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20100232397 | Method and Apparatus for Improved Cell Acquisition with Reduced Frequency Error Impact - A method and apparatus for improved initial cell acquisition with reduced frequency error impact. The method determines the slot timing of a transmission, identifies the primary scrambling code and frame timing using the common pilot channel, and provides a path profile using a pseudorandom noise (PN) search. An apparatus using a cell searcher that performs the method is also described. | 09-16-2010 |
20130242774 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INTER-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY MEASUREMENT SCHEDULING BASED ON AN UNDETECTED FREQUENCY - Apparatus and method for wireless communication in a wireless communication network include operating a wireless device on a first wireless communication technology and detecting a first cell in first frequency of a second wireless communication technology. The aspects also include determining the detected cell of the second wireless communication technology satisfies a first reselection criterion based on a first measurement and identifying a second frequency of the second wireless communication technology as an undetected frequency based on monitoring the second frequency without detecting a second cell. Aspects also include expediting a determination of whether to perform cell reselection to the second wireless communication technology based on the undetected frequency and the detected cell of the second wireless communication technology satisfying the first reselection criterion and determining to reselect to the detected cell of the second wireless communication technology. | 09-19-2013 |
20130244647 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MEASURING AND RESELECTING CELLS - Methods and apparatus of monitoring cells in a wireless communication system may include determining existence of a condition for performing a cell search on a frequency. In addition, the methods and apparatus may include calculating an undetected energy-related value for a hypothetical undetected cell based on a measured energy-related value of each detected cell on the frequency in response to determining the condition for performing the cell search. The methods and apparatus may further include determining whether to perform the cell search based on the undetected energy-related value and a reselection criteria. | 09-19-2013 |
20140078946 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING UE'S POWER CONSUMPTION BY CONTROLLING EARLY DECODING BOUNDARY - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for reducing UE's power consumption by controlling early decoding boundary. In one aspect, a UE is configured to receive a data or voice frame from a base station. The UE selects one or more quality metrics for determining decoding boundary of the received frame and computes the selected one or more quality metrics. The UE then determines a decoding boundary for the frame based on one or more computed quality metrics. The UE then decodes the received frames at the determined decoding boundary and determines whether the decoding of the frame was successful. If the early decoding of the frame was successful, the UE may terminate reception of the frame. If the early decoding of the frame was unsuccessful, the UE may adjust the decoding boundary and decodes the frame at the adjusted boundary. | 03-20-2014 |
20140133472 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF RECEIVE DIVERSITY (RXD) FULL CELL SEARCH - Apparatus and methods of receive diversity (RxD) full cell search by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system are described. In an aspect, a first set of received energies of a first signal received at a first antenna and a second set of received energies of a second signal received at a second antenna may be separately determined. Based thereon, a set of peak energies and corresponding antenna indices, along with a slot timing of at least one cell corresponding to the set of peak energies and corresponding antenna indices, may be determined A frame timing and a scrambling code for the at least one cell then may be determined using a respective one of the first antenna and the second antenna corresponding to each of the set of peak energies and the corresponding antenna indices, along with the respective slot timing of the at least one cell. | 05-15-2014 |
20140135016 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING THE FREQUENCY OF AUTONOMOUS SEARCH FUNCTIONS FOR DISCOVERING CSG CELLS - Apparatus and methods of maintaining a cell database for wireless communications include discovering a second cell to which a user equipment may reselect. In an aspect, the user equipment may be currently served by a first cell and the second cell is a closed subscriber group cell. Further, aspects include querying a fingerprinting database to determine whether the second cell was previously recorded in the fingerprinting database. Upon determining that the second cell was not previously recorded, further aspects include adding the second cell to the fingerprinting database. Adding the second cell may comprise indicating an association between the first cell and the second cell in the fingerprinting database. | 05-15-2014 |
20140256327 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED RESELECTION DURING MODE TRANSITIONS - The present disclosure presents a method and apparatus for improved reselection during mode transitions at a user equipment (UE). For example, the disclosure presents a method for identifying that a user equipment (UE) has started switching from a first priority scheduling mode to a second priority scheduling mode while making measurements for reselection. In addition, such an example method, may include initiating a mode transition timer in response to the identification and triggering a search for one or more frequencies of the second priority scheduling mode upon expiration of the mode transition timer. As such, an improved reselection during mode transitions at UE may be achieved. | 09-11-2014 |
20140274050 | CELL RESELECTION WITH PERFORMANCE-BASED SUITABILITY CRITERION - Techniques for performing cell reselection to obtain good performance are disclosed. In an aspect of the present disclosure, a user equipment (UE) performs cell reselection to a cell by applying one or more performance-based suitability criteria defined to provide good performance. In one design, the UE obtains a measured value for a cell (e.g., a femto cell) and also determines a threshold value for the cell. The threshold value is not broadcast by a wireless system. The UE determines the threshold value based on a target performance for a physical channel (e.g., a page indicator channel) from the cell. The UE determines a suitability criterion for the cell based on the measured value and the threshold value for the cell. The UE determines whether the cell is a suitable cell and also determines whether to perform cell reselection to the cell based at least on the suitability criterion. | 09-18-2014 |
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20110251930 | DATA MANAGEMENT FOR TOP-DOWN RISK BASED AUDIT APPROACH - Particular embodiments generally relate to providing risk management. In one embodiment, a first risk is linked to an account group assertion in a data structure. A second risk is linked to a control objective in the data structure. Access to the first risk is granted through the account group's assertion. Access to the second risk is granted through the control objective. Risk management is then performed using the accessed first risk and second risk. | 10-13-2011 |
20130090977 | Collaboration Tool for Compliance Processing - A computer system is described which facilitates the collaboration of participants involved in regulation/policy compliance. The system comprises two systems: a central regulation compliance system; and a collaboration forum. The central regulation compliance system is integrated with the collaboration forum to facilitate the assessment/survey process in order to attend to issues relating to actual or potential occurrences of non-compliance with regulatory/policy requirements. | 04-11-2013 |
