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Adrian Maxim, Austin, TX US
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20090039935 | Providing A Low Phase Noise Reference Signal - A reference clock generator includes an oscillator to generate a periodic signal, a shaping circuit and a filter. The shaping circuit shapes the periodic signal to generate a clock signal. The filter is located between the oscillator and the shaping circuit. | 02-12-2009 |
Alexandru Maxim, Farmingdale, NY US
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20090318269 | Finger and hand exerciser with tension adjuster - A finger and hand exerciser includes a housing defining four chambers arranged side-by-side in parallel with one another. Each chamber receives a tension adjustment member, a plunger that is reciprocatingly slidable in the chamber, and a helically wound compression spring extending between the plunger and the tension adjustment member. Each tension adjustment member includes a knurled wheel which the user of the finger and hand exerciser may turn to decrease or increase the force the spring exerts on the plunger. | 12-24-2009 |
Carmen A. Maxim, Austin, TX US
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20100232914 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTING WAFER PODS TO ALLOW PARALLEL PROCESSING - A method includes designating a plurality of wafers as members of a group. A first subset of the wafers is housed in a first wafer pod and a second subset of the wafers is housed in a second wafer pod. The first wafer pod is routed to a first tool, and at least a first operation is performed on the wafers in the first subset using the first tool. The second wafer pod is routed to a second tool, and the first operation is performed on the wafers in the second subset using the second tool. The wafers in the first and second subsets are consolidated following the performing of the first operation. | 09-16-2010 |
Daniel Iosif Maxim, Timisoara RO
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20150059717 | Mixer valve of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle - A mixer valve of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle has a drive device with a respective drive pinion and a control disc for driving two flaps. A single servomotor for driving the drive pinion is arranged in a corner region of an exhaust gas duct and of an intake duct. | 03-05-2015 |
George Maxim, Milpitas, CA US
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20120139636 | Power Amplifier System with a Current Bias Signal Path - Power amplifier (PA) systems are typically comprised of a signal path integrated circuit (IC) and a power control IC. Advanced CMOS technologies may allow smart integration of such ICs into a single IC and provide an opportunity to improve performance and cost. Specifically, the radio frequency (RF) signal path is designed to enable local biasing of the gain stages that comprise the RF signal path. By using current-mode biasing instead of the prior art voltage-mode biasing significant area reduction is achieved as well as better isolation between the stages which reduces noise, and improves stability. | 06-07-2012 |
20120139639 | Ground Partitioned Power Amplifier for Stable Operation - Achievement of robust stability of a power amplifier (PA) that allows the sharing of the ground between the driver stages and the output stage is shown. A controlled amount of negative feedback is used to neutralize the local positive feedback that results from the driver-to-output stage ground sharing in the signal path, for example, a radio frequency (RF) signal path. The solution keeps a strong drive and a good performance of the PA. Exemplary embodiments are shown for the PA positive feedback neutralization. A first embodiment uses a ground signal divider while another embodiment uses a ground signal divider weighting technique. | 06-07-2012 |
20120139643 | Output Stage of a Power Amplifier Having a Switched-Bulk Biasing and Adaptive Biasing - A power amplifier (PA) using switched-bulk biasing to minimize the risk of output stage snapback effect is disclosed. An adaptive biasing of the output stage prevents device breakdown while accommodating large voltage swings. These protection techniques can be applied to all types of cascode configurations of a PA, including single-ended, differential, quadrature, segmented and any combination thereto. | 06-07-2012 |
20120146722 | Power Amplifier Having a Nonlinear Output Capacitance Equalization - Power amplifier (PA), regardless of the process used for the manufacturing of its devices, suffers from a nonlinear output capacitance that has significant impact on various aspects of the PA performance. This output capacitance is dependent on the large output voltage swing. Accordingly a compensation capacitance is added at the output of the PA that has a behavior that is inverse respective of the output voltage of that of the output capacitance of the PA. Connecting the compensation capacitor in parallel to the PA output capacitance, results in a total capacitance that is the sum of the output capacitance and its compensation capacitance. The total output capacitance is therefore essentially stable throughout the output voltage swing. | 06-14-2012 |
