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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185952 | Static and dynamic firewalls A system comprising control logic adapted to activate multiple security levels for the system. The system further comprises a storage coupled to the control logic and comprising a stack, the stack associated with one, but not all, of the multiple security levels. Th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185774 | Timer for low-power and high-resolution with low bits derived from set of phase shifted clock signals The present invention is an electronic device comprising a counter driven by an input clock signal for counting clock cycles and providing most significant bits of a count. A clock signal generating stage provides a first set of phase shifted clock signals having m ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185672 | Transmission of data bursts on a constant data rate channel A system and method for transmitting asynchronous data bursts over a constant data rate channel that transmits a continuous stream of data with virtually no load on the CPU(s) of the receiving processing node is disclosed. The data channel has a defined frame struct... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185666 | Compare instruction A processor executes an instruction that causes a comparison to be performed between contents of a first register and contents of a second register and between the contents of the first register and a predetermined value. The instruction is particularly useful for d... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184579 | ACK/NAK repetition schemes in wireless networks ACK/NAK repetition may be necessary to provide sufficient coverage for cell edge UEs. For a coverage limited UE, a NodeB may inform the UE that ACK/NAK repetition is needed. Such information can be explicitly signaled to the UE via DL control channels or conveyed th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184154 | Video surveillance correlating detected moving objects and RF signals A surveillance method periodically detects an image of the area, identifies and tracks each moving object in a succession of the detected images, detects radio frequency emissions from the area and correlates an identified object with a detected radio frequency emis... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183939 | Ring oscillator A ring oscillator has at least one latch connected to the outputs of at least one oscillator stage, where the latch drives the outputs of the oscillator stage to opposite states during startup, and drive strength reduction circuitry to reduce drive strength of the l... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179812 | System and method for providing status reports of transmitted data packets in a data communications system A digital communications system for delivering data blocks includes at least one transmit/receive unit (TRU). The TRU includes a storage element for receiving transmit data packets and retransmit data packets from a sending unit and a processing element communicativ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179810 | Low-complexity primary synchronization sequences Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transmitter, a receiver and methods of operating a transmitter and a receiver. In one embodiment, the transmitter is for use with a base station in a in a cellular communication system and includes a scheduling unit co... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179235 | Tactile interface for mobile devices A tactile input to a system having a speaker located in an enclosure with an audio port can be detected by generating a sound wave in response to a signal and sensing the phase relationship between the current phase and the voltage phase of the signal. While the aud... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179198 | Variable gain amplifier having automatic power consumption optimization A variable gain amplifier may include a master amplifier that may be configured to generate a first current and a diode coupled with the master amplifier so that the first current passes through the diode which, when the first current is passing through the diode, g... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176460 | Method of optimizing ESD protection for an IC, an ESD protection optimizer and an ESD protection optimization system An ESD protection optimizer, a method of optimizing ESD protection for an IC and an ESD protection optimization system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the ESD protection optimizer includes: (1) a circuit analyzer configured to identify ESD cells and circuitry of th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176368 | Error correcting DPCM transcoding A digital system is provided that converts compressed data using an indexed transcoding lookup table. A stream of compressed data samples has data samples that represent one of n values corresponding to the first compression format. The transcoding table has at leas... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175584 | System and method to facilitate downloading data at a mobile wireless device The invention relates to systems and method to facilitate downloading a data file. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a first wireless communication device a request to download a requested data file. A determination is made at the first wireless comm... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175549 | Closed loop transmitter IQ calibration A novel and useful apparatus for and method of closed loop IQ calibration for use in a transmitter. The IQ calibration mechanism functions to provide calibration of IQ imbalance in the presence of real world RF impairments. An iterative process is used to update the... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175375 | Method of compression of video telephony images A method of compression of videotelephony images characterized by: creating (10) a learning base containing images; centering the learning base about zero; determining component images by principal component analysis (12); and keeping a number of signi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175077 | Mapping schemes for secondary synchronization signal scrambling Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transmitter, a receiver and methods of operating a transmitter and a receiver. In one embodiment, the transmitter includes a synchronization unit configured to provide a primary synchronization signal and a secondary s... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174955 | Random access preamble coding for initiation of wireless mobile communications sessions A wireless communications network, including a base station (10) and wireless units (UE), is disclosed. The wireless units (UE) request a connection with the base station (10) by the transmission of a preamble within time slots designated by the base s... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174611 | Digital image segmentation using flash A digital camera function, such as can be implemented in a cellular telephone handset, and that includes automated segmentation of foreground subjects in acquired digital photos and images. Successive images are captured by the digital camera function at different f... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172647 | Polish pad conditioning in mechanical polishing systems A mechanical polishing apparatus includes a polishing pad, at least one carrier head positioned over and off center relative to the polishing pad and configured for holding at least one substrate against the polishing pad within a first annular region of the polishi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171186 | On-chip interconnect fabric A method for performing write transactions in an interconnect fabric is described. A burst write transaction is received by a bridge coupled to a master. The burst transaction is initiated by a command phase that includes a wait state attribute. The bridge is also c... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170507 | Predistortion methods and apparatus for transmitter linearization in a communication transceiver Predistortion methods and apparatus for transmitter linearization in a communication transceiver are disclosed. An example apparatus to linearize a digitally controlled pre-power amplifier included in a transmitter of a communication transceiver disclosed herein com... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170087 | Correlation coprocessor Apparatus and method for providing correlation in a CDMA receiver. A Generic Correlation Coprocessor comprises one or more correlation blocks. Each correlation block comprises a correlation input buffer coupled to one or more correlators. The correlators are coupled... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169969 | Radio bearer dependent forwarding for handover This invention employs an inherent tradeoff in a radio bearer dependent data handling method for intra-E-UTRA handoffs. For user equipment using real time data, the source node forwards to the target node not yet acknowledged real time service data units and disconn... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169950 | Selection of orthogonal covering sequences and phase ramped sequences A transmission of information from a secondary to a primary node occurs in a plurality of N logical time durations. The transmission from the secondary to primary node in a wireless network is obtained using a first and a second sequence. Embodiments of the present ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165260 | Loop bandwidth enhancement technique for a digital PLL and a HF divider that enables this technique A method of operating a phase locked loop (FIG. 5) for a wireless receiver is disclosed. The method includes receiving a reference signal (503) having a first and a second plurality of cycles and receiving a feedback signal (512) having the firs... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8156283 | Processing function connected to processor memory hierarchy Apparatus and method for employing a Hardware Processing Function in a processor system using a hierarchical memory. Embodiments of the disclosed invention may be used to enhance processor performance and functionality while maintaining cache coherency and reducing ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155256 | Method and apparatus for asynchronous clock retiming A time to digital converter is used to determine which edge of the higher frequency clock (oversampling clock) is farther away from the edge of the lower frequency timing signal. At the same time, the oversampling clock performs sampling of the timing signal by two ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155023 | MIMO with reserved subframes in primary and secondary base stations Embodiments of the invention provide a method to efficiently enable Network MIMO for use in the downlink direction. An association is established between a primary NodeB in a first cell and a secondary NodeB in an adjacent second cell. A set of downlink transmission... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8144747 | Primary and secondary synchronization codes from first, second, third sequences A wireless communication system. The system comprises transmitter circuitry (BST1), the transmitter circuitry comprising encoder circuitry (50) for transmitting a plurality of frames (FR). Each of the plurality of frames comprises a primary synchroniza... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143955 | Oscillator circuit for radio frequency transceivers Oscillator circuit for radio frequency transceivers. An oscillator circuit includes a first oscillator that generates a signal having a first frequency and a second oscillator that generates a signal having a second frequency. The oscillator circuit includes a mixer... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140095 | Resolving encoding dependencies for data bursts A system comprises a receiver and a transmitter in wireless communication with the receiver. The receiver receives from the transmitter multiple bursts of data on a paging channel. First and second bursts of data comprise channel protocol information and paging mode... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140031 | Transmitter built-in production line testing utilizing digital gain calibration A novel and useful self-calibration based production line testing mechanism utilizing built-in closed loop measurements in the radio to calibrate the output power of an external power amplifier coupled to a SoC radio. The mechanism is applicable during production li... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140027 | Automatic frequency tuning system and method for an FM-band transmit power amplifier An automatic frequency tuning system and method for a transmit power amplifier. The transmit power amplifier has an antenna feed line including a series capacitor and is coupled to an output of an output driver. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a shunt ca... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139678 | High data rate closed loop MIMO scheme combining transmit diversity and data multiplexing Closed loop multiple-antenna wireless communications system with antenna weights determined by maximizing a composite channel signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio minimum. Multiplexed symbol streams over subsets of antennas enhance throughout. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139077 | Enhanced alpha blending A system including storage comprising a first graphical pixel and a second graphical pixel. Each of the first and second graphical pixels is associated with binary codes having red, green and blue sub-codes. The system also comprises processing logic coupled to the ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138833 | Common-mode feedback amplifier A circuit is provided for use with a reference voltage. The circuit includes a voltage source, a common-mode feedback amplifier and a feedback impedance portion. The common-mode feedback amplifier may be connected to the voltage source and may be arranged to receive... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138829 | Segmented power amplifier with varying segment activation Various apparatuses and methods for varying segment activation in a segmented power amplifier are disclosed herein. For example, some embodiments provide a power amplifier including an input, an output, a plurality of amplifier segments and a controller. The amplifi... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135057 | Reconfigurable chip level equalizer architecture A reconfigurable chip level equalizer having circuitry that restores signal orthogonality and eliminates channel interference for a wireless transmitted signal. In at least some embodiments, the reconfigurable chip level equalizer comprises two or more adaptive equa... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134996 | Downlink synchronization for a cellular OFDM communication system The present invention provides a method of operating a base station transmitter. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a cellular downlink synchronization signal having primary and secondary portions, wherein the primary portion is common for all cells an... | 03/13/2012 |
