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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7888873 | Dynamic depressed collector A biasing system for use with a multi-stage depressed collector of a high power amplifier includes one or more adjustable power sources. A power controller provides control signals to the power sources depending on the operational RF power level. For low power appli... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7882024 | System and method for efficiently processing multiple credit applications A system and method for forwarding multiple credit applications to multiple potential lenders. A user computer or a credit management server sends queries to potential lenders inquiring about the respective information fields used in the potential lenders' respectiv... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7868841 | Full-wave di-patch antenna A full-wave di-patch antenna having two half-wave patch antennas located such that the feed points are facing one another and are brought out to a balanced transmission line having two conductors of microstrip feed lines. The phase of the current and the voltage is ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7843316 | Power-on reset apparatus, systems, and methods Apparatus, systems, and methods may include providing a power-on reset function to many types of receiving circuitry, including processors, memories, and radio frequency identification (RFID) tag processing circuitry. Thus, the power-on reset function may be realize... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843032 | Radio frequency identification device electrostatic discharge management Apparatus, systems, and methods may include managing electrostatic discharge events in radio frequency identification (RFID) devices by using a semiconductor circuit having a non-aligned gate to implement a snap-back voltage protection mechanism. Such circuits may b... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7808823 | RFID tag with redundant non-volatile memory cell Two floating gate devices are arranged in a redundant configuration in a non-volatile memory (NVM) of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag such that stress induced leakage current (SILC) or other failures do not result in a complete loss of memory storage. Th... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7797845 | Levelling device A mobile leveling apparatus for quickly and simply transferring the height of a visible, fixed datum point from a distant wall or column across a room. The leveling apparatus is hand-held and can be operated by a single user. The operator physically holds the appara... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7796450 | Radio frequency (RFID) tag including configurable single bit/dual bits memory A configurable memory device includes an array of configurable memory units arranged into rows and columns. The configurable memory unit includes a memory cell comprising a first storage element configured to store a first value and a second storage element configur... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7791950 | Inverter non-volatile memory cell and array system NVM arrays include rows and columns of NVM cells comprising a floating gate and a four transistor storage element. Supply voltage for selected storage elements is turned off during a programming and an erase mode. Isolation transistors for each NVM cell or for each ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7782014 | System and method for battery management A method and system for managing a plurality of batteries and useable by way of example with a partially or completely electrically powered vehicle (EV) includes a plurality of monitor modules each coupled to at least one of the plurality of batteries and configured... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7775119 | Media-compatible electrically isolated pressure sensor for high temperature applications A pressure sensor is described with sensing elements electrically and physically isolated from a pressurized medium. An absolute pressure sensor has a reference cavity, which can be at a vacuum or zero pressure, enclosing the sensing elements. The reference cavity i... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7768457 | Integrated antenna and chip package and method of manufacturing thereof An integrated antenna and chip package and method of manufacturing thereof. The package includes a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface, The second surface is configured to interface the chip package to a circuit board. A second substrate of t... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7760781 | Current control mechanism for low voltage applications A current control mechanism for use in low power consumption circuits with limited headroom includes a differential transistor pair from whose collectors a current output is taken. The current output is a function of a reference voltage provided at bases of a refere... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7758755 | Water treatment by dendrimer-enhanced filtration Described herein are compositions and methods useful for the purification of water using dendritic macromolecules. The process involves using dendritic macromolecules (dendrimers) to bind to contaminants, and a filtration step to produce water from which contaminant... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7732887 | Schottky junction diode devices in CMOS A Schottky junction diode device having improved performance is fabricated in a conventional CMOS process. A substrate including a material doped to a first conductivity type is formed. A first well is disposed over the substrate. The first well includes a material ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7724571 | Methods for adaptive programming of memory circuit including writing data in cells of a memory circuit Adaptive programming methods and supportive device architecture for memory devices are provided. Methods include partitioning words into variable length segments. More particularly, methods include receiving a word of data, parsing the word into a plurality of write... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7724570 | Adaptive programming of memory circuit including writing data in cells of a memory circuit Adaptive programming methods and supportive device architecture for memory devices are provided. Methods include partitioning words into variable length segments. More particularly, methods include receiving a word of data, parsing the word into a plurality of write... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7719896 | Configurable single bit/dual bits memory A configurable memory device includes an array of configurable memory units arranged into rows and columns. The configurable memory unit includes a memory cell comprising a first storage element configured to store a first value and a second storage element configur... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7719125 | Method for detaching a semiconductor chip from a foil and device for mounting semiconductor chips The detachment of a semiconductor chip (1) from a foil (4) and picking the semiconductor chip (1) from the foil (4) takes place with the support of a chip ejector (6), that has a ramp (16), the surface (17) of which i... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7718492 | Non-volatile memory cell circuit with programming through band-to-band tunneling and impact ionization gate current Electronic circuitry is described having a first transistor having a first gate dielectric located between an electrically floating gate and a semiconductor substrate. The first injection current flows through the first gate dielectric to establish a first amount of... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715236 | Fault tolerant non volatile memories and methods Methods and structure for fault tolerant Non Volatile Memory (NVM) devices are provided. Readings of selected memory cells are compared to two thresholds above and below a neutral value. Consistency of comparison outputs is used to determine a good or bad reading. P... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7695666 | Method and device for separating a cast lens from a shell mold The invention relates to a method for separating a cast lens from shell molds, whereby a separating tool exerts pressure on the lens but a height of the separating tool is guided along the interface between the lens and the shell mold to be separated from the lens. ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7679957 | Redundant non-volatile memory cell Two floating gate devices are arranged in a redundant configuration in a non-volatile memory (NVM) such that stress induced leakage current (SILC) or other failures do not result in a complete loss of memory storage. The redundant NVM may be arranged as a series con... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7652921 | Multi-level non-volatile memory cell with high-VT enhanced BTBT device The present disclosure provides a Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) cell and programming method thereof. The cell can denote at least two logic levels. The cell has a read-transistor with a floating gate, and Band-To-Band-Tunneling device (BTBT device) sharing the floating ... | 01/26/2010 |
| D604899 | Hair dryer | 11/24/2009 |
| 7597234 | Method for mounting a flip chip on a substrate The invention concerns a method for mounting a semiconductor chip with bumps on one surface onto a substrate location of a substrate, whereby the bumps are brought into contact with corresponding pads on the substrate location. Reference marks are attached to the bo... | 10/06/2009 |
| D601142 | Radio frequency identification reader | 09/29/2009 |
| D599795 | RFID reader | 09/08/2009 |
| 7580311 | Reduced area high voltage switch for NVM In a high voltage switch circuit for programming memory cells, preset devices for precharging the core circuit are eliminated by statically presetting nodes of the switch core circuit through a pair of drive circuits arranged to pull up or down a pair of cascoded tr... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7573749 | Counteracting overtunneling in nonvolatile memory cells Methods and apparatuses prevent overtunneling in nonvolatile floating gate memory (NVM) cells. An individual cell includes a circuit with a transistor that has a floating gate that stores charge, and a capacitor structure for extracting charge from the gate, such as... | 08/11/2009 |
| RE40808 | Low-cost haptic mouse implementations Low-cost haptic interface device implementations for interfacing a user with a host computer. A haptic feedback device, such as a mouse or other device, includes a housing physically contacted by a user, and an actuator for providing motion that causes haptic sensat... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7540289 | Hair styling device and method of operation In one embodiment a hair styling device includes a first plate having a plurality of pins, a second plate having a plurality of pin-receiving apertures, each of the pin-receiving apertures configured to receive at least one respective pin from the first plate, a hin... | 06/02/2009 |
| 6748089 | Switch responsive to an audio cue The present invention provides a switch method and apparatus that is switchable among a plurality of operational modes by attenuating an input audio signal detected by the apparatus. The apparatus includes a microphone which converts the input audio signal to an inp... | 06/08/2004 |
| 7529826 | Sharing of NAS information between PoPs A method for handling access requests at multiple PoPs using the sharing of NAS information between the PoPs, enabling each PoP to maintain its own, independent, database of user records. When an access request is received, it is forwarded to a specific PoP designat... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528728 | Circuits for RFID tags with multiple non-independently driven RF ports A circuit for an RFID tag has at least two RF ports for driving points of the antenna that may correspond to different RF polarizations. The RF ports may be driven by a common modulating signal, or by separate modulating signals. Further, the ports may be coupled an... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7511706 | Haptic stylus utilizing an electroactive polymer Haptic feedback interface devices using electroactive polymer (EAP) actuators to provide haptic sensations. A haptic feedback interface device is in communication with a host computer and includes a sensor device that detects the manipulation of the interface device... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7508719 | Non-volatile memory cell circuit with programming through band-to-band tunneling and impact ionization gate current Electronic circuitry is described having a first transistor having a first gate dielectric located between an electrically floating gate and a semiconductor substrate. The first injection current flows through the first gate dielectric to establish a first amount of... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7500853 | Mechanical interface for a computer system A mechanical interface for providing high bandwidth and low noise mechanical input and output for computer systems. A gimbal mechanism includes multiple members that are pivotally coupled to each other to provide two revolute degrees of freedom to a user manipulatab... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7498940 | RFID system utilizing parametric reradiated technology A system and method for encoding and decoding information by use of radio frequency antennas. The system includes one or more interrogator devices and RFID data tags. The RFID data tags include a plurality of antenna elements which are formed on a substrate or direc... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7493395 | Virtual private data network session count limitation A data communications network with a plurality of PoPs maintains a local database associated with each PoP and a central database somewhere on the data communications network. The local database contains a group identification such as a domain identification corresp... | 02/17/2009 |
