| NXP B.V. Patent applications |
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| 20130122816 | WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING AN ENSURED SHORT RANGE FUNCTIONALITY - A wireless mobile communication device having short range functionality that is designed to always be capable of short range functionality, including secure short range functionality by having a first and second energy source where charging of the second energy source may be achieved by the voltage induced by the received short range signal. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130122809 | COMMUNICATION PARTNER APPLIANCE WITH AUTOMATIC SEND MODE ACTIVATION - A communication partner appliance is implemented within a near field communication system. The communication partner appliance includes a receiver, a detector, and a processor. The receiver receives a NFC command signal from another communication partner appliance. The detector detects whether a carrier signal from the other communication partner appliance is present at the receiver at a time other than during a transmission of the NFC command signal from the other communication partner appliance to the receiver. The processor controls a power supply element based on a determination by the detector whether the carrier signal from the other communication partner appliance is present at the receiver. The power supply element is configured to establish a connection to either a first power supply or a second power supply. The first power supply is dependent on the carrier signal, and the second power supply is independent of the carrier signal. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130122332 | IN-CELL BATTERY MANAGEMENT DEVICE - Various embodiments relate to an in-cell battery management device including: an integrated circuit (IC) including a controller, a resistive balancer, a voltage sensor, and a pressure sensor; and an IC package that encloses the IC having a hole over the pressure sensor wherein the hole allows the pressure sensor to measure pressure in a battery cell; wherein the IC package is contact with the battery cell. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120061 | Doherty Amplifier Circuit - The present invention relates to an amplifier comprising a plurality of Doherty amplifier cells each Doherty amplifier cell comprising an input and an output respectively connected to an input and an output of the amplifier, a main amplifier stage, a peak amplifier stage and a signal combining circuit configured to combine signals from outputs of the main and peak amplifiers and provide a combined signal to the output of the Doherty amplifier cell. Each cell comprises a controllable splitter having an input connected to the input of the Doherty amplifier cell. The controllable splitter is configured to receive a splitter control signal and modify an amplitude and phase of a signal at the input of the Doherty amplifier cell in response to the splitter control signal. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130118265 | MEMS CAPACITIVE PRESSURE SENSOR, OPERATING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A MEMS pressure sensor wherein at least one of the electrode arrangements comprises an inner electrode and an outer electrode arranged around the inner electrode. The capacitances associated with the inner electrode and the outer electrode are independently measured and can be differentially measured. This arrangement enables various different read out schemes to be implemented and also enables improved compensation for variations between devices or changes in device characteristics over time. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130116964 | PROXIMITY ASSURANCE FOR SHORT-RANGE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS - A proximity check ensures that a card is physically close to the reader device in order to inhibit relay attacks. The proximity check makes relay attacks more difficult because an additional channel must be intercepted and/or spoofed or relayed. This solution can be used for any kind of short-range communication, including Near Field Communications (NFC). | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114169 | CMOS ADJUSTABLE OVER VOLTAGE ESD AND SURGE PROTECTION FOR LED APPLICATION - Various embodiments relate to a light emitting diode protection circuit, including: a plurality of diodes connected in series; an input connected to a first diode of the plurality of diodes; an output; a first resistor connected between the plurality of diodes and the output; a transistor with a gate connected to a junction between the first resistor and the plurality of diodes and a source connected to the output; a second resistor connected between the input and drain of the transistor; and a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) with an anode connected to the input, a base connected to the drain of the transistor, and a cathode connected to the output. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114124 | PASSIVE MULTIPLEXING EXTENSION FOR ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAYS - A single-segment drive scheme for an electronic paper display (EPD) is replaced by a multiplexed drive scheme that reduces the number of driver pins to the number of display segments per digit or alphanumeric character plus one input/output (I/O) line per digit or alphanumeric character. In accordance with the invention, a passive digit selection mechanism enables a multiplex display drive scheme when the EPD material used typically has a stable threshold combined with a small hysteresis. Typically, display operation is better the smaller the hysteresis and the more stable the threshold of the EPD material that is used. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113446 | POWER SUPPLY WITH INTEGRATED VOLTAGE CLAMP AND CURRENT SINK - Various exemplary embodiments relate a system and method for supplying power. The system may include an input/output port, a regulator, and a clamp. The regulator may supply power to the input/output port in a first mode, sink current from the input/output port in a second mode, and be disabled in a third mode. The clamp may be disabled in the first and second modes, and may limit the voltage at the input/output port below a first value in the third mode. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113276 | POWER SUPPLY WITH EXTENDED MINIMUM VOLTAGE OUTPUT - Various exemplary embodiments relate a system for supplying power. The system may include a power source outputting a source voltage, a regulator connected to the power source, and an extension module connected to the power source. The regulator may output a first voltage when the source voltage is above a minimum threshold, and the extension module may output a second voltage when the source voltage falls below the minimum threshold. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130102085 | METHOD OF SENSING A MOLECULE, AN APPARATUS AND A SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP THEREFOR - A semiconductor chip, apparatus, and associated method wherein the semiconductor chip, having at least one electrode and configured as a sensor such as a biosensor, is removably attachable to a tip of a dipstick. The dipstick tip, with the attached semiconductor chip, is arranged to be dipped into a well containing an analyte. The well may be part of a micro-titre plate. The chip electrically senses the presence of a target molecule in the analyte. The sensing may be by detecting a change in capacitance associated with the electrode which occurs in the presence of the target molecule. The apparatus may include plural dipsticks and associated semiconductor chips which are sensitive for different target molecules. Alternatively or in addition, a single semiconductor chip may have a plurality of electrodes, which may be sensitive to different target molecules. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100711 | Switching Circuit - A switching circuit ( | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130094603 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENCODING BITS TO SYMBOLS FOR A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A device and method for encoding bits to symbols for a communication system are described. In one embodiment, a method for encoding bits to symbols for a communication system includes receiving a set of N-bit data to be transmitted, where N is an integer, generating side scrambling values using a polynomial, scrambling the set of N-bit data using the side scrambling values to produce scrambled data, mapping the scrambled data to a particular set of M symbols from a plurality of sets of M symbols, where M is an integer and M is smaller than N, and outputting the particular set of M symbols for transmission over a transmission medium. Other embodiments are also described. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130094247 | CONTROLLER FOR A SWITCHED MODE POWER CONVERTER - A switched mode power converter controller outputs a switch control signal for a switch, receives sensed voltage and primary current input signals, and includes a constant current mode controller to process voltage input signals and generate output control signals for controlling converter peak current and/or switching frequency operational; a constant voltage mode controller processes the voltage input signal and generates output control signals for converter peak current and/or switching frequency operational parameters; a primary peak current adjuster processes primary current input and output control signals from the current and voltage mode controllers to configure the switch control signal to turn off the switch; a switching frequency adjuster processes output control signals from the current and voltage controllers to configure the switch control signal to turn on the switch. The constant current controller is enabled if the constant voltage controller signals represent operation with maximum peak current and switching frequency. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130088375 | INPUT-INDEPENDENT SELF-CALIBRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER WITH CHARGE-REDISTRIBUTION DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER - A method and apparatus for correcting the offset and linearity error of a data acquisition system. A charge redistribution digital to analog convertor (CDAC) is connected to one of the differential inputs of a comparator whose second input comes from a function CDAC. The calibration algorithm is built into a digital control unit. The digital control unit detects the offset and capacitor mismatch errors sequentially, stores the calibration codes for each error in calibration mode and provides the input-dependent error correction signals synchronized with the binary search timing to adjust the differential input of the comparator and compensate the input-dependent errors present at the output of the non-ideal function CDAC during normal conversions. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130087799 | BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD, BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a bipolar transistor, comprising providing a substrate ( | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130073764 | CENTRAL BUS GUARDIAN (CBG) AND METHOD FOR OPERATING CBG - Central bus guardians (CBGs) and methods for operating a CBG are described. In one embodiment, a method for operating a CBG includes performing race arbitration among the buses connected to the CBG to select a winner bus for a time slot, and selectively forwarding data received at the CBG from the winner bus to a destination bus in the time slot based on whether the winner bus or the destination bus has a connection to an external network with respect to the application network and whether a communications device connected to the winner bus or the destination bus performs a critical function. Other embodiments are also described. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070807 | Temperature Sensor, Electronic Device and Temperature Measurement Method - Disclosed is a temperature sensor ( | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070783 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A SLOT TABLE ENTRY ADDRESS FOR A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - An invention for generating a slot table entry address for a communications device of a communications network includes a method that involves processing a slot counter value according to a configuration setting value to produce a processed slot counter value, the slot counter value identifying a time slot of data communications of the communications network, masking a cycle counter value according to the configuration setting value to generate a masked cycle counter value, where the cycle counter value identifies a communications cycle containing the time slot, and processing the processed slot counter value and the masked cycle counter value to generate a slot table entry address such that a corresponding slot table entry of the time slot of the communications cycle in a slot table is accessed by the communications device at the slot table entry address. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070782 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCODING A SLOT TABLE FOR A COMMUNICATIONS CONTROLLER - Systems and methods for encoding a slot table for a communications controller of a communications network are described. In one embodiment, a method for encoding a slot table for a communications controller of a communications network includes classifying branches of the communications network that are connected to the communications controller into at least one group, where each of the at least one group includes multiple branches, and generating a slot table entry for a time slot for accessing the communications network through the communications controller based on the at least one group. Other embodiments are also described. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070613 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK HAVING A CENTRAL BUS GUARDIAN (CBG) TO DETECT A FAULTY CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH THE CBG - Systems and methods for testing a communications network having a central bus guardian (CBG) to detect a faulty condition associated with the CBG are described. In one embodiment, a method for testing a communications network having a CBG to detect a faulty condition associated with the CBG includes supplying a communications schedule to the CBG, causing test data to be transmitted between different buses that are connected to the CBG according to the communications schedule, and determining the faulty condition associated to with the CBG based on whether or not the test data is received according to the communications schedule. Other embodiments are also described. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069176 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit package for an integrated circuit having one or more sensor elements in a sensor element area of the circuit. An encapsulation covers bond wires but leaves an opening over the sensor element area. A protection layer is provided over the integrated circuit over which the encapsulation extends, and it has a channel around the sensor element area to act as a trap for any encapsulation material which has crept into the opening area. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069120 | PH SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - Disclosed is a pH sensor comprising a carrier ( | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130057170 | AC/DC CONVERTER HAVING A SWITCHABLE PFC, A CONTROLLER THERFOR, AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A CONTOLLER - A method of controller an AC/DC to converter is disclosed, the converter having a power factor correction stage and a signal indicative of a required power and operating with a switching cycle having a switching frequency being the inverse of a switching period. The method comprises switching on the PFC stage, in response to a signal indicative of an average switching frequency rising above a first threshold. The method further comprises switching off the PFC stage, in response to the signal indicative of an average switching frequency falling below a second threshold. The method may further comprise switching on the PFC stage, in response to a positive step change in the signal indicative of a required power, and switching off the PFC stage, in response to indicative step change in the signal indicative of a required power. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057157 | Lighting System - A lighting system uses interior and exterior light sensors for detecting lighting level and colour. A lighting unit has a controlled colour and intensity so that a colour match zone can be defined where the interior space lighting has colour temperature based on the exterior lighting conditions. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130056855 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IC COMPRISING A BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR AND IC - Disclosed is an integrated circuit and a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit comprising a bipolar transistor, the method comprising providing a substrate comprising a pair of isolation regions separated by an active region comprising a collector; forming a base layer stack over said substrate; forming a migration layer having a first migration temperature and an etch stop layer; forming a base contact layer having a second migration temperature; etching an emitter window in the base contact layer, thereby forming cavities extending from the emitter window; and exposing the resultant structure to the first migration temperature in a hydrogen atmosphere, thereby filling the cavities with the migration layer material. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130056840 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS WITH PERFORATED MEMBRANES - A MEMS device, such as a microphone, uses a fixed perforated plate. The fixed plate comprises an array of holes across the plate area. At least a set of the holes adjacent the outer periphery comprises a plurality of rows of elongate holes, the rows at different distances from the periphery. This design improves the mechanical robustness of the membrane and can additionally allow tuning of the mechanical behaviour of the plate. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130053268 | ANALYTE DETECTION METHOD AND ANALYTE DETECTION INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A method for providing an integrated circuit such that first and second sensing electrodes respectively have at their surfaces first and second receptor molecules for selectively binding to first and second analytes of interest; exposing the integrated circuit to a sample potentially comprising at least one of the first and second analytes, providing a first bead having a first electrical signature attached to a first molecule having a conformation/affinity for binding to the first sensing electrode dependent on the presence of the first analyte; providing a second bead having a second electrical signature attached to a second molecule having a conformation/affinity for binding to the second sensing electrode dependent on the presence of the second analyte; and determining the presence of the electrical signature of the first and/or second bead(s) on the first and second sensing electrodes respectively. An IC for implementing this method. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130049855 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit comprising a Class-D amplifier for amplifying an input signal at an input terminal is disclosed. The Class-D amplifier is switchable between an operational mode, in which a comparator ( | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130049779 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit comprising a first pair ( | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130049718 | CLASS D AMPLIFIER AND CONTROL METHOD - A Class D power amplifier is for driving a load between first and second output nodes defined between two bridges. A controller is adapted to derive an amplifier hold signal when an overcurrent state is detected in an output bridge, and to prevent switching of the other output bridge between the two main output states. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130042669 | GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor on a semiconductor substrate. The gas sensor includes an elongate sensor element extending across an opening and has first and second opposed surfaces exposed for contact with a gas to be sensed. The first surface faces away from a major surface of the substrate. The second surface faces toward said major surface. The electrical conductivity of the elongate sensor element is sensitive to a composition and/or concentration of said gas to which the opposed first and second surfaces are exposable. The gas sensor further includes a support structure arranged to increase the mechanical robustness of the gas sensor by supporting the elongate sensor element in the opening. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130038502 | CONTROLLER FOR A RADIO CIRCUIT - The invention relates to a controller for a radio circuit. The radio circuit comprises at least one variable impedance element coupled between an antenna and a received signal quality indicator generator. The controller is configured to receive a received signal quality indicator from the received signal quality indicator generator and to provide a control signal to the at least one variable impedance element. The control signal comprises a command to modify the impedance of the variable impedance element in accordance with the value of the received signal quality indicator. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130036827 | MULTILAYERED NONON MEMBRANE IN A MEMS SENSOR - Various embodiments relate to a MEMS pressure sensor including: a lower electrode; a first insulating layer over the lower electrode; a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer that forms a cavity between the first and second insulating layers; an upper electrode over the second insulating layer, wherein a portion of the cavity is between the upper and lower electrodes; and a NONON pressure membrane over the upper electrode. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130033392 | SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION REGISTER ADC CIRCUITS AND METHODS - A non-binary successive approximation analogue to digital converter, for converting using successive conversion steps, is operable in first and second modes. The first and second modes have different noise properties and the converter is switched between the modes during the conversion process. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033177 | Electronic Ballast - An electronic ballast for lighting applications is disclosed. The electronic ballast comprises a first charge pump having an input capacitor ( | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130032903 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Disclosed is an integrated circuit comprising a substrate ( | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130032902 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Disclosed is an integrated circuit comprising a substrate ( | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130032891 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN IC COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS AND IC COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS - A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit comprising bipolar transistors including first and second type bipolar transistors, the method comprising providing a substrate comprising first isolation regions each separated from a second isolation region by an active region comprising a collector impurity of one of the bipolar transistors; forming a base layer stack over the substrate; forming a first emitter cap layer of a first effective thickness over the base layer stack in the areas of the first type bipolar transistor; forming a second emitter cap layer of a second effective thickness different from the first effective thickness over the base layer stack in the areas of the second type bipolar transistor; and forming an emitter over the emitter cap layer of each of the bipolar transistors. An IC in accordance with this method. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130028352 | DOWN-CONVERTER - A down-converter for receiving a multiband radio frequency signal (RF) and a local oscillator signal comprises a frequency divider and a heterodyne receive chain. The frequency divider is configured to divide the local oscillator signal and provide different divided local oscillator signals. The heterodyne receive chain comprises a first stage mixer and second stage mixers. The first stage mixer is configured to mix the multiband radio frequency signal and either the local oscillator signal or a divided local oscillator signal to generate a first intermediate frequency signal. Each second stage mixer is configured to mix the first intermediate signal and a divided local oscillator signal to generate second intermediate frequency signals that each represent a band from the multiband radio frequency signal. The frequency divider is configured to provide a different divided local oscillator signal to each of the second stage mixers. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027150 | FAST START UP, ULTRA-LOW POWER BIAS GENERATOR FOR FAST WAKE UP OSCILLATORS - Various embodiments relate to a bias generator including: a bias generator circuit; a master startup circuit that applies current to a first node in the bias generator circuit; a second startup circuit that applies current to additional nodes in the bias generator circuit; and a power switch that receives a power from a power supply and that provides power to the bias generator circuit, the master startup circuit, and the second startup circuit. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130021145 | Location-based Tracking - Object tracking is facilitated. In accordance with one or more embodiments, an object tracking apparatus ( | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130016791 | MEDIA STREAMING WITH ADAPTATIONAANM Collard; ArnaudAACI MontessonAACO FRAAGP Collard; Arnaud Montesson FRAANM Delahaye; NicolasAACI Marly le roiAACO FRAAGP Delahaye; Nicolas Marly le roi FR - A method and apparatus for receiving a media stream provided in a plurality of different, alternative encoded representations. Each representation comprises a series of discrete fragments and each fragment comprises a contiguous temporal segment of the stream. The method comprises: obtaining ( | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016533 | RESONANT CONVERTER CONTROLAANM Halberstadt; HansAACI GroesbeekAACO NLAAGP Halberstadt; Hans Groesbeek NL - Consistent with an example embodiment there is a method of controlling a resonant power converter; the power converter includes first and second series connected switches connected between a supply voltage line and a ground line and a resonance circuit, having a capacitor and an inductor. The resonance circuit is connected to a node connecting the first and second switches. The method comprises repeated sequential steps of closing the first switch to start a conduction interval; sampling a voltage across the capacitor to obtain a sampled voltage level; and opening the first switch to end the conduction interval when a voltage across the capacitor crosses a voltage level determined by addition of the sampled voltage level with a predetermined voltage difference; wherein controlling the predetermined voltage difference determines a power output of the resonant power converter. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130013261 | METERING SYSTEM HAVING IMPROVED SECURITY - Metering system ( | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009716 | MEMS RESONATOR - A MEMS resonator has a resonator mass in the form of a closed ring anchored at points around the ring. A set of ring comb electrode arrangements is fixed to the ring at locations between the anchor points, to couple the input (drive) and output (sense) signals to/from the resonator mass. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20120331559 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - The invention provides a secure and efficient resource management system and a corresponding method for managing resources of a product that is put on the market by a licensor via a distribution chain. In particular, the number of keys needed for managing said resources can be reduced. At the time that the product is released to the market the exact licensing conditions of the product need not be known yet. The licensing conditions and the associated configuration of resources of the product are managed via a second key which is provided to a licensee. The licensee, however, has no knowledge of the first key and the derivation function which generates said second key based on the first key. Therefore, it is ensured that the licensee cannot claim more resources of the product than the licensor allows. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120331255 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING MEMORY RESOURCES - System and method for allocating memory resources are disclosed. The system utilizes a bus system coupled to a plurality of requestors and a plurality of memory systems coupled to the bus system. Each memory system includes a memory component and a memory management module including a value that represents access rights to the memory component. The memory management module is configured to receive an access request from a first requestor of the plurality of requestors and to grant access to the memory component only if the value indicates that the first requestor has access rights to the memory component. The memory management module is configurable to change the value to give the access rights to the memory component to a second requestor of the plurality of requestors. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120328129 | CONTROL OF A MICROPHONE - A microphone circuit has a clip detection circuit ( | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120328117 | CONTROL OF A LOUDSPEAKER OUTPUT - A loudspeaker drive circuit uses a dynamic range compressor to implement a non-linear gain function between the input signal to the dynamic range compressor and an output signal from the dynamic range compressor. The output is used to drive a loudspeaker, and the operating parameters of the dynamic range compressor are varied in dependence on a criterion, such as the estimated voice coil temperature, the power consumption or the acoustical distortion. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120328113 | CONTROL OF A LOUDSPEAKER OUTPUT - A method of controlling a loudspeaker output comprises deriving an admittance function over time from the voice coil voltage and current. In combination with a delta function, the force factor of the loudspeaker and the blocked electrical impedance, the input-voltage-to-excursion transfer function over time is obtained. This is used to control audio processing for the loudspeaker thereby to implement loudspeaker protection and/or acoustic signal processing. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327691 | SWITCHED MODE POWER SUPPLY - A power supply has over power protection based on the same signal as used by the feedback path for controlling the switching of the power supply. This means that no additional signal needs to be supplied to the control circuit to implement mains over protection. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120326699 | GALVANIC ISOLATION DEVICE AND METHOD - Various exemplary embodiments relate to an isolation device including a semiconductor layer and an insulation layer. The insulation layer insulates a central portion of the semiconductor layer. A high voltage terminal connects to the insulation layer, a first low voltage terminal connects to a first non-insulated portion of the semiconductor layer, and a second low voltage terminal connects to a second non-insulated portion of the semiconductor layer. The first and second low voltage terminals are electrically connected via the semiconductor layer. A voltage applied to the high voltage terminal influences the conductance of the semiconductor layer. The high voltage terminal is galvanically isolated from the first and second low voltage terminals. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120322375 | DEVICE WITH AN EEPROM HAVING BOTH A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION INTERFACE AND A SECOND INTERFACE - A peripheral device and a method for programming the read/writeable memory of the RFID circuitry by communications between either RF antenna or bus communications port controller interface or both. In the peripheral device, an EEPROM, bus communications controller interface, NFC interface, antenna, and logic controller operate to receive and transmit configuration and calibration data between a BLUETOOTH circuit and an external BLUETOOTH enabled device. The dual interfaced EEPROM is operable to share or partition its EEPROM between an NFC interface and a bus communications controller. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319667 | DC-DC CONVERTER ARRANGEMENT - ADC-DC converter, for a solar charger, is disclosed. The converter is based on a buck-boost converter, and is operable both in a boost mode, and in a buck mode. The converter differs from known converters, in that during buck mode operation, the boost mode is disabled, thereby reducing or eliminating the losses associated with buck mode operation. Methods of operating such a reconfigurable buck-boost converter are also disclosed as is a computer programme product for controlling a reconfigurable buck-boost converter. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120315967 | MULTIMEDIA MEMORY GAME - The invention relates to a method of playing and configuring a multimedia memory game; to a computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions for carrying out the steps of a method of playing and configuring a multimedia memory game; to a mobile device; to an electronic data carrier; and to a multimedia memory game comprising a mobile device, a first electronic data carrier and a second electronic data carrier. During a turn of the game, the content stored on the first electronic data carrier is read and the content stored on the second electronic data carrier is read. Then it is verified whether the first content and the second content satisfy a predetermined associative relationship. Only if the first content and the second content satisfy the predetermined associative relationship, it is concluded that the turn is successful. The predetermined associative relationship may be preconfigured or configured by a user. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120315849 | COMMUNICATION PARTNER APPLIANCE WITH AUTOMATIC SEND MODE ACTIVATION - A communication partner appliance is implemented within a near field communication system. The communication partner appliance includes a receiver, a detector, and a processor. The receiver receives a NFC command signal from another communication partner appliance. The detector detects whether a carrier signal from the other communication partner appliance is present at the receiver at a time other than during a transmission of the NFC command signal from the other communication partner appliance to the receiver. The processor controls a power supply element based on a determination by the detector whether the carrier signal from the other communication partner appliance is present at the receiver. The power supply element is configured to establish a connection to either a first power supply or a second power supply. The first power supply is dependent on the carrier signal, and the second power supply is independent of the carrier signal. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120308014 | AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICE AND METHOD - A method and apparatus is for outputting audio files to a user to enable selection of one of the audio files by the user. At least two independent audio files are played simultaneously, distributed differently over a set of speakers, thereby to appear to the user to originate from different directions. This enables a faster selection process by the user. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306056 | Semiconductor wafer and method of producing the same - A semiconductor wafer ( | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120305374 | MEMS SWITCH - A MEMS switch in which at least first, second and third signal lines are provided over the substrate, which each terminate at a connection region. A lower actuation electrode arrangement is over the substrate. A movable contact electrode is suspended over the connection regions for making or breaking electrical contact between at least two of the three connection regions and an upper actuation electrode provided over the lower actuation electrode. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120303983 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE POWER CONSUMPTION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A control system ( | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300517 | POWER FACTOR CORRECTOR WITH HIGH POWER FACTOR AT LOW LOAD OR HIGH MAINS VOLTAGE CONDITIONS - A power factor corrector raises power factor at low loads or high mains voltages by modifying the switch timing or the current received by the power converter. It achieves this by increasing the switch-on time of a control switch during the falling time so that the majority of the switch-on time during a mains period occurs during the falling time, to thereby control the current received by the converter to compensate for current received by the intermediate filter. Some embodiments may employ a feedback system to produce one or more error signals that modify the control signal used to control the operation of the converter. Various embodiments may also include additional stages that limit the compensation range of the error signal. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299130 | ACCELEROMETER AND PRODUCTION METHOD - A MEMS accelerometer uses capacitive sensing between two electrode layers. One of the electrode layers has at least four independent electrodes arranged as two pairs of electrodes, with one pair aligned orthogonally to the other such that tilting of the membrane can be detected as well as normal-direction movement of the membrane. In this way, a three axis accelerometer can be formed from a single suspended mass, and by sensing using a set of capacitor electrodes which are all in the same plane. This means the fabrication is simple and is compatible with other MEMS manufacturing processes, such as MEMS microphones. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299126 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Disclosed is an integrated circuit (IC) comprising a substrate ( | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120297449 | AUTHENTICATION METHOD - There is provided a method ( | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120297105 | PATTERN DETECTION FOR PARTIAL NETWORKING - A pattern detector for a bus node for a system bus having a plurality of stations that are coupled together by means of an arrangement of bus lines, the bus node comprising: decoding circuitry configured for an analysis of sub-patterns in a stream of data on at least one bus line, and analysing circuitry configured to determine a series of digital relative length information of said sub-patterns, wherein said relative length information is generated by comparison of an actual sub-pattern with a preceding sub-pattern in the stream of data on said at least one bus line. A corresponding method of encoding digital bus message information on a bus system in which the digital bus message comprises at least one part that is by means of sub-patterns to be transmitted in a stream of data on at least one bus line, wherein the method comprises: encoding a series of digital relative information by means of the sub-patterns in the stream of data, wherein said relative information is generated by adapting each sub-pattern carrying one bit of the bus message information with respect to an preceding sub-pattern. A corresponding digital bus messages may be encoded in accordance with the method, which bus messages are of particular use in a bus system, in which communication takes place on arbitrarily manner. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120294074 | PHASE CHANGE MEMORY PROGRAMMING METHOD AND PHASE CHANGE MEMORY - Disclosed is a method of programming a phase change memory ( | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293214 | ELECTRONIC SWITCHING DEVICE - An electronic switching device comprises a first bipolar junction transistor (BJT) ( | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120290241 | METHOD OF CHARACTERISING AN LED DEVICE - A method of characterising an LED, as well as an integrated circuit using this method, based on a so-called characteristic resistance, in which the LED is operated at a first, relatively low, operating current and then at a second, relatively high, operating current. From the ratio between the difference between the forward voltages at these two operating currents, and the difference between the operating current, the characteristic resistance is determined. The characteristic resistance is measured at two or more moments during the operational lifetime of the device, and a prediction or estimate is made in relation to the total operational lifetime of the devices, from the evolution or change of the characteristic resistance. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120288118 | CONTROL OF A LOUDSPEAKER OUTPUT - A method of modeling the frequency-dependent input-voltage-to-excursion transfer function of a loudspeaker, comprises, for a plurality of measurement frequencies, measuring a voltage and current and deriving an impedance at the measurement frequency. A frequency-dependent impedance function is derived. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120288093 | Transponder, Reader and Methods for Operating the Same - It is described a method for operating a transponder ( | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120288086 | FINITE FIELD CRYPTOGRAPHIC ARITHMETIC RESISTANT TO FAULT ATTACKS - Various embodiments relate to a method for integrity protected calculation of a cryptographic function including: performing an operation c=a∘b in a cryptographic function f(x | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120286881 | OSCILLATOR ARCHITECTURE HAVING FAST RESPONSE TIME WITH LOW CURRENT CONSUMPTION AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE OSCILLATOR ARCHITECTURE - An oscillator architecture and a method for powering up/down the oscillator architecture are described. In one embodiment, an oscillator architecture includes a reference generator configured to generate reference signals and an in-phase/quadrature (IQ) oscillator configured to generate oscillation signals based on the reference signals. The reference generator includes a distributed start-up circuitry that includes multiple start-up circuits. The IQ oscillator includes at least one turbo comparator having a low power functional mode and a turbo functional mode. Other embodiments are also described. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120286803 | Sensor - The invention relates to an electrochemical sensor integrated on a substrate, the electrochemical sensor comprising: a field effect transistor integrated on the substrate and having a source, gate and drain connections, said gate of the field effect transistor comprising: a sensing gate conductively coupled to a sensing electrode; and a bias gate, wherein the sensing gate is capacitively coupled to the bias gate and the bias gate is capacitively coupled to the substrate. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120286694 | METHOD OF POWER AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR HIGH BRIGHTNESS LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - Various embodiments relate to a method for driving a light emitting diode (LED) flash including: measuring a junction temperature of the LED by applying a test current to the LED and measuring the LED forward voltage; determining the drive current based upon the measured junction temperature and measured data characteristics of the LED; and applying the drive current to the LED for a specified length of time. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120286685 | LED CURRENT SOURCE DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTOR - Various embodiments relate to a method of producing a high precision current using N current mirrors, a feedback control amplifier, and a reference current regulator to drive a light emitting diode, including: selecting one of the N current mirrors as a first current mirror; driving the first current mirror using a reference current produced by the reference current regulator; measuring a first sense voltage at the first current mirror; measuring a second sense voltage at a second current mirror that is one of the remaining N−1 current mirrors; integrating a difference of the first sense voltage and the second sense voltage to produce a feedback signal; and driving the remaining N−1 current mirrors using the feedback signal. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120286588 | MEMS SWITCHING CIRCUIT - A switching circuit employs MEMS devices. In connection with various example embodiments, signal switching circuit couples primary and secondary data link connectors having at least two channels and an electrode for each channel. A MEMS switch is coupled to each channel in of the secondary data link connectors, and includes a suspended membrane, first and second contact electrodes (one being in the membrane) and a biasing circuit that biases the membrane for moving the membrane between open and closed positions to contact the electrodes. A switch controller circuit selectively controls the application of an actuation voltage to each of the biasing circuits, thereby selectively actuating the membranes between the open and closed positions for routing signals between the primary and secondary data link connectors. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120286410 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PACKAGING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PACKAGE - Disclosed is a discrete semiconductor device package ( | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120286399 | LEADFRAME AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING SEMICONDUCTOR DIE - In one embodiment, a method is provided for packaging a semiconductor die. A leadframe having a die-pad and one or more lead-pads is placed ( | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120275354 | ASYMMETRIC WHITE SPACE COMMUNICATIONS - A wireless transceiver comprising: a receiver adapted to receive signals in a television broadcast band; and a transmitter adapted to transmit signals in a different band. Also provided is a counterpart transceiver. The latter transceiver comprises: a transmitter adapted to transmit signals in a television broadcast band; and a receiver adapted to receive signals in the different band. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274362 | TRACKING AND HOLD OPERATIONS FOR AN ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a tracking system and method. The system includes a transistor switch having a gate node and a source node, a power source circuit connected to the gate node, and a bootstrapping circuit connected to the source node and to the gate node. The power source circuit charges the switch during a first tracking phase, and the bootstrapping circuit charges the switch during a second tracking phase. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120271975 | DEFINITION OF WAKEUP BUS MESSAGES FOR PARTIAL NETWORKING - A method of encoding a digital bus message information, in particular a wake-up bus message information or configuring data, on a bus system, the method comprising: encoding a predetermined part of digital bus message information bits by means of sub-patterns in a stream of line symbols on at least one bus line, wherein sub-patterns consist of successive dominant and recessive phases, comprised of recessive and dominant line symbols, wherein a recessive phase is comprised of at least two recessive line symbols in order to establish a ratio of successive dominant and recessive phases that corresponds to a value of the predetermined part. A respective digital bus message, particularly for use on a bus system, is to be encoded in accordance with the method. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120270500 | WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING AN ENSURED NFC FUNCTIONALITY - A wireless mobile communication device having NFC functionality that is designed to always be capable of NFC functionality, including secure NFC functionality by having a first and second energy source where charging of the second energy source may be achieved by the voltage induced by the received NFC signal. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120269304 | Symbol Clock Recovery Circuit - A symbol clock recovery circuit is provided for a data communication system using coherent demodulation. The symbol clock recovery circuit comprises an analog-to-digital converter comprising a first input for receiving a coherent-detected baseband analog signal derived from a carrier signal, a second input for receiving an adapted symbol clock signal, and an output for outputting a digital signal comprising a frame having a preamble with at least two symbols. The symbol clock recovery circuit comprises further a phase shifting unit comprising a first input for receiving a symbol clock signal derived from the carrier signal, and a timing detector, comprising a first input for receiving the digital signal from the analog-to-digital converter and an output for providing a signal comprising information about an optimum sample phase to the phase shifting unit. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120269076 | ANTENNA DIVERSITY FOR MAGNETIC INDUCTION RADIO - A magnetic induction system is disclosed, which has antenna diversity at the transmitter side, but which does not require a bidirectional link to pass information regarding received signal quality back to the transmitter. The system uses a time division multiplexing access (TDMA) arrangement, to transmit the same, or correlated, information with a level of redundancy, from two, or more, antenna to at least a receiver. The or each receiver is configured to determine a received signal quality from the channel received from one antenna, and, in response to inadequate signal quality, to switch to another antenna. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120262242 | RESONATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A resonator in which in addition to the normal anchor at a nodal point, a second anchor arrangement is provided and an associated connecting arm between the resonator body and the second anchor arrangement. The connecting arm connects to the resonator body at a non-nodal point so that it is not connected to a normal position where fixed connections are made. The connecting arm is used to suppress transverse modes of vibration. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262241 | MEMS RESONATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A MEMS resonator has a component which provides a capacitance associated with the transduction gap which has a temperature-dependent dielectric characteristic, which varies in the same direction (i.e. the slope has the same sign) as the Young's modulus of the material of the resonator versus temperature. This means that the resonant frequency is less dependent on temperature. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262235 | DIFFERENTIAL OUTPUT STAGE - A differential output stage configured for receiving differential input signal comprising first and second signals, comprising a first output for providing a first output signal, and a second output providing a second output signal, the first and second output signals together forming a differential output signal, a first voltage buffer and first controlled current source each connected to the first output, the first voltage buffer being driven by a signal in-phase with the first input signal, the first controlled current source being driven by a signal in-phase with the second input signal, and a second voltage buffer and second controlled current source each connected to the second output, the second voltage buffer being driven by a signal in-phase with the second input signal, the second controlled current source being driven a signal in-phase with by the first input signal. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120260732 | SENSOR | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120260119 | MANAGEMENT OF SECURE ELEMENT DEADLOCK - Various embodiments relate to an apparatus and associated method for a contactless front-end (CLF) managing a secure element (SE). When the SE receives a low power, a monitoring circuit in the CLF may monitor a power supplied to the SE. Upon detection of an under-voltage condition, the monitoring circuit may cause a management module in the CLF to react to the detected under-voltage condition with an SE management technique. The management module may enact the SE management technique through a separate communications interface connected to the SE. In some embodiments, the CLF may further comprise a register that maintains an under-voltage flag that is triggered when the monitoring circuit detects an under-voltage condition. The management module may reset the under-voltage flag and may use the triggering of the under-voltage flag one or more times to determine whether to react through use of a SE management technique. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259188 | Flexible Eye Insert and Glucose Measuring System - Disclosed is a flexible insert ( | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120257655 | CONFIGURATION OF BUS TRANSCEIVER - A transceiver includes a transmit pin configured to receive a signal from a microcontroller, a receive pin configured to transmit a signal to the microcontroller, at least one bus pin configured to transmit and receive signalling to or from the network, a wake-up detector, an acknowledge and/or wake-up generator, and at least one switch is operable to put the transceiver in a first mode of operation. In the first mode of operation the transmit pin is connected to the wake-up detector, and the wake-up detector is configured to activate a wake-up code in accordance with configuration information received at the transmit pin, and the receive pin is connected to an acknowledge and/or wake-up generator, which is configured to provide an acknowledge and/or wake-up signal to the receive pin based on a comparison of actual configuration information stored in the transceiver with the received configuration information from the transmit pin. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256645 | CAPACITIVE SENSOR, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD - A sensor for sensing an analyte includes capacitive elements, each having a pair of electrodes separated by a dielectric wherein the dielectric constant of the dielectric of at least one of the capacitive elements is sensitive to the analyte, the sensor further including a comparator adapted to compare a selected set of capacitive elements against a reference signal and to generate a comparison result signal, and a controller for iteratively selecting the set in response to the comparison result signal, wherein the sensor is arranged to produce a digitized output signal indicative of the sensed level of the analyte of interest. An IC comprising such a sensor, an electronic device comprising such an IC and a method of determining a level of an analyte of interest using such a sensor are also disclosed. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256606 | Switching Circuit - A multiple output switching circuit ( | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120252361 | WIRELESS DATA TRANSFER - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a radio frequency identification chip or a near-field communication chip having a wireless interface, a buffer, and a wired interface. A microcontroller may be connected to the wired interface. The radio frequency identification chip may receive customization data via the wireless interface, temporarily store the customization data in the buffer, and transmit the customization data to the microcontroller via the wired interface. The customization data may include data for a specific region, language, or model of consumer electronic product. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250768 | VIDEO DECODING SWITCHABLE BETWEEN TWO MODES - Video decoder apparatus and method, for decoding a motion-compensated transform-coded video stream. The apparatus has: a first mode in which it is operable to decode the video stream at a first resolution, and wherein a motion-compensation step of the decoding is performed in the image-domain. It also has a second mode in which it is operable to decode the video stream at a second resolution, and wherein at least one motion-compensation step is performed in the transform-domain. The decoder is adapted to switch between the two modes while decoding the video stream. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250401 | PHASE CHANGE MEMORY (PCM) ARCHITECTURE AND A METHOD FOR WRITING INTO PCM ARCHITECTURE - A phase change memory (PCM) architecture and a method for writing a PCM architecture are described. In one embodiment, a PCM architecture includes a PCM array, word line driver circuits, bit line driver circuits, a source driver circuit and a voltage supply circuit. The bit line driver circuits are connected to the PCM array and the electrical ground. Other embodiments are also described. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250200 | OVER-TEMPERATURE PROTECTED TRIAC AND PROTECTION METHOD - A triac circuit comprises a triac having first and second main terminals (MT | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249308 | METHOD FOR HANDLING COLLISION IN AN IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - A method for handling collision in an identification system where the identification system includes a reader, a first transponder and a second transponder. The method involves the reader transmitting an initialization command to the first transponder and to the second transponder; upon receiving the initialization command, the first transponder and the second transponder enter into a muted state where the first transponder and the second transponder do not respond to commands from the reader; in a randomly determined first start time slot the first transponder enters into an un-muted state and the first transponder remains in the un-muted state until the reader sends a mute command to the first transponder; in a randomly determined second start time slot the second transponder enters into an un-muted state and the second transponder remains in the un-muted state until the reader sends a mute command to the second transponder. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249265 | Resonator and Method of Controlling the Same - A resonator comprising a resonator body and actuation electrodes for driving the resonator into a resonant mode, in which the resonator body vibrates parallel to a first axis. The resonator comprises means to apply a voltage to the resonator in a direction perpendicular to the first axis direction. This serves to shift the frequency of resonant modes other than the principal resonant mode, and this allows increased amplitude of output signal from the resonator. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249234 | RECEIVER - A receiver ( | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249191 | Source or Emitter Follower Buffer Circuit and Method - In one aspect, a buffer circuit comprises a source or emitter follower input stage and output stage. A load is provided between the stages which comprises a representation of an output load of the buffer circuit. This improves the circuit linearity whilst enabling a high input impedance to be obtained. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249168 | LIQUID IMMERSION SENSOR - Disclosed is a liquid immersion sensor comprising a substrate ( | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249112 | CONTROLLER FOR SWITCH MODE POWER SUPPLY - A switched mode power supply (SMPS) controller is disclosed. The controller comprises a monitoring circuit adapted to monitor the rate of change of a voltage at an input ( | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120248575 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH MULTILAYER CONTACT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a semiconductor with a multilayered contact structure. The multilayered structure includes a metal contact placed on an active region of a semiconductor and a metal contact extension placed on the metal contact. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120248570 | ON CHIP INTEGRATED INDUCTOR - A semiconductor chip has an integrated inductor, manufactured during back end of line processing. In particular, a loop ( | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120247707 | ACTIVE THERMAL MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT METHOD - An active thermal management device and method, in which a phase change material unit, comprising at least one phase change material arranged in series or parallel, is connectable to a source of thermal energy, such as LEDs at a first operating condition. Thermal energy from the source of thermal energy is stored in the phase change material unit. The phase change material unit is connectable to a sink of thermal energy, such as second LEDs at a second operating condition. The thermal energy stored in the phase change material unit may be re-used. The first operating condition can include a 15V supply voltage, and the second operating condition can include either no supply voltage, or a lower 9V supply voltage of 9V, such that heat from the first LEDs, which may be over-temperature, can pre-heat the second LEDs, improving thermal and optical matching. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120246735 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus ( | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246404 | PROTECTED MODE FOR GLOBAL PLATFORM COMPLIANT SMART CARDS - A multiple application smart card ( | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243629 | Digital Communications Receiver - A method for a digital Communications receiver. The method comprises receiving a signal transmitted from a transmitter. The transmitted signal includes a first modulated carrier representing one or more data bits and a second modulated modulated carrier optionally representing one or more padding bits only. The padding bits are inserted at the transmitter and have predefined values known to both the transmitter and receiver. The method further comprises determining whether the one or more padding bits were inserted at the transmitter; if so, analysing the second modulated carrier in the received signal, using knowledge of the predetermined values of the one or more padding bits; and, using information determined from the analysis, estimating the values of the one or more data bits from the first modulated carrier. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242333 | MAGNETIC STEERING APPLICATION FOR SINGULATED (X) MR SENSORS - A controller for a test head module ( | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120238473 | Molecular sensor using temporal discrimination - A sensor device is disclosed, which depends on discrimination in time between groups of binding events of target particles to nano-electrodes. The target particles may be in the liquid phase or in suspension. The nano-electrodes form part of a sensor arrangement having a plurality of sensors. The sensor device is arranged such that different species of target particles arrive at the nano-electrodes at different times, using techniques such as chromatography or application of a field such as an electric, magnetic, or gravitational field. The particles may be labelled or unlabeled. The invention is particularly suited, but not limited, to sensing bioparticles. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120236981 | UNIVERSAL COUNTER/TIMER CIRCUIT - A counter/timer circuit and method of generating timed output signals using the counter/timer circuit, uses multiple counters that are configurable to operate as one or more counters. The counters are controlled by control signals from a control logic circuitry of the counter/timer circuit, where at least some of the control signals are dependent on event signals generated by an event generation module of the counter/timer circuit. The generated event signals are based on at least one of: an input signal, an output signal, and a counter match, qualified by a state value associated with the counters. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235746 | Amplifier - An amplifier comprising at least one amplifying element ( | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235638 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM AND POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM - A power transfer system which includes a power transfer device as well as at least one portable device, and to a method of controlling the power transfer system specifically in case of a dead battery condition of a battery of the portable device. The power transfer device for wireless charging of the battery arranged in the portable device and the power transfer device each comprise a near field communication functionality for data communication by a data communication link between the devices. The method includes a step of starting to establish the data communication link between the power transfer device and the portable device. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120234079 | Atmospheric Sensor, NFC Device, Package and Manufacturing Method - Disclosed is a sensor for detecting a component ( | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120233488 | ADJUSTMENT OF A PROCESSOR FREQUENCY - A system comprises a processor, a connection to the processor, a monitoring component arranged to monitor the connection to the processor, a performance counter connected to the monitoring component and arranged to establish a ratio between processor idle time and processor busy time, and a policy component connected to the performance counter and the processor, and arranged to adjust the processor frequency according to the established ratio of processor idle time to processor busy time. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120232964 | ROAD TOLL SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention relates to a road toll system using a vehicle-mounted satellite navigation receiver, from which routes taken and road prices incurred are determined. A billing system bills a user in dependence on the road prices incurred. A portable activation device transmits information concerning the owner of the portable activation device to the vehicle-mounted unit, and the vehicle-mounted unit provides information to the billing system to enable identification of the owner of the portable activation device. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120231732 | HEARING DEVICE AND METHODS OF OPERATING A HEARING DEVICE - A hearing device is disclosed, in which antenna diversity is provided by means of including an antenna in each of two sub-units or earpieces, one being for each ear. The antennae communicate with a further communication device by conventional wireless RF transmission. The two sub-units communicate by means of near field communication, NFC. The two sub-units act in co-operation so as to ensure that a relatively higher quality baseband stream is extracted from either one or a combination of the receivers associated with the antennae. Deleterious effects from e.g. local disturbances to the electromagnetic field of the transmission may thereby be mitigated or overcome. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229260 | METHOD OF READING A PLURALITY OF NON-CONTACT DATA CARRIERS, INCLUDING AN ANTI-COLLISION SCHEME - In a method of inventorying data carriers by means of a communication station, whereby the communication station and each data carrier are brought into communicative connection, and each data carrier brought into communicative connection with the communication station is capable of generating a response signal that renders possible an inventorying of the data carrier and is capable of delivering a generated response signal with the use of a transmission start moment that can be selected from a plurality of transmission start moments, each data carrier tests whether another data carrier is already giving its response signal. Each data carrier subsequently discontinues the generation or delivery of its response signal if another data carrier is already providing its response signal. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229214 | Amplifier Circuit and Method - A differential amplifier circuit comprises a differential pre-amplifying stage which is designed to allow an input signal with a first common mode voltage range, and to generate an output which has a narrower common mode voltage variation. This pre-amplifier stage is designed to accept a large common mode input voltage and to process the signal so that it can be amplified by a main amplifying stage which is designed to allow an input signal with a smaller common mode voltage range. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120226873 | MULTIPROCESSOR ARRANGEMENT HAVING SHARED MEMORY, AND A METHOD OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PROCESSORS IN A MULTIPROCESSOR ARRANGEMENT - A multiprocessor arrangement is disclosed, in which a plurality of processors are able to communicate with each other by means of a plurality of time-sliced memory blocks. At least one, and up to all, of the processors may be able to access more than one time-sliced memories. A mesh arrangement of such processors and memories is disclosed, which may be a partial or complete mesh. The mesh may to two-dimensional, or higher dimensional. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223864 | MULTIBAND ANTENNA - A multiband antenna ( | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223863 | Multiband Antenna - A multiband antenna comprising a substrate having first and second surfaces. A first conductive plate is provided on the first surface and a second conductive plate is provided on the second surface. The second conductive plate at least partially overlaps the first conductive plate in the plane of the substrate. The antenna also comprises a ground plane, wherein the substrate is connected to and is substantially perpendicular to the ground plane, and a feeding port ( | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223862 | MULTIBAND ANTENNA - A multiband antenna comprising a substrate having first and second surfaces. A first conductive plate located on the first surface comprises a first conductive region couplable to ground by a shorting element, and a second conductive region. The first and second conductive regions are located to define a gap therebetween. The antenna also has a second conductive plate on the substrate's second surface. The second conductive plate is coupled to a signal terminal of a feeding port and positioned to provide capacitance with the first conductive region. The antenna also has a third conductive plate on the substrate's second surface. The third conductive plate is positioned to provide capacitance with the second conductive region, and a connecting conductor configured to electrically couple the third conductive plate to the second conductive region. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223809 | TRANSPONDER, METHOD AND READER FOR MONITORING ACCESS TO APPLICATION DATA IN THE TRANSPONDER - A transponder for wirelessly receiving external data and for monitoring access to application data, the transponder including: a data storage storing application data; a data storage control region; and a data storage access controller configured to store, in the data storage control region, data indicative of an access to the application data stored in the data storage, when the application data was accessed based on the external data. Further, a method and a reader for monitoring access to application data stored in a transponder are described. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120222030 | LAZY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - The present application relates in general to a method for processing an application in general. The method comprises processing an application which uses at least one resource ( | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120217898 | ELECTRICAL LOAD DRIVING CIRCUIT - Circuits and methods for driving electrical loads, where each is driven according to a desired current. A circuit comprising a switch mode converter comprising a transformer with primary and secondary windings, the primary connected to a voltage supply via one or more input control switches; output circuits, each comprising a switch connecting a load to an output of the secondary, each load series connected with a respective switch and in parallel with a capacitor; and a switching control circuit for control of each of the output circuit switches and for sensing a current through the loads. The switching control circuit operates the output circuit switches to maintain set current through the loads, the switching control circuit configured in successive output cycles of the switch mode converter to operate each output circuit switch in an order dependent on a forward voltage of each of the respective loads. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120211845 | Integrated Circuit with Sensor and Method of Manufacturing Such an Integrated Circuit - Disclosed is an integrated circuit comprising a substrate ( | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120208459 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Near field communication (NFC) devices may be required to operate at low power and so process small signals which are more susceptible to corruption by noise. An NFC device | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120207335 | PORTED MEMS MICROPHONE - A microphone has first and second supports, a MEMS cartridge attached to the first support, at least part of the MEMS cartridge facing an opening in the first support, adhesive attaching the MEMS cartridge to the first support, an AMP/AD device attached to one of the supports, and a first conductor through which the MEMS cartridge electrically communicates with the AMP/AD. A second conductor is provided through which the AMP/AD electrically communicates with the external electrical contact, and a casing is located between and attached to the first and second supports. During operation, the MEMS cartridge receives an acoustic signal and generates a first electrical signal, the AMP/AD receives the first electrical signal from the MEMS cartridge, and the AMP/AD outputs to the external electrical contact a second electrical signal related to the first electrical signal. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120207314 | CONTROL OF A LOUDSPEAKER OUTPUT - A loudspeaker drive circuit comprises an input for receiving an audio signal and a signal processor for processing the audio signal before application to the loudspeaker. The signal processor processes the audio signal to derive a loudspeaker drive signal which results in the loudspeaker membrane reaching its maximum displacement in both directions of diaphragm displacement. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120207305 | SECURE SMART POSTER - A smart poster system is provided, which includes a smart poster comprising an NFC device, a mobile device for communicating with the NFC device, and a server unit for providing content to the mobile device, wherein the NFC device is arranged to provide the mobile device with an address of the server unit, the address comprising a counter value, which counter value represents the number of executed read accesses to the NFC device. Also, a method for providing a secure communication channel between a mobile device and a server unit in a smart poster system is conceived, wherein the smart poster system comprises an NFC device for providing the mobile device with an address of the server unit, and wherein the NFC device, upon generating the address, incorporates a counter value into the address, the counter value representing the number of executed read accesses to the NFC device. Thereby, the authenticity of both the NFC device and the server unit is ensured. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120207255 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING OR REMOVING CLICK NOISE - The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for detecting and correcting input signals regarding click noise, using a first detector unit and a second correction unit, the detector unit differentiates the input signal and extracts the noise signal and compares the sum of two noise samples with a threshold value and in case this sum exceeds the threshold value a click is observed, while the correction unit corrects the input signal in the phase domain and differentiates it prior to outputting the corrected signal. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120207143 | QUALITY OF SERVICE FOR WLAN AND BLUETOOTH COMBINATIONS - A hybrid device includes both an IEEE-802.11e type WLAN client station (QAP) and a BLUETOOTH piconet unit interconnected such that the BLUETOOTH transmissions are scheduled to occur according to a transmission opportunity (TXOP) that was granted by a quality of service (QoS) access point (QAP) in a basic service set (BSS). Requests for BLUETOOTH traffic are handled by the associated QSTA which generates an add traffic service (ADDTS) to the QAP. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206205 | VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER - The invention relates to a variable gain amplifier comprising a first attenuator ( | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120205780 | Methods, Systems and Devices for Electrostatic Discharge Protection - A resistor-equipped transistor includes a package that provides an external collector connection node ( | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120202299 | ILLUMINATION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An optical analysis apparatus and method in which a detector provides two different signals, based on responses to incident light absorbed within the detector over different depths. These signals are processed to discriminate between incident light of two different frequencies and thereby determine the intensity of the light of one desired frequency. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200976 | SURGE PROTECTION DEVICE - Disclosed is a surge protection device ( | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200276 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT WITH SCALABLE PERFORMANCE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - A power supply circuit and a method for operating the power supply circuit are described. In one embodiment, a power supply circuit includes multiple power elements configured to convert an input voltage to an output voltage, a driver circuit coupled to the power elements and configured to drive the power elements, a regulator controller coupled to the power elements and configured to control the power elements for the conversion of the input voltage to the output voltage, and at least one bypass switch coupled to the power elements. The at least one bypass switch is used to bypass at least one of the power elements. Other embodiments are also described. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120198504 | NETWORK DEVICE AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING CONTENT FROM A FIRST NETWORK DEVICE TO A SECOND NETWORK DEVICE - The invention relates to a first network device outputting content, the first network device retrieving an address of a second network device using a contactless interface from a third device, and the first network device transmitting the content, which was output at the time of retrieving said address, to the second network device. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194355 | PARKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle parking assistance system is based on presenting a bird's eye view. The display has an input interface such as a touch-input display or a remote input device such as a joystick. In this case, by selecting a desired position on the display (which is presenting an image of an object or location in space for which the driver is wanting to know the range), the user is able to request a distance calculation between the vehicle and that location in space. The distance information can be provided as an audible message and/or as a visual overlay message onto the bird's eye view. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194278 | TEMPERATURE CORRECTING CURRENT-CONTROLLED RING OSCILLATORS - A thermally-compensated oscillator has a current reference with an output current which relates to an ambient temperature with a first relationship, a ring oscillator having an operating frequency which relates to the ambient temperature with a second relationship, and which receives the output current of the current reference and outputs an oscillator signal, and a level shifter which receives the oscillator signal from the ring oscillator and outputs a corresponding voltage-regulated clock signal. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194151 | STANDBY CURRENT REDUCTION THROUGH A SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT WITH MULTIPLE REGULATORS - Consistent with an example embodiment, there is a power regulator arrangement with variable current capacity providing power from a power supply to a load having variable demand. As a load, a high-performance microprocessor has several modes of operation. At the highest speed setting, it demands a lot of current. At slower clock speeds and during state retention, the processor has a very low current consumption. Using a single regulator, the current efficiency may be very low during long standby periods. To increase the efficiency even at lower load currents, a scheme is based on parallel operation of multiple regulators having different load ranges, for example, a “low, “medium,” and “high” range regulators. Having knowledge of the load current profile, the regulators can be adjusted such that the peak of the efficiency curve matches the load profile of the regulator. The efficiency of the power regulator arrangement is enhanced throughout the range of power demanded by the load. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120188998 | SYNCRONIZING WIRELESS DEVICES - A method of synchronising the reference clock of a first wireless device with a master reference clock of a second wireless device via a wireless network. The method involves transmitting, from the second wireless device to the first wireless device, a dedicated synchronisation frame via a dedicated synchronisation channel; receiving the dedicated synchronisation frame at the first wireless device; and synchronising the reference clock of the first wireless device with the master reference clock of the second wireless device based on the received dedicated synchronisation frame. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188721 | NON-METAL STIFFENER RING FOR FCBGA - PCB or similar material is used for stiffener rings supporting heat sinks in Flip Chip Ball Grid Array (FCBGA) packages. The substrate material of the package and the stiffener ring share the same or similar Coefficient of Thermal Expansion. Stiffener rings may be manufactured from PCB or similar material using a router. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120187507 | MEMS RESONATOR - A bulk-acoustic-mode MEMS resonator has a first portion with a first physical layout, and a layout modification feature. The resonant frequency is a function of the physical layout, which is designed such that the frequency variation is less than 150 ppm for a variation in edge position of the resonator shape edges of 50 nm. This design combines at least two different layout features in such a way that small edge position variations (resulting from uncontrollable process variation) have negligible effect on the resonant frequency. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120185721 | MULTI-RATE SAMPLING FOR NETWORK RECEIVING NODES USING DISTRIBUTED CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION - Various embodiments relate to a network receiver using distributed clock synchronization. The network receiver may include a first timing engine that samples bits received by the receiver with a first clock having a first clock frequency (f | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120181678 | LEADLESS CHIP CARRIER HAVING IMPROVED MOUNTABILITY - Consistent with an example embodiment, there is surface-mountable non-leaded chip carrier for a semiconductor device. The device comprises a first contact. A second contact is relative to the first contact; the second contact has a split therein to provide first and second portions of the second contact arranged relative to one another to lessen tilting of a soldering condition involving attachment of the chip carrier to a printed circuit board. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120178498 | PROCESSING DEVICE FOR THE CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION WITH A DATA CARRIER WHICH IS DETACHABLY CONNECTED TO THE PROCESSING DEVICE - A processing device having a housing includes first communication device for receiving and/or transmitting an information signal and processor for processing the information signal received and/or to be transmitted, as well as second communication device for the contactless retrieval of control information stored in a data carrier which is detachably connected to the of the processing device, which processing of the information signal by the processing device can be influenced with the aid of the retrieved control information. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120177099 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A signal processing method for enhancing the dynamic range of a signal is disclosed. The method comprises:
