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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7177103 | Optical lens adjusting device and adjusting method thereof When a voltage is applied between outside electrodes and a common electrode that constitute driving parts of a driving unit provided between a holder holding a lens and a lens barrel, as shown in FIG. 9, respective dielectric elastomers provided in the drivin... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172958 | High-frequency wiring structure and method for producing the same A high-frequency wiring structure includes a microstrip line having a ground conductor, a dielectric disposed on the ground conductor, and a transmission conductor that is at least partially disposed in the dielectric. The transmission conductor is defined by a flat... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165827 | Printing up to edge of printing paper without platen soiling Images are printed up to the edges of printing paper while preventing ink droplets from depositing on the platen. According to the present invention, an area R for ejecting image-forming ink droplets is specified for a region lying beyond the edges of a printing pap... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162589 | Methods and apparatus for canceling a memory data fetch According to the present invention, methods and apparatus are provided for increasing the efficiency of data access in a multiple processor, multiple cluster system. Mechanisms for transmitting memory cancels to memory controllers in the various clusters of a multip... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154756 | Recording medium mounting apparatus When a recording medium is inserted into an insertion part, a locking part of a pull-in member locks a concave part of the recording medium because a pressed part is pressed to move a moving member. Simultaneously, a first switching member is switched, and a cam mem... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7107334 | Methods and apparatus for redirecting network traffic Methods and apparatus are described for replicating a plurality of original packets in a packet flow which follows a first routing path. The packet flow is received with a first device, the first device being included in the first routing path. In the first device, ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7083991 | Method of in-situ treatment of low-k films with a silylating agent after exposure to oxidizing environments Method and apparatus for using a silylating agent after exposure to an oxidizing environment for repairing damage to low-k dielectric films are described. Plasma photoresist removal, or ashing, may damage bonds in the low-k materials, which may lead to a significant... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080993 | Spiral contactor, contact sheet having spiral contactor, and connecting device having contact sheet A supporting portion is provided only at a winding start portion side and an outside of the other part of a deforming portion other than the winding start portion side is opened. Thus, adjacent spiral contactors can be arranged to be close to each other. Therefore, ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7078918 | Capacitance detecting circuit and method, and fingerprint sensor using the same In a capacitance detecting circuit, changes in capacitances at intersections between a plurality of row lines and a column line are detected as voltages. The capacitance detecting circuit includes a column-line driver for driving the column line. A code generator ge... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074690 | Selective gap-fill process Methods for selectively depositing a solid material on a substrate having gaps of dimension on the order of about 100 nm or less are disclosed. The methods involve exposing the substrate to a precursor of a solid material, such that the precursor forms liquid region... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070476 | In-situ metalization monitoring using eddy current measurements during the process for removing the film A method for measuring conductance of a sample using an eddy current probe with a sensing coil. The method includes N repetitions of measuring first and second voltage pairs including in-phase and quadrature components of an induced AC voltage in the sensing coil, c... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068712 | Cable network redundancy architecture A CMTS redundancy technique requires at least two CMTS interfaces (e.g., line cards) on one or more CMTS chassis at the head end of a cable network. One of the CMTSs serves as a backup or “protecting” CMTS. When another CMTS (a “working” CMTS) becomes unavai... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7058683 | Methods and apparatus for providing a virtual host in electronic messaging servers According to the present invention, methods, apparatus, and computer readable medium are disclosed for defining a virtual domain in an electronic messaging system are disclosed. A virtual domain node is defined that corresponds to a real (non-virtual) domain. The vi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048357 | Printing using a print head with staggered nozzle arrangements Each nozzle array on a print head 28b has a plurality of nozzles arranged along sub-scanning direction for discharging a same ink, and at least a pair of nozzle arrays that discharge different inks (a leading nozzle array FN and a trailing nozzle array... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7039691 | Java virtual machine configurable to perform as a web server A virtual machine, such as a Java™ virtual machine, is configured to operate as a web server so that users, using a browser, can make general-purpose inquiries into the state of the virtual machine or, in some cases, mutate the state of the VM. A “browsable” V... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039939 | Method and apparatus for creating virtual upstream channels for enhanced lookahead channel parameter testing Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are disclosed for creating a virtual lookahead upstream receiver in a single physical upstream receiver in a CMTS, thereby avoiding having to dedicate an upstream receiver strictly for lookahead capability. A lookahead... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036107 | Methods and apparatus for selective comment assertion Methods and apparatus are provided for efficiently implementing a programmable chip using hardware description source files passed through multiple tools. A hardware description language source file is provided with mechanisms to allow tool-specific code to be handl... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7003521 | Method and apparatus for locking objects using shared locks Methods and apparatus for a scaleable locking convention are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for acquiring access to an object in an object-based system includes identifying a memory address value associated with the object, and... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995393 | Apparatus and methods for semiconductor IC failure detection An improved voltage contrast test structure is disclosed. In general terms, the test structure can be fabricated in a single photolithography step or with a single reticle or mask. The test structure includes substructures which are designed to have a particular vol... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6967405 | Film for copper diffusion barrier The present invention provides a low dielectric constant copper diffusion barrier film suitable for use in a semiconductor device and methods for fabricating such a film. Some embodiments of the film are formed of a silicon-based material doped with boron. Other emb... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6966047 | Capturing designer intent in reticle inspection A method of inspecting a reticle for defining a circuit layer pattern. First, the circuit layer pattern is analyzed to obtain a circuit characterization, and then, an area of the reticle is categorized into a first region and a second region based on the circuit cha... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6964792 | Methods and apparatus for controlling electrolyte flow for uniform plating The present invention provides apparatus and methods for controlling flow dynamics of a plating fluid during a plating process. The invention achieves this fluid control through use of a diffuser membrane. Plating fluid is pumped through the membrane; the design and... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6965608 | Method and apparatus for transmitting data in a public network A method and apparatus are described for transmitting data in a network between first and second single-line digital subscriber line (SDSL) modems using a standard high data rate digital subscriber line (HDSL) frame format. The frame format includes at least one fie... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6959251 | Inspection system setup techniques Techniques for efficiently setting up inspection, metrology, and review systems for operating upon semiconductor wafers are described. Specifically, this involves setting up recipes that allows each system to accurately inspect semiconductor wafers. The invention ga... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6956961 | Extracting shape information contained in cell images Methods and apparatus are provided for the analysis of images of cells and extraction biologically-significant shape-related features from the cell images. The extracted features may be correlated with particular conditions induced by biologically-active agents with... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6952425 | Packet data analysis with efficient and flexible parsing capabilities Methods and apparatus which facilitate the handling of data between platforms interconnected by any of a variety of network environments are disclosed. In general terms, the present invention represents an improvement over conventional packet parsing and searching m... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6952653 | Single tool defect classification solution Methods and apparatus for efficiently analyzing defects in-line on a wafer by wafer basis are provided. In general terms, embodiments of the present invention provide a simple interface for setting up the entire inspection and defect analysis process in a single set... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6949310 | Leak proof pressure relief valve for secondary batteries Secondary batteries are subjected to power cycling, and those which have a liquid electrolyte within the interior volume are equipped with a pressure relief valve. A void space over the liquid electrolyte may be subjected to gas pressure variations with respect to t... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6946065 | Process for electroplating metal into microscopic recessed features Several techniques are described for reducing or mitigating the formation of seams and/or voids in electroplating the interior regions of microscopic recessed features. Cathodic polarization is used to mitigate the deleterious effects of introducing a substrate plat... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947451 | Network layer support to enhance the transport layer performance in mobile and wireless environments In a router or packet processing node supporting Mobile IP, a method for causing packets to be retransmitted from a sender to a mobile node is disclosed. A plurality of packets having associated update information are received. The packets are intended for the mobil... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6948141 | Apparatus and methods for determining critical area of semiconductor design data Disclosed are mechanisms for efficiently and accurately calculating critical area. In general terms, a method of determining a critical area for a semiconductor design layout is disclosed. The critical area is utilizable to predict yield of a semiconductor device fa... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6930308 | SEM profile and surface reconstruction using multiple data sets A highly accurate technique for inspecting semiconductor devices is described. The technique involves utilizing multiple sets of measurement data obtained by a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to determine the dimensional parameters of a semiconductor device. The ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6928628 | Use of overlay diagnostics for enhanced automatic process control Disclosed are methods and apparatus for analyzing the quality of overlay targets. In one embodiment, a method of extracting data from an overlay target is disclosed. Initially, image information or one or more intensity signals of the overlay target are provided. An... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6924484 | Void characterization in metal interconnect structures using X-ray emission analyses Disclosed are methods and apparatus for characterizing a potential void or voids by analyzing the X-ray count of one or more emitted X-ray species as emitted from an interconnect structure under test in response to a impinging beam, such as an electron beam, directe... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6917966 | Enhanced network services using a subnetwork of communicating processors A method and system for providing enhanced services for a network. The enhanced services use information about the network which is available to a subnet of communicating processors (such as a set of routers), collectively executing a common distributed technique fo... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6918101 | Apparatus and methods for determining critical area of semiconductor design data Disclosed are mechanisms for efficiently and accurately calculating critical area. In general terms, a method for determining a critical area for a semiconductor design layout is disclosed. The critical area is utilizable to predict yield of a semiconductor device f... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6905411 | Player authentication for cashless gaming machine instruments A method and gaming machine/system designed or configured to provide security to cashless gaming system instruments, such as EZ PAY tickets, by placing authentication information data on the ticket. Player authentication data is acquired via an interface provided by... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6891832 | Adaptive fragmentation techniques implemented on a data network At least one technique is disclosed for improving the efficiency of fragmentation techniques currently implemented in conventional data networks. According to a specific embodiments, fragmentation may be automatically and dynamically enabled on a particular link at ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6882654 | Packet data analysis with efficient buffering scheme Disclosed is an apparatus employing an efficient buffering scheme for analyzing the Layer 7 content in packet data sent from a first node to a second node within a computer network. The apparatus includes a first device having a buffer and one or more first processo... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6867606 | Multiple directional scans of test structures on semiconductor integrated circuits Disclosed is a method of inspecting a sample. The sample is scanned in a first direction with at least one particle beam. The sample is scanned in a second direction with at least one particle beam. The second direction is at an angle to the first direction. The num... | 03/15/2005 |
