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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7369432 | Method for implementing a counter in a memory with increased memory efficiency A method for implementing a counter in memory, e.g., non-volatile memory such as flash memory. A first number of first binary values indicating a first portion of a current number of the counter in a binary field may be stored in a portion of memory. Storing the fir... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362841 | Digital access arrangement circuitry and method for connecting to phone lines having a DC holding circuit with switchable DC termination impedance A digital direct access arrangement (DAA) circuitry may be used to terminate the telephone connections at the user's end that provides a communication path for signals to and from the phone lines. Briefly described, the DAA provides a programmable means for the DC t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7302186 | Optical transceiver and host adapter with memory mapped monitoring circuitry A host adaptor is configured to monitor operation of an optoelectronic transceiver. The host adapter includes a transceiver interface, memory, comparison logic and a host interface. The transceiver interface receives from the optoelectronic transceiver digital value... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292177 | Counter circuit, AD conversion method, AD converter, semiconductor device for detecting distribution of physical quantities, and electronic apparatus An asynchronous counter that is capable of switching count mode includes flip-flops, and three-input single-output tri-value switches respectively provided between the adjacent pairs of the flip-flops. The tri-value switches switch among three values, namely, non-in... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289591 | Counter circuit for controlling off-chip driver Disclosed herein is a counter circuit for controlling an off-chip driver, wherein hexadecimal number counting is performed using a N (N is a natural number) number of T-flip-flops. The plurality of the T-flip-flops performs a hexadecimal number counting operation to... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7234159 | Method and apparatus for controlling evaluation of protected intellectual property in hardware Various techniques permit more thorough development of digital systems and devices by designers while protecting the proprietary interests of the owners of the intellectual property incorporated in such systems and devices. More specifically, systems, apparatus, met... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7200167 | Direct digital access arrangement circuitry and method for connecting to phone lines An isolation system is provided that is suitable for use in telephony, medical instrumentation, industrial process control and other applications. Preferred embodiments of the invention comprise a capacitive isolation barrier across which a digital signal is communi... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200337 | Optoelectronic transceiver having dual access to onboard diagnostics An optoelectronic transceiver includes first and second controller ICs. Each controller IC includes logic, a memory, an interface, and at least one input port. Each memory is configured to store digital diagnostic data and has a unique serial device address to allow... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7184668 | System and method for protecting eye safety during operation of a fiber optic transceiver A single-chip integrated circuit, sometimes called a controller, controls operation of a transceiver having a laser transmitter and a photodiode receiver. The controller includes memory for storing information related to the transceiver, and analog to digital conver... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183959 | Method and system for implementing a reduced latency, wideband pulse density modulation digital to analog converter According to one aspect of the present invention, this invention implements a low latency, wide bandwidth method and system for converting a numeric digital values into a pulse density modulated analog output signals. Such output signals having their lowest output f... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7173514 | Operator for a movable barrier and method of use A modifiable transmitter is used with an operator to control a position of a barrier. The operator includes a controller for comparing radio frequency transmissions received with stored serial numbers so that the controller can move the barrier when a radio frequenc... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162160 | System and method for protecting eye safety during operation of a fiber optic transceiver A single-chip integrated circuit, sometimes called a controller, controls operation of a transceiver having a laser transmitter and a photodiode receiver. The controller includes memory for storing information related to the transceiver, and analog to digital conver... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7149165 | Controller for data recorder A controller for a data recorder for recording data that records data in a continuous manner regardless of interruptions. An encoder encodes data that is to be written to a recording medium. A synchronizing circuit synchronizes the data read from the recording mediu... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149430 | Optoelectronic transceiver having dual access to onboard diagnostics The optoelectronic transceiver includes first and second controller ICs. Each controller IC includes logic, a memory, an interface, and at least one input port. Each memory is configured to store digital diagnostic data and has a unique serial device address to allo... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145978 | High speed binary counter A high speed binary counter includes a counting first flip-flop for each binary bit, a single AND gate for each lower order binary bit beyond B0 and B1, and at least two AND gates for each higher order binary bit. The counter also includes an input fac... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7132867 | High resolution digital loop circuit A digital feedback loop circuit achieves a resolution as good as the intrinsic resolution of the delay element of the circuit, notwithstanding the presence of a feedback counter/divider of integer value N that might otherwise be expected to multiply the minimum reso... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129815 | Remote entry transmitter with transmission identification codes A transmitter identification code is designed such that the code varies as the code is assigned. In one embodiment the code will include information with regard to the date and time that the code is initially determined. In a second embodiment the code is provided b... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126404 | High resolution digital delay circuit for PLL and DLL High resolution digital delay circuits and methods are provided. A multiplexer receives the outputs of first and second delay elements. At least the second delay element is adjustable using a digital control signal. The multiplexer and the first delay element form a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7106672 | Method and apparatus for using a frequency difference to adjust a target bit for bit counting A method and apparatus for normalized bit counting is described. The method comprising incrementing a bit counter using a first clock, and adjusting a target bit based on a difference in frequency between the first clock and a second clock. The method further compri... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099246 | Method and apparatus for recording data on an optical disc with restarting writing of data after data recording interruption A data recording equipment that accurately restarts the writing of data to an optical disc after data recording is interrupted. The equipment interrupts recording when detecting an external shock or when predicting the occurrence of a buffer underrun error. The equi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7085341 | Counter with non-uniform digit base A nonvolatile counter. A nonvolatile storage is organized in digits having non-uniform bases. Circuitry is provided to increment a count value represented by the digits in response to an increment command. ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7065607 | System and method for implementing a counter A counter is provided which can be implemented in flash memory allowing longer life through fewer erasures. The counter is incremented using a method that minimizes bit transitions from 1 to 0. In one embodiment, the counter is implemented in m+n bits. The bits of t... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7050509 | Digital isolation system with hybrid circuit in ADC calibration loop An improved digital capacitive isolation barrier system is provided that is suitable for use in a telephone or modem where the locally powered circuits must be effectively isolated from the public telephone system, while permitting data transfer across the barrier. ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046793 | Digital access arrangement circuitry and method having current ramping control of the hookswitch A digital direct access arrangement (DAA) circuitry may be used to terminate the telephone connections at the user's end to provide a communication path for signals to and from the phone lines. Briefly described, a means for providing a proper hookswitch transition ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7026849 | Reset circuit having synchronous and/or asynchronous modules There is provided a reset circuit for reducing current consumption during resetting. A reset circuit 20 is constituted in such a manner that a pulse generation circuit 22 for generating a reset pulse signal (PRSTN) 50 from a reset signal input t... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6992957 | Controller of data recorder A controller of a data recorder that records data on a recording medium such that the occurrence of buffer underrun errors are prevented. Data encoded by an encoder is recorded on the recording medium. A decoder decodes the data recorded on the recording medium. The... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6975723 | Architecture for minimum loop current during ringing and caller ID A communication system is provided which draws virtually no loop current during a ringing burst and only draws on-hook loop current during the caller ID field. More particularly, ringer burst circuitry may be powered from the user powered circuitry by the transmissi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6963267 | Operator for a movable barrier and method of use A modifiable transmitter is used with an operator to control a position of a barrier. The operator includes a controller for comparing radio frequency transmissions received with stored serial numbers so that the controller can move the barrier when a radio frequenc... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6950958 | Method and apparatus for dividing a high-frequency clock signal and further dividing the divided high-frequency clock signal in accordance with a data input A method including frequency dividing a high-frequency clock signal into a divided frequency, and further dividing the divided frequency into another divided frequency in accordance with a data input (DIN). ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947077 | Fast and accurate adjustment of gain and exposure time for image sensors A proportional counting circuit generates count values for use in variably adjusting gain and exposure time of an image sensor array. The count values are adjusted in proportion to the current count value. This technique allows for fast and accurate adjustment of ga... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6937949 | System and method of processing a data signal Systems and methods for testing bit processing capacities of electronic devices and for reducing or eliminating jitter that compromises the ability of electronic devices to perform this task. Embodiments include circuitry and a methodology for locating and employing... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937688 | State machine, counter and related method for gating redundant triggering clocks according to initial state A state machine, a counter, and related method for gating redundant triggering clocks according to the initial states is provided. The state machine includes a plurality of state units and a clock gating circuit. Each of the state unit is triggered by a clock to gen... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6922469 | Separation of ring detection functions across isolation barrier for minimum power A communication system of the present invention utilizes ring detection circuitry on both sides of an isolation barrier. More particularly, the ring detection circuitry may include ring burst circuitry on the phone line side of the isolation barrier and ringer timin... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6919794 | Circuit for controlling the random character of a random number generator A circuit for controlling the random character of a bit flow, including an input shift register receiving the bit flow and having its outputs exploited in parallel, at least one element for comparing at least a partial content of the input register with predetermine... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6882697 | Digital counter A digital counter with a dial position having a hardware part which determines the n lowest-value bits of the dial position and a software part which determines the remaining higher-value bits of the dial position includes first and a second software parts as the so... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6833796 | Count down led traffic signal An LED traffic signal with a display indicating the remaining interval for the current display mode. A switching power supply provides cost of manufacturing and operational efficiencies. Interference with logic circuitry normally associated with switching power supp... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6778114 | Escalator code-based DAC and delay-locked loop apparatus and corresponding methods A digital to analog converter (DAC) can comprise: an escalator code generator; and an escalator-code-to-analog converter (ECAC). The generator can (1) represent base 10 numbers with a mixed code having a coin code portion and a cash code portion, which will e... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6707874 | Multiple-output counters for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion A machine used for digital counting which can provide multiple output counts. The machine is particularly useful in analog-to-digital (A/D) converters and in digital-to-analog (D/A) converters. The multiple output counts can change in different directions or in the ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6704387 | Method and apparatus for normalized bit counting A method and apparatus for providing of normalizing a bit count is provided. The method comprises counting bits for a first frame, and normalizing a target bit in a target frame using the bits of the frame. The method then comprises counting to the normal... | 03/09/2004 |