20130091066 | Compliance Survey on Mobile Device - Survey processing for compliance assessment includes providing the survey to a mobile device. A survey application executing on the mobile device performs survey processing to obtain responses to survey questions comprising the survey. The survey application provides context-sensitive help information. The survey application provides for contacting individuals in a compliance management organization of a business enterprise for which compliance to regulations and policies by the business is required. | 04-11-2013 |
20140100910 | System and Method for Audits with Automated Data Analysis - Systems and methods for defining and executing platform and language independent audit templates are disclosed. Each audit template can include a number of audit task templates. The audit task templates include general instructions for performing an audit task. Each audit task template can be instantiated as an audit task in an associated audit operation that includes organization or process specific information. Each audit task template and audit task can be linked with one or more business rules. Such business rules include translation logic for translating requirements of each audit task into a format expected by specific program, located in a central management system, invoked to operate on the required target business data. The business rules can also include translation data for interpreting the results returned from such programs. The audits operation or business rules can also include deficiency criteria, or alert conditions for initiating audit issues and remediation workflows. | 04-10-2014 |
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20080259506 | ESD, cross talk and noise pickup minimizing scheme for CPP and TMR devices - A slider mounted CPP GMR or TMR read head sensor is protected from electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage and from noise and cross-talk from an adjacent write head by means of a balanced resistive/capacitative shunt. The shunt includes highly resistive interconnections between upper and lower shields of the read head and a grounded slider substrate and a low resistance interconnection between the lower pole piece of the write head and the substrate. The capacitances between the pole piece and the upper shield, the upper shield and the lower shield and the lower shield and the substrate are made equal by either forming the shields and pole piece with equal surface areas and separating them with dielectrics of equal thicknesses, or by keeping the ratio of area to insulator thicknesses equal. | 10-23-2008 |
20090140732 | Low cost simplified spectrum analyzer for magnetic head/media tester - An electronic component tester characterizes electronic components such as magnetic head/media components measure performance parameters such as signal-to-noise ratio and overwrite evaluation. The electronic component tester has a tester process controller and a spectrum analyzer. The tester process controller generates calibration and control signals for the electronic component tester. The spectrum analyzer is in communication with electronic components such as magnetic head or media components to receive a response characterization signal resulting from a stimulus signal applied to the electronic components. The spectrum analyzer then determines a frequency spectrum of the response characterization signal. The spectrum analyzer is also in communication with the tester process controller for transferring the frequency spectrum to the tester process controller. The spectrum analyzer receives the calibration and control signals from the tester process controller for removing effects of an image frequency of the frequency spectrum and determining noise bandwidth of the frequency spectrum. | 06-04-2009 |
20090207516 | Iterative repeatable run-out nulling for magnetic head tester - A method for operating a head testing apparatus or, more generally, a host hard disk drive using a mounted hard disk that has had its servo track information pre-written in an external servo-writing apparatus rather than in the head testing or host apparatus itself. The method eliminates repeatable errors and repeatable runout by effectively replacing the pre-written servo tracks, which are eccentric, with new track profiles that are tracked like circular tracks. The problem of repeatable errors is caused by repeatable runout superimposed upon written-in position errors when a disk written in one machine is transferred to another. This problem is eliminated by forming IRON (Iterative Repeatable Runout Nulling) profile tracks from the initially pre-written servo tracks, where the IRON profile tracks are effectively tracked as concentric circular tracks and generate no PES. The IRON profile is formed by an iterative method that starts with the measurement of the PES of one of the pre-written tracks and iteratively forms a new track profile that is effectively circular. | 08-20-2009 |
20100321820 | Nano-lithography with rotating target and servo-positioned tip - The preferred embodiments of the present invention are devices and processes for producing high resolution lithography or pattern formation on the nanometer scale, using a voltage-biased probe that is slider-mounted along with, or separate from but linked to, a magnetic read head within a HDD mechanism. The probe is guided and positioned over a target layer by the motion of the read head which is, itself, guided by signals from servo tracks on a magnetic layer that activate an electromechanical servomechanism within the HDD. An electric field produced by the probe is capable of modifying the surface of the target layer over which the probe flies either directly, or by current induced or thermally induced effects. Targets such as amorphous or crystalline silicon can be hydrogen passivated and the electric field will produce oxidized or anodized lines with nanometer resolution. | 12-23-2010 |
20110320046 | Drive method for starting and operating a resonant scanning MEMS device at its resonant frequency - The resonance frequency of a forced torsionally oscillating mirror MEMS device can be controlled in the presence of perturbations by means of a closed loop feedback device and method of using it. The method is implemented through a simple algorithm, implemented in either software or hardware, that maintains the condition of resonance, or another selected frequency, by recursively determining that the center of the driving voltage pulse is positioned at a point on the measured positional waveform of the oscillating system. | 12-29-2011 |
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20100299608 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTI-APPLICATION TABS AND TAB SETS - A sharing model enables users to easily and conveniently create and share standard and custom database objects, and applications, among users or groups of users. The sharing model includes systems and methods that allow users to conveniently create and customize tabs and tab sets that define relationships between custom objects and fields, standard objects and fields, and applications. A tab visually represents a user interface into an element of an application or into a database object. Selection of a tab provides a user access to the object or element of the application represented by the tab. A tab set is a group of related tabs that work as a unit to provide application functionality. New tabs and tab sets may be defined and tab set views may be customized so that an end user can easily and conveniently switch between the various objects and application elements represented by the displayed tabs and tab set views. | 11-25-2010 |
20110071995 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTI-APPLICATION TABS AND TAB SETS - A sharing model enables users to easily and conveniently create and share standard and custom database objects, and applications, among users or groups of users. The sharing model includes systems and methods that allow users to conveniently create and customize tabs and tab sets that define relationships between custom objects and fields, standard objects and fields, and applications. A tab visually represents a user interface into an element of an application or into a database object. Selection of a tab provides a user access to the object or element of the application represented by the tab. A tab set is a group of related tabs that work as a unit to provide application functionality. New tabs and tab sets may be defined and tab set views may be customized so that an end user can easily and conveniently switch between the various objects and application elements represented by the displayed tabs and tab set views. | 03-24-2011 |
