52nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130342241 | Pseudo-Supply Hybrid Driver - A hybrid output driver includes a voltage mode main driver having an adjustable differential output voltage swing, and a current mode emphasis driver. Differential output voltage swing is adjusted by controlling the resistance of a first adjustable resistor coupled to a first voltage supply terminal, and the resistance of a second adjustable resistor coupled to a second voltage supply terminal. Resistances of the first and second adjustable resistors are adjusted by modifying a number of resistors connected in parallel. A calibration process measures the actual resistance of a similar resistor, and uses this resistance measurement to determine the number of resistors to be connected in parallel to provide the desired resistance. The current mode emphasis driver sources/sinks currents to/from differential output terminals of the hybrid output driver in response to an emphasis signal. These currents are selected in view of the selected differential output voltage swing and selected emphasis level. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342242 | Hybrid Driver Including A Turbo Mode - A hybrid output driver includes a voltage mode main driver and a current mode emphasis driver that provides an adjustable differential output voltage swing. The current mode emphasis driver provides: push-pull swing control currents in response to a cursor data value, push-pull precursor currents in response to a precursor data value, and push-pull postcursor currents in response to a postcursor data value. In a normal operating mode, the swing control currents oppose voltages imposed by the voltage mode main driver on the differential output terminals. In a turbo operating mode, the swing control currents enhance voltages imposed by the voltage mode main driver on the differential output terminals. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342243 | POWER SWITCH DRIVING CIRCUITS AND POWER CONVERTERS THEREOF - In one embodiment, a power switch driving circuit can include: (i) an upper switch having a first power terminal coupled to a voltage source, and a second power terminal coupled to a driving signal; (ii) a lower switch having a first power terminal coupled to the driving signal, and a second power terminal coupled to a first voltage level, where the first voltage level is higher than a first ground potential; (iii) an upper switch driving sub circuit configured to receive a control signal, and to drive the upper switch in response thereto; and (iii) a lower switch driving sub circuit configured to receive the control signal, and to drive the lower switch in response thereto, where the upper and lower switch driving sub circuits are coupled to a second ground potential. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342244 | SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A signal processor includes: a plurality of frequency converters which perform frequency conversion of input signals to output converted signals; and an output section which combines the converted signals output from the plurality of frequency converters and outputs a composite signal, wherein the plurality of frequency converters are formed in a one-chip semiconductor chip, and the plurality of frequency converters perform frequency conversion into converted signals in different frequency bands. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342245 | RESET SIGNAL GENERATION APPARATUS - A reset signal generation apparatus includes a reset signal generation unit and a reset signal expansion unit. The reset signal generation unit enables a reset signal and an enable signal in response to a reset input signal, and disables the reset signal in response to a pulse width extension signal. The reset signal expansion unit generates the pulse width extension signal that is enabled for a predetermined time, in response to the enable signal. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342246 | Power On Reset Detector - In an embodiment, an integrated circuit such may require that a full reset of the integrated circuit occur before the integrated circuit enters either a test mode or a functional mode. The integrated circuit may include a reset detector to detect that the reset has occurred, and the integrated circuit may not progress to the test mode or the functional mode unless the reset detector detects that the reset has occurred. Accordingly, if test mode is being entered, any user data that may have been stored in the integrated circuit during a preceding functional mode may have been cleared via the reset. Similarly, if normal mode is being entered, any test data that may have been stored in the integrated circuit in a preceding test mode may have been cleared via the reset. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342247 | CAPACTIVE LOAD PLL WITH CALIBRATION LOOP - A circuit includes a capacitive-load voltage controlled oscillator having an input configured to receive a first input signal and an output configured to output an oscillating output signal. A calibration circuit is coupled to the voltage controlled oscillator and is configured to output one or more control signals to the capacitive-load voltage controlled oscillator for adjusting a frequency of the oscillating output signal. The calibration circuit is configured to output the one or more control signals in response to a comparison of an input voltage to at least one reference voltage. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342248 | Low Power Oversampling With Delay Locked Loop Implementation - In one embodiment, an apparatus including a phase detector unit to determine a phase difference between a reference clock signal and a feedback clock signal. The apparatus further includes a controller unit to generate a delay signal based on the phase difference. The apparatus further includes a set of voltage-controlled delay lines to generate phase outputs based on the delay signal, where the phase outputs are provided by the apparatus to a clock generator unit to generate an oversampled clock signal for data recovery by a receiver. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342249 | Low Power Oversampling With Reduced-Architecture Delay Locked Loop - In one embodiment, an apparatus including a phase detector unit to determine a phase difference between an inverted reference clock signal and a feedback clock signal. The apparatus further includes a controller unit to generate a delay signal based on the phase difference. The apparatus further includes a set of voltage-controlled delay lines to generate phase outputs based on the delay signal, where the phase outputs are provided by the apparatus to a clock generator unit to generate an oversampled clock signal for data recovery by a receiver. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342250 | DELAY CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CLOCK GENERATION CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE SAME - A clock generation circuit includes a delay line, which delays an input clock and generates a delayed clock, a delay modeling unit, which delays the delayed clock by a modeled delay value and generates a feedback clock, a phase detection unit, which compares phases of the input clock and the feedback clock and generates a phase detection signal, a filter unit, which receives the phase detection signal and generates phase information, generates an update signal when a difference between the numbers of phase detection signals with a first and a second level generated is greater than or equal to a threshold value, and generates the update signal after a lapse of a predetermined time when the difference is less than the threshold value, and a delay line control unit, which sets a delay value of the delay line in response to the update signal and the phase information. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342251 | LOW AREA ALL DIGITAL DELAY-LOCKED LOOP INSENSITIVE TO REFERENCE CLOCK DUTY CYCLE AND JITTER - A circuit comprising 1) a master delay-locked loop comprising a phase detector for receiving a reference clock and generating an output, control logic for receiving the output from the phase detector and a delta delay input and generating a control output, a clock splitter for receiving the reference clock and generating differential clock output, a delay line for receiving the differential reference clock from the clock splitter and generating n phases of differential reference clock at output, a multiplexer for receiving the output from the delay line and the control logic output and generating a clock output, wherein the phase detector is for receiving the reference clock, and 2) a slave delay-locked loop for receiving the control logic output and a strobe input and generating a delay locked loop output. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342252 | Real Time Automatic and Background Calibration at Embedded Duty Cycle Correlation - The present disclosure relates to a clock generation system. The system includes a clock source, a tuning buffer, an output buffer, a duty cycle measurement circuit and an automatic calibration component. The clock source generates a clock signal. The tuning buffer is configured to generate a corrected clock signal from the clock signal according to adjustment values. The output buffer is configured to generate an output clock signal from the corrected clock signal. The duty cycle measurement circuit is configured measure a duty cycle of the output clock signal. The automatic calibration component is configured to generate the adjustment values according to the duty cycle measurement and the specification values. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342253 | DIGITAL CELL - A digital cell for performing a logic operation on a logic input to produce a logic output, includes an evaluation block and a sense-amplifier block, both configured to receive input signals representative of the logic input, and to detect when the logic input and/or input signals validly encode at least one bit. The digital cell is configured to alternate between an evaluate state and a reset state. Upon the digital cell being in the reset state and the detection, the digital cell is switched from the reset state to the evaluate state in which the evaluation block generates a difference in its output signals, and the sense-amplifier block amplifies the difference so that the output signals encode at least one valid bit. Upon the digital cell being in the evaluate state, the digital cell can be triggered to reset to the reset state. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342254 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING A MINIMUM FORWARD PATH DELAY OF A SIGNAL PATH - Apparatuses and methods related to adjusting a minimum forward path delay of a signal path are disclosed. One such signal path includes a signal path having a minimum forward path delay, wherein the signal path is configured to adjust the minimum forward path delay based at least in part on a selected latency and a propagation delay of the minimum forward path delay. An example method includes reducing a forward path delay of a command path by at least one clock cycle of a clock signal to provide a command according to a selected latency responsive to a count value representative of a minimum forward path delay of the command path being greater than a maximum count value for the selected latency. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342255 | SIGNAL DELAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A signal delay device includes a delay unit including delay parts connected to one another in series and generating a delay signal; a selection unit to output the delay signal and including selectors connected to one another in series and outputting the delay signal, each selector receiving an output of one of the delay parts, being supplied with an output of former selector, and outputting the output of the delay part or the output of the former selector, based on a selection signal; a register unit holding delay setting data to set an amount of delay of the signal delay device; and a selection signal generator generating a selection signal indicating one of the selectors selecting an output of one of the delay parts based on the delay setting data and outputting the generated selection signal to the selection unit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342256 | TEMPERATURE-INDEPENDENT OSCILLATORS AND DELAY ELEMENTS - Temperature-independent delay elements and oscillators are disclosed. In one design, an apparatus includes at least one delay element, a bias circuit, and a current source. The delay element(s) receive a charging current from the current source and provide a delay that is dependent on the charging current. Each delay element may be a current-starved delay element. The delay element(s) may be coupled in series to implement a delay line or in a loop to implement an oscillator. The bias circuit controls generation of the charging current based on a function of at least one parameter (e.g., a switching threshold voltage) of the at least one delay element in order to reduce variations in delay with temperature. The current source provides the charging current for the delay element(s) and is controlled by the bias circuit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342257 | Multi-Point Analog to Single-Line Input for a PLC System - A hardware/PLC logic combination which enables measurement of a plurality of analog voltage points (e.g., multiples of 8 points) on a single high speed PLC input without separate synchronization inputs or outputs. This is accomplished through the use of a multiplexer circuit [clock, binary counter, analog multiplexer, voltage to frequency converter], and a high speed counter function at the PLC. Synchronization between the PLC and circuit is through the detection of a fixed voltage on channel “one” of the circuit, which is set well above the typical range (e.g., 0-10V) of the remaining analog inputs. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342258 | LOW POWER RECEIVER FOR IMPLEMENTING A HIGH VOLTAGE INTERFACE IMPLEMENTED WITH LOW VOLTAGE DEVICES - An apparatus comprising a first stage and a second stage. The first stage may be configured to generate an intermediate signal having a first voltage in response to an input signal having a second voltage received from a pad. The second stage may be configured to generate a core voltage in response to the first voltage. The voltage received from the pad may operate at a voltage compliant with one or more published interface specifications. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342259 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND SWITCHING DEVICE - A semiconductor circuit for supplying a signal for controlling a switching circuit includes a control terminal for receiving a control signal. The control signal is sent to a first inverter, which inverts the control signal to generate a first signal. The first signal is provided to a second inverter, which inverts the first signal to generate a second signal. A level shift circuit is configured to receive a first intermediate voltage and a second intermediate voltage and shifts levels of first and second intermediate voltages to generate first and second output voltages, respectively. The output voltages are received by an augmenting circuit, which also receives the first and second signals. The augmenting circuit is configured to augment the output voltages to generate first and second augmented voltages that are output to first and second output terminals, respectively. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342260 | INPUT CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT, OUTPUT CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT, AND SYSTEM HAVING AN INPUT CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT AND AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to an input circuit arrangement ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130342261 | BIAS AND LOAD CIRCUIT, FAST BIAS CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A fast bias circuit including a bias unit, a resistor, a first switch, and a detecting circuit is provided. The resistor has a first terminal coupled to the bias unit to receive a bias voltage, and a second terminal coupled to a bias terminal of a target circuit, wherein the bias terminal is coupled to an input signal. The first switch has a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the resistor, a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the resistor, and a control terminal coupled to the detecting circuit. During an initialisation period, the detecting circuit compares the bias voltage with a voltage at the bias terminal of the target circuit to obtain a comparison result, and controls the first switch according to the comparison result. Furthermore, a fast bias method and a bias and load circuit are also provided. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342262 | SWITCHING CIRCUIT AND CONTROLLER CIRCUIT - New designs of high power switching circuits and controller circuits are provided. Principal silicon bipolar switch is connected in parallel to snubber switch that is formed of a wide bandgap material. The snubber switch is activated during at least one of turn-on and turn-off of the principal silicon switch so as to minimize (or reduce) the switching loss and to bypass safe operation area limitations. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342263 | HEATER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide heating for a semiconductor device. A heating element is arranged to be located proximate to the semiconductor device and to increase a temperature of at least a portion of the semiconductor device during operation of the semiconductor device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342264 | ELECTRICALLY TRIMMABLE RESISTOR DEVICE AND TRIMMING METHOD THEREOF - An integrated circuit has a circuit part and a trimmable resistor, the resistance whereof may be modified by Joule effect. The trimmable resistor has first and second connection terminals coupled to the circuit part, and an intermediate terminal that divides the trimmable resistor into two portions. The first and the second connection terminals and the intermediate terminal are coupled to respective pads configured to receive electrical quantities designed to cause, in use, a respective trimming current flow in each portion. In this way, a substantially zero voltage drop is maintained between the first and second connection terminals while current is flowing in the resistor to change an electrical characteristic of the resistor, such as resistance or thermal coefficient. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342265 | Charge Pump Device - A charge pump device is disclosed. The charge pump device includes a driving stage, for generating a driving signal corresponding to a driving capability; a charge pump circuit, for generating an output voltage according to the driving signal; a comparing circuit, comprising a first comparator for comparing the output voltage and a first reference voltage to generate a first comparing result; an overload detection circuit, for generating a detection result according to at least one of the first comparing result and the output voltage; and a driving capability control circuit, coupled between the overload detection circuit and the driving stage for controlling the driving capability corresponding to the driving signal according to the detection result. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342266 | IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMATION WITH TRANSISTOR CIRCUITS - In one implementation, an apparatus may include a first negative channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor circuit coupled to a first voltage source, a second NMOS transistor circuit coupled to the first voltage source, the second NMOS transistor circuit having a smaller channel width to channel length ratio than the first NMOS transistor circuit, a first positive channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor circuit coupled to a second voltage source and coupled to the second NMOS transistor circuit, and a second PMOS transistor circuit coupled to the second voltage source, the second PMOS transistor circuit having a larger channel width to channel length ratio than the first PMOS transistor circuit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342267 | IMAGE REJECTION FOR LOW IF RECEIVERS - A system that includes a polyphase filter comprises first and second gm-C filters with first and second variable biasing and a bias controller coupled to the first and second gm-C filters and configured to offset the first variable biasing and corresponding first gm of the first gm-C filter relative to the second variable biasing and corresponding second gm of the second gm-C filter to thus improve image rejection in the system. A corresponding method includes processing a signal in a complex polyphase filter and controlling biasing of the first gm-C filter stage relative to the second gm-C filter stage to provide a mismatched gm and thereby improve rejection of the image signal. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342268 | ACTIVE INTERFERENCE-NOISE CANCELLATION DEVICE, AND A METHOD IN RELATION THERETO - An active noise cancellation device ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130342269 | COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS) BUFFER - The present invention provides embodiments of an apparatus that includes a pad configurable for connection to a voltage source that provides a first voltage and a buffer connected to the pad. The buffer includes a plurality of transistors that have nominal breakdown voltages that are less than the first voltage. The buffer is configured to maintain voltage differentials on the plurality of transistors that are less than the break-down voltage of the plurality of transistors during pull-down of a pad voltage from the first voltage to a selected low voltage level or during pull-up of the pad voltage from the selected low voltage level to the first voltage. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342270 | ENVELOPE POWER SUPPLY CALIBRATION OF A MULTI-MODE RADIO FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER - The present disclosure relates to envelope power supply calibration of a multi-mode RF power amplifier (PA) to ensure adequate headroom when operating using one of multiple communications modes. The communications modes may include multiple modulation modes, a half-duplex mode, a full-duplex mode, or any combination thereof. As such, each communications mode may have specific peak-to-average power and linearity requirements for the multi-mode RF PA. As a result, each communications mode may have corresponding envelope power supply headroom requirements. The calibration may include determining a saturation operating constraint based on calibration data obtained during saturated operation of the multi-mode RF PA. During operation of the multi-mode RF PA, the envelope power supply may be restricted to provide a minimum allowable magnitude based on an RF signal level of the multi-mode RF PA, the communications mode, and the saturation operating constraint to provide adequate headroom. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342271 | LINEARIZATION OF POWER AMPLIFIERS THROUGH DIGITAL IN-BAND PREDISTORTION FOLLOWED BY ANALOG PREDISTORTION - A system for implementing linearization of a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) in a base station, as well as various component circuitry for implementing said system. By means of a smart partitioning of the signal processing for predistortion between the analog domain and the digital domain, a more linear relationship between the digital input data and the output RF signal is achieved. Linearization of the PA's output signal is obtained using a mixed-signal apparatus. The digital baseband signal enters the RF signal source. The RF signal source comprises an in-band predistortion circuit, a micro-controller and digital modulator. The output of the digital modulator is an RF signal that enters the PA module. The PA module is composed of the PA and the RF power amplifier linearizer (RFPAL). The RFPAL comprises an RF predistortion circuit, and RF signal analyzer and a microcontroller. In addition, a backward data interface connects the RF signal source with the RFPAL. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342272 | Signal Amplifiers that Switch to an Attenuated or Alternate Communications Path in Response to a Power Interruption - RF signal amplifiers are provided that include an RF input port, a switching device having an input that is coupled to the RF input port, a first output and a second output, a first diplexer having an input that is coupled to both the first output of the switching device and the second output of the switching device, and a first RF output port that is coupled to an output of the first diplexer. These amplifiers further include an attenuator that is coupled between the second output of the switching device and the input of the first diplexer. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342273 | Electronic Circuit for Adjusting an Offset of a Differential Amplifier - An electronic circuit has a differential amplifier with a differential transistor pair having two transistors. The electronic circuit also has two digital-to-analog converters, a respective one of the two digital-to-analog converters coupled to each respective one of the two transistors. Control bits adjust the DACs to provide an offset voltage adjustment of the differential amplifier. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342274 | DC-COUPLED PEAK DETECTOR - Techniques are disclosed relating to peak detection. In one embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed that includes an amplifier configured to amplify a signal. The apparatus further includes a peak detector DC coupled to an output of the amplifier. The peak detector includes a first comparator stage configured to perform subtraction of a threshold signal from the amplified signal. The peak detector further includes a second comparator stage is configured to amplify a differential output signal of the first comparator stage indicative of a result of the subtraction. In some embodiments, the amplifier and peak detector are included within automatic gain control system in a path for an in-phase or quadrature channel of the receiver chain. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342275 | TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIER - Provided is a transimpedance amplifier which can realize a high-speed and high-quality receiver operation in an optical communication module or a router device having the optical communication module. An offset voltage which is generated in a post amplifier for differentiating and amplifying a single-phase output signal from a pre-amplifier in accordance with single-phase differentiation and conversion is cancelled by detecting a threshold voltage from an output of the pre-amplifier or an output of the post amplifier by a threshold detection circuit and by shifting a level of the threshold voltage corresponding to an offset amount to be compensated. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342276 | AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL DEVICE - In an automatic gain control device, an average power detection circuit detects the average power of a received signal in a specific period, a peak to average power ratio calculation circuit calculates a peak to average power ratio value, a threshold calculation circuit obtains the maximum peak to average power ratio (PAPR) so as to determine as a threshold the result of subtracting the value of the PAPR from the full scale value of an A/D converter. A gain control circuit identifies the gain on the basis of the value of the average power and the determined threshold, and a variable gain amplifier amplifies the received signal which is input using the identified gain. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342277 | High-Frequency Signal Generator with Low Phase Noise - A high-frequency oscillator comprises a reference-frequency generator and a high-frequency generator. The reference-frequency generator generates a variable reference frequency and supplies it to the high-frequency generator. The high-frequency generator comprises a phase-locked loop and generates a high-frequency signal from the variable reference frequency. The phase-locked loop comprises at least one first mixer, a second mixer and several switches. The first mixer, the second mixer and the switches are connected in series. The mixers are connected into the phase-locked loop individually in a selective manner by means of the switches. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342278 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AND STABILISING THE FREQUENCY OF A SIGNAL GENERATED BY A CONTROLLABLE OSCILLATOR - A method and a system are described for controlling and stabilizing in time, as temperature changes, the frequency of a signal generated by a controllable oscillator ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130342279 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TERAHERTZ WAVE AMPLITUDE MODULATION - A wave amplitude modulator for modulating a transmitted electromagnetic wave includes one or multiple self-gated capacitively coupled pair(s) of electron layers such as semiconductor or semimetal layers. Two electrical contacts are placed to each layer of electrons of the self-gated pair(s), and a power source is electrically connected to them. The power source, by varying the voltage applied between layers of electrons, tunes the electron density thereof, thereby adjusting the optical conductivity thereof, and the change in the optical conductivity of the layers of electrons causes an amplitude modulation of the transmitted electromagnetic wave passing through the capacitively coupled layers of electrons. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342280 | COAXIAL-TO-STRIPLINE AND STRIPLINE-TO-STRIPLINE TRANSITIONS INCLUDING A SHORTED CENTER VIA - A stripline includes a first ground plane; a second ground plane; a first signal trace located between the first ground plane and the second ground plane; and a center via that extends through the stripline and is in electrical contact with the first ground plane and the first signal trace. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342281 | RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL SPLITTER - Disclosed is a signal splitter that includes a coupled transmission line element coupled between two output ports of the signal splitter. The coupled transmission line element is used to lower the isolation between the two output ports for a particular frequency band. The coupled transmission line element includes a first and a second elongate electrical conductor. The first and the second elongate electrical conductor first ends are coupled to the signal transmission path that connects the two output ports. The first and the second elongate electrical conductor second ends are un-terminated. The first elongate electrical conductor and the second elongate electrical conductor are not shorted together, and the first elongate electrical conductor and the second elongate electrical conductor are electrostatically coupled, such as by twisting them together into a helix. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342282 | ORTHOMODE JUNCTION ASSEMBLY WITH ASSOCIATED FILTERS FOR USE IN AN ANTENNA FEED SYSTEM - An advanced reverse orthomode junction feed assembly with associated filters for use in an antenna feed system for transmitting a first low frequency (LF) electromagnetic signal and receiving a second high frequency (HF) electromagnetic signal. The assembly includes, in a preferred square waveguide topology, an orthomode junction with an antenna port for connecting to a choking iris matching section and an antenna feed, an opposed generally coaxial first signal port to transmit the LF signal, and a generally perpendicular second signal port, located there between, to receive the HF signal. A first signal channel having fully asymmetric on-axis second signal reject filters connects to the first port; and a second signal channel having cross-axis first signal reject filters with multi-cavity HF path matching assembly connects to the second port. The use of a magic-tee as a combiner for the receive signal provides tracking capability to the antenna feed system. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342283 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component includes a capacitor having a desired capacitance value and a laminate including a plurality of laminated insulating material layers. Land electrodes are provided on a bottom surface of the laminate. Internal conductors face the land electrodes, respectively, across the insulating material layer within the laminate, have areas larger than those of the land electrodes, respectively, and contain the land electrodes, respectively, when seen in a planar view from a z-axis direction. A capacitor conductor is provided on the positive direction side of the capacitor conductors in the z-axis direction and faces the capacitor conductors. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342284 | BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE STRUCTURE WITH ALUMINUM COPPER NITRIDE PIEZOELECTRIC LAYER AND RELATED METHOD - According to an exemplary embodiment, a bulk acoustic wave structure includes a lower electrode situated over a substrate. The bulk acoustic wave structure further includes a piezoelectric layer situated over the lower electrode, where the piezoelectric layer comprises aluminum copper nitride. The bulk acoustic wave structure further includes an upper electrode situated over the lower electrode. The bulk acoustic wave structure can further include a bond pad connected to the upper electrode, where the bond pad comprises aluminum copper. The lower electrode can include a high density metal situated adjacent to the piezoelectric layer and a high conductivity metal layer underlying the high density metal layer. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342285 | VARIABLE CAPACITANCE ELEMENT AND TUNABLE FILTER - A variable capacitance element includes a piezoelectric substrate, a buffer layer located on the piezoelectric substrate with an orientation, a dielectric layer located on the buffer layer and having a relative dielectric constant that varies in accordance with an applied voltage, and a first electrode and a second electrode arranged to apply an electric field to the dielectric layer. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342286 | HIGH COUPLING, LOW LOSS PBAW DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - In embodiments, a piezoelectric acoustic wave (PBAW) device may include a substrate and a resonator comprising a plurality of electrodes coupled with the surface of the substrate. A dielectric overcoat may be disposed over the substrate and the resonator. In embodiments, and electrode in the resonator electrode may have a width that is based at least in part on a period of the resonator. By selecting the width of the electrode based at least in part on the period of the resonator, a spurious-mode of the passband of the PBAW device may be suppressed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342287 | HIGH FREQUENCY BAND PASS FILTER WITH COUPLED SURFACE MOUNT TRANSITION - A high frequency band pass filter with a coupled surface mount transition is provided, including a filter substrate, circuit connection elements defining input and an output elements provided on a surface of the filter substrate, electronic filter components provided on the first surface of the filter substrate, and impedance matching structures provided on the first surface of the filter substrate between the electronic filter components and the respective input and output elements. Signal connection structures are provided on an opposed surface of the filter substrate, in locations that positionally correspond to respective positions of the input and output elements. The respective signal connection elements are capacitively coupled, through a thickness direction of the filter substrate, to a respective one of the input and output elements on the opposed surface of the filter substrate without the presence of any vertical conductive structures within the filter substrate at the input and the output elements. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342288 | Self Keying and Orientation System for a Repeatable Waveguide Calibration and Connection - The self-keying waveguide interconnection system for repeatable waveguide calibration and connection comprises a plug with a centrally disposed aperture, a jack provided with a counterbore to accept a plug diameter. The jack includes a plurality of self-keying channels. A shim having a shape complementary to the plurality of self keying thru slots has a plurality of self keying thru slots for aligning the centrally disposed aperture of the plug to the centrally disposed aperture of the jack. The system identifies the orientation and flange face polarity of the line or adapter without the use of alignment pins as two or more of these independent waveguide interfaces are coupled. In use, the device functions as a self-keying shim/spacer/adapter for a calibration kit or adapter in waveguide sections. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342289 | VARACTOR SHUNT SWITCHES WITH PARALLEL CAPACITOR ARCHITECTURE - A parallel capacitor varactor shunt switch device may include a shunt layer, a coplanar waveguide (CPW) layer, and a tunable thin film dielectric layer that is interposed between the shunt layer and the CPW layer. The tunable thin film dielectric layer electrically isolates the shunt layer from the CPW layer. The shunt layer includes a plurality of parallel shunt lines. The CPW layer includes a CPW signal transmission line with two CPW ground lines parallel to the CPW signal transmission line. A plurality of varactor areas equal in number to the plurality of parallel shunt lines are defined in the CPW signal transmission line, each varactor area corresponding to an overlap of the CPW signal transmission line with a respective shunt line and each respective parallel shunt line and its corresponding varactor area defines a capacitor. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342290 | EQUALIZER FOR LOSS-COMPENSATION OF HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNALS GENERATED IN TRANSMISSION CHANNELS - An equalizer for compensating transmission losses of electronic communication signals includes a circuit board and a compensation module. The compensation module includes a pair of input pins, a pair of output pins, first and second resistors, first and second vias, and a pair of micro-strips. When a signal transmitted by the circuit board is received by the input pins, a first part of the signal is directly outputted from the output pins, a second part of the signal is reflected by the first resistor and transmitted back to the output pins to be outputted, and a third part of the signal is reflected by the second resistor and transmitted back to the output pins to be outputted, such that the output of the equalizer applies two stages of compensation. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342291 | STARTER RELAY FOR A STARTING APPARATUS - A starter relay for a starting apparatus for an internal combustion engine has a reciprocating armature and a pull-in winding, to which current can be applied, and also a switch-on device for an electric starter motor. The switch-on device is operated by means of a switching element which is adjusted by an additional winding. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342292 | RELAY MODULE FOR VEHICLE BATTERY SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a relay module for a vehicle battery system. The relay module includes a movable unit configured to be moved by a magnetic field generated by a coil and a return spring within a relay. This movable unit controls a state of an electrical connection between relay electrodes. A microsensor installed between the movable unit and a fixed unit maintains a fixed location relative to the movable unit and is configured to induce a variation in an electrical physical quantity depending on a variation in a location of the movable unit relative to the fixed unit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342293 | CONTACT DEVICE - Provided is a contact device in which all of three movable contacts can be securely brought into contact with fixed contacts. The contact device includes a fixed terminal | 2013-12-26 |
20130342294 | Contactor Arrangement For Use In Dielectric Liquid - A contactor arrangement for operation in a dielectric liquid environment may include a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal, a contactor having a fixed contact, and a movable contact that is movable relative to the fixed contact, the contactor having an open state in which the movable contact is spaced apart from the fixed contact and a closed state in which the movable contact is in contact with the fixed contact so as to provide an electric connection through the contactor via the movable contact. The contactor arrangement may further include a conductor section. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342295 | MAGNETIC ANCHOR - A magnetic anchor that is attachable to a computing unit via a magnetic field. The magnetic anchor further includes a locking mechanism that enables its attachment/detachment to a surface area of the computing unit—and further connects to a cable that is fastened to a secured location. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342296 | ROTARY SOLENOID - A rotary solenoid ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130342297 | MAGNETIC EXCHANGE COUPLED CORE-SHELL NANOMAGNETS - A permanent magnet is fabricated such that it has a magnetically hard core surrounded by a thin magnetically soft shell. The magnetically hard core provides a relatively high intrinsic coercivity (H | 2013-12-26 |
20130342298 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNET AND MAGNET - A method of manufacturing a magnet from material powders made of a R—Fe—N compound that contains a rare earth element as R or material powders made of a Fe—N compound, includes: an oxide film bonding step in which a compact is formed by bonding the material powders to each other by oxide films formed on surfaces of the material powders; and a coating step in which a surface of the compact is covered with a coating film. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342299 | CYLINDRICAL MAGNETIC CIRCUIT AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - A cylindrical magnetic circuit which is able to prevent deformation of a cylindrical yoke for holding two or more magnets without increasing the thickness of the yoke more than required, and a method of producing such a circuit. A cylindrical magnetic circuit ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130342300 | NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE AND BUS BAR MODULE - A noise reduction device includes a magnetic core and an elastically deformable elastic sheet. The magnetic core surrounds an outer periphery of an electric cable, and reduces noise emitted from the electric cable. The elastic sheet is wrapped around the electric cable so as to surround the electric cable, and is sandwiched between an inner peripheral surface of the magnetic core and an outer peripheral surface of the electric cable and elastically deformed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342301 | INDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND PRINTED WIRING BOARD - An inductor device for a printed wiring board has an insulation layer having a first penetrating hole penetrating through the insulation layer, a magnetic core structure including a magnetic material filled in the first penetrating hole through the insulation layer such that the magnetic core structure including a first magnetic body layer formed in the first penetrating hole is formed through the insulation layer, and a conductor layer formed on the insulation layer and having an inductor pattern such that the inductor pattern is surrounding the circumference of the magnetic core structure. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342302 | COIL BODIES HAVING A CERAMIC CORE - Coil bodies having a ceramic core. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342303 | WIRE WINDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided are a wire wound device that can minimize the flow of magnetic fluxes into gaps between the adjacent encircling conductor parts and achieve high efficiency, even if no magnetic core formed from a magnetic substance is inserted, and also a method for manufacturing the device, the wire wound device comprising: a winding having a plurality of encircling conductor parts made of a conductive substance upon a predetermined winding pattern; and an insulation layer interposed between a pair of encircling conductor parts adjacent to each other among the plurality of encircling conductor parts constituting the winding, the insulation layer comprising an insulating substance formed by performing a non-conductive process of a diamagnetic conductive substance. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342304 | FUSE UNIT - A fuse unit includes a bus bar and an insulating protection portion. The bus bar has a power supply connection portion, an output connection portion, and a terminal installation recess provided around the power supply connection portion. The insulating protection portion is disposed on an outer surface of the bus bar so that portions of a surface of the bus bar in the power supply connection portion, the output connection portion, and the terminal installation recess are exposed from the insulating protection portion. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342305 | STRUCTURE OF POSITIONING COVER OF MINIATURE FUSE DEVICE - The invention is directed to a structure of positioning a cover of a miniature fuse device, characterized in that locking bumps are set at two sides of the body of the miniature fuse device and locking holes are set at two sides of the cover. When the body is received in the cover, the locking bumps of the body fix with the locking holes at the cover such that the cover can firmly join the body. Accordingly, the cover can be prevented from falling off due to improper external forces when the miniature fuse device is being transferred or stored. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342306 | COMPACT OPTICAL TRANSCONDUCTANCE VARISTOR - A compact radiation-modulated transconductance varistor device having both a radiation source and a photoconductive wide bandgap semiconductor material (PWBSM) integrally formed on a substrate so that a single interface is formed between the radiation source and PWBSM for transmitting PWBSM activation radiation directly from the radiation source to the PWBSM. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342307 | CONTROL PANEL WITH RESISTIVE KEYS AND PRESTRESSED SENSORS - A control panel comprising a cover that is equipped with at least one zone for detecting tactile contact forming a control button, in which a force sensor comprising a pressure-sensitive zone is arranged between the cover and the support so as to detect actuation of the control button, the force of the tactile contact being transmitted axially to the sensitive zone via a spacer plate made of an elastically compressible material that is inserted between the sensor and the cap, characterized in that the internal surface of the cap comprises a series of protruding elements that are distributed over the internal surface of the cap opposite the sensitive zone so as to form a number of regularly distributed zones of localized overpressure. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342308 | CHIP RESISTOR - A chip resistor includes a resistor main body, an insulating layer, a heat dissipating layer, and two electrodes. The resistor main body is formed with plural longitudinally extending slits arranged and spaced apart from one another. The resistor main body has transversely opposite ends connected electrically and respectively to the electrodes. The heat dissipating layer dissipates heat generated by the resistor main body and is formed with a dividing slot extending across one of the slits and dividing the heat dissipating layer into two transversely spaced-apart portions. The insulating layer is sandwiched between the resistor main body and the heat dissipating layer and electrically insulates the heat dissipating layer from the resistor main body. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342309 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LIMITING THE USE OF AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - Provided are custom computing devices, program codes and methods for limiting the use of an electronic display, by determining whether a user is viewing an electronic display by obtaining the location of the user relative to the display, measuring the overall time during which the user views the display, and deactivating the display when the overall time reaches a threshold or in response to an administrator's request. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342310 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE, BATTERY CHARGING STATION, BATTERY EXCHANGING RESERVATION SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an electric vehicle, a battery charging station, and an electric vehicle battery exchange reservation system including the same. The electric vehicle includes a power level detection unit adapted to detect a power level of a battery mounted on the electric vehicle; a communication unit adapted to communicate with a battery charging station; and a control unit adapted to determine a battery charging station, in which the battery of the electric vehicle is to be exchanged, based on the power level of the battery and a route of travel of the electric vehicle and transmit a battery exchange reservation command to the determined battery charging station. Based on the battery power level of the electric vehicle, a battery charging station existing along the route of travel is requested to provide battery information, and battery exchange is reserved accordingly, so that batteries can be exchanged more efficiently and conveniently. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342311 | PRODUCTION METHOD, RFID TRANSPONDER, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, READER DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The exemplary embodiments of the invention realize an efficient prevention of massive infiltration of cloned RFID transponders into existing and new RFID systems. Furthermore, reader devices used for authentication of RFID transponders do not need to be on-line and do not need to be equipped with a Security Authentication Module (SAM). This simplifies authentication procedures and reduces costs. According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention a transponder-specific originality signature is stored by a transponder manufacturer on the transponder. The transponder-specific originality signature may, for example, be stored in the non-volatile memory (EEPROM) of the transponder during the fabrication of the transponder. This transponder-specific originality signature can be checked at any time in a convenient way, which provides an indication of originality of said transponder. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342312 | SPARSE CODING SYSTEMS FOR HIGHLY SECURE OPERATIONS OF GARAGE DOORS, ALARMS AND REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY - A system for remote entry includes at least one trainable radio frequency transmitter having a plurality of selectable codes, any of which selected in accordance with a corresponding training code data. At least one receiver is configured to receive signals from said radio frequency transmitter, where the radio frequency transmitter is configured to transmit, and the receiver is configured to receive, coded radio frequency transmissions containing at least sparse binary codes that include binary transmissions implemented with a small duty cycle, corresponding to the training code data. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342313 | ACCESS CREDENTIAL READER CONNECTOR - An apparatus including a central access control system and an access reader. The access reader is structured to receive an access credential from the central access control system, and includes a first connector connected with a second connector with the second connector connected to a cable, and with the cable in electronic communication with the central access control system. Connection of the first connector and the second connector places the access reader in electronic communication with the central access control system. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342314 | SMART LOCK STRUCTURE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a smart lock structure and an operating method thereof. The smart lock structure comprises a key hole for access keys, an interrogating device for using radio frequency technology to communicate with a mobile device and accept access requests from the mobile device to unlock the smart key structure, and a lock mechanism in response to interaction between the key hole and the access keys and communication between the interrogating device and the mobile device for unlocking the smart lock structure and gaining access thereof. The smart lock structure further comprises a falling proof device equipped beside the interrogating device to prevent falling of the mobile device. An operating method is also provided for normal operation and/or configuration of the smart lock structure. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342315 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUALLY PUSHING REMINDERS ON PENDING EVENTS - A system and method that allows a user to push a reminder message on a pending event is provided. As more applications are allowing for timed events to be exchanged between users the ability to force a reminder to be sent on timed events is described. The system provides a manual action for the user to push the reminder whenever they feel it is necessary and as often as they feel it is necessary. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342316 | Sensor-Enabled RFID System to Gauge Movement of an Object in Relation to a Subject - The present disclosure describes a system of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags paired with RF proximity sensors and movement sensors for measuring the movement and use of objects in an environment. The movement gives an indication of the user's ability to use his or her motor skills in a medical or recovery setting, or any other setting using a variety of objects. Data may be read, stored and processed to represent position, speed and movement of the objects by a critical body part, such as a limb, analyzed and plotted, to gauge a patient's improvement. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342317 | RFID SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE TAG TRANSMIT FREQUENCIES - An RFID system has an active tag with one antenna inside, and one outside, an RF-blocking enclosure having a port with a selected shortest dimension. The RFID reader is located outside the enclosure and uses a selected RF read frequency range. The RFID tag simultaneously transmits on a plurality of frequencies corresponding to respective wavelengths smaller than the selected shortest dimension, so that a respective beat frequency is defined between two of the frequencies. The beat frequency is within the selected RF uplink frequency range. The tag transmits a first signal at a first one of the plurality of frequencies using the interior antenna and a second signal at a second, different one of the plurality of frequencies using the exterior antenna. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342318 | RFID SYSTEM WITH CONFIGURABLE RF PORT - An active RFID tag has an antenna inside RF-blocking enclosure having a port with a selected shortest dimension. An RFID reader located outside the enclosure at a reader position transmits a downlink RF signal through the port as a directional RF signal on a downlink carrier frequency corresponding to a downlink wavelength smaller than the selected shortest dimension. The port is selectively configured so that the directional downlink RF signal can pass through the port in an access mode during a selected access time interval and are attenuated by at least 60 dB in a restricted mode during a selected restricted time interval that does not overlap with the access time interval. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342319 | RFID SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE READER TRANSMIT FREQUENCIES - An RFID system includes an RF-blocking enclosure having a port with a selected shortest dimension. An active RFID tag including a controller and an interior antenna coupled to the controller is located in the enclosure. The tag responds to a selected RF downlink frequency range. An RFID reader located outside the enclosure simultaneously transmits directional RF signals on a plurality of frequencies corresponding to respective wavelengths smaller than the selected shortest dimension, the plurality including a carrier frequency and an interference frequency. A beat frequency is thus defined between the carrier frequency and the interference frequency and the beat frequency is within the selected RF downlink frequency range, so that the transmitted signals pass through the port and the tag responds to the beat frequency. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342320 | READING RFID TAG USING ANTENNA WITHIN ENCLOSURE - A method of reading an RFID tag using an RFID reader includes providing an RF-blocking enclosure having a port. The RFID reader has an antenna located within the enclosure. The enclosure is positioned so that the port is adjacent to a conductive surface and the RFID tag is within the enclosure. The RFID reader is activated at a selected read power level to read the tag in the enclosure. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342321 | RFID READING SYSTEM USING RF GRATING - Apparatus for reading an RFID tag includes an RF-blocking enclosure having a port and adapted to receive through the port a non-RFID-active object having an RFID tag affixed thereto. An RFID reader has a reader antenna located outside the enclosure. The antenna transmits an RF downlink signal in a particular direction. An RF grating is arranged between the reader antenna and the port so that, after the enclosure receives the object having the tag, the port is located in the transmit direction from the reader antenna, and RF energy transmitted from the reader antenna has a selected linear polarization after passing through the grating. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342322 | RFID SYSTEM WITH ENCLOSURE AND INTERFERENCE PATTERN - An RFID system includes an RFID reader with a tag antenna located at a reader location. An RFID tag includes a controller and an antenna. An RF-blocking enclosure spaced apart from the RFID reader includes a port having first and second spaced-apart apertures. The enclosure is positioned with respect to the reader location to define a tag-antenna location at which an interference pattern of a downlink signal from the reader passing through the port provides a selected downlink power at the tag-antenna location, and an interference pattern of an uplink signal from the tag passing through the port provides a selected uplink power at the reader location. The tag antenna is located in the enclosure at the tag-antenna location. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342323 | RFID SYSTEM WITH BARRIERS AND KEY ANTENNAS - An RFID system includes a reader with antenna, a first barrier, a tag with a link antenna, a second barrier, and two key antennas connected to the tag, mechanically arranged in that order. The first barrier has two or more apertures in it to produce an interference pattern of a security signal from the reader. The security signal interference pattern passes at least partly through the second barrier. One of the key antennas is at a peak of the pattern after passing through the second barrier, and one is not. The tag includes a controller responsive to a downlink signal from the reader to transmit an uplink signal using the link antenna, but only if the downlink signal is preceded by the security signal and the security signal is received more strongly by the key antenna at the peak than by the other key antenna. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342324 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AND SENDING RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, device and system for identifying and sending a radio frequency signal. The method for identifying a radio frequency identification label includes: sending a control signal to a radio frequency signal sending device, so that the radio frequency signal sending device sends a radio frequency signal according to the control signal, the radio frequency signal at least carrying identity identification information; and receiving the radio frequency signal sent by the radio frequency signal sending device, and acquiring the identity identification information in the radio frequency signal. The method for identifying the RFID label, and the method, device and system for sending the radio frequency signal provided in the embodiments of the present invention increase the identification effect on the RFID label. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342325 | FIREFIGHTING APPARATUS CHECKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A cloud server of a data center being used to check firefighting apparatuses. The cloud server sends an electronic map to the electronic device if the electronic device is permitted to access the cloud server. The cloud server receives a check file corresponding to each firefighting apparatus from the electronic device after a user checks each firefighting apparatus. The cloud server amends a color of an icon of the firefighting apparatus in the electronic map according to the check file corresponding to the firefighting apparatus. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342326 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR TRANSPARENT AND UBIQUITOUS SENSING TECHNOLOGY - One feature pertains to a sensor apparatus that comprises a conductor configured to perform at least one operation unrelated to the sensor apparatus. These operations may include at least one of providing structural support to a system unrelated to the sensor apparatus, and/or providing a non-sensing signal to the system unrelated to the sensor apparatus. The sensor apparatus also comprises at least one sensor configured to perform a sensing operation for the sensor apparatus that generates sensor data, and an interrogation circuit configured to interrogate the sensor by transmitting an interrogation signal to the sensor via the conductor. The sensor apparatus further comprises a processing circuit that receives from the sensor via the conductor a sensor response signal that includes the sensor data, where the sensor response signal is received in response to interrogating the sensor. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342327 | RFID CONVERTER MODULE - A tag communication method includes providing a tag reader operating at a first frequency and having transmit and receive antenna ports, providing a frequency converter module having transmit and receive plugs adapted to directly mate with the transmit and receive ports, and directly mating the transmit plug with the transmit port and the receive plug with the receive port. A transmit signal at the first frequency is received from the reader by the converter module by way of the directly mated transmit plug and converted to a second frequency differing from the first frequency to provide a converted transmit signal which is transmitted to the tag. A receive signal is received from the tag at the second frequency and converted to the first frequency to provide a converted receive signal which is applied by the conversion module to the reader by way of the directly mated receive plug. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342328 | Method and Device for Improving the Energy Efficiency Performance of a Reader - A method for improving energy efficiency performance of a reader is disclosed in the present document. The method includes: initializing and adjusting operation parameters, and acquiring the current number of frame timeslots; updating a frame timeslot status, and determining that a power level is not required to be increased according to the updated frame timeslot status; and estimating the number of labels according to the current number of frame timeslots, and acquiring an optimum Q value according to the number of labels. A device for improving energy efficiency performance of a reader is also disclosed in the present document. With the method and device of the present document, throughput of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system is maximized, thereby reducing energy consumption of the system and extending usage time of the system; and while the energy consumption is reduced, a rate at which the reader reads the labels is guaranteed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342329 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PAIRING A CONTROLLED DEVICE WITH AN RF REMOTE CONTROL USING AN RFID TAG - Systems and methods are operable to initiate a pairing process and a de-pairing process between a controlled device and a radio frequency (RF) remote control. An exemplary embodiment detects presence of a radio frequency identifier (RFID) tag in an interrogation zone established by an RFID tag reader, automatically initiates a pairing process in response to detecting the presence of the RFID tag in the interrogation zone, and completes the pairing process between the RF remote control and the controlled device, wherein the pairing process identifies a unique identifier associated with the RF remote control. A subsequently received RF signal emitted by the RF remote control includes at least one command configured to control operation of the controlled device and includes the unique identifier. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342330 | ALERT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A VEHICLE - Methods and vehicles are provided for providing haptic feedback to a vehicle occupant. In one embodiment, the method includes selecting a pattern of active haptic periods during which a controller will command a plurality of haptic actuators disposed in a seat of a vehicle to generate haptic pulses, determining a desired voltage of a signal supplied to the haptic actuators that indicates the active haptic periods to generate a desired intensity of haptic pulses, determining an actual voltage of an energy storage device of the vehicle, calculating a pulse width modulation (PWM) pattern that simulates the desired voltage when applied to the signal using the actual voltage, and generating a signal that indicates the active haptic periods based on the PWM pattern to command the haptic actuators to generate the desired intensity of haptic pulses. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342331 | INDICATOR OPERATION DETECTING DEVICE - An indicator operation detecting device includes a sensor including two sets of electrodes intersecting each other, an operation detecting circuit configured to detect a position indicated by an indicator (e.g., a finger) with respect to the sensor as a coordinate value on predetermined coordinate axes (e.g., X and Y axes), and a surface operation part disposed to receive an operation (e.g., touching) of the indicator with respect to the sensor. The surface operation part includes a first input part having a curved surface and employing a corresponding area of the sensor as a detection area, and a second input part having a linear region and employing a corresponding linear area of the sensor surrounded by the area for the first input part as a detection area. A surface shape of the linear region is different from the curved surface of the first input part to be tactilely distinguishable. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342332 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SETTING FUNCTIONS ACCORDING TO LOCATION - An apparatus, system, and method for controlling functions of a vehicular alarm. The method includes receiving one or more signals including location information, determining a location of the vehicle using the location information, setting one or more functions based on the location information, determining whether an alarm function is activated, and activating the one or more functions according to the setting upon determining that an alarm has been activated. The method may further include using GPS data or signals transmitted from one or more base stations (e.g., from cellular telephone base stations, computer networks, proprietary transmitters, etc.) to determine the position of the apparatus (e.g., installed in the vehicle). The apparatus may also inform a user of regulations relating to an area dependent upon its location. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342333 | MOBILE AUTONOMOUS SURVEILLANCE - Various embodiments relate to creating and utilizing a vehicle surveillance network to monitor objects and/or events. Messages may be broadcasted from at least one communication system of a surveillance network which is communicating with one or more vehicles of the surveillance network and received in a vehicle. Instructions may be transmitted to at least one vehicle camera to capture one or more images of objects or events outside of the vehicle in response to receiving the at least one broadcasted message. At least one vehicle camera in each of the vehicles of the surveillance network may capture the images of the object and/or events. Further instructions may include transmitting the captured images from the one or more vehicles to one or more event responders. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342334 | ALERT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A VEHICLE WITH IMPROVED ACTUATOR PLACEMENT - A vehicle seat assembly is provided. The assembly includes a bottom seat member and a haptic alert assembly. The haptic alert assembly includes a first actuator incorporated into the bottom seat member. The first actuator is configured to generate at least a first portion of a haptic alert. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342335 | ALERT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A VEHICLE WITH IMPROVED ACTUATOR INSTALLATION - A vehicle seat assembly is provided. The vehicle seat assembly includes a bottom seat member with a seat pan with a first side and a second side, a first bolster positioned on the first side of the seat pan, and a second bolster positioned on the second side of the seat pan. The first bolster defines a first depression. The vehicle seat assembly further includes a haptic alert assembly with a first actuator having a first housing and a first motor within the first housing. The first housing is mounted within the first depression. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342336 | ALERT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A VEHICLE - A method of alerting a driver of a vehicle is provided. The method includes: receiving conditions data from one or more collision avoidance systems; determining an alert mode based on the conditions data; receiving a fault status indicating a fault of at least one of a haptic alert device, a visual alert device, and an auditory alert device; resetting the alert mode to an override mode based on the fault status; and selectively generating an alert pattern for at least one of a haptic alert device, a visual alert device, and an auditory alert device that does not have a fault based on the override mode of the alert mode. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342337 | ALERT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A VEHICLE - A method of alerting a driver of a vehicle is provided. The method includes: receiving alert settings configured by a user through a user interface; and selectively generating an alert pattern for at least one of a haptic alert device, an auditory alert device, and a visual alert device based on the alert settings. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342338 | ALERT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A VEHICLE - A method of alerting a driver of a vehicle is provided. The method includes: receiving conditions data from one or more collision avoidance systems; determining an alert mode based on the conditions data, wherein the alert mode indicates at least two of alert conditions, vehicle conditions, and driving scenarios; and at least one of arbitrating, synchronizing, and combining at least two alert patterns associated with the at least two of the alert conditions, the vehicle conditions, and the driving scenarios and associated with one or more alert devices. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342339 | ALERT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A VEHICLE - Methods and vehicles are provided for providing haptic feedback to a vehicle occupant. In one embodiment, the method includes evaluating conditions related to a vehicle, selecting a type of haptic alert based on the evaluated conditions, selecting a pattern of haptic actuators to command based on the type of haptic alert and a location of the haptic actuators in a seat of the vehicle, selecting a number of active haptic periods to command based on the type of haptic alert, selecting a duration of the active haptic periods and a duration of inactive haptic periods based on the type of haptic alert, and generating a signal indicating the active haptic periods based on the selected pattern of haptic actuators, the selected number of active haptic periods, and the selected duration of the active and inactive haptic periods. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342340 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR WORK MACHINE - Disclosed is a display device | 2013-12-26 |