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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6995943 | Off-track error recovery method and apparatus for disk drive An off-track error recovery method and apparatus for a disk drive are disclosed herein. Off-track errors are either due to vibration of the disk drive or due to defective servo data stored on a disk surface of the disk drive. In order to tailor error recovery operat... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6996757 | Test system rider board utilized for automated at-speed testing of high serial pin count multiple gigabit per second devices A test head performs at-speed testing of high serial pin count gigabit per second (GBPS) devices. The test head includes a device under test (DUT) coupled to a first portion of the test head and a rider board coupled to the DUT. The rider board includes a first sign... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993688 | Data sector error tracking and correction mechanism A method is provided for reducing growth errors in disc drive. First, a number of sectors to be read is determined. Data is then read from all sectors of the number of sectors on a disc during a first disc revolution. Next, error sectors having a number of errors ab... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993488 | Audible error detector and controller utilizing channel quality data and iterative synthesis An apparatus and method for detecting and controlling audible errors in a sound communication system at the receiver utilizes channel quality data and also iterative synthesis. Errors occurring in synthesized speech are detected by searching for atypical sound with ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993700 | System and method for generating forward error correction based alarms A system and method are provided for generating alarms from forward error correction (FEC) data in a G.709 network-connected integrated circuit. The method includes: receiving messages including forward error correction bytes; using the forward error correction byte... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6988227 | Method and apparatus for bit error rate detection A bit error rate detector detects whether at least one transition of an input data stream occurs in a predetermined phase zone of a sample clock used to sample the input data stream. Over multiple evaluation cycles, a count is generated according to how many of the ... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6983403 | Detecting bit errors in a communications system Error codes output from a serializer/deserializer in a node of a communications network are detected by error decode logic that assumes that each new error occurrence reflects a one bit error in the word giving rise to the error code. Each error occurrence is then c... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981184 | Apparatus and method for processing a corrupted frame An apparatus and method for processing a corrupted frame. The corrupted frame is analyzed to ascertain whether the rate can be determined. If the rate can be determined, steps for identifying the rate are executed. After the rate is identified, the method scans the ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6981168 | Clock data recovery system A clock data recovery system is provided for resampling a clock signal according to an incoming data signal stream. It comprises a clock generator for generating said clock signal wherein one of the frequency and phase of that clock signal is dependent upon a contro... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6981183 | Apparatus and method for testing bit error rate of DSRC ITS system A BER testing apparatus of a DSRC ITS includes a personal computer for commanding a BER test, receiving a BER value according to the BER test command, and displaying the BER value. The testin apparatus also includes a roadside equipment for transmitting a BER test m... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980737 | Method and apparatus for rapidly measuring optical transmission characteristics in photonic networks An apparatus for determining an error ratio of individual channels of a WDM optical signal comprises a wavelength-selective filter for separating the individual channels of the WDM signal and a measurement circuit for measuring an error ratio of one channel using a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980140 | Flash ADC receiver with reduced errors Symbol decoding errors at a receiver utilising a flash analog to digital converter (ADC) can be reduced by adjusting a reference voltage level of the ADC where a decoding error rate at the reference voltage level exceeds a threshold. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977756 | Error diffusion processing device A data driven type processing device has an error diffusion computing unit built therein. An error holding register is provided within the error diffusion computing unit, and is used to successively store and update a value of error information of a pixel that is to... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6977960 | Self test circuit for evaluating a high-speed serial interface A data transceiver including a self-test data generator for generating test data, which includes a first pseudo-random number generator programmable so as to allow the operator to input the test data values. The data transceiver further includes a transmitter sectio... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978140 | Communications system and associated method for improving the service quality thereof A communication system and associated method are provided, wherein a quality of service is detected in the communication system, coordination reorganization is performed in order to reorganize coordination functionalities for available stations in the communication ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6973602 | Link and path-level error performance monitoring Both link-level and path-level performance monitoring is obtained in any point of a multi-link network where transmitting points in the network are adapted to transmit codes only from a subset of the codes that receiving points in the network are adapted to receive,... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6973180 | Method for processing telephone signals supplied by an analog telephone terminal and data supplied by a data terminal A method of handling telephone signals supplied by an analog telephone set and data supplied by a data terminal in a subscriber line circuit of a digital telephone switching system used at least in subregions for data transmission includes directly connecting a tele... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6973597 | Method and apparatus for rebooting a printer A printer error is detected and logged in an error log. If the same printer error has occurred within a predetermined time period, an error message is generated on the printer's control panel and a network administrator is notified of the printer errors. If the same... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6973599 | Method of and system for constructing valid data for memory-based tests Bit-error-rate (BER) testing includes a data pattern generator transmitting a known data pattern to a device under test (DUT), which processes the data pattern and outputs the processed data pattern to an error analyzer. BER testing of telecommunications systems oft... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6973600 | Bit error rate tester A device apparatus and method are detailed that allow for improved bit error rate (BER) testing, configuration, and operation of a communication device and associated physical communication link, in particular on a HDSL communication device and link. The improved co... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6973601 | System and method for automatic optimization of optical communication systems A method and apparatus for maintaining an established error count for data transmitted on a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical communication network. Error counts from a forward error correction (FEC) code are monitored and operational parameters are auto... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970436 | Apparatus for monitoring asynchronous transfer mode cells in communication systems An apparatus for monitoring asynchronous transfer mode cells in the communication system is proper for recognizing state information of asynchronous transfer mode cells transceiving between a base transceiver station and a base station controller. Accordingly, the a... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967930 | Method and apparatus for transmitting data packets The invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting data packets over a channel wherein the data packets have compressed headers. After compressing a header using a context, a number of consecutive update packets are transmitted, each containing data in... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6967113 | Method for in-line testing of flip-chip semiconductor assemblies Flip-chip semiconductor assemblies, each including integrated circuit (IC) dice and an associated substrate, are electrically tested before encapsulation using an in-line or in situ test socket or probes at a die-attach station. Those assemblies using “wet” quic... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965571 | Precise error reporting A method is provided for the precise reporting of errors in a flow of successive messages. The method includes detecting a transmission error in a message and then deferring the reporting of the transmission error. The method defers the reporting of the transmission... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6965636 | System and method for block error correction in packet-based digital communications A system and method for efficiently correcting block errors in packet-based digital communications are provided whereby the ratio of redundant symbols/message symbols over the length of a data packet decreases in order to more efficiently use available bandwidth. Th... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6961879 | Apparatus and method for counting error rates in an optical compact disc storage system A method and system are disclosed for counting error rates occurring within an optical compact disk system as data is read from an optically encoded compact disk. In a preferred embodiment error flag data are generated as errors occur within the optical compact disk... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959410 | Apparatus and method for header decompression In a header decompression apparatus 709, a header decompressor 703 refers to reference information stored in a reference information manager 707 to decompress a compressed header of a packet received by a packet receiver 704. An error det... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6959406 | Block error ratio measurements Block error rate (BLER) measurements are made on a mobile telephone handset without imposing an undesirable processing burden on the handset. An information block flow is maintained by sending repeated message blocks from a test set which are defined at a selected l... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6957377 | Marking of and searching for initial defective blocks in semiconductor memory A method of marking an initial defective block in a semiconductor memory device having a memory area thereof divided into a plurality of blocks and provided with an ECC function includes the steps of detecting an initial defective block; and writing an ECC code caus... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6956912 | Turbo decoder with circular redundancy code signature comparison An iterative turbo decoder and method for error correcting communication signal data are provided. The decoder implements a stopping rule through use of signature codes to determine whether successive iterations of decoder data are the same. ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954882 | Method and apparatus for fault location in a loop network A method and apparatus are provided for fault location in a loop network (100, 200, 400). The network system having a host port (214) for supplying and receiving data and a plurality of successively connected ports (201, 202, 203, 204, 205) thro... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6954322 | Method and apparatus providing read channel optimization insurance to avoid divergence in channel optimization in an assembled disk drive The invention provides a method insuring that each read channel optimization step is controllable in terms of quality divergence, that a systematic response can be made which can be readily automated. The method is applicable to a pre-existing read channel optimizat... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6950977 | Mechanism for turbo decoding when CRC for partial blocks is provided A system and method for improving error detection and correction for transmitted data. An iterative error detection method is used to determine a relative likelihood that decoded data is an accurate representation of the original data. An independent error correctio... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948097 | Semiconductor device including function verification capability By executing internal verification block instructions in a semiconductor device having a function verification capability, internal verification blocks (11-1, . . . , and 11-n) supply optional input data items to corresponding target veri... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944567 | Method in an integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing process for identifying and redirecting ICs mis-processed during their manufacture A method of manufacturing IC devices from semiconductor wafers includes providing the wafers and fabricating ICs on the wafers. At probe, a unique fuse ID is stored in each IC, and an electronic wafer map is electronically stored for each wafer indicating the locati... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6944804 | System and method for measuring pseudo pixel error rate A system and method for measuring and utilizing a pseudo pixel error rate in digital data transmission is disclosed. As an alternative to measuring actual pixel error rate measurement, the present invention uses a pseudo pixel error rate detection scheme where the e... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938193 | ECC circuit-containing semiconductor memory device and method of testing the same In an ECC circuit of an ECC circuit-containing semiconductor memory device, an error correcting code/syndrome generating circuit and a data correcting circuit are disposed. In portions of the ECC circuit connected to buses, a data bus input control circuit for contr... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937106 | Built-in jitter measurement circuit for voltage controlled oscillator and phase locked loop A built-in jitter measurement circuit for a VCO (voltage-controlled oscillator) and a PLL (phase-locked loop) is disclosed. The circuit includes a divider for dividing frequency of a signal, a time to digital converter (TDC) for converting the period of the divided ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6934299 | Beacon packet having traffic indicator flag Disclosed are systems, methods, computer program products and computer data signals for broadcasting a beacon packet to one or more client stations and for processing a beacon packet. The beacon packet includes a preamble, a header and a data portion. In one broadca... | 08/23/2005 |
