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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8108750 | RAID 3+3 A data storage subsystem that includes three data storage units, three check storage units, and an array controller coupled to the three data and three check storage units can tolerate failure of any three data and check storage units failures can be occur before da... | 01/31/2012 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 8032643 | Adaptive vicinity prefetching for filesystem metadata Network latencies are reduced by detecting a metadata access call for filesystem metadata contained in a filesystem node of remotely located filesystem. The metadata corresponding to the metadata access call is fetched when the metadata corresponding to the metadata... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8030163 | Reducing external resistance of a multi-gate device using spacer processing techniques A method includes depositing a sacrificial gate electrode to one or more multi-gate fins. The sacrificial gate electrode is patterned such that it is coupled to a gate region and substantially no sacrificial gate electrode is coupled to source and drain regions. A d... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8022487 | Increasing body dopant uniformity in multi-gate transistor devices Techniques and structures for increasing body dopant uniformity in multi-gate transistor devices are generally described. In one example, an electronic device includes a semiconductor substrate, a multi-gate fin coupled with the semiconductor substrate, the multi-ga... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8013715 | Canceling self-jammer signals in an RFID system A device and method for canceling one or more self-jammer signals in a radio-frequency identification system. ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009601 | Power saving when using aggregated packets In a communications packet directed to multiple addresses and having a directory of the addresses in order of transmission, a device receiving the packet may use the directory to help determine when the last frame in which the device has an interest is received, and... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000674 | Canceling self-jammer and interfering signals in an RFID system Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a method and device capable of canceling self-jammer and one or more other interfering signals in an radio frequency identification system or the like is disclosed. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7990469 | Cleaning friendly camera privacy feature Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an appliance having a camera and camera window may include a shutter puck slidably disposed in a slot in which the camera window may be disposed. The puck may have a wiper pad that is capable of cleaning the camer... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989289 | Floating gate structures Floating gate structures are generally described. In one example, an electronic device includes a semiconductor substrate, a tunnel dielectric coupled with the semiconductor substrate, and a floating gate structure comprising at least a first region having a first e... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986209 | Inductor using bulk metallic glass material Inductors using bulk metallic glass (BMG) material and associated methods are generally described. In one example, an apparatus includes an electrically conductive core material, an electrically insulative material coupled with the electrically conductive core mater... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983366 | Transmission signaling techniques to enhance receiver interference mitigation performance Techniques are described that can be used to maximize the interference suppression capability of space-time coded systems by managing synchronous transmission signaling. To enhance the probability of the occurrence synchronous interference and accordingly increase i... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975250 | Allocation of combined or separate data and control planes A dual mesh interconnect network in a heterogeneous configurable circuit may be allocated between data communication and control communication. ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7966037 | Method and apparatus for multi-radio traffic arbitration in wireless communication protocols A method and apparatus of coordinating operation of subsystems implementing different wireless communication protocols is disclosed. The method comprises coordinating operation of a first subsystem implementing a first wireless communication protocol and at least ot... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7942936 | Electronic system location determination A lost or stolen computing device is recovered. A trusted server is requested to locate the computing device. The trusted server requests coarse location information from the computing device, and the computing device reports its coarse location. The trusted server ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937234 | Classification of spatial patterns on wafer maps Classification of spatial patterns on wafer maps is generally described. In one example, a method includes applying K-means type clustering to wafer maps comprising one or more spatial patterns to group one or more clusters comprising wafer maps having similar spati... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7921349 | Mode selection for data transmission in wireless communication channels based on statistical parameters A method and communication system for selecting a mode for encoding data for transmission in a wireless communication channel between a transmit unit and a receive unit. The data is initially transmitted in an initial mode and the selection of the subsequent mode is... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920483 | System and method of dynamically optimizing a transmission mode of wirelessly transmitted information The present invention includes a method of optimizing a transmission mode of wirelessly transmitted data. The method includes selecting a first transmission mode based on a predetermined channel database and a first channel characterization. The first channel charac... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920419 | Isolated P-well architecture for a memory device A memory device and a method to prevent or reduce program disturb by isolating P-wells of strings in a non-volatile memory array. During a program operation, the isolated P-wells may be coupled to corresponding bitlines, which may be selected or inhibited, and may b... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916518 | VCC control inside data register of memory device A memory device including current-limiting circuitry coupled to a first inverter inside a data register is provided. The current-limiting circuitry controls a voltage supplied to the first inverter and a reference voltage may be adjusted so that the voltage supplied... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915171 | Double patterning techniques and structures Double patterning techniques and structures are generally described. In one example, a method includes depositing a first photoresist to a semiconductor substrate, forming a first integrated circuit (IC) pattern in the first photoresist, the first IC pattern compris... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911936 | Techniques to reduce overhead in OFDMA based wireless networks An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising reducing overhead in OFDMA based Wireless Networks by determining the highest CIDs to be transmitted in a particular DL/UL MAP and determining the number of leading zero bits of the highest CID and... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907661 | Testability technique for phase interpolators A method and circuit for testing phase interpolators is provided. The method performs a sweep over a phase interpolator delay range and detects if the phase interpolators experience an unacceptably large non-linearity which leads to inaccurate clock timing. The test... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907540 | Relays in wireless communication networks Methods and apparatus for transmitting packets in wireless communication networks are disclosed. The methods include a relay mobile station measuring channel quality between the relay mobile station and a destination mobile station in response to a request for relay... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7906196 | Blocking strip for die storage media A die storage method and apparatus comprising a cover tape and a strip coupled to the cover tape wherein the strip comprises a material that is: flexible or compressible, or combinations thereof. ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7898023 | 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... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894449 | Method and apparatus for encoding subscriber station identifications and connections in wireless communication networks A method and apparatus for encoding an identification of a subscriber station and its connections in a data frame for transmission in a wireless communication network comprising at least one base station and at least one subscriber station is disclosed. The method c... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7892883 | 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... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885990 | Random telegraph signal noise as a source for random numbers An apparatus and method for providing a source of random numbers are generally described. In one example, an apparatus includes one or more storage elements having a selected voltage and a trip point, the voltage being close enough to the trip point such that random... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885313 | Method and apparatus for cooperative coexistence between wireless communication protocols A method and apparatus of reducing interference between subsystems implementing wireless communication protocols is disclosed. The method comprises reducing interference in a first subsystem implementing a first wireless communication protocol operating in a first f... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885220 | Method and apparatus for improved dual channel operation and access point discovery in wireless communication networks A method and apparatus of coordinating Time Division Multiple Access operation of wireless communication devices is disclosed. The method comprises an access point announcing a Quiet Period to one or more clients of the access point and transmitting as part of Targe... | 02/08/2011 |
