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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7943412 | Low temperature Bi-CMOS compatible process for MEMS RF resonators and filters A method of formation of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonator or filter which is compatible with integration with any analog, digital, or mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) process, after or concurrently with the formation of the metal interconnect lay... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940999 | System and method for learning-based 2D/3D rigid registration for image-guided surgery using Jensen-Shannon divergence A method of registering 3-dimensional digitized images to 2-dimensional digitized images during a medical procedure includes providing a pair of correctly-registered training images L={lr, lf} and their joint intensity distribution pl | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940992 | Visual discrimination model for single image applications A computer implemented method for applying a visual discrimination model for single image applications includes receiving an image, defining a plurality of regions of interest in the image including a first region located to contain a feature or object to be detecte... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940589 | Bit line sense amplifier of semiconductor memory device and control method thereof A bit line sense amplifier circuit for use in a semiconductor memory device, and a control method thereof, in which the bit line sense amplifier circuit is controlled to maintain a precharge state thereof until a sense amplifier enable signal to enable the sense amp... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940363 | Liquid crystal display panel and method for manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes gate lines, data lines, a storage line and a pixel electrode. The gate lines extend... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940344 | Display substrate, method of manufacturing the same and display apparatus having the same A display substrate includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a switching element, a storage capacitor, a storage line and a pixel electrode. The switching element includes a polycrystalline silicon layer having a channel portion and a doped portio... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939401 | Dual gate structure, fabrication method for the same, semiconductor device having the same, and semiconductor device fabrication method In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes at least two stacked gate structures formed on a substrate. The two stacked gate structures each include a semiconductor layer and a metal layer over the semiconductor layer. The two stacked gate structures on the s... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939362 | Image sensor and method of fabricating the same An image sensor and a method of fabricating the same are provided. A pad region is disposed on a substrate. The pad region has a higher concentration of impurity ions than the substrate. The pad region is selectively removed using the substrate as an etch mask, ther... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939358 | Semiconductor substrate, method of fabricating the same, method of fabricating semiconductor device, and method of fabricating image sensor In an example embodiment, an image sensor includes a semiconductor layer and isolation regions disposed in the semiconductor layer. The isolation regions define active regions of the semiconductor layer. The image sensor further includes photoelectric converters dis... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937269 | Systems and methods for providing real-time classification of continuous data streams Systems and methods are provided for real-time classification of streaming data. In particular, systems and methods for real-time classification of continuous data streams implement micro-clustering methods for offline and online processing of training data to build... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936431 | Liquid crystal display having subpixels per color pixel A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a gate line disposed on the first substrate; a data line intersecting the gate line; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a coupling electrode connected to the thin film transistor... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936331 | Shift register and a display device including the shift register A shift register and a display device having the shift register are provided. The shift register has a plurality of stages which sequentially generate output signals in synchronization with a plurality of clock signals. Each of the stages includes an input unit for ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936003 | Semiconductor device having transistor with vertical gate electrode and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes transistors with a vertical gate electrode. In a transistor structure, a semiconductor pattern has first and second sides facing in a transverse direction, and third and fourth sides facing in a longitudinal direction. Gate patterns a... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935593 | Stress optimization in dual embedded epitaxially grown semiconductor processing Embodiments of the present disclosure provide stress optimization during manufacturing of dual embedded epitaxially grown (EPI) semiconductor structures using just two masks, such as nFET and pFET open for embedded epitaxial using SiC and SiGe, and separated halo im... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933366 | Channel estimation method and system using linear correlation based interference cancellation (LCIC) combined with decision-feedback-equalization (DFE) A channel estimation method and system using linear correlation based interference cancellation combined with decision-feedback-equalization (LCIC-DFE) are provided. The channel estimation method includes generating a first correlation sequence by calculating a line... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933150 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and programming method thereof A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and a programming method thereof are provided. The programming method includes first programming a cell among a plurality of adjacent memory cells to the highest threshold voltage distribution corresponding to a data state, ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933121 | Portable video system including a bag for housing a video player A portable video system comprises a video unit for facilitating play of a video medium, the player having a hinge, a display pivotally attached to the video player on the hinge, and a base unit secured to a substrate for selectively coupling a control panel of the v... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932986 | Liquid crystal display comprising a first signal line including a first portion and second portion, wherein the cross-section of the second portion is thinner than the cross-section of the first portion, and wherein a spacer overlaps the second portion A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a first signal line formed on the first substrate, the first signal line including a first portion and a second portion, wherein the second portion is thinner than the first portion, a second signal line insulated... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932725 | Hacking detector circuit for semiconductor integrated circuit and detecting method thereof Disclosed is a semiconductor integrated circuit which includes a pre-charge capacitor connected to a check node pre-charged. A sense capacitor is configured to discharge the check node. A detector is configured to detect whether the sense capacitor is exposed, based... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931529 | System and method for operating on-line governmental lottery games The present invention relates to a system and a method for facilitating governmental lottery games with a screening, a verification, and a subscription play function. A lottery agent system of the present invention includes a plurality of player terminals on which l... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930682 | Path coverage criterion in specification-based testing based on an extended context-free grammar-based test specification model and a new test generation algorithm A system and method for generating test frames in specification-based testing by using a path-coverage criterion is provided. The method includes receiving a test design as an input, and constructing a context-free grammar graph, based on the test design. The method... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930578 | Method and system of peak power enforcement via autonomous token-based control and management A method of power management of a system of connected components includes initializing a token allocation map across the connected components, wherein each component is assigned a power budget as determined by a number of allocated tokens in the token allocation map... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929341 | Electromechanical switch and method of forming the same A memory device includes a storage node, a first electrode, and a second electrode formed in a memory cell, the storage node stores electrical charges, the first electrode comprising a first portion electrically connected to a second portion, the first portion moves... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929104 | Liquid crystal display and method of producing same A method of producing a liquid crystal display includes forming a plurality of black matrices on an insulating substrate to define first, second and third pixel regions, forming a color filter layer on the black matrices and on an exposed portion of the insulating s... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929100 | Flexible printed circuit board and liquid crystal display device using the same A flexible printed circuit board for use in a liquid crystal display device includes: a body section having a light source portion embedded therein; a leg section including a solder pad connected to an external printed circuit board, the leg section being extended f... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929091 | Method of manufacturing a display panel In a method of manufacturing a display panel, a first alignment member is formed on a first substrate. Liquid crystal is sealed between the first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate. Then, an electric field is applied to the liquid cryst... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929082 | Transmissive and reflective type liquid crystal display Disclosed is a transmissive and reflective type LCD. In the LCD, a second substrate faces a first substrate. A liquid crystal layer is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate. A first polarizing plate is formed on an outer surface of the first su... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929069 | Thin film transistor substrate for a liquid crystal display Disclosed is a thin film transistor substrate for a liquid crystal display and a method for repairing the substrate. The substrate comprises an insulating substrate; a black matrix formed on the insulating substrate having apertures in areas of pixels, shaped as a n... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928752 | Display device, display device testing system and method for testing a display device using the same A display device testing system and a method for testing a display device using the same, which are capable of testing whether a display panel is defective or not according to a variation of the frame frequency and whether the driver module operates normally or not ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928495 | Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes an isolation layer defining an active region formed in a semiconductor substrate. A first recessing process is performed on the isolation layer to expose edge portions of the active region. A first rounding process is performed to rou... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928002 | Method of forming wiring layer of semiconductor device A method of forming a wiring layer of a semiconductor device, includes forming a first interlayer insulating layer to have a first thickness corresponding to a part of the thickness of an interlayer insulating layer that is to be formed on a support layer and formin... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927898 | Apparatus and methods for packaging electronic devices for optical testing Apparatus and methods are provided for packaging IC (integrated circuit) chips to enable both optical access to the back side of an IC chip and electrical access to the front side of the IC chip. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927368 | Device viewable under an imaging beam The invention provides a stent made from a material operable to perform a stent's desired therapeutic functions, and also made from a material that has a radiopacity that substantially preserves the appearance of the stent when the stent is viewed under a CT imaging... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925820 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and program method therefor A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and a program method are provided in an embodiment. Data is scanned to search data bits to be selectively programmed. The searched data bits are simultaneously programmed according to a predetermined number. Since data scann... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924247 | Display device and driving method thereof A display device includes a plurality of data lines, a transmission gate element connected to the data lines, wherein the transmission gate supplies precharge voltages and data voltages to the data lines in response to transmission gate signals, and a plurality of p... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923728 | Thin film transistor array panel and method of manufacturing the same A TFT array panel and a manufacturing method thereof, The TFT array panel includes an insulation substrate, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of first dummy wiring lines, a gate insulating layer, and a plurality of data lines. The insulation substrate ha... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923323 | Metal capacitor including lower metal electrode having hemispherical metal grains Disclosed is a metal capacitor including a lower electrode having hemispherical metal grains thereon. The metal capacitor includes a lower metal electrode containing Ti, hemispherical metal grains containing Pd and formed on the lower metal electrode containing Ti, ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922381 | Two-way backlight assembly and two-way liquid crystal display apparatus having the same In a two-way backlight assembly and a two-way LCD apparatus, the two-way backlight assembly provides light emitted from one light source to a first direction where a main LCD panel is placed and to a second direction where a sub LCD panel is placed. Also, a sub mold... | 04/12/2011 |
| D635961 | Headset and docking station | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921256 | Memory module and memory module system A memory module and a memory module system are provided. The memory module system includes a plurality of memory modules each module comprising a plurality of memory blocks and a plurality of corresponding routers each storing a channel identification (ID) and a mod... | 04/05/2011 |
