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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8195726 | Systems, devices, and methods for solving computational problems Systems, devices, and methods for using an analog processor to solve computational problems. A digital processor is configured to track computational problem processing requests received from a plurality of different users, and to track at least one of a status and ... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8046727 | IP cores in reconfigurable three dimensional integrated circuits The invention describes IP cores applied to 3D FPGAs, CPLDs and reprogrammable SoCs. IP cores are (a) used for continuously evolvable hardware using 3D logic circuits, (b) applied with optimization metaheuristic algorithms, (c) applied by matching combinatorial logi... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7353218 | Methods and apparatus for clustering evolving data streams through online and offline components A technique of clustering data of a data stream is provided. Online statistics are first created from the data stream. Offline processing of the online statistics is then performed when offline processing either required or desired. Online statistics may be created ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350132 | Nanoscale interconnection interface One embodiment of the present invention provides a demultiplexer implemented as a nanowire crossbar or a hybrid nanowire/microscale-signal-line crossbar with resistor-like nanowire junctions. The demultiplexer of one embodiment provides demultiplexing of signals inp... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336788 | Electronic book secure communication with home subsystem The invention, an electronic book selection and delivery system, is a new way to distribute books and other textual information to bookstores, libraries and consumers. The primary components of the system are a subsystem for placing text in a video signal format and... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7191380 | Defect-tolerant and fault-tolerant circuit interconnections Methods for increasing defect tolerance and fault tolerance in systems containing interconnected components, in which a signal level is classified as belonging to one of a plurality of different, distinguishable classes based on one or more thresholds separating the... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190755 | Phase-locked loop circuitry for programmable logic devices A phase-locked loop circuit (“PLL”) is adjustable in both phase and frequency. By providing a plurality of taps on the voltage-controlled oscillator of the PLL, and providing separate multiplexers, each of which can select a different tap—one for the PLL feedb... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7064617 | Method and apparatus for temperature compensation Temperature compensation is achieved by adjusting a divide ratio of a multi-modulus divider circuit in a feedback path of a phase-locked loop based on the detected temperature. The divide ratio is adjusted based on stored adjustment values stored in non-volatile mem... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7049626 | Misalignment-tolerant electronic interfaces and methods for producing misalignment-tolerant electronic interfaces A nanoscale or partial nanoscale interface within an electronic device, and a method for producing such interfaces without the need for precise nanoscale alignment of nanoscale elements of a first circuit layer to elements of a second circuit layer, is disclosed. In... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7003106 | Efficient method for multiplication over galois fields The improved AES processing method provides an efficient alternative to both Mips intensive multiplication and to conventional table lookup, used to multiply terms over a Galois field (GF). The improved method takes advantage of the fact that in the GF, any non zero... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997384 | Method for displaying and reading information code for commercial transaction An optical information reader for settling a commercial transaction reads and decodes with certainty a quick response (QR) code displayed on a buyer's mobile telephone display. A QR code 11 is displayed on the display a plurality of times at a prescribed time... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6965272 | Worldwide marketing logistics network including strategically located centers for frequency programming crystal oscillators to customer specification A worldwide logistics network includes a processing center for receiving customer orders for crystal oscillators over communications links, processing the orders, and generating work orders that are selectively disseminated over communications links to programming c... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6954113 | Programmable oscillator circuit A programmable crystal oscillator is provided having a memory for storing frequency-defining parameters. Typically, one of these parameters is used to program an adjustable capacitive load circuit coupled to a crystal to thereby adjust the crystal source frequency. ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6741956 | Analog computation using hybridization-capable oligomers The present invention is directed to an analog, oligomer-based method for determining a mathematical result of carrying out an operation of matrix algebra on input data. The method comprises representing at least one m-component vector V=ΣiVie... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6718415 | Computer system and method including console housing multiple computer modules having independent processing units, mass storage devices, and graphics controllers A computer system for multi-processing purposes. The computer system has a console comprising a first coupling site and a second coupling site. Each coupling site comprises a connector. The console is an enclosure that is capable of housing each coupling site. The s... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6430511 | Molecular computer A molecular computer is formed by establishing arrays of spaced-apart input and output pins on opposing sides of a containment, injecting moleware in solution into the containment and then allowing the moleware to bridge the input and output pins. Molewar... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6166583 | Semiconductor device, and operating device, signal converter, and signal processing system using the semiconductor device There is disclosed a semiconductor device in which capacitor means are connected to multiple input terminals via latch means, and the terminals on one side of the capacitor means are commonly connected to the input of a sense amplifier, thereby attaining ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5457644 | Field programmable digital signal processing array integrated circuit A field programmable, digital signal processing integrated circuit is formed in a semiconductor die and includes an array of arithmetic logic (ALU) circuits. A user programmable interconnect architecture is superimposed on the array of ALU circuits. One o... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5377329 | Reducing data transmission by indexed caching This invention relates to an apparatus and method for reducing the transmission of data on a data communications network by obtaining data from a cache rather than by transmitting the data. This method maintains an indexed cache of data from previous tran... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5349544 | Programmable system synchronizer A PLL is integrated on the same chip as a programmable logic circuit and interconnected therewith in any of several useful ways. In one aspect of the invention, the output frequency of the PLL may be connected to the clock input of registers in the progra... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5195172 | System and method for representing and solving numeric and symbolic problems A system and method for representing and solving problems which allows a user to enter objects and attributes, and to form a table of at least two dimensions having object-attributes pairs. An object hierarchy is then implemented using the entered objects... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5191242 | Programmable logic device incorporating digital-to-analog converter An integrated circuit device which implements a plurality of programmable digital logic functions derived from a number of digital logic inputs and further includes an on-chip digital-to-analog converter providing an analog output current signal responsiv... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5153462 | Programmable logic device incorporating voltage comparator A single integrated circuit including programmable logic having a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs, with at least one input of the programmable logic coupled to an on-chip analog comparator is provided. In one aspect of the invention, a volt... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5146112 | Semiconductor integrated circuit with analogue signal processing circuit and digital signal processing circuit formed on single semiconductor substrate A semiconductor integrated circuit device having an analogue signal processing circuit and a digital signal processing circuit formed on a single semiconductor substrate is disclosed. As an example of the analogue signal processing circuit, a voltage comp... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5107146 | Mixed mode analog/digital programmable interconnect architecture A user-programmable integrated circuit includes an analog portion containing user-configurable analog circuit modules, a digital portion containing user-configurable digital circuit modules, an interface portion containing user-configurable interface circ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5060178 | System for analog-digital-analog conversion Control circuit, which is connected to a data processor, a D-A converter, such as a current integration type adaptive delta demodulator, and a data processing mode change command terminal, attenuates output from the data processor in response to a data pr... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4943556 | Superconducting neural network computer and sensor array A combination of optical interconnect technology with superconducting matal to form a superconducting neural network array. Superconducting material in a matrix has the superconducting current decreased in one filament of the matrix by interaction of the... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4882668 | Adaptive matched filter An apparatus provides matched filter output characteristics for known signals embedded in noise signals that have varying noise power distributions. The system correlates applied signals with a manipulated version of the applied signals in an analog-to-an... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4807168 | Hybrid analog-digital associative neural network Random access memory is used to store synaptic information in the form of a matrix of rows and columns of binary digits. N rows read in sequence are processed through switches and resistors, and a summing amplifier to N neural amplifiers in sequence, one ... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4674062 | Apparatus and method to increase dynamic range of digital measurements Disclosed is a method for overcoming one of the limiting factors in applying digital techniques to measuring analog signals over a wide dynamic range, namely, the uncertainty introduced into the measurement by noise and A/D conversion, particularly at low... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4530065 | Hybrid digital-analog measurement and control system A measurement and control system including a digital computer, a digital to analog converter for providing an analog data signal from digital data from the computer, a command sample and hold for holding the data analog signal as a control command signal,... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4481602 | Font compression and decompression for character generation In a technique for storing data representative of characters and symbols of a font in a compacted manner, interstitial bank spaces between characters are removed. The proper symbol is addressed during decompression by combining a calculated approximate po... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4445189 | Analog memory for storing digital information The present invention is directed to an analog memory for storing digital information in analog signal form. Typically, digital information is stored in digital signal form, where each digital bit is stored in a separate digital memory cell. In accordance... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4250556 | Electronic control system for analog circuits An electronic control system for analog circuits has controllable analogue circuits which can be combined with one another by way of an electronic switching network. The digital states of the individual crosspoints of the switching network can be programm... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4155115 | Process control system with analog output control circuit An analog output control circuit provides an arrangement whereby digital data from the control computer is supplied simultaneously to a number of output boards along with address data for selecting a particular one of the several boards. Logic control mea... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4071900 | Control device for an inverted rectifier The invention relates to a control unit for an inverted rectifier of the type having a constant DC voltage supply and a frequency settable by a frequency control signal. The main feature of the control unit relative to the invention hereof is the monitori... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4057711 | Analog switching system with fan-out An analog switching system having fan-out for switching a plurality of inputs coupled to analog signal sources with respect to a plurality of outputs coupled to analog signal destinations. A three stage switch matrix includes input, middle and output swit... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4028534 | Automatic span circuit An analyzer, for measuring the concentration of a particular material in a ample, has its analog voltage output connected to the analog input of a multiplying digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) whose output is connected to a voltmeter and to one input of a... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4013877 | Combined cycle electric power plant with a steam turbine having an improved valve control system A combined cycle electric power plant includes two gas turbines, a steam turbine, and a digital control system with an analog or manual backup. Each of the gas turbines has an exhaust heat recovery steam generator connected to a common header from which t... | 03/22/1977 |
| 3947675 | Computer interactive resistance simulator (CIRS) A system for simulating the insertion of electric resistance values of either positive or negative quantity into an electric circuit and for cancelling drift errors therefrom.... | 03/30/1976 |
