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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180610 | Model-based diagnostic interface for a vehicle health management system having a system model with a system nomeclature Methods and apparatus are provided for a model-based diagnostic interface. An apparatus is provided for a diagnostic interface for a system having system data, system information, and a system model having a model nomenclature, the diagnostic interface comprising at... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8145458 | Method and system for automatic stress analysis of analog components in digital electronic circuit An automated approach is provided for evaluating stress upon analog components embedded in a digital electronic circuit design. The approach includes establishing a computer readable circuit definition of the digital electronic circuit design. The circuit definition... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8126685 | Automatic real-time optimization and intelligent control of electrical power distribution and transmission systems A system for real-time optimization of power resources on an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, an analytics server, a control element and a client terminal. The data acquisition component is communicatively connected t... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8032848 | Performing abstraction-refinement using a lower-bound-distance to verify the functionality of a circuit design Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatuses for verifying the functionality of a circuit. The system can determine a lower-bound-distance (LBD) value, such that the LBD value is associated with an LBD abstract model of the CUV which does not... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7979815 | Compact model methodology for PC landing pad lithographic rounding impact on device performance A method and computer program product for modeling a semiconductor transistor device structure having an active device area, a gate structure, and including a conductive line feature connected to the gate structure and disposed above the active device area, the cond... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7933753 | Modeling circuit of a field-effect transistor reflecting electrostatic-discharge characteristic A modeling circuit includes a field-effect transistor, a first current source, a first bipolar transistor, a second current source and a second bipolar transistor. The first bipolar transistor and the second bipolar transistor are parasitic bipolar transistors that ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7877244 | Simulation circuit of toggle magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) element A simulating circuit for simulating a toggle magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) element includes at least a synthetic Anti-Ferromagnetic free layer, a tunnel barrier layer, and a synthetic Anti-Ferromagnetic pinned layer. The simulating circuit is configured with a c... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7856345 | Method for building and managing a web site A method for managing and/or producing an output, the method comprising the steps of providing one or more layouts, each layout being divided into a number of zones, the one or more layouts in combination at least substantially covering the output; providing a numbe... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7774372 | Computer program product and method for database management system supporting multiple temporary tables A computer system and a relational database management system (RDMS) computer program product are described for interfacing a number of concurrently running database sessions with a large database in which a plurality of local temporary object database descriptors a... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7761268 | Non-linear transient analysis module and method for phase locked loop A non-linear transient analysis module and method for phase locked loop (PLL) is disclosed. The method includes a pulse cycle defined by the larger period of two input frequencies; a pulse width defined by the accumulation value of period difference. Each pulse cycl... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7440885 | Method and system for deterministic control of an emulation An emulation-based event-wait simulator including an application module to configure and command verification processes on a design under test (DUT). An event dispatcher is in communication with the application module to deliver commands to the DUT. A plurality of t... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7412370 | Modeling linear and non-linear system response to a pulse train The response of linear and non-linear systems to an arbitrary pulse train is modeled for efficient and accurate circuit simulation. First, a harmonic balance analysis is performed for a system incorporating linear and non-linear components. Then, the even and odd fr... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7386426 | Method and system for nonlinear state estimation An NSET method and apparatus for modeling and monitoring the status of a system is disclosed. The NSET employs a nonlinear similarity operator in place of linear matrix multiplication, to estimate a set of sensor data based on learned reference data, responsive to r... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7373215 | Transistor gate shape metrology using multiple data sources The claimed subject matter can provide a mechanism for ascertaining a variety of metrological data relating to one or more features (e.g., a transistor gate) of a chip/wafer. In addition, results of electrical testing on the chip/wafer can also be gathered and, toge... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372565 | Spectrometer measurement of diffracting structures A normal incidence reflectometer includes a rotatable analyzer/polarizer for measurement of a diffracting structure. Relative rotation of the analyzer/polarizer with respect to the diffracting structure permits analysis of the diffracted radiation at multiple polari... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373399 | System and method for an enterprise-to-enterprise compare within a utility data center (UDC) A system and method for an enterprise-to-enterprise compare within a data center. Image backups are typically used to identify the configuration of each system within a data center. The configuration data for one or more enterprises may be combined with feedback and... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366622 | Arc fault identification using model reference estimation An apparatus and method for the identification of arcing phenomena in a faulted electrical network. By continually updating a model for the load on an electrical branch, an estimate of the behavior of that load may be calculated. Since electrical arcing faults resul... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362085 | Power line carrier communication system and its communication device, and method for constructing power line carrier communication system A power line carrier communication system includes a power line, a first communication device, a second communication device, the first and second communication devices being arranged on the power line and performing a communication via the power line, a storage sec... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363602 | Computer-supported, automated method for the verification of analog circuits The invention relates to a computer-supported, automated method for the verification of analog circuits, and to a storage medium on which a computer software program is stored for performing such method, including transforming of constants or variables characterizin... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353221 | Method for the automatic retrieval of engineering data of systems The invention relates to a method for the automatic retrieval of engineering data from installations. The engineering and runtime objects are described by a uniform object model. This allows the correspondence between engineering objects and runtime objects to be de... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7332974 | Method and apparatus for steady state analysis of a voltage controlled oscillator A computer-implemented method computes the steady-state and control voltage of a voltage controlled oscillator, given a known frequency or a known period of oscillation of the voltage controlled oscillator. Differential algebraic equations representative of the volt... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7305335 | Permanent three-pole independent pole operation recloser simulator feature in a single-pole trip capable recloser control Disclosed is a permanent recloser simulator feature for use in a single-pole trip capable recloser control. The permanent recloser simulator feature includes a first logic circuit capable of enabling and disabling operation of the permanent recloser simulator featur... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302375 | Simulation of processes, devices and circuits by a modified newton method Roughly described, a method for numerically solving a system of equations of the form 0=F(X), for a solution vector X which involves choosing a starting value X0 and iterating Xn+1=X | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293250 | Method of modeling physical layout of an electronic component in channel simulation A method of developing the physical layout of an electronic component in a data bus connected logic analog system includes: providing a data bus connected logic analog system modeled as a software-implemented channel simulation model including: a bit pattern generat... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284008 | Dynamic document context mark-up technique implemented over a computer network A technique is disclosed for generating markup information to be displayed on a client computer system. The client system includes memory configured to store at least one update file which comprises keyword information relating to keywords suitable for markup. In on... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281223 | System and method for modeling an integrated circuit system The teachings of the present invention provide a method for modeling an integrated circuit system including a microchip, an integrated circuit package, and a printed circuit board. The method includes generating a configuration file including parasitics regarding ba... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280863 | System and method for radar-assisted catheter guidance and control A Catheter Guidance Control and Imaging (CGCI) system whereby a magnetic tip attached to a surgical tool is detected, displayed and influenced positionally so as to allow diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to be performed is described. The tools that can be so eq... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277839 | Method for numerically simulating an electrical circuit A method using a computer program for numerically simulating an electrical circuit, in a computer system, having a plurality of nodes and a plurality of circuit elements. A circuit description of the electrical circuit together with tstart and tstop ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272529 | Dual wall turbine blade ultrasonic wall thickness measurement technique A method and apparatus is provided to analyze a dual wall structure having at least one hollow core therein and having the same unknown material sound velocities in walls and in post as well. A transducer is located in at least two different positions with respect t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7260792 | Modeling a mixed-language mixed-signal design A method for modeling a mixed-language and mixed-signal (MLMS) design is disclosed. The method includes receiving an MLMS design comprising at least a digital driver, a digital receiver, and an analog block connected by an MLMS net in a hierarchical structure and id... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251795 | Connecting verilog-AMS and VHDL-AMS components in a mixed-language mixed-signal design A method for connecting Verilog-AMS and VHDL-AMS components in a mixed-language mixed-signal design includes receiving a mixed-language mixed-signal design, where the mixed-language mixed-signal design comprises one or more VHDL-AMS and Verilog-AMS components, inclu... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243049 | Method for modeling system performance The present invention provides a method for modeling the performance of a system comprising computer software operating on computer hardware. In accordance with the present invention, system performance is modeled by fitting non-linear curves to data points for syst... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236244 | Alignment target to be measured with multiple polarization states An alignment target includes periodic patterns on two elements. The periodic patterns are aligned when the two elements are properly aligned. By measuring the two periodic patterns at multiple polarization states and comparing the resulting intensities of the polari... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230705 | Alignment target with designed in offset An alignment target includes periodic patterns on two elements. The alignment target includes two locations, at least one of which has a designed in offset. In one embodiment, both measurement locations have a designed in offset of the same magnitude but opposite di... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224185 | System of finite state machines A system of finite state machines built with asynchronous or synchronous logic for controlling the flow of data through computational logic circuits programmed to accomplish a task specified by a user, having one finite state machine associated with each computation... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225250 | Method and system for predictive enterprise resource management A system and method are disclosed which predict whether a performance problem within a network is likely to be encountered during future operation. Furthermore, a preferred embodiment not only predicts the likelihood of a performance problem, but further determines ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222041 | High-speed digital multiplexer A high-speed digital multiplexer is disclosed. The multiplexer includes a plurality of input pins for receiving a plurality of digital input signals and switching circuitry coupled to the input pins. The switching circuitry has respective outputs coupled to a common... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7222033 | Electromagnetic emissions and susceptibility calculating method and apparatus A method and apparatus that predicts electromagnetic emissions and susceptibility attributes of an electric device. A simulation is conducted which utilizes a series of mathematical calculations to predict performance of four facets of electromagnetic interference (... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216067 | Non-linear test load and method of calibrating a plasma system A non-linear test load is provided for calibrating a plasma system. The test load is a substrate for modeling the electrical characteristics of the plasma such that multi frequency testing can be performed in the absence of a plasma reaction. An exemplary substrate ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209970 | Authentication, application-authorization, and user profiling using dynamic directory services A system and method for authenticating and authorizing computer users with a single, standard, directory-based set of applications. The invention combines dynamic directory services (DDS) with a directory access protocol such as the light weight directory access pro... | 04/24/2007 |
