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A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8044746 | Flexible interconnect cable with first and second signal traces disposed between first and second ground traces so as to provide different line width and line spacing configurations A high speed flexible interconnect cable for an electronic assembly includes a number of conductive layers and a number of dielectric layers. Conductive signal traces, located on the conductive layers, combine with the dielectric layers to form one or more high spee... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8018296 | Printed circuit board having a plurality of angled differential pairs of transmission lines A printed circuit board includes a plurality of differential pairs arranged thereon side-by-side. Each differential pair includes two transmission lines. Each transmission line includes a plurality of sections of equal length. Every two adjacent sections in each tra... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7609125 | System, device and method for reducing cross-talk in differential signal conductor pairs Systems, devices and methods are disclosed herein for reducing crosstalk between pairs of differential signal conductors. One or more ground traces connected to one or more over- or under-lying ground planes by vias are located between pairs of differential signal c... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7459985 | Connector having a cut-out for reduced crosstalk between differential conductors In some embodiments, an circuit card includes an electronic circuit substrate, a ground plane on the electronic circuit substrate, first and second differential signal pads on the electronic circuit substrate, a ground return signal pad associated with the first and... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7403080 | Transmission line apparatus having conductive strips coupled by at least one additional capacitance element A transmission line apparatus includes: a substrate 101 with a ground conductor plane; and first and second signal strips 102a, 102b supported on the substrate 101 in parallel with each other. The apparatus further includes ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7382210 | Broadband differential coupling circuit having coupled differential aggressor and signal channels Disclosed are various devices, systems and methods for testing broadband differential coupling circuits that are capable of measuring the amount of extraneous interference and noise in such circuits. In preferred embodiments, NEXT and FEXT crosstalk performance char... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7336139 | Flexible interconnect cable with grounded coplanar waveguide A high speed flexible interconnect cable includes a number of conductive layers and a number of dielectric layers. Conductive signal traces, located on the conductive layers, combine with the dielectric layers to form one or more high speed electrical transmission l... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329814 | Electrical cable An electrical cable has a first plurality of bundles each including a plurality of wires and connectable to a positive pole of a current source at one end, a second plurality of bundles each including a plurality of wires and connectable with a negative pole of the ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7265645 | Matched-impedance high-bandwidth configuration jumper The present invention provides a matched-impedance jumper that is operable to connect pairs of differential signal conductors to provide improved signal transmission characteristics. In an embodiment of the invention, the impedance-matched jumper is used to connect ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7239213 | Reduced cross-talk signaling circuit and method Signaling between two or more ICs use a signaling scheme wherein a reference signal is generated at the driver side and the receiver side. The driver side reference signal is coupled to the receiver side reference signal with a transmission line channel forming a re... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7230506 | Crosstalk reduction for a system of differential line pairs A technique is presented for minimizing crosstalk between adjacent differential signal pairs in communications. A backplane embodiment wherein the backplane includes a plurality of differential signal line pairs, is presented. A first differential signal line pair c... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7160154 | Grouped element transmission channel link termination assemblies Termination assemblies for terminating high-frequency data signal transmission lines include housings with one or more cavities that receive ends of the transmission line therein. The transmission line typically includes a dielectric body and a plurality of conducti... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154355 | Transmission line with a transforming impedance and solder lands A transmission line for high-frequency differential signals and having a transforming impedance is formed into a substrate. The transmission line is comprised of a slot, the opposing surfaces of which carry a conductive surface capable of carrying electrical signals... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151420 | Electromagnetically shielded slot transmission line An electro-magnetically shielded slot-transmission line is formed by metallizing the opposing sides of a slot cut through a dielectric substrate. A ground plane is deposited on the bottom of the substrate. Conductive vias through the substrate and that contact the g... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7145411 | Flexible differential interconnect cable with isolated high frequency electrical transmission line A high speed flexible interconnect cable includes a number of conductive layers and a number of dielectric layers. Conductive signal traces, located on the conductive layers, combine with the dielectric layers to form one or more high speed electrical transmission l... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7113002 | Transmission cable structure for GHz frequency band signals and connector used for transmission of GHz frequency band signals A differential signal transmission cable structure for transmitting differential signals having GHz frequency band in the present invention is provided with a differential signal transmission pair cable 30 connecting a driver circuit 23a and a r... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109822 | Method and apparatus for rapid prototyping of monolithic microwave integrated circuits A system is provided for rapidly prototyping monolithic microwave integrated circuit modules to provide an experimental structure that can be physically made to operate by stereolithographically rendering an SLA part directly from the designer's drawings and by coat... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7102456 | Transmission line A method of controlling a characteristic impedance of a transmission line, and a transmission line implementing the method. According to a basic version of the invention a distance between longitudinal currents are controlled, thereby controlling a characteristic in... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102455 | Arrangements of differential pairs in multi-layer printed circuit board for eliminating crosstalk An arrangement of differential pairs in a multi-layer printed circuit board is provided for eliminating crosstalk. The arrangement of differential pairs in the multi-layer printed circuit board includes a first differential pair, and a second differential pair. The ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7068119 | Fixed impedance shielded differential pair with pairs of side ground plane vias A system and method for transferring information at a fast rate between add-in cards in a rack mount system are described. In one embodiment, the invention allow all the add-in cards within the rack mount system to be interconnected. All the main cards within the ra... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7061343 | Method and apparatus for rapid prototyping of monolithic microwave integrated circuits A system is provided for rapidly prototyping monolithic microwave integrated circuit modules to provide an experimental structure that can be physically made to operate by stereolithographically rendering an SLA part directly from the designer's drawings and by coat... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061342 | Differential transmission channel link for delivering high frequency signals and power An engineered transmission line for transmitting high-frequency data signals between two points of connection includes a dielectric body and a plurality of conductive elements disposed thereon, with the plurality of conductive elements being arranged in pairs for di... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7049901 | Parallel plate wave-guide structure in a layered medium for transmitting complementary signals A parallel plate wave-guide structure in a layered flexible/formable medium for transmitting complementary signals, including: at least two parallel signal conductor plates, placed in substantially close proximity, separated by a conductor-to-conductor dielectric ma... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7005939 | Input/output circuit with on-chip inductor to reduce parasitic capacitance An I/O circuit disposed on an integrated circuit substrate and having reduced parasitic capacitance. The I/O circuit includes a signal line segmented into a first signal line segment and a second signal line segment, and an inductive structure disposed between the f... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6972647 | Embedded shielded stripline (ESS) structure using air channels within the ESS structure A technique for facilitating signal transmission at high signal frequencies in a multi-layer substrate is disclosed. In one embodiment a multi-layer substrate comprises a conductor or pair of conductors, a first dielectric layer on a first side of the conductor or p... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6950565 | Submount for high speed electronic devices The present invention is an electronic device including a submount for mounting a component thereon. The submount includes a first high speed transmission line electrically coupled to a contact for providing electrical contact to the component. At least two load res... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6949991 | Embedded shielded stripline (ESS) structure using air channels within the ESS structure A technique for facilitating signal transmission at high signal frequencies in a multi-layer substrate is disclosed. In one embodiment a multi-layer substrate comprises a conductor or pair of conductors, a first dielectric layer on a first side of the conductor or p... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6946926 | Wired transmission path with plural equidistant differential conductors A wired transmission path includes first and second differential transmission paths. The first differential transmission path is composed of two strip lines, and the second differential transmission path is composed of two strip lines. Each of the strip lines of the... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6907458 | Digital multi-room, multi-source entertainment and communications network A peer-to-peer network of devices connected together with data being streamed over a digital network. Network devices include one or more data communication units that are locatable in two or more zones. Data communication units may be room stations and door station... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6819201 | Balanced high isolation fast state transitioning switch apparatus A high speed switching apparatus comprises first and second parallel balanced lines each directed from an input line end to an output line end and adapted to receive equal and opposite currents to provide balanced operation. Third and fourth parallel balanced lines ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6803518 | High frequency transmission cable A high frequency transmission cable includes one or more propagation channel sets, an inner covering wrapping the propagation channel sets and providing an effect of shield, drain wires and a jacket. Two conductors in each of the propagation channels are joined to e... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6703907 | Circuit technique for increasing effective inductance of differential transmission lines An electronic apparatus with a high inductive reactance for differential signals per unit area and a small inductive reactance for common-mode signals relative to its inductive reactance for differential signals with predictable and scalable characteristi... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6687842 | Off-chip signal routing between multiply-connected on-chip electronic elements via external multiconductor transmission line on a dielectric element A semiconductor chip is provided with a dielectric element having conductive features interconnecting electronic elements within the chip with one another. The conductive features replace internal conductors, and can provide enhanced signal propagation be... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6603376 | Suspended stripline structures to reduce skin effect and dielectric loss to provide low loss transmission of signals with high data rates or high frequencies A technique for improving signal reach and signal integrity when using high bit rates or high signal frequencies is provided. A multi-layer substrate comprises a conductor having a continuous main path and discrete spaced edges protruding from opposing ed... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6600395 | Embedded shielded stripline (ESS) structure using air channels within the ESS structure A technique for facilitating signal transmission at high signal frequencies in a multi-layer substrate is disclosed. In one embodiment a multi-layer substrate comprises a conductor or pair of conductors, a first dielectric layer on a first side of the con... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6590466 | Circuit board having shielding planes with varied void opening patterns for controlling the impedance and the transmission time of differential transmission lines A flexible circuit board with specific shielding planes is used for low voltage differential transmission mode circuits. Both the impedance and the transmission time for the transmission line in the circuit board are controlled by shielding planes with va... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6492880 | Common mode termination A common mode termination includes a shielded connector, a receive section and a transmit section, each section comprising an isolation transformer, a common mode transformer, a reference autotransformer, and an AC shield return. Each transmit section ref... | 12/10/2002 |
