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US-7,224,085 |
Single inductor dual output buck converter A single-inductor dual-output buck converter facilitates power conversion by converting a single DC power source/supply into two separate DC outputs, each of... |
US-7,224,071 |
System and method to increase die stand-off height In accordance with the present invention, a system and method to increase die stand-off height in a flip chip are provided. The system includes a plurality of... |
US-7,222,070 |
Hybrid speech coding and system Linear predictive speech coding system with classification of frames and a hybrid coder using both waveform coding and parametric coding for different classes of... |
US-7,221,754 |
Switchable hybrid design for asymmetric digital subscriber line A method is provided for accomplishing asymmetric digital subscriber loop classification and the design of passive hybrid networks for each of the classes. The... |
US-7,221,498 |
Methods and apparatus for selectively updating memory cell arrays Methods and apparatus for selectively updating memory cells of a memory cell array are provided. The memory cells of each row of the memory cell array are... |
US-7,221,300 |
Digital-to-analog converter data rate reduction by interleaving and
recombination through mixer switching A system and method implement very high data rate baseband DACs suitable for wireless applications related to new standards (e.g. Ultra-Wide Band) using CMOS... |
US-7,221,190 |
Differential comparator with extended common mode voltage range A system and method is provided for extending the range of a common mode voltage of a differential comparator. In one embodiment, a differential comparator... |
US-7,221,055 |
System and method for die attach using a backside heat spreader According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of die attach includes providing a chip, forming a heat conductive metal layer outwardly from a backside... |
US-7,220,606 |
Integrated circuit identification A method for marking a semiconductor wafer 302 includes the steps of: providing a reticle 300 including liquid crystal pixels; positioning the semiconductor... |
US-7,220,600 |
Ferroelectric capacitor stack etch cleaning methods Methods (100) are provided for fabricating a ferroelectric capacitor structure including methods (128) for etching and cleaning patterned ferroelectric capacitor... |
US-7,219,333 |
Maintaining coherent synchronization between data streams on detection of
overflow Trace data streams are generated for tracing target processor activity. Various trace data streams are synchronized using markers called sync points. The sync... |
US-7,219,284 |
Decode logic selecting IC scan path parts Scan architectures are commonly used to test digital circuitry in integrated circuits. The present invention describes a method of adapting conventional scan... |
US-7,219,283 |
IC with TAP, STP and lock out controlled output buffer Connection circuitry provides for TAP and internal scan test ports to be merged so they both can co-exist and operate from the same set of IC pins and/or core... |
US-7,218,904 |
Removing close-in interferers through a feedback loop System and method for elimination of close-in interferers through feedback. A preferred embodiment comprises an interferer predictor (for example, interferer... |
US-7,218,894 |
Interferer detection and channel estimation for wireless communications
networks System and method for improving performance of digital wireless communications systems in the presence of interferers. A preferred embodiment comprises... |
US-7,218,693 |
Method and apparatus for channel estimation in a packet based transmission
system having reduced complexity A method and apparatus for deriving the channel estimation within a packet based transmission system having a predetermined number of tones (N), wherein each... |
US-7,218,692 |
Multi-path interference cancellation for transmit diversity The present invention provides an apparatus, system and method for removal of interference due to multi-path for multiple transmit antennas (hereinafter referred... |
US-7,218,680 |
Retransmission techniques for enhanced performance in fading wireless
communication channels A desired bit sequence (x) can be communicated over a wireless communication link (15) by including the desired bit sequence in each of a plurality of... |
US-7,218,669 |
Wireless communication system operating in response in part to time
signals from the global position satellite... A wireless communication system (10). The system comprises a transceiver (20), and the transceiver comprises a code counter (LCSTC 22c) and a clock oscillator... |
US-7,218,604 |
Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system with differing control
parameters corresponding to different... A wireless transmitter (TX.sub.1). The transmitter comprises circuitry for providing a plurality of control (CONTROL) bits and circuitry for providing a... |
US-7,218,439 |
Apparatus and method for adjusting the resonant frequency of an
oscillating device A method for increasing the resonant frequency of a torsional hinged device having a reduced attaching area between the torsional hinges and the supporting... |
US-7,218,350 |
Image sensor with digital output and inherent pixel non-uniformity
suppression The image sensing device provides a digital output for each pixel. As charge builds up in a pixel, the pixel output increases until it reaches a reference level.... |
US-7,218,132 |
System and method for accurate negative bias temperature instability
characterization Methods and systems are provided for characterizing the negative temperature bias instability of a transistor. A bias voltage is maintained at a drain terminal... |
US-7,218,029 |
Adjustable compensation of a piezo drive amplifier depending on mode and
number of elements driven An integrated circuit (42) provides drive signals to a piezo element (48) of a milli-actuator device (20) in a mass data storage device (10). The integrated... |
US-7,217,656 |
Structure and method for bond pads of copper-metallized integrated
circuits A metal structure for a contact pad of a wafer or substrate (101), which have copper interconnecting traces (102) surrounded by a barrier metal layer (103). The... |
