Ngo, TX
Anhdung D. Ngo, Austin, TX US
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20090113137 | PSEUDO LEAST RECENTLY USED (PLRU) CACHE REPLACEMENT - A multi-way cache system includes multi-way cache storage circuitry, a pseudo least recently used (PLRU) tree state representative of a PLRU tree, the PLRU tree having a plurality of levels, and PLRU control circuitry coupled to the multi-way cache storage circuitry and the PLRU tree state. The PLRU control circuitry has programmable PLRU tree level update enable circuitry which selects Y levels of the plurality of levels of the PLRU tree to be updated. The PLRU control circuitry, in response to an address hitting or resulting in an allocation in the multi-way cache storage circuitry, updates only the selected Y levels of the PLRU tree state. | 04-30-2009 |
Diem Ngo, Dallas, TX US
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20090151741 | A COSMETIC TEMPLATE AND METHOD FOR CREATING A COSMETIC TEMPLATE - A method for creating a customized cosmetic template, comprising disposing a transfer medium to an eyebrow region having cosmetics applied thereto, and transmitting an image of the eyebrow region to a computing device coupled to a shaping apparatus used to form the customized cosmetic template based on the image. | 06-18-2009 |
Dieu Rick Quang Ngo, Houston, TX US
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20150196066 | GARMENT HAVING ANTIBACTERIAL, ANTIMICROBIAL, SKIN ENHANCEMENT, SKIN REGENERATION, AND/OR SKIN WELLNESS PROPERTIES AND UTILITY FUNCTIONAL COMPARTMENTS - An article of clothing or garment having antibacterial, antimicrobial, skin wellness, skin regeneration, and skin enhancement properties and utility functional compartments is disclosed. The article of clothing may also have antifungal and antiyeast properties. The article of clothing includes a top or shirt component and/or a bottom or pant component wherein at least one of the shirt and pant components may include a metallic component, such as copper, which may provide antibacterial, antimicrobial, antifungal, antiyeast, skin wellness, skin regeneration, and/or skin enhancement properties. | 07-16-2015 |
Duc Hongle Ngo, Carrollton, TX US
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20120281366 | Battery Retention System - A battery protection mechanism is provided within an electronic device. A door has a latch which fits into a latch retention-release mechanism in the base of the device. A spring under tension within a retention-release mechanism presses against the latch when the device is in a closed configuration. A foot attached to a button in the base of the device urges the door out of position upon depression or activation of the button. | 11-08-2012 |
Hieu T. Ngo, Austin, TX US
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20140185367 | SRAM BIT-LINE AND WRITE ASSIST APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOWERING DYNAMIC POWER AND PEAK CURRENT, AND A DUAL INPUT LEVEL-SHIFTER - Described is an apparatus comprising a plurality of memory arrays, local write assist logic units, and read/write local column multiplexers coupled together in a group such that area occupied by the local write assist logic units and the read/write local column multiplexers in the group is smaller than it would be when global write assist logic units and the read/write global column multiplexers are used. Described is a dual input level-shifter with integrated latch. Described is an apparatus which comprises: a write assist pulse generator operating on a first power supply; one or more pull-up devices coupled to the write assist pulse generator, the one or more pull-up devices operating on a second power supply different from the first power supply; and an output node to provide power supply to a memory cell. | 07-03-2014 |
20150146478 | SRAM BIT-LINE AND WRITE ASSIST APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOWERING DYNAMIC POWER AND PEAK CURRENT, AND A DUAL INPUT LEVEL-SHIFTER - Described is an apparatus comprising a plurality of memory arrays, local write assist logic units, and read/write local column multiplexers coupled together in a group such that area occupied by the local write assist logic units and the read/write local column multiplexers in the group is smaller than it would be when global write assist logic units and the read/write global column multiplexers are used. Described is a dual input level-shifter with integrated latch. Described is an apparatus which comprises: a write assist pulse generator operating on a first power supply; one or more pull-up devices coupled to the write assist pulse generator, the one or more pull-up devices operating on a second power supply different from the first power supply; and an output node to provide power supply to a memory cell. | 05-28-2015 |
Hung Cai Ngo, Williamson County, TX US
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20090302929 | Methods and Apparatus for Varying a Supply Voltage or Reference Voltage Using Independent Control of Diode Voltage in Asymmetrical Double-Gate Devices - Methods and apparatus are provided for varying one or more of a supply voltage and reference voltage in an integrated circuit, using independent control of a diode voltage in an asymmetrical double-gate device. An integrated circuit is provided that is controlled by one or more of a supply voltage and a reference voltage. The integrated circuit comprises an independently controlled asymmetrical double-gate device to adjust one or more of the supply voltage and the reference voltage. The independent control may comprise, for example, a back gate bias. The independently controlled asymmetrical double-gate device may be employed in a number of applications, including voltage islands, static RAM, and to improve the power and performance of a processing unit. | 12-10-2009 |