20110071996 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTI-APPLICATION TABS AND TAB SETS - A sharing model enables users to easily and conveniently create and share standard and custom database objects, and applications, among users or groups of users. The sharing model includes systems and methods that allow users to conveniently create and customize tabs and tab sets that define relationships between custom objects and fields, standard objects and fields, and applications. A tab visually represents a user interface into an element of an application or into a database object. Selection of a tab provides a user access to the object or element of the application represented by the tab. A tab set is a group of related tabs that work as a unit to provide application functionality. New tabs and tab sets may be defined and tab set views may be customized so that an end user can easily and conveniently switch between the various objects and application elements represented by the displayed tabs and tab set views. | 03-24-2011 |
20110072385 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTI-APPLICATION TABS AND TAB SETS - A sharing model enables users to easily and conveniently create and share standard and custom database objects, and applications, among users or groups of users. The sharing model includes systems and methods that allow users to conveniently create and customize tabs and tab sets that define relationships between custom objects and fields, standard objects and fields, and applications. A tab visually represents a user interface into an element of an application or into a database object. Selection of a tab provides a user access to the object or element of the application represented by the tab. A tab set is a group of related tabs that work as a unit to provide application functionality. New tabs and tab sets may be defined and tab set views may be customized so that an end user can easily and conveniently switch between the various objects and application elements represented by the displayed tabs and tab set views. | 03-24-2011 |
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20080206853 | SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE LABELED-MOIETIES - Dipstick tests for detecting analyte are described. In a preferred embodiment, a multiple biotinylated antibody capable of binding analyte is bound to an anti-biotin antibody labeled with colloidal gold and wicked up the dipstick with test solution thought to contain analyte. Complex formed between analyte, biotinylated anti-analyte antibody, and colloidal gold labeled anti-biotin antibody is captured at a capture zone of the dipstick. Presence of colloidal gold label at the capture zone indicates the presence of analyte in the test solution. The sensitivity of analyte detection using such methods is an order of magnitude higher than for comparable methods in which biotinylated anti-analyte antibody bound to analyte is wicked up the dipstick in a first step, and a colloidal gold labeled anti-biotin antibody is wicked up the dipstick in a separate step. Kits for performing the tests of the invention are also described. | 08-28-2008 |
20120094272 | SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE LABELED-MOIETIES - Dipstick tests for detecting analyte are described. In a preferred embodiment, a multiple biotinylated antibody capable of binding analyte is bound to an anti-biotin antibody labelled with colloidal gold and wicked up the dipstick with test solution thought to contain analyte. Complex formed between analyte, biotinylated anti-analyte antibody, and colloidal gold labelled anti-biotin antibody is captured at a capture zone of the dipstick. Presence of colloidal gold label at the capture zone indicates the presence of analyte in the test solution. The sensitivity of analyte detection using such methods is an order of magnitude higher than for comparable methods in which biotinylated anti-analyte antibody bound to analyte is wicked up the dipstick in a first step, and a colloidal gold labelled anti-biotin antibody is wicked up the dipstick in a separate step. Kits for performing the tests of the invention are also described. | 04-19-2012 |
20140106347 | BINDING INTERACTIONS IN DIPSTICK ASSAYS - Use of dipsticks to test for the presence of target nucleic acid in a sample solution is described. The dipsticks comprise a contact end for contacting the sample solution and a capture zone, remote from the contact end, to which a capture probe is immobilised. The capture probe is capable of hybridising to the target nucleic acid. The sample solution is contacted with the contact end of the dipstick and travels by capillary action to the capture zone. If target nucleic acid is present in the sample solution it is captured and can be detected at the capture zone. The capture probe is immobilised to the capture zone by a spacer. Use of the spacer increases the stability of the interaction between the capture probe and the target nucleic acid and thus improves the sensitivity of target nucleic acid detection. Detection probes with spacers are also described. | 04-17-2014 |
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20100231043 | MASTER/SLAVE POWER STRIP WITH DELAY MECHANISM - The present invention is directed toward a power distribution apparatus being connected to a power source. The invention having a control, or master, power outlet to be connected to a control device, at least one automatically switched, or slave, power outlet to be connected to at least one automatically switched device, a computing component for determining when a wattage level associated with the control device fall below or rises above a threshold in response to the control device being turned on and off, and for interrupting a power supply on a time delay basis to the at least one automatically switched power outlet when the computing component determines the wattage levels associated with the control device fall below or rises above the threshold. | 09-16-2010 |
20110175448 | COMBINED WIRELESS BRIDGE AND SURGE PROTECTED POWER STRIP - The present invention is directed toward a combined wireless bridge and power strip including a housing defining an interior and an exterior. A power cord is coupled to the housing. A power surge protector coupled to the power cord is disposed in the housing. An electrical power switch is coupled to the surge protector and is disposed in the housing. An array of electrical outlets is coupled to the electrical power switch and is disposed in the housing in operative communication between the interior and the exterior. A power transformer is coupled to the power surge protector in the housing interior. A wireless bridge is coupled to the power transformer and can be disposed in the housing interior or on its exterior. The wireless bridge includes one or more ports to provide entry points for devices requiring wired LAN entry points. | 07-21-2011 |
20110266870 | MASTER/SLAVE POWER STRIP WITH DELAY MECHANISM - The present invention is directed toward a power distribution apparatus being connected to a power source. The invention having a control, or master, power outlet to be connected to a control device, at least one automatically switched, or slave, power outlet to be connected to at least one automatically switched device, a computing component for determining when a power level associated with the control device fall below or rises above a threshold in response to the control device being turned on and off, and for interrupting a power supply on a time delay basis to the at least one automatically switched power outlet when the computing component determines the power levels associated with the control device fall below or rises above the threshold. | 11-03-2011 |
