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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7872195 | Apparatus and methods for dielectric bias system Methods and apparatus of connecting and communicating signals between electrical devices (such as stereo or video speaker or interconnect cables or similar circuits) include applying a bias voltage across the dielectric without interfering with the signals, by apply... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7728223 | Flat cable for mounted display devices A flat high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) cable. The flat cable that is less visible in comparison to a round HDMI cable for wall mounted television setup. An HDMI connector is coupled to the flat cable. An active circuit isolates physical characteristics o... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7671273 | Method and apparatus for facilitating signal transmission using differential transmission lines The illustrative embodiments described herein provide an apparatus and method for facilitating signal transmission using differential transmission lines. The apparatus includes a first differential transmission line. The first differential transmission line includes... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7595445 | Transposition device for a prefabricated electrical canalization The present invention relates to a transposition device for a prefabricated electrical canalization, said canalization includes a certain number of conducting bars distributing different phases including or not the neutral, the bars extending substantially parallel ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7541538 | Multiconductor cable structures There are provided cable architectures useful for constructing high-performance audio interconnection cables. Multiple, parallel runs of multiconductor, shielded, twisted pair cable are used to construct both balanced and unbalanced interconnect cables, speaker cabl... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7446258 | Multiconductor cable structures There are provided cable architectures useful for constructing high-performance audio interconnection cables. Multiple, parallel runs of multiconductor, shielded, twisted pair cable are used to construct both balanced and unbalanced interconnect cables, speaker cabl... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7425684 | Universal systems printed circuit board for interconnections In Electronics, there exists three distinctive areas namely, discrete components or devices, circuits, and systems. A circuit is built from devices and a system is built from circuits. This invention aims at reducing the implementation of electronic systems down to ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7358445 | Circuit substrate and apparatus including the circuit substrate The present invention provides a circuit substrate which has a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A first and a second conductor patterns are formed on the first and the second surface respectively. The second sur... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7331800 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes first and second linear arrays of electrical contacts is disclosed. The first linear array includes a first differential signal pair, a first ground contact lead adjacent to the first differential signal pair, and a second groun... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7309239 | High-density, low-noise, high-speed mezzanine connector A mezzanine style electrical connector is disclosed. The connector includes first and second arrays of electrical contacts extending through a connector housing. Each contact array may include single ended signal conductors or differential signal pairs or a combinat... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7292449 | Virtual ground return for reduction of radiated emissions A digital apparatus having a cable comprising a plurality of high-speed and low-speed signal carrying conductors, the conductors carrying the low-speed signals are bypassed to a signal ground with selected values of capacitance so as to become virtual signal ground ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7282647 | Apparatus for improving coupling across plane discontinuities on circuit boards The invention relates to an apparatus and method for improving coupling across plane discontinuities on circuit boards. A circuit board includes a discontinuity, e.g., a split, slot, or cutout, formed on a voltage reference plane. A conductive layer overlies the dis... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7271985 | System and method for crosstalk reduction in a flexible trace interconnect array A system for reducing signal crosstalk in a flexible trace interconnect array includes a flexible dielectric material base, and a plurality of conductors longitudinally arranged as pairs in a signal layer array on the base. At least one of the pairs of conductors co... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7229318 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes first and second linear arrays of electrical contacts is disclosed. The first linear array is arranged in a first pattern of signal contacts and ground contacts. The second linear array is arranged in a second pattern of signal ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223915 | Cable assembly with opposed inverse wire management configurations A cable assembly is provided that includes a wire bundle having individual wires, and first and second connectors provided on first and second ends of said wire bundle. The first and second connectors include first and second circuit boards, respectively. The first ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221577 | Bus twisting scheme for distributed coupling and low power The present invention relates to a system and method for equalizing the capacitance between/among n lines of a bus running in parallel for a portion of their length. The system and method include determining a twisting pattern for the n lines using an algorithm for ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217889 | System and method for reducing crosstalk between vias in a printed circuit board Two pairs of vias are arranged in a printed circuit board. A first pair of vias, which conveys a first signal pair, is arranged in a plane that is substantially equidistant from the vias in a second pair of vias, which conveys a second signal pair. Similarly, the se... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216191 | System for programmed control of signal input and output to and from cable conductors An input/output module for implementing directions from a controller for sending and receiving signals to and from devices. The input/output module includes a microprocessor for communication with, and receiving programming from the controller. The input/output modu... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204648 | Apparatus for enhancing impedance-matching in a high-speed data communications system An impedance-matching electrical connection system, for use with high-frequency communication signals, includes a circuit board and a plurality of contact pads mounted on the circuit board. The contact pads are for coupling with a plurality of complementary connecto... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7193155 | Communication cables including colored conductors or fibers and methods for making and using the same A communications apparatus for transmitting various communication signals is described. The communications apparatus contains at least two conductors or fibers where the first conductor or fiber comprises a first color and the second conductor or fiber comprises a s... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182643 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes a linear array of electrical blade contacts is disclosed. Each contact may have a free-ended mating portion that extends from a mate surface of a dielectric base. The first linear array may include a first signal contact, a seco... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184264 | Connectable memory devices to provide expandable memory A memory device is described that is capable of expanding an amount of storage capacity available to a host computer without requiring a user to purchase a new, higher capacity memory device that may be bulky and expensive. The memory device includes a host connecto... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7126055 | Apparatus and methods for dielectric bias system Methods and apparatus of connecting and communicating signals between electrical devices (such as stereo or video speaker or interconnect cables or similar circuits) include applying a bias voltage across the dielectric without interfering with the signals, by apply... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118391 | Electrical connectors having contacts that may be selectively designated as either signal or ground contacts An electrical connector having a leadframe housing, a first electrical contact fixed in the leadframe housing, a second electrical contact fixed adjacent to the first electrical contact in the leadframe housing, and a third electrical contact fixed adjacent to the s... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114964 | Cross talk reduction and impedance matching for high speed electrical connectors Lightweight, low-cost, high-density electrical connectors are disclosed that provide impedance-controlled, high-speed, low-interference communications, even in the absence of shields between the contacts, and that provide for a variety of other benefits not found in... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7109819 | Device for wideband electrical connection of two units that are movable relative to each other A device for signal transmission between units which are movable relative to each other along predetermined paths comprises at least one transmitter associated with a first unit for generating electrical signals, at least one conductor arrangement associated with th... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7098742 | Differential/single-ended input stage An input stage for an integrated circuit device provides constant gain in selectable modes of either differential or single-ended operation. In one embodiment, transconductance devices are arranged so that the input impedance of the input stage matches the signal so... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7065583 | System and associated suppression assembly for limiting electromagnetic emissions in network devices communicating via a network bus A network system includes a network having a network bus, such as unshielded differential twisted-pair wires, electrically connected to a plurality of remote devices, and a network controller for digitally directing transmissions with the remote devices via the netw... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7026545 | Flex cable having a return-signal path and method for reducing length and impedance of a return-signal path A device and method are provided for reducing impedance, impedance discontinuities, and signal-loop area in flex cables used for a signal path. In one embodiment of the invention, a flex cable is provided for reducing the impedance and length of a return-signal path... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013452 | Method and apparatus for intra-layer transitions and connector launch in multilayer circuit boards An apparatus is disclosed that substantially reduces or eliminates the resonance that occurs in vias that connect the layers of a printed circuit board by electrically coupling a first transmission line in a circuit board to a second transmission line in a circuit b... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7012596 | Color thin film transistor display module with shielding-effect cable A color Thin Film Transistor (TFT) display module with shielding-effect cable includes a color TFT display, a grounding terminal and a cable. The grounding terminal is installed at the rear of the color TFT display, while the cable, being electrically connected with... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6977343 | Heat-sensitive material and heat-sensitive element The invention provides a heat-sensitive material having a heat shrinkable material (e.g., a heat shrinkable resin) having dispersed therein electrically conductive particles, which shrinks on heating to allow an electric current to flow. The invention also provides ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974906 | low interferance cable A signal cable lead structure in which each lead inside the cable is formed in a generally rectangular shape such that current passing through each segment of the lead is traveling in the opposite direction from current passing through an adjacent segment of the sam... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6945821 | Connector The present invention relates to an adapter, wherein the adapter has a housing with a rear face, a front face, an outside perimeter face. A first connector is located on the rear face. A second connector and a third connector are located on the front face. A mountin... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6936763 | Magnetic shielding for electronic circuits which include magnetic materials Shielded electronic integrated circuit apparatus (5) includes a substrate (10), with an eletronic integrated circuit (15) formed thereon, and a dielectric region (12) positioned on the electronic integrated circuit. The dielectric region ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6927333 | Twin-wire line A twin-wire line over (un)shielded (un)twisted pair for simplex and duplex analog and digital single- and multi-span single- and multi-channel local and long-distance cable communications comprising on every improved span the repeatedly in turn grounded pair wires a... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923675 | Color coded telephone plug receptacle A telephone plug receptacle assembly 8 includes conductors 35-38 bearing the colors that match the colors of the color code of the wires 25-28 of a cable, such as category 3 or category 5 telephone cable. The junctions 31-34 that connect ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6916996 | Symmetric electrical connection system A symmetric electrical connection system for balancing impedance between a first node and a third node and impedance between a second node and a fourth node. The system includes a first conducting wire, a third conducting wire, a fifth conducting wire, and a seventh... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6894231 | Bus twisting scheme for distributed coupling and low power The present invention relates to a system and method for equalizing the capacitance between at least two lines of a bus running in parallel for a portion of their length. The system and method include determining a twisting pattern for the lines using an algorithm. ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6791454 | Cable The present invention relates to a cable (K1, K2) which has integrated identification transmitters (KG1-KG5) for cable-specific data. This data can be checked by using wires or without wires. In this way, for example, extensive details re... | 09/14/2004 |
