28th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090176361 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PREVENTING ELECTRICAL SHORT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device capable of preventing an electrical short between contacts and their adjacent contact pads and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A first interlayer insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate including the active region. Contact pads pass through the first interlayer insulating layer and contact with the active region. Contacts are formed on the contact pads and are connected to a conductive layer disposed above the contacts. The contact pads have a height lower than a top surface of the first interlayer insulating layer such that the contact pads have smaller thickness than the first interlayer insulating layer. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176362 | METHODS OF FORMING INTERCONNECTS IN A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE - A method of activating a metal structure on an intermediate semiconductor device structure toward metal plating. The method comprises providing an intermediate semiconductor device structure comprising at least one first metal structure and at least one second metal structure on a semiconductor substrate. The at least one first metal structure comprises at least one aluminum structure, at least one copper structure, or at least one structure comprising a mixture of aluminum and copper and the at least one second metal structure comprises at least one tungsten structure. One of the at least one first metal structure and the at least one second metal structure is activated toward metal plating without activating the other of the at least one first metal structure and the at least one second metal structure. An intermediate semiconductor device structure is also disclosed. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176363 | Etching composition for an under-bump metallurgy layer and method of forming a bump structure using the same - In an etching composition for an under-bump metallurgy (UBM) layer and a method of forming a bump structure, the etching composition includes about 40% by weight to about 90% by weight of hydrogen peroxide (H | 2009-07-09 |
20090176364 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A REFRACTORY METAL CONTAINING FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same of the present invention in which the semiconductor device is provided with a fuse structure or an electrode pad structure, suppress the copper blowing-out from a copper containing metal film. The semiconductor device comprises a silicon substrate, SiO | 2009-07-09 |
20090176365 | CONTACT FORMATION - The present disclosure includes various method, circuit, device, and system embodiments. One such method embodiment includes creating a trench in an insulator stack material having a portion of the trench positioned between two of a number of gates and depositing a spacer material to at least one side surface of the trench. This method also includes depositing a conductive material into the trench and depositing a cap material into the trench. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176366 | MICROPAD FORMATION FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR - A method forms a micropad to an external contact of a first semiconductor device. A stud of copper is formed over the external contact. The stud extends above a surface of the first semiconductor device. The stud of copper is immersed in a solution of tin. The tin replaces at least 95 percent of the copper of the stud and preferably more than 99 percent. The result is a tin micropad that has less than 5 percent copper by weight. Since the micropad is substantially pure tin, intermetallic bonds will not form during the time while the micropads of the first semiconductor device are not bonded. Smaller micropad dimensions result since intermetallic bonds do not form. When the first semiconductor device is bonded to an overlying second semiconductor device, the bond dimensions do not significantly increase the height of stacked chips. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176367 | OPTIMIZED SiCN CAPPING LAYER - A back-end-of-line (BEOL) interconnect structure and a method of forming an interconnect structure. The interconnect structure comprises a conductor, such as copper, embedded in a dielectric layer, and a low-k dielectric capping layer, which acts as a diffusion barrier, on the conductor. A method of forming the BEOL interconnect structure is disclosed, where the capping layer is deposited using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) and is comprised of Si, C, H, and N. The interconnect structure provides improved oxygen diffusion resistance and improved barrier qualities allowing for a reduction in film thickness. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176368 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURE COMPRISING A SELECTIVELY DEPOSITED OXIDE LAYER - The present invention provides a manufacturing method for an integrated circuit structure comprising a selectively deposited oxide layer. An integrated circuit structure including a first and second region is provided, the first region being a metal region and the second region being a non-metal region. Then an oxide layer is selectively depositing on the first and second regions. The oxide layer forms a first thickness on the first region and a second thickness on the second region, the first thickness being larger than the second thickness. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176369 | LOW-H PLASMA TREATMENT WITH N2 ANNEAL FOR ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES - A method for forming a single damascene and/or dual damascene, contact and interconnect structure, comprising: performing front end processing, depositing copper including a copper barrier, annealing the copper in at least 90% N | 2009-07-09 |
20090176370 | SINGLE SOI WAFER ACCELEROMETER FABRICATION PROCESS - Methods for producing a MEMS device from a single silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer. An SOI wafer includes a silicon (Si) handle layer, a Si mechanism layer and an insulator layer located between the Si handle and Si mechanism layers. An example method includes etching active components from the Si mechanism layer. Then, the exposed surfaces of the Si mechanism layer is doped with boron. Next, portions of the insulator layer proximate to the etched active components of the Si mechanism layer are removed and the Si handle layer is etched proximate to the etched active components. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176371 | Method For The Preferential Polishing Of Silicon Nitride Versus Silicon Oxide - The present invention provides a method of removing silicon nitride in preference to silicon dioxide by CMP. The method utilizes a polishing slurry that includes colloidal silica abrasive particles dispersed in water and an additive that suppresses the silicon dioxide removal rate but enhances the silicon nitride removal rate. In one embodiment of the invention, the additive is lysine, which is effective at a pH of about 9, or arginine, which is effective at a pH of about 8. In another embodiment of the invention, the additive is lysine mono hydrochloride in combination with picolinic acid, which is effective at a pH of about 8, or arginine in combination with picolinic acid, which is effective at a pH of about 9. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176372 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING SLURRY AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A chemical mechanical polishing slurry includes at least one water-soluble polymer selected from a group consisting of polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid and a salt thereof each having a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000,000 to 10,000,000, β-cyclodextrin, colloidal silica, and water. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176373 | POLISHING AGENT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, POLISHING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - The present invention is to provide a polishing technique ensuring that when polishing a to-be-polished surface in the production of a semiconductor integrated circuit device, appropriate polishing rate ratios can be obtained between a borophosphosilicate glass material layer and other materials and high planarization of the to-be-polished surface containing a borophosphosilicate glass material layer can be thereby realized. The present invention relates to a polishing agent for chemical mechanical polishing, containing a cerium oxide particle, a water-soluble polyamine, one or more basic compounds selected from the group consisting of monoethanolamine, ethylethanolamine, diethanolamine and ammonia, and water, wherein the polishing agent has a pH of from 10 to 13 and wherein the basic compound is contained in an amount of more than 0.01 mass %. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176374 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A pattern forming method includes (a) forming pairs of deposits on sidewalls of mask portions in first mask patterns by forming a thin film thereon, etching it to leave deposits, and exposing a top surface of a second-layer film between the deposits; (b) forming second mask patterns formed of mask portions corresponding to the deposits by removing the mask portion, plasma etching the second-layer film, and removing the deposits; (c) forming a thin film thereon, and etching it to leave deposits on sidewalls of mask portions facing each other and to expose a third-layer film between the deposits while leaving deposits between adjacent mask portions; and (d) forming grooves thereon by removing the second mask portion, and etching off the third-layer film. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176375 | Method of Etching a High Aspect Ratio Contact - Methods and an etch gas composition for etching a contact opening in a dielectric layer are provided. Embodiments of the method use a plasma generated from an etch gas composed of C | 2009-07-09 |
