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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117427 | Motherboard, storage device and controller thereof, and booting method A motherboard, a storage device and a controller thereof and a booting method are provided. In the present invention, when powered on, an unfetch signal is transmitted to a central processor unit (CPU) by a controller such that an operation of the CPU is suspended. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117382 | Data writing method for non-volatile memory and controller using the same A data writing method for a non-volatile memory is provided, wherein the non-volatile memory includes a data area and a spare area. In the data writing method, a plurality of blocks in a substitution area of the non-volatile memory is respectively used for substitut... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116464 | Method for volume adaptation, mobile electronic device and computer program product using the method thereof A method for volume adaptation, a mobile electronic device and a computer program product are disclosed. According to the method for volume adaptation, a sound producing function is started. At intervals, a present first environmental noise is sampled, a present set... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116375 | Method for obtaining motion vector and image reference block in a code mode of fixed reference frame a number A method for obtaining an image reference block in a code mode of fixed reference frame number includes the steps of: performing motion estimation for each block of a current B frame and obtaining a motion vector MV of a corresponding block of a backward reference f... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116078 | Server auxiliary operating system A server auxiliary operating system is disclosed, which includes a case, a plurality of swappable GPUs and a printed circuit back plane. The case includes a bottom board and a first mounting bay located at the front portion of the case. The swappable GPUs are dispos... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116019 | Illumination system An illumination system including at least one coherent light source, a light uniforming element, and a prism is provided. The coherent light source is capable of emitting a coherent beam. The light uniforming element is disposed on a transmission path of the coheren... | 02/14/2012 |
| D654209 | Lighting fixture | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110928 | Stacked-type chip package structure and method of fabricating the same A stacked-type chip package structure including a first package structure, a second package structure, and a first molding compound is provided. The first package structure includes a first substrate, and a first chip stacked thereon and electrically connected there... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110520 | Carbon-coated metal oxide nano-particles and method of preparing the same A method of preparing carbon-coated metal oxide nano-particles and carbon-coated metal oxide nano-particles prepared with the same method are described. The method includes the following steps at least. A precursor of a polymer is polymerized on metal oxide nano-par... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108598 | Hard drive accessing method and hard drive accessing system supporting maximum transmission rate of hard drive A hard drive assessing method and a hard drive assessing system supporting a maximum transmission rate of a hard drive are provided, wherein the hard drive is accessed by a controller, and both the controller and the hard drive support a plurality of transmission ra... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108589 | Wear leveling method and controller using the same A wear leveling method for non-volatile memory is provided, by which the non-volatile memory is substantially divided into a plurality of blocks and the blocks are grouped into a data area and a spare area. The method includes selecting a block based on an erased se... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107889 | Transceiver device and power saving method thereof A transceiver device and a power saving method thereof are provided. The transceiver device includes an attenuation estimation module, a transmitter, and a control module. The attenuation estimation module is coupled to a transmission path for estimating an attenuat... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106483 | Wafer with improved intrinsic gettering ability An integrated circuit with improved intrinsic gettering ability is described, having a bulk micro-defect (BMD) density of 3.85×105-3.38×109/cm3 through first and second annealing steps. The first annealing step is performed at a fi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105877 | Method of fabricating a stacked type chip package structure A stacked type chip package structure including a package structure, a corresponding substrate, and a number of second bumps is provided. The package structure includes a first chip, a second chip, a number of first bumps, and a first underfill. The first chip is di... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105688 | Inorganic solid-phase combined powder, master batch and method for manufacturing the same, fiber and method for manufacturing the same The present invention relates to an inorganic solid-phase combined powder, a master batch and a method for manufacturing the same, a fiber and a method for manufacturing the same. The fiber manufactured by the above method includes the following constituents in perc... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105503 | Method of storing thermoresponsive polymer in state of aqueous solution It is intended to provide an aqueous solution of a thermoresponsive polymer, which shows an upper critical solution temperature (UCST) and is capable of maintaining a dissolved state, even if it is stored for a long period of time at a temperature at which a ligand ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105493 | Aggregation and dispersion methods of magnetic particles, separation and detection methods using the same and detection kit It is intended to provide a method capable of simply aggregating magnetic particles having a surface modified with a thermoresponsive polymer at a given temperature without heating or cooling an aqueous solution containing the magnetic particles, and a separation me... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104356 | Pressure sensing device package and manufacturing method thereof A pressure sensing device package including a circuit substrate, a pressure sensing device, a molding compound, and a flexible protection layer is provided. The circuit substrate has an opening. The pressure sensing device is flip chip bonded to the circuit substrat... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104171 | Method of fabricating multi-layered substrate The present invention directs to fabrication methods of single-sided or double-sided multi-layered substrate by providing a lamination structure having at least a core structure and first and second laminate structures stacked over both surfaces of the core structur... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104169 | Automatic assembly jig An automatic assembly jig adapted for assembling an electronic component and a case is provided. The jig includes a working platform, a carrier, a pressure exerting device and at least a gear. The working platform has a guiding rail. The carrier is disposed on the w... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104167 | Method of manufacturing resistance film heating apparatus A method of manufacturing a resistance film heating apparatus comprising: acid washing and cleaning the surface of a base material; heating and activating the base material; spraying a liquid resistance material on the surface; testing by the four-point method the a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103820 | Wear leveling method and controller using the same A wear leveling method for a multi level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory is provided. The flash memory includes a first zone and a second zone respectively having a plurality of blocks, wherein each of the blocks includes an upper page and a lower page. The wear leveli... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102702 | Phase change memory and operation method of the same An operation method of phase change memory (PCM) is provided. The operation method includes applying a RESET pulse to a phase change material of the PCM, wherein the RESET pulse has a profile with a first tail such that a plurality of seeds are formed in the phase c... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102669 | Chip package structure with shielding cover A chip package structure with a shielding cover includes a substrate, a chip, a pair of first passive components, a pair of second passive components, and a shielding cover. The chip, the pair of first passive components, the pair of second passive components, and t... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101092 | Method for controlling ADI-AEI CD difference ratio of openings having different sizes A method for controlling ADI-AEI CD difference ratios of openings having different sizes is provided. First, a first etching step using a patterned photoresist layer as a mask is performed to form a patterned Si-containing material layer and a polymer layer on sidew... | 01/24/2012 |
| D652980 | Lighting fixture | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098931 | Method for adaptively selecting filters to interpolate video data A method for adaptively selecting filters to interpolate video data is provided. In the present method, when receiving video data encoded by a 4:2:2 sampling format, a plurality of filters having different weights are adaptively selected to convert the color compone... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098522 | Non-volatile memory and operation method thereof An operation method of a non-volatile memory suitable for a multi-level cell having a first storage position and a second storage position is provided. The operation method includes: setting N threshold-voltage distribution curves, wherein the N threshold-voltage di... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098339 | Integrated single panel projection engine The present invention discloses an integrated single-panel projection engine (500) including a collimated light source (400), a main polarization beam splitter (200), a supporting polarization beam splitter (210), a reflective quarter wav... | 01/17/2012 |
| D652562 | Lighting fixture | 01/17/2012 |
| D652537 | Light emitting diode lamp | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094931 | Method of color components compression A method of color components compression is provided. In the present method, when receiving video data encoded by a 4:4:4 sampling format, color components of each set of neighboring pixels in the video data is down-sampled and a first difference of the color compon... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8093665 | Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device is described, which includes a substrate, a gate structure, doped regions and lightly doped regions. The substrate has a stepped upper surface, which includes a first surface, a second surface and a third surface. The second surface is lower t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8093118 | Semiconductor structure and method of forming the same A semiconductor structure and a method of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a resistor and a metal gate structure. The substrate has a first area and a second area. The resistor is disposed in the first area, wherein th... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092621 | Method for inhibiting growth of nickel-copper-tin intermetallic layer in solder joints A method for inhibiting the growth of a nickel-copper-tin intermetallic (i.e. (Ni,Cu)3Sn4) layer at the (Cu,Ni)6Sn5/nickel interface of a solder joint is described as follows. A Sn—Ag—Cu solder alloy with a Cu-content ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091221 | Method of fabricating circuit board A method of fabricating a circuit board includes the following steps. First, a patterned metal board is provided. The patterned metal board includes a patterned circuit having at least a pad. Next, a dielectric layer is formed on the patterned metal board to cover t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090927 | Method and system for executing applicatons, storage medium controller and storage device An application executing method for automatically executing an application stored in a storage unit of an external storage device in an operating system (OS) of a computer host is provided. The method includes dividing the storage unit into a first partition and a s... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089706 | Fixed-focus lens A fixed-focus lens disposed between a magnified side and a minified side. The fixed-focus lens has an optical axis and includes a reflective system and a refractive system. The reflective system includes a reflection mirror with a negative refractive power. The refr... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087736 | Stopping structure and server having the same A stopping structure and a server having the same are provided. The server includes a rack, at least one chassis, and a stopping structure. The chassis disposed in the rack moves relative to the rack. The stopping structure is disposed between the rack and the chass... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086919 | Controller having flash memory testing functions, and storage system and testing method thereof A flash memory controller having a flash memory testing functions is provided, in which the flash memory controller includes a microprocessor unit, a flash memory interface unit, a host interface unit and a memory cell testing unit. The flash memory interface unit i... | 12/27/2011 |