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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141245 | Method of forming a circuit board with improved via design A circuit board or each circuit board of a multi-layer circuit board includes an electrically conductive sheet coated with an insulating top layer covering one surface of the conductive sheet, an insulating bottom layer covering another surface of the conductive she... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8065795 | Multi-layer circuit assembly and process for preparing the same Processes for fabricating a multi-layer circuit assembly and a multi-layer circuit assembly fabricated by such processes are provided. The process includes (a) providing a substrate at least one area of which comprises a plurality of vias, these area(s) having a via... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8057654 | Electrodeposition of dielectric coatings on semiconductive substrates A method includes: immersing a semiconductive substrate in an electrodeposition composition, wherein at least 20 percent by weight of resin solids in the composition is a highly cross-linked microgel component, and applying a voltage between the substrate and the co... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8008188 | Method of forming solid blind vias through the dielectric coating on high density interconnect substrate materials A method is provided comprising: coating an electrically conductive core with a first removable material, creating openings in the first removable material to expose portions of the electrically conductive core, plating a conductive material onto the exposed portion... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7860856 | Computer-implemented method and apparatus for matching paint A computer implemented method for matching paint on a vehicle, having the steps of receiving in a central computer, from a remote terminal, vehicle identifying information relating to a specific vehicle and a first set of paint color data from a portion of the body ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 6985050 | Waveguide-finline tunable phase shifter A tunable phase shifter includes a waveguide, a finline substrate positioned within the waveguide, a tunable dielectric layer positioned on the finline substrate, a first conductor positioned on the tunable dielectric layer, and a second conductor positioned on the ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6954118 | Voltage tunable coplanar phase shifters with a conductive dome structure A phase shifter includes a substrate, a tunable dielectric film having a dielectric constant between 70 to 600, a tuning range of 20 to 60%, and a loss tangent between 0.008 to 0.03 at K and Ka bands positioned on a surface of the substrate, a coplanar waveguide pos... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6876279 | Voltage tunable laminated dielectric materials for a coplanor waveguide A tunable dielectric structure includes a first layer of dielectric material, a second layer of dielectric material positioned adjacent to the first layer of dielectric material, with the second layer of dielectric material having a dielectric constant that is less ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6864840 | Serially-fed phased array antennas with dielectric phase shifters A phased array antenna includes a plurality of radiating elements, a feed line assembly, a ground plane positioned between the plurality of radiating elements and the feed line assembly, with the ground plane having a plurality of openings positioned between the plu... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6864757 | Tunable microwave devices with auto-adjusting matching circuit An impedance matching circuit includes a conductor line having an input port and an output port, a ground conductor, a tunable dielectric material positioned between a first section of the conductor line and the ground conductor, a non-tunable dielectric material po... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6865109 | Magnetic random access memory having flux closure for the free layer and spin transfer write mechanism A magnetic random access memory comprises a plurality of memory elements each comprising a magnetic pinned layer; a synthetic antiferromagnetic free layer including a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a first nonmagnetic layer positioned b... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6801104 | Electronically tunable combline filters tuned by tunable dielectric capacitors A voltage-controlled tunable filter includes at least two cavity resonators electrically coupled to each other. A voltage tunable dielectric capacitor is positioned within each of the resonators. Connections are provided for applying a control voltage to the voltage... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6794950 | Waveguide to microstrip transition A waveguide to microstrip T-junction includes a microstrip transmission line structure having a ground plane separated from a strip conductor by a dielectric layer, the ground plane defining an aperture; a waveguide channel having a conductive periphery being electr... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6794960 | Voltage tunable laminated dielectric materials for microwave waveguide applications A tunable dielectric structure includes a first layer of dielectric material, a second layer of dielectric material positioned adjacent to the first layer of dielectric material, with the second layer of dielectric material having a dielectric constant that is less ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6771216 | Nearfield calibration method used for phased array antennas containing tunable phase shifters A method for calibrating a phased array antenna and the calibrated phased array antenna are described herein. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the method for calibrating a phased array antenna containing a plurality of electronically tunable pha... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6759980 | Phased array antennas incorporating voltage-tunable phase shifters This invention provides a phased array antenna comprising an input, a feed network electronically coupled to the input, a plurality of radiating elements, a plurality of continuously voltage tunable phase shifters for receiving signals from the feed network and prov... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6759918 | Tunable microwave devices with auto-adjusting matching circuit An impedance matching circuit includes a conductor line having an input port and an output port, a ground conductor, a tunable dielectric material positioned between a first section of the conductor line and the ground conductor, a non-tunable dielectric material po... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6756939 | Phased array antennas incorporating voltage-tunable phase shifters This invention provides a phased array antenna comprising an input, a feed network electronically coupled to the input, a plurality of radiating elements, a plurality of continuously voltage tunable phase shifters for receiving signals from the feed network and prov... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6727535 | Ferroelectric varactor with built-in DC blocks A voltage tunable dielectric varactor includes a tunable ferroelectric layer and first and second non-tunable dielectric layers. First and second electrodes positioned adjacent to the tunable ferroelectric layer form a tunable capacitor. A third electrode is positio... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6724280 | Tunable RF devices with metallized non-metallic bodies An electronic device comprises a non-metallic waveguide, a tunable component mounted within the waveguide, and a conductive layer on a surface of the waveguide. The tunable component can comprise a tunable filter. The non-metallic waveguide can comprise a plastic ma... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6717491 | Hairpin microstrip line electrically tunable filters An electronic filter includes a first microstrip line hairpin resonator including first and second arms, a first varactor connected between a first end of the first arm and a first end of the second arm of the first microstrip line hairpin resonator, a first capacit... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6710679 | Analog rat-race phase shifters tuned by dielectric varactors A phase shifter includes a first rat-race ring having four ports, an input coupled to a first one of the ports, an output coupled to a second one of the ports, a first resonant circuit coupled to a third one of the ports, and a second resonant circuit coupled to a f... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6686873 | Farfield calibration method used for phased array antennas containing tunable phase shifters A method for calibrating a phased array antenna and the calibrated phased array antenna are described herein. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the method for calibrating a phased array antenna containing a plurality of electronically ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6539063 | System and method for recovering symbol timing offset and carrier frequency error in an OFDM digital audio broadcast system The system for recovering symbol timing offset and carrier frequency error from an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signal includes a receiver circuit for receiving an OFDM modulated signal representing a series of OFDM symbols, and provid... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6531936 | Voltage tunable varactors and tunable devices including such varactors A voltage tunable dielectric varactor includes a substrate having a low dielectric constant and having generally planar surface, a tunable ferroelectric layer positioned on the generally planar surface of the substrate, and first and second electrodes pos... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6514895 | Electronically tunable ceramic materials including tunable dielectric and metal silicate phases The present invention relates to electronically tunable dielectric materials which have favorable properties for many applications, including the area of radio frequency (RF) engineering and design. The electronically tunable materials include an electron... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6492094 | Lithography for fast processing of large areas utilizing electron beam exposure A lithography method combines both high gap resolution and high processing speed. An electron beam sensitive resist is applied to a substrate, followed by a photoresist. The undesired portions of the photoresist are removed through photolithography. An el... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6430227 | FM in-band-on-channel digital audio broadcasting method and system This invention provides a method of broadcasting including the steps of providing a broadcast signal in a central frequency band of an FM radio channel; providing a first plurality of sub-carriers in an upper sideband of the FM radio channel; providing a ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6404614 | Voltage tuned dielectric varactors with bottom electrodes A voltage tunable dielectric varactor includes a substrate having a first dielectric constant and having generally a planar surface, first and second electrodes positioned on the generally planar surface of the substrate, the first and second electrodes b... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6400758 | Method and apparatus for training sequence identification in an AM compatible digital audio broadcasting system A method is provided for identifying a training baud in a digital audio broadcasting signal. The method includes the steps of receiving a plurality of carrier signals modulated by a plurality of data baud, wherein the data baud include normal baud and tra... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6377142 | Voltage tunable laminated dielectric materials for microwave applications A tunable dielectric structure includes a first layer of dielectric material, a second layer of dielectric material positioned adjacent to the first layer of dielectric material, with the second layer of dielectric material having a dielectric constant th... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6377217 | Serially-fed phased array antennas with dielectric phase shifters A phased array antenna includes a plurality of radiating elements, a feed line assembly, a ground plane positioned between the plurality of radiating elements and the feed line assembly, with the ground plane having a plurality of openings positioned betw... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6345377 | Digital audio broadcasting method using puncturable convolutional code A broadcasting method comprising the steps of encoding program material using codes including a first set of bits and a second set of bits, the first set of bits contributing a greater coding gain to the codes than the second set of bits, modulating a plu... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6272467 | System for data collection and matching compatible profiles This invention relates to an automated method for identifying matches between a set of predetermined traits and a set of preferences. This method can be used to find compatible matches in a variety of situation s where participants are identified by a pro... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6259893 | Method and apparatus for reduction of FM interference for FM in-band on-channel digital audio broadcasting system This invention provides a method for reducing FM interference in an in-band on-channel digital audio broadcasting system. The method includes the steps of receiving a composite signal including a signal of interest and an interfering signal and normalizin... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6243424 | Method and apparatus for AM digital broadcasting A method for AM in-band-on-channel (IBOC) digital audio broadcasting (DAB) uses a center channel signal in a central frequency band of an AM radio channel, the center channel signal is modulated by first and second versions of the program material to be t... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6178317 | System and method for mitigating intermittent interruptions in an audio radio broadcast system A system (100) is provided wherein a primary radio signal and a redundant radio signal are transmitted from a transmitter subsystem (120) and received by a receiver subsystem (140). The output (112) of an audio source (110) is coupled to a modulator (160)... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6148007 | Method for data transmission in a digital audio broadcasting system A method of broadcasting digitally encoded information includes the transmission of a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed sub-carriers. The sub-carriers are modulated by a digitally encoded signal representative of data to be transmitte... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6128334 | Receiver addressable AM compatible digital broadcast system The present invention provides for a receiver addressable AM compatible digital broadcast system and method. The digital broadcast signal includes a plurality of digitally modulated signals and an analog signal. A transmitter useable within the system inc... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6128350 | Method and apparatus for reducing peak to average power ratio in digital broadcasting systems This invention provides a method for reducing peak to average power ratio in a radio frequency signal. The method comprises the steps of modulating a plurality of sub-carriers with a plurality of data symbol vectors to produce a first modulated signal; li... | 10/03/2000 |