20090176376 | Method of fine patterning semiconductor device - For patterning during integrated circuit fabrication, a first pattern of first masking structures is formed, and a buffer layer is formed on exposed surfaces of the first masking structures. Also, a second pattern of second masking structures is formed in recesses between the buffer layer at sidewalls of the first masking structures. Furthermore, the first and masking structures are formed from spin-coating respective high carbon containing materials. Such first and second masking structures pattern a target layer with higher pitch than possible with traditional photolithography. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176377 | METHOD OF FORMING PATTERNS OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method of forming patterns of a semiconductor device. In an aspect of the present invention, the method may include providing a semiconductor substrate, including a first area in which patterns are formed at a first interval and a second area formed wider than the first interval, forming an etch mask layer formed over the semiconductor substrate, forming photoresist patterns formed over the etch mask layer, wherein an auxiliary pattern is formed at an outermost area of the second area, forming first etch mask patterns by patterning the etch mask layer using the photoresist patterns and the auxiliary pattern, forming an auxiliary layer on the entire surface including the first etch mask patterns, forming a second etch mask pattern in concave portions of the auxiliary layer, and removing the auxiliary layer that is exposed. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176378 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DUAL DAMASCENE STRUCTURE - A manufacturing method of a dual damascene structure is provided. First, a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, and a mask layer are formed. A first trench structure is formed in the mask layer. A via structure is formed in the mask layer, the second dielectric layer, and the first dielectric layer. A portion of the second dielectric layer is then removed, so as to transform the first trench structure into a second trench structure. Here, a bottom of the second trench structure exposes the first dielectric layer. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176379 | Semiconductor Processing Methods, And Methods For Forming Silicon Dioxide - Some embodiments include methods for semiconductor processing. A semiconductor substrate may be placed within a reaction chamber. The semiconductor substrate may have an inner region and an outer region laterally outward of said inner region, and may have a deposition surface that extends across the inner and outer regions. The semiconductor substrate may be heated by radiating thermal energy from the outer region to the inner region. The heating may eventually achieve thermal equilibrium. However, before thermal equilibrium of the outer and inner regions is reached, and while the outer region is warmer than the inner region, at least two reactants are sequentially introduced into the reaction chamber. The reactants may together form a single composition on the deposition surface through a quasi-ALD process. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176380 | PLASMA TREATMENT METHOD AND PLASMA TREATMENT DEVICE - Provided are a plasma treatment method and a plasma treatment device capable of forming a silicon nitride film having high compressive stress. In the plasma treatment method for depositing the silicon nitride film on a process target substrate by use of plasma of raw material gas containing silicon and hydrogen and of nitrogen gas, ion energy for disconnecting nitrogen-hydrogen bonding representing a state of bonding between the hydrogen in the raw material gas and the nitrogen gas is applied to the process target substrate so as to reduce an amount of nitrogen-hydrogen bonding contained in the silicon nitride film. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176381 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - There are provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a substrate processing apparatus that are designed to suppress a popping phenomenon and reduce residues remaining on a substrate in a photoresist removing process. Oxygen gas and hydrogen gas are supplied to a plasma generating chamber while maintaining the hydrogen atom/oxygen atom ratio of the oxygen and hydrogen gases equal to or higher than 3, and the oxygen gas and the hydrogen gas are excited into plasma in the plasma generating chamber so as to remove photoresist from a substrate accommodated in a treatment chamber installed contiguous to the plasma generating chamber. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176382 | Electric Coupler for Camping Trailer - An electric coupler for a camping trailer includes a first connector, and a second connector mounted on the first connector. The first connector has a mounting groove, and the second connector has a mounting block inserted into the mounting groove of the first connector. Thus, the first connector is connected to a first electric power system, and the second connector is connected to a second electric power system, so that the trailer is connected to the first electric power system and the second electric power system respectively for use with a user. In addition, the mounting block of the second connector is inserted into the mounting groove of the first connector to combine the second connector and the first connector together so that the electric coupler is assembled easily and quickly. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176383 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING POWER FROM A STATIONARY UNIT TO A MOBILE UNIT - An apparatus and method for transferring power from a stationary unit to a mobile unit are introduced in order to improve on the existing methods of supplying power to appliances and mobile devices. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176384 | Connecting Structure Of Circuit Board, Connecting Part of Circuit Board and Electronic Device - The invention provides a connecting structure of a circuit board, a connecting part of the circuit board, and an electronic device capable of alleviating a temperature difference between the connecting parts under hot pressure welding. A connecting structure | 2009-07-09 |
20090176385 | CONDUCTIVE CONNECTOR ATTACHMENT HAVING A SOLDER MATERIAL FOR A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - The present disclosure is directed to conductive connector attachments for use in electrically connecting printed circuit boards to absorbent products such as diapers, training pants, incontinence products, feminine hygiene products, and the like. Specifically, various configurations and methods of securely attaching conventional conductive hook and loop attachments to printed circuit boards are disclosed. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176386 | Electrical connector assembly with a reinforcing member facilitate contacting with a housing of mating connector - An electrical connector interconnection includes first and second connector. The first connector includes an insulative housing having a central slot with contact terminal arranged on sidewall thereof, the central slot having opposite first and second internal end portions. The first connector further includes first and second metallic aligning pad arranged on the internal end portion and the metallic aligning pad includes main plate substantially flush to an end wall of the end portion. The second connector mated with the first connector comprises a housing external end portion properly abutting against the metallic pads so as to facilitate smooth and correction interconnection between the first and second connector. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176387 | Electrical card connector for receiving at least two electrical cards - The present invention relates to an electrical card connector comprising: a first connector with a plurality of first contacts; a second connector located at the lateral side of the first connector and with a plurality of second contacts; a PCB located at the bottom of the first connector and the second connector; a shell covering the first connector; a bottom plate mounted at the bottom of the shell; the first connector and the second connector are held on the same side of the PCB, a first receiving room is defined between the shell and the bottom plate, and the second receiving room is defined between the bottom plate and the PCB. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176388 | Rail-type grounding terminal structure - A rail-type grounding terminal structure composed of a metal grounding member and an insulating housing. The grounding member has better operation elasticity and can be easily tightly connected with a grounding rail. The grounding member includes a metal insertion leg mountable on a leaf spring mount, a bow section connected with the metal insertion leg and a first end and a second end respectively outward extending from the bow section and latched on a grounding rail. The metal insertion leg has a slightly outward deflected head end and a neck wall formed thereunder. When the metal insertion leg is mounted on the leaf spring mount, the leaf spring mount exerts a reaction force to urge the grounding member to tightly attach to lower side of the housing. Therefore, a gap is defined between the grounding member and the housing for a serviceman to separate the grounding member from the rail or connect the grounding member with the rail. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176389 | Rail-type grounding terminal structure - A rail-type grounding terminal structure composed of a metal grounding member and an insulating housing. The amount of waste material produced in manufacturing of the grounding member is reduced. In addition, the grounding member has larger contact face to increase current value. Also, the grounding member can be easily tightly connected with a grounding rail. The grounding member is divided into two parts with predetermined configurations respectively. The grounding member includes a metal insertion leg mounted on a leaf spring mount and a bow section connected with the metal insertion leg. The bow section has a first end and a second end. The first and second ends outward extend and are latched on the grounding rail. The metal insertion leg has a head end, a slope and a shoulder section. The slope and the shoulder section are formed under the head end. The grounding terminal is operable to separate from or connect with the rail. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176390 | POWER CABLE CONNECTOR COMPATIBLE TO SATA AND IDE STANDARDS - A power cable connector compatible with Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) and Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) standards has a SATA connector module and an IDE connector module. The SATA connector module has a SATA connector plug and multiple SATA power terminals. The IDE connector module has an IDE connector plug and multiple IDE power terminals. The IDE connector plug has a chamber having a detour guide. The SATA connector plug is detachably mounted in the chamber. The IDE power terminals are mounted in the IDE connector plug, detachably and respectively contact the SATA power terminals. Each IDE power terminal has a connecting element. One of the connecting elements of the IDE power terminals is mounted along the detour guide to prevent short circuit and facilitate manufacture. Therefore, the SATA power terminals are not separated by a separate insulator for improved production yield and performance. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176391 | INPUT/OUTPUT CONNECTOR AND HOUSING - A movable I/O port and housing therefore. The I/O port housing may be hinged to pivot between an open and closed position. The pivot point may be a low- or zero-friction pivot. The I/O port housing may include an opening mechanism to facilitate pivoting the port between the open and closed positions, and/or vice versa. For example, the opening mechanism may take the form of paired magnets of opposing polarities. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176392 | Decor and safety cover panel for electrical outlets - A simple, one piece, inexpensive flat panel with beveled edges that plugs into unused electrical outlets and camouflages the receptacle and faceplate and creates a safety barrier to the electrical components of an unused electrical outlet is described. The panel comprises a solid panel of non-conductive molded material, slightly larger than a standard faceplate, with a paintable surface on the outside and, on the underside, posts positioned to fit into the orifices of an electrical socket. The panel fits over the outlet's faceplate and is “plugged” into the socket, requiring no tools to install or remove. It has a paintable surface which can be covered with paint used on the surrounding walls camouflaging unused outlets. It can be moved and repainted as the room's decor changes. The painted panel serves as a barrier to the electrical mechanism making it less pronounced. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176393 | ROTARY CONNECTOR - A rotary connector includes a stator that includes an outer cylindrical part, a rotor that includes an inner cylindrical part and is rotatably supported by the stator, three or more flat cables that are received in an annular space formed between the outer and inner cylindrical parts while being reversely wound on the way, and a holder that is rotatably disposed in the annular space and includes three or more openings through which reversed portions of the flat cables individually pass. The width of one opening in a circumferential direction is set to be smaller than that of each of the other openings in the circumferential direction. The holder is driven by a force from the flat cable that passes through the narrow opening. The bending strength of the driving side flat cable is set to be higher than that of each of the other flat cables. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176394 | Adapter device for compact fluorescent lamp having eyesight protection function - Disclosed herein is an adapter device for enabling the use of a compact fluorescent lamp in a lighting apparatus having a socket for an incandescent lamp. The adapter device includes a fastening structure, a cap, green and red Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), and a Direct Current (DC) power supply. The fastening structure fastens the compact fluorescent lamp. The cap supplies Alternating Current (AC) power to the fastening structure. The green LEDs emit light in a wavelength range of 498-530 nm, and the red LEDs emit light in a wavelength range of 620-700 nm. The LEDs are installed around the compact fluorescent lamp. The Direct Current (DC) power supply supplies DC power to the green LEDs and the red LEDs. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176395 | Light Socket Engageable Energy Saving Device - An energy saving apparatus adapted for insertion between the center conductor of a lightbulb, and the center electrical contact of a light bulb socket. The device features an electrical component for varying or decreasing the amount of electrical current reaching the light bulb. The electrical component is situated in a central aperture of a collar and is surrounded by the collar which centers it in position within the light socket between the center conductor and the electrical contact of the socket. The collar has an exterior circumference which may be varied to adapt it to fit within a plurality of different sized light bulb sockets. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176396 | CONNECTOR HAVING CONDUCTIVE MEMBER AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A connector having a conductive member is provided, wherein the connector comprises a connector body capable of sealing and securing a coaxial cable, and further wherein the conductive member, such as an O-ring, physically seals the connector, electrically couples the connector and the coaxial cable, facilitates grounding through the connector, and renders an electromagnetic shield preventing ingress of unwanted environmental noise. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176397 | Electrical connector having improved load plate - An electrical connector is for electrically connecting an electronic package with a circuit substrate. The connector includes a housing having a plurality of conductive terminals, a fastening device including a load plate for pressing the electronic package and a retaining member for securing the load plate. The load plate defines a first edge, a second edge opposite to the first edge, a third edge pivoted to the fastening device and a forth edge adjacent to the first edge and the second edge. The four edges jointly define an opening in the middle thereof with the first and second edges each having a pressing portion. Comers of the opening near the third edge extend upwardly. During the rotation of the load plate, the pressing portions will abut against the electronic package prior to the corners near the third edge, and thereby prevent the corners from abutting against the electronic package. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176398 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR - An electric connector provided with a plurality of connecting elements which electrically connect a first electrode group and a second electrode group opposite between two devices, wherein (a) first contact points in contact with electrodes of the first electrode group of the connecting elements correspond to intersection points on an a×b where a and b correspond to pitch size, and (b) second contact points in contact with electrodes of the second electrode group of the connecting elements form at least two groups. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176399 | Connector with a Dismount Latch Configured to Separate Unlatching From Cable Separation and Method of Release - A connector with a dismount latch configured to separate unlatching from cable separation and method of release. A connector includes a housing having an interconnect end and a rear end, the front end configured for interfacing with a reciprocal connector in a linear motion to engage and disengage the reciprocal connector. A latch is held by the housing, wherein the latch includes support arms extending at the rear end of the housing and engaging ends proximate the interconnect end for maintaining the housing relative to the reciprocal connector when in an engaged position. An actuator is rotatably mounted within support arms of the latch for translating a force transverse to the direction of the linear motion and applying the translated force to the latch to move the engaging ends of the latch. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176400 | CABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly includes a housing having support walls extending between a loading end and a mating end that define a mating interface. A contact module is received within the housing through the loading end, and the contact module includes contacts, a body and a plurality of conductors held by the body. The conductors extend between mating ends and wire terminating ends, and the contacts extend from the mating ends of the conductors at the mating interface of the housing. The wire terminating ends are configured to be terminated to individual wires of a cable. A clip has a first securing tab and a second securing tab, wherein the first securing tab is securely coupled to the housing and the second securing tab is securely coupled to the contact module. The clip securely retains the contact module within the housing. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176401 | Pluggable form factor release mechanism - Briefly, various embodiments of a pluggable form factor release mechanism are described. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176402 | Connector and electronic control apparatus having the same - In a connector, a connector terminal has a first portion partially supported by a connector housing to be parallel to a wiring board, a second portion exposed outside the housing to be parallel to the board and located closer to the board than the first portion, a joint portion having a first end joined to the first portion and a second end exposed outside the housing and joined to the second portion, and a contact portion soldered to a corresponding land of the board. The first portion of a first terminal is located farther from the board than the first portion of a second terminal. The joint portions of the first and second terminals are located at different distances from the housing. The joint portion of the first terminal is supported by the housing between the first portions of the first and second terminals. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176403 | Cable assembly - A cable assembly in accordance with the present invention comprises an insulative housing defining a supporting portion with an upper surface and a pair of fixing portions disposed at two sides of the supporting portion with a top surface higher than the upper surface, and a receiving space defined by the supporting portion and the pair of fixing portions; a flexible flat cable supported by the supporting portion of the insulative housing and received into the receiving space; an upper shell assembled to the insualtive housing and defining a main body portion covering to the flexible flat cable and a pair of positioning portions respectively attached to the pair fixing portions thereof, the upper shell having a recessed main body portion relative to the pair of fixing portions and received into the receiving space; and a pair of latch members respectively mounted on the pair of fixing portions. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176404 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS PATCH PANEL WITH ANGLED CONNECTOR MODULES - A telecommunications patch panel is provided having a plurality of connector modules rotatably mounted to a frame member. Each connector module has a front face and an opposite facing rear face, and each front face includes a plurality of connector jacks. Each rear face includes a plurality of wire termination blocks. The wire termination blocks are electrically connected to the connector jacks. Each connector module is rotatable about a rotation axis relative to the frame member. A lock selectively locks each connector module to the frame member as desired. The connector jacks and the connector modules are arranged in linear arrays perpendicular to the axis of rotation. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176405 | DISTRIBUTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION - The invention relates to a distributor system including a support device and a plurality of contact supports which are arranged in the support device, the support device having at least one holding device in which at least one of the contact supports is held by a holding section fitting into the holding device. The invention also relates to a method for the production of a distributor system including a support device and a plurality of contact supports which are arranged in the support device, including the following steps: provision of a support device having at least one holding device, provision of at least one contact support having a holding section fitting into the holding device, and insertion of the contact support into the holding device. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176406 | COAXIAL CABLE TO PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD INTERFACE MODULE - In one embodiment, an interface module is provided for connecting a plurality of signal paths to a high signal density interface. The interface module includes a board having axial conductor receptacles. The axial conductor receptacles have at least one ground via extending through the board to an interface side of the board and a shield receiving hole in the board extending into the board from a cable side of the board. At least a portion of the at least one ground via being exposed within the shield receiving hole, the shield receiving hole having a plating therein contacting the portion of the at least one ground via exposed within the shield receiving hole. The axial conductor receptacles have a plated center conductor receiving hole in the board, which extends to a signal via. The signal via extends from the center conductor hole to the interface side of the board. A non-plated hole in the board is located between the plated center conductor hole and the shield receiving hole. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176407 | Compression type coaxial cable F-connectors - Axially compressible, high bandwidth F-connectors designed for conventional installation hand tools for interconnection with coaxial cable. Each connector has a rigid nut that is axially and rotatably secured to a molded plastic, tubular body. A rigid, conductive post coaxially extends through the connector, linking the nut and body. A post barbed end penetrates the cable within the connector. The body has a tubular shank with an obstruction-free surface and an integral stop ring. A tubular, metallic end cap is slidably fitted to the body shank, and thereafter forcibly compressed lengthwise, with travel limited by the stop ring. No detented structure is formed on the body, and the end cap can irreversibly assume any position, being held by end cap teeth. A tactile system comprising convex projections on the stop ring complemented by a resilient O-ring on the end cap helps installers determine correct placement through the sense of touch. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176408 | Electrical connector having an improved magnetic module - An electrical connector ( | 2009-07-09 |