20140015603 | Multi-Band/Multi-Mode Power Amplifier with Signal Path Hardware Sharing - Existing multi-band/multi-mode (MB/MM) power amplifiers (PAs) use separate signal paths for the different covered frequency bands. This results in a large degree of hardware duplication and to a large die size and cost. Solutions that achieve hardware sharing between the different signal paths of MB/MM PAs are shown. Such sharing includes bias circuit and bypass capacitors sharing, as well as sharing front-end stages and the output stage of the PA. Signal multiplexing may be realized in the transmitter or at the PA front-end while the signal de-multiplexing can be realized either in the PA output stage or at the front-end of the output stage. Such circuits can be applied with saturated and linear MB/MM PAs with adjacent or non-adjacent bands. | 01-16-2014 |
George Maxim, San Jose, CA US
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20140266544 | HIGH Q FACTOR INDUCTOR STRUCTURE - The present disclosure provides a vertical inductor structure in which the magnetic field is closed such that the magnetic field of the vertical inductor structure is cancelled in the design direction outside the vertical inductor structure, yielding a small, or substantially zero, coupling factor of the vertical inductor structure. In one embodiment, several vertical inductor structures of the present disclosure can be placed in close proximity to create small resonant circuits and filter chains. | 09-18-2014 |
John G. Maxim, Greenacres, FL US
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20090093185 | Voice puppet with manipulatable oral cavity to form widely varied vocal sounds - A voice puppet for creating vocal sounds includes a puppet body; a sound creation assembly including an oral cavity having a cavity wall and a cavity mouth in the form of an opening in the cavity wall, the cavity wall being formed of flexible and resilient material such that the shape of the oral cavity and of the mouth can be manually manipulated to produce various vocal sounds and a sound box containing a sound producing device and opening into the oral cavity through a box port over which a baffle such as a user finger tip can be moved, placed and removed to act as a tongue and to control the timing and duration of released sound and an oscillator circuit including the sound producing device, a variable pitch control device, and a circuit power source. | 04-09-2009 |
Joseph E. Maxim, Bryan, TX US
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20100001206 | MAXIM ELECTRON SCATTER CHAMBER - The present invention includes a system, methods and apparatus for sterilization of an object (e.g., food products). The present invention takes advantage of the electron scatter that occurs when electron beam is applied onto a surface. The present invention is capable of treating irregular surfaces (e.g., carcasses, spherical/round surfaces) or any type of surface where complete penetration is not needed or desired. | 01-07-2010 |
Kazakov Maxim, Tokyo JP
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20140055453 | Heterogeneous Graphics Processor And Configuration Method Thereof - To provide assemble programmable and fixed function pipeline parts of a 3D graphics processor in an efficient way, combining flexibility of programmable pipeline for each stage and small gate size and speed of fixed function pipeline. The graphic processor couples a programmable unit with the texture sampling unit | 02-27-2014 |
Michael A. Maxim, Chandler, AZ US
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20120162622 | FIELD EXTENSION TO REDUCE NON-YIELDING EXPOSURES OF WAFER - Techniques are provided for efficient lithography processing and wafer layout. In particular, the techniques can be used to reduce the number of sacrificial exposures along the wafer perimeter region. In one example embodiment, an exposure system reticle is configured with both a normal area (die yielding area) and a dumification area (non-yielding area at wafer perimeter), thereby allowing for lithographic processing in the non-yielding areas sufficient to facilitate successful processing in the adjacent die yielding areas, but without requiring additional sacrificial exposures. This reduction in sacrificial exposures translates to a significant improvement in fab capacity. The techniques can be implemented, for example, on any number of lithography tools having an adjustable reticle or reticle blind capability and in the context of any technology nodes, such as 95 nm and smaller. The lithography tool may produce wafers at a faster rate. | 06-28-2012 |
Michael George Maxim, Bronx, NY US
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20150051978 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PROMOTION OF A SOCIAL EVENT IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes determining a score for at least one parameter associated with an event and a user and applying to the score a filter associated with the at least one parameter to determine whether the score falls within a range defined by the filter. The method also includes displaying the event to the user if the score falls within the range defined by the filter and hiding the event from the user if the score falls outside of the range defined by the filter. | 02-19-2015 |
20150067070 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING GENDER BALANCING OF AN EVENT USING NOTIFICATIONS IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes determining a first number of users who have indicated an intention to attend an event; determining what fraction of the first number of users is a particular gender; and using the determined fraction and an ideal fraction of the particular gender for the event to determine an additional number of males or an additional number of females to be invited to attend the event. | 03-05-2015 |