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20100261706 | SUBSTITUTED TETRACYCLIC 1H-INDENO [1,2-B]PYRIDINE-2(5H)-ONE ANALOGS THEREOF AND USES THEREOF - Provided herein are tetracyclic 1H-indeno[1,2-b]pyridine-2(5H)-one analogs and derivatives, compositions comprising an effective amount of a tetracyclic 1H-indeno[1,2-b]pyridine-2(5H)-one analog and/or derivative and methods for treating or preventing an inflammatory disease, a reperfusion injury, diabetes mellitus, a diabetic complication, a reoxygenation injury resulting from organ transplantation, an ischemic condition, a neurodegenerative disease, renal failure, a vascular disease, a cardiovascular disease, an ocular or opthalmologic disease, cancer, a complication of prematurity, cardiomyopathy, retinopathy, nephropathy, contrast induced nephropathy, neuropathy, erectile dysfunction or urinary incontinence, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a tetracyclic 1H-indeno[1,2-b]pyridine-2(5H)-one analog or derivative. | 10-14-2010 |
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20110047044 | Method and Apparatus for Evaluating Fraud Risk in an Electronic Commerce Transaction - Transaction information is received and applied to multiple fraud risk mathematical models that each produce a respective raw score, which are transformed with respective sigmoidal transform functions to produce optimized likelihood of fraud risk estimates to provide to a merchant. Respective fraud risk estimates are combined using fusion proportions associated with the respective risk estimates, producing a single point risk estimate, which is transformed with a sigmoidal function to produce an optimized single point risk estimate. The sigmoidal functions approximate a relationship between risk estimates produced by fraud risk detection models and a percentage of transactions associated with respective risk estimates; the relationship is represented in terms of real-world distributions of fraudulent and non-fraudulent transaction. | 02-24-2011 |
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20110282778 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING FRAUD RISK IN AN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE TRANSACTION - Transaction information is received and applied to multiple fraud risk mathematical models that each produce a respective raw score, which are transformed with respective sigmoidal transform functions to produce optimized likelihood of fraud risk estimates to provide to a merchant. Respective fraud risk estimates are combined using fusion proportions associated with the respective risk estimates, producing a single point risk estimate, which is transformed with a sigmoidal function to produce an optimized single point risk estimate. The sigmoidal functions approximate a relationship between risk estimates produced by fraud risk detection models and a percentage of transactions associated with respective risk estimates; the relationship is represented in terms of real-world distributions of fraudulent and non-fraudulent transaction. | 11-17-2011 |
20130013488 | REAL TIME ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF TRANSACTION REVIEW RATE SCORE CURVE - Modern technologies of signal processing and real-time feedback adaptive control are applied to a fraud screen model to enable the fraud screen model to adapt to changes in shopping behavior to effectively maintain the model's performance on a review rate score curve continuously. Multiple techniques disclosed herein integrate control technologies with modeling technology to control the review rate score curve in real time. | 01-10-2013 |
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20100122003 | RING-BASED HIGH SPEED BUS INTERFACE - A communication system management interface includes a control master; and one or more slaves under management by the control master; wherein each device, either the control master or slave, has at least an input signal connected to an output signal of another device to form a daisy-chain. | 05-13-2010 |
20110261867 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLIND EQUALIZATION IN A DIGITAL RECEIVER - A digital receiver system to recover signals from inter-symbol-interference includes a finite impulse response (FIR) filter using convolution to recover signals; and a channel estimator coupled to the FIR filter to estimate FIR coefficients, wherein the channel estimator uses a second order expectation and a fourth order expectation from a convolution to calculate error function. | 10-27-2011 |
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20110272705 | Interdigitated Conductive Support for GaN Semiconductor Die - A GaN die having a plurality of parallel alternating and closely spaced source and drain strips is contacted by parallel coplanar comb-shaped fingers of source and drain pads. A plurality of enlarged area coplanar spaced gate pads having respective fingers contacting the gate contact of the die. The pads may be elements of a lead frame, or conductive areas on an insulation substrate. Other semiconductor die can be mounted on the pads and connected in predetermined circuit arrangements with the GaN die. | 11-10-2011 |
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20110115074 | WAFER BUMPING USING PRINTED UNDER BUMP METALIZATION - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for printing under bump metallization (UBM) features on chips/wafers are provided. A wafer is received that has a surface defined by a plurality of integrated circuit regions. Each integrated circuit region has a passivation layer and a plurality of terminals on the surface of the wafer accessible through openings in the passivation layer. A plurality of UBM features are formed on the surface of the wafer in the form of an ink such that each UBM feature is formed electrically coupled with a corresponding terminal of the plurality of terminals. An ink jet printer may be used to print the ink in the form of the UBM feature. A UBM feature may be formed directly on a corresponding terminal, or on routing that is coupled to the corresponding terminal. A bump interconnect may be formed on the UBM feature. | 05-19-2011 |
20110115075 | BUMPING FREE FLIP CHIP PROCESS - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for an integrated circuit package assembly process are provided. A wafer is received having a surface defined by a plurality of integrated circuit regions. Electrical conductors are accessible through corresponding first openings in a first passivation layer on the surface of the wafer. Solderable metal layer features are formed on the electrical conductors through the first openings. The wafer is singulated to form a plurality of flip chip dies. A plurality of package substrates is received. Each package substrate has a plurality of solder on pad (SOP) features on a respective surface. Each flip chip die is mounted to a corresponding package substrate such that each SOP feature is coupled to a corresponding solderable metal layer feature, to form a plurality of integrated circuit packages. | 05-19-2011 |
20120241951 | WAFER BUMPING USING PRINTED UNDER BUMP METALIZATION - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for printing under bump metallization (UBM) features on chips/wafers are provided. A wafer is received that has a surface defined by a plurality of integrated circuit regions. Each integrated circuit region has a passivation layer and a plurality of terminals on the surface of the wafer accessible through openings in the passivation layer. A plurality of UBM features are formed on the surface of the wafer in the form of an ink such that each UBM feature is formed electrically coupled with a corresponding terminal of the plurality of terminals. An ink jet printer may be used to print the ink in the form of the UBM feature. A UBM feature may be formed directly on a corresponding terminal, or on routing that is coupled to the corresponding terminal. A bump interconnect may be formed on the UBM feature. | 09-27-2012 |