| 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176209 | INTERFACE CIRCUIT - Presented is an interface circuit for connecting a RF antenna to a RF device. The interface circuit comprises: a first terminal adapted to connect to the RF antenna; a second terminal adapted to connect to the RF device; an inductive load connected to the second terminal; a first switch adapted to connect the inductive load to the first terminal; and a resistive load connected to the second terminal via a second switch | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120175672 | ESD PROTECTION CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit device provides electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection. In connection with various example embodiments, an ESD protection circuit includes a diode-type circuit having a p-n junction that exhibits a low breakdown voltage. Connected in series with the diode between an internal node susceptible to an ESD pulse and ground, are regions of opposite polarity having junctions therebetween for mitigating the passage of leakage current via voltage sharing with the diode's junction. Upon reaching the breakdown voltage, the diode shunts current to ground via another substrate region, bypassing one or more junctions of the regions of opposite polarity and facilitating a low clamping voltage. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120170686 | MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER - This invention relates to a method, a computer program product, a device, and a system, wherein a receiver unit is configured to operate in a single-channel mode and in a multi-channel mode, wherein in the single-channel mode the receiver unit is configured to output exactly one channel of a received signal, and in the multiple-channel mode the receiver unit is configured to output at least two channels of the received signal. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120168908 | SPACER FORMATION IN THE FABRICATION OF PLANAR BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS - A bipolar transistor is fabricated having a collector ( | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120168859 | VERTICAL TRANSISTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD AND VERTICAL TRANSISTOR - A method is disclosed of manufacturing a vertical transistor which comprises providing a substrate including a vertical stack of regions including a source region separated from a drain region by a channel region; forming a trench in said substrate, said trench at least partially extending into said vertical stack of regions; lining said trench with a stack comprising a gate dielectric liner, an etch protection layer and a further insulating layer; filling the remainder of the trench with a shield electrode material; exposing a top portion of the shield electrode material by removing the further insulating layer to a first depth in said trench; forming a inter electrode dielectric on the exposed shield electrode material; removing the etch protection layer to the first depth from said trench; and forming a gate electrode in said trench between the inter electrode dielectric liner and the exposed portion of the gate dielectric liner. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120168840 | RF-POWER DEVICE - An RF-power device includes a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of active regions arranged in an array. Each active region includes one or more RF-power transistors. The active regions are interspersed with inactive regions for reducing mutual heating of the RF-power transistors in separate active regions. The devices also includes at least one impedance matching component located in one of the inactive regions of the substrate. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120167659 | PRESSURE SENSOR WITH PRESSURE-ACTUATED SWITCH - Various embodiments relate to a pressure sensor and related methods of manufacturing and use. A pressure sensor may include an electrical contact included in a flexible membrane that deflects in response to a measured ambient pressure. The electrical contact may be separated from a signal path through a cavity formed using a sacrificial layer and PVD plugs. At one or more defined touch-point pressure thresholds, the membrane of the pressure sensor may deflect so that the state of contact between an electrical contact and one or more sections of a signal path may change. In some embodiments, the change of state may cause the pressure sensor to trigger an alarm in the electrical circuit. Various embodiments also enable the operation of the electrical circuit for testing and calibration through the use of one or more actuation electrode layers. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120163039 | CONTROLLER FOR A RESONANT CONVERTER - A controller for a resonant converter, wherein the controller is configured to operate the resonant converter in a high power mode of operation by adjusting a first control parameter to vary the output power and a low power mode of operation by adjusting a second control parameter to vary the output power. The controller is configured to set the value of the first control parameter when changing between the high power mode of operation and the low power mode of operation such that the output power is substantially consistent during the changeover. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162958 | BOND PACKAGE AND APPROACH THEREFOR - Lead-free or substantially lead-free structures and related methods are implemented for manufacturing electronic circuits. In accordance with various example embodiments, circuit components are joined using a copper-tin (Cu—Sn) alloy, which is melted and used to form a Cu—Sn compound having a higher melting point than the Cu—Sn alloy and both physically and electrically coupling circuit components together. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120161730 | POWER AND MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - A power management device comprises: an input for receiving a transient energy pulse; a first storage section and a second storage section for storing energy from the input; an output; a switching section for selectively connecting the input, first storage section, second storage section and output in at least first and second configurations, wherein in the first configuration the first and second storage sections are connected so as to distribute energy from the transient energy pulse between the first and second storage sections, in the second configuration the respective voltages across the first and second storage sections are combined additively to produce an output voltage at the output, whereby the output voltage after switching to the second configuration is greater than the output voltage before switching to the second configuration. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120158356 | TAMPER-PROOF ODOMETER SYSTEM - Various embodiments relate to a system and related method of validating a distance based on a plurality of sensor measurements in a vehicle. A tamper-proof odometer system may comprise an odometer and a tamper-proof sensor that independently determine distances based on measurements of vehicle components. The tamper-proof sensor may maintain a non-modifiable count based on the angular rotation of a target wheel from which to calculate a vehicle's distance traveled. An odometer may maintain a count based on the rotation of a wheel mounted to the transmission. An electronic control unit (ECU) or dashboard control unit (DCU) may compare the distance derived from the odometer with the distance derived from the tamper-proof sensor by comparing the error to a defined threshold. When the error value is above the defined threshold, this may indicate that one or more of the components of the odometer system have been manipulated. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120156995 | COMMUNICATION PARTNER APPLIANCE WITH AUTOMATIC SEND MODE ACTIVATION - A communication partner appliance is implemented within a near field communication system. The communication partner appliance includes a receiver, a detector, and a processor. The receiver receives a NFC command signal from another communication partner appliance. The detector detects whether a carrier signal from the other communication partner appliance is present at the receiver and generates a corresponding status signal. The processor receives the command signal from the receiver, recognizes an end of the command signal, receives the status signal from the detector after the end of the command signal, and controls a power supply element based on the status signal after the end of the command signal. The power supply element is configured to establish a connection to either a first power supply or a second power supply. The first power supply is dependent on the carrier signal, and the second power supply is independent of the carrier signal. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120155645 | PAIRING OF ANGLE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT - Various embodiments relate to a tamper-proof vehicle sensor system and a related method for sending secure packets between components. A sensing unit may include an angular sensor, such as an anisotropic magnetoresistive (AMR) sensor, which determines the angular position of a magnetic field and produces related angle sensor data. The sensing unit may place the angle sensor data in a packet and may encrypt the packet using a selected encryption key. The sensor may append an encryption key identifier (ID) associated with the selected encryption key onto the packet and send the secure, unidirectional packet to an electrical control unit (ECU). The ECU may then use the appended encryption key ID to retrieve the selected encryption key to decrypt the packet. The ECU may then extract the angle sensor data from the packet to modify the configuration of the vehicle. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120155603 | UNIVERSAL COUNTER/TIMER CIRCUIT - A counter/timer circuit and method of generating timed output signals using the counter/timer circuit, uses multiple counters that are configurable to operate as one or more counters. The counters are controlled by control signals from a control logic circuitry of the counter/timer circuit, where at least some of the control signals are dependent on event signals generated by an event generation module of the counter/timer circuit. The generated event signals are based on at least one of: an input signal, an output signal, and a counter match, qualified by a state value associated with the counters. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120155589 | FREQUENCY ACQUISITION UTILIZING A TRAINING PATTERN WITH FIXED EDGE DENSITY - A method for frequency acquisition comprising steps of, acquiring samples of an input signal, each sample having edges, making sets with a fixed number of consecutively taken samples, numbering the edges in each set and determining a number of edges, comparing the number of edges in each set with an expected number of edges in the sets, increasing a frequency of a reference oscillator used in acquiring samples if the actual number of edges exceeds the expected number of edges, and decreasing the frequency of the reference oscillator used in acquiring samples if the expected number of edges exceeds the actual number of edges in a set. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154059 | MULTI PHASE CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY SYSTEM - A multi-phase clock and data recovery circuit system including a voltage controlled oscillator including plural identical structural cells coupled in a ring, the voltage controlled oscillator providing plural phased shifted signals having the same frequency. The circuit further includes a feedback loop including plural data samplers adapted to receive the plural phase shifted signals provided by the voltage controlled oscillator and a phase detector coupled to coupled to a phase alignment circuit receiving output signals generated by the plural data samplers and generating control signals to the voltage controlled oscillator at a bit rate of the input signal. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154050 | CIRCUIT WITH REFERENCE SOURCE TO CONTROL THE SMALL SIGNAL TRANSCONDUCTANCE OF AN AMPLIFIER TRANSISTOR - A circuit has a reference source ( | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120153723 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT WITH SHARED FUNCTIONALITY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - A power supply circuit and a method for operating the power supply circuit are described. In one embodiment, a power supply circuit includes at least one input terminal to receive at least one input voltage, a power element including multiple power element components configured to convert the at least one input voltage to at least one output voltage, multiple regulator controllers configured to control the power element components for the conversion of the at least one input voltage to the at least one output voltage, at least one first switch coupled to the regulator controllers and the power element components, and multiple output terminals to output the at least one output voltage. The at least one first switch is used to configure the power supply circuit to function as either one voltage regulator or multiple independent voltage regulators. Other embodiments are also described. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120153408 | MEMS DEVICE FORMING METHOD AND DEVICE WITH MEMS STRUCTURE - A method of forming a MEMS device by encapsulating a MEMS element with a sacrificial layer portion deposited over a substrate arrangement, the portion defining a cavity for the MEMS element, forming at least one strip of a further sacrificial material extending outwardly from the portion, forming a cover layer portion over the sacrificial layer portion, the cover layer portion terminating on the at least one strip, removing the sacrificial layer portion and the at least one strip, the removal of the at least one strip defining at least one vent channel extending laterally underneath the cover layer portion and sealing the at least one vent channel. A device including such a packaged micro electro-mechanical structure. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120148062 | AUDIO DEVICE - Existing ANC headsets have active noise reduction circuitry and a power supply in the headset. Alternate ANC headsets rely on ANC circuitry in the player and have non-standard connectors meaning that they cannot be used with any other players. An audio headset ( | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120148041 | USER-CONTROLLED RANDOM-ID GENERATION FUNCTION FOR SMARTCARDS - A smartcard having a microcontroller kernel and a non-secure memory capable of storing a Random-ID code, where the non-secure memory is electrically coupled to the microcontroller kernel. A random number generator is for generating a new Random-ID code and the random number generator is electrically coupled to the microcontroller kernel. A user interface is electrically coupled to the random number generator so that the user may initiate generation of the new Random-ID code by the random number generator for storage in the non-secure memory. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146773 | RANDOM-ID FUNCTION FOR SMARTCARDS - A method for low-level security based on the UID. In particular it enhances an RFID system by adding the ability to dynamically modify the UID of the smartcard or to randomly generate a new UID for the smartcard. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146768 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) AND MATCHING NETWORK/ANTENNA EMBEDDED IN SURFACE MOUNT DEVICES (SMD) - A matching network is integrated into a multilayer surface mount device containing an RFID integrated circuit to provide both an antenna and a matching network for the RFID integrated circuit in the ultra high frequency regime. The surface mount device may be mounted on a printed circuit board to provide RF and RFID functionality to the printed circuit board. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146765 | SWITCH MODULE AND LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SWITCH MODULE - A switch module is designed to facilitate user definition of a group of switch modules that control the same lamp. A lamp unit ( | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146723 | RADIOFREQUENCY AMPLIFIER - The invention relates to high power radiofrequency amplifiers, in particular to amplifiers having output impedance matching networks, exemplary embodiments of which include a radiofrequency amplifier having an active device mounted on a substrate within a device package, the amplifier having an output impedance matching network comprising a high pass network provided at least partly on the active device and a low pass network having a first inductive shunt connection between an output of the active device and a first output lead and a second inductive shunt connection between the output of the active device and a second output lead, wherein part of the second output lead forms an inductance contributing to the inductance of the low pass network. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146705 | CONTROL-VOLTAGE OF PASS-GATE FOLLOWS SIGNAL - A pass-gate has a passageway between an input node and an output node. The pass-gate selectively opens or closes the passageway for a signal at the input node under control of a voltage. The pass-gate has a field-effect transistor with a gate electrode and a current channel. The current channel is arranged between the input node and the output node. The gate electrode receives the voltage. The pass-gate is configured so as to have the voltage at the control electrode substantially follow the signal at the input node when the passageway is open to the signal. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120140761 | TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXED ACCESS METHOD OF OPERATING A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OPERATING THE SAME - A TDMA method of operating a near-field communication system, in which the same synchronous slot is allocated to more than one, non-interfering, transmitters, is disclosed. The power level may be adjusted to minimise interference from unwanted transmitted signals at respective receivers. A near-field communication system operating such a method is also disclosed. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140432 | RADIO FREQUENCY CIRCUIT WITH IMPEDANCE MATCHING - A radio frequency (RF) circuit is configured for impedance matching, such as for mitigating noise. In connection with an example embodiment, an RF circuit includes a transceiver in a substrate, and a conductive ring-type of material in the substrate and around at least a portion of the transceiver circuit. An upper conductive ring material is over the substrate and separated from the conductive ring-type material by an insulating layer. The upper conductive ring material is configured to generate an inductance that matches input impedance characteristics of the transceiver circuit. In some implementations, the upper conductive ring material connects a gate input pin of the circuit with the gate of an input transistor of an amplifier in the transceiver, and exhibits an impedance that matches the impedance of the input transistor. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139640 | BOND WIRE TRANSFORMER - A bond wire transformer comprises a plurality of primary bond wires coupled in parallel; and a plurality of secondary bond wires coupled in parallel, each secondary bond wire being spaced apart from and oriented relative to a corresponding primary bond wire so as to achieve a desired mutual inductance between the corresponding primary and secondary bond wires, thereby providing magnetic coupling between the primary and secondary bond wires. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139587 | FREQUENCY SYNTHESISER - A low power frequency synthesiser circuit ( | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139065 | MEMS DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A MEMS manufacturing method and device in which a spacer layer is provided over a side wall of at least one opening in a structural layer which will define the movable MEMS element. The opening extends below the structural layer. The spacer layer forms a side wall portion over the side wall of the at least one opening and also extends below the level of the structural layer to form a contact area. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120137189 | ERROR CONCEALMENT FOR SUB-BAND CODED AUDIO SIGNALS - A decoder and method of decoding a sub-band coded digital audio signal. The decoder comprises: an input, for receiving sub-band coefficients for a plurality of sub-bands of the audio signal; an error detection unit ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120137088 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component is provided having a plurality of functionalities. The electronic component comprises a control logic, and a non-volatile storage element. The control logic is coupled to the non-volatile storage element and is adapted for storing values in the non-volatile storage element based on an external input signal to the electronic component, each value being indicative for one or more functionalities of the plurality of functionalities. The control logic is adapted for controlling the availability of the plurality of functionalities based on one or more values stored in the non-volatile storage element and for outputting a confirmation signal being indicative for the availability of the plurality of functionalities. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120134514 | AMPLIFIER AND AMPLIFIER CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed is a class D amplifier comprising a modulation stage having a first input for receiving an input signal and an output for producing a modulated version of the input signal; a plurality of power stages, each power stage being responsive to said modulation stage and comprising a first switch and a second switch coupled in series between a first voltage source and a second voltage source, each power stage comprising an output node between the first switch and the second switch; and a power stage control circuit for measuring the input signal level and enabling a selected number of the power stages as a function of the measured input signal level. A method for controlling such a class D amplifier is also disclosed. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133442 | RADIOFREQUENCY AMPLIFIER - An integrated radiofrequency amplifier with an operational frequency includes first and second Doherty amplifiers each having a main device, and a peak device connected at respective inputs and outputs by respective phase shift elements configured to provide a 90 degree phase shift at the operational frequency. An input of the amplifier is connected to the input of the main device of the first Doherty amplifier, an output of the amplifier is connected to the outputs of the peak devices of the first and second Doherty amplifiers and the input of the peak device of the first Doherty amplifier is connected to the input of the main device of the second Doherty amplifier by a phase shift element providing a 90 degree phase shift at the operational frequency. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133418 | GILBERT MIXER - A Gilbert mixer ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133031 | FABRICATION OF SELF-ASSEMBLED NANOWIRE-TYPE INTERCONNECTS ON A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Consistent with an example embodiment, there is a semiconductor device with nanowire-type interconnect elements. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133005 | COLLAPSED MODE CAPACITIVE SENSOR - A capacitive sensor is configured for collapsed mode, e.g. for measuring sound or pressure, wherein the moveable element is partitioned into smaller sections. The capacitive sensor provides increased signal to noise ratio. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120132999 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR AND BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR - Consistent with an example embodiment, there is method of manufacturing a bipolar transistor comprising providing a substrate including an active region; depositing a layer stack; forming a base window over the active region in said layer stack; forming at least one pillar in the base window, wherein a part of the pillar is resistant to polishing; depositing an emitter material over the resultant structure, thereby filling said base window; and planarizing the deposited emitter material by polishing. Consistent with another example embodiment, a bipolar transistor may be manufactured according to the afore-mentioned method. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120132969 | COMPENSATION NETWORK FOR RF TRANSISTOR - A compensation network for a radiofrequency transistor is disclosed. The compensation network comprises first and second bonding bars for coupling to a first terminal of the RF transistor and a compensation capacitor respectively; one or more bond wires coupling the first and second bonding bars together; and a compensation capacitor formed from a first set of conductive elements coupled to the second bonding bar, the first set of conductive elements interdigitating with a second set of conductive elements coupled to a second terminal of the RF transistor. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120132961 | HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPRISING A HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a heterojunction bipolar transistor comprising a substrate, an upper region of said substrate comprising an active region of the bipolar transistor bordered by shallow trench insulation, said active region comprising a buried collector region extending to a depth beyond the depth of the shallow trench insulation, the method comprising forming a trench in the substrate adjacent to said active region, said trench extending through the shallow trench insulation; at least partially filling said trench with an impurity; and forming a collector sinker in the substrate by developing said impurity to extend into the substrate to a depth beyond the depth of the shallow trench insulation. An IC comprising a heterojunction bipolar transistor manufactured by this method is also disclosed. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120132718 | TRANSPONDER TAGGED OBJECT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TRANSPONDER TAGGED OBJECT - It is described a transponder tagged object, comprising: a conductive structure ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120129478 | FEEDFORWARD AUTOMATIC GAIN CORRECTION - An automatic gain control circuit is provided for an input signal in the form of a dc reference level and a superposed amplitude modulated ac data signal. A feedforward AGC loop has a low pass filter for deriving the level of attenuation from the attenuated dc reference level. A multiplier value (G) is based on the reciprocal of the level of attenuation (α) and this multiplier enables an output signal to be generated comprising a constant multiple (DG) of the input signal. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127775 | SECURE STORAGE OF A CODEWORD WITHIN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The invention discloses an integrated circuit ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127761 | CIRCUIT FOR A RESONANT CONVERTER - A circuit ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126890 | POWER AMPLIFIER - The invention relates to improving the performance of load modulation power amplifiers through the use of coupled transmission line-based power combiners. Exemplary embodiments disclosed include a power amplifier comprising an input connected to first and second amplifier stages and an output stage configured to combine phase shifted amplified outputs from the first and second amplifier stages and to provide an amplified signal at an output of the power amplifier, wherein the output stage comprises coupled first and second transmission lines connected between the output of the first amplifier stage and an output load connection. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126846 | METHOD FOR TESTING A PARTIALLY ASSEMBLED MULTI-DIE DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DIE AND MULTI-DIE DEVICE - The present invention discloses a method of testing a partially assembled multi-die device ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126408 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURING METHOD AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The present invention discloses an integrated circuit (IC) comprising a bond pad ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120124374 | SECURED ACKNOWLEDGE PROTOCOL FOR AUTOMOTIVE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEMS AND FOR NETWORKED SENSOR DEVICES - A method for generating a secure acknowledgment message that involves constructing a plaintext of the acknowledgment message, computing a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) value for the plaintext of the acknowledgment message, encrypting the plaintext of the acknowledgment message to obtain a ciphertext of the acknowledgment message, computing a secure check (CHK) value from the ciphertext using bits of the cyclic redundancy check value (CRC) and then appending the secure check value (CHK) to the plaintext of the acknowledgment message. | 05-17-2012 |
