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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7132336 | Method and apparatus for forming a memory structure having an electron affinity region An improved semiconductor memory structure and methods for its fabrication are disclosed. The memory structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a dielectric region formed over a channel region. A doped region is formed between a top portion and a bottom por... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7119432 | Method and apparatus for establishing improved thermal communication between a die and a heatspreader in a semiconductor package A semiconductor package comprising a packaging substrate, a semiconductor die mounted with the substrate, a heatspreader, and a multi-layer heat transfer element arranged between the semiconductor die and the heat spreader to enable thermal communication between the... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7115991 | Method for creating barriers for copper diffusion A barrier layer for a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device comprises a dielectric layer, an electrically conductive copper containing layer, and a barrier layer separating the dielectric layer from the copper containing layer. The barrier layer... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7102364 | Capacitance detecting circuit and detecting method, and fingerprint sensor employing the same A capacitance detecting circuit detects, in terms of voltage, change in capacitance at intersections of a plurality of column lines and a plurality of row lines crossing each other. The capacitance detecting circuit includes a column-line driving unit for driving a ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099483 | Sound control system, sound control device, electronic device, and method for controlling sound A sound control system includes a plurality of electronic devices connected to a communication network, each of the electronic devices being capable of independently producing sound from connected speakers, and a sound control device transmitting control signals for... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7030331 | Push switch device In a push switch device, a first latchet tooth is formed to an actuation body composed of an elastomer, a second latchet tooth is formed to a cam follower composed of a synthetic resin material, and the first latchet tooth is meshed with the second latchet tooth by ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6995650 | Electrical part prevented from improper mounting on circuit board, and mounting structure for the electrical part A mounting structure is provided to mount, on the same circuit board, two types of electrical parts in each of which an operating member is rotatably supported by a housing including sliders and a conductive pattern, such as a contact pattern, and which are similar ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6985436 | Ticket insertion: load information for assured forwarding classes Disclosed are methods and apparatus for providing load information for one or more data streams within a network having a plurality of ingress routers, a plurality of core routers, and a plurality of egress routers is disclosed. a plurality of packets are received i... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6983058 | Method of embedding digital watermark, storage medium in which the method is stored, method of identifying embedded digital watermark, and apparatus for embedding digital watermark The procedure of the present invention specifies predetermined elements included in a matrix F which is obtained by Fourier transform of master image data P0 (step S122), and adds a minute variation ΔF of a predetermined magnitude to either a real num... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6979227 | Card adapter including metallic cover member connected to ground According to the present invention, there is provided a card adapter which is capable of preventing contact failure between a cover member and a ground terminal caused by the floating of the cover member when a card is inserted into a card inserting portion. A conta... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6975512 | Thermally enhanced heat sink BGA package Provided are heat sink BGA packages with thermally enhanced mold compounds to further facilitate heat transfer from the die out of the package. Packages in accordance with the present invention incorporate mold compounds with ceramic fillers. The ceramic filled mold... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6973668 | Method and apparatus for locating a faulty component in a cable television system having cable modems A method and system for locating faulty components in a cable modem network configured within a hybrid fiber-coaxial cable television system by tabulating modem performance data are described. A method of isolating problematic components in a cable modem network inc... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6923719 | Method for representing a game as a unique number Methods and apparatus for representing game arrangements by a single number, typically an integer, are described. These game arrangements can be applied to most any game including essentially all games played on gaming machines. Conversions can be made between symbo... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6784045 | Microchannel formation for fuses, interconnects, capacitors, and inductors The present invention provides a method for forming interconnect lines and conductors and passive devices in the fabrication of an integrated circuit. A gap is created in the patterning of a first layer. The gap is filled by a dielectric material so that an encapsul... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6768246 | Biologically powered electroactive polymer generators Disclosed generators includes one or more transducers that use electroactive polymer films to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy. The generators may include one or more transmission mechanisms that transfer a portion of an unused biological energy source... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6727165 | Fabrication of metal contacts for deep-submicron technologies Provided is a process for forming a semiconductor device having salicided contacts. A concentration of metal is formed at the substrate surface by exposing the substrate to a metal plasma. The concentration of metal is then annealed to produce a salicided contact. I... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6712698 | Game service interfaces for player tracking touch screen display A disclosed a player tracking unit provides a touch screen display with a touch screen controller integrated into the touch screen sensor assembly. Game service interfaces may be presented on the touch screen display that allow a user to obtain one or more game serv... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6642597 | Inter-layer interconnection structure for large electrical connections Embodiments of the invention include an electrical interconnection structure for connection to large electrical contacts. The electrical interconnection includes a semiconductor substrate having a conductive pad layer formed thereon. A dielectric layer ha... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6614452 | Graphical user interface for in-vivo imaging A graphical user interface is provided which allows the user to perform numerous operations suitable for analysis of in-vivo images within a single display screen or a single window. Using the the-vivo GUI, the user may create and manipulate analysis tool... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6595424 | Key palette An arm-mounting mechanism affording users almost unlimited mobility, alternately adaptable to personal computers, digital assistants, cellular phones, cameras, audio recorders, barcode scanners, multimedia remote controls, MIDI controllers, gaming devices... | 07/22/2003 |
