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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179844 | Channel aware multiple user MIMO scheme unified with single user closed loop MIMO A base station is capable of unifying a single-user MIMO scheme with a multi-user MIMO scheme by receiving a Rank-1 CQI values from one or more subscriber stations. The base station also receives preceding vectors from the subscriber stations, and then determines wh... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175042 | HARQ supported client relay protocol Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, in a HARQ supported client relaying wireless network, if the intended client subscriber station is able to decode the transmission from the base station, an allocated data zone otherwise allocated for relay transm... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165241 | Closed loop feedback in MIMO systems Feedback bandwidth may be reduced in a closed loop MIMO system by factoring non essential information out of a beamforming matrix. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165153 | Method and apparatus for concurrent operation of wireless communication protocols A method and apparatus of coordinating operation of two or more subsystems implementing different wireless communication protocols is disclosed. The method comprises coordinating operation of a first subsystem implementing a first wireless communication protocol and... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163598 | Clipless integrated heat spreader process and materials In one or more embodiments, a method comprising applying thermo compression to a package assembly including a lid, a die, and a package substrate to assemble the package assembly is disclosed. The method may include assembling the package assembly without coupling a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160028 | Spatial puncturing apparatus, method, and system Stations in a N×N multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless network always puncture the weakest spatial channel. N−1 spatial channels are always used regardless of the channel state. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154121 | Polymer interlayer dielectric and passivation materials for a microelectronic device Polymer interlayer dielectric and passivation materials for a microelectronic device are generally described. In one example, an apparatus includes one or more interconnect structures of a microelectronic device and one or more polymeric dielectric layers coupled wi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150228 | Acid block for hybrid silicon device processing compatible with low-loss waveguides An acid-stop structure for a rib waveguide comprises a fin structure formed between the sidewalls in each rib channel of the rib waveguide, thereby preventing acids and other etchants from flowing down the rib channel and under a die that has been bonded to a wafer.... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148772 | Recessed channel array transistor (RCAT) structures Recessed channel array transistor (RCAT) structures and method of formation are generally described. In one example, an electronic device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first fin coupled with the semiconductor substrate, the first fin comprising a first sourc... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139894 | Automatic dominant orientation estimation in text images based on steerable filters Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an image processing system is capable of receiving an image containing text, applying optical character recognition to the image, and then audibly reproducing the text via text-to-speech synthesis. Prior to optica... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133794 | Semiconductor structure and method of manufacture In various embodiments, semiconductor structures and methods to manufacture these structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes removing a portion of a semiconductor material using an orientation-dependent etch to form a first cavity, a second cavit... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133783 | Semiconductor device having different structures formed simultaneously In various embodiments, semiconductor structures and methods to manufacture these structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a portion of the unidirectional transistor and a portion of a bidirectional transistor in or over a semiconductor... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132085 | Method and apparatus for frame control header decoding using cyclic shifting of bits A method and apparatus for decoding a frame control header message in a wireless communication transmission are disclosed. The method comprises assuming at least some of the bits comprising the frame control header message are constant across multiple frames or are ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127312 | BIOS runtime services interface A method and article of manufacture for accessing at least one unexposed runtime service. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126502 | Channel width switching in multiple OBSS systems Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a device is capable of operating at a first bandwidth or a second bandwidth, and further capable of operating using a communication method intolerant to operation at the first bandwidth. If operation using a commu... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125923 | Downlink transmit beamforming A wireless network access point can operate as a closed-loop MIMO device when communicating with a station that is operating as an open-loop MIMO device. Transmit/receive chains in the access point are calibrated to support aggregate channel reciprocity. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125044 | Semiconductor structure having a unidirectional and a bidirectional device and method of manufacture In various embodiments, semiconductor structures and methods to manufacture these structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a portion of the unidirectional transistor and a portion of a bidirectional transistor in or over a semiconductor... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121595 | Adaptive polling of wireless devices In a wireless network, the decision of when and whether to send unsolicited polls to a particular mobile wireless device may be made by monitoring communications conditions affecting the ability of the particular device to gain channel access, and sending unsolicite... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120063 | Modulation-doped multi-gate devices Modulation-doped multi-gate devices are generally described. In one example, an apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate having a surface, one or more buffer films coupled to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, a first barrier film coupled to the one or ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8107510 | Method and apparatus for non-cooperative coexistence between wireless communication protocols A method and apparatus of reducing interference between wireless communication protocols is disclosed. The method comprises reducing interference between a first wireless communication protocol operating in a first frequency band and a second wireless communication ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102712 | NAND programming technique A NAND memory array is programmed applying a programming voltage Vpgm as a double pulse programming pulse if a data pattern associated with memory cells that are to be programmed form a two-sided column-stripe (CS2) data pattern. The CS2 data pattern comprises a mem... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098726 | Subranging for a pulse position and pulse width modulation based transmitter Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, in a pulse position and pulse position modulation out-phasing transmitter, the range of the phase angle, theta, may be divided into more than one range to drive a first power amplifier with a first range of theta,... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097911 | Etch stop structures for floating gate devices Etch stop structures for floating gate devices are generally described. In one example, a floating gate device includes a semiconductor substrate having a surface on which one or more floating gate devices are formed, a tunnel dielectric coupled with the surface of ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095176 | Method and apparatus of subchannelization of wireless communication system A Bluetooth radio which include a coexistence module. The coexistence module is able to associate the Bluetooth radio with one of a first radio and a second radio by monitoring a desired signal pattern for at least a predetermined time and associating with one of th... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8093667 | Flexible gate electrode device for bio-sensing Briefly, disclosed is an apparatus and method for detecting an analyte wherein a flexible gate electrode may respond to mechanical stress and/or electrostatic changes induced by bonding of a biomolecular probe and an analyte. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089418 | Antenna structure An antenna structure that includes a magnetic film coated on a textured backside of an antenna substrate to reduce the size of antenna from an average size of the antenna for a predetermined frequency band. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081967 | Method to manage medium access for a mixed wireless network Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an access point may provide multiple access to a single medium by providing time division multiple access to the medium. ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077657 | Keep-alive handling in a wireless network Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, in wireless network, keep-alive type packets may be received from a remote application for a mobile station. A determination may be made whether the mobile station is in an idle mode. If the mobile station is in a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076724 | Transistor structure having an active region and a dielectric platform region A semiconductor device is formed having lower gate-to-drain capacitance. The semiconductor device having an active region (1300) and a dielectric platform region (1310). A trench (80) is formed adjacent to a drain (20) of the semiconducto... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072946 | Coordinated transmissions in wireless networks Overall network throughput may be increased in a wireless network through coordinated transmission between wireless network stations. A wireless network station selects beamforming information based at least in part on interference to other wireless network stations... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072875 | Avoiding collisions between users if MAP containing persistent scheduling information is lost Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a MAP may be used by a base station to allocate network users for one or more users in a wireless network using persistent scheduling. In the event one or more of the users does not successfully receive a MAP tran... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068996 | Electronic hybridization assay and sequence analysis An electronic hybridization assay implements a hybridization reaction, or a sequence analysis, on sequences representative of the sequences of the molecules under examination to provide an output representative of a chemical hybridization reaction. An electronic hyb... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068554 | Multiple input, multiple output wireless communication system, associated methods and data structures Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, in response to receiving a wireless communication signal, a non-uniform codebook is generated based at least in part on one or more characteristics of the received wireless communication signal for quantization an... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067834 | Semiconductor component In various embodiments, semiconductor components and methods to manufacture these components are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method to manufacture a semiconductor component is disclosed. The semiconductor includes a heat sink and a semiconductor die that has a f... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064332 | Avoiding collisions between users if map containing persistent scheduling information is lost Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a MAP may be used by a base station to allocate network users for one or more users in a wireless network using persistent scheduling. In the event one or more of the users does not successfully receive a MAP tran... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063467 | Semiconductor structure and method of manufacture In various embodiments, semiconductor structures and methods to manufacture these structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes removing a portion of a semiconductor material to form a first protrusion and a cavity having a boundary that is below a ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8058177 | Winged vias to increase overlay margin Winged via structures to increase overlay margin are generally described. In one example, a method comprises depositing a sacrificial layer to an interlayer dielectric, the interlayer dielectric being coupled with a semiconductor substrate, forming at least one tren... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8049297 | Semiconductor structure In various embodiments, semiconductor structures and methods to manufacture these structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes removing a portion of a semiconductor material to form a cavity that extends at least about one micron or greater below t... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049261 | Semiconductor structure and method of manufacture In various embodiments, semiconductor structures and methods to manufacture these structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a capacitor embedded in a dielectric material below the surface of a semiconductor substrate is disclosed. Other embodiments are described ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048760 | Semiconductor structure and method of manufacture In various embodiments, semiconductor structures and methods to manufacture these structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a structure includes a dielectric material and a void below a surface of a substrate. The structure further includes a doped dielectric mat... | 11/01/2011 |
