Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7567255 | Color adjustment for clipped pixels A control module for use in an image display system includes a gain module operable to amplify a signal received by the control module and to communicate an amplified signal having at least one clipped pixel. The at least one clipped pixel is capable of generating a... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7553718 | Methods, systems and structures for forming semiconductor structures incorporating high-temperature processing steps A method (100) of forming semiconductor structures (202) including high-temperature processing steps (step 118), incorporates the use of a high-temperature nitride-oxide mask (220) over protected regions (214) of the device (202... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7535066 | Gate structure and method A MOSFET structure including silicate gate dielectrics with nitridation treatments of the gate dielectric prior to gate material deposition. ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7531436 | Highly conductive shallow junction formation The invention relates to a method of forming a shallow junction. The method (100) comprises forming source/drain extension regions with a non-amorphizing tail implant (105) which is annealed conventionally (spike/RTP) and amorphizing implant which is r... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531415 | Multilayered CMP stop for flat planarization A three layer film (116/114/112), such as nitride/oxide/nitride for a CMP stop layer (110). A gap filling material (120) is polished, stopping on the first film (112). The first film (112) is then stripped using an etch chemistry t... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7516037 | Method evaluating threshold level of a data cell in a memory device A method evaluating threshold of a data cell in a memory device including a programming locus coupled with the data cell for receiving a programming signal setting a stored signal level in the data cell and responding to a read signal to indicate the stored signal a... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512030 | Memory with low power mode for WRITE The present invention describes circuitry and a method of providing a low power WRITE mode of operation for an integrated circuit comprising an SRAM memory to provide a reduced IDDQ relative to the IDDQ of a full active mode. In one aspect, the circuitry includes an... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7508013 | Versatile system for cross-lateral junction field effect transistor The present, invention provides a system for providing a cross-lateral junction field effect transistor (114) having desired high-performance desired voltage, frequency or current characteristics. The cross-lateral transistor is formed on a commercial semicon... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7499354 | Method for testing transistors having an active region that is common with other transistors and a testing circuit for accomplishing the same The present invention provides a method for testing an electrical property of one or more functionally separate transistors located within an active region that is common with other transistors, a method for characterizing the leakage current of at least one of a pl... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7498654 | Transistor apparatus A transistor apparatus includes a silicon substrate and a barrier structure extending substantially from generally adjacent the silicon substrate to a locus displaced from the silicon substrate. The barrier structure generally surrounds a volume containing connectio... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7498652 | Non-uniformly doped high voltage drain-extended transistor and method of manufacture thereof The present invention provides, in one embodiment, a transistor (100). The transistor (100) comprises a doped semiconductor substrate (105) and a gate structure (110) over the semiconductor substrate (105), the gate structure (1... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7492799 | Light-emitting element driver The bias current of a current injection-type light-emitting element is set very close to the threshold current, and to guarantee a stable optical output and high-speed initiation of the light-emitting operation. In the bias current supply circuit 12, particul... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7492108 | System and method for driving light-emitting diodes (LEDs) System and method for improving efficiency in driving LEDs. A preferred embodiment comprises a switch current regulator coupled to a current control signal input, the switch current regulator to control an amount of current provided to the LED based upon a magnitude... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7483003 | Drive circuit and display system with said drive circuit The objective of this invention is to provide a drive circuit and display system that can efficiently transfer prescribed information indicating an abnormality in the drive current supplied to the display elements to a control device. The control data used for contr... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7483332 | SRAM cell using separate read and write circuitry The present invention provides circuitry for writing to and reading from an SRAM cell core, an SRAM cell, and an SRAM device. In one aspect, the circuitry includes a write circuit coupled to the SRAM cell core that includes at least one write transistor. The circuit... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7482785 | Transponder with oscillator peak voltage limit A transponder device having an LC oscillator circuit, an energy storage capacitor and an integrated transponder circuit powered by energy from the storage capacitor. The device operates either in a charge mode in which RF energy is received through the LC oscillator... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7482214 | Transistor design and layout for performance improvement with strain The present invention facilitates semiconductor device fabrication and performance by providing a semiconductor device that can improve channel mobility for both N type and P type transistor devices. The semiconductor device of the present invention is fabricated on... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7479770 | System and method for driving a power field-effect transistor (FET) A system and method is provided for driving a power field-effect transistor (FET). In one embodiment, a system comprises a control circuit that generates a control signal to provide a gate voltage of the power FET. The system further comprises a slope control circui... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7479675 | Solid-state image pickup device and manufacturing method thereof A solid-state image pickup device that can suppress the dark current with respect to the photo-electrons overflowing from the photodiode, as well as its manufacturing method. Each pixel has the following parts: photodiode, transfer transistor, floating diffusion, ac... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7477158 | Method and apparatus for brightness control of indication lights A method for gradually increasing the brightness of an indicator light. An activation signal is received indicating that the indicator light should be lit. Upon receipt of the activation signal, the brightness of the indicator light gradually increases. Upon detecti... