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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188799 | Microelectromechanical system device and method of manufacturing the microelectromechanical system device Provided is a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) that includes a first structure and second structure. The first structure and second structure may each include a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate of each structure may have first and seco... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8089322 | Inductance enhanced rotary traveling wave oscillator circuit and method An inductance enhanced rotary traveling wave oscillator is disclosed. Portions of the transmission line conductors are increased in length and run in parallel. Because the currents in these portions travel in the same direction, the inductance of these inductors is ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7940134 | Active YIG oscillator driving device and driving method thereof An active YIG oscillator driving device is comprised of: an YIG oscillator including a main coil, an FM coil, a frequency generator operating to generate an output frequency in response to a magnetic field generated from the FM coil; a phase locker setting the outpu... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7932788 | Oscillating, deflectable micromechanical element and method for use thereof The invention relates to micromechanical elements deflectable in an oscillating manner and to a method for the operation of such elements. In this respect, it is the object of the invention to be able to operate the micromechanical elements in a stable and simple ma... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7808330 | High-frequency oscillator A high-frequency oscillator includes a high-frequency oscillation element having a magnetization pinned layer whose magnetization direction is pinned substantially in one direction, an oscillation layer formed of a magnetic material which generates a high-frequency ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7777583 | Mode selective coupler for whispering-gallery dielectric resonator A whispering gallery mode dielectric resonator includes a conductive enclosure comprising a top, a bottom and walls. The resonator also includes a dielectric element disposed in the enclosure and operative to support a desired resonant mode that is dependent on a sh... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7688152 | High frequency stabilization network for microwave devices and monolithic integrated circuits A high-frequency stabilization network for microwave devices and monolithic integrated circuits. The stabilization network may comprise one or more monolithic RL parallel networks, configured to reduce in-band high-frequency oscillation, such as Gunn effect oscillat... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7656242 | Electromagnetic electric generator An electrical generator that uses a high frequency oscillator in a tuned circuit, set to resonate with the transmitter coil of a full-length high frequency transformer unit, to generate electromagnetic energy, to transform this energy to electrical energy and to col... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7626468 | Microwave generator with variable frequency emission The median frequency in the emission from a microwave generator (14), which operates in a pulsed manner, is shifted when the generator (14) operates between passive reflectors (23) whose axes are parallel thereto. In the axial direction, the ref... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7586381 | User-definable, low cost, low phase hit and spectrally pure tunable oscillator A tunable oscillator includes a first transistor, a second transistor connected in parallel with the first transistor, a noise feedback and bias network coupled to the first and second transistors, a planar coupled resonator network coupled to the transistors and a ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7504898 | High-frequency oscillator with a stacked film including a magnetization pinned layer A high-frequency oscillator includes a high-frequency oscillation element having a magnetization pinned layer whose magnetization direction is pinned substantially in one direction, an oscillation layer formed of a magnetic material which generates a high-frequency ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7403076 | High frequency quasi optical power source capable of solid state implementation In one embodiment, a high frequency quasi optical oscillator power source is provided which includes an array of amplifier devices each having an input antenna tuned for a fundamental frequency. A amplifier coupled to the input antenna amplifies fundamental frequenc... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7378925 | Dielectric resonator, dielectric resonator frequency adjusting method, and dielectric resonator integrated circuit An oscillator comprising a dielectric resonator (DR) has a high controllability and reproducibility of coupling between the dielectric resonator (DR) and an oscillation circuit, and an integrated circuit is reduced in size. The dielectric resonator (DR) (1) i... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7365612 | Low noise, hybrid tuned wideband voltage controlled oscillator An oscillator comprising an active device having first, second and third terminals, a plurality of micro-stripline resonators coupled together to form a coupled-resonator network, the coupled-resonator network being coupled to the second terminal of the active devic... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365615 | Method and apparatus for digital synthesis of microwaves Conductor segments are positioned within a two conductor transmission line in order to generate microwave pulses. The conductor segments are switchably coupled to one or the other of the transmission lines in parallel. Microwave pulses may be induced in the transmis... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353011 | Method and apparatus for operating a PLL for synthesizing high-frequency signals for wireless communications A method and apparatus for synthesizing high-frequency signals, such as wireless communication signals, includes a phase-locked loop (PLL) frequency synthesizer with a variable capacitance voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) that has a discretely variable capacitanc... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352263 | Method and mechanism for tuning dielectric resonator circuits The invention comprises a technique and associated mechanisms by which dielectric resonator circuits, such as filters, can be tuned in both frequency, bandwidth or both without the need for irises, tuning screws and/or tuning plates. In accordance with the invention... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352264 | Electronically tunable dielectric resonator circuits In order to permit electronic tuning of the frequency of a circuit including dielectric resonators, such as a dielectric resonator filter, tuning plates are employed adjacent the individual dielectric resonators. The tuning plates comprises two separate conductive p... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347101 | Measuring strain in a structure using a sensor having an electromagnetic resonator The system (10) comprises a sensor (18) 90×90×90×30 mm as an electromagnetic microwave cavity (20) with a coupler (22) with a wire (40) and an antenna (42). Cavity (20) produces a response signal (26) in res... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7324043 | Phase shifters deposited en masse for an electronically scanned antenna A system and method for an electronically scanned antenna is provided in which phase shifters are deposited en masse along with other electronically scanned antenna components on a wafer scale substrate using a thin film process. Alternative wafer scale sizes may be... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323763 | Semiconductor device having an improved voltage controlled oscillator A semiconductor device having an improved voltage control oscillator circuit is provided. The voltage control oscillator circuit includes, in combination, a variable-capacitance element and at least one bipolar transistor on a single semiconductor substrate. The var... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310031 | Dielectric resonators and circuits made therefrom A dielectric resonator having variable cross-section, preferably varying monotonically, and, most preferably, the resonator being in the shape of a truncated cone. Such shapes displace the H11 mode from the TE mode in the longitudinal direction of the con... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307581 | Mounting structure of high-frequency semiconductor apparatus and its production method In a high-frequency circuit having a substrate having a high-frequency transmission line and an dielectric resonator formed on said substrate so that said dielectric resonator and said high-frequency transmission line may be coupled electro-magnetically to each othe... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7301992 | Multipath processing for GPS receivers A GPS receiver system determines the presence of trackable signals at code delays less than the prompt delay being tracked for a particular, signal and changes the prompt delay to correspond to the smallest code delay having a trackable signal. Trackable signals at ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295633 | Triple multiplexing spread spectrum receiver A GPS car navigation system derives GPS position update information from motion of the car along the actual track. Turns along the track are detected when they actually occur and are compared with the predicted turns so that the time and position at the actual turn ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292112 | Whispering gallery oscillator There is disclosed a whispering gallery oscillator for producing a low noise microwave output signal. The whispering gallery oscillator comprises a dielectric resonator 1 comprising paramagnetic ions 34. A pump signal 5 is coupled by a coupler | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288844 | Semiconductor device, semiconductor circuit and method for producing semiconductor device The present invention is provided with a transmission line element having a ground wiring and a power supply wiring formed interposing an insulating film, on the power supply wiring on a semiconductor chip, lead or printed-circuit board, such that the capacitance pe... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286024 | Voltage-controlled oscillator with differential output A voltage-controlled oscillator for generating differential output is disclosed. The voltage-controlled oscillator comprises a Colpitts oscillator having a first inductor and a capacitive divider having at least two capacitors connected in series. A varactor is conn... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279664 | Resonator for medical device A resonator device including an induction coil, a conductive member positioned adjacent the induction coil, and a dielectric layer between at least a portion of the induction coil and the conductive member to form a capacitor structure. In one embodiment, the conduc... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276981 | 3D MMIC VCO and methods of making the same A three dimensional (3D) microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) multi-push voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and methods of making the same is provided. The 3D MMIC multi-push oscillator includes a plurality of matching frequency oscillators coupled to a p... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268641 | Method and apparatus for digital synthesis of microwaves Conductor segments are positioned within a two conductor transmission line in order to generate microwave pulses. The conductor segments are switchably coupled to one or the other of the transmission lines in parallel. Microwave pulses may be induced in the transmis... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262670 | Low thermal drift, tunable frequency voltage controlled oscillator An oscillator comprising a cascode configured device having first, second and third terminals, a plurality of resonators and first circuitry coupled between the plurality of resonators and the second terminal of the cascode configured device. The first circuitry is ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7239216 | Semiconductor memory device with data bus scheme for reducing high frequency noise A semiconductor memory device includes memory modules which have memories and a data bus which transfers data to the memory modules, in which the data bus comprises a low frequency band data pass unit which removes the high frequency component of the data and sends ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236060 | Electronic pulse generator and oscillator Distributed traveling wave oscillator circuitry is disclosed. The oscillator circuitry includes a signal path, a plurality of active switching means, and a direction promoting means. The signal path is formed from a pair of adjacent conductors and exhibits endless e... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230503 | Imbalanced differential circuit control A differential circuit includes first and second side circuits which are coupled to receive control signals in such a way as to introduce an intentional imbalance in the differential circuit for certain benefits discussed herein. An exemplary pseudo-differential LC ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230501 | Oscillation circuit and electronic equipment An oscillation circuit comprises a SAW resonator having a pair of reflectors disposed on a piezoelectric substrate and a pair of IDTs which are set up in parallel between the pair of reflectors and which are constituted by teeth-of-a-comb electrodes; an inverter to ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227434 | Tuning screw assembly The present invention relates to a tuning screw assembly comprising a sleeve (100) with internal threads for engaging a tuning screw (200) having external threads. The sleeve comprises a first threaded portion (32) which is axially displaced in ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218180 | Low noise oscillator A low noise oscillator constructed using a rotary traveling wave oscillator. The conductors of the rotary traveling wave oscillator provide at any tap position a pair of oppositely phased oscillations and these oscillations have slightly different phases at position... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209936 | Frequency locked digitally tuned oscillator synthesizer A synthesizer is disclosed and is digitally tuned and locked in a measured frequency. The synthesizer uses both the dual voltage control oscillator, each operating over less than an octave, in combination with the microwave doublers to produce a multi-octave RF outp... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206371 | Transmitting and receiving apparatus capable of the suppression of the microphonic noise in digital transmission system A transmitting and receiving apparatus including a modulating circuit for modulating an input digital data; a first frequency converting circuit for converting a signal output from the modulating circuit into a signal of a predetermined frequency; an amplifying/bran... | 04/17/2007 |
