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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8447617 | Method and system for speech bandwidth extension There is provided a method or a device for extending a bandwidth of a first band speech signal to generate a second band speech signal wider than the first band speech signal and including the first band speech signal. The method comprises receiving a segment of the... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8447260 | Method and system for on-demand receiver supply voltage and current Aspects of a method and system for on-demand receiver supply voltage and current are provided. In this regard, strength of a signal received by one or more antennas may be measured and a voltage and/or current supplied to one or more of a LNA, a filter, a mixer and/... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8447250 | Method and system for an integrated voltage controlled oscillator-based transmitter and on-chip power distribution network Methods and systems for an integrated voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)-based transmitter and on-chip power distribution network are disclosed and may include supplying bias voltages and/or ground to a chip utilizing conductive lines. One or more VCOs and low-nois... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8445999 | Direct contact leadless package Some exemplary embodiments of a direct contact leadless package and related structure and method, especially suitable for packaging high current semiconductor devices, have been disclosed. One exemplary structure comprises a first contact lead frame portion, a paddl... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8441030 | III-nitride multi-channel heterojunction interdigitated rectifier A III-nitride power semiconductor device that includes a plurality of III-nitride heterojunctions. ... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8438646 | System and/or method for distributing media content There are provided methods and systems for providing a plurality of protected segments from a contiguous media content segment, and selectively providing a user access to at least a portion of one of the protected segments in response to accessing a gating media seg... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8437706 | Method and system for transmission or reception of FM signals utilizing a DDFS clocked by an RFID PLL Aspects of a method and system for transmission or reception of signals utilizing a DDFS clocked are provided. A first oscillator signal utilized for transmission and/or reception of signals of a first wireless communication protocol may be generated, and a direct d... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8436640 | Area optimized output impedance controlled driver The present invention significantly reduces the chip size of a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) field-effect transistor, which serves as a driver for output impedance drivers, such as, but not limited to, double data rate (DDR2) synchronous dynamic random access memo... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8436466 | Method and system for intra-chip waveguide communication Methods and systems for configuring one or more electrical waveguides in an integrated circuit by adjusting a geometry of the one or more electrical waveguides, and communicating one or more electrical signals between components within the integrated circuit via the... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8433857 | Interruptible write block and method for using same A disclosed embodiment is an interruptible write block comprising a primary register having an input coupled to an input of the interruptible write block, a secondary register having an input selectably coupled to an output of the primary register and to an output o... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8432326 | Method and system for a smart antenna utilizing leaky wave antennas Methods and systems for a smart antenna utilizing leaky wave antennas (LWAs) are disclosed and may include a programmable polarization antenna including one or more pairs of LWAs configured along different axes. One or more pairs of leaky wave antennas may be config... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8432145 | Voltage supply circuit including a III-nitride based power semiconductor device A voltage supply circuit for providing an output DC voltage from an input DC voltage bus that includes a III-nitride based power semiconductor device series connected between the input DC voltage bus and an output capacitor, which is switchable from an on state to a... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8428635 | System and method for managing group communications Provided is a system for managing group communications. The system comprises a communications server accessible by a group of users having a first mobile communication device and a second mobile communication device; a local services network interactively connected ... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8428509 | System and method for providing a rich media visitor log Presented is a system for providing a rich media visitor log comprising a communications server accessible by members of a group, a local services network interactively connected to the communications server, a group management application resident on the communicat... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8427228 | System including adaptive power rails and related method According to one disclosed embodiment, an adaptive voltage rail circuit for integrating low voltage devices with high voltage analog circuits is described. This adaptive voltage rail circuit includes a high voltage analog circuit having a common mode voltage. Furthe... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8426952 | Stacked half-bridge package with a common conductive leadframe According to an exemplary embodiment, a stacked half-bridge package includes a control transistor having a control drain for connection to a high voltage input, a control source coupled to an output terminal, and a control gate for being driven by a driver IC. The s... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8426279 | Asymmetric transistor According to one exemplary embodiment, an asymmetric transistor includes a channel region having a drain-side channel portion and a source-side channel portion. The asymmetric transistor can be an asymmetric MOSFET. The source-side channel portion can comprise silic... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8424408 | Gearing of a gearwheel The invention relates to the gearing of a gearwheel having a plurality of teeth. The gearwheel has a useful area and a base area of the particular tooth flank form. Viewed in normal section, the tooth base area extends from a base circle up to a useful circle. The t... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8424069 | Method and system for authenticating subaccount users There is provided a method and system for authenticating users to an application. The method comprises receiving a master account identifier corresponding to a master account associated with the application. The method further comprises determining if at least one s... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8422967 | Method and system for amplitude modulation utilizing a leaky wave antenna Methods and systems for amplitude modulation using a leaky wave antenna are disclosed and may include amplitude modulating an output of one or more power amplifiers in a wireless device by modulating a bias current in the power amplifiers that are coupled to one or ... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8422512 | Method and system for an extended range ethernet line code Aspects of a method and system for an extended range Ethernet line code are provided. One or more ternary encoded bitstreams may be generated and transmitted. The generating may comprise mapping 3-bit binary IDLE patterns having a least significant bit of zero to a ... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8422265 | Programmable memory cell with shiftable threshold voltage transistor According to one exemplary embodiment, a one-time programmable memory cell includes an access transistor coupled to a shiftable threshold voltage transistor between a bitline and a ground, where the access transistor has a gate coupled to a wordline. The shiftable t... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8420505 | Process for manufacture of thin wafer A process to thin semiconductor wafers to less than 50 microns employs a dissolvable photoresist or polyimide or other glue material to hold a thick carrier plate such as a perforated glass to the top surface of a thick processed wafer and to grind or otherwise remo... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8417204 | Method and system for on-demand signal notching in a receiver Aspects of a method and system for on-demand signal notching in a receiver. In this regard, signal strength measurements of a received signal may enable detection of unwanted signal component(s) and one or more filters in an on-chip receiver may be configured in res... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8416956 | Protected digital audio driver A digital audio driver having a floating PWM input and for controlling a stage of high voltage, high speed high- and low-side MOSFETs series connected at a node. The driver includes a floating input interface circuit having a protection circuit to provide secure pro... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8416087 | Method and system for performing affinity transactions There is provided a physical token for use in a defined venue with a server having communication with the physical token. The physical token may comprise an identification data and a transmitter configured to transmit the identification data. The physical token is c... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8410626 | Submersible power generating plant, driven by a water flow There is provided a power generation plant for obtaining electrical power from a water flow. The power generation plant includes a revolving unit having a water turbine, a directly driven electrical generator having a coaxial configuration with a generator rotor and... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8406721 | Method and system for reusing antennas in a multi-antenna system while operating in a narrowband receiving mode Certain aspects of a method and system for reusing antennas in a multi-antenna system are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include suppressing a blocking signal received via at least one of a plurality of receiving antennas that is unused within a wideband diver... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8401598 | Method and system for chip to chip communication utilizing selectable directional antennas A wireless device comprising a plurality of chips may be operable to wirelessly communicate information between a plurality of chips via selectable directional antennas. Each of the chips may comprise one or more transmitters and receivers, and one or more integrate... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8400206 | Low voltage input level shifter circuit and method for utilizing same According to one embodiment, a level shifter circuit operable with a low voltage input comprises first and second pull-down switches configured to receive the low voltage input as respective non-inverted and inverted control voltages, first and second pull-up switch... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8399959 | Programmable poly fuse According to one exemplary embodiment, a programmable poly fuse includes a P type resistive poly segment forming a P-N junction with an adjacent N type resistive poly segment. The programmable poly fuse further includes a P side silicided poly line contiguous with t... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8399912 | III-nitride power device with solderable front metal Some exemplary embodiments of a III-nitride power device including a HEMT with multiple interconnect metal layers and a solderable front metal structure using solder bars for external circuit connections have been disclosed. The solderable front metal structure may ... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8399369 | Optical glass and optical element An object of the present invention is to provide optical glass having improved glass-devitrification resistance and moldability without causing reduction in refractive index, and also provide an optical element using the optical glass as a raw material. Specifically... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8396437 | Detection of false modulated signals in wireless communications There is provided a method for use in a wireless communication to avoid detection of a false modulated signal in a paged device. In one embodiment, a modulated signal is received by the paged device. Then, the modulated signal is identified by the paged device as a ... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8396417 | Frequency shifting repeater Aspects of a method and system for frequency control in a frequency shifting repeater are provided. In this regard, a reference frequency may be divided to generate a first pair of local oscillator (LO) signals, the first pair of LO signals may be divided to generat... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8396044 | Method and system for antenna architecture for WCDMA/HSDPA/HSUDPA diversity and enhanced GSM/GPRS/edge performance Methods and systems for antenna architecture for WCDMA/HSDPA/HSUDPA diversity and enhanced GSM/GPRS/EDGE performance are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include receiving, for example, WCDMA, HSDPA, and/or HSUDPA signals via a plurality of antennas The wireless... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8395478 | Secure profile setting in a shared device There is provided a system for secure profile setting that includes at least one shared device and an RFID reader module embedded in the at least one shared device. The system further includes a database that is in communication with the at least one shared device. ... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8395253 | Hermetic surface mounted power package A semiconductor package which includes a substrate formed from AlN and electrical terminals formed from tungsten on at least one surface of the substrate by bulk metallization to serve as electrical connection to a component within the package. ... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8395132 | Ion implanting while growing a III-nitride layer A method that includes implantation of dopants while a III-nitride body is being grown on a substrate, and an apparatus for the practice of the method. ... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8391316 | Front-end system for processing composite wideband signals and method for utilizing same According to one exemplary embodiment, a front-end system for processing a composite wideband signal comprises a pre-receiving unit including a multiplexer for separating the composite wideband signal into a plurality of filtered signals. The front-end system furthe... | 03/05/2013 |