20090303778 | Methods and Apparatus for Varying a Supply Voltage or Reference Voltage Using Independent Control of Diode Voltage in Asymmetrical Double-Gate Devices - Methods and apparatus are provided for varying one or more of a supply voltage and reference voltage in an integrated circuit, using independent control of a diode voltage in an asymmetrical double-gate device. An integrated circuit is provided that is controlled by one or more of a supply voltage and a reference voltage. The integrated circuit comprises an independently controlled asymmetrical double-gate device to adjust one or more of the supply voltage and the reference voltage. The independent control may comprise, for example, a back gate bias. The independently controlled asymmetrical double-gate device may be employed in a number of applications, including voltage islands, static RAM, and to improve the power and performance of a processing unit. | 12-10-2009 |
Hung Cai Ngo, Austin, TX US
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20080273403 | STORAGE CELL DESIGN EVALUATION CIRCUIT INCLUDING A WORDLINE TIMING AND CELL ACCESS DETECTION CIRCUIT - A storage cell design evaluation circuit including a wordline timing and cell access detection circuit provides accurate information about state changes in static storage cells. A storage cell test row includes the access detection circuit, which provides the same loading during an access operation as the other cells in the array. The access detection circuit provides an output that may be probed without affecting the timing, read stability or writeability of the cell. The test row can test the clock and/or address timing of the row and may include a separate power supply rail for the row wordline driver, so that variation of access timing, read stability and writeability with wordline strength/access voltage can be determined. Multiple test rows may be cascaded among columns to provide a long delay line or ring oscillator for improved measurement resolution. | 11-06-2008 |
20090016141 | Methods and Arrangements for Enhancing Power Management Systems in Integrated Circuits - Methods and arrangements to configure power management systems for integrated circuits are provided herein. A group of IC components that are functionally distinct or have mutually exclusive and/or quasi-mutually exclusive, (ME/QME) operating patterns (i.e. alternate or partially overlapping duty cycles) can be powered with a single power cell. An integrated circuit design tool can identified components in an integrated circuit design that have the ME/QME operating patterns. These cells can be collocated in close proximity to each other and power management system components can be placed in this area such that a multiple signal processing cells can share a single power line and a single power cell. Such a configuration can greatly reduce the size of a power management system for an integrated circuit. | 01-15-2009 |
20090129193 | ENERGY EFFICIENT STORAGE DEVICE USING PER-ELEMENT SELECTABLE POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGES - An energy efficient storage device using per-element selectable power supply voltages provides energy conservation in storage devices while maintaining a particular performance level. The storage device is partitioned into multiple elements, which may be sub-arrays, rows, columns or individual storage cells. Each element has a corresponding virtual power supply rail that is provided with a selectable power supply voltage. The power supply voltage provided to the virtual power supply rail for an element is set to the minimum power supply voltage unless a higher power supply voltage is required for the element to meet performance requirements. A control cell may be provided within each element that provides a control signal that selects the power supply voltage supplied to the corresponding virtual power supply rail. The state of the cell may be set via a fuse or mask, or values may be loaded into the control cells at initialization of the storage device. | 05-21-2009 |
20090132873 | Method and System for Determining Element Voltage Selection Control Values for a Storage Device - A method and system for determining element voltage selection control values for a storage device provides energy conservation in storage arrays while maintaining a particular performance level. The storage device is partitioned into multiple elements, which may be sub-arrays, rows, columns or individual storage cells. Each element has a corresponding virtual power supply rail that is provided with a selectable power supply voltage. At test time, digital control values are determined for selection circuits for each element that set the virtual power supply rail to the minimum power supply voltage, unless a higher power supply voltage is required for the element to meet performance requirements. The set of digital control values can then be programmed into a fuse or used to adjust a mask at manufacture, or supplied on media along with the storage device and loaded into the device at system initialization. | 05-21-2009 |
20090172451 | METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING A STORAGE DEVICE HAVING PER-ELEMENT SELECTABLE POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGES - A method and computer program product for controlling a storage device using per-element selectable power supply voltages provides energy conservation in storage devices while maintaining a particular performance level. The storage device is partitioned into multiple elements, which may be sub-arrays, rows, columns or individual storage cells. Each element has a corresponding virtual power supply rail that is provided with a selectable power supply voltage. The power supply voltage provided to the virtual power supply rail for an element is set to the minimum power supply voltage unless a higher power supply voltage is required for the element to meet performance requirements. A control cell may be provided within each element that provides a control signal that selects the power supply voltage supplied to the corresponding virtual power supply rail. The state of the cell may be set via a fuse or mask, or values may be loaded into the control cells at initialization of the storage device. | 07-02-2009 |
