33rd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110199731 | COOLING STRUCTURE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a cooling structure includes a first heat radiating member receiving heat generated by a first heat generating body, and including a plurality of first heat radiating fins projecting toward a second housing, a first flow-in portion provided to the first housing to be open in one of first directions, a second heat radiating member receiving heat generated by a second heat generating body, and including a plurality of second heat radiating fins projecting toward a first housing, and a first flow-out portion provided to the second housing to be open in one of second directions crossing the first directions. The cooling structure includes a cooling fan unit configured to supply the air that has flown from outside to the first heat radiating fins, thereafter supply the air to the second heat radiating fins and cause the air to flow to the outside. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199732 | ELECTRONIC SUBSTRATE DEVICE - This invention is to provide an electronic substrate device which is capable of reliably and stably transferring heat generated by a heat generating component to a base member serving as a heat dissipater without intermediation of an electronic substrate. An electronic substrate device according to the present invention, in which a base member ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199733 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device may include: an electro-optical panel, a holding member that includes a main body part arranged to surround the periphery of the electro-optical panel, and a holding part protruded from the main body part and holding the electro-optical panel, and a heat radiating member that is disposed opposing the electro-optical panel through an opening of the holding member from the opposite side of the light incident plane of the electro-optical panel. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199734 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a circuit board in the housing, a heat sink, and a fixing portion. The circuit board includes a heating component. The heat sink has a plate shape and faces the heating component. The fixing portion is attached to the heat sink and fixed to the circuit board at least at two points. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199735 | SUBSTRATE CONNECTING STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a substrate connecting structure capable of preventing occurrence of a connection failure, which would otherwise be caused by a non-uniform temperature rise within a connecting areas of circuit boards during thermocompression bonding. A substrate connecting structure | 2011-08-18 |
20110199736 | POWER CONVERTER - An inverter device has a control unit, a power unit, and a capacitor unit. The power unit has six semiconductor devices. Each semiconductor device has a semiconductor module and a pair of heat sinks disposed in both sides of the semiconductor module. The heat sinks are arranged in a ventilation path of cooling air. An, accommodation chamber of a control unit | 2011-08-18 |
20110199737 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a semiconductor package which includes: a semiconductor chip to which one end of each of a plurality of wires is connected; and a board on which the semiconductor chip is fixed, and a plurality of board wires to which the plurality of corresponding wires are connected are disposed, wherein the board includes: a first wiring pair that includes a first pair of wires in parallel with each other and first two board wires connected to the corresponding wires, one of the wires connected to one of the board wires crossing the other board wire without contact with the other board wire, and a second wiring pair that is provided adjacent to the first wiring pair and includes a second pair of wires in parallel with each other and second two board wires connected to the corresponding wires without a crossing. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199738 | SUBSTRATE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A substrate for a display device is disclosed which enables further reduction in area of a frame region and a display device comprising the substrate. In at least one embodiment, the present invention relates to a substrate for display device, comprising: a plurality of external connection terminals; and a plurality of lower wirings running below the plurality of external connection terminals; wherein the substrate further comprises an interlayer insulating film positioned between a layer of the plurality of external connection terminals and a layer of the plurality of lower wirings and provided with a plurality of connection holes, the plurality of lower wirings are running alongside each other in a direction across the plurality of external connection terminals and bent toward the same side with respect to the running direction in order from an endmost lower wiring, in a plan view of the substrate for display device, and each of the plurality of external connection terminals is connected through at least one of the plurality of through holes to a portion beyond the bent portion of any of the plurality of lower wirings. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199739 | FLEX-RIGID WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A flex-rigid wiring board including an insulative substrate having a wiring layer which is formed on the insulative substrate and includes a conductor, a flexible wiring board positioned beside the insulative substrate and having a wiring layer, the wiring layer of the flexible wiring board including a conductor and being contained inside the flexible wiring board, and a first insulation layer positioned on the insulative substrate and the flexible wiring board such that a portion of the flexible wiring board is left exposed from the first insulation layer. The first insulation layer has a wiring layer which is formed on the first insulation layer and includes a conductor. The wiring layer of the first insulation layer has a thickness which is formed thicker than a thickness of the wiring layer of the flexible wiring board and a thickness of the wiring layer of the insulative substrate. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199740 | Monolithic Molded Flexible Electronic Assemblies Without Solder and Methods for their Manufacture | 2011-08-18 |
20110199741 | FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME - Provided is a flexible substrate wherein disconnection of wiring is suppressed, while reducing unnecessary radiation. A flexible substrate ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199742 | AC ADAPTER - An AC adapter including an electronic device, a first circuit board on which the electronic device is mounted, a second circuit board separated from the first circuit board, a connector mounted on the second circuit board and electrically connected to the second circuit board, first and second metal wirings that electrically connect the first and the second circuit boards, and an insulation case installing the first circuit board, the electronic device, the second circuit board, and the connector therein and including a projecting part interposed between the first and second metal wirings. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199743 | Circuit board capable of loading high electrical current - The present invention is to provide a circuit board capable of loading high electrical current, which comprises an insulation plate and a plurality of conductive plates each positioned on the insulation plate by riveting. A plurality of first insertion holes of the insulation plate are aligned with a plurality of second insertion holes of the conductive plates, respectively, so that the aligned first and second insertion holes of the circuit board can be welded with a plurality of electric components (such as resistors, capacitors, fuses, etc.). Therefore, the insulation plate and each of the conductive plates can be easily combined with each other by riveting to form a finished product of the circuit board without some complicated steps including exposure, development and etching, so that the manufacturing process of the circuit board capable of loading high electrical current can be efficiently simplified. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199744 | CIRCUIT MODULE - A circuit module includes a substrate, a component land provided on the substrate, an electronic component bonded to the component land, a case land provided on the substrate, and a case bonded to the case land so as to cover the electronic component. The case includes a top plate, and a leg that extends from a peripheral edge of the top plate in a direction substantially perpendicular to the top plate and that includes a groove in an end surface thereof that is bonded to the case land. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199745 | MOUNTABLE ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT MODULE - A mountable electronic circuit module which produces appropriate characteristics without a complicated structure can be a DC-DC converter including a baseboard made of a magnetic material. A helical electrode is provided in the baseboard so as to function as a smoothing inductor device. Capacitor devices in addition to a DC-DC converter IC are mounted on a main surface of the baseboard. A circuit electrode arranged to connect the circuit devices is provided to enable the circuit devices to function as the DC-DC converter. The DC-DC converter is mounted on a motherboard through external connection electrodes of the capacitor devices. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199746 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH A COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE - A composite substrate made of a circuit board mounted on a lead frame is used for an electronic system package. High heat generated electronic components are adapted to mount on the lead frame and relatively low heat generated electronic components are adapted to mount on the circuit board. Metal lines are used for electrical coupling between the circuitry of the IC chip and the circuit board. An electronic system with the composite substrate gains both advantages—good circuitry arrangement capability from the circuit board and good heat distribution from the lead frame. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199747 | STORAGE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first board, a second board facing the first board, a cover facing the second board from a side opposite to the first board, a first fixing portion attached to the first board and the cover, and a second fixing portion attached to the first board and the second board. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199748 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a housing, a plurality of circuit boards, and a partition wall. The circuit boards are stacked, spaced apart from one another, and mounted with semiconductor devices including a plurality of nonvolatile semiconductor memories. The partition wall is located between the circuit boards. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199749 | Led lead frame structure - An LED support's lead frame structure includes a side frame, a loading piece connected with the side frame, and at least one electrode pin. The electrode pin is located at one side of the loading piece and is spaced apart therefrom. The loading piece has a thickness same as that of the electrode pin. The electrode pin includes, connected in sequence, a first external leading section, a wire-bonding section, and a second external leading section. Both the first and the second external leading sections are connected with the side frame. The wire-bonding section includes a first protrusion. Therefore, the material required for wire-bonding is decreased, and the steps for machining the lead frame are decreased, so that the manufacturing process can be speeded up. This will help LED products miniaturized and the LED structure superior in thermal conductivity. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199750 | INTEGRATED SWITCH-MODE POWER SUPPLY AND LINEAR REGULATOR - A power supply includes a switching voltage regulator, and a linear voltage regulator coupled electrically in series with the switching voltage regulator. The switching voltage regulator includes a first input for receiving a DC input signal, a semiconductor switching stage coupled to the first input and configured to provide a first DC voltage signal from the received DC input signal. The magnitude of the first DC voltage signal is less than the received DC input signal. The linear voltage regulator includes a semiconductor current pass stage coupled to the output of the semiconductor switching stage and configured to provide a constant second DC output voltage signal from the first DC voltage signal. The voltage regulators are implemented together within a common integrated circuit housing. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199751 | ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE FILTER - A differential mode and common mode combination choke (DCCC) includes: a theta-shaped magnetic core including an essentially round magnetic ring and a magnetic plate engaged with magnetic ring across the area surrounded by the magnetic ring; and two common mode coils with the same number of turns and the same winding direction being wound around the magnetic ring. An EMI (electromagnetic interference) filter and an EMI filter module including the DCCC are also provided. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199752 | MOUNT FOR MOUNTING AN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE, STAND COMPRISING THE MOUNT AND TOOLKIT - The invention relates to a mount ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199753 | PHOSPHOR-CENTRIC CONTROL OF COLOR OF LIGHT - Lighting devices and/or systems offer dynamic control or tuning of color of light. The lighting systems utilize sources, such as solid state sources, to individually pump a number of different phosphors of types having relatively high degrees of color purity. The phosphor emissions, however, are still broader than the traditionally monochromatic color emissions of LEDs. The different phosphors can be independently excited to controllable levels, by individually controlled sources rated for emission of energy of the same spectrum. Adjustment of intensities of electromagnetic energy emitted by the sources independently adjusts levels of excitations of the phosphors selected to emit different colors of relatively high purity and thus the contributions of pure colors to the combined light output, for example, to enables color adjustment of the light output over a wide range of different selectable colors encompassing much of the gamut of visible light. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199754 | SUPPORT UNIT, LIGHTING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A lamp clip (LC) includes a support pin (SP) making contact with and supporting an optical sheet such as a diffusion plate ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199755 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE HEAD-MOUNTABLE LIGHT - A head-mountable light can include a support structure configured to be secured to a mounting structure that is configured to be secured to a person's head, and a light emitting diode supported in the support structure. The light can also include a lens supported in the support structure. A focal point of the lens can be located a focal distance from a surface vertex of the lens closest to the diode. Additionally, the diode can be positioned from 72 to 99 percent or from 101 to 104 percent of the focal distance from the surface vertex. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199756 | Power Tool - A power tool includes a motor as a drive power source, a body housing the motor and having an end output unit for chucking an end tool, a handle grip connected to the body; and a light unit disposed to one of the handle grip and the body, and having a light-emitting element for providing illumination near the end tool. The light unit includes an angle adjuster and holder which adjusts and holds a lighting angle of the light-emitting element at least in accordance with a length of the end tool. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199757 | MULTIPURPOSE HAND LAMP - A multipurpose hand lamp comprises a housing accommodating a motherboard assembly carrying a contact switch, a lamp switch and a power socket, a power supply unit electrically connected with the power switch and carrying at least one replaceable rechargeable battery for power input and power output, a light source unit having a lamp cover hinged to the housing and at least LED lamp carried in the lamp cover and electrically connected with the lamp switch for giving off light, and an electric heater having an electric heating wire electrically connected with the contact switch and disposed below a cigarette lighter port of the housing, and a spring-loaded holding-down member for switching on the contact switch to turn on the electric heater when the lamp cover is opened. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199758 | Stretch-resistant light-emitting or heat-emitting structure combined with battery - The present invention provides a stretch-resistant light-emitting or heat-emitting structure, which is applicable to an article. The stretch-resistant light-emitting structure includes a woven member, conductive twisted cables, a light-emitting element, and a battery. The woven member is mounted to the article. Each conductive twisted cable includes a stretch-resistant wire and a conductive wire twisted together. The conductive twisted cables are woven in the woven member. The light-emitting element, which is arranged inside the woven member, includes a light emission section and two conductive pins. The light emission section emits light projecting out of the woven member. The conductive pins and the battery are respectively and electrically connected to the conductive wires of the conductive twisted cables. The stretch-resistant heat-emitting structure includes a carrying member, an electrical heating element mounted to the carrying member, the conductive twisted cables that are in electrical connection with the electrical heating element, and the battery that is in electrical connection with the conductive twisted cables. The carrying member is woven in the article. As such, besides being capable of emission of light or heat, the article features stretch resistance, pull resistance, water washability, and deflectability. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199759 | Flashlight With Mounting Apparatus - A light and support structure apparatus, wherein the light may have beam width adjustment such that the beam may be easily adjusted from a wide beam to more of a spot beam. The light may also be able to switch to a different color beam. The light may utilize standard cylindrical batteries which are inserted into a battery compartment side by side with their positive and negative ends in the same orientation. The light may be mounted upon a tripod or a monopod, and in some embodiments a tripod with flexible legs utilizing ball and socket joint connectors which, when interconnected, form a flexible assembly. Each connector may include a body with a first and second end portion. An external socket engaging surface is provided at one end of the body. The other end of the body has an internal cavity. The socket engaging surface of one connector is snapped into the internal cavity of another to interconnect the connectors. In some embodiments, the ball and socket joint connectors utilize an over-molded strip around the outside of the connector to facilitate in their use for gripping. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199760 | LIGHTING FIXTURE HAVING A LOUVERED LIGHT SHIELD - A lighting fixture having a louvered light shield is provided. The louvered light shield has at least one light emitting section with a plurality of alternating ridges and troughs. A plurality of sidewalls connect the ridges and troughs. A plurality of the ridges have a light exit opening therethrough. The light exit opening enables light from a light source of the lighting fixture to exit the lighting fixture. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199761 | LIGHT FIXTURE - A Lighting fixture having a luminaire body which supports the lamps, preferably fluorescent lamps, and has a transparent panel mounted on its light outlet side by means of a panel frame, wherein the panel frame is attached to the luminaire body such that it can be removed and replaced. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199762 | Light Emitting Diode Based PAPI Design Incorporating Linear Diode Arrays and Cylindrical Optics - This invention presents a method for overcoming limitation in brightness and heating effects for LED based Precision Approach Path Indicators. This method relies on the use of linear arrays of LED's and cylindrical optics | 2011-08-18 |
20110199763 | LIGHT COMBINATION DEVICE - A light combination device includes a reflective element and a first color separating element. The reflective element guides first color light beams emitted from at least a first light source and a second light source to propagate in a first direction. The first light source and the second light source are differently positioned in a space. The first color separating element transmits the first color light beams and reflects second color light beams emitted from at least a third light source and a fourth light source. The third light source and the fourth light source are differently positioned in the space. The first color separating element has a coating curved surface, and a curvature of the coating curved surface is varied according to positions of the third light source and the fourth light source to guide the second color light beams to propagate in the first direction. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199764 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ANGULAR COVERAGE OF A LIGHT BEAM - A system and method for controlling an angular coverage of a light beam. The method includes: defining a non-uniform angular coverage of a first light beam; altering a first spatial relationship between a first movable transmissive deflector and a first light source in response to the definition; directing a first light beam from the first light source through the first movable transmissive deflector such as to provide a first deflected light beam; and focusing the first deflected beam, by a first optical focusing element, to provide a first focused light bean that is focused onto a first area that is characterized by a location that is substantially indifferent to changes in the first spatial relationship. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199765 | Linear LED Lamp - An LED-based lamp includes a linearly elongated body having a reflective interior surface defined by a top portion and side portions. An array of LEDs is mounted to at least one of the side portions and positioned such that its emitted light is directed into the linearly elongated body, where it is diffused and emitted from the lamp uniformly. In other embodiments, arrays of LEDs are mounted to both of the side portions. The interior of the body is an open cavity. A transparent cover is optionally attached to the body. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199766 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a light-emitting device comprises a substrate on which a plurality of light-emitting elements are arranged and mounted in two lines; and sealing members of two lines each sealing the plurality of light-emitting elements of each line. A distance between the lines of the sealing members is equal to 0.5 times or more but 2 times or less a width of the sealing member of each line. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199767 | LED Luminaire for Display Cases - A lighting luminaire for use in a refrigerated display case includes an LED mounting portion comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (“LEDs”) mounted thereon, a reflector, and a lens. The LED mounting portion and reflector are sized and arranged to form a reflective cavity for diffusing and directing light from the plurality of LEDs through the lens and out of the luminaire. The LED mounting portion and reflector are either attached to each other as separate components or are integrally formed. The lens is held in place in the luminaire between the LED mounting portion and the reflector or is mounted directly on the LED mounting portion over the plurality of LEDs. The LED mounting portion and/or reflector have a reflective surface for reflecting light emitted by the LEDs. Methods for retrofitting an existing luminaire in a refrigerated display with an LED luminaire are also provided. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199768 | ASSEMBLED LED LAMP STRIP STRUCTURE AND LED LAMP HAVING THE SAME FOR CONTINUOUS LIGHTING - An assembled LED lamp strip structure for generating continuous lighting includes a substrate unit, a light-emitting unit and a packaging unit. The substrate unit has a plurality of substrate bodies sequentially and electrically connected to form a strip shape. The light-emitting unit has a plurality of linear light-emitting arrays respectively disposed on and electrically connected to the substrate bodies. Each linear light-emitting array has a plurality of light-emitting elements, and light beams generated by each light-emitting element are unobstructively projected outward. The packaging unit has a plurality of packaging bodies respectively disposed on the substrate bodies and respectively covering the linear light-emitting arrays, and the length of each packaging body is substantially the same as the length of each substrate body. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199769 | LIGHTING UNIT WITH HEAT-DISSIPATING CHIMNEY - The invention provides systems and methods for providing illumination. A lighting unit may have a support structure, and one or more light emitting elements supported by a circuit board contacting the support structure. A first optical element and a second optical element may be provided. A remote luminescent material may be provided on one or more optical elements. Light emitting elements configured to excite the luminescent material such as highly efficient light emitting diodes may be directed towards the luminescent material. The support structure may be a heat dissipating element, which may conduct heat from a heat source to a surface of the support structure. The heat dissipating element may have a passageway permitting the formation of a convection path to dissipate heat from the support structure. Such lighting units may be used to replace conventional fluorescent light tubes or other lighting devices, or may be provided as standalone lighting units. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199770 | DOUBLE SIDED LIGHT FIXTURE - The present invention relates to a moving head light fixture, which moving head light fixture comprises a light generating head, which head is carried in a yoke, which head is rotatable to the yoke, which yoke is rotatable to a base, which head comprises electronic circuits for LED control. The moving head comprises a first and a second end section, which first and second end sections comprise a number of light sources. Hereby it can be achieved that the moving head light fixture which is able at the same time to generate a light into different directions. By having independent control over the light sources in both directions, it is possible to control the light from an external controller independently in both directions. The light sources could be formed out of a multiple of single light sources generating light at different colors. In this way it should be possible by means of an external command to the moving head light fixture to control the color of the light as well in the front direction and also in the opposite rear direction. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199771 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT KIT FOR HIGH POWER SOLID STATE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - The thermal management kit for high power of solid state light emitting diodes is invented to use the opened channel and/or hole of exiting luminaire and/or made a new hole and/or holes of upper luminaire and/or any part. The present invention utilize the hole in order to dissipative inside heat to outside of luminaire by using function of heat pipes by set up the heat pipe passes through opened channel and/or hole of luminaire. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199772 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a light-emitting device comprises a substrate on a surface of which a light-emitting element is mounted, a light reflection layer formed on a second area of the surface of the substrate other than a first area on which the light-emitting element is mounted, and a sealing member sealing the light-emitting element. An engagement protrusion part protruding toward the sealing member is provided at an edge part of the light reflection layer at which the light reflection layer is in contact with the area on which the light-emitting element is mounted. The engagement protrusion part juts out into the sealing member to prevent exfoliation of the sealing member. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199773 | Mounting Arrangement for Lighting Devices, Corresponding Lighting Devices and Method - A mounting arrangement for a light source (L) having associated a Printed Circuit Board, wherein said mounting arrangement includes: a housing (H) with an exit opening for light from the source (L), a reflector (R) to reflect light from the source (L) towards the opening, an at least partly transparent cover ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199774 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Provided is an optical element which suppresses generation of glare and a dark section and is applicable to planar light emission having improved light efficiency. A light emitting device is also provided. A light emitting device is provided with: a light transmitting member having a light inputting section having light inputted thereto, a first light guide section which guides light inputted to the inputting section to a reflecting surface, the reflecting surface which is arranged on the first light guide section on the side opposite to the light inputting side and totally reflects light which forms one linear path among inputted light, and a second light guide section which guides reflected light; and a light emitting member which inputs light to the inputting section. The first light guide section contains light scattering particles, which multiply scatter light and generate light that passes through the reflecting surface and is outputted to the external, and the second light guide section partially or entirely outputs inputted light to the same surface to which light passed through the reflecting surface is outputted. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199775 | Modular lighting fixture with improved device for connecting the arms to the respective support - A modular lighting fixture ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199776 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP UNIT - A vehicle headlamp unit has a plurality of projection lenses configured to project light from at least one light source. The plurality of projection lenses is configured and arranged such that each of the projection lenses includes an outer peripheral portion that faces and extends along the outer peripheral portion of an adjacent one of the projection lenses. The outer peripheral portion of each of the projection lenses touches or lies close to the outer peripheral portion of the adjacent one of the projection lenses such that light emitting areas of the plurality of projection lenses as a whole are visually recognized as a single light emitting area. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199777 | VEHICULAR ILLUMINATION LAMP - A lamp includes a projection lens, a light-emitting element disposed rearwardly of a rear-side focal point of the projection lens to be directed upward, a reflector disposed to cover the light-emitting element from an upper side to reflect light from the light-emitting element toward the projection lens, and a shade disposed with an upper end edge thereof passing closely below the rear-side focal point to block part of reflected light from the reflector. Generally the entirety of a portion of the projection lens positioned above the optical axis is cut away. A reflective surface that reflects downward the reflected light from the main reflector is formed on a rear surface of the shade. A sub reflector that reflects forward the reflected light from the reflector reflected by the reflective surface of the shade so as not to be incident on the projection lens is disposed below the shade. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199778 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP - The present invention provides: a reflector | 2011-08-18 |
20110199779 | LUMINOUS COSTUME STRUCTURE - A luminous costume structure mainly includes: a costume, a light guiding element being sewed on an outer surface thereof, and a storage portion being configured thereon; a light emitting element, connected to a terminal of the light guiding element; and a control circuit, including a circuit board and a battery, configured in the storage portion of the costume, and having a conducting wire connected to the light emitting element, thereby controlling a lighting way of said light emitting element. Whereby, light emitted from the light emitting element can be transmitted to the light guiding element of the costume, and radiate to the outside, thereby achieving an enforced brightness warning and an eye-appealing outlook of the costume. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199780 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE CONFIGURED TO MIX LIGHT FROM A FIRST AND A SECOND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - An illumination device ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199781 | LIGHT PROJECTOR AND SENSOR - A light projector has a light emitting device having a light emitting surface, an optical fiber having an incident end-face to which light emitted from the light emitting surface enters, and a lens arranged between the light emitting surface of the light emitting device and the incident end-face of the optical fiber. The light emitting device, the optical fiber and the lens are arranged on one optical axis. The optical fiber includes a core region as a region including a single core of uniform refractive index or a region collectively encompassing a plurality of cores having uniform refractive index. The lens converts diffused light emitted from the light emitting surface to diffused light that widens more moderately. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199782 | LUMINOUS PENCIL - A pencil has a pencil casing made of a sharpenable casing material and a core held in a central receiving bore in the casing material that extends in the longitudinal direction of the pencil. One or more optical fibers made of a sharpenable material is/are arranged in the pencil casing. The optical fiber or optical fibers extends in the longitudinal direction as well and are at least partially surrounded by the material of the pencil casing. A light entry surface of the at least one optical fiber is arranged at the rear end of the pencil casing such that a light source, which is present there, can be used to inject light to said light entry surface. The light exit surface of the optical fiber exits at the forward end of the pencil casing. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199783 | Light Guide Plate and Back Light Module Having the Same - The present invention relates to a light guide plate and back light module having the same. The light guide plate includes a light guide plate body and a plurality of microreliefs. The light guide plate body has a light-emitting surface and a reflecting surface. The microreliefs are disposed on the reflecting surface. Each of the microreliefs has an outer surface and a base area. The outer surface is a curved surface, and the base area contacts the reflecting surface. A ratio of the totally height of each of the microreliefs to the diameter of the base area of each of the microreliefs is between 1/7 and ¼. As a result, the light guide plate has higher light extraction efficiency. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199784 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A resin frame ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199785 | Backlight Module, Light Guide Plate Thereof and Ink Thereof - The present invention relates to a backlight module, light guide plate thereof and ink thereof. The ink includes a base resin and an additive. The additive is dispersed in the base resin for increasing the printability of the ink. The additive comprises a polymer having hydroxy functional group, ester functional group, ether functional group or combination thereof. Use of the ink of the present invention will reduce the color difference and the variation of color temperature of the light guide plate. In addition, the ink has higher flowability, which increases the printability of the ink. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199786 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A dichroic filter column ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199787 | LED PACKAGE AND A BACKLIGHT UNIT UNIT COMPRISING SAID LED PACKAGE - A light emitting diode (LED) package includes: a main body mounted on a substrate; a light emitting diode that is mounted in the main body and emits light; and a lead frame exposed to allow the main body to be selectively top-mounted or side-mounted. A backlight unit includes: a light guide plate configured to allow a light source to proceed to a liquid crystal panel; a light emitting diode (LED) mounted in a main body mounted on a substrate and generating a light source; and an LED package having a lead frame exposed to allow the main body to be selectively top-mounted or side-mounted, and being mounted on the light guide plate. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199788 | LIGHTING UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Provided are a lighting unit and a display device including the same. The lighting unit includes a bottom cover having a plurality of sidewalls, light emitting modules each including a board disposed on the bottom cover and a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on the board, and a light-transmitting resin layer covering the bottom cover and the board. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199789 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A light source apparatus including a light source, an optical fiber, a light guide module, and a light shape adjustment element is provided. The light source emits a light beam. The optical fiber disposed in a transmission path of the light beam has a light incident end and a light emitting end. The light beam enters the optical fiber through the light incident end and leaves the optical fiber through the light emitting end. The light guide module has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a light incident surface connecting the first surface and the second surface. The light beam from the light emitting end enters the light guide module through the light incident surface. The light shape adjustment element is connected to the light guide module and capable of changing a light shape of an emitted light from the light guide module. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199790 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a backlight unit capable of reducing luminance unevenness. The backlight unit includes a plurality of dot light sources and a light guide plate in which a predetermined side surface serves as a light incident surface for introducing light from the plurality of dot light sources. The plurality of dot light sources are classified into a first light source group and a second light source group. A mount point of the first light source group and a mount point of the second light source group are displaced from each other in a thickness direction of the light guide plate. A total luminance of the first light source group is higher than a total luminance of the second light source group. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199791 | REVERSE ENERGY RECOVERY CIRCUIT - A reverse energy recovery circuit is located on a power conversion circuit equipped with a transformer which has a primary winding side connected to a power switch driven by a control unit. The primary winding side has a first end and a second end bridged by the reverse energy recovery circuit which comprises a first capacitor, a second capacitor, an ancillary winding and a diode. The first and second capacitors are coupled in series. The second capacitor has one end connected to the first end of the primary winding side. The ancillary winding has a first end connected to the first end of the primary winding side. The diode has a cathode connected to a second end of the ancillary winding and an anode bridged the first and second capacitors so that the diode and ancillary winding form a one way path between the first and second capacitors. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199792 | Converter Comprising at least one Normally on Semiconductor Switch - A converter for converting a DC input voltage includes two input lines receiving the DC input voltage; at least one normally off semiconductor switch which is not conductive without application of a control voltage to its gate and which is provided in one of the input lines. The converter also includes electric circuitry connected between the input lines and including at least one normally on semiconductor switch which is conductive without application of a control voltage to its gate; and a controller. In operation of the converter, the controller operates the at least one normally on semiconductor switch of the electric circuitry by temporarily applying a first control voltage to its gate; and permanently applies a second control voltage to the gate of the at least one normally off semiconductor switch in the one input line. Any normally on semiconductor switch of the electric circuitry is spatially separated and thus thermally isolated from any normally off semiconductor switch. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199793 | SWITCHING MODE POWER SUPPLY WITH PRIMARY SIDE CONTROL - The present technology are directed to switching mode power supplies with primary side control. In one embodiment, the switching mode power supply provides an equivalent current signal which represents a load current. The equivalent current signal is then used to control a switching circuit in the switching mode power supply. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199794 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SWITCHING REGULATOR AND RELATED SWITCHING REGULATOR - An embodiment of a power-supply controller comprises a switching-control circuit, an error amplifier, and a signal generator. The switching-control circuit is operable to control a switch coupled to a primary winding of a transformer, and the error amplifier has a first input node operable to receive a feedback signal, a second input node operable to receive a comparison signal, and an output node operable to provide a control signal to the switching-control circuit. The signal generator is operable to generate either the feedback signal or the comparison signal in response to a compensation signal that is isolated from a secondary winding of the transformer and that is proportional to a load current through a conductor disposed between the secondary winding and a load. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199795 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - A power converter is disclosed. An example power converter includes an energy transfer element coupled between a power converter input and a power converter output. A power switch is coupled to the energy transfer element. A control circuit is coupled to receive a feedback signal representative of the power converter output during a feedback portion of an off time of the power switch. The control circuit is coupled to generate an output signal in response to the feedback signal. The output signal is coupled to be received by the power switch to control switching of the power switch to control a fraction of the feedback portion of the off time of the power switch that the feedback signal is above a threshold and another fraction of the feedback portion of the off time of the power switch that the feedback signal is below the threshold. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199796 | STRUCTURE OF A POWER SUPPLY - An improved structure of a power supply is based on an emitter-switched PWM controller and special structure transformer. An improved structure of a power supply mainly describes two primary side regulation (here called “PSR”) solutions based on above PWM controller that is used in charger/adapter solutions. These PSR solutions employ a transformer with special winding structure. It is required that adjacent reeling between its input bias winding and output winding, in which the input side of the transformer is connected to an AC input and an emitter-switched PWM controller, and the output side of the transformer is connected to a rectified diode. The present invention further provides low cost PSR solutions with higher system reliability, better line/load regulation, and short circuit characteristic. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199797 | Synchronizing Frequency and Phase of Multiple Variable Frequency Power Converters - In an embodiment, a power converter system includes a plurality of variable frequency power converters and a plurality of synchronization circuits. Each variable frequency power converter has a switching frequency. Each synchronization circuit is associated with a respective one of the plurality of variable frequency power converters. A control circuit is coupled to and coordinates the plurality of synchronization circuits. The plurality of synchronization circuits and the control circuit are operable to synchronize the switching frequencies of the variable frequency power converters to each other. Each synchronization circuit is operable to: receive a first input signal indicative of the beginning of a switching period for the associated variable frequency power converter; receive a second input signal indicative of the end of the switching period for the associated variable frequency power converter; generate a first output signal for directing a pulse width modulation of the associated variable frequency power converter; and generate a second output signal for coordinating a phase relationship with another variable frequency power converter in the system. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199798 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN UNREGULATED DORMANT MODE IN A POWER CONVERTER - A control circuit for use in a power converter with an unregulated dormant mode of operation is disclosed. In one aspect a power converter includes a drive signal generator that is coupled to generate a drive signal to control switching of a power switch coupled to the control circuit to regulate a flow of energy to an output of the power converter in response to an energy requirement of one or more loads coupled to the output of the power converter. A regulator circuit is coupled to charge a capacitor. The capacitor determines a time period. The regulator circuit is coupled to not charge the capacitor if the energy requirement of the one or more loads coupled to the output of the power converter falls below a threshold. The regulator is coupled to again charge the capacitor after the time period has elapsed. An unregulated dormant mode control circuit is coupled to render dormant the drive signal generator and the regulator circuit during the time period thereby causing regulation of the flow of energy to the output of power converter output to cease. The unregulated dormant mode control circuit is further coupled to power up the drive signal generator and the regulator after the time period has elapsed. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199799 | SELF-DRIVEN AC-DC SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFIER FOR POWER APPLICATIONS - Systems, methods, and devices that employ self-driven gate-drive circuitry to facilitate controlling power switches to emulate a diode bridge to synchronously rectify a power signal are presented. A single-phase or multi-phase synchronous rectifier can comprise at least a first pair of switches of a first conducting path and a second pair of switches of a second conducting path that can form or emulate a diode bridge. To facilitate emulating turn-on and turn-off conditions of a diode, a switch can be turned on when voltage across the switch is forward-biased and turned off when switch current is reversed; also, there can be at least one current-controlled switch in each conducting path. Self-driven gate-drive circuitry employs low power components that can facilitate controlling respective switching of the at least first pair and second pair of switches, wherein switching of the switches is also controlled at start-up to emulate a diode bridge. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199800 | Power Conversion Device - Connection portions ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199801 | ENERGY RECOVERY DEVICE IN A VARIABLE-FREQUENCY DRIVE - A variable-frequency drive that includes a DC power supply bus with a positive line and a negative line, and an inverter module powered by the DC bus for supplying a variable voltage to an electric load. The inverter includes a first DC/DC converter including output terminals connected in series on the positive line of the DC bus, a second DC/DC converter including input terminals connected between the positive line and the negative line of the DC bus, a filtering capacitor connected in parallel to the input terminals of the first converter and to the first output terminals of the second converter, and an electric power storage module connected in parallel to the second output terminals of the second converter. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199802 | SINGLE ENDED POWER CONVERTERS OPERATING OVER 50% DUTY CYCLE - This invention discloses apparatus and methods for increasing the duty cycle of the single ended power converters surpass 50 percent limitation by adding active switch-capacitor network to the primary circuit and several inversion circuits can be realized to convert a DC input to an AC output. The circuits comprise two series circuits, at least one clamp clamping capacitor, and at least one transformer. The first series circuit includes one active switch paralleled with a diode, one capacitor and at least one transformer primary. The second series circuit includes at least one active switch and at least one transformer primary. At least one clamp clamping capacitor couples the first and the second series circuits, and is attached to each series circuit at a node between the respective transformer primary winding. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199803 | Semiconductor device with a selection circuit selecting a specific pad - A semiconductor device includes a selection circuit for selecting a specific pad of a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor device is configured to produce a signal determined by a pin array by the selection circuit. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199804 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD OF OPERATION - A three-dimensional semiconductor device comprises active patterns arranged two-dimensionally on a substrate, electrodes arranged three-dimensionally between the active patterns, and memory regions arranged three-dimensionally at intersecting points defined by the active patterns and the electrodes. Each of the active patterns is used as a common current path for an electrical connection to two different memory regions that are formed at the same height from the substrate. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199805 | Selective access memory circuit - A selective access memory circuit (SAMC) is described. The SAMC is a class of complex programmable memory device (CPMD) that reconfigures access to memory cells by using gates in an integrated gate array mechanism configured at regular intervals in memory arrays. CPMDs are applied to embedded controllers, microprocessors, DSPs and system on chip (SoC) circuit architectures. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199806 | UNIVERSAL STRUCTURE FOR MEMORY CELL CHARACTERIZATION - An integrated circuit includes a structure, where the structure includes a memory base cell, a first port set, a second port set, and a set of other ports, where the memory base cell includes a first storage node set, a second storage node set, and a set of other nodes, where the set of other nodes includes a first data node for accessing the first storage node set, a first access control node for controlling the access of the first storage node set, a first supply node for supplying the first storage node set, and a second supply node for supplying the second storage node set, where the first and second supply nodes are of the same sinking or sourcing type and are not connected together, where each node in the first storage node set is connected to a port in the first port set, where each node in the second storage node set is connected to a port in the second port set, where each of the other nodes is connected to one of the other ports, and where each of the other ports is connected to one and only one of the other nodes. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199807 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a first signal line, a second signal line, a memory cell, and a potential converter circuit. The memory cell includes a first transistor including a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, a first drain electrode, and a first channel formation region; a second transistor including a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, a second drain electrode, and a second channel formation region; and a capacitor. The first channel formation region and the second channel formation region include different semiconductor materials. The second drain electrode, one electrode of the capacitor, and the first gate electrode are electrically connected to one another. The second gate electrode is electrically connected to the potential converter circuit through the second signal line. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199808 | MEMORY DEVICE FROM WHICH DUMMY EDGE MEMORY BLOCK IS REMOVED - A semiconductor memory device having an open bitline memory structure from which an edge dummy memory block is removed, the semiconductor memory device includes a memory block, an edge sense amplification block including a first sense amplifier having a first bitline, a first complementary bitline, and a first amplification circuit comprising a first transistor having a first size, a central sense amplification block including a second sense amplifier having a second bitline, a second complementary bitline, and a second amplification circuit comprising a second transistor having a second size different from the first size, a capacitor block electrically connected to the edge sense amplification block. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199809 | SECURITY CIRCUIT HAVING AN ELECTRICAL FUSE ROM - A security circuit includes an electrical fuse read only memory (ROM) including a plurality of electrical fuse units. The electrical fuse units are arranged to correspond to bit values of an initial security key before the electrical fuse ROM is programmed. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199810 | Data Holding Device - A data holding device according to the present invention includes a loop structure portion LOOP for holding data using a plurality of logic gates (NAND | 2011-08-18 |
20110199811 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to an embodiment, there are provided a non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array; a control circuit performing a series of operations to each memory cell and determining, as a defective memory cell, a memory cell whose data retention property does not satisfy a criteria, the series of operations including an operation applying a first bias to the memory cell in a forward direction, and including an operation thereafter applying a second bias to the memory cell in a reverse direction; a storage unit storing an address of the defective memory cell; and an address control unit performing a control to avoid storing data in the defective memory cell whose address is stored in the storage unit. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199812 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a memory element in which a rate of charge discharge between two electrodes of the memory element differs according to a logical value of stored information; cell wiring connected to one electrode of the memory element; a sense amplifier having a sense node connected to the cell wiring, the sense amplifier reading the logical value of the information by comparing a potential of the sense node with a reference potential; and a readout control circuit capable of switching between a dynamic sense operation performing readout by precharging the cell wiring and discharging or charging the cell wiring via the memory element and a static sense operation performing readout in a state of a current load being connected to the sense node. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199813 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE HAVING 3D STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A non-volatile memory device having a three-dimensional (3D) structure includes a plurality of line-type horizontal electrode structures configured to include a plurality of interlayer dielectric layers and a plurality of horizontal electrodes that are alternately stacked over a substrate, a plurality of pillar-type vertical electrodes configured to protrude from the substrate while contacting sidewalls of the plurality of the horizontal electrode structures, and a memory layer interposed between the plurality of the horizontal electrode structures and the plurality of the vertical electrodes, and configured to have a resistance value that varies based on a bias applied to the plurality of the horizontal electrodes and the plurality of the vertical electrodes. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199814 | Cross-Point Memory Cells, Non-Volatile Memory Arrays, Methods of Reading a Memory Cell, Methods of Programming a Memory Cell, Methods of Writing to and Reading from a Memory Cell, and Computer Systems - Cross-point memory cells, non-volatile memory arrays, methods of reading a memory cell, methods of programming a memory cell, and methods of writing to and reading from a memory cell are described. In one embodiment, a cross-point memory cell includes a word line extending in a first direction, a bit line extending in a second direction different from the first direction, the bit line and the word line crossing without physically contacting each other, and a capacitor formed between the word line and the bit line where such cross. The capacitor comprises a dielectric material configured to prevent DC current from flowing from the word line to the bit line and from the bit line to the word line. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199815 | Memcapacitor Devices, Field Effect Transistor Devices, Non-Volatile Memory Arrays, And Methods Of Programming - A memcapacitor device includes a pair of opposing conductive electrodes. A semiconductive material including mobile dopants within a dielectric and a mobile dopant barrier dielectric material are received between the pair of opposing conductive electrodes. The semiconductive material and the barrier dielectric material are of different composition relative one another which is at least characterized by at least one different atomic element. One of the semiconductive material and the barrier dielectric material is closer to one of the pair of electrodes than is the other of the semiconductive material and the barrier dielectric material. The other of the semiconductive material and the barrier dielectric material is closer to the other of the pair of electrodes than is the one of the semiconductive material and the barrier dielectric material. Other implementations are disclosed, including field effect transistors, memory arrays, and methods. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199816 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - An object is to provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure in which stored data can be held even when power is not supplied, and the number of times of writing is not limited. The semiconductor device is formed using a wide gap semiconductor and includes a potential change circuit which selectively applies a potential either equal to or different from a potential of a bit line to a source line. Thus, power consumption of the semiconductor device can be sufficiently reduced. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199817 | ROBUST LOCAL BIT SELECT CIRCUITRY TO OVERCOME TIMING MISMATCH - An integrated circuit can include an SRAM array having cells arranged in columns, each column being connected to true and complementary read local bitlines RLBLT and RLBLC. A local bit-select circuit can be connected to the cells of a column of the SRAM array, which can include first and second pull-down devices for pulling down a respective one of RLBLT and RLBLC at a timing controlled by a write control signal WRT. The circuit can include cross-coupled p-type field effect transistors (“PFETs”) including a first PFET having a gate connected to RLBLT and having a drain connected to RLBLC, and a second PFET of the pair having a gate connected to RLBLC and having a drain connected to RLBLT. A first device can control a strength of the cross-coupled PFETs. A pair of cross-coupled n-type field effect transistors (“NFETs”) can have gates connected to gates of the first and second pull-down devices. A second device can control a strength of the cross-coupled NFETs. The operation of the first and second devices can be controlled by applying first and second signals having programmed levels thereto. The levels of the first and second signals may selectively activate either the first device or the second device, so as to activate either the cross-coupled PFETs or the cross-coupled NFETs at one time. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199818 | METHOD OF INITIALIZING MAGNETIC MEMORY ELEMENT - An initialization method is provided for a magnetic memory element including: a data recording layer having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy which includes: a first magnetization fixed region, a second magnetization fixed region, and a magnetization free region coupled to the first magnetization fixed region and the second magnetization fixed region, the data recording layer being structure so that the coercive force of the first magnetization fixed region being different from that of the second magnetization fixed region. The initialization method includes steps of: directing the magnetizations of the first magnetization fixed region, the second magnetization fixed region and the magnetization free region in the same direction; and applying a magnetic field having both components perpendicular to and parallel to the magnetic anisotropy of the data recording layer to the data recording layer. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199819 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTENDED NITRIDE LAYER IN A FLASH MEMORY - A method and apparatus for storing information is provided. A core region of memory includes a semiconductor layer, at least one shallow trench, an insulator, and a charge-trapping layer. The semiconductor layer includes at least one source/drain region, and the insulator disposed above the source/drain region. The charge trapping layer is within the insulator, and the charge trapping layer is above the entire width of the source/drain region, and extends at least one angstrom beyond the width of the source/drain region, so that a portion the charge trapping layer extends into at least one shallow trench. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199820 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY HAVING MULTIPLE EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLIES - A memory device includes core memory such as flash memory for storing data. The memory device includes a first power input to receive a first voltage used to power the flash memory. Additionally, the memory device includes a second power input to receive a second voltage. The memory device includes power management circuitry configured to receive the second voltage and derive one or more internal voltages. The power management circuitry supplies or conveys the internal voltages to the flash memory. The different internal voltages generated by the power management circuitry (e.g., voltage converter circuit) and supplied to the core memory enable operations such as read/program/erase with respect to cells in the core memory. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199821 | POWER MANAGEMENT CHIP FURNISHED WITH VOLTAGE CONTROLLER - A power management IC includes a first IC having a boost converter IC which generates a second voltage using a first voltage supplied from an outside and supplies the second voltages to a charge pump, a reference voltage generation circuit, and an EEPROM; and a second IC configured to be inputted with a third voltage and a fourth voltage as outputs of the charge pump and output a fifth voltage and a sixth voltage. The second IC has a voltage regulator which regulates the third voltage and the fourth voltage or the fifth voltage and the sixth voltage and generates an eighth voltage and a ninth voltage as voltages required for programming operation or erasing operation of the EEPROM. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199822 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PAGE BUFFER OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A method of managing a page buffer of a non-volatile memory device comprises programming least significant bit (LSB) page data from an LSB page buffer into a page of memory cells, and retaining the LSB page data in the LSB page buffer until most significant bit (MSB) page data corresponding to the LSB page data is programmed in the page. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199823 | PRELOADING DATA INTO A FLASH STORAGE DEVICE - Programmer's data that is transferred from a programming device ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199824 | STORING OPERATIONAL INFORMATION IN AN ARRAY OF MEMORY CELLS - The present disclosure includes methods, devices, modules, and systems for storing operational information in an array of memory cells. One method embodiment includes storing data units of operational information in memory cells of at least one row of a first block of memory cells. The method also includes using a column scramble to shift the order of the data units. The method includes storing the data units in memory cells of at least one row of a second block of memory cells, wherein an order of the data units stored in the at least one row of the second block is different than an order of the data units stored in memory cells of the at least one row of the first block. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199825 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a method of operating a nonvolatile memory device that includes a substrate and memory blocks having a plurality of memory cells stacked along a direction perpendicular to the substrate. The method includes: reading data from a selected sub block among sub blocks of a selected memory block and selectively refreshing each sub block of the selected memory block in response to the reading of the selected sub block, wherein each sub block of the selected memory block is separately erased. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199826 | CHARGE LOSS COMPENSATION METHODS AND APPARATUS - Methods and apparatus for compensating for charge loss in memories include tracking a specific block of the main memory array and determining charge loss compensation by comparing pre-cycled and post-cycled mean threshold voltages for the tracking block; or tracking each block of the main memory and determining charge loss and compensation on a block by block basis. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199827 | MEMORY ARRAY HAVING MEMORY CELLS COUPLED BETWEEN A PROGRAMMABLE DRAIN SELECT GATE AND A NON-PROGRAMMABLE SOURCE SELECT GATE - Memories and their memory arrays are disclosed. One such memory array has a string of series-coupled memory cells, a non-programmable select gate coupled in series to a first end of the string of series-coupled memory cells, and a programmable select gate coupled in series to a second end of the string of series-coupled memory cells. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199828 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A nonvolatile memory device comprises a bulk region and a plurality of memory cells connected to a source line and a plurality of wordlines. The method comprises applying a source line voltage to the source line with a first magnitude, applying a bulk voltage to the bulk region with a second magnitude lower than the first magnitude, and performing access operations on the plurality of memory cells while maintaining a substantially constant difference between the bulk voltage and the source line voltage. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199829 | Nonvolatile Memory Device, Programming Method Thereof And Memory System Including The Same - Provided is a programming method of a nonvolatile memory device. The nonvolatile memory device includes a substrate and a plurality of memory cells which are stacked in the direction perpendicular to the substrate. The programming method applies a first voltage to a selected bit line connected to at least two memory strings in same column including a memory cell of the plurality of memory cell to be programmed, applies a second voltage to an unselected bit line connected to at least two memory strings in same column including a memory cell of the plurality of memory cell to be program-prohibited, applies a third voltage to a selected string selection line connected to at least two memory strings in same row, applies a fourth voltage to an unselected string selection line connected to at least two memory strings in same row, and applies a program operation voltage to a plurality of word lines, each word line connected to each corresponding memory cell in the memory string, wherein the first to third voltages are positive voltages. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199830 | FLOTOX-BASED, BIT-ALTERABLE, COMBO FLASH AND EEPROM MEMORY - A non-volatile memory array having FLOTOX-based memory cells connected by a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines is disclosed. In the memory array, the FLOTOX-based memory cells in a common word line do not share a common source line. Instead, the FLOTOX-based memory cells associated with a bit line are provided with a source line laid out in parallel with the bit line to avoid punch-through leakage. The FLOTOX-based memory cells may be 2T FLOTOX-based EEPROM cells or 1T FLOTOX-based flash cells. The byte-alterable and page-alterable functions of a 2T EEPROM array and the block-alterable function of a 1T flash array are preserved. In addition, a novel bit-alterable function is added to both 2T FLOTOX-based EEPROM array and 1T FLOTOX-based flash array to reduce the unnecessary high voltage over-stress in a write operation to improve program/erasure endurance cycles. | 2011-08-18 |