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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6567359 | Recording and playback of multi-channel digital audio having different resolutions for different channels Methods and apparatus for recording on DVD-like recording media in which audio content is stored in a high-capacity multi-channel (e.g., six-channel) format are provided. Various channels may use various resolutions. A two-channel audio output may be deri... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6538470 | Devices and methods with programmable logic and digital signal processing regions A programmable logic integrated circuit device ("PLD") includes programmable logic and a dedicated (i.e., at least partly hard-wired) digital signal processing region for performing or at least helping to perform digital signal processing tasks that are u... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6533812 | Medical anastomosis apparatus A connector for use in providing an anastomotic connection between two tubular body fluid conduits in a patient. The connector is preferably a single, integral, plastically deformable structure that can be cut from a tube. The connector has axial spaced p... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6527538 | Apparatus for vacuum assisted venting A method and apparatus for vacuum assisted venting of an injection mold. The apparatus includes a main body structured to be mounted around an outer circumference of the injection mold and configured to facilitate application of a vacuum pressure therein.... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6480028 | Programmable logic device architectures with super-regions having logic regions and memory region A programmable logic device has a plurality of super-regions of programmable circuitry disposed on the device in a two-dimensional array of such super-regions. Each super-region includes a plurality of regions of programmable logic and a region of program... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6480027 | Driver circuitry for programmable logic devices Driver circuitry for programmable logic devices may include a module comprising a driver and associated hardware-programmable input and/or output routing connection. Instances of the generalized driver module may be included anywhere on the programmable l... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6453382 | Content addressable memory encoded outputs In order to eliminate or substantially eliminate the need for circuitry to encode the address outputs of a content addressable memory which is equipped to perform sum-of-products logic, the memory contents are stored in such a way that the sum-of-products... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6416527 | Vessel cutting device A catheter-based system for accessing specific body cavities percutaneously and minimizing patient trauma is provided. In the preferred embodiment, in order to create an aperture at an access site in a patient's existing tubular body organ structure, a de... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6411124 | Programmable logic device logic modules with shift register capabilities A logic module for a programmable logic device includes shift register circuitry in addition to the conventional programmable memory cells and look-up table decoder or selection control circuitry. In one embodiment the selection control circuitry can acce... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6400635 | Memory circuitry for programmable logic integrated circuit devices A programmable logic device includes, in addition to the usual regions of programmable logic and the programmable interconnect, at least one region of memory which has multiple independently usable write and/or read ports (e.g., two write ports and two re... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6396304 | Programmable logic array integrated circuits with blocks of logic regions grouped into super-blocks A programmable logic array integrated circuit device has logic regions grouped in blocks, which are in turn grouped in super-blocks. The super-blocks are disposed on the device in a two-dimensional array of intersecting rows and columns. Global conductors... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6391036 | Medical graft connector or plug structures, and methods of making and installing same A medical graft connector or plug is made, for example, by cutting end portions of a tube of highly elastic material axially at numerous locations spaced circumferentially around the tube to produce a plurality of fingers which extend axially from each en... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6373280 | Fast signal conductor networks for programmable logic devices A programmable logic integrated circuit device has a plurality of areas of programmable logic disposed on the device in a two-dimensional array of intersecting rows and columns of such areas. A so-called "fast conductor" network is provided on the device ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6366119 | Programmable logic device macrocell with improved logic capability A macrocell for a programmable logic device includes circuitry for allowing a neighboring macrocell to borrow various numbers of the product terms of the macrocell. The macrocell can continue to make full use of its product terms that are not thus borrowe... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6366121 | Programmable logic array integrated circuit architectures A programmable logic array integrated circuit device has a plurality of regions of programmable logic disposed on the device in a two-dimensional array of intersecting rows and columns of regions. The output signals of several regions share a group of dri... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6361845 | Information-bearing discs and methods of fabrication Information-bearing discs are fabricated from a first disc and a second disc. The first disc has a first substantially planar surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second surface has first information recorded on it by means of l... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6343762 | Winders for electric motor armatures The present invention discloses methods and apparatus for winding successive differently sized components with coils of wire. More specifically, the present invention is directed to methods and apparatus for winding multiple electric motor armatures in su... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6325318 | Wire guide for winding dynamo-electric machine stators without shrouds In a dynamo-electric machine, a stator having a terminal board with at least one pair of slots located along its inside circumference, includes at least one pair of coil holders. Each coil holder is cantilevered from the terminal board at the ends of a pa... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6325199 | Pallet conveyor apparatus A pallet conveyor apparatus for moving pallets, which carry components of a dynamo-electric machine, along and between routes of a manufacturing line is provided. The pallet conveyor apparatus includes a plurality of pallets, at least one substantially ho... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6308744 | Method and apparatus for placing wire coils with varied lengths on dynamo electric motor stators An apparatus for forming varied length wire coils for insertion stator core slots includes a template positioned that is configured to vary a length of consecutive wire turns while wire is received from a flyer winder. The wire turns may then be inserted ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6300792 | Programmable input/output pin signal multiplexing/demultiplexing circuitry for integrated circuits Programmable input/output cell circuitry for use in an integrated circuit and having various programmably selectable modes of operation which may include (1) a first output mode in which one output signal is applied to a pin during each cycle of a clock s... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6271729 | Phase-locked loop or delay-locked loop circuitry for programmable logic devices A programmable logic device is provided with phase-locked loop ("PLL") or delay-locked loop ("DLL") circuitry in which the feedback loop circuitry substantially parallels and duplicates a portion of the clock signal distribution network on the device that... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6271681 | PCI-compatible programmable logic devices A programmable logic integrated circuit device has several features which help it perform according to the PCI Special Interest Group's Peripheral Component Interface ("PCI") signaling protocol. Regions of programmable logic within the device are closely ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6259272 | Programmable logic array integrated circuit architectures A programmable logic array integrated circuit device has a plurality of regions of programmable logic disposed on the device in a two-dimensional array of intersecting rows and columns of regions. The output signals of several regions share a group of dri... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6235054 | Grafts with suture connectors A graft for use in vascular anastomosis is provided. The graft includes a cylindrical metal braided frame and suture retention structures at the ends of the braided frame which provide suture sites for anastomosis.... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6225822 | Fast signal conductor networks for programmable logic devices A programmable logic integrated circuit device has a plurality of areas of programmable logic disposed on the device in a two-dimensional array of intersecting rows and columns of such areas. A so-called "fast conductor" network is provided on the device ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6218876 | Phase-locked loop circuitry for programmable logic devices A programmable logic device is provided with phase-locked loop ("PLL") circuitry that includes two serially connected PLL circuits. An input clock signal is processed by a first of the PLL circuits to produce an intermediate clock signal having a frequenc... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6215326 | Programmable logic device architecture with super-regions having logic regions and a memory region A programmable logic device has a plurality of super-regions of programmable circuitry disposed on the device in a two-dimensional array of such super-regions. Each super-region includes a plurality of regions of programmable logic and a region of program... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6206912 | Medical grafting methods and apparatus Methods and apparatus for delivering and installing a new length of tubing between two sections of a patient's existing body organ tubing and at least partly outside of that existing structure. For example, the new length of tubing may be for the purpose ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6191611 | Driver circuitry for programmable logic devices with hierarchical interconnection resources A programmable logic device has logic array blocks ("LABs") and interconnection resources. For interconnecting signals to, from, and between the LABs, the global interconnection resources may include switch boxes, long lines, double lines, single lines, a... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6186942 | Medical grafting methods and apparatus Methods and apparatus for delivering and installing a new length of tubing between two sections of a patient's existing body organ tubing and at least partly outside of that existing structure. For example, the new length of tubing may be for the purpose ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6184710 | Programmable logic array devices with enhanced interconnectivity between adjacent logic regions A programmable logic device has plural regions of programmable logic and a general-purpose interconnection network for conveying signals to, from, and between the regions. In addition to the general-purpose interconnection network, more direct interconnec... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6177844 | Phase-locked loop or delay-locked loop circuitry for programmable logic devices A programmable logic device is provided with phase-locked loop ("PLL") or delay-locked loop ("DLL") circuitry in which the feedback loop circuitry substantially parallels and duplicates a portion of the clock signal distribution network on the device that... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6169417 | Product-term macrocells for programmable logic device An improved macrocell for sum-of-products logic allows independent selection of D or T flip-flop operation, inverted or non-inverted register input, and use of a product term in register input control. The macrocell circuitry for providing this enhanced f... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6166559 | Redundancy circuitry for logic circuits Redundant circuitry for a logic circuit such as a programmable logic device is provided. The redundant circuitry allows the logic circuit to be repaired by replacing a defective logic area on the circuit with a redundant logic circuit. Rows and columns of... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6161179 | Key-based protection method for light-readable discs To protect access to information recorded on a light-readable disc, a light-readable disc player provides the user with a unique key each time the user attempts to play the disc. After the user communicates the unique key to a transaction service and sati... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6157208 | Programmable logic device macrocell with improved logic capability A macrocell for a programmable logic device includes circuitry for allowing a neighboring macrocell to borrow various numbers of the product terms of the macrocell. The macrocell can continue to make full use of its product terms that are not thus borrowe... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6152945 | Tubular medical graft connectors Connectors are provided for making connections between tubular conduits in medical procedures such as those involving treatment of a patient's circulatory system. The connectors are variously configured for making end-to-side or end-to-end connections of ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6128215 | Static random access memory circuits A static random access memory ("SRAM") that is especially suitable for such uses as inclusion on a programmable logic device to provide programmable control of the configuration of that device. The SRAM includes a plurality of SRAM cells, all of which are... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6127844 | PCI-compatible programmable logic devices A programmable logic integrated circuit device has several features which help it perform according to the PCI Special Interest Group's Peripheral Component Interface ("PCI") signaling protocol. Some of the registers on the device are closely coupled for ... | 10/03/2000 |
