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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7532203 | Data input device that utilizes a layer of magnetic particles to store non-volatile input data that is magnetically coupled to an underlying MRAM array An input device includes a plurality of MRAM cells and a layer of particles. An MRAM cell in the input device includes a sense layer having a magnetic orientation. At least one particle of the layer of particles is located near the MRAM cell such that the particle a... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531431 | Methods for reducing contamination of semiconductor devices and materials during wafer processing Methods of processing a semiconductor structure including a metal layer in the presence of organic material include flowing an aqueous mixture including an oxidizing agent over the semiconductor structure during processing of the semiconductor structure. Processing ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531412 | Methods of manufacturing semiconductor memory devices including a vertical channel transistor Semiconductor memory devices include a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of semiconductor material pillars in a spaced relationship on the semiconductor substrate. Respective surrounding gate electrodes surround ones of the pillars. A first source/drain region... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530823 | USB modem devices with a flip antenna and a retractable USB connector A Universal Serial Bus (USB) modem device includes a body member and a flip member. The flip member includes an antenna element and is rotatably coupled to the body member for movement about a hinge axis between a closed position and an open position. A USB connecto... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7529458 | Patch panels with communications connectors that are rotatable about a vertical axis A patch panel configured for mounting to a network rack, includes: a frame including mounting features at opposite lateral ends for mounting the patch panel to the network rack; a bezel mounted to the patch panel, the bezel including a plurality of outlet apertures,... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528716 | Methods, location circuits and computer program products for automated location and monitoring of mobile devices Methods are provided for providing location information associated with a mobile device. A request for presence information is transmitted from a location circuit to an identification circuit associated with the mobile device. The presence information is associated ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528040 | Methods of fabricating silicon carbide devices having smooth channels Methods of forming silicon carbide power devices are provided. An n− silicon carbide layer is provided on a silicon carbide substrate. A p-type silicon carbide well region is provided on the n− silicon carbide layer. A buried region of p | 05/05/2009 |
| D591697 | Lamp package | 05/05/2009 |
| 7525753 | Reducing seek wind-up in a disk drive using early acceleration feedforward signal Methods of controlling a transducer that is adjacent to a rotatable data storage disk in a disk drive are disclosed, the disk drive having an actuator configured to position the transducer, a rotational acceleration sensor configured to generate a rotational acceler... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525432 | Methods, identification tags and computer program products for automated location and monitoring of mobile devices Methods are provided for providing location information associated with a mobile device. A request for presence information is received at an identification circuit associated with the mobile device. The request is received from a location circuit within a predeterm... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525148 | Nonvolatile memory device A nonvolatile memory device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. An insulation layer having a high etching rate as compared with a pad oxide layer is formed as a buffer layer between a first STI film formed as a lower part of semiconductor substrate ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525146 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory devices A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of pillars protruding upward from a semiconductor substrate and having respective top surfaces and opposing sidewalls, a bit line on the top surfaces of the pillars and connecting a row of the pillars al... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523504 | Methods, systems and computer program products for evaluating security of a network environment Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for evaluating security of a network environment. Security data associated with an asset in the network environment collected over a first period of time is analyzed to detect security events occurring at a... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522446 | Heating MRAM cells to ease state switching A method for making magnetic random access memories (MRAM) which reduces heat conduction from memory cells in an MRAM array. The method uses grid of bit and word lines for selectively accessing data in the array of magnetic memory cells. The grid has a plurality of ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521753 | Integrated circuit devices having active regions with expanded effective widths An integrated circuit device includes a substrate having a trench formed therein. An isolation layer is disposed in the trench so as to cover a first sidewall portion of the trench and an entire bottom of the trench without covering a second sidewall portion of the ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521728 | Packages for semiconductor light emitting devices utilizing dispensed reflectors and methods of forming the same A packaged LED includes a substrate, an LED chip on the upper surface of the substrate, a first encapsulant material, including a reflective material, on the substrate and spaced apart from the LED chip, and a second encapsulant material on the LED chip. A method of... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521706 | Phase change memory devices with contact surface area to a phase changeable material defined by a sidewall of an electrode hole and methods of forming the same Phase change memory devices and methods of making phase changeable memory devices including a heating electrode disposed on a substrate are provided. The heating electrode includes an electrode hole in the heating electrode. A phase change material pattern is provid... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521357 | Methods of forming metal wiring in semiconductor devices using etch stop layers A method of forming a metal wiring in a semiconductor device can include forming an etch stop layer outside a contact hole formed in an insulation layer and avoiding forming the etch stop layer inside the contact hole. A conductive layer can be formed on the etch st... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521281 | Methods of forming phase-changeable memory devices Phase-changeable memory devices include non-volatile memory cells. Each of these non-volatile memory cells may include a phase-changeable diode on a semiconductor substrate and a phase-changeable memory element having a first terminal electrically coupled to a termi... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518929 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device for writing multivalued data A memory cell of a memory array stores two bits. A memory array sense amplifier provides two bits in a verify operation. Two bits in a page buffer stores a write target value for the corresponding memory cell. Each bit in a mask buffer stores a value defining proces... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518451 | High efficiency switch-mode power amplifier A switch mode power amplifier includes a transistor responsive to input signals above 1.0 GHz and which includes one terminal coupled to ground and another terminal conductively coupled to a power source. A resonant circuit coupled the second terminal to an output w... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518158 | Semiconductor light emitting devices and submounts A submount for a semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor substrate having a cavity therein configured to receive the light emitting device. A first bond pad is positioned in the cavity to couple to a first node of a light emitting device receive... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517728 | Semiconductor light emitting devices including a luminescent conversion element Methods of packaging a semiconductor light emitting device include dispensing a first quantity of encapsulant material into a cavity including the light emitting device. The first quantity of encapsulant material in the cavity is treated to form a hardened upper sur... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515401 | Compact display module A compact display module for use in electronic devices includes a flat display having a front side with a display surface, and a carrier frame supporting the display. A metal frame is arranged over the front side with an aperture at the display surface. The metal fr... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514733 | CMOS image device and local impurity region and method of manufacturing the same According to a CMOS image device and a method of manufacturing same, dark current is decreased by a local impurity region. The image device includes a semiconductor substrate, and a transfer gate formed on a predetermined portion of the semiconductor substrate and e... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7511340 | Semiconductor devices having gate structures and contact pads that are lower than the gate structures Semiconductor devices have gate structures on a semiconductor substrate with first spacers on sidewalls of the respective gate structures. First contact pads are positioned between the gate structures and have heights lower than the heights of the gate structures. S... | 03/31/2009 |
| D589518 | Door for communications cabinet or rack | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509334 | Methods, systems and computer program products for segmented presentation of service order status information The status of a plurality of service orders is summarized. A first data set that includes a plurality of records corresponding to service orders, such as requests for initiation of telephone or other communications services, is imported into a database application. ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7508466 | Laser diode backlighting of LC display with at least one diode generating light beam having divergence angle and with display panel having beam spreader to increase divergence An LCD display includes a planar array of transmissive liquid crystal display (LCD) devices, and at least one laser diode device spaced apart from the planar array of LCD devices and configured to illuminate at least a subset of the LCD devices of the planar array o... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7508429 | Solid-state image-sensing device for averaging sub-sampled analog signals and method of driving the same Provided are an improved solid-state image-sensing device for averaging sub-sampled analog signals and a method for driving the same. The solid-state image-sensing device receives a video signal from each pixel column and converts the video signal into a digital sig... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507629 | Semiconductor devices having an interfacial dielectric layer and related methods A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including silicon and an oxide layer on the substrate. The oxide layer includes silicon. An interfacial dielectric layer is disposed on the oxide layer opposite the substrate. The interfacial dielectric layer... | 03/24/2009 |
| D588998 | Communications plug | 03/24/2009 |
| 7505482 | Application services infrastructure for next generation networks Support of a plurality of different applications utilizing a next generation network having a network layer is provided by an application services middle layer between the applications and the network layer that includes a plurality of common infrastructure elements... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7505350 | Voltage reset circuits for a semiconductor memory device using option fuse circuit Control circuits for a voltage regulator of a semiconductor memory device include an option fuse circuit and a fusing control circuit. The option fuse circuit includes a plurality of fuses and a selection circuit that selects one of the plurality of fuses responsive... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7504135 | Method of fabricating a manganese diffusion barrier A method of fabricating a diffusion barrier using a gas cluster ion beam apparatus is disclosed. The method includes generating a metal-organic gas that includes a metal-organic compound that includes an element of cobalt (Co) or cobalt and iron (CoFe). The metal-or... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7503810 | Board edge termination back-end connection assemblies and communications jacks including such assemblies A communications jack includes a housing having a plug aperture, a printed circuit board that is disposed at least partly within the housing, and eight jackwire contacts that are mounted on the printed circuit board and extend into the plug aperture. A first side of... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7503799 | Communications plug with reverse cordage and anti-snag configuration A 110-style patch cord includes: a plug having opposed front and rear ends and a generally horizontal support surface; a plurality of electrical contacts mounted in the plug, each contact including a generally vertically oriented blade, the blades having exposed fro... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7503798 | Cross connect systems with self-compensating balanced connector elements A cross-connect wiring system includes a terminal block, a connecting block and a patch plug. The terminal block has a front side and a rear side. The connecting block is mounted on the front side of the terminal block. At least two pairs of tip and ring insulation ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7503707 | Methods for splicing optical fibers using an optical fiber repair apparatus with adjustable guide member Methods for splicing optical fibers include coupling a first optical fiber cable to a longitudinally extending closure frame and coupling a second optical fiber cable to an adjustable guide member on the closure frame. The adjustable guide member is moved toward the... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7503624 | Press-back style reclining chair with actuating unit for moving backrest between positions A press-back style reclining seating unit includes: a frame configured to rest on an underlying surface; a seat fixed to the frame, the seat being generally horizontally disposed; a generally upright backrest positioned above the rear portion of the seat; and a recl... | 03/17/2009 |
