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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8077086 | Methods and apparatus for obtaining GNSS time in a GNSS receiver A method and apparatus for obtaining Global navigation Satellite System (GNSS) time in a GNSS receiver are provided. The following steps are included: obtaining a time relationship between a first clock signal and the received GNSS time; obtaining a first clock valu... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077085 | Methods for processing correction messages, correcting position measurements of GNSS receiver, and related apparatuses Methods and apparatuses for processing correction messages in a GNSS receiver are provided. One of the proposed methods includes providing a first storage unit; receiving a plurality of correction messages from at least one data sources, wherein a plurality of assis... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076594 | Protection device for protecting a flat cable The invention provides a protection device for protecting a flat cable in an optical disk drive. The protection device includes a casing, whereon a main board is fixed inside the casing, and an opening is formed at a front edge of the casing. The protection device f... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076213 | Method for fabricating a metal-insulator-metal capacitor A method for fabricating a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor includes providing a substrate comprising a bottom electrode, forming a dielectric layer positioned on the bottom electrode, and forming a top electrode positioned on the dielectric layer. The dielectr... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076210 | Method for fabricating metal-oxide semiconductor transistors A method for fabricating a metal-oxide semiconductor transistor is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a gate structure on the semiconductor substrate; and performing a first ion implantation process to implant a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076207 | Gate structure and method of making the same A method of making a gate structure includes the following steps. First, a gate is formed. Then, a first silicon oxide layer, a silicon nitride layer, and a second silicon oxide layer are formed to cover the gate from bottom to top. Later, a dry etching is performed... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076194 | Method of fabricating metal oxide semiconductor transistor A method of fabricating a MOS transistor is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming at least a gate on the semiconductor substrate; forming a protective layer on the semiconductor substrate, and the protective layer ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074102 | Method for reactivating at least one media transfer protocol-compatible device when an unrecoverable error occurs, and associated host A method for reactivating at least one media transfer protocol-compatible (MTP-compatible) device when an unrecoverable error occurs includes: temporarily storing a transaction ID of a latest operation performed on the MTP-compatible device; and selectively communic... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8074004 | Electronic device for contention detection of bidirectional bus and related method An electronic device of detecting contention of a bidirectional bus for avoiding failing to drive a bidirectional bus due to bus contention includes: an output terminal, an input terminal and a data output unit, a timing comparing controller and a comparing unit. Th... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073505 | Portable electronic apparatus with dual hinges A portable electronic apparatus includes a first module, a second module, and a first hinge assembly. The first hinge assembly is connected to the first module and the second module. The first hinge assembly includes a first hinge, a second hinge and a first swing m... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073418 | Receiving systems and methods for audio processing A receiving system for audio processing includes a first demodulation unit and a second demodulation unit. The first demodulation unit is utilized for receiving an audio signal and generating a first demodulated audio signal. The second demodulation unit is utilized... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073406 | Amplitude modulation circuit in polar transmitter and method for calibrating amplitude offset in polar transmitter An amplitude modulation circuit in a polar transmitter and a method for calibrating amplitude offset in the polar transmitter are provided. The amplitude modulation circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a low pass filter (LPF), a gm stage, and a cali... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073051 | Method and related device for converting transport stream into file A method of converting format from a transport stream (TS) to a file for storing television program data carried by the transport stream includes steps of receiving a transport stream, performing filtering and depacketizing process for the transport stream to genera... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073004 | Method and related device for reducing data transition in data transmission interface Reducing data transitions in a data transmission interface includes receiving first data and second data, among which the first data is data being transmitted by the data transmission interface and the second data is next data of the first data in a timing sequence.... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072997 | Packet receiving management method and network control circuit with packet receiving management functionality A method of network packet receiving management includes: providing a buffer unit which includes a plurality of data blocks with a first packet number and a plurality of data blocks with a second number of packets, wherein the data blocks with the first packet numbe... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072826 | Memory control circuit and memory control method A memory control circuit includes a data sample circuit, a first delay control circuit, a second delay control circuit and a data circuit. The data sample circuit is used for generating a first data strobe signal and a second data strobe signal. The first delay cont... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072570 | Liquid crystal display panel A liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, a pixel array, a plurality of first common electrode lines and at least one second common electrode line. The first common electrode lines receive a common electrode signal... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072566 | Method of forming transflective liquid crystal display panel A method of forming a transflective LCD panel is provided. The transflective LCD includes a substrate, a first polycrystalline silicon pattern disposed in a reflection region, a second polycrystalline silicon pattern disposed in a peripheral region, an insulating la... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072554 | Transflective liquid crystal display panel A transflective liquid crystal display panel is disclosed. The transflective liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate and a storage capacitor disposed on the array substrate. The array substrate includes a transmitting region, a capacitor region, and... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072546 | Method and apparatus for reducing cross-luminance in an image display device A method for reducing cross-luminance in an image display device includes receiving luminance signals of a plurality of frames in a composite video signal, determining a movement condition of a first frame of the plurality of frames according to the luminance signal... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072507 | Method and system of generating high dynamic range image corresponding to specific scene A method of generating a high dynamic range image corresponding to a specific scene. The method includes shooting a specific scene to generate a base image; selecting a bright area and a dark area from the base image; determining base luminance according to the base... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072426 | Interactive device capable of improving image processing An interactive device of improving image processing. The interactive device includes a processing module and a control circuit. The processing module includes a substrate, an image sensor for generating a plurality of pixel signals, and an estimation unit for determ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072414 | Display method on active matrix display The present invention provides a display method of an active matrix display. First, image data is provided, and the image data is divided into a first image section and a second image section. Next, a first black frame section and a second black frame section are re... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072315 | Method and apparatus for universally decoding commands of a remote controller A universal decoding device and associated method is provided. The universal decoding device includes a counter unit for counting signal cycles and a logic unit for identifying coded data or commands according to counted signal cycles. The logic unit includes a regi... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072193 | Phase shift control method for boost converter and circuit implementation A phase shift control method for a boost converter and circuit implementation comprises a master phase and at least one slave phase. A master-phase inductor current flowing through the master phase has a master-phase charge time interval and a master-phase discharge... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072094 | Active output compensation circuit An active output compensation circuit is adopted for use on a power supply which receives input power and regulates to become a plurality of different output power. The power supply has a transformer to transform the input power. The transformer has a secondary side... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072036 | Micro-electromechanical system microphone structure A method of fabricating a micro-electromechanical system microphone structure is disclosed. First, a substrate defining a MEMS region and a logic region is provided, and a surface of the substrate has a dielectric layer thereon. Next, at least one metal interconnect... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072011 | Semiconductor device and method for operating the same A semiconductor device includes a lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) , a junction field effect transistor (JFET) and an inner circuit. The lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor includes a first source, a common drain and a first ga... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072004 | Power and ground routing of integrated circuit devices with improved IR drop and chip performance An integrated circuit chip includes a semiconductor substrate having thereon a plurality of inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layers and a plurality of first conductive layers embedded in respective the plurality of IMD layers, wherein the first conductive layers compris... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8071487 | Patterning method using stacked structure A stacked structure for patterning a material layer to form an opening pattern with a predetermined opening width in the layer is provided. The stacked structure includes an underlayer, a silicon rich organic layer, and a photoresist layer. The underlayer is on the ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8071440 | Method of fabricating a dynamic random access memory A method of fabricating a dynamic random access memory is provided. First, a substrate at least having a memory device area and a peripheral device area is provided, wherein an isolation structure and a capacitor are formed in the substrate of the memory device area... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8071437 | Method of fabricating efuse, resistor and transistor A method of fabricating an efuse, a resistor and a transistor includes the following steps: A substrate is provided. Then, a gate, a resistor and an efuse are formed on the substrate, wherein the gate, the resistor and the efuse together include a first dielectric l... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8071412 | Method of fabricating micro-electromechanical system microphone structure A method of fabricating a micro-electromechanical system microphone structure is disclosed. First, a substrate defining a MEMS region and a logic region is provided, and a surface of the substrate has a dielectric layer thereon. Next, at least one metal interconnect... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069454 | Emergency ejection device for a slot-in disk drive The invention provides an emergency ejection device for a slot-in disk drive, which rotates a worm gear by a motor. A central hole of a rotating component is fixed on a housing. A sliding slot is formed on an end of the rotating component, and a buckling slot is for... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069165 | Nearest-neighbor geographic search Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for use in searching a geographic database to retrieve geographic objects one cell from a neighborhood of cells at a time. A cell neighborhood can be defined using a grid of cells and an initial, or center, point. A first n... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068812 | Method and mobile communication system with a security function for short messaging The present invention relates to a communication system. The communication system includes a handheld communication device, a primary communication module, and a secondary communication apparatus. The primary communication module is configured for communicating with... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068796 | Power divider and dual-output radio transmitter A power divider includes a substrate, a signal reception terminal formed in a first layer of the substrate for receiving signals, a first output terminal formed in the first layer for outputting radio-frequency (RF) signals, a matching terminal formed in a third lay... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068394 | Recording method of optical disc drive The invention is to provide a recording method of an optical disc drive, which first calibrates the write power with minimum recording speed, adjusts write powers for higher speeds, searches a blank area in a lead-out area of a disc to record with write powers for a... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068354 | Current-level controlling device for a power supply device and related power supply device A current-level controlling device for a power supply includes a reception end for receiving a current sense signal, a reference voltage generator for generating a reference voltage, an adaptive reference voltage generator, coupled to the reference voltage generator... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068349 | Power supply architecture for structural ASIC A power supply architecture for a structural application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is provided. The power supply architecture includes a first conductor and a second conductor. The first conductor is coupled to a fixed voltage. The first conductor at least ... | 11/29/2011 |
