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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185805 | Network communication protocol for large scale distribution of streaming content Forward error correction may be implemented in a network having first, second, third and fourth nodes. The second node receives streaming media message packets and one or more check packets from an upstream first node. The second node transmits the message packets a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182982 | Method and device for patterning a disk Embodiments of the invention relate to methods and apparatus useful in the nanopatterning of rotationally symmetric disk materials, like magnetic and optical disks, where a rotatable mask is used to image a radiation-sensitive material. Typically the rotatable mask ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175373 | Use of design information and defect image information in defect classification Defects observed by imaging tools may be classified by automatic comparison of features observed in a defect image with design information relating to corresponding portions of the image. Defect information may be generated from a defect image from a defect imaging ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171235 | Atomic compare and swap using dedicated processor An atomic compare and swap operation that can be implemented in processor system having first and second processors that have different sized memory transfer capabilities. The first processor notifies the second processor to perform a compare and swap operation on a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171123 | Network bandwidth detection and distribution In a node configured to communicate with one or more other nodes over a network, available bandwidth for network traffic may be distributed among two or more distinct channels of communication within a single application running on the node. An available bandwidth m... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169613 | Segmented polarizer for optimizing performance of a surface inspection system A polarizing device may be used with sample inspection system having one or more collection systems that receive scattered radiation from a region on a sample surface and direct it to a detector. The polarizing device disposed between the collection system(s) and th... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160113 | Tailored pulse burst Output pulses from an optical system having a seed source and an optical amplifier coupled to the seed source may be controlled by controlling a power of a seed signal from the seed source. The seed signal may be varied between a minimum value and a maximum value in... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157653 | Automatic player information generation for interactive entertainment Automatic player profile generation may be implemented for an interactive online game in which one or more players interact via one or more client devices connected to a server device via a network. Information relating to game activity may be collected for the one ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8141076 | Cell processor methods and apparatus Methods and apparatus for cell processors are disclosed. A policy module is loaded from a main memory of a cell processor into the local memory of a selected synergistic processing unit (SPU) under control of an SPU policy module manager (SPMM) running on the SPU. T... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138605 | Multiple layer barrier metal for device component formed in contact trench A semiconductor device formed on a semiconductor substrate may include a component formed in a contact trench located in an active cell region. The component may comprise a barrier metal deposited on a bottom and portions of sidewalls of the contact trench and a tun... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136018 | Network communication protocol for large scale distribution of streaming content Forward error correction may be implemented in a network having first, second and third nodes. The second node receives streaming media message packets and one or more check packets from an upstream first node. The second node transmits the message packets and check... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135867 | Secure operation of processors Secure operation of processors is disclosed. A cell processor receives a secure file image from a client device at a processor of a host device (host cell processor), wherein the secure file image includes encrypted contents. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131535 | Translation block invalidation prehints in emulation of a target system on a host system In emulation of a target system on a host system one or more blocks of target system code may be translated with the host system to produce one or more corresponding blocks of translated code. Translating the target system code may include linking two or more blocks... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8111376 | Feedforward/feedback litho process control of stress and overlay A method and apparatus for process control in a lithographic process are described. Metrology may be performed on a substrate either before or after performing a lithographic patterning process on the substrate. One or more correctables to the lithographic patternin... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104342 | Process condition measuring device An instrument for measuring a parameter comprises a substrate, a plurality of sensors carried by and distributed across a surface of the substrate that individually measure the parameter at different positions, an electronic processing component carried by the subst... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8073157 | Methods and apparatus for targeted sound detection and characterization Targeted sound detection methods and apparatus are disclosed. A microphone array has two or more microphones M0 . . . MM. Each microphone is coupled to a plurality of filters. The filters are configured to filter input signals corresponding to ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068234 | Method and apparatus for measuring shape or thickness information of a substrate An interferometer system and method may be used to measure substrate thickness or shape. The system may include two spaced apart reference flats having that form an optical cavity between two parallel reference surfaces. A substrate holder may be configured to place... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068109 | Processor task and data management Task and data management systems methods and apparatus are disclosed. A processor event that requires more memory space than is available in a local storage of a co-processor is divided into two or more segments. Each segment has a segment size that is less than or ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064142 | Fluidic lens with reduced optical aberration A fluidic lens device capable of providing variable focal power with reduced optical aberration is disclosed. The device includes a lens member and an actuator. The lens member comprises one or more elastic optical surfaces, a compliant support member in communicati... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060626 | Method for host selection based on discovered NAT type A host may be selected for a peer-to-peer grid based on discovered NAT type. NAT profile information may be collected by each of the peers and shared with the other peers. Each peer receives NAT profile information for the other peers. Each peer may determine from t... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060356 | Processor emulation using fragment level translation Processor emulation using fragment level translation is disclosed. A target system having a main target processor, a secondary target processor element and an instruction memory associated with the secondary target processor element may be emulated with a host syste... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059163 | Digital photography using electronic image analysis to identify faces of faces of known subjects in predetermined position A method, apparatus and computer readable medium for use in photography are disclosed. A first electronic image analysis is performed on a potential image to determine whether any suitable subjects are within a frame of the potential image. If any suitable subjects ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059111 | Data transfer using hand-held device A hand-held electronic device and data transfer method are disclosed. The device may comprise a case, a processor and a memory. A case motion sensor and a remote device detector may be coupled to the processor. A communication interface may be coupled to the memory ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058628 | Substrate processing apparatus and method Substrate processing methods and apparatus are disclosed. In some embodiments a substrate processing apparatus may comprise a support structure and a moveable stage including first and second stages. The moveable stage has one or more maglev units attached to the fi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052885 | Structural modification using electron beam activated chemical etch Structural modification using electron beam activated chemical etch (EBACE) is disclosed. A target or portion thereof may be exposed to a gas composition of a type that etches the target when the gas composition and/or target are exposed to an electron beam. By dire... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050922 | Voice recognition with dynamic filter bank adjustment based on speaker categorization Voice recognition methods and systems are disclosed. A voice signal is obtained for an utterance of a speaker. The speaker is categorized as a male, female, or child and the categorization is used as a basis for dynamically adjusting a maximum frequency fmax | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049315 | Use of discrete conductive layer in semiconductor device to re-route bonding wires for semiconductor device package A semiconductor package assembly may include a lead frame having a die bonding pad and plurality of leads coupled to the first die bonding pad. A vertical semiconductor device may be bonded to the die bonding pad. The device may have a conductive pad electrically co... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048477 | Chalcogenide solar cells A precursor material for forming a film of a group IB-IIIA-chalcogenide compound and a method of making this film are disclosed. The film contains group IB-chalcogenide nanoparticles and/or group IIIA-chalcogenide nanoparticles and/or nanoglobules and/or nanodroplet... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046193 | Determining process condition in substrate processing module A sensor network collects time-series data from a process tool and supplies the data to an analysis system where pattern analysis techniques are used to identify structures and to monitor subsequent data based on analysis instructions or a composite model. Time-seri... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045250 | Optical scanning using rotating parallel plate A beam of incident light may be positioned on a target by directing the beam towards the target and transmitting the incident beam of light through one or more refractive plates having first and second parallel refracting surfaces in a path of the beam and adjusting... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045179 | Bright and dark field scatterometry systems for line roughness metrology Line edge roughness or line width roughness of a feature on a sample may be determined from incident radiation scattered from the feature. An amount of ordered scattered radiation characterized by a discrete diffraction order is determined and a diffuse scattered ra... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8043513 | Gimbal-less micro-electro-mechanical-system tip-tilt and tip-tilt-piston actuators and a method for forming the same Fully monolithic gimbal-less micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) devices with large static optical beam deflection and fabrications methods are disclosed. The devices can achieve high speed of operation for both axes. Actuators are connected to a device, or devic... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042254 | Method for improving edge handling chuck aerodynamics An edge-handling chuck, a system for holding and rotating a test substrate at a high speed and a method for chucking a rotating substrate are disclosed. The Chuck includes a plate having a central axis, a fluid opening and a top surface with a varied topography char... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040511 | Azimuth angle measurement Methods and apparatus for measuring an optical azimuth angle φO of a substrate relative to a plane of detection in scatterometry tools are disclosed. A grating target on a stage of a scatterometry tool may be illuminated and positions of the resulting di... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037474 | Task manager with stored task definition having pointer to a memory address containing required code data related to the task for execution Cell processor task management in a cell processor having a main memory, one or more power processor units (PPU) and one or more synergistic processing units (SPU), each SPU having a processor and a local memory is described. An SPU task manager (STM) running on one... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8037271 | Method and system for performing memory copy function Methods copying data from one location to another in a main memory of a cell processor are disclosed. A portion of the data is transferred a first main memory location to the local store of one or more SPU and then transferred from the local store to a second main m... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033190 | Process condition sensing wafer and data analysis system A measuring device incorporating a substrate with sensors that measure the processing conditions that a wafer may undergo during manufacturing. The substrate can be inserted into a processing chamber by a robot head and the measuring device can transmit the conditio... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8024521 | Atomic operation on non-standard sized data using external cache Atomic operation may be implemented in a processor system comprising a main memory and a power processor element (PPE) including a power processor unit (PPU) coupled to an external cache. The PPE may atomically load data from a lock-line in the main memory into a fi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023110 | Priori crack detection in solar photovoltaic wafers by detecting bending at edges of wafers Methods and systems for determining the quality of a substrate are disclosed. One or more substrates may be examined to determine whether bending is present at the edge of a substrate. The substrate may be accepted if it is determined that bending is not present at ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8021563 | Etch depth determination for SGT technology A method for determining the depth etch, a method of forming a shielded gate trench (SGT) structure and a semiconductor device wafer are disclosed. A material layer is formed over part of a substrate having a trench. The material fills the trench. A resist mask is p... | 09/20/2011 |