Michael J. Maxim, Boca Raton, FL US
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20080240473 | SPEAKER CONE ASSEMBLY FOR PREVENTING THE INTRUSION OF MOISTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME - A speaker cone assembly ( | 10-02-2008 |
Mirela L. Maxim, Tuscaloosa, AL US
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20110251377 | IONIC LIQUID SYSTEMS FOR THE PROCESSING OF BIOMASS, THEIR COMPONENTS AND/OR DERIVATIVES, AND MIXTURES THEREOF - Disclosed herein are compositions and methods that involve ionic liquids and biomass. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to ionic liquid systems for the processing of biomass, their components and/or derivatives, and mixtures thereof. | 10-13-2011 |
Peter Maxim, Palo Alto, CA US
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20080281192 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME TARGET POSITION ESTIMATION BY COMBINING X-RAY AND EXTERNAL RESPIRATORY SIGNALS - A method and system are disclosed for estimating internal position information of a target in real-time based on a single gantry-mounted x-ray imager and a respiratory signal. The x-ray imaging is done periodically to limit radiation dosage. Initial parameters for the estimation model are determined in a pre-treatment session using four dimensional computed tomography (4D CT) in combination with a respiratory signal acquired from the patient. The model parameters are updated during treatment based on the periodic x-ray image data and the respiratory signal. | 11-13-2008 |
Peter G. Maxim, Palo Alto, CA US
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20120177271 | 4D Anatomically Based Image Selection Procedure for Medical Imaging - Improved 4D imaging reconstruction is provided for a freely breathing patient. 3D patient images from an imaging dataset are binned according to respiratory displacement or phase. The bins are defined by ranges, so every image in the raw 3D data set is included in a bin. Since binning in this manner often results in two or more images per bin, the 4D reconstruction is determined by selecting one 3D image from each bin at each patient position. This selection is performed so as to maximize the anatomical similarity of 3D images at adjacent patient positions. In cases where the 3D images include multiple slices, a 2D comparison of the closest slices can be used to determine anatomical similarity of the 3D images. | 07-12-2012 |
20120294424 | Method And Apparatus for Radioablation of Regular Targets such as Sympathetic Nerves - Techniques for radioablation of sympathetic nerves include positioning a subject on a support in view of a volume imaging system and an ionizing radiation source; and collecting volume image data. Location of a treatment portion of a sympathetic nerve in the subject is determined based on the volume image data. Movement of the source is determined to apply a therapeutic radiation dose to the treatment portion based on the location of the treatment portion and relative location of the source to the volume imaging system. The source is operated to deliver the therapeutic radiation dose. An apparatus includes a mounting structure, an X-ray source and a shield. The source produces an X-ray beam with photon energy above one million electron volts (MeV) and not above six MeV. The shield is mounted in opposition to the source to block the X-ray beam with photon energies not greater than about six MeV. | 11-22-2012 |
20130231516 | Pluridirectional Very High Electron Energy Radiation Therapy Systems and Processes - A compact high-gradient, very high energy electron (VHEE) accelerator and delivery system (and related processes) capable of treating patients from multiple beam directions with great speed, using all-electromagnetic or radiofrequency deflection steering is provided, that can deliver an entire dose or fraction of high-dose radiation therapy sufficiently fast to freeze physiologic motion, yet with a better degree of dose conformity or sculpting than conventional photon therapy. In addition to the unique physical advantages of extremely rapid radiation delivery, there may also be radiobiological advantages in terms of greater tumor or other target control efficacy for the same physical radiation dose. | 09-05-2013 |
20140135563 | PLURIDIRECTIONAL VERY HIGH ELECTRON ENERGY RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES - A compact high-gradient, very high energy electron (VHEE) accelerator and delivery system (and related processes) capable of treating patients from multiple beam directions with great speed, using all-electromagnetic or radiofrequency deflection steering is provided, that can deliver an entire dose or fraction of high-dose radiation therapy sufficiently fast to freeze physiologic motion, yet with a better degree of dose conformity or sculpting than conventional photon therapy. In addition to the unique physical advantages of extremely rapid radiation delivery, there may also be radiobiological advantages in terms of greater tumor or other target control efficacy for the same physical radiation dose. | 05-15-2014 |
Ryabko Maxim, Dolgoprudniy RU
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20120286767 | FIBER OPTIC CURRENT SENSOR - A Fiber-optic current sensor for sensing electric current carried in an electric conductor ( | 11-15-2012 |