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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107553 | Crest factor reduction in multicarrier transmission schemes A multicarrier transmission system uses a set of carriers spaced apart in frequency with a number of bits being assigned to each carrier. A transmitter has a mapper which maps a data signal to a parallel set of constellation values. A frequency domain-to-time domain... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106832 | Circularly polarized patch antenna with single supply point An antenna for circularly polarized radiation having a lamina of electrically conductive material with a generally square shape and a first chamfer on a first vertex of the generally square shape. The chamfer determines an asymmetrical shape of the lamina. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102997 | Processor for executing an AES-type algorithm A processor for executing a Rijndeal algorithm which applies a plurality of encryption rounds to a data block array in order to obtain an array of identical size, each round involving a key block array and a data block substitution table, wherein said processor comp... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102924 | Arrangements and methods for per tone equalization with reduced complexity An equalizer for a multi carrier signal for carrying out equalization adapted to each carrier or group of carriers, Fourier transforms the multi carrier signal, and obtains difference terms of the multi carrier signal. Both are input to an adaptive filter, to output... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8058926 | Amplifier input switch configuration with improved PSRR A switch including a first transistor including a first main terminal connected to a first switch node, a second main terminal connected to a second switch node and a control terminal, the second switch node being connected to a first clean voltage supply, and first... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8053353 | Method of making connections in a back-lit circuit A method for forming, on a surface of a thinned-down semiconductor substrate, a contact connected to a metal track of an interconnect stack formed on the opposite surface of the thinned-down substrate, including the steps of: forming, on the side of a first surface ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8048685 | Magnetic RAM A memory element for a magnetic RAM, having a first magnetic portion in a first recess of a first insulating layer; and a non-magnetic portion and a second magnetic portion in a second recess of a second insulating layer covering the first insulating layer, the seco... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045703 | Apparatus and method for echo-cancellation There is disclosed a multi-carrier transceiver system for use in echo cancellation. The transceiver system is arranged to generate from input data a multicarrier transmit signal comprising a plurality of multi-carrier data blocks. The transceiver system also has a m... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045353 | Integrated circuit capable of operating at different supply voltages A chip configuration for dual board voltage compatibility comprising ballast I/O pads, regulator control block and VDDCO pad. If 1.8V is available on board, all 1.8V pads are connected to the package pins and the VDDCO pad is double bonded with one 1.8V package pin.... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040339 | Optimized rowoff voltage Circuitry for controlling a display matrix formed of light-emitting diodes arranged in rows and columns, diodes in each row being connected to common row lines, and diodes in each column being connected to common column lines, each of the column lines being selectiv... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036020 | Circuit for reading a charge retention element for a time measurement A method and a circuit for reading an electronic charge retention element for a temporal measurement, of the type including at least one capacitive element whose dielectric exhibits a leakage and a transistor with insulated control terminal for reading the residual ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035437 | Phase interpolator A phase interpolator receiving a first signal having an oscillation frequency Fin and providing a second signal having said oscillation frequency and having a phase shift Δφ with respect to the first signal which depends on a third signal. The interpolator include... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032910 | System for receiving transport streams A system comprising first input means for receiving a transport stream from an external source, second input means for receiving an input from a memory, means for connecting the first and second input means to an interface which is arranged to provide an output stre... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032693 | Serial in random out memory A serial in random out memory circuit has a number of memory cells integrated with write control circuitry for writing a sequence of data inputs to sequential locations in the memory cells. Read control circuitry is integrated to receive address signals from an exte... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8022675 | Detection of the supply state of a load supplied by a variable voltage A method and a circuit for detecting the state of supply of a load by a variable voltage, including measuring the difference between values representative of the variable supply voltage and of a voltage across the load. ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020080 | Receive circuit A method and a circuit for decoding a coded signal including a first decoding system capable of receiving the coded signal and of providing a first signal comprising portions considered correct and a second decoding system capable of providing a second signal from t... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013586 | Synchronous rectifier having precise on/off switching times A synchronous rectifier, including an energy storage element having a terminal; a power supply input, connected to the terminal of the storage element in a first time interval; a reference line connected to the terminal of the storage element in a second time interv... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010585 | Checking the integrity of programs or the sequencing of a state machine A method and a circuit for protecting the execution of a calculation by an electronic circuit, conditioning a result of the calculation to states of bits indicative of executions of steps of access in read mode and/or in write mode to storage elements. ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8004231 | Control of a triac for the starting of a motor A method and a circuit for controlling a triac intended to be series-connected with a resistive element of positive temperature coefficient or a capacitive element, and a winding for starting an asynchronous motor, for supply by an A.C. voltage, the present inventio... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995965 | Adaptable power supply circuit A power supply circuit and a transponder having a circuit for rectifying an A.C. voltage and two power storage elements, the rectifying circuit providing a rectified voltage to at least one of the storage elements and an output voltage being provided by at least one... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7989914 | Anti-fuse cell and its manufacturing process An anti-fuse cell includes a standard MOS transistor of an integrated circuit, with source and drain regions covered with a metal silicide layer and at least one track of a resistive layer at least partially surrounding the MOS transistor, and adapted to pass a heat... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7982571 | Inductance with a small surface area and with a midpoint which is simple to determine An inductance formed in a stack of insulating layers, the inductance comprising first and second access terminals and first and second half-loops distributed in the stack of insulating layers on a number of distinct levels greater than or equal to four. For each lev... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978540 | Extraction of a binary code based on physical parameters of an integrated circuit via programming resistors An integrated cell and method for extracting a binary value based on a value difference between two resistors values, including connection circuitry for a binary reading of the sign of the difference between the resistors, and connection circuitry for a modification... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974408 | Scrambling of a calculation performed according to an RSA-CRT algorithm A method and a circuit for scrambling an RSA-CRT algorithm calculation by an electronic circuit, in which a result is obtained from two modular exponentiation calculations, each providing a partial result, and from a recombination step, and in which a first step add... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969972 | System for receiving packet stream A system including input circuitry for receiving from one of a plurality of sources at least one packet stream including a plurality of packets for providing audio, video, private data and/or associated information; at least one output for outputting at least one pa... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966473 | Optimised storage addressing method The invention concerns a method for read-addressing a site among a plurality of storage units using a coded address derived from an instruction. The method comprises the following steps: a) predicting (104) the storage unit corresponding to the site to be add... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961803 | COFDM demodulator with an optimal FFT analysis window positioning The invention relates to a method for the COFDM demodulation of a signal received from a transmission channel. The inventive method includes performing the fast Fourier transform of the signal received in a window corresponding to a symbol, each symbol being associa... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961794 | Transfer of digital data through a transformer A method and a system for transferring a digital signal through a transformer, including a circuit for coding the digital signal to be transferred, having two outputs connected to the respective ends of a primary winding of the transformer, and a circuit for decodin... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961047 | Switching amplifier An amplifier having at least one switch controlled by an output voltage of a hysteresis block, wherein the hysteresis block is adapted to receive an input voltage signal based on an integration of an error signal, a low threshold voltage and a high threshold voltage... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7960900 | Assembly of a microswitch and of an acoustic resonator The invention relates to a device consisting of an electromechanical microswitch comprising mobile beam (2). According to the invention, at least part (14) of the beam forms the piezoelectric element of a piezoelectric actuator. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7945791 | Protected storage of a datum in an integrated circuit A method for protecting at least one first datum to be stored in an integrated circuit, including, upon storage of the first datum, performing a combination with at least one second physical datum coming from at least one network of physical parameters, and only sto... | 05/17/2011 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7919864 | Forming of the last metallization level of an integrated circuit An integrated circuit including one or several metallization levels, metal conductive strips and metal contact pads being formed on the last metallization level, the last level being covered with a passivation layer in which are formed openings above the contact pad... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7915908 | Crosstalk suppression in wireless testing of semiconductor devices An integrated circuit integrated on a semiconductor material die and adapted to be at least partly tested wirelessly, wherein circuitry for setting a selected radio communication frequencies to be used for the wireless test of the integrated circuit are integrated o... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915176 | Device comprising a field of tips used in biotechnology applications A method for manufacturing a device including a field of micrometric tips, including forming a polycrystalline layer on a support; performing an anisotropic plasma etching of all or part of the polycrystalline layer by using a gas mixture including chlorine and heli... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915110 | MOS transistor manufacturing A MOS transistor made in monolithic form, vias contacting the gate and the source and drain regions of the transistor being formed on the other side of the channel region with respect to the gate. ... | 03/29/2011 |
