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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7232687 | Multiple sorter monitor and control subsystem for flow cytometer An optical illumination and monitoring subsystem controls the operation of a flow cytometer having a carrier fluid that flows along a channel coupled to a droplet generator, which controls a point at which droplets break off from the carrier fluid, and a droplet sor... | 06/19/2007 |
| 6778910 | Statistical probability distribution-preserving accumulation of log transformed data A signal processing operator successfully expands the dynamic range of a histogram of digital data, such as that representative of biological cell populations, including human blood cells subjected to flow cytometry processing, without introducing binning artifacts ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6504927 | Mechanism for measuring resistance of telephone subscriber line and generating measurement as pulse width of periodic waveform A periodic waveform-based wireline measurement circuit derives a voltage that is very precisely proportional to the differential voltage across a wireline pair, and uses this voltage to modulate the width of a periodic waveform, such as one derived from a... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6144482 | Acousto-optic modulator for selective extraction of one or more wavelengths from randomly polarized polychromatic light beam A polarization-independent polychromatic light modulator applies one or more pairs of predetermined RF drive frequencies to an acousto-optic transducer of an acousto-optic modulator body upon which a single beam of randomly polarized or unpolarized polych... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6130585 | Cross-over distribution scheme for canceling mutually coupled signals between adjacent stripline signal distribution networks A stripline cross-over architecture includes a first stripline layer extending on a first side of a dielectric layer between a first signal input port and a plurality of first signal output ports. A second stripline layer extends on a second side of the d... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6127976 | Distributed network for multi-lateration with circularly polarized antenna for hemispherical coverage A distributed radio geo-location and tracking system has a distributed subsystem architecture that distributes its processing workload over a plurality of information handling and processing subsystems. For maximum detection capability, each of a pluralit... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6125327 | System for identifying and generating geographic map display of aircraft icing conditions A satellite data processing aircraft icing detection and display mechanism comprises a communication link coupled with an earth-imaging satellite containing a terrestrial-directed imagery sensing system, which conveys data associated with multiple images ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6122595 | Hybrid GPS/inertially aided platform stabilization system A hybrid system for stabilizing the attitude of an instrument relative to a dynamic platform includes a plurality of (roll, pitch and yaw) inertial rate sensors, whose outputs are sampled at a rate sufficient to provide real time tracking of changes in or... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6118797 | Use of sub-rate out-of-band channel to transport signaling bits over time division multiplexed digital communication link An out-of-band signaling mechanism for a T-1 multipath digital time division multiplex telecommunication system transports signaling information exclusive of in-band, robbed bit signaling. The out-of-band signaling mechanism reserves a portion of the avai... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6115005 | Gain-optimized lightweight helical antenna arrangement A gain-optimized, compact helical antenna array comprises an array of tapered pitch angle helical antenna elements. By tapered pitch angle is meant that the pitch angle increases from the base end of the antenna element to the distal end, in a manner that... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6107127 | Method of making shallow well MOSFET structure To form a shallow well MOSFET, an epitaxial layer is subjected to a blanket implant of impurities, so as to form a very shallow well region that defines a PN junction with the epitaxial layer. A field oxide layer is selectively formed on a portion of the ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6097706 | Demand-based connection management integrated services access terminal (ISAT) for satellite communication system A demand-based connection management satellite communication network includes a plurality of geographically distributed earth stations, each earth station having a frame relay protocol-based switch for interfacing message signals between terminal devices ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6097260 | Distributed ground pads for shielding cross-overs of mutually overlapping stripline signal transmission networks A distributed ground pad-based isolation arrangement for a multilayer stripline architecture is configured to effectively inhibit the mutual coupling of signals between overlapping regions of adjacent stripline networks of dielectrically separated transmi... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6092404 | Electronically actuated cargo door lock assembly An electronic lock housing assembly provides a lock retrofit for a transportation industry-standard cargo door lock assembly. The electronic lock assembly is configured to protect the electronic components of the lock from impact, moisture and foreign mat... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6091867 | M input port by N output port optical switching system An M×N optical switching system has a plurality of M optical input ports, each of which is directs a respectively associated optical input beam along one of M spaced apart coplanar parallel input optical paths intersecting an optical coupling path. N opt... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6091522 | Acousto-optic channelizer-based ultra-wideband signal processor An ultra-wideband signal processor, such as that employed for processing narrow time domain radar return pulses, includes a coherent acousto-optic Bragg cell channelizer having a plurality of IF outputs from which a plurality of IF output signals respecti... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6082431 | System of telecoping longitudinally grooved door-stiffening columns for bracing garage door against hurricane force winds A garage door bracing arrangement has a plurality of vertically extending door-stiffening column members, which are pivotally attached to upper mounting brackets affixed to garage building structure directly above the garage door opening. Lower mounting b... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6078216 | Aliased wide band performance monitor for adjusting predistortion and vector modulator control parameters of RF amplifier A digital signal processor-resident RF power amplifier performance monitor generates and updates signals for controlling each of an adaptive predistortion unit and a vector modulator of a preamplification signal processing loop, and a vector modulator of ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6075634 | Gigabit data rate extended range fiber optic communication system and transponder therefor A fiber optic digital communication system and associated transponder architecture interfaces Gigabit Ethernet digital data over an extended range fiber optic link (e.g. upwards of 30 to 100 km), using digital data signal regeneration and optical signal p... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6072838 | Communication scheme using non-coherent frequency detection of trellis-based coding of plural transmission frequencies per baud A reduced cost digital data modulation and demodulation scheme for very small aperture terminal (VSAT) satellite communication systems combines non-coherent frequency detection with trellis-coded, multi-frequency modulation. The technique is robust to pha... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6070301 | Cushioned handle for wire cutting and seating tool Hammer rebound shock and hand and wrist fatigue associated with the use of a wire seating and/or cutting tool, such as an impact tool, is alleviated by a covering at least the butt end of the tool handle with an internally ribbed cushioning sleeve of elas... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6067296 | Parallel backplane architecture providing asymmetric bus time slot cross-connect capability A channel interface architecture for a time division multiplexed (TDM) data communication system has a plurality of TDM communication ports coupled to serial TDM communication channels. The channel interface architecture interfaces data from any channel o... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6058162 | Testing of digital subscriber loops using multi-tone power ratio (MTPR) waveform The performance of digital subscriber loops is tested through transmission, reception and analysis of a multi-tone power ratio (MTPR) waveform, containing plural discrete tones having equal spectral spacings and notches periodically distributed among the ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6051474 | Negative biasing of isolation trench fill to attract mobile positive ions away from bipolar device regions The tendency of mobile positive ions to be transported into device regions of a bipolar transistor is effectively minimized by surrounding the transistor with a `positive ion`-attracting electric field, preferably by applying a prescribed bias to the fill... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6052098 | Printed circuit board-configured dipole array having matched impedance-coupled microstrip feed and parasitic elements for reducing sidelobes To reduce sidelobes in the radiation pattern of a phased array dipole antenna, a plurality of parasitic antenna elements are provided adjacent to the array of dipole elements of the antenna. The driven elements of the dipole array and associated director ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6052215 | Index-guided solid acoustic traveling wave lens A solid state acoustic travelling wave lens comprises a thin core layer of acoustic and light transmissive material, such as crystalline quartz, compression-bonded between a pair of outer or cladding layers, such as fused silica, having an acoustic veloci... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6047947 | Proportional solenoid-controlled fluid valve assembly A proportional solenoid-driven valve control assembly contains a moveable, magnetic armature positioned adjacent to one end of a fixed pole piece that protrudes from a solenoid bore and is supported by means of a pair of flat suspension springs adjacent t... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6046986 | ISDN terminal equipment-resident mechanism for determining service profile identifiers and associated telecommunication switch protocol The inability of an ISDN equipment user to properly configure ISDN terminal equipment, even when provided with correctly assigned switch protocol, SPID and LDN parameters by a telephone service provider, is successfully remedied by a SPID/switch protocol ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044066 | ISDN terminal equipment-resident mechanism for automatically determining service profile identifiers (SPIDS) for subdivided area code An auto-SPID detection routine is operative to conduct an iterative search of stored SPID formats associated with different central office switch protocols, based upon directory information including an area code supplied by a user. If an attempt to regis... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6043924 | Constant power density acoustic traveling wave lens An acoustic traveling wave lens structure for an acousto-optic scanner comprises a confined height fluid-containing channel, upon which a scanned optical beam to be modulated by a acoustic traveling wave is incident. The channel is bounded by spaced-apart... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6040707 | Constant slew rate amplifier A constant slew rate amplifier has a precision internal slew rate control reference, that generates respective positive-going and negative-going voltages, associated with corresponding excursions in the input signal. These slew rate-defining voltages are ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6039006 | Incubator for hatching the eggs of birds There is disclosed an incubator (1) for hatching the eggs (12) of birds, comprising a cover (2), a base (10) for supporting the eggs (12), a flexible screen (5) which is associated with the cover (2) and is sufficiently loose to be able to follow the cont... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6029285 | Adaptive compensation of RF amplifier distortion by injecting predistortion signal derived from respectively different functions of input signal amplitude The envelope-dependency of the distortion-introducing behavior of an RF power amplifier is used to derive a predistortion signal, that is derived from a plurality of respectively different work function representative signals. Each work function signal, i... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6028494 | High isolation cross-over for canceling mutually coupled signals between adjacent stripline signal distribution networks A stripline isolation cross-over is configured to cancel signals that may be mutually coupled at cross-over points between adjacent stripline networks within a compact multilayer signal distribution architecture, such as one feeding elements of phased arr... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6026565 | Housing for diverse cooling configuration printed circuit cards A printed circuit card housing provides separate cooling fluid travel paths for convectively cooling on-board heat exchangers of non mil. spec. component-retaining printed circuit cards, and for thermal conductive cooling of conventional (VME) circuit car... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6018529 | Channel bank with individually removable processorless U-BRITE cards controlled by bank controller card A reduced cost and hardware complexity ISDN channel bank architecture supports a plurality of Basic Rate-One Transmission Extension (BRITE) ISDN circuit cards. Rather than install a dedicated processor on each BRITE card or multiple BRITE circuits on one ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6010507 | Repair of bone fracture using flexible fully or partially cannulated compression/decompression fixation element A bone fracture is repaired using a flexible, resorbable cannulated, self-tapping (in soft bone) compression and decompression fixation element to retain respective sections of bone in a spatial relationship that facilitates mending with minimal or no com... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6004268 | Aspiration screening process for assessing post surgery patient's risk for pneumonia Whether a post surgery intubated patient is at risk for aspiration-based pneumonia is determined by requiring the patient to inhale an aerosol of tartaric acid that will stimulate a sensory innervation of the patient's larynx, if functionally recovered, t... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5999592 | Network node event notification in circuit switched environments A method of reporting an event to a monitoring station in a network of communication switching exchanges comprised of monitoring in each exchange for events to be reported, upon detection of the event, the exchange in which the event occurred automaticall... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5999542 | Use of modified line encoding and low signal-to-noise ratio based signal processing to extend range of digital data transmission over repeaterless two-wire telephone link The range of digital data communication services, such as a basic rate 2B1Q ISDN channel, to customer premises located beyond the industry standard achievable range of a two-wire loop can be extended by increasing the capacity of the ISDN line code from t... | 12/07/1999 |
