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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6996609 | Method and apparatus for accessing a wide area network A voice web browser system includes a telephone, an access system coupled to a TCP/IP network, a telephone system coupling the telephone to the access system, and a speech-to-text system for “reading” text that had been sent over the TCP/IP network to the teleph... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6487242 | Method and apparatus for VCO modulation in a communication system A VCO modulator controller including a ROM memory storing a number of waveform maps, a counter coupled to the ROM memory and capable of developing a sequence of ROM addresses, a temporal bit generator responsive to a data stream to develop a next bit Nb, ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6442547 | System, method and article of manufacture for information service management in a hybrid communication system Telephone calls, data and other multimedia information is routed through a hybrid network system which includes transfer of information across the internet utilizing telephony routing information and internet protocol address information. The system inclu... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6281081 | Method of preventing current leakage around a shallow trench isolation structure An ion implantation method useful for fabricating shallow trench isolation structureimplants phosphorus ions instead of arsenic ions into a substrate when the source/drain regions of an NMOS device are doped. Alternatively, low energy ions are used in the... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6262736 | Interactive connection, viewing, and maneuvering system for complex data The present invention is a hyperspace (10) constructed of cells (12) having paired connectors (14) that define dimensions (16). Complex tissues (78) of the cells (12) in linear and cyclical ranks (32) can be navigated and manipulated by use of a stepper (... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6234487 | Crane game claw gauge A game apparatus allowing a player to position a pick-up device over an offered prize, to pick up the prize with the pick-up device, and to reposition the pick-up device and release the prize from the pick-up device to the player. The pick-up device inclu... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6221218 | Method of forming an inductive write head for magnetic data storage media An inductive write head includes a first pole and a second pole that form a yoke having a write gap between the first pole and second pole. The second pole is formed of a particular Co100-a-b ZRa CRb compound. More specifi... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6219747 | Methods and apparatus for variable length SDRAM transfers Disclosed is a SDRAM system including a SDRAM having multiple banks of memory, a plurality of bank state machines associated the multiple banks of memory of the SDRAM, and a data control state machine. The data state machine is responsive to a memory requ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6212369 | Merged variable gain mixers The present invention teaches parallel coupling what are herein termed a "switching stage" and a "steering stage," thereby arranging the mixer and variable gain amplifier circuitry as a single merged circuit. The merged variable gain mixers of the present... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6211909 | Camera and equipment therefor This camera has a plurality of light-emitting devices such as LED, which flicker in response to the number of shots which can be photographed. Also, while having no liquid crystal display for showing an error when it occurs, this camera has a non-volatile... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6202291 | Apparatus for aligning device interconnections An apparatus (10) for aligning device interconnections, which includes a structure (20) having at least one reference plane (38, 39). The structure (20) further includes a number of device bays (22). The apparatus (10) also includes at least one interconn... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6202062 | System, method and article of manufacture for creating a filtered information summary based on multiple profiles of each single user An agent based system assists in obtaining information from an article of interest and utilizes the information to take user directed action based on the information from the target article. The system obtains input text in character form indicative of th... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6198609 | CPP Magnetoresistive device with reduced edge effect and method for making same A magnetoresistive (MR) device includes a sensor that has a first surface electrically coupled to a first lead structure, and a second surface electrically coupled to a second lead structure. The first lead structure and second lead structure each include... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6195697 | System, method and article of manufacture for providing a customer interface in a hybrid network According to a broad aspect of a preferred embodiment of the invention, a Customer Interface Process is provided. First, a service level agreement is received for a hybrid network customer. Next, the service level agreement is stored after which inquiries... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6195651 | System, method and article of manufacture for a tuned user application experience A system is disclosed that facilitates a web-based user interface to a particular application program that is enabled by obtaining user profile information, parsing the content of the particular application, matching the parsed content to user profile inf... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6193631 | Force script implementation over a wide area network An exercise system includes a local system having an exercise apparatus and an associated local computer, where the local computer controls and monitors the operation and use, respectively, of the exercise apparatus. The system further includes a remote s... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6193584 | Apparatus and method of device stripe height control A lapping guide for use in fabrication of a device includes a first resistive element and a second resistive element. The two resistive elements can provide different changing resistances throughout the lapping of the device. These two resistances can be ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6190927 | Method and apparatus for detecting optimal endpoints in plasma etch processes An improved method for specifying and reliably detecting endpoints in processes such as plasma etching, where the signal-to-noise ratio has been severely degraded due to factors such as "cloudy window" and low ratio of reactive surface area to non-reactiv... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6190764 | Inductive write head for magnetic data storage media An inductive write head includes a first pole and a second pole that form a yoke having a write gap between the first pole and second pole. The second pole is formed of a particular Co100-a-b Zra Crb compound. More specifi... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6188281 | Linear transconductance circuits having class AB amplifiers parallel coupled with concave compensation circuits The present invention teaches a variety of transconductance circuits formed having a class AB transconductor amplifier coupled in parallel with at least one concave compensation circuit. When the transconductance circuit has only one concave compensation ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6188280 | Differential amplifier with gain linearization through transconductance compensation Disclosed is a differential amplifier including an emitter follower pair, a first differential pair, and a main differential amplifier. The emitter follower pair is operative to receive an input differential voltage signal for shifting the input different... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6186859 | Doll with an elastically deformable mouth An amusement toy including a head having at least a partial facial image, and an elastically deformable mouth associated with the head. The mouth has an undeformed dimension in the absence of a deforming force and is capable of deforming such that a defor... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6186849 | Process for the production of flat-screen grids coated with non-evaporable getter materials and grids thereby obtained A process is disclosed for making grids for flat-panel displays. The screen grids are coated with non-evaporable getter materials and the metal sheet forming the grid is coated with a coating that is as thick as the resulting grid and having at least the ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6187674 | Manufacturing method capable of preventing corrosion and contamination of MOS gate A MOS gate manufacturing operation is capable of preventing acid corrosion and station contamination. The manufacturing method includes the steps of sequentially forming a polysilicon layer, a barrier layer, a silicide layer and a cap layer over a silicon... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6184847 | Intuitive control of portable data displays A virtual computer monitor is described which enables instantaneous and intuitive visual access to large amounts of visual data by providing the user with a large display projected virtually in front of the user. The user wears a head-mounted display or h... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6184126 | Fabricating method of dual damascene A method of dual damascene includes forming a first conducting layer on a substrate, which already contains formed devices, and then forming a first dielectric layer and a hard material layer on the first conducting layer. The hard material layer contains... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6184089 | Method of fabricating one-time programmable read only memory A method of fabricating a one-time programmable read only memory (OTP-ROM) with reduced size is disclosed. In accordance with the method of the present invention, a stacked structure is formed on a substrate. The stacked structure comprises a first oxide ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6181208 | Switchable path power amplifier with schotky diode combining network The present invention teaches a power amplifier having two output power devices and a mechanism for switching the output path between these two power devices. The first output power device is designed for power efficient signal amplification at the power ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6181204 | Linear and multi-sinh transconductance circuits The present invention teaches a variety of transconductance circuits formed having two or more class AB transconductor amplifiers coupled in parallel. The class AB transconductor amplifiers have non-linear voltage to current transfer functions and are eac... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6180532 | Method for forming a borderless contact hole A method for forming a contact hole in a silicon oxide layer formed over a silicon nitride layer and a substrate performs an etching process with an etchant, C4 F8 /Ar or C4 F8 /C2 F6 /Ar, on ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6180516 | Method of fabricating a dual damascene structure The present invention provides an improved method of forming a dual damascene structure. Patterns of a metallic trench and a via hole are formed by using the photolithography process twice. After the first etching step of the dielectric layer the first ph... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6180065 | Multichannel dilution reservoir A dilution reservoir (10) with one or more channels (30) is provided in which the channels (30) are easily accessible and which allow improved material manipulation. The dilution reservoir (10) includes a housing (14), having a base (18), a top (16) oppos... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6177336 | Method for fabricating a metal-oxide semiconductor device A method for fabricating a metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor is provided. The method has steps of sequentially forming an oxide layer, a polysilicon layer and a cap layer on a semiconductor substrate to form a first-stage gate. An interchangeable... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6177319 | Method of manufacturing salicide layer A method of manufacturing a salicide layer is described. A substrate having a memory region and a logic circuit region is provided, wherein the memory region comprises a first gate structure and a first source/drain region and the logic circuit region com... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6174791 | Method for a pre-amorphization A method for forming an amorphous silicon layer over the terminals of a MOS transistor. The method includes the steps of forming a mask layer having an opening that exposes the gate polysilicon layer over the MOS transistor. Next, using the mask layer as ... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6169445 | Current mode transmitter A current mode transmitter is provided including a charge circuit connected to an enable node and adapted to generate a charge current upon the receipt of an activation signal at the enable node. Also included is a discharge circuit connected to the enabl... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6169295 | Infrared transceiver module and method for making same An IR transceiver module includes a lead frame, a sensor, an emitter, and a body encapsulating the sensor and emitter, where the body has an integrally formed lens aligned with both the sensor and with the emitter. The sensor is supported proximate to a s... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6166603 | Class-ab output stages with improved distortion performance The present invention teaches output stages having distortion performance improved relative to prior art class-AB output stage distortion performance. The general concept is to constantly bias the feed-forward circuitry of the output stage into a low-dist... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6166392 | Exposure for performing synchronized off-axis alignment An exposure has at least two wafer pads for holding wafers at the same time to perform different tasks including exposing a wafer, aligning a wafer, and loading or unloading a wafer synchronously. The exposure of the invention includes an exposing unit, a... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6165901 | Method of fabricating self-aligned contact A method of fabricating a self-aligned contact forms at least a gate and a source/drain region on a substrate, wherein a cap layer is formed on top of the gate. First spacers are formed on sidewalls of the gate. Second spacers are formed to cover the firs... | 12/26/2000 |
