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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7348866 | Compact printed filters with self-connected LC resonators An LC filter structure and method for its fabrication, in which multiple shunt capacitors, multiple shunt inductors and multiple coupling inductors are printed on a metal layer formed on a thin dielectric substrate. The capacitors have first electrodes that are form... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7326929 | Method and apparatus for inspection of semiconductor devices A technique for providing high-contrast images of defects in semiconductor devices and arrays of such devices, by illuminating each semiconductor device under inspection with broadband infrared radiation, and then forming an image of radiation that is specularly ref... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322238 | Support of vibrating beam near nodal point An apparatus in one example comprises a vibrating beam that comprises a nodal point for oscillation in any one or more of a plurality of substantially perpendicular directions for driving into oscillation and sensing angular rate of the vibrating beam. The vibrating... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319438 | Stabilization of the effects of jitter on a displayed image In an exemplary display system adapted to display an image to an observer using a display where at least one of the display and observer is subjected to physical vibration referred to as jitter, accelerometers are mounted to elements subject to jitter and associated... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318347 | Hemispherical resonator gyro control Embodiments of the present system encompass: a hemispherical resonator gyro (HRG); digital control loop algorithms which operate in two, distinct modes, Force to Rebalance (FTR) and Whole Angle (WA); and a closed-loop slewing-voltage phase control that reduces quadr... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315069 | Integrated multi-purpose getter for radio-frequency (RF) circuit modules An integrated getter structure and a method for its formation and installation in a circuit module enclosure (24). The integrated structure includes a hydrogen getter structure (10) and selected quantities of a material (20) that is formulated t... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7292111 | Middle layer of die structure that comprises a cavity that holds an alkali metal An apparatus in one example comprises a die structure that comprises a middle layer, a first outside layer, and a second outside layer. The middle layer comprises a cavity that holds an alkali metal, and one of the first outside layer and the second outside layer co... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292031 | Micro-cell for NMR gyroscope A cell in one example comprises an alkali metal and a coating of parylene on an interior surface of the cell. In one implementation, the alkali metal may be an optically pumped gaseous phase of an alkali metal. The parylene coating minimizes interaction of the excit... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283702 | Method and apparatus for optimizing the target intensity distribution transmitted from a fiber coupled array Encircled far field energy is substantially increased by modifying the near field energy distribution of radiation from each fiber in an emitting array. Each beamlet output from a fiber is modified to have a generally uniform cross-sectional energy distribution, usi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280523 | Signal processing apparatus and method, and communication system utilizing same A communication system, a method of and an apparatus for communicating messages. N messages are transmitted from an originating station to a relaying station in a signal with frequencies within a bandwidth B, with each of the N messages having frequencies within a u... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280193 | Distinguishing mirror speckle from target images in weak signal applications Apparatus, and a related method, for eliminating the effect of speckle images caused by surface imperfections in a primary mirror of a stellar coronagraph. Depending on their size, mirror imperfections can result in speckles in a field of view that also includes an ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274002 | Heating element induction of time-varying thermal gradient in elongated beam to cause one or more elongated beam oscillations One or more heating elements comprise a heating element. One or more elongated beams comprise an elongated beam. The heating element is coupled with the elongated beam and induces a time-varying thermal gradient in the elongated beam to cause one or more oscillation... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270891 | Mixed germanium-silicon thermal control blanket A passive thermal control blanket and a method for its manufacture, the blanket including a plastic substrate on which is deposited a film that is a homogeneous mixture of silicon and germanium, thereby combining the excellent reflective and electrostatic discharge ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270304 | Isolating positioning boom for instrument platform A positioning boom disposed between a space-based observatory platform and its instrument payload provides thermal and dynamic isolation as well as fine pointing and momentum control. The inventive system isolates a sensitive payload from a warm, dynamically noisy s... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7245418 | Electro-optic switching apparatus not requiring DC bias An OFF state, maximum attenuation level, for an electro-optic attenuator/switch results when either a first or second control voltage is applied to the control input. An AC generator, coupled to the control input, generates minimum and maximum peak voltages that cor... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245381 | Ring laser gyroscope that does not require mirrors In an embodiment of a ring laser gyroscope, a hollow bandgap fiber is filled with a gas or material that will generate laser beams within the fiber upon being excited by an energy source. A detector coupled to the fiber detects a standing wave pattern within the fib... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7233724 | Long period bragg grating optical signal attenuation An apparatus in one example comprises one or more light sources, one or more long period Bragg gratings that are optically coupled with the one or more light sources, and one or more amplification fibers that are optically coupled with the one or more long period Br... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222532 | Package for electro-mechanical systems A packaging system in one example comprises an improved mechanical packaging system for a circuit board disposed between housing elements, the improvement comprising an upper housing member having a centrally disposed opening provided therethrough, a unitary electro... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221499 | Frequency scanned array control system An optical fiber amplifier array and related method, in which high beam quality is achieved by varying the frequency of an input signal applied to all of the fiber amplifiers, to locate a frequency at which the amplifiers produce nearly coherent optical outputs. In ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219548 | Pickoff sensor obtaining of value of parameter from substantially zero net dampening torque location of pendulous sensor component A pendulous sensor component of an apparatus in one example reacts to a parameter. One or more pickoff sensors that obtain a value of the parameter from a substantially zero net dampening torque location of the pendulous sensor component. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7192144 | Bi-directionally actuated thin membrane mirror A deformable membrane mirror and a related method for its use, the mirror including a deformable membrane having a reflective front face and a back face, and further including electrodes located on both sides of the membrane, to provide a desired surface contour wit... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188523 | Vibrating mass gyroscope and method for minimizing bias errors therein An exemplary vibrating mass gyroscope uses a mass disposed for movement along an x-axis and y-axis. First and second electrodes are disposed adjacent surfaces of the mass along an x-axis and y-axis. Circuitry, coupled to the first and second electrodes, provides dur... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7183991 | Multiple flared antenna horn with enhanced aperture efficiency An antenna horn having multiple flared sections with their slopes and lengths selected to enhance desirable electromagnetic modes and to suppress undesirable modes at the horn aperture, thereby increasing the aperture efficiency and antenna gain. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182975 | Moisture barrier sealing of fiber optic coils A method of applying a moisture barrier seal to a fiber optic coil includes mounting a fiber optic coil in a vacuum deposition chamber, so as to expose a large exterior surface area of the fiber optic coil to an interior portion of the deposition chamber. The method... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178398 | Coplanar proofmasses employable to sense acceleration along three axes An apparatus in one example comprises a first proofmass employable to sense a first acceleration along a first input axis; a second proofmass employable to sense a second acceleration along a second input axis; and a third proofmass employable to sense a third accel... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177630 | Method and system for initiating wireless phone calls A wireless call management system (10) for initiating wireless phone calls includes a request module (20), an initiation module (30), and a wireless phone user interface (40) and only requires knowledge of the requesting party's phone num... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174785 | Oscillation of vibrating beam in a first direction for a first time period and a second direction for a second time period to sense angular rate of the vibrating beam An apparatus in one example comprises a vibrating beam, a first drive component, and a second drive component. The first drive component for a first time period oscillates the vibrating beam in a first direction to sense angular rate of the vibrating beam. The secon... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173914 | Communication node receipt of node-output information from processorless central equipment A first communication node of a plurality of communication nodes connected with processorless central equipment in a system sends one or more first portions of node-output information to the processorless central equipment. One or more additional communication nodes... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168646 | Trapezoidal coil for fiber optic gyroscopes A trapezoidal bobbin for providing a foundation for a coil of optical fiber comprises an elongated hub, an upper flange and a lower flange. The elongated hub includes a longitudinal axis, a first end, a second end and an exterior surface. The hub is symmetrically di... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165861 | Ultraviolet peg illumination One or more panels of an apparatus in one example comprise a plurality of receptacles for a plurality of pegs. One or more ultraviolet lights illuminate the plurality of pegs. ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7155091 | Cooled high power laser lens array An array of cylindrical end-caps with separate or integral lenses is stacked with its members in close contact, forming inter-cylinder gaps between every subset of three adjacent cylindrical lenses. Conductive fibers are disposed in the inter-cylinder gaps. Heat tha... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7135411 | Method for etching mesa isolation in antimony-based compound semiconductor structures Antimony-based semiconductor devices are formed over a substrate structure (10) that includes an antimony-based buffer layer (24) and an antimony-based buffer cap (26). Multiple epitaxial layers (30–42) formed over the substrate structu... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7129780 | Compound load for differential circuits An improved load configuration is provided for differential circuits which increases circuit bandwidth without increasing power dissipation. A differential circuit generally includes a differential pair of transistors having emitters coupled together. The improved l... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7112897 | Capacitor and switch components cooperation to maintain input voltage to target circuit at or above cut-off voltage until power circuit is able to maintain the input voltage An apparatus in one example comprises a first capacitor component, a second capacitor component, and a switch component. The first capacitor component, the second capacitor component, and the switch component cooperate to maintain an input voltage to a target circui... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7103477 | Self-calibration for an inertial instrument based on real time bias estimator An exemplary inertial measurement apparatus incorporates self-calibrating bias correction signals. First and second inertial instruments generate respective input signals representative of an inertial attribute to be measured. A bias estimator generates first and se... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102430 | Efficient method and means for integration of power control and predistortion in a transmitter A radio-frequency (RF) transmitter power amplifier circuit provides for practically linear performance by predistorting the amplifier input signals to compensate for amplifier distortion at high power levels, and provides a fine degree of control of amplifier power ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7091451 | Heating element induction of time-varying thermal gradient in elongated beam to cause one or more elongated beam oscillations One or more heating elements comprise a heating element. One or more elongated beams comprise an elongated beam. The heating element is coupled with the elongated beam and induces a time-varying thermal gradient in the elongated beam to cause one or more oscillation... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088215 | Embedded duo-planar printed inductor A highly compact inductor formed on opposite faces of a dielectric substrate. Sets of parallel spaced conductive traces formed on the opposite faces of the substrate are interconnected by metallized vias through the substrate, in such a way as to form a continuous s... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085441 | Fiber-optic gyroscope with depolarizer using integrated optic waveguide A fiber-optic gyroscope apparatus includes a light source, an optical coupler, a photodetector and an optical circuit device having at least one input, at least two outputs and a birefringent crystal substrate waveguide as a first segment of a Lyot type depolarizer ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081411 | Wafer etching techniques A method (10) for etching a through via (116, 118) on a wafer (100) of semiconductor material (102), wherein the wafer (100) has a front side surface (110) and a backside surface (106), is described. A layer of photor... | 07/25/2006 |