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7477875 | Built in loop back self test in design or on test board for transceivers In a method and system for testing a transceiver communication device operating in a test mode, a transmitter output signal generated by a transmitter is adjusted and provided as a loop back to a receiver. The adjustment includes shifting a frequency and attenuating... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7477714 | Phase adjusting circuit for minimized irregularities at phase steps An integrated phase adjusting circuit (12) for the generation of a clock output signal (CLKout) with a phase intermediate the phases of first and second input signals of equal frequency with a fixed phase shift between said first and second signals... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7477090 | Circuit characteristics controller A circuit characteristics controller (10) changes the supply voltage to circuit (12) on the basis of the characteristics of at least one transistor in circuit (12) so as to control the characteristics of circuit (12). The power source for... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7477846 | Method of reducing control packet transmission rate for an optical wireless link A method that does not rely on signal strength for detecting the presence of a broken optical wireless link. The method controls the packet transfer rate in a manner that minimizes both network overhead and computational requirements. Upon completion of the acquisit... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7476602 | N based plasma treatment for enhanced sidewall smoothing and pore sealing porous low-k dielectric films A method of forming a semiconductor device including forming a low-k dielectric material over a substrate, depositing a liner on a portion of the low-k dielectric material, and exposing the liner to a plasma. The method also includes depositing a layer over the line... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7471032 | Shock resistant and mode mixing resistant torsional hinged device A shock resistant and mode mixing resistant assembly for oscillating a device such as a MEMS mirror around a pivot axis by means of two pairs of piezoelectric elements or towers is provided. The resistance to mechanical shock and mode mixing is accomplished by mount... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7468826 | Silicon mirrors having reduced hinge stress from temperature variations A device such as a mirror assembly comprises a movable structure (41) having a first movable portion (45) hinged to a frame portion (43) by a first pair of torsional hinges (47A and 47B) spaced apart along a first axis (49).... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7464283 | System and method for producing precision timing signals by controlling register banks to provide a phase difference between two signal paths Systems and methods are provided for providing precision timing signals. A first register bank, driven by a first clock signal, provides a first delay along a first signal path. A second register bank, driven by a second clock signal related to the first clock signa... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7459357 | Versatile system for cross-lateral junction field effect transistor The present invention provides a system for providing a cross-lateral junction field effect transistor (114) having desired high-performance desired voltage, frequency or current characteristics. The cross-lateral transistor is formed on a commercial semicond... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7461367 | Modifying merged sub-resolution assist features of a photolithographic mask Modifying merged sub-resolution assist features includes receiving a mask pattern comprising the merged sub-resolution assist features, where a segmenting sub-resolution assist feature intersects a segmented sub-resolution assist feature at an intersection. Each sub... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7456477 | Electrostatic discharge device and method The high current capabilities of a lateral npn transistor for application as a protection device against degradation due to electrostatic discharge (ESD) events are improved by adjusting the electrical resistivity of the material through which the collector current ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457173 | Area efficient differential EEPROM cell with improved data retention and read/write endurance An electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) (500) is disclosed having improved data retention and read/write endurance. The EEPROM also lacks a more conventional cross coupling arrangement and thus is more area efficient than conventional ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457023 | Manufacturing a mirror plate or other operational structure having superior flatness by laser milling for use with torsional hinged devices A multilevel mirror plate suitable for use with a torsional hinged mirror assembly is laser milled to provide a more effective truss structure in less time and at a reduced cost. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454946 | Systems and methods of self test for a slowly varying sensor Systems, methods and circuits for implementing a self test in a slowly varying sensor. In one particular case, a circuit is provided that includes two filters operating in parallel. One of the filters is tailored for filtering normal operational signals, and operate... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7453843 | Wireless bandwidth aggregator Wireless communications networks offer rapid installation and good mobility in return for relatively low data bandwidth. The present invention makes use of any additional data bandwidth by combining multiple data packets and transmitting them simultaneously on diffe... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450297 | Unique method for manufacturing a digital micromirror device and a method for manufacturing a projection display system using the same The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a digital micromirror device and a method for manufacturing a projection display system. The method for manufacturing the digital micromirror device may include providing a material stack, the material stack ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7451428 | Merging sub-resolution assist features of a photolithographic mask through the use of a merge bar Merging sub-resolution assist features includes receiving a mask pattern that includes the sub-resolution assist features. A first sub-resolution assist feature is selected to merge with a second sub-resolution assist feature. A merge bar width of a merge bar is est... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448395 | Process method to facilitate silicidation The present invention substantially removes dry etch residue from a dry plasma etch process 110 prior to depositing a cobalt layer 124 on silicon substrate and/or polysilicon material. Subsequently, one or more annealing processes 128 are perfor... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7449385 | Gate dielectric and method CMOS gate dielectric made of high-k metal silicates by reaction of metal with silicon dioxide at the silicon surface. Optionally, a silicon dioxide monolayer may be preserved at the interface. ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7449765 | Semiconductor device and method of fabrication A MEMS (micro electro-mechanical system) semiconductor device and a method for producing such a device. A preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises the a wafer having a continuous BCS (bondline control structure) surrounding a MEMS active area that is ... | 11/11/2008 |