20110225438 | COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING A STORAGE DEVICE HAVING PER-ELEMENT SELECTABLE POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGES - A computer program product for controlling a storage device using per-element selectable power supply voltages provides energy conservation in storage devices while maintaining a particular performance level. The storage device is partitioned into multiple elements, which may be sub-arrays, rows, columns or individual storage cells. Each element has a corresponding virtual power supply rail that is provided with a selectable power supply voltage. The power supply voltage provided to the virtual power supply rail for an element is set to the minimum power supply voltage unless a higher power supply voltage is required for the element to meet performance requirements. A control cell may be provided within each element that provides a control signal that selects the power supply voltage supplied to the corresponding virtual power supply rail. The state of the cell may be set via a fuse or mask, or values may be loaded into the control cells at initialization of the storage device. | 09-15-2011 |
Hung Viet Ngo, Austin, TX US
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20130040482 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH SIDE-MOUNTED LATCH - An electrical connector may retain a substrate in secure, mating engagement with the electrical connector. The electrical connector can include at least one attachment member that is configured to engage a side of the substrate so as to attach the electrical connector to the substrate when the electrical connector is mated with the substrate. | 02-14-2013 |
20130040483 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH LATCH - An electrical connector may retain a substrate in secure, mating engagement with the electrical connector. The electrical connector can include at least one attachment member that is configured to be received in an aperture that extends through the substrate. | 02-14-2013 |
20130040485 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR INCLUDING GUIDANCE AND LATCH ASSEMBLY - An electrical connector assembly includes first and second electrical connectors that include complementary guidance members and complementary latch members that engage when the first and second electrical connectors are mated. | 02-14-2013 |
20130040500 | POWER CONNECTOR - An electrical power connector can include a connector housing having a front end defining a mating interface that includes a receptacle defined by opposing first and second surfaces. The interface can further include a plurality of first dividers that extend from the first surface and into the receptacle, and a plurality of second dividers that extend from the second surface and into the receptacle. The connector can further include a first row of contact beams and a second row of contact beams supported by the housing. Each contact beam of the first and second rows extends at least partially into the receptacle. The contact beams of the first row are separated from each other by the first dividers, and the contact beams of the second row are separated from each other by the second dividers such that a minimum creep distance between adjacent contact beams is greater than 1.0 mm. | 02-14-2013 |
20130164973 | PANEL MOUNT ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - In accordance with one embodiment, a panel mount electrical connector can include a connector housing configured to be inserted into an opening in a panel. The electrical connector can include at least one first retention member in the form of a spacer member supported by the connector housing and configured to be removably coupled to the connector housing. The at least one spacer member can have a spacer thickness that at least partially defines a gap between the spacer member and at least one second retention member, the gap sized to receive a panel of a predetermined thickness. The panel mount electrical connector can further include a locking member supported by the connector housing, the locking member configured to prevent removal of the panel mount electrical connector from a panel when the locking member is in the locked position. | 06-27-2013 |
20130203296 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - An electrical assembly can include one or more electrical connectors. Each electrical connector can include at least a first connector housing supporting a plurality of electrical power contacts and a second connector housing supporting a plurality of electrical signal contacts. Each of the first and second connector housings can define respective receptacles that are open on respective opposed sides of the first and second connector housings. Each electrical connector can further include at least one, such as a plurality of closure members configured to close the receptacles at respective lateral sides of the first and second connector housings. The closure members of the first and second electrical connectors can comprise at least one or all of end members, interconnect members, and spacer members. | 08-08-2013 |
20140030899 | ELECTRICAL POWER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly that includes an electrical connector and an electrically conductive busbar. The connector can include a housing that defines a receptacle, a first row of at least one power contact, and a second row of at least one power contact at a location spaced from the first row along a first direction. Each power contact of the first and second rows can define at least two mating ends that are at least partially disposed in the receptacle so as to define a slot that extends between the mating ends of the first row and the mating ends of the second row. The housing can include a first attachment member. The electrically conductive busbar can include a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an attachment member that is configured to mate with the first attachment member so as to attach the busbar to the housing. | 01-30-2014 |
