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20120297617 | MULTI-PURPOSE ARCHITECTURE FOR CCD IMAGE SENSORS - A charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor includes multiple vertical charge-coupled device (VCCD) shift registers and independently-controllable gate electrodes disposed over the VCCD shift registers and arranged into physically separate and distinct sections that are non-continuous across the plurality of VCCD shift registers. The CCD image sensor can be configured to operate in two or more operating modes, including a full resolution charge multiplication mode. | 11-29-2012 |
20120300107 | MULTI-PURPOSE ARCHITECTURE FOR CCD IMAGE SENSORS - A charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor includes multiple vertical charge-coupled device (VCCD) shift registers and independently-controllable gate electrodes disposed over the VCCD shift registers and arranged into physically separate and distinct sections that are non-continuous across the plurality of VCCD shift registers. The CCD image sensor can be configured to operate in two or more operating modes, including a full resolution charge multiplication mode. | 11-29-2012 |
20120300108 | MULTI-PURPOSE ARCHITECTURE FOR CCD IMAGE SENSORS - A charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor includes multiple vertical charge-coupled device (VCCD) shift registers and independently-controllable gate electrodes disposed over the VCCD shift registers and arranged into physically separate and distinct sections that are non-continuous across the plurality of VCCD shift registers. The CCD image sensor can be configured to operate in two or more operating modes, including a full resolution charge multiplication mode. | 11-29-2012 |
20130312248 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING IMAGE SENSORS HAVING MULTI- PURPOSE ARCHITECTURES - A charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor includes multiple vertical charge-coupled device (VCCD) shift registers and independently-controllable gate electrodes disposed over the VCCD shift registers and arranged into physically separate and distinct sections that are non-continuous across the plurality of VCCD shift registers. The CCD image sensor can be configured to operate in two or more operating modes, including a full resolution charge multiplication mode. | 11-28-2013 |
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20130237916 | FILL-FINISH CARTRIDGES FOR STERILE FLUID PATHWAY ASSEMBLIES AND DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES INCORPORATING FILL-FINISH CARTRIDGES - A fluid pathway assembly includes a needle insertion mechanism, a fluid conduit, and a fluid pathway connection. The fluid pathway assembly may further include a drug container to hold a drug fluid prior to initiation of the injection. The assembly may include a carrier disposed along at least a portion of the fluid pathway assembly, and/or a drug container. The fill-finish cartridge functions to retain the components of the fluid pathway assembly in a sterile condition, while allowing for easy integration of the fluid pathway assembly and the drug container into a standard fill-finish process. Methods of constructing a cartridge, filling a drug container included in a cartridge, and incorporating the same into a drug delivery device are disclosed. | 09-12-2013 |
20140200510 | DRIVE MECHANISM FOR DRUG DELIVERY PUMPS WITH INTEGRATED STATUS INDICATION - A drive mechanism includes a housing, a piston adapted to impart movement to a plunger seal within a drug container, a plurality of biasing members disposed in parallel, and a retainer. The biasing members are disposed to release energy to cause movement of the piston from a retracted first position to the extended second position, the piston bearing against the plunger seal to dispense medicine. The retainer is disposed to maintain the biasing members in the energized position and to release the biasing members to permit the piston to dispense the medicine. The drive mechanism may also include an end-of-dose indicator to identify at least one of when the sleeve assembly is disposed subjacent a window in the housing, the relative motion of the sleeve assembly with reference to the window or another reference component, the stoppage of such motion, and the rated or change of rate of motion. | 07-17-2014 |
20140213975 | INTEGRATED SLIDING SEAL FLUID PATHWAY CONNECTION AND DRUG CONTAINERS FOR DRUG DELIVERY PUMPS - A fluid pathway connection includes a piercing member, a connection hub, and a sliding pierceable seal, wherein the sliding pierceable seal is configured to move from a first position, where the piercing member is initially retained within a sterile cavity between the connection hub and the sliding pierceable seal, to a second position, where the pierceable seal has been penetrated by the piercing member. A filter may be utilized to enclose the sterile cavity from the outside environment. The fluid pathway connection may further be configured to move to a third position where one or more interconnects and/or one or more corresponding contacts are permitted to transmit a signal to the user. Such fluid pathway connections may be integrated into a drug container having a barrel and a plunger seal. A drug delivery pump includes such integrated fluid pathway connections and drug containers. | 07-31-2014 |
20140296787 | DRIVE MECHANISM FOR DRUG DELIVERY PUMPS WITH INTEGRATED STATUS INDICATION - A drive mechanism includes a housing, a piston adapted to impart movement to a plunger seal within a drug container, a plurality of biasing members disposed in parallel, and a retainer. The biasing members are disposed to release energy to cause movement of the piston from a retracted first position to the extended second position, the piston bearing against the plunger seal to dispense medicine. The retainer is disposed to maintain the biasing members in the energized position and to release the biasing members to permit the piston to dispense the medicine. The drive mechanism may also include an end-of-dose indicator to identify at least one of when the sleeve assembly is disposed subjacent a window in the housing, the relative motion of the sleeve assembly with reference to the window or another reference component, the stoppage of such motion, and the rated or change of rate of motion. | 10-02-2014 |
