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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7940528 | Electronic device and heat sink thereof An electronic device includes a casing, a thermal generating element, and a heat sink. The thermal generating element is disposed within the casing and operates to produce thermal energy. The heat sink includes a thermal transfer plate and a plurality of movable the... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938681 | Coaxial connector A coaxial connector has a metal shell, an insulative housing and a terminal. The metal shell has a body, a cavity defined in the body and a clamping cover formed on the body. The insulative housing is mounted in the cavity and has a base, a chamber defined in the ba... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938484 | Foldable chair A foldable chair includes a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs, a seat and a backrest. The front legs and rear legs are hinged together to form a scissor-shape. The seat is hinged with the rear legs rotatably through a connecting piece fixed on the back of the ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937840 | Knife connector A knife connector includes a base, a cover, a clamping device and a connecting stub. The base has a holding side, a knife-holding end, a connecting end opposite to the knife-holding end and a holding cavity. The holding cavity is defined in the holding side and has ... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637565 | Light emitting diode | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936157 | Switching power supply system A switching power supply system, in which a DC voltage obtained by full-wave rectification of an AC voltage is turned on and off by a switching device, converted to a desired DC voltage and outputted, includes a slope compensating circuit and an overcurrent protecti... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936090 | Driving circuit and method for driving current-driven devices At the driving initiation, whether the output channels are enabled or disabled is determined by judging whether the voltages of the output channels are changed by a charging or discharging operation. The current output sources corresponding to the disabled output ch... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935934 | Photosensor and photo IC equipped with same The photosensor comprises an insulating layer formed over the silicon substrate; an ultraviolet photosensitive element formed over the insulating layer and having a first diffusion layer, a second diffusion layer provided spaced away from the first diffusion layer, ... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637332 | LED reading lamp | 05/03/2011 |
| D637331 | LED reading lamp | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932607 | Composite conductive film and semiconductor package using such film A composite conductive film and a semiconductor package using such film are provided. The composite conductive film is formed of a polymer-matrix and a plurality of nano-sized conductive lines is provided. The composite conductive film has low resistance, to connect... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930831 | Scraper blade assembly structure The invention relates to a scraper blade assembly structure. The scraper includes a stem for hand grip and a scraping section in the front. The scraping section includes a jaw plate, a blade and a fastening button. The jaw plate extends backward to form an arm. The ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930745 | Network security system and method A network security system and method for reacting to unauthorized data access in an inner data system by combining a redirect system is described. The examples of the redirect system include modified firewalls, IP sharing devices and gateways with examining mechanis... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930472 | Method for accessing a first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer and a FIFO controller therefor A method of for accessing a first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer is provided. The method comprises the following two steps. Firstly, issue a request to access a memory when the amount of the data buffered in the FIFO buffer is more than a threshold. Second, pop the data... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929622 | Method of channel estimation A method of channel estimation is provided. The method is applied to a communication system having signals transmitted via a plurality of pilot and non-pilot sub-channels. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a first and second channel responses of each pilot... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929572 | Code division multiplex signal transmitter and code division multiplexing method with amplifying circuits reduced in number N channels of encoded data are added into added data, which is compared with a first threshold of 2M−1−A and a second threshold of 2M−1−1, where M is the number of the bit positions of the binary representation of N and A is defined by ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929365 | Memory structure, programming method and reading method therefor, and memory control circuit thereof A memory structure that improves a sensing accuracy of memory cells by dividing the main array into a number of memory units and sensing memory cells of each memory units with an appropriate set of reference currents. Each of the memory units corresponds to a refere... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928016 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided that can reduce warping of manufactured products after the formation of a final protective film. The method includes, in a semiconductor device having a semiconductor substrate provided with wiring and a ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926738 | Liquid nebulization system Disclosed is a liquid nebulization system comprising a power supply unit, a signal generating unit, a liquid storage unit and a nebulizing unit. The signal generating unit receives power from the power supply unit to generate a main signal and at least an auxiliary ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925960 | Memory and method for checking reading errors thereof A method for checking reading errors of a memory includes receiving a first data fragment and accordingly generating a first ECC and a first count index; writing the first data fragment, the first ECC and the first count index into a memory; reading the first data f... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924964 | Receiver with the function of adjusting clock signal and an adjusting method therefor A receiver having a first clock signal is provided. The first frequency of the first clock signal is adjusted to be close to a second frequency of a second clock signal of a transmitter. The receiver includes a clock generator, a processor and a controller. The cloc... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924824 | Voice packet communications system with communications quality evaluation function A voice packet communications system which objectively evaluates the voice quality in real time. Voice packets received from a network are input into an adjustment circuit. The adjustment circuit evens out the periods of the voice packets, detects the drop-out of vo... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924609 | Spin valve element driving method and spin valve element A spin valve element driving method, and a spin valve element employing such a method, for causing microwave oscillation in a spin valve element. The spin valve element includes an intermediate layer and a pair of ferromagnetic layers including a fixed layer and a f... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923753 | Field effect transistor having Ohmic electrode in a recess The contact resistance between an Ohmic electrode and an electron transit layer is reduced compared with a case in which the Ohmic electrode is provided to a depth less than the heterointerface. As a result, for an Ohmic electrode provided in a structure comprising ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922315 | Inkjet ink and printing method using the same Disclosed are an inkjet ink and a method for printing on hydrophobic media such as offset coated media using the inkjet ink. Specifically disclosed is an inkjet containing a pigment, water and a surfactant which is characterized by also containing 40 to 75 weight % ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921987 | Belt drive device and image forming apparatus A belt drive device includes a plurality of rollers and an endless belt stretched around the rollers, and configured to drive the endless belt by rotating the rollers. The belt drive device further includes a roller-shaft shifting member that shifts at least one end... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921523 | Structure of buckle set A buckle set, two of which pair off for being inset in frame of the swimming goggles on two sides so that a strap can be inserted in the buckle sets for fastening the swimming goggles on user's face. Structure of the present invention features a 2nd bump,... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921065 | Ontology system for context-aware, method thereof, and recording medium storing the same Provided are an ontology system, a method for managing the ontology system, and a recording medium storing the same. The ontology system includes: a context broker unit for receiving context information from a sensing device and verifying a validity of the received ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920727 | Image evaluation system and method An image evaluation system and method are provided. The system includes an image register, an evaluation window, an image feature generator, and an evaluation unit. In addition, the image evaluation method includes the steps of in case that the image is a human figu... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920322 | Reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (R-SOA) with dual buried heterostructure Provided are a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (R-SOA) and a superluminescent diode (SLD). The R-SOA includes: a substrate; an optical waveguide including a lower clad layer, an active layer independent of the polarization of light, and an upper clad laye... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918761 | Split serial-parallel hybrid dual-power drive system A split serial-parallel hybrid dual-power drive system, comprised of two or more than two separation drive systems allowing independent operation to respectively drive the load, or all loads driven individually are incorporated in a common frame to drive land, surfa... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918760 | Split serial-parallel hybrid dual-power drive system A split serial-parallel hybrid dual-power drive system, comprised of two or more than two separation drive systems allowing independent operation to respectively drive the load, or all loads driven individually are incorporated in a common frame to drive land, surfa... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918759 | Split serial-parallel hybrid dual-power drive system A split serial-parallel hybrid dual-power drive system, comprised of two or more than two separation drive systems allowing independent operation to respectively drive the load, or all loads driven individually are incorporated in a common frame to drive land, surfa... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918424 | Suspending buckle mechanism of output water device A suspending buckle mechanism of output water device, which connects to a supporting arm protruding out of a wall, includes a sucker mechanism, a suspending tube, a supporting hoop and an elastic buckle. The suspending tube has an upper part with a through fixing ho... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917359 | Noise suppressor for removing irregular noise A noise suppressor detects a peak position in the frequency spectrum of an input speech signal, and masks frequency components in the spectrum as a function of the peak position. The masking process attenuates or removes frequency components near the peak position i... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917040 | Method and apparatus for controlling wavelength tuning of optical source for optical communication A method and apparatus for controlling a wavelength tuning of an optical source in an optical communication system. An operating temperature of an optical source is controlled and monitored to shorten a wavelength tuning time of the optical source generated in an op... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916984 | Opto-electric bus module and method of manufacturing the same Provided are an opto-electric bus module and a method of manufacturing the opto-electric bus module. The opto-electric bus module includes an opto-electric interconnection unit where a concave-shaped micro structure is formed on a lower surface of a polymer structur... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916928 | Real-time dispenser fault detection and classificaition method A real-time dispenser fault detection and classification method for monitoring adhesive dots dispensed on a substrate by a dispenser includes dispensing adhesive on the substrate by the dispenser so as to form a plurality of adhesive dots on the substrate, capturing... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916819 | Receiver system and method for automatic skew-tuning A receiver system is provided. The receiver system includes a control unit for outputting a control signal and a selective signal, a PLL unit for generates PLL clock signals based on an initial clock signal, a phase select unit for selecting one of the PLL clock sig... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916673 | Communication apparatus and method for controlling communication channel used A sender communication device includes a communication unit for sending a communication signal to a receiver communication device, and a communication controller for controlling setting of communication channels used for the communication unit as well as for setting... | 03/29/2011 |