20150011127 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector can include a connector housing including a housing body that can define an opening that is configured to receive a complementary electrically conductive component along a mating direction. The electrical connector can further include at least one contact member that is supported by the connector housing and is configured to contact the complementary electrically conductive component when the complementary electrically conductive component is received in the opening. The at least one contact member can include an arm having a proximate portion, a distal portion, and an intermediate portion between the proximal and distal portions. The intermediate portion can be spaced outward with respect to each of the proximate and distal portions, and the intermediate portion can bear against the retention rib so as to retain the at least one contact member with respect to the connector housing. | 01-08-2015 |
Khai Ngo, Cedar Park, TX US
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20080251137 | IN-SITU MONITOR OF INJECTION VALVE - The present invention generally provides methods and apparatus for monitoring performance of an injection valve. In one embodiment, a control signal relates to an actuator movement is monitored and correlated to performance of the injection valve. | 10-16-2008 |
Loc Ngo, Carrollton, TX US
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20140292458 | MAGNETIC DEVICE HAVING INTEGRATED CURRENT SENSING ELEMENT AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING SAME - A magnetic device is provided. The magnetic device includes a magnetic core and a conductive winding inductively coupled to the magnetic core. The conductive winding includes a first terminal segment, a second terminal segment, and an inductive segment electrically coupled in series therebetween. The first terminal segment includes a current sensing element. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292459 | MAGNETIC DEVICE HAVING INTEGRATED CURRENT SENSING ELEMENT AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING SAME - A magnetic device is provided. The magnetic device includes a magnetic core and a conductive winding inductively coupled to the magnetic core. The conductive winding includes a first terminal segment, a second terminal segment, and an inductive segment electrically coupled in series therebetween. The first terminal segment includes a current sensing element. | 10-02-2014 |
Minhtran V. Ngo, Houston, TX US
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20150017723 | PROCESS OF EXPANDING T CELLS - The present disclosure relates to a novel process for expanding T cells, such as autologous T cells, cell populations therefrom, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the said cell populations and use of the cells and compositions for treatment, particular the treatment or prophylaxis of virus infection and/or cancer, for example in immune compromised or immune competent human patients. | 01-15-2015 |
Timothy Ngo, Austin, TX US
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20140039995 | System and Method of Customer Acquisition Leveraging Social Media and Automating Billing Reflecting Rewards for Customer Acquisition - A system and method of acquiring new customer is provided. A first user activates a UI component such that a custom-created content is disseminated to a social media platform. The custom-created content contains content referring a featured service of a service provider and a referral instrument. A second user activates the referral instrument via the social media platform. The activation directs the second user to initiate a sign-up process with a backend system of the service provider and enables the backend system to capture information identifying the first user as a referrer at the start of the referee's sign-up process. The backend system provides referral credits to the first user following the signing-up of the second user. A billing module of the backend system automatically generates a bill for the second user reflecting referral credits awarded to the first user for the referral of the second user. | 02-06-2014 |
20140047527 | System and Method for Detecting and Preventing Automated Interaction Based on Detected Actions Performed by User to Solve a Proffered Puzzle - A system and method is provided to detect and prevent automated interaction. A server sends a puzzle to a client application of a client device. The puzzle is programmed and configured to enable a user to solve the puzzle with doing one or a series of maneuvers only using an input pointing means and by moving an Actor object displayed in the puzzle along an indicated path to a target location on the path. The server receives from the client application behavior data documenting the user's interactions with the Actor object in the course of trying to solve the puzzle, analyzes the received user behavior data, and decides whether the puzzle is solved and is solved by a human based on the analysis on the behavior data. The server sends to the client application an authentication token when the server decides that the puzzle is solved by a human. | 02-13-2014 |
Viet N. Ngo, Austin, TX US
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20140130013 | Multiprocessor Programming Toolkit for Design Reuse - Techniques for specifying and implementing a software application targeted for execution on a multiprocessor array (MPA). The MPA may include a plurality of processing elements, supporting memory, and a high bandwidth interconnection network (IN), communicatively coupling the plurality of processing elements and supporting memory. In one embodiment, software code may include first program instructions executable to perform a function. In this embodiment, the software code may also include one or more language constructs that are configurable to specify one or more communication ports and one or more parameter inputs. In this embodiment, the one or more communication ports are configurable to specify communication with other software code. In this embodiment, the one or more parameter inputs are configurable to specify a set of hardware resources usable to execute the software code. In this embodiment, the hardware resources include multiple processors and may include multiple supporting memories. | 05-08-2014 |