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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8068185 | Volume adjusting method for channel switching of digital television While a user of a digital television gives a command to switch from a first channel to a second channel, a comparison between a first remembered volume of the first channel and a second remembered volume of the second channel is provided. According to the result of ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068177 | Methods and devices for signal synchronization A signal synchronization device and signal synchronization method are provided. The method comprises determining whether a receiving device can receive data output from an output device synchronously and adjusting the dummy period of the signal, which will be receiv... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067978 | Dynamic current supplying pump A pump system that can dynamically increase its current capability includes: a pump circuit, for producing an output voltage; an oscillator, for driving the pump circuit to pump at a particular frequency according to a pump enable signal; a limiter, coupled to both ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067965 | Clock and data recovery circuit with proportional path A clock and data recovery circuit includes a phase detector, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage-controlled oscillator and a frequency divider. The voltage-controlled oscillator includes a current mirror, a control circuit, a current modulation module and a curr... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067806 | Gate structures of CMOS device and method for manufacturing the same Gate structures of CMOS device and the method for manufacturing the same are provided. A substrate having an NMOS region, a PMOS region, and a work function modulation layer disposed on the NMOS region and the PMOS region is provided. A nitrogen doping process is pe... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067282 | Method for selective formation of trench A method for selective formation of trenches is disclosed. First, a substrate is provided. The substrate includes a first semiconductor element and a second semiconductor element. The first semiconductor element has a dopant. Second, a wet etching procedure is carri... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066577 | Infant swing Infant swing has a front leg frame and a rear leg frame pivoting to each other and connecting to a seat assembly via a driving module at the pivot between the front leg frame and the rear leg frame for swinging the seat back and forth. Two protection guards are moun... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065563 | System for booting from a non-XIP memory utilizing a boot engine that does not have ECC capabilities during booting A booting system includes: a non-XIP memory, for storing a plurality of booting images, wherein the booting images comprise a source image and a plurality of duplicates of the source image; an XIP memory, coupled to the non-XIP memory; and a code shadowing module, c... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064845 | RF transceiver having a T/R switch circuit with high power-handling capability A RF transceiver includes an antenna, a receiver, a baseband circuit, a transmitter, and a T/R switch circuit. The T/R switch circuit is used for coupling the antenna and the receiver or coupling the antenna and the transmitter. The T/R switch circuit is coupled to ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064830 | Wireless access system capable of controlling electronic devices and control method thereof A wireless access system includes an electronic device and a portable wireless access device. The electronic device includes a user interface and a first wireless transceiver. The portable wireless access device is wirelessly connected to the electronic device throu... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064226 | Control circuit with frequency compensation The present invention discloses a control circuit with frequency compensation, which can be applied to an open-loop control system. The control circuit includes an oscillator which is additionally connected to a first comparator including a first input end, a second... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064015 | Transflective display panel A transflective display panel includes a first substrate, a plurality of electroluminescent (EL) elements disposed on the first substrate, a plurality of reflectors disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a plura... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064001 | Liquid crystal display panel and pixel structure thereof A pixel structure includes at least a pixel electrode, and at least an aligning electrode. The pixel electrode, which has a central opening, is disposed on a substrate. The aligning electrode, which is disposed between the pixel electrode and substrate, includes an ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063724 | Self-matching band-pass filter and related frequency down converter A band-pass filter includes an input port, an output port, and a plurality of resonators. The input port is utilized for receiving a radio frequency signal. The output port is utilized for outputting a filtered signal. The plurality of resonators are placed between ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063601 | Motor driving circuit for adjusting speed of a motor by changing an output voltage A motor driving circuit for adjusting speed of the motor by changing output voltage is disclosed. One end of the motor is coupled to a variable voltage source. The motor driving circuit includes a motor-driving unit, a control unit and a determining unit. The motor-... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063497 | Liquid crystal display A chip having a bump layout suitable for the chip on glass technology and a driving IC includes a plurality of first bumps and a plurality of second bumps for electrically connecting to a glass substrate of a displayer. The first and second bumps are disposed on a s... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063464 | Photo detector and method for forming thereof A photo detector is disclosed. The photo detector has a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, an insulating layer covered on the semiconductor layer, an interlayer dielectric layer covered on the insulating layer, and two electrodes formed on a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063404 | Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device positioned on an SOI substrate. A semiconductor memory device includes two transistors with three terminals which serve as a source, a reading drain and a writing drain, respectively. The writing drain is heavily-doped for high writing ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8062536 | High density plasma chemical vapor deposition process A method for depositing dielectric material into gaps between wiring lines in the formation of a semiconductor device includes the formation of a cap layer and the formation of gaps into which high density plasma chemical vapor deposition (HDPCVD) dielectric materia... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8062487 | Wafer supporting device of a sputtering apparatus A wafer supporting device of a sputter apparatus includes a pedestal positioned in a sputtering chamber and used to load a wafer for sputtering, a deposition ring having a recess positioned on a peripheral portion of the pedestal, and a cover ring positioned on the ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060687 | Flash memory allocating method An allocating method for a flash memory is disclosed. The allocating method includes the following steps: adjusting a preliminary data storage capacity corresponding to the flash memory for determining a real data storage capacity of the flash memory; adjusting a pr... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060037 | Circuit and method of calibrating direct current offset in wireless communication device A circuit for calibrating the DC offset in a wireless communication device utilizes a voltage-generating circuit to generate a first voltage value and its negative value, and utilizes a detecting circuit to detect an output of the wireless communication device and g... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059920 | Method and apparatus for pixel interpolation A pixel interpolation method for interpolating pixel values of a plurality of target positions of a target picture is disclosed. The pixel interpolation method includes: dynamically setting a plurality of edge detection ranges corresponding to the plurality of targe... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059244 | Liquid crystal display with high aperture ratio A thin film transistor liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a first conductive line disposed on the substrate, an inorganic insulating layer covering the substrate, a transparent electrode attached to the inorganic insulating layer, a second conductive line ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059238 | Transflective liquid crystal display panel with integrated switch element and color filter layer on a substrate A transflective liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate arranged opposite to the first substrate, and a plurality of pixels positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate. Each of the pixels having at least one re... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059197 | Field balancing device and method A field balancing device for balancing the lightness/color of top fields and bottom fields of an interlaced signal includes: a detection circuit for detecting a lightness/color difference between at least one portion of at least one top field of the interlaced signa... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059035 | Antenna structure capable of increasing its frequency bandwidth/frequency band by bending a connection element thereof An antenna structure consists of a radiation element, a grounding element, a short element, a connection element, and a signal feeding element. The short element is coupled between the radiation element and the grounding element. The connection element is disposed b... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058857 | Digitally controlled switched-mode power supply The present invention relates to a digitally controlled switched-mode power supply, wherein a switched-mode power supply is provided with a control circuit, which comprises a signal amplifier unit able to receive digital signals or analog signals and a switching con... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058855 | Direct current converter A direct current converter includes a first node, a second node, an input voltage terminal, an output voltage terminal, a bootstrap source terminal, a low-voltage terminal, a control module for generating a control signal, a driving-stage circuit coupled to the inpu... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058832 | Motor driving circuit and method thereof A motor driving circuit includes a control device, a detection module and a driving module. The control device is controlled by a control signal and is coupled to a motor. The control device includes a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal, wherei... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058720 | Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a die pad; a semiconductor die mounted on the die pad; a plurality of leads in a first horizontal plane disposed along peripheral edges of the die pad; a ground bar downset from the first horizontal plane to a second horizontal plane... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057318 | Infant swing An infant swing includes a support frame, a holding frame, a driving device, and a power supply device. The support frame includes a first connecting port, a second connecting port, and a leg assembly. Two ends of the leg assembly are connected to the first connecti... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056024 | Method for modifying photomask layout A method for modifying a photomask layout includes the following steps. First, a photomask layout having at least an edge is provided. A plurality of evaluation points are positioned on the edge. Then, the photomask layout is interpreted to have an interpreted photo... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055441 | Supplemental powered information receiver Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for a supplemental powered information receiver. A system includes a processor linked to a memory, the memory including at least a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation process, a clock and internal ti... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054982 | Sound signal generator testing apparatus A sound signal generator testing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a hermetic seal (2), a sound signal input unit (4), and at least a noise suppression unit (5). The sound signal input unit is for receiving sound signals transmitted ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054658 | Convertible charge-pump circuit for generating output voltage level according to voltage level selected from predetermined voltage and potential difference stored in charging capacitor and method thereof A convertible charge-pump circuit includes: a charging circuit having a plurality of charging capacitors and a pumping circuit having an output port coupled to a pumping capacitor. The charging circuit is configured for charging the charging capacitors to store a pl... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054408 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a first backlight source, a second backlight source and a liquid crystal panel. The first backlight source provides magenta backlight and the second backlight source provides green backlight.... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054384 | Method of auto-configuring audio-video signals and associated apparatus An AV switching method capable of auto-configuring a plurality of AV input signals and associated apparatus is provided. An audio-video detector capable of auto-configuring the AV input signals includes an audio-video detecting module, an impedance adjustment module... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054338 | Method for determining luminance threshold value of video region and related apparatus A method for determining a luminance threshold value of a video region includes: performing a plurality of luminance threshold value generation operations on the video region included in a plurality of video frames, respectively. Each luminance threshold value gener... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054304 | Photo detector and method for fabricating the same A photo detector is disclosed. The photo detector includes a substrate, a first patterned semiconductor layer with a first state, a dielectric layer, a patterned conductive layer, an inter-layer dielectric, a second patterned semiconductor layer with a second state,... | 11/08/2011 |
