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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107553 | Crest factor reduction in multicarrier transmission schemes A multicarrier transmission system uses a set of carriers spaced apart in frequency with a number of bits being assigned to each carrier. A transmitter has a mapper which maps a data signal to a parallel set of constellation values. A frequency domain-to-time domain... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7809575 | Enabling global grammars for a particular multimodal application Methods, apparatus, and computer program products are described for enabling global grammars for a particular multimodal application according to the present invention by loading a multimodal web page; determining whether the loaded multimodal web page is one of a p... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7594101 | Secure digital processing unit and method for protecting programs A digital processing unit for executing program instructions stored in at least two memories and including at least one first register of temporary storage of the operator of a current instruction to be executed and at least a second register of temporary storage of... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7564231 | Switching power supply source A switching power supply source including an inductance with first and second terminals; an output node; an NMos transistor, the drain of which is connected to the first terminal; a PMos transistor, the drain of which is connected to the first terminal; a control de... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7500038 | Resource management A resource management system including a plurality of requester elements competing to access a resource through an arbiter element that controls access to the resource by the requester elements. A requester element having a buffer unit and first and second counters,... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7326589 | Method for producing a TFA image sensor and one such TFA image sensor The invention relates to a method for producing a TFA image sensor in which a multi-layer arrangement comprising a photo diode matrix is arranged on an ASIC switching circuit provided with electronic circuits for operating the TFA image sensor, such as pixel electro... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325018 | Design flow checker A method is disclosed for operating a computer system in order to validate data stored in a plurality of data files in a database. Each of the data files have an associated file type and are arranged in a plurality of data stores in the database. At least one of the... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7204495 | Highback formed of multiple materials A highback for controlling a gliding board, such as a snowboard, through leg movement of a rider. The highback is comprised of at least two distinct materials with different stiffnesses to achieve a desired blend of stiffness and flexibility. The highback may employ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 6703921 | Operation in very close coupling of an electromagnetic transponder system A method and a system of data transmission between a terminal for generating an electromagnetic field and a transponder, the terminal and the transponder each including an oscillating circuit forming an antenna, and the transponder including an electronic... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6704928 | Relocation format for linking An executable program is prepared from a plurality of object code modules, at least one of the object code modules including section data specifying a plurality of code sequences each associated with relocation instructions identifying condition parameter... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6696741 | High breakdown voltage PN junction structure, and related manufacturing process PN junction structure including a first junction region of a first conductivity type, and a second junction region of a second conductivity type, wherein between said first and second junction regions a grid of buried insulating material regions is provid... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6689672 | Buried layer manufacturing method A method of forming separate buried layers close to one another in a semiconductor component. This method includes the steps of forming, by implantation, doped areas in a semiconductor substrate; performing an anneal just sufficient to eliminate crystal d... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6687899 | Relocation format for linking An executable program is prepared from a plurality of object code modules, each object code module including special relocations that have a type field for identifying the nature of a function to be implemented by the special relocation. The function is s... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6663359 | Pump chamber having at least one spacer for inhibiting the pumping of a gas Pump chambers are disclosed that include at least one spacer element therein to prevent any gas in the pump chamber from being pumped from the pump chamber during pumping. In some embodiments, the pump chambers are included in removable pumping cartridges... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6507989 | Self-assembly of mesoscale objects Self-assembling systems include component articles that can be pinned at a fluid/fluid interface, or provided in a fluid, or provided in proximity of a surface, and caused to self-assemble optionally via agitation. A self-assembling electrical circuit is ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6423234 | Air and water purification using continuous breakpoint halogenation A process for optimizing the rate of oxidation using halogen, e.g. chlorine donors to prevent the accumulation of undesirable chlorinated by-products. The feed rate of a chlorine donor is controlled for maintaining a desired ORP. The amount of free haloge... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6355614 | Cyclic boroproline compounds Substantially pure preparations of cyclic boroProline compounds that bind, in cyclic or linear form, to CD26 are provided. Methods for using the cyclic compounds to stimulate the activation and/or proliferation of immune cells to achieve preselected norma... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6035317 | Modular arithmetic coprocessor comprising two multiplication circuits working in parallel A coprocessor including a first multiplication circuit and a second multiplication circuit with a series input to receive n bits and a series output to give n+k bits. The coprocesser also includes addition and multiplexing circuits enabling the data eleme... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5963439 | Device for limiting transient variations of a supply voltage The present invention relates to a device for limiting transient variations of a voltage for supplying a load from a dc/dc converter, including an input terminal, that receives the voltage provided by the converter, and connected to an output terminal of ... | 10/05/1999 |
