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| 20090302894 | DUAL GATE TRANSISTOR KEEPER DYNAMIC LOGIC - A dynamic logic gate has a device for charging a dynamic node during a pre-charge phase of a clock. A logic tree evaluates the dynamic node with a device during an evaluate phase of the clock. The dynamic node has a keeper circuit comprising an inverter with its input coupled to the dynamic node and its output coupled to the back gate of a dual gate PFET device. The source of the dual gate PFET is coupled to the power supply and its drain is coupled to the dynamic node forming a half latch. The front gate of the dual gate PFET is coupled to a logic circuit with a mode input and a logic input coupled back to a node sensing the state of the dynamic node. The mode input may be a slow mode to preserve dynamic node state or the clock delayed that turns ON the strong keeper after evaluation. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090302929 | Methods and Apparatus for Varying a Supply Voltage or Reference Voltage Using Independent Control of Diode Voltage in Asymmetrical Double-Gate Devices - Methods and apparatus are provided for varying one or more of a supply voltage and reference voltage in an integrated circuit, using independent control of a diode voltage in an asymmetrical double-gate device. An integrated circuit is provided that is controlled by one or more of a supply voltage and a reference voltage. The integrated circuit comprises an independently controlled asymmetrical double-gate device to adjust one or more of the supply voltage and the reference voltage. The independent control may comprise, for example, a back gate bias. The independently controlled asymmetrical double-gate device may be employed in a number of applications, including voltage islands, static RAM, and to improve the power and performance of a processing unit. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303778 | Methods and Apparatus for Varying a Supply Voltage or Reference Voltage Using Independent Control of Diode Voltage in Asymmetrical Double-Gate Devices - Methods and apparatus are provided for varying one or more of a supply voltage and reference voltage in an integrated circuit, using independent control of a diode voltage in an asymmetrical double-gate device. An integrated circuit is provided that is controlled by one or more of a supply voltage and a reference voltage. The integrated circuit comprises an independently controlled asymmetrical double-gate device to adjust one or more of the supply voltage and the reference voltage. The independent control may comprise, for example, a back gate bias. The independently controlled asymmetrical double-gate device may be employed in a number of applications, including voltage islands, static RAM, and to improve the power and performance of a processing unit. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100001766 | SYSTEM TO EVALUATE A VOLTAGE IN A CHARGE PUMP AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A system to evaluate a voltage in a charge pump may include a transistor, and a transistor drain carried by the transistor with the transistor drain receiving a reference current. The system may also include a transistor gate carried by the transistor and connected to the transistor drain. The system may further include an additional transistor and an additional transistor gate carried by the additional transistor and connected to the transistor gate. The system may additionally include an additional transistor drain to receive the reference current mirrored from the additional transistor. | 01-07-2010 |
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| 20100043551 | Method and Apparatus for a Micromachined Multisensor - In a micromachined devices having a movable shuttle driven in oscillation, measuring the electrical charge accumulated on opposing drive capacitors to determine the displacement of the movable shuttle. Alternately, in such a micromachined device, measuring the electrical charge accumulated on a drive capacitor and comparing the measured electrical charge to a nominal electrical charge to determine the displacement of the movable shuttle. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100058861 | Piezoelectric Transducers and Inertial Sensors using Piezoelectric Transducers - Transducers comprising a frame structure made of piezoelectric material convert energy, through piezoelectric effect, between electrostatic energy associated with voltage differential between the electrodes sandwiching the frame structure and mechanical energy associated with deformation of the frame structure. Inertial sensors such as gyroscopes and accelerators, including inertial sensors comprising ring resonators, utilize said transducers both to generate oscillations of their resonators and to sense the changes in such oscillations produced, in the sensors' frame of reference, by Coriolis forces appearing due to the movement of the sensors. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20110030474 | Inertial Sensors with Reduced Sensitivity to Quadrature Errors and Micromachining Inaccuracies - Inertial sensors with reduced sensitivity to quadrature errors and micromachining inaccuracies include a gyroscope incorporating two specially-configured single-axis gyroscopes for sensing rotations about two orthogonal axes (the axes of sensitivity) in the device plane, where each single-axis gyroscope includes a resonator having two rotationally-dithered shuttles interconnected by a fork and each shuttle is configured to tilt out-of-plane along a tilt axis perpendicular to the axis of sensitivity and includes corresponding Coriolis sensing electrodes positioned along an axis perpendicular to the tilt axis (i.e., parallel to the axis of sensitivity). The two single-axis gyroscopes may be interconnected, e.g., by one or more in-phase or anti-phase couplings interconnecting the forks and/or the shuttles. | 02-10-2011 |