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20110191071 | CARBON FOOTPRINT ANALYSIS TOOL FOR STRUCTURES - An emission estimation apparatus running a program configured to perform a method of calculating the amount of carbon generated during the life span of a structure by displaying a graphical user interface stored in the memory of the apparatus which is configured to gather structural information pertaining of the structure, receiving structural information from the graphical user interface into the memory of the apparatus which includes information pertaining to the size, types of material used in the structure and structural aspects of the structure, generating an estimated amount of carbon generated from the use of each type of material to construct the structure and the labor used to construct the structure based on the structural information received by the processor, estimating, by the processor, the types and amounts of material and labor required to repair the structure after a destructive event occurs based on a calculated probability and magnitude of a destructive event occurring, generating an estimated amount of carbon emitted as a result of the materials used and the labor required to repair the structure after the destructive event occurs, and displaying the total estimated amount of carbon emitted due the construction and repair of the structure on a display unit. | 08-04-2011 |
20130304435 | CARBON FOOTPRINT ANALYSIS TOOL FOR STRUCTURES - An emission estimation program configured to calculate the amount of carbon generated during the life span of a structure by displaying a graphical user interface which is configured to gather structural information pertaining of the structure, receiving structural information pertaining to the size, types of material used in the structure and structural aspects of the structure, generating an estimated amount of carbon generated from the use of each type of material to construct the structure and the labor used to construct the structure based on the structural information, the types, and amounts of material and labor required to repair the structure after a destructive event occurs based on a calculated probability and magnitude of a destructive event occurring, generating and displaying an estimated amount of carbon emitted as a result of the materials used and the labor required to repair the structure after the destructive event occurs. | 11-14-2013 |
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20090274653 | INTERLEUKIN-2 MUTANTS WITH REDUCED TOXICITY - Interleukin-2 (IL-2) mutants having reduced toxicity, which include full-length IL-2, truncated forms of IL-2 and forms of IL-2 that are linked to another molecule are disclosed herein. Particular substitutions within IL-2, particularly within the permeability enhancing peptide region of IL-2 achieve substantial reduction of vasopermeability activity as compared to a wildytpe form of the mutant IL-2 while retaining many of the immune activating properties of IL-2. Invention IL-2 mutants can be used to stimulate the immune system of an animal and may be used in the treatment of various disorders and conditions. | 11-05-2009 |
20110091413 | THERAPEUTIC USE OF INTERLEUKIN-2 MUTANTS - Interleukin-2 (IL-2) mutants having reduced toxicity, which include full-length IL-2, truncated forms of IL-2 and forms of IL-2 that are linked to another molecule are disclosed herein. Particular substitutions within IL-2, particularly within the permeability enhancing peptide region of IL-2 achieve substantial reduction of vasopermeability activity as compared to a wildytpe form of the mutant IL-2 while retaining many of the immune activating properties of IL-2. Invention IL-2 mutants can be used to stimulate the immune system of an animal and may be used in the treatment of various disorders and conditions. | 04-21-2011 |
20140099305 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY - Provided is a cancer therapeutic agent comprising a cancer targeting molecule linked to a liver-expressed chemokine (LEC). In one embodiment, the cancer targeting molecule is an antibody that targets cancer cells or tumors in vivo. The cancer targeting molecule is associated non-covalently or covalently with LEC. The cancer therapeutic agents of the invention are useful for the treatment of cancer in an individual by reducing the size of a tumor or inhibiting the growth of cancer cells in an individual and/or by inhibiting the development of metastasis. The effectiveness of the therapy using the LEC cancer therapeutic agents can be increased by reducing the activity of immunoregulatory T cells and/or by adoptively transferring immune T cells. | 04-10-2014 |
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20090024612 | FULL TEXT QUERY AND SEARCH SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE - The invention is a method for textual searching of text-based databases including databases of compiled internet content, scientific literature, abstracts for books and articles, newspapers, journals, and the like. Specifically, the algorithm supports searches using full-text or webpage as query and keyword searches allowing multiple entries and an information-content based ranking system (Shannon Information score) that uses p-values to represent the likelihood that a hit is due to random matches. Additionally, users can specify the parameters that determine hits and their ranking with scoring based on phrase matches and sentence similarities. | 01-22-2009 |
20110055192 | FULL TEXT QUERY AND SEARCH SYSTEMS AND METHOD OF USE - Roughly described, a database searching method for searching a database, in which hits are ranked in dependence upon an information measure of itoms shared by both the hit and the query. The information measure can be a Shannon information score, or another measure which indicates the information value of the shared itoms. An itom can be a word or other token, or a multi-word phrase, and can overlap with each other. Synonyms can be substituted for itoms in the query, with the information measure of substituted itoms being derated in accordance with a predetermined measure of the synonyms' similarity. Indirect searching methods are described in which hit from other search engines are re-ranked in dependence upon the information measures of shared itoms. Structured and completely unstructured databases may be searched, with hits being demarcated dynamically. Hits may be clustered based upon distances in an information-measure-weighted distance space. | 03-03-2011 |
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20110320766 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING POWER, PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY BY COUPLING A FIRST CORE TYPE WITH A SECOND CORE TYPE - An apparatus and method is described herein for coupling a processor core of a first type with a co-designed core of a second type. Execution of program code on the first core is monitored and hot sections of the program code are identified. Those hot sections are optimize for execution on the co-designed core, such that upon subsequently encountering those hot sections, the optimized hot sections are executed on the co-designed core. When the co-designed core is executing optimized hot code, the first processor core may be in a low-power state to save power or executing other code in parallel. Furthermore, multiple threads of cold code may be pipelined on the first core, while multiple threads of hot code are pipeline on the co-designed core to achieve maximum performance. | 12-29-2011 |
20120079245 | DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION FOR CONDITIONAL COMMIT - An apparatus and method is described herein for conditionally committing and/or speculative checkpointing transactions, which potentially results in dynamic resizing of transactions. During dynamic optimization of binary code, transactions are inserted to provide memory ordering safeguards, which enables a dynamic optimizer to more aggressively optimize code. And the conditional commit enables efficient execution of the dynamic optimization code, while attempting to prevent transactions from running out of hardware resources. While the speculative checkpoints enable quick and efficient recovery upon abort of a transaction. Processor hardware is adapted to support dynamic resizing of the transactions, such as including decoders that recognize a conditional commit instruction, a speculative checkpoint instruction, or both. And processor hardware is further adapted to perform operations to support conditional commit or speculative checkpointing in response to decoding such instructions. | 03-29-2012 |
