Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080252348 | Apparatus and method for high speed signals on a printed circuit board - In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a printed circuit board substrate, a copper signal line disposed on the printed circuit board substrate, and a nonlinear transmission structure coupled to the copper signal line, wherein the nonlinear transmission structure is configured to sharpen a wavefront of a high speed signal pulse on the copper signal line. In some embodiments, the nonlinear transmission structure may include a voltage dependent dielectric layer on the printed circuit board substrate. In some embodiments, the voltage dependent dielectric layer may include a plurality of varactors positioned at a receiving end of the signal line. | 10-16-2008 |
20090057565 | COSMIC RAY DETECTORS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPS - A cosmic ray detector includes a cantilever with a first tip. The detector also includes a second tip and circuitry to provide a signal indicative of a distance between the first and second tips being such as would be caused by a cosmic ray interaction event. | 03-05-2009 |
20090059774 | Method of storing a data bit in a phase change alloy material with an electron beam - Alloy memory structures and methods are disclosed wherein a layer or volume of alloy material changes conductivity subsequent to introduction of a electron beam current-induced change in phase of the alloy, the conductivity change being detected using current detection means such as photon-emitting P-N junctions, and being associated with a change in data bit memory state. | 03-05-2009 |
20090065176 | THERMAL INTERFACE - Various embodiments include apparatus and method having a heat source, a thermal management device, and an interface disposed between the thermal management device and the heat source. The interface includes nanostructures to facilitate heat transfer and adhesion between the heat source and the thermal management device. | 03-12-2009 |
20090201098 | ACTIVE NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION LINE - A system for propagating a non-dispersive signals includes a transmission line with a voltage dependent propagation constant and distributed gain elements to maintain the non-dispersive signal between a maximum propagating amplitude and a minimum propagating amplitude. | 08-13-2009 |
20100045433 | Fingerprint detecting wireless device - A wireless device, such as a remote control unit, may include an internal fingerprint identification unit. The fingerprint identification unit may be arranged to capture the user's fingerprint when the user's finger is positioned over a button that is substantially radiation transmissive. Radiation directed at the user's finger through the button may be captured for image analysis and ultimately for fingerprint identification. Thus, the device may be used to identify users who wish to access a processor-based system such as a processor-based television receiver. | 02-25-2010 |
20110188206 | THERMAL INTERFACE - Various embodiments include apparatus and method having a heat source, a thermal management device, and an interface disposed between the thermal management device and the heat source. The interface includes nanostructures to facilitate heat transfer and adhesion between the heat source and the thermal management device. | 08-04-2011 |
20120075596 | HIGH EFFICIENCY ILLUMINATION - An electronic device comprises a processor, a light source, and a controller coupled to the light source. The controller comprises logic to cycle the light source between an active state and an inactivate state at with a pulse duration that measures between 30 milliseconds and 100 milliseconds and jitter a time onset of the active state by a quasi-random time that measures between 0 and 30 milliseconds for one or more cycles. Other embodiments may be described. | 03-29-2012 |
20120082310 | CONTENT PROTECTION USING BLOCK REORDERING - An apparatus and method for protecting a content item such as a digitally encoded movie, an electronic programming guide, or the like, by reordering blocks of the content item prior to transmitting it to a receiving device. The receiving device constructs a block reordering structure which is used to access the reordered content item, to facilitate retrieval of a desired block from the original content item. The reordering may be done responsive to an identifier value of the receiving device, such as a serial number. | 04-05-2012 |
20120082311 | CONTENT PROTECTION USING BLOCK REORDERING - An apparatus and method for protecting a content item such as a digitally encoded movie, an electronic programming guide, or the like, by reordering blocks of the content item prior to transmitting it to a receiving device. The receiving device constructs a block reordering structure which is used to access the reordered content item, to facilitate retrieval of a desired block from the original content item. The reordering may be done responsive to an identifier value of the receiving device, such as a serial number. | 04-05-2012 |
20120155885 | RACK TO RACK OPTICAL COMMUNICATION - In some embodiments a light transceiver is associated with a computing rack and is adapted to transmit and/or receive one or more light beams via air to and/or from a second light transceiver associated with a second computing rack to communicate information between the computing rack and the second computing rack. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-21-2012 |