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| 20090250277 | Battery Equalization Using a Plug-In Charger in a Hybrid Electric Vehicle - In a hybrid electric motor vehicle , a power supply system for storing and supplying electrical power includes a motor-generator located onboard the vehicle, driveably connected to the vehicle wheels and producing AC electric power, an energy storage device for alternately storing and discharging electric power, an inverter coupled to the motor-generator and the energy storage device for converting alternating current produced by the motor-generator to direct current transmitted to the energy storage device, and for converting direct current stored in the energy storage device to alternating current transmitted to the motor-generator, an off board source of AC electric power located external to the vehicle, and a charger coupled to said electric power source and the energy storage device for supplying DC electric power to the energy storage device from said AC electric power source. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20110166732 | DISTANCE BASED BATTERY CHARGE DEPLETION CONTROL FOR PHEV ENERGY MANAGEMENT - In a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), the vehicle may be operated in a charge-(CD) mode to ensure that the battery is effectively discharged or in a charge-sustaining (CS) mode in which the battery state of charge is maintained by operating the internal combustion engine predominantly for propulsion. In trips that are longer than that which fully depletes the battery storage, it is possible to control the proportion in a manner that is between CS and CD modes to provide overall higher efficiency while still effectively discharging the battery over the course of the trip. Such higher efficiency operation is possible when information about the distance until the next charging event is available. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120022731 | Series-Drive Operation During Launch and Creep of a Hybrid Electric Vehicle - A method for launching a vehicle includes determining that vehicle speed is less than a reference, demanded wheel power is less than a reference wheel power, and demanded engine power is less than a reference engine power; charging a battery using a generator driven by an engine; using an electric machine powered by the battery to drive vehicle wheels; and opening a clutch located in a drive path between a transmission and the generator. | 01-26-2012 |
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| 20100239479 | Process For Removing Toxic Metals From A Fluid Stream - A process for removing at least one of As, Cd, Hg and Se from a fluid stream, comprising: (I) providing a plurality of Group A particles of a Group A sorbent material, said Group A sorbent material comprising: an activated carbon matrix defining a plurality of pores; sulfur; and an additive adapted for promoting the removal of at least one of As, Cd, Hg and Se from a fluid stream, wherein the additive is distributed throughout the activated carbon matrix; and (II) contacting the fluid stream with a plurality of Group A particles of the Group A sorbent material. The process can involve powder injection, a packed sorbent bed, a fluidized sorbent bed, and combinations thereof. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110020202 | SORBENT BODIES COMPRISING ACTIVATED CARBON, PROCESSES FOR MAKING THEM, AND THEIR USE - Sorbent bodies comprising activated carbon, processes for making them, and methods of using them. The sorbent bodies can be used to remove toxic elements from a fluid, such as from a gas stream. For instance, the sorbent bodies may be used to remove elemental mercury or mercury in an oxidized state from a coal combustion flue gas. | 01-27-2011 |
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| 20090170861 | Pyridazinone Derivatives Useful as Glucan Synthase Inhibitors - In its many embodiments, the present invention provides -substituted pyridazinone compounds as glucan synthase inhibitors, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical including one or more of such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations including one or more such compounds or one or more such compounds along with other antifungal agents, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more fungal infections associated with glucan synthase using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20110224136 | INHIBITORS OF DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE - The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds as diacylglycerol acyltransferase (“DGAT”) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the heterocyclic compounds and the use of the compounds for treating or preventing a cardiovascular disease, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, dyslipidemia, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose. An illustrative compound of the invention is shown below. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110224137 | INHIBITORS OF DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE - The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds as diacylglycerol acyltransferase (“DGAT”) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the heterocyclic compounds and the use of the compounds for treating or preventing a cardiovascular disease, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, dyslipidemia, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose. An illustrative compound of the invention is shown below: formula (I). | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110224193 | INHIBITORS OF DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE - The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds as diacylglycerol acyltransferase (“DGAT”) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the heterocyclic compounds and the use of the compounds for treating or preventing a cardiovascular disease, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, dyslipidemia, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose. An illustrative compound of the invention is shown with this abstract. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110251207 | BIARYL-SPIROAMINOOXAZOLINE ANALOGUES AS ALPHA 2C ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR MODULATORS - In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryi spiroaminooxazoline analogues as modulators of α2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the α2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions. | 10-13-2011 |
