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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7325769 | Fast-pivot missile flight control surface Methods and apparatus are provided for a missile that includes a housing, a fin, and a first actuator. The housing has a slot formed therethrough. The fin is disposed within the housing proximate the slot. The first actuator is coupled to the fin and configured to s... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7268463 | Stress release mechanism in MEMS device and method of making same MEMS devices (100) and methods for forming the devices have now been provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the MEMS device (100) comprises a substrate (106) having a surface, an electrode (128) having a first portion coupled to the subst... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263446 | Structural health management system and method for enhancing availability and integrity in the structural health management system A structural health management system is disclosed. The structural health management system comprises a zone of sensors. A first sensor data collector is coupled to a first subset of the sensors in the zone; and a second sensor data collector coupled to a second sub... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7191089 | System and method for fall detection A system and method is provided for electronic device fall detection. The system and method provides the ability to reliably detect falls even in the presence of other motion in the electronic device. The fall detection system includes a plurality of accelerometers ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7144744 | Magnetoresistive random access memory device structures and methods for fabricating the same Magnetoelectronic memory element structures and methods for making such structures using a barrier layer as a material removal stop layer are provided. The methods comprise forming a digit line disposed at least partially within a dielectric layer. The dielectric ma... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142665 | Automatic gain control for an adaptive finite impulse response and method therefore Methods and apparatus are provided for an echo cancellation system. The echo cancellation system comprises an automatic gain control (AGC), a first scalar, a second scalar, a signal summing stage, and an adaptive filter. The AGC is responsive to a first signal in a ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141857 | Semiconductor structures and methods of fabricating semiconductor structures comprising hafnium oxide modified with lanthanum, a lanthanide-series metal, or a combination thereof Semiconductor structures and processes for fabricating semiconductor structures comprising hafnium oxide layers modified with lanthanum oxide or a lanthanide-series metal oxide are provided. A semiconductor structure in accordance with an embodiment of the invention... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141989 | Methods and apparatus for a MEMS varactor A micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) variable capacitor (varactor) generally includes a substrate (102), a first capacitive plate (112) formed on the substrate, a flexible structure (150) coupled to the substrate, a second capacitive plate (... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7125050 | Sheet dividers with enhanced tabs A sheet divider may include a sheet stock having an edge and a tab. The tab may be disposed at the edge of the sheet stock and have an opening. The opening is configured to enable a label to be inserted into the tab from a direction that is substantially perpendicul... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121141 | Z-axis accelerometer with at least two gap sizes and travel stops disposed outside an active capacitor area An accelerometer includes a pair of conductive plates fixedly mounted on a substrate surface, a structure coupled to the substrate surface and suspended above the conductive plates, and at least one protective shield mounted on the substrate surface. The structure i... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7102365 | Apparatus for current sensing Apparatus for sensing a current across a known resistor including a switched capacitor network and an amplifier having an input coupled to an output of the switched capacitor network. The switched capacitor network is configured to sample first and second reference ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7087972 | Magnetoelectronic devices utilizing protective capping layers and methods of fabricating the same Magnetoelectronic device structures and methods for fabricating the same are provided. One method comprises forming a first and a second conductor. The first conductor is electrically coupled to an interconnect stack. A first insulating layer is deposited overlying ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7067331 | Method of making amorphous alloys for semiconductor device An amorphous layer of a cobalt iron-based (CoFe-based) magnetic alloy suitable for use in magnetoelectronic devices is disclosed. In the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, at least one amorphous layer is provided in an MTJ stack to increase the smo... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7042025 | Method and structure for contacting an overlying electrode for a magnetoelectronics element A method for contacting an electrically conductive electrode overlying a first dielectric material of a structure is provided. The method includes forming a mask layer overlying the electrically conductive electrode and patterning the mask layer to form an exposed e... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6956763 | MRAM element and methods for writing the MRAM element A direct write is provided for a magnetoelectronics information device that includes producing a first magnetic field with a first field magnitude in proximity to the magnetoelectronics information device at a first time (t1). Once this first magnetic fie... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6952573 | Wireless receiver with stacked, single chip architecture A monolithic wireless receiver suitable for use in a global positioning system (GPS) or other radio frequency (RF) application suitably includes a mixed-mode integrated circuit and a stacked memory device. The mixed mode integrated circuit appropriately includes a d... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6909631 | MRAM and methods for reading the MRAM An MRAM is provided that minimizes the limits in MRAM density imposed by utilization of an isolation or select device in each memory cell. In addition, methods are provided for reading an MTJ in a ganged memory cell of the MRAM. The method includes determining an el... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6888743 | MRAM architecture An MRAM architecture is provided that reduces the number of isolation transistors. The MRAM architecture includes magnetoresistive memory cells that are electrically coupled to form a ganged memory cell. The magnetoresistive memory cells of the ganged memory cell ar... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6881351 | Methods for contacting conducting layers overlying magnetoelectronic elements of MRAM devices A method for contacting an electrically conductive layer overlying a magnetoelectronics element includes forming a memory element layer overlying a dielectric region. A first electrically conductive layer is deposited overlying the memory element layer. A first diel... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6825727 | Radio frequency power transistor avalanche breakdown detection circuit and method therefor An apparatus for detecting the onset of avalanche breakdown in a radio frequency bipolar power transistor is provided. The radio frequency bipolar power transistor includes a first transistor cell and a second transistor cells. The first and second transistor cells ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6768906 | System and technique for plane switchover in an aircraft based wireless communication system An aircraft based communication system (10) defining a wireless service area (20) is disclosed. The communication system (10) includes a communication gateway (30) connected to a terrestrial based communication network. A first aircraft (... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6699436 | Apparatus for measuring contaminant mobile ions in dielectric materials Methods and apparatus are provided for measuring contaminant mobile ions in a dielectric portion of a semiconductor. The apparatus is comprised of a heat source configured to elevate a temperature of the dielectric portion of the semiconductor and mobiliz... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6393293 | Method for rectangular parameterization of a geographic area using a geolocation algorithm A method (40) for parameterizing a predetermined geographic area (12) serviced by a satellite communication system (60) into a number of equally shaped sub-partitions (22) is discloseed. The satellite communication system (60) has a processor (64, 72)for ... | 05/21/2002 |
