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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7444259 | Automatic acquisition of data referenced in user equation An apparatus includes a parser, a semantic checker, a data manager and an equation processor. The parser receives a first equation for manipulating data acquired by an instrument and detects an operand in the first equation, the instrument having a set of data acqui... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7319424 | Measuring and correcting non-linearity of an internal multi-bit analog-to-digital converter in a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter An internal ADC in a delta-sigma ADC is characterized using inherent delta-sigma ADC circuitry. In one embodiment, a constant DC value is applied as the input signal. The sum of the constant DC value and a feedback signal is integrated. Then, a digital approximation... | 01/15/2008 |
| 6975693 | Approximating signal power and noise power in a system An electronic system with power approximation for circuit savings. Power approximation is provided by means for generating an absolute value of a real part of a signal, means for generating an absolute value of an imaginary part of the signal, means for generating a... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6819314 | Intensity flattener for optical mouse sensors A method and apparatus for flattening the illumination intensity over an optical sensor is disclosed. The intensity of light off the axis from a lens is less than the light on axis by a factor of cos4θ, where θ is the angle from the lens exit pupil to t... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6795058 | Small facile ergonomic computer mouse An ergonomic mouse has a small body that can be gripped in the fingers much like a writing implement or an eraser. A primary switch is located on an angled facet on the top of the mouse. The primary switch is activated by the user's first finger. By locating the pri... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6795057 | Facile ergonomic computer pointing device An ergonomic mouse has an upright freestanding body that is designed to be gripped by a user's fingers in a writing position and manipulated like a writing implement. The mouse has a body shaped like a pen. The pen is coupled to a weighted base so the mouse remains ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6787897 | Wafer-level package with silicon gasket A gasket encloses a hermetically sealed environment between a cap wafer and a base wafer. The gasket is bonded to the base wafer using bonding material. The bonding material can be one or more of many substances that exhibit acceptable adhesion, sealing, and other p... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6774351 | Low-power surface for an optical sensor A surface having specular regions shaped to reflect incident light toward an optical sensor provides an ideal surface to be scanned by an optical mouse. When light is shined upon the surface, the reflections off of the specular regions appear as white points in the ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6763702 | Method and apparatus for hermeticity determination and leak detection in semiconductor packaging A method and apparatus for determining the hermeticity of a semiconductor package is disclosed. Gas is introduced into the semiconductor package during packaging. Vacuum suction is then applied to the package. If the package has any leaks, the gas within will escape... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6724645 | Method and apparatus for shortening read operations in destructive read memories An apparatus and method for shortening the read operation (typically the longest operation) in a destructive read memory is disclosed. The rewrite step is separated from the read operation and delayed to the subsequent clock cycle. A FeRAM memory cell having two por... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6698646 | Room temperature gold wire bonding The present invention is a method for bonding gold wire to gold bond pads at temperatures lower than 125 degrees Celsius, and more particularly at room temperature, defined to be 25 degrees Celsius. By applying compressive force and ultrasonic energy, an ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6678130 | Voltage regulator with electrostatic discharge shunt An electronic circuit consists of a voltage regulator and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) shunt. The voltage regulator maintains a prescribed voltage for the voltage supply of the chip. The ESD shunt protects the chip circuitry from undesirable levels of... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6580847 | Multistage photonic switch fault isolation The present invention is a method for isolating faults in multi-stage photonic switch networks. Photonic switches in a photonic switch network are first verified individually, using self-test paths built into the photonic switch. Then, interconnecting opt... | 06/17/2003 |