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| 20080312288 | SOLID FORMS OF 2-CHLORO-4-[1-(4-FLUORO-PHENYL)-2,5-DIMETHYL-1H-IMIDAZOL-4-YLETHYNYL]-PYRIDINE - The present invention relates to the mono-sulfate salt, crystalline forms A and B of the mono-sulfate salt, an amorphous form of the mono-sulfate salt, hemi-sulfate salts, and a crystalline form A of the hemi-sulfate salt of the compound 2-chloro-4-[1-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-2,5-dimethyl-1H-imidazol-4-ylethynyl]-pyridine. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20100076191 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING TRIAZOLE SUBSTITUTED AZAINDOLEOXOACETIC PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVES AND NOVEL SALT FORMS PRODUCED THEREIN - A process is provided for preparing triazole substituted azaindoleoxoacetic piperazine derivative. Novel intermediates produced in the above process, and novel N-1 and amorphous forms of a 1,2,3-triazole substituted azaindoloxoacetic piperazine derivatives and processes for producing such novel forms are also provided. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100292246 | FORMULATIONS OF 1-(4-BENZOYL-PIPERAZIN-1-YL)-2-[4-METHOXY-7-(3-METHYL-[1,2,4]TRIAZOL-1-YL- )-1H-PYRROLO[2,3-C]PYRIDIN-3-YL]-ETHANE-1,2-DIONE - The instant invention provides formulations of 1-(4-benzoyl-piperazin-1-yl)-2-[4-methoxy-7-(3-methyl-[1,2,4]triazol-1-yl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-3-yl]-ethane-1,2-dione; processes for the production of such formulations; and methods of treating HIV or AIDS with such crystalline materials or such formulations. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110172428 | METHODS FOR THE PREPARATION OF INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXYLIC ACID AND N-(S)-1-AZABICYCLO[2.2.2]OCT-3-YL-1H-INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE SALT - The present invention provides novel methods for preparing indazole-3-carboxylic acid 2, a key starting material for the manufacture of agonists or partial agonists of the nicotinic α-7 receptor, such as N—(S)-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl-1H-indazole-3-carboxamide HCl salt 13. Nicotinic α-7 receptor agonists and partial agonists are being useful in the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain, such as for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia, as well as other psychiatric and neurological disorders. The present methods are useful for preparing indazole-3-carboxylic acid on scaled-up levels. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20120035222 | Solid forms of 2-Chloro-4-[1-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-2,5-dimethyl-1H-imidazol-4-ylethynyl]-pyr- idine - The present invention relates to mono-sulfate and hemi-sulfate salts of 2-Chloro-4-[1-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-2,5-dimethyl-1H-imidazol-4-ylethynyl]-pyridine, to crystalline and amorphous forms thereof and to their use in pharmaceutical formulations. | 02-09-2012 |
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| 20090031407 | Method and system for security check or verification - An security check or verification method includes generating at least one verification code or number for each user at a security check/verification server, sending the generated verification code or number to user's dedicated mobile device though a secured connection, entering the verification code when user login to a web site, sending the verification code or number to the security check server from the web site server, allowing the user access based on the correct user name, password, and the confirmation form the security check server. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20100088314 | Method and system for searching on internet - The present invention provides methods and systems for presenting users a search results with choices to display the results in a different sorting or ranking orders. The two or more sets of search results in a different sorting or ranking orders are displayed in the same page. The present invention provides methods and systems to assign truthiness scores to news, messages, or stories. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100175102 | Interactive media system - An interactive media system includes a broadcasting device for broadcasting TV signals, and a receiving device for receiving TV signals. The TV signals, such as a TV commercial for new movie preview, contain screen related action codes that include device type, action type and the detail action information. The receiving device includes storage for storing the reference address for other home electronic devices, and a button on a remote controller for the users to start interactive with the interactive media system. When the user presses the button, the receiving device will send the action codes to the designated other home device or another TV screen channel, to allow users to perform the action on the other home device instead of performing the action on TV. The system also allows users just use number keys to navigate web. | 07-08-2010 |
