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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185837 | User interface framework and method for utilizing same There is presented a user interface (UI) framework and systems and methods for its use. Such a system comprises a content server and a rich media content generated by a compiling of a rich media source code, wherein the rich media content is hosted by the content se... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184830 | Audio amplifier with simplified electrical isolation A power amplifier that can provide electrical isolation between an input signal and an amplified output signal avoids isolation between the amplifier output and the load to reduce complexity, component count, cost and size over prior power amplifiers. The power ampl... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184537 | Method and apparatus for quantifying, predicting and monitoring the conversational quality There is provided a method of quantifying a voice quality in a telecommunication system including a first gateway in communication with a second gateway over a packet network. The method comprises deriving speech parameters from a first speech signal of a first talk... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183885 | Circuit for digitally controlling line driver current In one embodiment, a circuit for providing a tail current for a line driver includes an adjustable current source. The adjustable current source includes a number of current source cells coupled together in a parallel configuration, where the current source cells ar... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183661 | Semiconductor die with event detection for reduced power consumption According to one exemplary embodiment, a power managing semiconductor die with reduced power consumption includes a power island including an event detection block and an event qualification block. The event detection block is configured to activate the event qualif... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183595 | Normally off III-nitride semiconductor device having a programmable gate A III-nitride semiconductor device which includes a charged gate insulation body. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179910 | Method and system for an asymmetric PHY operation for ethernet A/V bridging and ethernet A/V bridging extensions A network device comprising asymmetric, multi-rate, Ethernet MAC and asymmetric, multi-rate, Ethernet PHY communicates signals via a network utilizing A/V bridging services. Higher bandwidth A/V signals are communicated and lower bandwidth signals are received or vi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178944 | Method for forming a one-time programmable metal fuse and related structure According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for forming a one-time programmable metal fuse structure includes forming a metal fuse structure over a substrate, the metal fuse structure including a gate metal segment situated between a dielectric segment and a pol... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175876 | System and method for an endpoint detection of speech for improved speech recognition in noisy environments According to a disclosed embodiment, an endpointer determines the background energy of a first portion of a speech signal, and a cepstral computing module extracts one or more features of the first portion. The endpointer calculates an average distance of the first ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175543 | Method and system for wireless communication using integrated clock generation for bluetooth and FM transmit and FM receive functions A method and system for wireless communication using integrated clock generation for Bluetooth and FM transmit and FM receive functions may include generating a clock signal to enable transmission and/or reception of Bluetooth signals; and clocking a Direct Digital ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175192 | Method and system for determining and removing DC offset in communication signals According to one exemplary embodiment, a method and system for determining and removing DC offset in an AC signal includes receiving an AC signal having a first-channel and a second-channel, e.g. an I-channel and a Q-channel, receiving a plurality of first-channel a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175002 | Selective mode PHY device for managing power utilization There is provided a method of managing power utilization for use by a first communication system having a first communication mode and a second communication mode, for communication over a PHY connection through a cable connecting the two systems. The method compris... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174855 | Power factor correction integrated circuit with critical conduction mode A power factor correction integrated circuit housed in an integrated circuit package for controlling a boost converter circuit having an input inductor coupled in series with a boost rectifier between a rectified AC line input voltage and a DC bus voltage, on a DC b... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174451 | Method and system for configurable antenna in an integrated circuit package Aspects of a method and system for a configurable antenna in an integrated circuit package are provided. In a hybrid circuit comprising an integrated circuit bonded to a multi-layer package, one or more antenna parameters may be adjusted by configuring a plurality o... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174250 | Fixed frequency ripple regulator A ripple regulator for providing a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal for regulating an output voltage of a power converter switching stage. The regulator including a ripple circuit for providing a ripple voltage; a comparison circuit for comparing the ripple volta... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174051 | III-nitride power device A III-nitride power device that includes a Schottky electrode surrounding one of the power electrodes of the device. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174048 | III-nitride current control device and method of manufacture A III-nitride device includes a recessed electrode to produce a nominally off, or an enhancement mode, device. By providing a recessed electrode, a conduction channel formed at the interface of two III-nitride materials is interrupted when the electrode contact is i... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173245 | Peelable tape carrier A support tape used in semiconductor wafer processing that includes an adhesive tape and a plurality of spaced support ribs arranged on the adhesive tape. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170002 | Systems and methods for indicating buffered data at an access point with efficient beacon handling Stations in standby mode periodically wake up to check for buffered data at the access points. Traditionally, the information is available by checking the periodic beacon frame for a traffic indication map (TIM). Unfortunately, the length of beacons has steadily inc... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168000 | III-nitride semiconductor device fabrication A method of fabricating a III-nitride power semiconductor device which includes selective prevention of the growth of III-nitride semiconductor bodies to selected areas on a substrate in order to reduce stresses and prevent cracking. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165552 | Method and system for identifying radio frequency identification (RFID) tag location using a switchable coil Aspects of a method and system for identifying a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag location using a switchable coil are presented. Aspects of the systems may include one or more processors that enable selection of an inductor coil from a plurality of inducto... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165162 | Method and system for optimizing fragment size for aggregation at the physical layer Aspects of a system for optimizing fragment size for aggregation at the physical layer may include one more switch ICs and/or physical (PHY) layer ICs that enable reception of data packets via a medium access control layer protocol entity. Each received data packet ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165154 | Systems and methods for reliable broadcast and multicast transmission over wireless local area network Broadcast and multicast (BM) systems have not been reliable in the wireless local area networks. Higher bandwidth and more reliable BM transmissions are necessitated by video and audio applications. A class of BM reliable frames is transmitted at a higher rate. The ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164272 | 8-pin PFC and ballast control IC The present invention relates to a fluorescent ballast control integrated circuit (IC) with power factor correction (PFC), and more particularly to a ballast control IC with a low pin count and improved programmability. The invention relates further to control metho... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160525 | Method and system for compensating for using a transmitter to calibrate a receiver for channel equalization Aspects of a method and system for compensating for using a transmitter to calibrate a receiver for channel equalization are provided. Various embodiments of the invention may be applicable wireless devices in TDM systems, Bluetooth, and/or WLAN applications, for ex... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160506 | Method and system for transmission and/or reception of signals up to extremely high frequencies utilizing a delay circuit Aspects of a method and system for transmission and/or reception of signals up to EHF utilizing a delay circuit are provided. In this regard, a transceiver may comprise at least one delay circuit which may, in turn, comprise a plurality of delay elements and a varia... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160498 | Method and system for portable data storage with integrated 60 GHz radio Aspects of a method and system for portable data storage with an integrated 60 GHz radio may include establishing a microwave communication link between a wireless portable storage device and a wireless transmitter and/or wireless receiver. Beamforming parameters of... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160168 | Method and system for efficient transmission and reception of RF energy in MIMO systems using polar modulation and direct digital frequency synthesis A first oscillating signal may be generated via a first direct digital frequency synthesizer of a communication device. One or more second oscillating signals may be generated via one or more second direct digital frequency synthesizers of the communication device. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160153 | Hypothetical reference decoder with low start-up delays for compressed image and video In one aspect, a method for encoding pictures is provided. The method is applied to each picture in a sequence of pictures, and the method comprises the steps of assigning a pre-decoder buffer removal time to the picture; selecting, for the picture, a number of bits... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159408 | Method and system for software defined antenna control Methods and systems for reducing AM/PM and AM/AM distortion are disclosed and may comprise selectively coupling and impedance matching one of a plurality of tunable antennas to a single programmable output stage comprising a single power amplifier in a transmitter. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159003 | III-nitride wafer and devices formed in a III-nitride wafer A III-nitride device having a support substrate that may include a first silicon body, a second silicon body, an insulation body interposed between the first and second silicon bodies, and a III-nitride body formed over the second silicon body. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155604 | Method and system for power supply adjustment and polar modulation in an RF transmitter Aspects of a method and system for power supply adjustment for polar modulation of an RF signal are provided. In an RF transmitter, a signal representative of an amplitude of a pair of phase-quadrature baseband signals may be generated, and a voltage and/or current ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155601 | Method and system for power combining in a multi-port distributed antenna Methods and systems for power combining in a multi-port distributed antenna are disclosed and may include power combining signals from power amplifiers (PAs) on a chip. The PAs may be coupled to a single distributed antenna via antenna ports. A phase of each of the ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154874 | Use of flexible circuits in a power module for forming connections to power devices A power module includes a power switching device and a flexible circuit with first and second traces electrically connected to the switching device, the first and second traces serving as an input signal carrier and an output signal carrier for the switching device.... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154324 | Half bridge driver input filter A driver integrated circuit for driving at least one high voltage half bridge stage. The driver including a filter circuit for filtering a signal provided to the half bridge stage, a minimum pulse width of the signal being near a constant time of the filter, wherein... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153464 | Wafer singulation process A method of singulating a semiconductor die from a wafer is provided. The method includes etching or cutting several trenches into the wafer from a front surface of the wafer, such that each trench extends along an entire side of the die; depositing a passivation la... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151198 | System and method for item-based economy in a virtual world There is provided a system and method for an item-based economy in a virtual world. There is provided a server for providing an item exchange for a virtual world lacking a common currency for item valuation, comprising a processor configured to receive a request fro... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149799 | Method and system for interfacing to a plurality of antennas A method and system for interfacing to a plurality of antennas is provided. The method may comprise scheduling signals within different frequency ranges communicated from different antennas to use different timeslots in a TDM frame, such as a GSM frame. A plurality ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148964 | Monolithic III-nitride power converter A power arrangement that includes a monolithically integrated III-nitride power stage having III-nitride power switches and III-nitride driver switches. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148957 | Power switch-mode circuit with devices of different threshold voltages The high side or low side FET of a buck converter, or both, are replaced by plural parallel devices of different threshold voltage and are turned on and off in a sequence which offers the best turn on and turn off characteristics related to high and low threshold vo... | 04/03/2012 |
