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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941715 | Asynchronous set-reset circuit device An asynchronous set-reset circuit device for testing activity performed by an Automatic Test Patterns Generation tool may include a pair of logic gates having at least two inputs each, and a logic gate structure coupled upstream from the pair of logic gates. The log... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941672 | Regeneration of a secret quantity from an intergrated circuit identifier A method and a circuit for generating a secret quantity based on an identifier of an integrated circuit, including combining a first digital word derived from a physical parameter network with a second word stored in a non-volatile memory element. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941639 | Protection of the execution of a program A method for protecting the execution of a main program against possible traps, including, on occurrence of an instruction from the main program, starting a time counter of a given count according to next instructions of the main program, and executing, once the cou... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940996 | Image noise detection An image comprises columns and rows of blocks of pixels. In each row and/or column, a series of pairs of blocks of pixels comprise first and second adjacent blocks of pixels, with the second block in a previous pair of blocks corresponding to the first block in a ne... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940788 | System for transmitting data within a network between nodes of the network and flow control process for transmitting the data A system is for transmitting data in a network and includes emitter nodes, each including a transmitter for transmitting requests for data transmission. The system may also include a receiver node receiving the data transmission from the emitter nodes and including ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940555 | Row decoder for non-volatile memory devices, in particular of the phase-change type A hierarchical row decoder is for a phase-change memory device provided with an array of memory cells organized according to a plurality of array wordlines and array bitlines. The row decoder has a global decoder that addresses first and a second global wordlines ac... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940553 | Method of storing an indication of whether a memory location in phase change memory needs programming A phase change memory includes a float buffer which stores the result of a comparison between the current state of data in the phase change memory cells and an intended next state of each of those cells. The float buffer indicates which cells need to be programmed i... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940317 | Image sensor having a pixel array with serial readout The image sensor includes an array of pixels, each pixel having a photo-diode, for providing a pixel voltage, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) operable to convert the pixel voltage to a digital value and a memory for storing the digital value. Read circuitry is ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940099 | Method of improving noise characteristics of an ADPLL and a relative ADPLL An all-digital phase locked loop (ADPLL) generates a feedback word representing a continuous-time oscillating signal. The ADPLL includes a time-to-digital converter (TDC) configured to be input with the continuous-time oscillating signal and a reference signal. The ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940030 | DC-DC converter with current overload protection circuit and method A DC-DC converter including: a switch, having a control terminal receiving a control signal, and a conduction terminal supplying a current; a load, coupled to the conduction terminal of the switch and selectively receiving the current; a control circuit, receiving a... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939887 | Active semiconductor component with a reduced surface area A semiconductor component in which the active junctions extend perpendicularly to the surface of a semiconductor chip substantially across the entire thickness thereof. The contacts with the regions to be connected are provided by conductive fingers substantially cr... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939856 | Area-efficient distributed device structure for integrated voltage regulators An area efficient distributed device for integrated voltage regulators comprising at least one filler cell connected between a pair of PADS on I/O rail of a chip and at least one additional filler cell having small size replica of said device is coupled to said I/O ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939815 | Forming a carbon passivated ovonic threshold switch By making an ovonic threshold switch using a carbon interfacial layer having a thickness of less than or equal to ten percent of the thickness of the associated electrode, cycle endurance may be improved. In some embodiments, a glue layer may be used between the car... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938329 | System and method for sensing biometric and non-biometric smart card devices A smart card device includes a card body; and a plurality of card contacts carried by the card body. A smart card chip circuit includes a processor carried by the card body and operably connected to the contacts. At least one memory stores a set of instructions rela... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937590 | Secure identification with biometric data A secure method and device of identification by biometric data in which digital biometric data obtained by a sensor are combined with an identifier of an integrated circuit chip contained in a device common to the sensor. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936875 | Protection of a digital quantity contained in an integrated circuit comprising a JTAG interface A method and a circuit for protecting a digital quantity stored in a microcontroller including a JTAG interface, including the step of making the digital quantity dependent from a value stored in non-volatile fashion in the microcontroller and made inaccessible if s... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936189 | Driver circuit and method for reducing electromagnetic interference An apparatus and a method switch a load through a power transistor. The apparatus includes: a first current generator for generating a current to charge a capacitance of a control terminal of the power transistor during power on of the power transistor; a second cur... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936047 | Method for realizing a contact of an integrated well in a semiconductor substrate, in particular for a base terminal of a bipolar transistor, with enhancement of the transistor performances A method realizes a contact of a first well of a first type of dopant integrated in a semiconductor substrate next to a second well of a second type of dopant and forming with it a parasitic diode. The method comprises: formation of the first well; formation of the ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934265 | Secured coprocessor comprising means for preventing access to a unit of the coprocessor The present invention relates to a coprocessor comprising a calculation unit for executing a command, and a securization device for monitoring the execution of the command and supplying an error signal having an active value as soon as the execution of the command b... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932623 | Method and system for driving a vehicle trailer tow connector In a method for driving electronic devices connected to a vehicle trailer tow connector a trailer electronic device control signal is receiving from a vehicle data communication network. In response to the received control signal, a solid state power control device ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930605 | Electronic circuit comprising a test mode secured by insertion of decoy data in the test chain, associated method An electronic circuit includes configurable cells each having a test input and an output. The configurable cells are connected to one another in a chain in a predefined order via their test input and their output to form a test register based on receiving a chaining... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929794 | Method and apparatus for image data compression An image data file undergoes compression, such as JPEG compression. The size of the resulting compressed file is compared with a file size limit. If the file size limit is exceeded, then the compression factor may be increased. A scaler reduces the image pixel resol... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929756 | Method for classifying a digital image A method for associating with a digital image a class of a plurality of predefined classes having respective models, the method including the phases of dividing the digital image pixel by pixel into one or more regions belonging to a set of predefined regions that d... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929649 | Analog/digital carrier differentiation in digital cable receivers A communication signal carrier on a communication channel in a digital cable receiver can be characterized as analog without exhaustively attempting to determine a symbol rate or modulation scheme of a digital carrier. The signal level in the channel is observed at ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929643 | Method of estimating fading coefficients of channels and of receiving symbols and relative single or multi-antenna receiver and transmitter The method is for estimating the fading coefficients of a plurality of transmission channels on which signals to be sent, generated as a function of a sequence of symbols, are transmitted according to a particular modulation, e.g. AM-PSK modulation. The fading coeff... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929601 | Methods and system for encoding/decoding signals including scrambling spectral representation and downsampling A method for encoding and decoding media signals, includes the operations of generating at a transmitting side multiple descriptions associated to data of the media signals through a downsampling operation performed on the data, and decoding at a receiving side the ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928960 | Analog input device with integrated pressure sensor and electronic apparatus equipped with said input device In an input device, a control element is operated by a user; a pressure sensor is mechanically coupled to the control element and is provided with a monolithic body of semiconductor material housing a first sensitive element, which detects an actuation of the contro... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928719 | Zero current detector for a DC-DC converter A zero current detector for a DC-DC converter includes a first transistor having a drain, a gate, and a source for sensing the voltage of a first terminal of a power transistor; a second transistor having a drain, a gate, and a source for sensing the voltage of a se... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928578 | Electric linkage in a semiconductor electronic device between a nanometric circuit architecture and standard electronic components A semiconductor electronic device that includes a semiconductor substrate having a top surface; a seed layer positioned on the substrate and having a notched wall extending transversely with respect to the substrate top surface, the wall defining a first recess exte... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928520 | Micro-fluidic structure A microfabricated structure that includes a first layer of material on a substrate, and a second layer of material over the first layer that forms an encapsulated cavity, and a structural support layer added to the second layer. Openings can be formed in the cavity,... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927969 | Cleaning of photolithography masks A method and an equipment for cleaning masks used for photolithography steps, including at least one step of thermal treatment under pumping at a pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure and at a temperature greater than the ambient temperature. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927424 | Padded clamp ring with edge exclusion for deposition of thick AlCu/AlSiCu/Cu metal alloy layers A substrate clamp ring has an edge exclusion lip with a variable bottom surface. At least a portion of that bottom surface has a height above the substrate contact level selected to minimize accumulation over time of deposited aluminum-copper alloy across lower port... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925848 | Method for initializing a memory A method for initializing a control device of a memory, the control device executing commands for accessing the memory transmitted to the memory by a control signal, the method comprising steps of detecting the switching on of the memory and of at least partially in... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925803 | Method and systems for mesochronous communications in multiple clock domains and corresponding computer program product Full-duplex communication over a communication link between an initiator operating with an initiator clock and a target operating with a target clock involves, in communication from the initiator to the target: storing data from the initiator in a first FIFO memory ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925228 | Method and system for calibrating quadrature modulators A calibration method and system for reducing modulation errors in a telecommunication transmitter apparatus includes providing a pair of test signals, which are substantially in quadrature to each other, and to repeat an estimation loop. The estimation loop starts w... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925051 | Method for capturing images comprising a measurement of local motions A method for capturing a sequence of video images, using an imager including an estimation of the parameters of a model of global motion between successive images. The method may include measurement of local motions on edges of the images, with the estimation of the... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925010 | Message deciphering method, system and article A method decrypts the encrypted messages sent by a transmission device to a first electronic device associated with a first trusted authority and to a second electronic device. In one embodiment, first and second tokens are generated and exchanged, respectively, by ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924937 | Resonant power converter for radio frequency transmission and method A resonant power converter for ultra-efficient radio frequency transmission and associated methods. In one exemplary embodiment, the invention is digitally actuated and uses a combination of a noise-shaped encoder, a charging switch, and a high-Q resonator coupled t... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924839 | Mechanism to reduce lookup latency in a pipelined hardware implementation of a trie-based IP lookup algorithm A series of hardware pipeline units each processing a stride during prefix search operations on a multi-bit trie includes, within at least one pipeline unit other than the last pipeline unit, a mechanism for retiring search results from the respective pipeline unit ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924267 | Pointing device for a computer system with automatic detection of lifting, and relative control method A pointing device for a computer system includes: a first movement sensor for detecting movements of the device along a first axis and a second axis; a second movement sensor, for detecting movements of the device along a third axis not coplanar with the first and s... | 04/12/2011 |
