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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179736 | Antifuses and program circuits having the same Antifuses and program circuits having the same. The antifuses are embodied as a transistor. When a first power supply voltage is applied to a source, a first program voltage for causing impact ionization is applied to a gate and drain, and a second program voltage f... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7984726 | Portable shelter having frame with pivotally coupled foot members A frame assembly for supporting an extendable wall member of a portable shelter on a foundation. The frame assembly includes a plurality of frame members that are operably secured together. The frame members are positionable between a first configuration, in which t... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7764551 | Semiconductor memory system having volatile memory and non-volatile memory that share bus, and method of controlling operation of non-volatile memory Example embodiments relate to a semiconductor memory system which may include a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory that share a common bus, and a method for controlling the operation of the non-volatile memory. The semiconductor memory system may include a no... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7752766 | Method and apparatus for determining spatial coordinates at a multiplicity of measurement points In order to determine spatial coordinates of a multiplicity of measurement points along a contour of a measurement object, a probe head is provided with a probe element that is movably supported on the probe head. During movement of the probe head along the contour,... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7747477 | Pharmacy supply tracking and storage system A pharmacy supply container tracking system that automatically detects and tracks a pharmacy supply container within a pharmacy is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment the system also detects and tracks prescription orders of customers, and automatically verifies th... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7664221 | Method and computed tomography unit for producing computed tomograms of a patient's beating heart A method and computed tomography unit are disclosed for producing computed tomograms of a patient's beating heart by voxelwise reconstruction of volume data records from prescribed cardiac cycle phases. Firstly, a multiplicity of voxelwise partial reconstructions ar... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660163 | Method and unit for verifying initial state of non-volatile memory device A method of verifying an initial state of a non-volatile memory device, a command for verify an initial state of a unit and a unit address corresponding to the unit received from a memory controller. An initial state of memory cells, which correspond to the unit add... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7659777 | Offset adjustment device, semiconductor device, display device, offset adjustment method, noise detection device, and noise detection method In one embodiment of the present invention, an operational amplifier circuit, a switching element is closed and a switching element is opened. A latch circuit DL latches an output voltage of an operational amplifier and supplies a Q output corresponding to the outpu... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7642636 | Stack package of ball grid array type A stack package may include a plurality of individual packages arranged in a stack. Each individual package may have a circuit substrate disposed on the upper and lower surfaces of a semiconductor chip. Through bonding wires, a lower circuit substrate may be electri... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7605596 | Probe card, apparatus and method for inspecting an object A probe card, an apparatus and a method of inspecting an object. In the example method, a first inspection current may be divided into a plurality of first divided inspection currents. Each of the first divided inspection currents may be supplied to a different one ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7602146 | Protection methods, protection circuits and protection devices for secondary batteries, a power tool, charger and battery pack adapted to provide protection against fault conditions in the battery pack In a cordless power tool system, protection methods, circuits and devices are provided to protect against fault conditions within a battery pack that is operatively attached to a power tool or charger, so as to prevent internal or external damage to the battery pack... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7561046 | Radio tag reading apparatus A reader antenna is connected to an interrogator. Conductors are arranged at two places at the opposed marginal edge portions of a radiation plane of the reader antenna along a radiation direction of an electromagnetic wave from the reader antenna. The conductors ra... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7500626 | Switching mechanism for a batch feed waste disposer A switching mechanism for a food waste disposer is provided having a plastic one-piece housing that engages an external surface of the food waste disposer by snapping thereto. The switching mechanism also contains a switch capable of enabling operation of the food w... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7495315 | Method and apparatus of fabricating a semiconductor device by back grinding and dicing A method and apparatus of fabricating a semiconductor device by back grinding and dicing is disclosed. The method may include at least adhering a protection tape for back grinding on a front surface of a semiconductor wafer, back grinding a rear surface of the semic... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7475769 | Device for handling packets A device for handling packets of cigarettes has two drying beams, each for feeding a line of packets to an intermediate station; and two transfer units, each for transferring the incoming packets from a respective drying beam from the intermediate station to a singl... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7450146 | Optical scanning device including plural light shielding units provided at different heights and image forming apparatus An optical scanning device includes a plurality of light sources, a deflector, optical systems, and a plurality of light shielding units to shield flare light from an opposite optical system. Two light shielding units are arranged not to satisfy θ=n(360/x) degrees,... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7446325 | Reflector for generating a neutral beam and substrate processing apparatus including the same Example embodiments of the present invention provide a reflector for generating a neutral beam and a substrate processing apparatus including the same. The reflector may include at least one reflecting plate including a reflecting layer onto which an ion beam collid... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444264 | Method and an apparatus for measuring the performance of antennas, mobile phones and other wireless terminals An apparatus and a method are for measuring the radiation efficiency of antennas and the communication power of mobile and wireless terminals. The apparatus includes a chamber to enclose the antenna or terminal to be tested. The chamber includes walls of an inwardly... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439770 | Magnetic tunneling junction based logic circuits and methods of operating the same MTJ cell based logic circuits and MTJ cell drivers having improved operating speeds compared to the conventional art, and operating methods thereof are described. An MTJ cell driver may include a lower electrode, an MTJ cell on the lower electrode, an upper electrod... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435355 | Liquid-based gravity-driven etching-stop technique for controlling structure dimension A liquid-based gravity-driven etching-stop technique for controlling structure dimension is provided, where opposite etching trenches in cooperation with an etching-stop solution are used for controlling the dimension of a microstructure on the wafer level. In an em... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7425933 | Systems and methods for correcting green disparity in imager sensors Embodiments of the present invention relate in general to systems and methods for dynamically correcting color cross-talk and related color distortion in an image sensor. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, certain embodiments of the present invention r... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7420270 | Tape wiring substrate and chip-on-film package using the same A chip-on-film package may include a tape wiring substrate, a semiconductor chip mounted on the tape wiring substrate, and a molding compound provided between the semiconductor chip and the tape wiring substrate. The tape wiring substrate may include a film having u... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417709 | Method and apparatus for exposing semiconductor substrates Provided are methods and apparatus for exposing multiple substrates within a single exposing apparatus using only a single light source wherein a first substrate is exposed in a series of steps or shots during which light transmitted along a primary optical path is ... | 08/26/2008 |
| D574637 | Couch arm | 08/12/2008 |
| D574638 | Couch arm | 08/12/2008 |
| D574496 | Sphygmomanometer | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408982 | Equalizer for high definition television and equalization method thereof An equalizer and an equalization method usable in a high definition television (HDTV) are provided. The equalizer may receive an input signal including a data signal and a training sequence and may compensate for distortion of the input signal in a high definition t... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405105 | Stack package using anisotropic conductive film (ACF) and method of making same Provided is a stack package using an anisotropic conductive film (ACF) for reducing thermal stresses exerted on chip scale packages (CSPs) during the initial manufacture of stack packages from a plurality of CSPs and for facilitating the repair and/or rework of stac... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404048 | Inter-cluster communication module using the memory access network An inter-cluster communication module using the memory access network is provided, including a plurality of clusters, a memory subsystem, a controller and a switch device. When some clusters issue a load instruction and some clusters issue a store instruction of an ... | 07/22/2008 |
| D570483 | Surgical cutting tool | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379618 | Image conversion method, texture mapping method, image conversion device, server-client system, and image conversion program A shadow portion is distinguished in a given image (S2 to S6). On the shadow portion, a conversion process based on the brightness value of a pixel is performed (S7), while on a portion other than the shadow portion, a conversion process based o... | 05/27/2008 |
| D567178 | Semiconductor based motor control device | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347807 | Machine tool and method for changing tools on this machine tool In the case of a machine tool which comprises at least one working spindle with a tool-holding fixture for tool holders carrying tools, and a tool changer with a gripper for the tool holders in order to transfer the tool holders between their magazine position, whic... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7296425 | Sensor assembly for detecting ice crystal formation on heat exchange surface and ice-making machine incorporating the same A sensor assembly for detecting ice crystal formation on a heat exchange surface in an ice-making machine comprises at least one microphone monitoring the sound made by a rotating blade assembly within the ice-making machine during ice slurry formation. A filter fil... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291925 | Stack package using anisotropic conductive film (ACF) and method of making same Provided is a stack package using an anisotropic conductive film (ACF) for reducing thermal stresses exerted on chip scale packages (CSPs) during the initial manufacture of stack packages from a plurality of CSPs and for facilitating the repair and/or rework of stac... | 11/06/2007 |
| D543292 | Surface ornamentation for candle | 05/22/2007 |
| 7186476 | One piece bipolar plate with spring seals A PEM fuel cell includes a cathode plate for directing a first fluid along a surface thereof. An anode plate directs a second fluid along a surface thereof. An MEA is oriented in a first direction. The MEA includes an anode face opposing the anode plate and a cathod... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7088024 | Field assembly for a motor and method of making same A stator of an electric motor is formed by inserting pre-formed magnets on a cylinder having anchors and plastic is molded around the magnets and anchors to secure the magnets to a surface of the cylinder, forming a cylinder/magnet assembly. A pilot feature is forme... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7071955 | Color display device A color display device includes a shutter type color display and signal processing means. The signal processing means has color conversion processing means for increasing a gradation level of a color signal having the highest gradation level while decreasing a grada... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068559 | Word line enable timing determination circuit of a memory device and methods of determining word line enable timing in the memory device A word line enable timing determination circuit of a memory device and method of determining word line enable timing in a memory device may be configured to adjust enable timing at which to activate a word line for at least one read/write command input to the memory... | 06/27/2006 |