20120079246 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A DECISION MECHANISM FOR CONDITIONAL COMMITS IN AN ATOMIC REGION - An apparatus and method is described herein for conditionally committing /andor speculative checkpointing transactions, which potentially results in dynamic resizing of transactions. During dynamic optimization of binary code, transactions are inserted to provide memory ordering safeguards, which enables a dynamic optimizer to more aggressively optimize code. And the conditional commit enables efficient execution of the dynamic optimization code, while attempting to prevent transactions from running out of hardware resources. While the speculative checkpoints enable quick and efficient recovery upon abort of a transaction. Processor hardware is adapted to support dynamic resizing of the transactions, such as including decoders that recognize a conditional commit instruction, a speculative checkpoint instruction, or both. And processor hardware is further adapted to perform operations to support conditional commit or speculative checkpointing in response to decoding such instructions. | 03-29-2012 |
20120233477 | DYNAMIC CORE SELECTION FOR HETEROGENEOUS MULTI-CORE SYSTEMS - Dynamically switching cores on a heterogeneous multi-core processing system may be performed by executing program code on a first processing core. Power up of a second processing core may be signaled. A first performance metric of the first processing core executing the program code may be collected. When the first performance metric is better than a previously determined core performance metric, power down of the second processing core may be signaled and execution of the program code may be continued on the first processing core. When the first performance metric is not better than the previously determined core performance metric, execution of the program code may be switched from the first processing core to the second processing core. | 09-13-2012 |
20130318507 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A DECISION MECHANISM FOR CONDITIONAL COMMITS IN AN ATOMIC REGION - An apparatus and method is described herein for conditionally committing and/or speculative checkpointing transactions, which potentially results in dynamic resizing of transactions. During dynamic optimization of binary code, transactions are inserted to provide memory ordering safeguards, which enables a dynamic optimizer to more aggressively optimize code. And the conditional commit enables efficient execution of the dynamic optimization code, while attempting to prevent transactions from running out of hardware resources. While the speculative checkpoints enable quick and efficient recovery upon abort of a transaction. Processor hardware is adapted to support dynamic resizing of the transactions, such as including decoders that recognize a conditional commit instruction, a speculative checkpoint instruction, or both. And processor hardware is further adapted to perform operations to support conditional commit or speculative checkpointing in response to decoding such instructions. | 11-28-2013 |
20140089642 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING A REPLAY EXECUTION - One or more embodiments may provide a method for performing a replay. The method includes initiating execution of a program, the program having a plurality of sets of instructions, and each set of instructions has a number of chunks of instructions. The method also includes intercepting, by a virtual machine unit executing on a processor, an instruction of a chunk of the number of chunks before execution. The method further includes determining, by a replay module executing on the processor, whether the chunk is an active chunk, and responsive to the chunk being the active chunk, executing the instruction. | 03-27-2014 |
20140223166 | DYNAMIC CORE SELECTION FOR HETEROGENEOUS MULTI-CORE SYSTEMS - Dynamically switching cores on a heterogeneous multi-core processing system may be performed by executing program code on a first processing core. Power up of a second processing core may be signaled. A first performance metric of the first processing core executing the program code may be collected. When the first performance metric is better than a previously determined core performance metric, power down of the second processing core may be signaled and execution of the program code may be continued on the first processing core. When the first performance metric is not better than the previously determined core performance metric, execution of the program code may be switched from the first processing core to the second processing core. | 08-07-2014 |
20140281274 | SHARED MEMORY INTERLEAVINGS FOR INSTRUCTION ATOMICITY VIOLATIONS - A system, processor, and method to record the interleavings of shared memory accesses in the presence of complex multi-operation instructions. An extension to instruction atomicity (IA) is disclosed that makes it possible for software to infer partial information about a multi-operation execution if the hardware has recorded a dependency due to an instruction atomicity violation (IAV). By monitoring the progress of a multi-operation instruction, the need for complex multi-operation emulation is unnecessary. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281382 | MODIFIED EXECUTION USING CONTEXT SENSITIVE AUXILIARY CODE - A system and method to enhance execution of architected instructions in a processor uses auxiliary code to optimize execution of base microcode. An execution context of the architected instructions may be profiled to detect potential optimizations, resulting in generation and storage of auxiliary microcode. When the architected instructions are decoded to base microcode for execution, the base microcode may be enhanced or modified using retrieved auxiliary code. | 09-18-2014 |
20140366006 | VISUALIZING RECORDED EXECUTIONS OF MULTI-THREADED SOFTWARE PROGRAMS FOR PERFORMANCE AND CORRECTNESS - A system graphically visualizes performance and/or correctness features of a recorded execution of a multi-threaded software program. The system may process chunk-based information recorded during an execution of the multi-threaded program, prepare a graphical visualization of the recorded information, and display the graphical visualization on a display in an animated fashion. The system may allow a viewer to interactively control the display of the animated graphical visualization. | 12-11-2014 |
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20100122385 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF OPERATING A SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE - An improved mode of AFM imaging (Peak Force Tapping (PFT) Mode) uses force as the feedback variable to reduce tip-sample interaction forces while maintaining scan speeds achievable by all existing AFM operating modes. Sample imaging and mechanical property mapping are achieved with improved resolution and high sample throughput, with the mode workable across varying environments, including gaseous, fluidic and vacuum. | 05-13-2010 |
20110167524 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF OPERATING A SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE - An improved mode of AFM imaging (Peak Force Tapping (PFT) Mode) uses force as the feedback variable to reduce tip-sample interaction forces while maintaining scan speeds achievable by all existing AFM operating modes. Sample imaging and mechanical property mapping are achieved with improved resolution and high sample throughput, with the mode being workable across varying environments, including gaseous, fluidic and vacuum. Ease of use is facilitated by eliminating the need for an expert user to monitor imaging. | 07-07-2011 |
20120131702 | Method and Apparatus of Using Peak Force Tapping Mode to Measure Physical Properties of a Sample - An improved mode of AFM imaging (Peak Force Tapping (PFT) Mode) uses force as the feedback variable to reduce tip-sample interaction forces while maintaining scan speeds achievable by all existing AFM operating modes. Sample imaging and mechanical property mapping are achieved with improved resolution and high sample throughput, with the mode being workable across varying environments, including gaseous, fluidic and vacuum. Ease of use is facilitated by eliminating the need for an expert user to monitor imaging. | 05-24-2012 |