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20090221235 | DYNAMIC REFERENCE FREQUENCY FOR FRACTIONAL-N PHASE-LOCKED LOOP - Within a receiver, the frequency of a comparison reference clock signal supplied to a fractional-N Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) is dynamically changed such that undesirable reciprocal mixing of reference spurs with known jammers (for example, transmit leakage) is minimized. As the transmit channel changes within a band, and as the transmit leakage frequency changes, a circuit changes the frequency of the comparison reference clock signal such that reference spurs generated by the PLL are moved in frequency so that they do not reciprocally mix with transmitter leakage in undesirable ways. In a second aspect, the PLL is operable either as an integer-N PLL or a fractional-N PLL. In low total receive power situations, the PLL operates as an integer-N PLL to reduce receiver susceptibility to fractional-N spurs. In a third aspect, jammer detect information is used to determine the comparison reference clock signal frequency. | 09-03-2009 |
20090298415 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POWER REDUCTION IN A TRANSCEIVER - An integrated circuit for achieving power reduction in a transceiver may include a jammer detector that determines an interference level corresponding to a received signal, and a transmit power detector that determines a required transmit power level for a transmitted signal. The integrated circuit may also include at least one of the following: a process monitor that determines process corners of components within the receiver and/or the transmitter, and a temperature monitor that determines a temperature of the receiver and/or the transmitter. The integrated circuit may also include a state machine. The state machine may transition the receiver from a high linearity mode to a low linearity mode if a set of operating conditions is satisfied. Similarly, the state machine may transition the transmitter from a high power mode to a low power mode if a set of operating conditions is satisfied. | 12-03-2009 |
20100120390 | LO GENERATION WITH DESKEWED INPUT OSCILLATOR SIGNAL - Techniques for generating local oscillator (LO) signals are described. In one design, an apparatus may include a deskew circuit and a divider circuit. The deskew circuit may receive a differential input oscillator signal having timing skew and provide a differential output oscillator signal having reduced timing skew. The differential input oscillator signal may include first and second input oscillator signals, and the differential output oscillator signal may include first and second output oscillator signals. In one design, the deskew circuit may include first and second variable delay circuits that receive the first and second input oscillator signals, respectively, and provide the first and second output oscillator signals, respectively. Each output oscillator signal may have an adjustable delay selected to reduce timing skew. The divider circuit may divide the differential output oscillator signal in frequency and provide differential I and Q divided signals, which may be used to generate LO signals. | 05-13-2010 |
20120302188 | TUNABLE MULTI-BAND RECEIVER - A tunable multi-band receiver supporting operation on a plurality of frequency bands is disclosed. In an exemplary design, the tunable multi-band receiver includes an antenna tuning network, a tunable notch filter, and at least one low noise amplifier (LNA). The antenna tuning network tunes an antenna (e.g., a diversity antenna) to a receive band in a plurality of receive bands. The tunable notch filter is tunable to a transmit band in a plurality of transmit bands and attenuates signal components in the transmit band. One LNA among the at least one LNA amplifies an output signal from the tunable notch filter. The tunable multi-band receiver may further include one or more additional tunable notch filters to further attenuate the signal components in the transmit band. | 11-29-2012 |
20130094550 | SHARED FEEDBACK FOR ADAPTIVE TRANSMITTER PRE-DISTORTION - A modem is described. The modem includes a transmitter. The transmitter includes a digital pre-distortion module and a power amplifier. The modem also includes one or more selected shared receivers. The one or more selected shared receivers generate a feedback signal for the digital pre-distortion module. The modem further includes a feedback switch. The feedback switch selectively couples the one or more selected shared receivers to an output of the transmitter. | 04-18-2013 |
20130122833 | RADIO FREQUENCY PACKAGE ON PACKAGE CIRCUIT - A radio frequency package on package (PoP) circuit is described. The radio frequency package on package (PoP) circuit includes a first radio frequency package. The first radio frequency package includes radio frequency components. The radio frequency package on package (PoP) circuit also includes a second radio frequency package. The second radio frequency package includes radio frequency components. The first radio frequency package and the second radio frequency package are in a vertical configuration. The radio frequency components on the first radio frequency package are designed to reduce the effects of ground inductance. | 05-16-2013 |
20140273901 | REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION ON A RECEIVER - A method for reducing power consumption on a wireless communication device is described. The wireless communication device includes a first stage active filter and a second stage active filter. A condition measurement is obtained that includes a signal measurement condition. If it is determined that the condition measurement is above a threshold, the second stage active filter is bypassed. | 09-18-2014 |