US-7,217,626 |
Transistor fabrication methods using dual sidewall spacers Methods (50) are presented for transistor fabrication, in which first and second sidewall spacers (120a, 120b) are formed laterally outward from a gate structure... |
US-7,217,322 |
Method of fabricating an epitaxial silicon-germanium layer and an
integrated semiconductor device comprising an... A method of fabricating an epitaxial silicon-germanium layer for an integrated semiconductor device comprises the step of depositing an arsenic in-situ doped... |
US-7,216,990 |
Integrated lamp and aperture alignment method and system According to one embodiment a method for aligning a light source includes providing a lamp and a lamp interface. The lamp interface has an alignment aperture... |
US-7,216,794 |
Bond capillary design for ribbon wire bonding A device (100) and method (200) for bonding a ribbon wire (104) to a workpiece (106) comprising feeding the ribbon wire through a passageway (116) of an... |
US-7,216,310 |
Design method and system for optimum performance in integrated circuits
that use power management The present invention provides a method (100) of designing a circuit. The method comprises specifying (105) a design parameter for memory transistors and logic... |
US-7,216,272 |
Method for reducing SRAM test time by applying power-up state knowledge Methods (400, 500, and 600) are disclosed for testing a memory device by tailoring an algorithm (460) used in the testing based on the preferred or intrinsic... |
US-7,216,247 |
Methods and systems to reduce data skew in FIFOs The disclosed invention provides methods and systems for writing and reading data in systems using multiple FIFO buffer elements. For each buffer element, a... |
US-7,215,888 |
System and method of implementing variable loop gain in an optical
wireless link based on distance A system and method of varying the control loop gain of an optical wireless communication link between a transmitting station and a receiving station as an... |
US-7,215,670 |
Hardware acceleration for reassembly of message packets in a universal
serial bus peripheral device A Universal Serial Bus (USB) modem (14) in which reassembly and segmentation operations are performed outside of the host computer (12) is disclosed. A USB... |
US-7,215,458 |
Deflection mechanisms in micromirror devices A method and apparatus for operating spatial light modulator have been disclosed herein. The spatial light modulator comprises an array of micromirror devices,... |
US-7,215,271 |
Method and apparatus for forming transient response characteristics Transient response generating circuit A has a first circuit 3 that generates transient response OUT1 in a first polarity direction, a second circuit 4 that... |
US-7,215,202 |
Programmable gain amplifier and method One embodiment of the present invention may include a programmable gain amplifier comprising an input multiplexer operative to sequentially select input signals... |
US-7,215,201 |
Integrated circuit having a low power, gain-enhanced, low noise amplifying
circuit An amplifying circuit includes an n-type transistor having a source, a gate coupled to a first bias voltage, and a drain coupled to a first supply voltage... |
US-7,215,185 |
Threshold voltage extraction for producing a ramp signal with reduced
process sensitivity A system for providing a threshold voltage (V.sub.T) includes a V.sub.T extractor that extracts the V.sub.T for a MOS transistor relative to a first voltage... |
US-7,215,000 |
Selectively encased surface metal structures in a semiconductor device The present invention provides, in one embodiment, An integrated circuit device (100). The integrated circuit device (100) comprises a circuit feature (105)... |
US-7,214,609 |
Methods for forming single damascene via or trench cavities and for
forming dual damascene via cavities Methods are disclosed for forming trench or via cavities in a single damascene interconnect structure, comprising etching a dielectric layer to form a cavity... |
US-7,214,607 |
Compliant wirebond pedestal A wire bonder (900) with a rigid pedestal (902) having resilient inserts (920). A package (904) placed on the pedestal (902) contains an electrical device (906).... |
US-7,214,550 |
Method to produce thin film resistor using dry etch A method of fabricating a thin film resistor (100). The resistor material (104), e.g., NiCr, is deposited. A hard mask material (106), e.g., TiW, may be... |
US-7,213,184 |
Testing of modules operating with different characteristics of control
signals using scan based techniques Testing of modules (such as Intellectual property (IP) cores) in integrated circuits (such as system on a chip units (SOCs)) in situations when different modules... |
US-7,213,171 |
IEEE 1149.1 tap instruction scan with augmented TLM scan mode An architecture for testing a plurality of circuits on an integrated circuit is described. The architecture includes a TAP Linking Module located between test... |
US-7,212,931 |
Electric energy meter for an AC mains supply An energy consumption meter having a variable phase error compensator. While the variable phase error compensator may provide fixed phase error compensation for... |
US-7,212,607 |
X-ray confocal defect detection systems and methods An x-ray confocal defect detection system comprises an x-ray source, a confocal component, and defect detectors and operates on a target portion of a... |
US-7,212,387 |
Electrostatic discharge protection device including precharge reduction ESD protection circuitry for a signal power supply pad (801) comprising a discharge circuit (802) operable to discharge the ESD pulse to ground, and a precharge... |
US-7,212,359 |
Color rendering of illumination light in display systems A method and a color rendering filter for compensating for deficiency in illumination light from a light source in display systems are provided. The color... |
US-7,212,139 |
System for suppressing aliasing interferers in decimating and sub-sampling
systems A novel and useful method and apparatus for suppressing aliasing interferers in decimating and sub-sampling discrete time systems. The present invention is... |