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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8093654 | Vertical transistor component A method for producing a vertical transistor component includes providing a semiconductor substrate, applying an auxiliary layer to the semiconductor substrate, and patterning the auxiliary layer for the purpose of producing at least one trench which extends as far ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8074925 | Aircraft attitude control configuration An aircraft attitude control configuration enables control surfaces to provide attitude control for an aircraft at hover or low air speed conditions. The aircraft attitude control configuration includes a plurality of thrusters mounted to an aircraft for thrusting a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8064557 | Programmable synchronization unit for a signal receiver A programmable synchronizing unit for a signal receiver has a received data memory for buffering received data, a correlation value data memory for storing correlation values, a data path for correlating the received data with the correlation values, a result data m... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8033503 | Pressure bulkhead for an aerospace fuselage A pressure bulkhead for an aerospace fuselage includes a bulkhead main portion having an approximately flat shape in unloaded state; and a frame supporting and connecting said bulkhead main portion to the fuselage; wherein said bulkhead main portion includes an airt... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8008907 | Delay line calibration circuit comprising asynchronous arbiter element A delay line calibration circuit is disclosed herein. The calibration circuit has an arbiter circuit having a unit for determining which of two signals that arrive first; a first and a second synchronous element each having an input for receiving a clock signal, and... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7992631 | System and method for seasonal energy storage A temperature control system for a building comprises a thermal collection system, a plurality of underground heat sinks, and a heat exchanger. The thermal collection system includes at least one fluid channel. The thermal collection system is configured to heat or ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7813450 | Method and circuit arrangement for reducing RFI interface In a method for reducing RFI interference in a DMT data transmission a compensation signal for the purpose of reducing an RFI interference signal superposed on a transmitted DMT reception signal is generated. Only carrier frequencies of the DMT reception signal in t... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7805262 | Utility meter using temperature compensation A utility meter having a temperature compensation function provides advantages such as improved time keeping accuracy. According to an exemplary embodiment, a utility meter includes at least one sensor for detecting an ambient temperature at a location corresponding... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7804276 | Circuit arrangement and method for transferring electrical charge between accumulators of an accumulator arrangement including a series circuit of accumulators A circuit arrangement for transferring electrical charge between accumulators of an accumulator arrangement includes a number of first series circuits, each connecting in parallel to one of the accumulators, and each comprising a switching element and an inductive s... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7801296 | xDSL-line-interface-circuit at least one self oscillating loop circuit which oscillates with a switching frequency (fs), wherein the self oscillating loop circuit (18, 19, 20) comprises an output driver (19) which is switched with said switching frequency and a loop fi... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7702007 | Adjusting a transmit power spectrum of a transmit/receiver device of a communication network A device for adjusting a transmit power spectrum of a first transmit/receive device of a communication network, comprising a means for receiving a measure for an attenuation which a signal experiences on a line from the first transmit/receive means to a first subscr... | 04/20/2010 |
| D612164 | Nestable and stackable chair | 03/23/2010 |
| 7673482 | Wheel lock A wheel lock mounted for preventing removal of the wheel from the axle includes a cup shaped base portion with an opening to receive a wheel stud for threaded engagement with a lug nut to clamp the base portion to the wheel. A cup shaped cover portion nests within t... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7658718 | Biopsy needle with integrated guide pin A biopsy needle assembly for use in a biopsy gun includes coaxially slidably engaged outer needle and inner needles. The inner needle defines a cavity adjacent its distal end for receiving a tissue sample. A first hub is attached to the proximal end of the inner nee... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7655975 | Power trench transistor A power trench transistor comprises a semiconductor body in which a cell array and an edge region surrounding the cell array are formed. First edge trenches are formed within the edge region. The first edge trenches contain field electrodes and the longitudinal orie... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7635909 | Semiconductor diode and IGBT A semiconductor diode has an anode, a cathode and a semiconductor volume provided between anode and cathode. A plurality of semiconductor zones are formed in the semiconductor volume, which semiconductor zones are inversely doped with respect to their immediate surr... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7581696 | Aircraft attitude control configuration An aircraft attitude control configuration enables control surfaces to provide attitude control for an aircraft at hover or low air speed conditions. The aircraft attitude control configuration includes a thruster mounted to an aircraft for thrusting air, a first co... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7522397 | Input/output interface with current sensing An interface circuit includes an input terminal, a controlled current sink, a current measurement arrangement, and a logic circuit. The input terminal is configured to receive an input signal. The controlled current sink is operably coupled to the input terminal, an... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7489181 | Circuit which can be programmed using a resistor and which has a reference current source A circuit configured to be programmed using a resistor includes an output terminal, a reference voltage source, a first circuit, and a current mirror arrangement. The output terminal is configured to be connected to a programming resistor. The reference voltage sour... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7456069 | Method in the fabrication of an integrated injection logic circuit A method in the fabrication of an I2L circuit comprises (i) forming a common base of a lateral bipolar transistor and emitter of a vertical bipolar multicollector transistor, a common collector of the lateral transistor and base of the vertical multicolle... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7450913 | Circuit arrangement for a wideband mixer with predistortion and high linearity Circuit arrangement for a wideband mixer (1, 101, 201) with a multiplicative mixing stage (2) which exhibits a carrier frequency input (3, 4) for coupling in a differential carrier frequency signal (LOP, LON), a mixing stage input (5, 6) ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7442068 | Electrical device having a base and an electrical module Such an electrical device (6) comprises an electrical module (8) for the purpose of communicating between the electrical module (8) and another electrical device. An identification transmitter (14) is provided which has a first position, ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7428673 | Test method for determining the wire configuration for circuit carriers with components arranged thereon The invention relates to a test method for determining a wire configuration for a circuit carrier having at least one component arranged thereon, where internal lines in the component are connected to component connections in a prescribed order, and where the compon... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7378741 | Semiconductor component and corresponding fabrication/mounting method A semiconductor component (1) has a substrate (21) and a structure (22, 23) formed from semiconductor/insulator/conductor layers (24 to 26) on/in the substrate (21). Furthermore, there is an insulator layer (32) which... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7307329 | Electronic device with guard ring An electronic device includes a substrate, an insulating layer arranged on the substrate, the insulating layer having an opening in an area of the surface of the substrate, an active layer arranged within the opening on the surface of the substrate, the active layer... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7274077 | Trench transistor A trench transistor has a cell array, in which at least one cell array trench (2) is provided, and an edge structure framing the cell array. An edge trench (15) spaced apart from the cell array trenches (2) is provided in the edge structure.... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265566 | Semiconductor component arrangement having a temperature-based defect identification A semiconductor component arrangement includes a semiconductor body, at least a first power semiconductor switching element, and a defect identification circuit. The semiconductor body has a front side and a rear side, and the first power semiconductor switching ele... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263751 | Lightweight viewing casket A casket assembly includes a container and a two-piece lid. The two-piece lid includes a superior lid that covers the anterior end of the casket and an inferior lid that covers the opposite end. The container includes a bottom panel, an inferior end panel, a superio... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7253471 | Semiconductor structure having thick stabilization layer A semiconductor structure has a semiconductor substrate (3, 4), on/in whose top side a structure comprising semiconductor layers, metal layers and insulator layers (5) is applied/impressed. An as far as possible contiguous stabilization layer (6, 10... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249403 | Lightweight viewing casket with handles A casket assembly includes a container and a two-piece lid. The two-piece lid includes a superior lid that covers the anterior end of the casket and an inferior lid that covers the opposite end. The container includes a bottom panel, an inferior end panel, a superio... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249402 | Mortise and tenon casket with shelf and bracket assembly A casket assembly includes a container and a two-piece lid. The two-piece lid includes a superior lid that covers the anterior end of the casket and an inferior lid that covers the opposite end. The container includes a bottom panel, an inferior end panel, a superio... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7234211 | Mortise and tenon casket with pins A casket assembly includes a container and a two-piece lid. The two-piece lid includes a superior lid that covers the anterior end of the casket and an inferior lid that covers the opposite end. The container includes a bottom panel, an inferior end panel, a superio... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7224043 | Semiconductor element with improved adhesion characteristics of the non-metallic surfaces The invention relates to a semiconductor element with metallic and non-metallic surfaces, with the non-metallic surfaces of the semiconductor being provided with a layer which has irregularities, so that adhesion between the non-metallic surface and the molding comp... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7199741 | Method for digital/analog conversion and corresponding digital/analog converter device A method and a device for digital/analog conversion are proposed, whereby for improved use of a “dynamic element matching” algorithm, in particular a “data weighted averaging” algorithm, the number of existing conversion elements is greater than a maximum nu... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193200 | Receiver circuit for a push-pull transmission method The invention relates to a receiver arrangement for a push-pull transmission method. First and second signal detectors, to which a first input signal is fed provide first and second detector signals depending on a comparison of the first input signal with a detector... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7176546 | Diode circuit and method of producing a diode circuit A diode circuit includes a pin diode structure, wherein the n-semiconductor layer is a buried layer, on which the i-area is deposited by an epitaxy method, and wherein a p-semiconductor layer is introduced into the epitaxy layer. A contacting of the p-semiconductor ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167804 | Utility meter having programmable pulse output An apparatus for measuring energy consumption includes an input circuit and a processing circuit. The input circuit is operable to generate a first digital signal representative of a line voltage waveform and a second digital signal representative of a line current ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7153305 | Method for treating tibial plateau compression fractures An apparatus and method for distracting, in a given direction, and supporting two tissue surfaces. A plurality of wafers are consecutively inserted between the two tissue surfaces to create a column of wafers. The column of wafers is oriented between the tissue surf... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7126414 | Arrangement and method for controlling an amplifier circuit corresponding to energy uptake in the amplifier circuit An amplifier circuit (1) is disclosed, wherein with a view to reducing the leakage power of the amplifier circuit (1) a current path (6) is provided between a first output terminal (A1) and a second output terminal (A2) of the ampl... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7095333 | Method and apparatus for enabling optical communication through low intensity indicators in an appliance that uses a vacuum fluorescent display An optical interface using indicator lights is provided for an appliance having a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) by mounting the indicator lights behind a VFD. In a VFD having a dark background, apertures are formed in the VFD so the indicator lights are enabled f... | 08/22/2006 |