20090176409 | CAGE WITH A FINGER IN CONTACT WITH HOST PANEL AND PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER, AND A CAGE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE CAGE AND THE PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER - A new arrangement of the cage for the pluggable optical transceiver is disclosed. The cage provides a plurality of fingers which has a corrugated shape with first and second contact portion. The first contact portion comes in contact with the front panel of the host system when the cage is implemented therein, while, the second contact portion comes in contact with the housing of the transceiver when it is set within the cage. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176410 | HIGH FREQUENCY CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly includes a signal array of a plurality of conductors, each conductor including at least one inner conductive element and an outer conductive element. A connector body has a front surface and the inner and outer conductive elements are electrically presented proximate the front surface in a generally co-planar arrangement. The inner and outer conductive elements terminate in a face surface that is raised above the front surface of the connector body. A compressible interface element has a plurality of conductive elements embedded in a compressible, electrically insulative medium. The interface element is positionable against the face to be compressed between the signal array and a signal bearing component to pass signals between the signal array and the signal-bearing component. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176411 | Electrical card connector - An electrical card connector ( | 2009-07-09 |
20090176412 | Modular electrical connector - A modular electrical connector including at least one body portion having an electrical terminal and at least one mating surface. An end portion has a mating surface interconnected to the mating surface of the body portion. The body portion and the end portion define a connector body. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176413 | DATA PORT CONNECTOR AND HOUSING - Connector receptacles having a reduced height or z-dimension that are capable of accepting standard sized connector inserts. One example provides a connector having a reduction in the amount of height consumed by the deflection of a number of fingers. Specifically, the amount of deflection is reduced by eliminating one or more of these fingers on one or both sides of the connector receptacle. Instead of fingers, bumps may be used. These bumps fit into the connector insert cutouts or slots when the connector insert is fully inserted in the connector receptacle. Another example uses a rail, which may be referred to as speed rail. This speed rail can be formed along the seam of connector receptacle. The speed rail can run either a portion or the entire depth of the connector receptacle. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176414 | Audio jack connector - An audio jack connector has an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals mounted in the housing. The housing includes a body, a mating head and an insertion hole, wherein the body has a rear wall, two opposite sidewalls, a top wall and a bottom wall. A plurality of terminal slots and notches is only defined through the bottom wall, keeping other walls of the housing from forming any opening against the entry of the moisture and dust. The mating head is mounted on the body opposite to the rear wall. The insertion hole is defined through the mating head, extends into the body and communicates each terminal slot. Each notch is parallel to one another and communicates a corresponding terminal slot. Each conductive terminal has a base portion, a mounting portion, a connection portion, a contacting portion and a resilient portion. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176415 | Dielectric insert assembly for a communication connector to optimize crosstalk - A connector for a communications system concentrates crosstalk in the front of a plug housing. The plug housing has front and rear ends. An internal chamber opens on the rear end and is defined by housing walls. A plurality of slots extend through one of the housing walls adjacent the front end and into the internal chamber. A plurality of contacts are mounted in the slots for movement between retracted positions spaced from the internal chamber and inserted positions extending into the internal chamber. An insert assembly has at least one insert member disposed adjacent at least one of the plurality of contacts. The insert assembly is made of a higher dielectric material than the plug housing. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176416 | SUBMERSIBLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A submersible electrical connector intended for use in a power distribution network permits a metal to stripped metal conductor connection to be visually inspected and verified by the installer while eliminating many opportunities for human error present with existing connectors. The connector in one embodiment includes a generally cup or dome-shaped enclosure which is preferably transparent. An open end of the enclosure mates with an upper seal body and a connector plate has a number of apertures adapted to receive the bare metal ends of conductors or wires inserted through the upper seal body. Each aperture in the connector has an associated set screw for securing the conductor thereto. A molded seal member is adapted to mate with the upper seal body and to provide a water-tight connection when mated with the enclosure. The seal member has a number of seal ducts each aligned with one of the apertures in the connector. The seal ducts provide a water-tight seal around the plastic sheath of the conductor when installed in the assembly. Each seal duct initially includes a missile-shaped wire way guide plug inserted therein. Each wire way guide plug can be opened at the bottom to receive the exposed end of the conductor therein. The wire way guide plugs remain installed in the seal ducts to seal them until a conductor is inserted through the associated seal duct. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176417 | Method and apparatus for providing power to a marine vessel - A system and a method for providing power to a marine vessel and, more particularly to a tugboat is disclosed. The system includes diesel engines and generators and batteries which can be charged using power supplied by the generators, shore power or regenerated power. The tugboat is operated utilizing battery power only and the generators are used to provide additional power if needed or to recharge the batteries. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176418 | BOAT - A boat includes a steering load detector arranged to calculate an output value of a steering motor necessary for steering an outboard motor in a traveling state, a motor output detector arranged to detect a possible output value that can be output by the steering motor, a prediction determination unit arranged to compare the necessary output value from the steering load detector with the possible output value from the motor output detector, and an electric power load control unit arranged to perform a control operation so as to increase a battery charge amount and/or to reduce the electric power load when the necessary output value is determined to be larger than the possible output value. As a result, the boat that can effectively perform steering when a motor output becomes small as a result of a reduced battery charge amount. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176419 | Submersible propulsor unit - A submersible propulsor unit, comprising: a duct defined between a duct hub and a duct wall, the duct having a water inlet and a water outlet, a propeller means rotatably mounted within the duct, and an array of stator vanes extending between the duct hub and the duct wall, wherein the array of stator vanes comprises stator vanes having a first stiffness and stator vanes having a second stiffness. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176420 | OUTBOARD MOTOR - An outboard motor includes a transmission device disposed on a middle portion of a drive shaft driven by an engine. The transmission device includes a forward-reverse switching device housed in a transmission case. Lubricating oil for lubricating the forward-reverse switching device is stored in the transmission case. The transmission case has a drain hole arranged to discharge lubricating oil in the transmission case that is provided in a lower portion of a side wall and in a position in front of the drive shaft, and a drain bolt for opening or closing the drain hole. An exposed opening for exposing the drain hole is provided in an upper case that covers the transmission case. As a result, work efficiency in discharging or draining of lubricating oil is greatly improved without requiring dismantling of a main body of the outboard motor. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176421 | Shoe and a flipper set-up - A shoe, in particular a beach shoe, and a flipper set-up, which shoe has a lower portion, and which flipper set-up comprises a fin part and a fixing part, said lower portion comprising first connecting members and said fixing part comprising second connecting members, said first and second connecting members together forming a releasable connecting mechanism permitting said flipper set-up to be releasable secured to said shoe, characterized in that said lower portion has two side portions, said first connecting members being formed by first rails, which first rails extend along said two side portions, said fixing part comprises a pair of arm members forming a bay, said second connecting member being formed by second rails, which second rails extend along said bay, said first and second rails being slidably engageable with each other so as to enable the shoe to slide into the flipper set-up. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176422 | MEMBRANE ENCAPSULATED FIBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - This invention generally relates to the production of a composite yarn or non-woven strand wherein a core of super absorbent polymer fibers (SAP's) having a swell factor of approximately 250% and greater are encapsulated by a nonwoven membrane of defined porosity. The membrane is then sealed in a fashion to generally deter or prevent the SAP material from migrating out of the core as water is freely absorbed and desorbed from the composite yarn structure. The strands of yarns or strips of non-woven material are subsequently constructed into an open or unorientated fabric formation. When used as a subterranean fabric, structure or material, the resultant fabric structure retains moisture while permitting normal root growth and allowing excess water to pass through and beneath the fabric while facilitating movement of water from lower levels to the surface. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176423 | Fiber-treating liquid, modified cloth, and process for producing the same - A modified fiber fabric obtainable by polymerizing a component (X) which is a water-soluble eggshell membrane powder, a component (A) which is a bifunctional monomer represented by the following formula (1), a component (B) which is a monomer containing any one of a hydroxyl group, carboxyl group, amino group, sulfonic acid group, and phosphoric acid group, and a component (C) which is a monomer containing at least one aziridine group, or a water-soluble polymer containing a polycarbodiimide group, polyethyleneimine group, or oxazoline group, on a fiber fabric, | 2009-07-09 |
20090176424 | Method for Attachment of Silicon-Containing Compounds to a Surface and for Synthesis of Hypervalent Silicon-Compounds - A Method for attachment of silicon-containing compounds to a surface and for synthesis of hypervalent silicon-compounds. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176425 | FLEXIBLE KEYBOARD - A flexible keyboard includes a first layer combined with a second layer. The first layer has a first base cloth, a hot melt film spread on the first base cloth, and at least a first metallic sheet fixed on the hot melt film. The first metallic sheet is connected with a conducting line. The second layer has a second base cloth, a hot melt film spread on the second base cloth, and at least a second metallic sheet fixed on the hot melt film to correspond to the first metallic sheet. The second metallic sheet is connected with a conducting line. A foamed layer is sandwiched between the first layer and the second layer, with at least a gap formed for being pressed. So, if the invention is installed in clothes, a user can just press on the clothes corresponding to the gaps to operate an electronic appliance. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176426 | Manufacture and assembly of structures - The invention relates to a method of assembling structures and a component for use in such assemblies. The component is an electrically insulant, compressible impermeable cloth. It is formed by impregnating an electrically insulant woven fibre with a sealant, and curing to form the cloth. Structures, such as airframe structures, may be assembled by positioning the cloth between a substructure and an outer skin on at least part of a sub-structure, and then assembling the outer skin to the sub-structure with the cloth located between the substructure and the outer skin. This provides a greater impermeability and insulation across the structural joint. During assemble the cloth may also be compressed, allowing skin panels to be fixed to the substructure within close tolerances, and allowing steps between adjacent panels to be substantially reduced. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176427 | Ultra-Resilient Fabric - A structure for use in industrial fabrics such as paper machine clothing and engineered fabrics. The structure contains both axially elastomeric yarns and relatively inelastic yarns in various patterns. The structure has a high degree of both compressibility under an applied normal load and excellent recovery (resiliency or spring back) upon removal of that load. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176428 | Woven Fabric Product - A woven fabric product | 2009-07-09 |
20090176429 | FLAME RETARDANT FABRIC - A flame retardant fabric includes a base fabric, a bonding agent and a surface layer. The base fabric is fire-resisting and is a plain weave or knitting fabric fabricated from yarns made of flame retardant man-made fibers, or yarns made by blending, weaving or twisting the flame retardant man-made fibers and other fibers. The surface layer is a fabric, suede cloth or man-made leather or the like that is aesthetic appealing but not fire-resisting. The bonding agent bonds the base fabric and the surface layer together. The surface layer is not fire resisting, but the resulting composite fabric is flame retardant permanently. It also does not fuse or melt and can be directly carbonized to form an isolation layer. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176430 | Method of making white light source by violet-LED - The present invention provides a method of making white light source by violet-LED. A phosphor powder which at least contains four elements (Zn, S, Se, O) is used with violet-LED to make white light source of LED. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176431 | METHOD OF FORMING A CORONA ELECTRODE SUBSTANTIALLY OF CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION SILICON CARBIDE AND A METHOD OF IONIZING GAS USING THE SAME - A method is provided for forming a corona-producing emitter electrode by depositing substantially pure silicon carbide by CVD and forming a corona-producing emitter electrode with the deposited silicon carbide. In addition, a method of forming a corona-producing gas ionizer is provided by providing a corona electrode formed from CVD silicon carbide, electrically coupling the corona electrode to a high voltage power supply, and providing an AC or DC voltage from the high voltage power supply to the corona electrode. Furthermore, a method of ionizing gas in an environment is provided by providing a corona-producing ionizer emitter electrode formed substantially of CVD silicon carbide, electrically coupling the electrode to a high voltage power supply, and providing an AC or DC voltage from the high voltage power supply to the electrode. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176432 | ELECTRONIC BANKING TOY - An electronic banking toy is provided. The toy may include a housing defining a storage compartment with an adjoining slot for depositing coins. A controller may display graphical and auditory representations of activities on a display screen based on the sensed location of an icon moveably mounted in a track. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176433 | Method and Apparatus for Body-worn Entertainment Devices - A light-weight toy is attached to a player via a near-invisible fixed-length tether, typically using a low-tack adhesive at the ends of the tether. In especially preferred embodiments, the toy has a mechanism that creates an appearance of plausible possibility of flight without actually providing sufficient lift and/or propulsion for flight. Imaginary flight is achieved by manual lifting and moving the toy via the tether. Thus, the tether forms an integral part of the imaginary play for the player and is not used as an implement of a ‘magic trick’ for an audience. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176434 | Method and Apparatus for Near-Invisible Tethers - One or more ready-to-use near-invisible fixed-length tethers are provided on a carrier such that each tether can be removed from and reattached to the carrier without tangling. Most typically, such attachment is facilitated by modifying the ends of the tethers with a low tack adhesive and by winding the tether around a spool portion. Especially preferred low-tack adhesives provide adhesion of the tether ends to a user, the carrier, and the toy. In particularly preferred aspects, the tether is attached such that one end is removable while the other end remains attached such that the tether can be unwound from the spool by inverting the carrier. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176435 | Flexible flying disc - A toy disc having a recess formed by an upstanding edge connected to a bottom structure. A stabilizing member is disposed in the recess. The toy disc may be thrown in a desired direction. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176436 | Toy disc and method - A disc spinning device centrally located/secured to a flexible soft flying disc encouraging/facilitating spinning a disc on one's finger for technique/amusement. While spinning a disc on one's finger can be difficult, the disc spinning device has recessed dimple(s) to place one's finger(s), greatly improving disc spin with less friction than surrounding flexible soft flyer disc material. A fingernail may damage desired flexible soft disc material. Utilizing more durable material in the disc spinning device reduces wear and improved disc spinning capabilities with less friction. The disc spinning device located around central disc axis area offers more safety features than previous relatively hard plastic flying discs by allowing the softer flexible molded disc preferred material composite to compress when being hit by or catching of disc. The disc spinning device offers faster and easier/unique disc spins giving user more advanced disc spin(s) for technique/easier disc spin play. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176437 | Combination stuffed toy with characteristics of multiple kinds of entities - A combination stuffed toy contains features of both a plant and an animal or another combination of entities. Preferably, the toy is a stuffed plant-animal combination comprising a cover with a plant component and an animal component which stores a stuffing material. Plant-animal combination toys are not only aesthetically pleasing but are also intellectually stimulating. Plant-animal combination toys require users to think to determine what the plant-animal combination is, as well as encourage users to utilize their imaginations. Plant-animal combination toys are also able to be used as a support, either emotionally or physically. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176438 | Gift card delivery device - The invention described is a novelty gift card delivery system. The novelty gift card delivery system is spring loaded so that during an actuation event a gift card is delivered. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176439 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL WAVEABLE TOY - A multi-functional waveable toy, comprises a cylinder made of a soft hollow cylinder; an interior of the tube wall being a receiving chamber; one end of the receiving chamber being formed with an opening and another end thereof having a through hole; a holding rod having a holding section and a rod body, the holding section being made of soft material; the rod body can insert into the receiving chamber of the cylinder from the opening of the cylinder; a lower end of the rod body having a plug; when holding the holding rod to pull the holding rod upwards, the plug be buckled at the opening of the cylinder so as to confine the movement of the holding rod; furthermore, the air or water can be absorbed into the receiving chamber of the cylinder from the through hole. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176440 | Luminous device that is easily fitted and removed fabric of a doll's clothes - This invention is an easily fitted and removed luminous device that is fixed in a placing space inside the photopermeable fabric of a doll's clothes. The luminous device includes a box, a number of LED and a power supply device. An already-activated luminous device can be placed in the placing space inside the doll's clothes and the photopermeable fabric of the doll's clothes will emit multi-colored light. The luminous device can also be attached to and removed from the photopermeable fabric of doll's clothes, adding to overall value and fun. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176441 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRESSING A WAFER POLISHING PAD - A system for polishing a semiconductor wafer. The system includes a polishing apparatus having a rotatable polishing pad for polishing the wafer. A dressing apparatus is mounted adjacent the polishing pad for dressing the polishing pad. The dressing apparatus includes a dressing member engageable with the polishing pad. A cleaning apparatus is mounted adjacent the polishing pad for removing particulate and chemicals from the polishing pad. The system includes a controller for controlling the dressing apparatus and the cleaning apparatus. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176442 | EYEGLASS LENS PROCESSING APPARATUS - An eyeglass lens processing apparatus includes a processing control unit ( | 2009-07-09 |
20090176443 | STRUCTURED FIXED ABRASIVE ARTICLES INCLUDING SURFACE TREATED NANO-CERIA FILLER, AND METHOD FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME - Structured fixed abrasive articles including a multiplicity of three-dimensional abrasive composites fixed to the abrasive article, the abrasive composites further including a multiplicity of ceria abrasive particles having a volume mean diameter from 100 to 500 nanometers (nm) in a matrix material, the matrix material further including a polymeric binder and a multiplicity of surface treated ceria filler particles having a volume mean diameter less than 100 nm. Also provided are methods of making and using structured fixed abrasive articles according to the disclosure. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176444 | WAFER POLISHING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A wafer polishing method, in which the outer circumferential edge of a polishing member is first cut by a cutting tool fixed to a table base, thereby forming the polishing member into a completely round shape and also positioning the polishing member in a Y direction at a Y-directional reference position of the table base. Thereafter, a polishing unit is once lifted in the condition where the table base remains still at the reference position. Thereafter, the table base is horizontally moved toward a column in the Y direction to thereby position the polishing member in the Y direction so that only a peripheral portion of the wafer is polished by the polishing member. At this time, the horizontal travel of the table base is preliminarily obtained from the Y-directional positional relation between the cutting tool and the wafer held on a chuck table and from the width of the peripheral portion to be polished. Finally, the polishing unit is lowered to make the lower surface of the polishing member into pressure contact with the peripheral portion of the wafer, thus polishing only the peripheral portion. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176445 | Flexible Membrane Assembly for a CMP System - A flexible membrane assembly for a wafer carrier in a CMP system. The flexible membrane assemble has a flat, flexible membrane joined to a rigid cylindrical sidewall. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176446 | ROLLING MEAT TENDERIZER - A machine for tenderizing meat. Said machine includes a textured roller and a smooth plate between which untenderized meat is fed for tenderizing. Pressure is applied to the untenderized meat as it passes between the roller and plate thereby tenderizing and flattening the meat to the desired thickness and texture. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176447 | AIR SHOWER ROOM - An air shower room ( | 2009-07-09 |
20090176448 | DISTRIBUTED AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL SYSTEM - A wireless distribution system includes a number of remote units distributed in a coverage area to receive wireless signals and to provide the signals through the distribution system to input ports of a node where the signals are combined, a number of input power monitors operatively connected to one or more of the input ports to determine power levels of signals received at the input ports, variable gain controllers to control signals received at some or all of the input ports, a node to combine a plurality of signals from the plurality of input ports, and a controller to provide control signals to control one or more of the variable gain controllers. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176449 | Out-of-Band Signal Generator and Frequency Band Expander - An out-of-band signal generator for generating, from a band-limited signal with a limited frequency band, an out-of-band signal including a frequency component outside the limited frequency band, having a frequency structure estimating means for estimating the frequency structure of the band-limited signal, an out-of-band source signal generating means for generating an out-of-band source signal including an out-of-band frequency component from the band-limited signal, a frequency structure adjusting means for adjusting the frequency structure of the out-of-band source signal according to the estimated frequency structure of the band-limited signal, and a component extracting means for extracting a prescribed band in the out-of-band source signal with the adjusted frequency structure. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176450 | MULTIPLE ACCESS OVER PROXIMITY COMMUNICATION - A multiple access Proximity Communication system in which electrical elements on an integrated circuit chip provide the multiplexing of multiple signals to a single electrical receiving element on another chip. Multiple pads formed on one chip and receiving separate signals may be capacitively coupled to one large pad on the other chip. Multiple inductive coils on one chip may be magnetically coupled to one large coil on another chip or inductive coils on three or more chips may be used for either transmitting or receiving. The multiplexing may be based on time, frequency, or code. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176451 | ENCODED COLOR INFORMATION FACILITATING DEVICE PAIRING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Pairing information is encoded as color information by a color coding device. The encoded color information is displayed by the color coding device and viewed by a color decoding device. The color decoding device decodes the encoded pairing information and uses the decoded pairing information to establish wireless communication with the color coding device. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176452 | MECHANISM FOR IMPROVED INTEROPERABILITY WHEN CONTENT PROTECTION IS USED WITH AN AUDIO STREAM - A method and system that configure communication between devices in a network utilizing bluetooth technology, where one device may or may not support content protection, and another device may or may not support content protection. A first device may utilize a configuration that enables data communication via a bluetooth communication link with a second device based on whether the second device supports content protection. The content protected data communicated between the devices is based on the first device configuration. If the second device does not support content protection, the first device may utilize a configuration that does not require content protection for communicating data with the second device. If the second device supports content protection, the first device may utilize a configuration that requires content protection for communicating data. If data communication utilizing content protection fails, one or both of the devices may revert to a configuration that does not require content protection. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176453 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC CARRIER SELECTION - A dynamic carrier selection method and system permit units operating on a first carrier to change to a second carrier when performance of the first carrier becomes unacceptable. Carrier quality measurements are taken in which carrier quality is a function of interference and multi-path fading and carrier-signal strength. The carriers are ranked according to measured quality in a carrier candidate list. The carrier candidate list is used to permit units to determine which carrier they should switch to when the carrier there currently operating on is determined to have unacceptable performance. Carrier measurements are retaken in response to a carrier change by unit or a predetermined time period having elapsed. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176454 | Methods and apparatus for wireless device coexistence - Methods and apparatus for compensating for the effects of interference between multiple wireless communication apparatus. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a first wireless communication apparatus operating in a first band and a second wireless communication apparatus operating at least partly in the first band, where the second wireless communication apparatus operates according to a different communication protocol than the first wireless communication apparatus. Interference is compensated for between the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus by selecting and operating according to one of a plurality of operational protocols. In another embodiment, the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus operate in a closed-loop relationship to cooperatively compensate for communication interference. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176455 | Methods And Arrangements For Noise Rise Estimation - A received total wideband power in a wireless communications system is measured ( | 2009-07-09 |
20090176456 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING POWER INFORMATION USED BY A TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR WEIGHTING AT LEAST ONE PILOT SIGNAL - The present invention concerns a method and a device for transferring power information and preferably information related to interference components received by a first telecommunication device and power information used by the first telecommunication device for weighting at least one pilot signal transferred by the first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device, the first and the second telecommunication devices being linked through a wireless telecommunication network, the at least one pilot signal being preferably further weighted by the information related to interference components received by a first telecommunication device. The first telecommunication device transfers plural weighted pilot signals at a first rate and transfers plural power information at a second rate which is strictly lower than the first rate. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176457 | Apparatus and method for communicating with moving receivers - An apparatus for communicating with mobile receivers for emergency notification and other purposes comprises a localized (low power) transmitter capable of transmitting short bursts of compressed audio or video messages over a selected spatial range. The apparatus further contains a means of measuring the relative speed of the transmitter and receiver(s) and adjusting the transmission accordingly (for example by increasing the output power, shortening the burst length, or increasing the burst repetition rate). In this way, the effective “footprint” of the transmitter and/or the message length is matched to the time the receiver(s) pass within range of the transmitter so that each receiver is able to capture at least one complete burst in the available time. The transmitter may be relatively fixed, for instance on a highway overpass, for communicating with vehicles passing on the highway. Alternatively, the transmitter may be mounted on an emergency vehicle to warn vehicles ahead or on intersecting roads that the emergency vehicle is approaching. In this case, the transmitter may adjust its effective range based on the speed of the emergency vehicle itself. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176458 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING STREAMING SERVICE - A streaming service method and system of the present invention is provided for improving service quality and reliability by transmitting data through an optimal wireless link selected among multiple wireless links available between a server and a client. A streaming service method for a system including a server and at least one client that can establish more than two wireless links with each other includes sending a link selection request message containing a content identifier from the server to the client; selecting, at the server, one of the wireless links for transmitting a content indicated by the content identifier; sending a link selection response message containing a link identifier of the selected wireless link from the server to the client; and receiving, at the client, the content transmitted by the server through the wireless link established with reference to the link identifier. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176459 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CORRECTION WITH A FREQUENCY ERROR SIGNAL GENERATED BY BLOCK CORRELATION OF BASEBAND SAMPLES WITH A KNOWN CODE SEQUENCE - The present invention is related to a method and apparatus for automatic frequency correction of a local oscillator. The apparatus receives a carrier signal. The carrier signal includes a code sequence known to the apparatus. The apparatus downconverts the carrier signal to a baseband signal using the local oscillator. The apparatus performs a block correlation of the samples of the baseband signal with the known code sequence to generate a frequency error signal. The frequency error signal is fed back to the local oscillator to correct the frequency error. | 2009-07-09 |
20090176460 | PTT mode telecommunication method and system, management module, servers, program and data recording medium for said system - This PTT (Push-To-Talk) mode telecommunications system linking users of a wireless telephone network includes a management module ( | 2009-07-09 |