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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7653170 | Electrical circuit for measuring times and method for measuring times An electrical circuit used for measuring times is disclosed. In one embodiment, the electrical circuit has a counter, a decoder and a multiplicity of time trap elements. At least the counter and the time trap elements are located together on an integrated semiconduc... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7352773 | Relay apparatus and network relay method A relay apparatus according to an embodiment of this invention includes an ID acquisition unit configured to acquire the unique ID of a partner device connected to a predetermined network, and a control unit which controls various processes on the basis of the uniqu... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349828 | Estimating an electronic device condition In a method for estimating a condition of an electronic device, a model correlating at least one utilization metric of a component of the electronic device and the condition of the component to be estimated is formulated. In addition, the at least one utilization me... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336111 | Fast-locking digital phase locked loop An apparatus for synchronizing signals. For devices, such as memory devices, implementing a synchronization device to synchronize signals, a synchronization device having a delay locked loop coupled to a phase locked loop may be implemented. The delay locked loop is... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332929 | Wide-scan on-chip logic analyzer with global trigger and interleaved SRAM capture buffers A system chip has many local blocks including processor cores, caches, and memory controllers. Each local block has a local sample-select mux that is controlled by a local selection control register. The mux selects from among hundreds of internal sample nodes in th... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330803 | High resolution time interval measurement apparatus and method A time interval measurement apparatus and method counts the total number of full clock time periods between two measurement signals. Clock fractional time periods are generated between each of the two measurement signals and the next leading edge of a full clock tim... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328122 | Speed sensor A speed sensor includes a magnetic pickup generating a cyclical output based upon passing teeth of a rotating gear. A counter counts the number of clock pulses that are generated during a measurement period of the cyclical output. The measurement period, in terms of... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325153 | Obtaining configuration data for a data processing apparatus A method to obtain configuration data for a data processing apparatus by calculating (110) a time interval between the commencement of a mode (104) and a subsequent event (108). The calculated time interval is then compared (112) with one... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315219 | Multiphase voltage controlled oscillator A multiphase voltage controlled oscillator includes at least one ring oscillating unit and a resistor ring; the ring oscillating unit is formed by connecting a plurality of phase-delay elements in cascade and the resistor ring is formed by connecting a plurality of ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7302587 | Secure computer system The secure computer system comprises at least one computer having a processor operating under the control of a program on input data that can be associated with a code and delivering output data for output members. A security peripheral that is external but connecte... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7286020 | Techniques for monitoring and replacing circuits to maintain high performance Techniques are provided for monitoring the performance of circuits and replacing low performing circuits with higher performing circuits. A frequency detector compares the frequency of a first periodic signal to the frequency of a second periodic signal. The differe... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284142 | Real time interrupt module for operating systems and time triggered applications An interrupt timer module comprises a prescale counter (PSC) incremented by a real-time interrupt clock signal (RTICLK), a prescale compare value register (CVR) storing a configurable value (PCV), a comparator comparing the current count of the prescale counter (PSC... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280069 | Range-finding radar apparatus with high-resolution pulse-width calculation unit A radar apparatus includes a modulation signal generating unit that generates a modulation signal based on an internal clock with a cycle Tc and generates a trigger signal in synchronization with the modulation signal, a carrier wave generating unit that generates a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272078 | Efficient clock calibration in electronic equipment A representative measurement indicating a relative oscillation speed of a reference clock during a representative calibration period is ascertained. Multiple calibration periods are defined including first and second calibration periods. The first calibration period... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266233 | System and method for measuring an object An image measurement system and method for obtaining measurement data on objects by processing images of the objects is provided. The image measurement system includes an image obtaining device (101) for obtaining a first image of an object to be measured and... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263151 | High frequency loss of signal detector Methods and circuitry for implementing high speed loss-of-signal detectors for use in Gb/s telecommunication applications. The invention measures bit error rate (BER) of the incoming data by comparing the phase of the clock signal extracted from the incoming data wi... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263501 | Point-of-care inventory management system and method A system and method are disclosed for controlling an inventory of a plurality of point-of-care diagnostic devices. The plurality of devices includes at least one type of device. Each device is configured to perform at least one sample analysis. Each device has a usa... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7248197 | A/D converter that is implemented using only digital circuit components and digital signal processing A TAD (time analog/digital) type of A/D converter has plural series-connected delay units each producing a delay in accordance with the level of a converter input voltage, with a first-stage delay unit receiving a pulse signal at commencement of each A/D conversion ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248147 | Perishable product electronic label including time and temperature measurement An electronic assembly may be contained in a label that performs time-temperature integration (TTI) and indicates that time and/or temperature levels have been reached that may compromise the quality, shelf life, or safety of the item to which the label is affixed. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246027 | Power optimization of a mixed-signal system on an integrated circuit A method and apparatus for conserving power of a mixed-signal system-on-a-chip having analog circuitry, involving determination of an analog variation parameter that is representative of an integrated circuit fabrication process variance of the integrated circuit, a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7227387 | Measuring pulse edge delay value relative to a clock using multiple delay devices to address a memory to access the delay value A pulse width measurement system is provided with components in an FPGA so that pulse widths can be measured that are smaller than the frequency limits of the FPGA system clock. For the measurement, an incoming pulse is fed into the FPGA to many (e.g. 32) I/O inputs... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222208 | Simultaneous bidirectional port with synchronization circuit to synchronize the port with another port A simultaneous bidirectional port coupled to a bus includes a synchronization circuit that synchronizes the port with another simultaneous data port coupled to the same bus. The synchronization circuit includes an output driver having an imbalanced output impedance,... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7209178 | Optical transfer system having a transmitter and a receiver An optical transfer system having a transmitter and a receiver converts an externally-applied video signal into an optical signal and restores the optical signal to the original video signal The system includes a video controller, a transmitter, a transmission photo... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7193691 | Active sensor receiver detector array for countermeasuring shoulder-fired missiles A focal plane architecture is provided which includes direct reading of an array of infrared detectors, each coupled to its own threshold circuit, the output of which is coupled to one input of a NAND gate, with the other input to the NAND gate being provided with a... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188760 | Counting apparatus A counting apparatus for counting the number of persons in an establishment. The counting apparatus includes a housing being designed for being held in a hand of a user. An intake assembly is coupled to the housing. The intake assembly is designed for being actuated... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7183806 | Output circuit Since voltages of two input terminals of an output unit having an online download function are decided by voltages which are not correlative to each other, a value of an incoming current on the start-up becomes large. The present invention solves the problem of turn... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184470 | Method and apparatus for measurement of jitter A method and circuit for measurement of jitter in which a reference clock (404) runs at a frequency offset to the incoming signal (I) so that the phase of the two clocks drift over time, enabling detection of jitter in the input signal by measurement of the d... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7171577 | Methods and apparatus for a system clock divider A power-saving clock divider scheme is cost-effective, flexible, jitterless, and allows the user to keep track of time. In general, the clock divider selectively operates in a normal mode and one or more divide modes, wherein the divide modes provide a clock frequen... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167416 | Mechanical watch equipped with weekly cycle indicator The invention relates to a watch comprising a movement arranged for driving hands displaying hours and minutes as well as a counting mechanism for driving an additional hand arranged to display the working time of the watch user, day after day, within a one week cyc... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164662 | Network delay identification method and apparatus Network delay is determined in order to synchronize a clock in a mobile station with a reference clock. Tone are generated that represent a sequence of bits in a synchronization flag. The tones are sampled beginning at a selected sample start time. The sampled tones... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7155352 | Using feedback to select transmitting voltage In some embodiments, a chip includes transmitters to provide transmit signals to chip interfaces and voltage control circuitry to control voltages of the transmit signals. The chip further includes receivers to receive external signals from another chip. The chip al... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155321 | System, method and computer program product for remote vehicle diagnostics, monitoring, configuring and reprogramming A remote vehicle diagnostics, monitoring, configuration and reprogramming tool is provided. The system includes a fleet of vehicles equipped with wireless mobile communications means that enable fleet managers to remotely diagnose, monitor and reprogram vehicles in ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142543 | High speed programmable counter A digital counter allows the provision of start and stop values in order to allow it to be configurable to any length. The counter rolls over to zero at a maximum value and proceeds to count until it reaches an indicated stop count. At that point, it proceeds to the... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137046 | High speed comparator for 10G SERDES An error counter including receive logic to compare transmitted bits with received bits and output a vector with a logic 1 for every bit that does not match and a logic 0 for every bit that matches. A plurality of stages are sequentially arranged. Each stage include... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132604 | Cable with an external extruded sheath and method of manufacturing of the cable A cable has a core, which is surrounded by an external extruded sheath. The core of the cable has at least one transmission element for the transmission of electrical current or telecommunication signals. The sheath comprises at least one flexible layer of a convent... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7120220 | Non-volatile counter A non-volatile counter circuit includes a state machine having a first input for receiving one or more control signals, a second input for receiving a current count value, a third input for receiving historical information, and an output for providing a next count v... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117075 | Driver activity and vehicle operation logging and reporting A method for logging and reporting driver activity and vehicle operation includes identifying a driver of a vehicle, recording operating data with an on-board recorder that is hard-wired to an engine control module, coupled to a mileage sensing system, and linked to... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113886 | Circuit and method for distributing events in an event stream A circuit and related method for distributing events in an event stream (i.e., an electronic signal having a plurality of rising edge transitions and falling edge transitions). The circuit distributes the events in a primary event stream across multiple secondary ev... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109475 | Leading edge/trailing edge TOF detection Disclosed are a time-of-flight mass spectrometer and signal processing electronics. The signal processing electronics include a plurality of time-to-digital converters configured to receive signal pulses from the same detector anode within the time-of-flight mass sp... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7099763 | Vehicle rapid deceleration detection device A vehicle speed memory unit stores a vehicle speed at a prior predetermined time, the vehicle speed being calculated from an interval of the vehicle speed pulse. A first rapid deceleration detecting section compares an elapsed time from a time the vehicle speed puls... | 08/29/2006 |