20130125269 | Method And Apparatus Of Tuning A Scanning Probe Microscope - An apparatus and method of automatically determining an operating frequency of a scanning probe microscope such as an atomic force microscope (AFM) is shown. The operating frequency is not selected based on a peak of the amplitude response of the probe when swept over a range of frequencies; rather, the operating frequency is selected using only peak data corresponding to a TIDPS curve. | 05-16-2013 |
20130276174 | Method and Apparatus of Electrical Property Measurement Using an AFM Operating in Peak Force Tapping Mode - An apparatus and method of collecting topography, mechanical property data and electrical property data with an atomic force microscope (AFM) in either a single pass or a dual pass operation. PFT mode is preferably employed thus allowing the use of a wide range of probes, one benefit of which is to enhance the sensitivity of electrical property measurement. | 10-17-2013 |
20140223615 | Method and Apparatus of Operating a Scanning Probe Microscope - Methods and apparatuses are provided for automatically controlling and stabilizing aspects of a scanning probe microscope (SPM), such as an atomic force microscope (AFM), using Peak Force Tapping (PFT) Mode. In an embodiment, a controller automatically controls periodic motion of a probe relative to a sample in response to a substantially instantaneous force determined, and automatically controls a gain in a feedback loop. A gain control circuit automatically tunes a gain based on separation distances between a probe and a sample to facilitate stability. Accordingly, instability onset is quickly and accurately determined during scanning, thereby eliminating the need of expert user tuning of gains during operation. | 08-07-2014 |
20140283229 | Method and Apparatus of Operating a Scanning Probe Microscope - An improved mode of AFM imaging (Peak Force Tapping (PFT) Mode) uses force as the feedback variable to reduce tip-sample interaction forces while maintaining scan speeds achievable by all existing AFM operating modes. Sample imaging and mechanical property mapping are achieved with improved resolution and high sample throughput, with the mode workable across varying environments, including gaseous, fluidic and vacuum. | 09-18-2014 |
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20090021129 | Self Closing Mechanism for Drawer Slides - A self-closing mechanism for drawer slides includes a stationary housing, a slider, and a latch. The slider is configured to slide relative to the housing, and the latch is configured to translate along with the slider and to rotate within the slider to lock and unlock the slider at predetermined locations. The housing may be coupled to a cabinet member, with a drawer member adapted to engage the latch as the drawer is opened and/or closed. In embodiments of the invention, the self-closing mechanism may include a damper mechanism, such as, e.g., a cylindrical damper or a rotary gear damper. | 01-22-2009 |
20100264794 | DAMPENED ASSISTED-MOTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for assisting the linear movement of a pull-out component relative to a housing includes a first bracket coupled to a slide member of the housing, a second bracket coupled to the pull-out component, and a strut that is pivotally coupled to the first and second brackets at its respective ends. The strut includes an outer hollow member that houses a primary spring, a cylindrical piston that translates through one end of the outer hollow member, and a reverse damping mechanism. A free end of the primary spring is held inside the outer hollow member by a clevis for the first bracket, and its opposite end rests on the piston. The piston's free end includes a clevis for the second bracket. An inner hollow member houses a second spring which regulates movement of a damper shaft such that damping occurs when the shaft is pulled out of the damper. | 10-21-2010 |
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20120003759 | ENDPOINT CONTROL DURING CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING BY DETECTING INTERFACE BETWEEN DIFFERENT LAYERS THROUGH SELECTIVITY CHANGE - Embodiments described herein relate to methods of detecting an endpoint for a target substrate during chemical mechanical polishing process. In one embodiment, the method includes polishing one or more target substrates at a first film removal rate to provide reference spectra, polishing one or more target substrates at a second film removal rate to provide current spectra of the one or more target substrates, wherein the second film removal rate is different from the first film removal rate, identifying an interface transition between different layers formed on the one or more target substrates using a sequence of endpoint values obtained based on the reference spectra collected during polishing of the one or more reference substrates, and comparing each current spectrum obtained from current spectra of the one or more target substrates to the reference spectra to obtain the sequence of endpoint values. After identifying the interface transition between different layers formed on the one or more target substrates, the one or more target substrates is optionally overpolished to past a target polishing thickness. | 01-05-2012 |
20120021672 | Tracking Spectrum Features In Two Dimensions For Endpoint Detection - A method of polishing includes polishing a substrate, receiving an identification of a selected spectral feature to monitor during polishing, measuring a sequence of spectra of light reflected from the substrate while the substrate is being polished, determining a location value and an associated intensity value of the selected spectral feature for each of the spectra in the sequence of spectra to generate a sequence of coordinates, and determining at least one of a polishing endpoint or an adjustment for a polishing rate based on the sequence of coordinates. At least some of the spectra of the sequence differ due to material being removed during the polishing, and the coordinates are pairs of location values and associated intensity values. | 01-26-2012 |
20120034845 | TECHNIQUES FOR MATCHING MEASURED SPECTRA TO REFERENCE SPECTRA FOR IN-SITU OPTICAL MONITORING - A method of controlling polishing includes storing a library having a plurality of reference spectra, polishing a substrate, measuring a sequence of spectra of light from the substrate during polishing, for each measured spectrum of the sequence of spectra, finding a best matching reference spectrum using a matching technique other than sum of squared differences to generate a sequence of best matching reference spectra, and determining at least one of a polishing endpoint or an adjustment for a polishing rate based on the sequence of best matching reference spectra. Finding a best matching reference spectrum may include performing a cross-correlation of the measured spectrum with each of two or more of the plurality of reference spectra from the library and selecting a reference spectrum with the greatest correlation to the measured spectrum as a best matching reference spectrum. | 02-09-2012 |
20120096006 | BUILDING A LIBRARY OF SPECTRA FOR OPTICAL MONITORING - A method of controlling polishing includes storing a library having a plurality of reference spectra, polishing a substrate, measuring a sequence of spectra of light from the substrate during polishing, for each measured spectrum of the sequence of spectra, finding a best matching reference spectrum using a matching technique other than sum of squared differences to generate a sequence of best matching reference spectra, and determining at least one of a polishing endpoint or an adjustment for a polishing rate based on the sequence of best matching reference spectra. Finding a best matching reference spectrum may include performing a cross-correlation of the measured spectrum with each of two or more of the plurality of reference spectra from the library and selecting a reference spectrum with the greatest correlation to the measured spectrum as a best matching reference spectrum. | 04-19-2012 |
