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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5917236 | Packaging system for field effects transistors A packaging system for field effect transistor ("FET") dies is described. Individual FET dies are eutectically bonded to individual FET mounting bars. The mounting bar/FET die combination is then eutectically bonded, along with the other components compri... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5872488 | Dual input voltage controlled oscillator with compensated bang/bang frequency A dual input voltage controlled oscillator ("VCO") suitable for use in clock and data recovery ("CDR") systems operating at 100s to 1,000s of MB/sec is described. When a PLL using this VCO is locked onto a data stream of a fixed bit rate, the bang/bang fr... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5818861 | Vertical cavity surface emitting laser with low band gap highly doped contact layer A contact structure for a vertical cavity surface emitting laser is described. The contact structure comprises a surface metal contact, a degeneratively doped layer of low bandgap material less than 200 Å thick, and a plurality of current spreading layer... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5754458 | Trailing bit anticipator A method and apparatus for determining the trailing bit position from a two operand addition is described. The determination of the trailing bit occurs in parallel with the addition. The two operands are encoded together and the encoded word used to deter... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5732406 | Microprocessor burst mode with external system memory A microcomputer architecture and method allows for high processing speeds. A microprocessor constitutes the central processing unit. The microprocessor comprises an on-chip cache memory and is capable of reading data in a burst mode. The central processin... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5724376 | Transparent substrate vertical cavity surface emitting lasers fabricated by semiconductor wafer bonding A method for fabricating transparent substrate vertical cavity surface emitting lasers ("VCSEL"s) using wafer bonding is described. The VCSELs have their active layers located much more closely to a heat sink than is possible in known absorbing substrate ... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5708379 | Electronically programmable output impedance circuit A method and apparatus for generating an AC voltage with user defined inductance and resistance values in series therewith is described. The output voltage of the AC source is sampled and a signal indicative of the total current being generated is derived... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5707139 | Vertical cavity surface emitting laser arrays for illumination Arrays of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers ("VCSEL"s) used for illumination in both infra-red and visible light wavelengths are described. By using several different arrays, each array generating light of a different wavelength, a replacement for c... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5684441 | Reverse power protection circuit and relay A relay for high frequency instruments and a reverse power protection circuit for high frequency instruments are described herein. The relay is inexpensive to construct, permits good impedance matching up to approximately 5 GHz, and can be easily mounted ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5661316 | Method for bonding compound semiconductor wafers to create an ohmic interface A method for forming an ohmic interface between unipolar (isotype) compound semiconductor wafers without a metallic interlayer and the semiconductor devices formed with these ohmic interfaces are disclosed. The ohmic interface is formed by simultaneously ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5625149 | Ultrasonic transductor A multilayer composite transducer is disclosed. The multilayer composite transducer comprises a plurality of layers wherein a piezoelectric material is dispersed periodically within a polymer matrix. The piezoelectric material is typically formed into col... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5615241 | Programmable rate generator A rate generator for use in a video server or other computer system requiring the generation of multiple timing signals from a single fixed frequency clock signal is disclosed. The rate generator stores a count value, a subtrahend value and a preload valu... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5606359 | Video on demand system with multiple data sources configured to provide vcr-like services A video server for providing Video-On-Demand is disclosed. A plurality of data sources are coupled individually to a first and second bi-directional data/instruction switch. The first switch is additionally coupled to a data storage system and the second ... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5563893 | Integrated level detector A digital loss-of-signal ("LOS") detector having a trough circuit and a smearing circuit is described. The trough circuit generates a logic output whenever an incoming communication signal is within a predefined voltage range. The output of the trough cir... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5532655 | Method and apparatus for AC/DC signal multiplexing A method for using the same input/output pin on an integrated circuit ("IC") for both a high frequency AC signal and a DC signal simultaneously and a first circuit means to accomplish this multiplexing is disclosed. The circuit topology comprises a first ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5519596 | Moldable nesting frame for light emitting diode array A module comprised of a plurality of light emitting diode ("LED") lamps or other light emitting devices and a metal nesting frame with flexible joints between each row of LED bus bars is described. The flexible joint between the rows of LED bus bars allow... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5517039 | Semiconductor devices fabricated with passivated high aluminum-content III-V material LEDs and other semiconductor devices fabricated with III-V materials and having exposed Al-bearing surfaces passivated with native oxides are disclosed. A known high temperature water vapor oxidation process is used to passivate the exposed layers of Al-b... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5506445 | Optical transceiver module An integrated optical transceiver for optical serial communication is disclosed. The transceiver is formed as a single molded package incorporating an IC that forms part of the operating circuitry of the transceiver and the leadframe upon which the IC has... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5502316 | Wafer bonding of light emitting diode layers A method of forming a light emitting diode (LED) includes providing a temporary growth substrate that is selected for compatibility with fabricating LED layers having desired mechanical characteristics. For example, lattice matching is an important consid... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5495291 | Decompression system for compressed video data for providing uninterrupted decompressed video data output A video decompression system for decompressing consecutive streams of compressed video data to provide a continuous, uninterrupted decompressed video data output stream. The system is comprised of a plurality of decompression circuits, each circuit having... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5475241 | Light source and technique for mounting light emitting diodes A light emitting diode has both end faces metallized and is mounted on a substrate with the light emitting junction perpendicular to the substrate. The electrically conductive ends are electrically bonded to conductive areas on the substrate by solder or ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5254928 | Power management system for battery powered computers A power management system for a portable computer is disclosed. The system can determine which one of a plurality of battery packs has been coupled to the system. After determining the type of battery pack, the system recalls from storage the recommended ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5190365 | Backlighting for liquid crystal displays An improved backlighting system for electronic displays that require such backlighting is disclosed. The system comprises a fluorescent lamp with improved visible light generating means and a reflector means for channeling the light generated by the lamp ... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5163765 | Collapsible keyboard A collapsible keyboard for use with portable personal computers is disclosed. A first preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a keyboard molded from a conductive, elastomeric material and a collapsible frame/circuit board substrate, the su... | 11/17/1992 |
