composition produced in a silicon tetrafluoride production process. ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895500 | Systems and methods for reduced complexity LDPC decoding Systems and methods for generating check node updates in the decoding of low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes use new approximations in order to reduce the complexity of implementing a LDPC decoder, while maintaining accuracy. The new approximations approximate the... | 02/22/2011 |