20120221884 | ERROR MANAGEMENT ACROSS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE LAYERS - Generally, this disclosure provides error management across hardware and software layers to enable hardware and software to deliver reliable operation in the face of errors and hardware variation due to aging, manufacturing tolerances, etc. In one embodiment, an error management module is provided that gathers information from the hardware and software layers, and detects and diagnoses errors. A hardware or software recovery technique may be selected to provide efficient operation, and, in some embodiments, the hardware device may be reconfigured to prevent future errors and to permit the hardware device to operate despite a permanent error. | 08-30-2012 |
20130016452 | CHARGE STORAGE DEVICE, METHOD OF MAKING SAME, METHOD OF MAKING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURE FOR SAME, MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME, AND MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTAINING SAMEAANM Gardner; Donald S.AACI Mountain ViewAAST CAAACO USAAGP Gardner; Donald S. Mountain View CA USAANM Hannah; Eric C.AACI Pebble BeachAAST CAAACO USAAGP Hannah; Eric C. Pebble Beach CA USAANM Chen; RongAACI SunnyvaleAAST CAAACO USAAGP Chen; Rong Sunnyvale CA USAANM Gustafson; John L.AACI PleasantonAAST CAAACO USAAGP Gustafson; John L. Pleasanton CA US - In one embodiment a charge storage device includes first ( | 01-17-2013 |
20130273261 | METHOD OF INCREASING AN ENERGY DENSITY AND AN ACHIEVABLE POWER OUTPUT OF AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - Methods of increasing an energy density of an energy storage device involve increasing the capacitance of the energy storage device by depositing a material into a porous structure of the energy storage device using an atomic layer deposition process, by performing a procedure designed to increase a distance to which an electrolyte penetrates within channels of the porous structure, or by placing a dielectric material into the porous structure. Another method involves annealing the energy storage device in order to cause an electrically conductive substance to diffuse to a surface of the structure and form an electrically conductive layer thereon. Another method of increasing energy density involves increasing the breakdown voltage and another method involves forming a pseudocapacitor. A method of increasing an achievable power output of an energy storage device involves depositing an electrically conductive material into the porous structure. | 10-17-2013 |
20130279137 | ENERGY STORAGE STRUCTURE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR SAME, AND MICROELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM CONTAINING SAME - An energy storage structure includes an energy storage device containing at least one porous structure ( | 10-24-2013 |
20140036412 | OVERCOMING VARIANCE IN STACKED CAPACITORS - In one embodiment of the invention, a method of forming an energy storage device is described in which a porous structure of an electrically conductive substrate is measured in-situ while being electrochemically etched in an electrochemical etching bath until a predetermined value is obtained, at which point the electrically conductive substrate may be removed from the electrochemical etching bath. In another embodiment, a method of forming an energy storage device is described in which an electrically conductive porous structure is measured to determine the energy storage capacity of the electrically conductive porous structure. The energy storage capacity of the electrically conductive porous structure is then reduced until a predetermined energy storage capacity value is obtained. | 02-06-2014 |
20140043729 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES WITH AT LEAST ONE POROUS POLYCRYSTALLINE SUBSTRATE - In one embodiment, a structure for a energy storage device may include at one polycrystalline substrate. The grain size may be designed to be at least a size at which phonon scattering begins to dominate over grain boundary scattering in the polycrystalline substrate. The structure also includes a porous structure containing multiple channels within the polycrystalline substrate. | 02-13-2014 |
20140138555 | ON-DIE ELECTRIC COSMIC RAY DETECTOR - Described is a chip comprising: a substrate; a logic unit forming an active circuit on the substrate; and a cosmic ray detector embedded in the substrate, the cosmic ray detector to detect a cosmic ray and to generate a signal indicating detection of the cosmic ray, the signal for reducing error in the logic unit. | 05-22-2014 |
20140233152 | FABRICATION OF POROUS SILICON ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITORS - Methods of forming microelectronic structures are described. Embodiments of those methods may include forming an electrochemical capacitor device by forming pores in low-purity silicon materials. Various embodiments described herein enable the fabrication of high capacitive devices using low cost techniques. | 08-21-2014 |
20150187515 | CHARGE STORAGE DEVICE, METHOD OF MAKING SAME, METHOD OF MAKING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURE FOR SAME, MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME, AND MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTAINING SAME - In one embodiment a charge storage device includes first ( | 07-02-2015 |
20150294803 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES WITH AT LEAST ONE POROUS POLYCRYSTALLINE SUBSTRATE - In one embodiment, a structure for a energy storage device may include at one polycrystalline substrate. The grain size may be designed to be at least a size at which phonon scattering begins to dominate over grain boundary scattering in the polycrystalline substrate. The structure also includes a porous structure containing multiple channels within the polycrystalline substrate. | 10-15-2015 |
20150355343 | ON-DIE ELECTRIC COSMIC RAY DETECTOR - Described is a chip comprising: a substrate; a logic unit forming an active circuit on the substrate; and a cosmic ray detector embedded in the substrate, the cosmic ray detector to detect a cosmic ray and to generate a signal indicating detection of the cosmic ray, the signal for reducing error in the logic unit. | 12-10-2015 |