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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6141741 | Computer system with a shared address bus and pipelined write operations A computer system with a multiplexed address bus that is shared by both system memory and by slave devices is described. The slave devices are incorporated into an existing system memory configuration by providing a bus controller to execute a two-cycle a... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5898558 | Protective overload device A protective overload device (POD) that absorbs energy and reduces the damage to transmission towers resulting from sudden conductor, shield wire, insulator, or conductor suspension failures is herein disclosed. The POD is positioned between the non-energ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5885502 | Method of forming patterned walls A method of forming a patterned wall includes the step of aligning a linear edge of a first linear base form liner with a linear edge of a second linear base form liner to form a non-contoured composite notch surface between a first contoured surface of t... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5883927 | Digital wireless telecommunication device for reduced interference with hearing aids A digital wireless telecommunication device for reduced interference with hearing aids includes an assistive listening device detector. The assistive listening device detector identifies the presence of different types of assistive listening device signal... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5872717 | Apparatus and method for verifying the timing performance of critical paths within a circuit using a static timing analyzer and a dynamic timing analyzer A method of improving the timing performance of a circuit includes the step of producing a first set of timing results from a static timing analyzer operating on a netlist that characterizes a circuit. A critical timing path within the circuit is then ide... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5860117 | Apparatus and method to improve primary memory latencies using an eviction buffer to store write requests A central processing unit of a computer includes an external cache controller and a primary memory controller. The external cache controller generates a primary memory read request and a primary memory write request in response to an external cache miss. ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5845385 | Apparatus and method for loading an electronic component into a carrier A method of loading an electronic component into a carrier includes the step of setting an electronic component onto a pedestal including a pedestal post. A carrier with a clip is positioned over the pedestal. The pedestal post is forced against the clip ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5841663 | Apparatus and method for synthesizing integrated circuits using parameterized HDL modules A method and apparatus for designing circuits uses parameterized Hardware Description Language (HDL) modules stored in a library. A datapath synthesizer accesses the library and assigns values to parameters to form specific implementations of the paramete... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5838092 | Apparatus and method for vibration control using active constrained layer edge elements An active constrained layer system includes a passive viscoelastic damping material positioned on top of a substrate. An active piezoelectric layer is positioned on top of the passive viscoelastic damping material. An edge element physically connects the ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5835947 | Central processing unit and method for improving instruction cache miss latencies using an instruction buffer which conditionally stores additional addresses A central processing unit (CPU) of a computer and a method for reducing memory latencies in a computer memory hierarchy are described. The CPU includes an external cache controller and a primary memory controller. An instruction buffer in the primary memo... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5829010 | Apparatus and method to efficiently abort and restart a primary memory access Primary memory access times are improved through an efficient technique of aborting and restarting primary memory accesses. A central processing unit of a computer includes an external cache controller to selectively generate an external cache free signal... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5818448 | Apparatus and method for identifying server computer aggregation topologies A method of processing a remote procedure call from a client computer to an object stored on an aggregation of server computers includes the step of checking a server aggregation location data field and a server aggregation contact strategy data field of ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5815725 | Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in microprocessors through selective gating of clock signals A circuit to reduce the power consumption of a microprocessor includes activity monitor circuitry to generate an activity signal in response to a low activity operational state of the microprocessor. A clock controller connected to the activity monitor ci... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5809034 | Apparatus and method for operating electronic device testing equipment in accordance with a known overall timing accuracy parameter A method of operating electronic device test equipment in accordance with a known overall timing parameter includes the step of identifying a first set of time delays between a first set of electrically shorted test pads. A second set of time delays is me... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5801541 | Stacked test board apparatus with matched impedance for use in electronic device test equipment An apparatus for use with electronic device test equipment includes a mother test board with a top surface with a first set of pins extending from it, and a bottom surface for connection to a set of pin electronic cards of electronic device test equipment... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5799265 | Apparatus and method for generating a sinusoidal signal The present invention pertains to a method and system for generating a sinusoidal signal as a combination of independently generated sinusoidal signals. A sinusoidal signal consisting of M data points per cycle is generated as a combination of P independe... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5796463 | Apparatus and method for improving the operation of an autorefractor An apparatus to improve the operation of an autorefractor includes a first circuit to obtain objective refraction data and a second circuit to receive patient age data. An autorefractor output adjustment device is connected to the first circuit and the se... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5793233 | Apparatus and method for generating a phase detection signal that coordinates the phases of separate clock signals A phase detection signal is generated with a phase detection logic pipeline and its associated tapped pipeline signal combinational logic circuit. The phase detection logic pipeline generates phase detection logic pipeline output signals from a first inpu... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5792996 | Aging resistant, high voltage non-ceramic insulation A non-ceramic insulator for high voltage electrical conductors is designed using a combination of materials to form the outermost surface of the insulator. The non-ceramic insulator includes a support structure and one or more weather sheds. The surface c... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5781055 | Apparatus and method for instantaneous stretching of clock signals in a delay-locked loop multi-phase clock generator An apparatus and method for instantaneously stretching multi-phase clock signals includes a delay line to generate a plurality of multi-phase clock signals. An instantaneous signal stretch logic circuit is connected to the delay line. The instantaneous si... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5774373 | Apparatus and method for measuring an object's angular inclination in multiple axes A position sensing apparatus has an insulating body with an interior surface defining a void within the insulating body. Electrodes extend through the body and terminate as electrical contacts on the interior surface. Two non-mixing fluids with distinct e... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5764525 | Method for improving the operation of a circuit through iterative substitutions and performance analyses of datapath cells A method of designing a circuit is described. A netlist for a circuit is generated. An analysis of the netlist is then executed to generate a set of cell instance performance values that characterize the performance of multiple gate instance-level compone... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5757837 | Intracavity quantum well photodetector integrated within a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser and method of operating same A vertical-cavity surface emitting laser is constructed with an intracavity quantum well photodetector. The quantum well photodetector is placed at an optical intensity peak at the Fabry-Perot wavelength. The device may include a current confinement layer... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5754569 | Apparatus and method for comparing and validating digital words An apparatus for comparing and validating digital words uses a single dual-logic transistor arrangement to execute comparison and validation functions. A validation dual-logic circuit is achieved with a first configuration of input connections to the dual... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5748500 | System to assess the starting performance of a turbine An apparatus and method to assess the performance of a start of a turbine is described. The apparatus includes an accumulator to compare a set of on-line data signals corresponding to the starting performance of the turbine to a set of normative starting ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5748897 | Apparatus and method for operating an aggregation of server computers using a dual-role proxy server computer A client/server computer apparatus includes an aggregation of server computers connected to a transmission channel. The aggregation of server computers includes a dual-role proxy server computer, and a set of non-proxy server computers. A set of client co... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5734257 | Transmission line power controller with a continuously controllable voltage source responsive to a real power demand and a reactive power demand A transmission line power controller for controlling the flow of electric power in an alternating current three-phase transmission system is described. The power line controller includes a parallel inverter connected to a series inverter through a dc link... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5731807 | Apparatus and method for customizing the shape of a computer mouse to an individual's hand An apparatus and method for customizing the shape of a computer mouse to an individual's hand uses a pliable body, typically a pliable body with an elastomer skin enclosing a pliable material. The pliable body is shaped into a customized configuration. A ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5715425 | Apparatus and method for prefetching data into an external cache A central processing unit is connected to an external memory including system memory and an external cache. The central processing unit includes a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) load buffer configured to generate an access to the external memory in response to... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5703767 | Apparatus and method to prevent saturation of interphase transformers The saturation of interphase transformers connected to an inverter is prevented through the use of an inverter switch firing control circuit. The inverter switch firing control circuit includes a control module to execute a standard switch firing scheme t... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5701085 | Apparatus for testing flip chip or wire bond integrated circuits An apparatus for use in testing wire bond or flip chip connected integrated circuits includes a housing with a top side, a bottom side, and a perimeter region defining a housing central aperture. The housing further includes flip chip pads to accommodate ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699121 | Method and apparatus for compression of low bit rate video signals An apparatus and method to compress a video signal uses a motion compensated DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) type approach. However, instead of relying upon a DCT coder to process a motion residual signal, the motion residual signal is processed by a patt... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5696491 | Self-excited microelectromechanical device A self-excited microelectromechanical device is described. The device includes a resonating structure, such as a cantilever, which responds to a physical phenomenon by generating an induced variable frequency voltage signal corresponding to the physical p... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5682391 | Apparatus and method for high speed shifting of test data through an integrated circuit High speed shifting of test data through an integrated circuit is achieved by modifying the output portion of a circuit, while still observing relevant test standard protocols, such as the Joint Test Access Group, IEEE Std. 1149.1, entitled IEEE Standard ... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5674336 | Method of installing a fully adhered roofing membrane A method of installing an impervious barrier onto a roof is described. A reinforcement textile is initially applied to a roof substrate. Thereafter, an elastomer composition is sprayed onto the reinforcement textile. The deposited elastomer composition li... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5653897 | Rotating fiber optic coupler for high power laser welding applications A laser welding apparatus for clad welding the interior surface of a tube includes a rotating sleeve that encloses a fiber optic cable. A stationary laser generates light energy for the welding operations performed by the rotating sleeve. An optical coupl... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5642003 | Power system switch incorporating a positive-sequence fundamental signal magnitude detector A power switching apparatus includes a positive-sequence fundamental signal magnitude detector. The positive-sequence fundamental signal magnitude detector derives a positive-sequence fundamental signal from a three-phase voltage signal carried by a power... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5640567 | Apparatus and method for software system management using second-order logic A software system manager to achieve second-order logical management of a software system model is described. The system relies upon a second-order logic system description that uses variable functors with specified import predicate arguments and export p... | 06/17/1997 |