20120276815 | VARYING OPTICAL COEFFICIENTS TO GENERATE SPECTRA FOR POLISHING CONTROL - A method of generating a library of reference spectra includes storing an optical model for a layer stack having at a plurality of layers, receiving user input identifying a set of one or more refractive index functions and a set of one or more extinction coefficient functions a first layer from the plurality of layers, wherein the set of one or more refractive index functions includes a plurality of different refractive index functions or the set of one or more extinction coefficient functions includes a plurality of different extinction coefficient functions, and for each combination of a refractive index function from the set of refractive index functions and an extinction coefficient function from the set of extinction coefficient functions, calculating a reference spectrum using the optical model based on the refractive index function, the extinction coefficient function and a first thickness of the first layer. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278028 | GENERATING MODEL BASED SPECTRA LIBRARY FOR POLISHING - A method of generating a library of reference spectra, includes receiving a first spectrum representing a reflectance of a first stack of layers on a substrate, the first stack including a first dielectric layer, receiving a second spectrum representing a reflectance of a second stack layer on the substrate, the second stack including the first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer that is not in the first stack, receiving user input identifying a plurality of different contribution percentages for at least one of the first stack or the second stack on the substrate, and for each contribution percentage from the plurality of different contribution percentages, calculating a reference spectrum from the first spectrum, the second spectrum and the contribution percentage. | 11-01-2012 |
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20080247459 | Method and System for Providing Content Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coder Output Bit Counting - A process may be utilized for encoding MBs. The process records a plurality of CABAC weight values for a first MB. The first MB resides in a first edge of a first frame in a plurality of images. Further, the process encodes the first MB with the plurality of CABAC weight values. In addition, the process initializes a second frame in the plurality of the images with the plurality of CABAC weight values. Finally, the process encodes a second MB with the plurality of CABAC weight values. The second MB resides in a second edge of a second frame in the plurality of images. | 10-09-2008 |
20080276078 | Method and Apparatus for Context Address Generation for Motion Vectors and Coefficients - A method for high/low usage is provided. The method receives a macroblock data structure and a syntax element at a digital signal processing engine. Further, the method classifies the syntax element as high use or low use. In addition, the method sends the syntax element from the digital signal processing engine to a logic unit, distinct from the digital processing engine, for binarization if the syntax element is high use. | 11-06-2008 |
20100124278 | Motion Compensation in Video Coding - A video coding system includes a decoder configured to decode an encoded reference picture, a primary memory, and a secondary memory configured to store the decoded reference picture. The video coding system also includes a logic device configured to extract motion vectors for generating a predicted picture of the reference picture and to store the extracted motion vectors in memory bins. The reference picture includes a plurality of predefined regions and each memory bin stores motion vectors for a particular region of the plurality of predefined regions. For each of the plurality of predefined regions of the reference picture, the logic device is configured to use the memory bin corresponding to a reference region to read the reference region from the secondary memory and write the reference region into the primary memory. The written reference region and the motion vectors of the corresponding memory bin are used to spatially translate the written reference region into the predicted picture. | 05-20-2010 |
20130083859 | METHOD TO MATCH INPUT AND OUTPUT TIMESTAMPS IN A VIDEO ENCODER AND ADVERTISEMENT INSERTER - A method, a video processing system, and an electronic device are disclosed. A video transcoder may decode a compressed video data frame creating a decoded video data frame. The video transcoder may embed a network presentation timestamp in the decoded video data frame. The video transcoder may re-encode the decoded video data frame creating a transcoded video data frame. A field programmable gate array may compare the network presentation timestamp with a transcoder presentation timestamp to determine a timestamp offset. | 04-04-2013 |
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20110229129 | Tunable Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing Transceiver, Circuits and Devices Therefor, and Methods for Making and Using Such Transceivers, Circuits and Devices - The disclosure relates to a tunable 50 GHz and 100 GHz channel spacing DWDM transceiver, and methods of making and using the same. The transceiver comprises an electro-absorption modulation laser (EML), a system board configured to compare a preset wavelength with an actual emission wavelength of the EML, a microcontroller and one or more associated registers configured to communicate with the system board, a temperature controlling circuit configured to stabilize the actual emission wavelength of the EML; and a wavelength meter connected to the output of the EML and having an output connected to the system board. The system board may be configured to provide a feedback loop from the EML to the microcontroller. The transceiver, suitable for 50 GHz channel spacing standards, can be made from existing standard transceivers and can switch between 50 GHz and 100 GHz channel spacing modes. | 09-22-2011 |
20120063782 | Method, Circuitry and Apparatus for Outputting a Stable Optical Signal in a Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing Device During Fast Changes of Operating Conditions - The disclosure relates to a fast and stable method of output wavelength control in a DWDM optical device, and a circuit configured to perform the method. The method and circuit can control of timing and overshoot during conditions of rapid operational changes, such as during power-on or restart of the device. The method and circuit includes optimized APC, TEC and electro-absorption (EA) modulator control hardware and algorithms, to effectively control transient processes. In the present disclosure, software and circuitry based on the method(s) are achieved in part by optimizing APC, EA and TEC control algorithms. The present disclosure combines low-cost methodology and hardware. In combination with hardware/circuit optimization, one can achieve fast turn-on of an optical output signal at a stable wavelength. The method and circuit provides a stable power-up process in which a change of wavelength is small enough to meet DWDM specification requirements, to ensure the elimination and avoidance of crosstalk in adjacent channels in dense wave (sub)systems. | 03-15-2012 |
20120301151 | Low Power Consumption, Long Range, Pluggable Transceiver, Circuits and Devices Therefor, and Method(s) of Using the Same - The present disclosure relates to an optical transceiver for use in optical fiber communications and/or telecommunications systems and, more specifically, a low power consumption, long range pluggable transceiver. The transceiver generally comprises a photodiode with a transimpedance amplifier (PIN-TIA); an electro-absorption modulated laser (EML); an optical detector; and a directly modulated laser (DML) driving module connected between the PIN-TIA and EML laser configured to drive the EML laser. A low power-consumption DML driving module is utilized to drive the EML laser, so as to further reduce power consumption. An impedance matching circuit can be applied to modulate an electro-absorption (EA) modulator of the EML laser with maximum efficiency. | 11-29-2012 |