| 10th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
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| 20150061745 | TRANSMITTER HAVING VOLTAGE DRIVER AND CURRENT DRIVER - A circuit includes a first power node at a first voltage level, a second power node at a second voltage level, a first voltage driver, a first current driver, and a control unit. The first voltage driver is configured to electrically couple a first output node to the first power node when a first input signal at the first input node is at a first logic state, and electrically couple a first output node to the second power node when the first input signal is at a second logic state. The first current driver is configured to inject or extract a first adjustment current into or out of a first output node. The control unit is configured to generate a measurement result of the first voltage level, and to set the first adjustment current according to the measurement result. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061746 | OUTPUT APPARATUS, OUTPUT DRIVER, AND LEVEL SHIFTING SYSTEM - An output driver for driving a pad includes a pull-up circuit and a pull-down circuit. The pull-up circuit includes first, second and third first-type transistors. The first and second first-type transistors are commonly controlled by a first logic signal. The third first-type transistor is connected in parallel to the second first-type transistor. The pull-down circuit includes first, second and third second-type transistors. The first and second second-type transistors are commonly controlled by a second logic signal. The third second-type transistor is connected in parallel to the second second-type transistor. The pull-up circuit is configured such that a response speed of the first first-type transistor to the first logic signal is lower than that of the second first-type transistor to the first logic signal. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061747 | PROPORTIONAL-TO-SUPPLY ANALOG CURRENT GENERATOR - A current generator includes first and second current generators and an output current generator. The first current generator has an output for providing a first current, the first current proportional to a difference between a first power supply voltage and a first gate-to-source voltage. The second current generator has an output for providing a second current, the second current proportional to a second gate-to-source voltage. The second gate-to-source voltage is approximately equal to the first gate-to-source voltage. The output current generator provides an output current proportional to a sum of said first current and said second current. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061748 | SWITCH CIRCUIT - A switching circuit includes a plurality of switching elements connected between an input node and an output node and each comprising a first and second electrode connected to the input node and output node, respectively. The switching elements include a control electrode for controlling electrical conductance between the first and second electrodes such the switching element can be switched between an ON conductance state and an OFF conductance state. A detection circuit in the switching circuit outputs a detection value corresponding to an output current at the output node. A control circuit changes the conductance state of at least one switching element such that the summed total of the parasitic capacitances of all switching elements in the ON state decreases as the output current decreases as indicated by the detection value. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061749 | GATE DRIVER - A gate driver is provided. The gate driver amplifies an input control signal to drive gates of high and low side transistors. A high side driving chip amplifies a high side control signal for controlling the high side transistor and outputs the amplified high side control signal to the gate of the high side transistor. A low side driving chip amplifies a low side control signal and outputs the amplified low side control signal to the gate of the low side transistor. An emitter terminal of the gate of the high side transistor is connected to a collector terminal of the low side transistor. The high side driving chip is separately prepared from the low side driving chip. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061750 | Method and Circuit for Controlling Turnoff of a Semiconductor Switching Element - A circuit performs a method for controlling turn-off of a semiconductor switching element. The method includes determining at least one operating parameter for the semiconductor switching element during an operating cycle and determining a gate discharge current based on the at least one operating parameter. The method further includes supplying the gate discharge current to a gate of the semiconductor switching element during a subsequent operating cycle to turn off the semiconductor switching element. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061751 | MATRIX-STAGES SOLID STATE ULTRAFAST SWITCH - A semiconductor switching device for switching high voltage and high current. The semiconductor switching device includes a control-triggered stage and one or more auto-triggered stages. The control-triggered stage includes a plurality of semiconductor switches, a breakover switch, a control switch, a turn-off circuit, and a capacitor. The control-triggered stage is connected in series to the one or more auto-triggered stages. Each auto-triggered stage includes a plurality of semiconductor switches connected in parallel, a breakover switch, and a capacitor. The control switch provides for selective turn-on of the control-triggered stage. When the control-triggered stage turns on, the capacitor of the control-triggered stage discharges into the gates of the plurality of semiconductor switches of the next highest stage to turn it on. Each auto-triggered stage turns on in a cascade fashion as the capacitor of the adjacent lower stage discharges or as the breakover switches of the auto-triggered stages turn on. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061752 | CASCODE CIRCUIT - A cascode circuit ( | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061753 | SIGNAL OUTPUT CIRCUIT AND SIGNAL OUTPUT METHOD - A signal output circuit includes: an output buffer including a first terminal configured to output a first output signal; a first output terminal; a first switch inserted on a signal path from the first terminal to the first output terminal; and a second switch configured to transmit a predetermined voltage to the first output terminal when being turned on. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061754 | Corner-Case Emulation Tool for Thermal Power Testing - The various aspects provide for an IC design and methods for utilizing the IC design to emulate corner case ICs during power/thermal testing of a test system by installing a specially chosen IC on the test system. The chosen IC may be a fully functioning IC that also includes a leakage-add controller and a current leak circuit. The current leak circuit may simulate additional current leakage on the IC and may be driven by the leakage-add controller. The chosen IC may also include a programmable voltage table for adjusting the chosen IC's operational voltage. The chosen IC may emulate the thermal characteristics of various corner-case ICs while performing normal IC activities on the test system during power/thermal testing, thereby eliminating current limitations in thermal/power testing of test systems due to the difficulty of providing corner-case ICs and testing those corner-case ICs on various test systems. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061755 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS - A negative voltage pumping unit including a driver configured to receive an external high-voltage and an external voltage and drive and output an oscillator signal, and a capacitor configured to perform a pumping operation and generate a negative voltage; and an internal circuit configured to receive a ground voltage and the voltage of a node. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061756 | INPUT/OUTPUT CIRCUITS AND METHODS OF IMPLEMENTING AN INPUT/OUTPUT CIRCUIT - An input/output circuit implemented in an integrated circuit is described. The input/output circuit comprises an input/output pad and a voltage control circuit coupled to the input/output pad. The voltage control circuit sets a voltage at the input/output pad at a first voltage when the input/output pad is implemented as an input pad and at a second voltage when the input/output pad is implemented as an output pad. Methods of implementing input/output circuits in an integrated circuit are also described. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061757 | LOW DROPOUT LINEAR REGULATORS AND STARTING METHODS THEREFOR - A low dropout linear regulator, a starting method, an electronic device, and a chip are provided. The starting method includes the steps of beginning a soft-starting process of the low dropout linear regulator and providing a first current; when an output voltage of the low dropout linear regulator reaches a starting voltage, providing a second current; and dynamically adjusting a threshold of an over current during the soft-starting process of the low dropout linear regulator, wherein the over current includes at least one of the first current and the second current. Through the low dropout linear regulator, the starting method, the electronic device, and the chip, there is short starting time and less overshoot of the output voltage, thereby achieving a fast and safe starting process. Moreover, the circuit is protected, and the usage quality and life is enhanced. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061758 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - Embodiments of the invention disclose a signal processing device and a signal processing method and a device and a method for signal processing. The signal processing device includes a sampling module, a first segmentation module, a second segmentation module, and a detection module. The sampling module samples an input signal to generate a sample signal. The first segmentation module calculates a first segment value according to the sample signal during a first time interval. The second segmentation module calculates a second segment value according to the sample signal during a second time interval different in length from the first time interval. The detection module generates a detection signal according to the determination of whether the first segment value lies out of a first range, and whether the second segment value lies out of a second range. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061759 | SEMICONDUCTOR CARRIER WITH VERTICAL POWER FET MODULE - A monolithic power switch provides a semiconductor layer, a three dimensional FET formed in the semiconductor layer to modulate currents through the semiconductor layer, and a toroidal inductor with a ceramic magnetic core formed on the semiconductor layer around the FET and having a first winding connected to the FET. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061761 | DETERMINATION OF ENVELOPE SHAPING AND SIGNAL PATH PREDISTORTION OF AN ET AMPLIFICATION STAGE USING DEVICE CHARACTERISATION DATA - A method of controlling an envelope tracking amplification stage comprising: in a characterization mode: measuring parameters of the amplification stage to determine at least two of gain, phase and efficiency characteristics for instantaneous values of input power and supply voltage of the amplifier; and for the at least two of gain, phase and efficiency characteristics, generating a three-dimensional plot representing the characteristic with respect to input power and supply voltage applied to the amplifier, and in a use mode: using at least one of the three-dimensional plots to determine a shaping function for the shaping table in dependence on a primary system objective associated with one or more of gain, phase or efficiency; and using the determined shaping function and at least one of the three dimensional plots to determine the pre-distortion coefficients for the pre-distortion block to meet a secondary system objective associated with at least one of gain, phase or efficiency. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061762 | DUAL POWER AMPLIFIER LINEARIZER - A circuit in a transmitter with multiple power amplifiers includes multiple individual linearizer circuits each receiving a corresponding input signal and each providing a conditioned input signal to a corresponding power amplifier, The linearizer circuit each include: (a) a pre-distortion circuit receiving (i) the corresponding input signal and (ii) the output signal of a corresponding power amplifier, and providing a pre-distortion signal; (b) a cancelation circuit receiving an interfering signal and providing a cancelation signal; and (c) a combination circuit that combines the cancelation signal and the pre-distortion signal to provide a conditioned input signal to the corresponding power amplifier. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061763 | AMPLIFICATION CIRCUIT OF SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS - An amplification circuit of a semiconductor apparatus includes a first amplification unit configured to amplify a difference between an input voltage and a reference voltage and generate a preliminary amplification signal, a second amplification unit configured to secondarily amplify the preliminary amplification signal and generate an amplification signal, and a compensation unit configured to form an addition current path. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061764 | ANALOG AMPLIFIER FOR RECOVERING ABNORMAL OPERATION OF COMMON MODE FEEDBACK - An analog amplifier for recovering an abnormal operation of a common-mode feedback is provided. An analog variable amplifier includes a first input transistor and a second input transistor, a first output transistor and a second output transistor, a third transistor and a fourth transistor, a first current source, a fifth transistor and a sixth transistor, and a second current source. The first input transistor and the second input transistor amplify a bias current depending on a magnitude of a first input voltage and a second input voltage. The first output transistor and the second output transistor output the amplified bias current. The third transistor and the fourth transistor receive an output voltage of the first output transistor as an input and amplifying the received output voltage. The first current source provides a predetermined current between the first output transistor and the third transistor. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061765 | GAIN CALIBRATION OF A HIGH SPEED AMPLIFIER - Embodiments include systems and methods for accurately controlling gain of a high-speed variable-gain amplifier (VGA) without adversely impacting bandwidth performance. Embodiments include a VGA with a variable resistor, for which resistance is a function of a control level. A gain calibration system controls the control level by using a gain control feedback subsystem to sample outputs of a duplicate VGA, which includes a duplicate variable resistor. The sampled duplicate outputs are compared to a target gain generated by a reference generator. The control level can be fed back to control the gain of the duplicate VGA until the target gain is reached. The control level can also be fed to the actual VGA to control its gain. By performing gain control on the duplicate VGA without interfering with the output signal path of the actual VGA, the actual VGA's gain can be accurately controlled without impacting its bandwidth. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061766 | WIDEBAND INDUCTOR-LESS BALUN-LNA WITH IMPROVED PICKUP NOISE REJECTION - An inductor-less balun low-noise amplifier (LNA) includes a cross-coupled network coupled between first and second input terminals and first and second summing nodes. The cross-coupled network may include: a first non-inverting gain stage coupled between the first input terminal and the first summing node; a first inverting gain stage coupled between the first input terminal and the second summing node; a second non-inverting gain stage coupled between the second input terminal and the second summing node; and a second inverting gain stage coupled between the second input terminal and the first summing node. The cross coupled network may be configurable to provide common-mode rejection when operated in a differential or in a single-ended mode of operation. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061767 | Telescopic Amplifier with Improved Common Mode Settling - Telescopic amplifier circuits are disclosed. In an embodiment, a telescopic amplifier includes an input stage for receiving differential input signals, an output stage for outputting differential output signals at the drains of a first output transistor and a second output transistor, a tail current transistor coupled to sources of a first input transistor and a second input transistor, a common mode feedback circuit coupled to the differential output signals and outputting a common mode output signal, and a circuit element coupled between the common mode output signal and a gate of the tail current transistor. In an embodiment the circuit element is a resistor. In another embodiment the circuit element is a source follower transistor. In additional embodiments a phase margin of the common mode feedback open loop gain of the amplifier is determined by the value of the resistor. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061768 | HIGH SPEED AMPLIFIER - A circuit may include one or more transistors connected directly to an output, and an inductance network. The inductance network may connect to a source node of at least one of the transistors, to compensate capacitance of the output. Thus, the response time of the circuit may decrease, and a non-dominant frequency response pole frequency of the circuit may increase. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061769 | CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEM, AND AN AMPLIFIER IN COMBINATION WITH SUCH A CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEM - A control apparatus is provided that can provide high dynamic resolution and is suitable for inclusion within an integrated circuit. The control apparatus receives a demand signal representing a desired value of a measurand, and a feedback signal representing a present value or a recently acquired value of the measurand. The processing circuit forms a further signal a further signal which is a function of the demand and feedback signals. The further signal is then subjected to at least an integrating function. The demand signal, feedback signal or the further signal is processed or acquired in a sampled manner. The use of such sampled, i.e. discontinuous, processing allows integration time constants to be synthesized which would otherwise require the use of unfeasibly large components within an integrated circuit, or the use of off-chop components. Both of these other options are expensive. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061770 | BIAS-BOOSTING BIAS CIRCUIT FOR RADIO FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER - Various embodiments provide a bias circuit for a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) to provide a direct current (DC) bias voltage, with bias boosting, to the RF PA. The bias circuit may include a bias transistor that forms a current mirror with an amplifier transistor of the RF PA. The bias circuit may further include a first resistor coupled between the gate terminal and the drain terminal of the bias transistor to block RF signals from the gate terminal of the bias transistor. The bias circuit may further include a second resistor coupled between the drain terminal of the bias transistor and the RF PA (e.g., the gate terminal of the amplifier transistor). An amount of bias boosting of the DC bias voltage provided by the bias circuit may be based on an impedance value of the second resistor. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061771 | WAVEFORM CONVERSION CIRCUIT WITH REDUCED JITTER - An AC-inverting amplifier for a waveform conversion circuit includes a first MOS transistor of a first conductivity type having a gate that receives an input signal, a drain that provides an inverted amplified output signal, and a source coupled to a first power supply voltage. A current source provides a first bias current and a second bias current in proportion to the first bias current. The second bias current is coupled to the drain of the first MOS transistor to bias the first MOS transistor. The first bias current has a magnitude that is determined by a DC voltage applied at the gate of the first MOS transistor. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061772 | Circuit to Reduce Output Capacitor of LDOs - Circuits and methods to reduce the size of output capacitors of LDOs or amplifiers are disclosed. Nonlinear mirroring of the load current allows scaling of gain or adapting small signal impedance of a pass transistor depending on other inputs, in case of a preferred embodiment, allows to reduce small signal impedance at the gate of the pass transistor as the load current increases, hence allowing to reduce the size of an output capacitor without compromising stability of the system. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061773 | DIGITAL PREDISTORTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A digital predistortion apparatus comprising: a nonlinear device; a memory effect compensator; a constant value characteristic acquirer; a cost function generator; and a coefficient updater is described. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061774 | DIGITAL PREDISTORTION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH EXTENDED CORRECTION BANDWIDTH - The digital predistortion system and method with extended correction bandwidth includes a predistortion system that uses a two-box architecture based on the cascade of a memory polynomial followed by a memoryless predistortion function. The memoryless predistorter is identified offline and used to perform a coarse linearization which cancels out most of the static nonlinearity of the device under test allowing for a reduced observation bandwidth for the synthesis of the memory polynomial predistortion sub-function. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061775 | WIDEBAND AMPLIFIER - A Doherty amplifier is disclosed, being adapted to receive an RF input signal and to output an RF output signal and comprising a main amplifier and a peak amplifier, each comprising: a first amplifier (T | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061776 | HIGH SPEED AMPLIFIER - A circuit may include one or more transistors connected directly to an output, and a biasing network connected to at least one of a substrate, a well, and a back-gate of at least one of the transistors. The biasing network may biase the at least one of the substrate, the well, and the back-gate to a virtual floating bias, such that the virtual floating bias shifts in voltage level based upon an AC input signal of the circuit, to reduce the parasitic capacitance of the output node of the circuit. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061777 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BIAS CONTROL OF CLASS A POWER RF AMPLIFIER - A circuit and technique are provided to control bias setting to an FET based common source RF amplifier that can operate with large signals present. The circuit and technique described herein use a second FET in an identical circuit having the gate circuits connected in parallel and being sourced by the same drain voltage that serves as a reference to a first circuit bias setting. The drain current in a first FET will include both the bias and RF amplification current, whereas the second FET only carries the bias current. Because the devices and circuits are matched, the gate voltage variations will appear in both FETs thereby providing regulation of the drain current. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061778 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR HIGH FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT AND HIGH FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFYING APPARATUS - A high frequency power amplifying apparatus includes a power supply device for a high frequency power amplifying circuit, an RF signal processing circuit, and a high frequency power amplifying circuit. Bidirectional converters supplying and/or regenerating an electric charge are provided between an input section of an input voltage and an output section of an output voltage. A converter controlling circuit detects an envelope of an RF input signal, and sets and switches resonant frequencies and amplitudes of the bidirectional converters such that the output voltage follows an amplitude change of an envelope input signal. A delay time detecting circuit detects a delay time of the power supply device for a high frequency power amplifying circuit and makes an adjustment through a delay adjusting circuit. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061779 | DIGITALLY CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a digitally controlled oscillator and an electronic device including the digitally controlled oscillator. The digitally controlled oscillator includes a digital control unit and a power control oscillation unit. The digital control unit compensates for a difference between a feedback signal of an output power and a reference power set based on an input digital control signal and outputting an output power. The power control oscillation unit receives a signal related to the output power, and generates an output clock having an oscillation frequency in response to the signal related to the output power. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061780 | OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT, A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND AN APPARATUS - An oscillator circuit for providing an output clock signal is described. The oscillator circuit comprising a voltage reference, a first current source, first capacitor, first capacitor switch, second current source, second capacitor, second capacitor switch, first comparator, second comparator and flip-flop. The first comparator comprises a first chopper-stabilized comparator switchable between a compare phase and a zeroing phase in dependence on the output clock signal and arranged to operate in the compare phase in a first half-phase of the output clock signal to provide a first comparator output from comparing the first capacitor voltage to the reference voltage and in the zeroing phase in the second half-phase. The second comparator comprises a second chopper-stabilized comparator switchable between a respective compare phase and a respective zeroing phase in dependence on the output clock signal and arranged to operate in its compare phase in the second half-phase to obtain a second comparator output from comparing the second capacitor voltage to the reference voltage and in its zeroing phase in the first half-phase. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061781 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD - An electronic circuit, includes: a first oscillator configured to generate a reference signal; a plurality of phase synchronization circuits, each including a second oscillator configured to generate an output signal having a frequency corresponding to an input, and a phase comparator configured to input, to the second oscillator, a signal corresponding to a phase difference between the output signal generated by the second oscillator and the reference signal generated by the first oscillator; and a controller configured to control relative phases of the reference signals input to the phase synchronization circuits from the first oscillator, based on the signals input to the corresponding second oscillators from the phase comparators in the phase synchronization circuits. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061782 | STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR RING OSCILLATOR FABRICATION - Structures and methods are provided for fabricating a ring oscillator including a plurality of stages. An example multi-layer structure includes a first device layer, a second device layer, and an inter-level connection structure. The first device layer includes a first transistor structure associated with a first stage of a ring oscillator. The second device layer is formed on the first device layer and includes a second transistor structure associated with a second stage of the ring oscillator. Further, the first inter-level connection structure includes one or more first conductive materials and is configured to electrically connect to the first transistor structure and the second transistor structure. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061783 | CRYSTAL CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR - A crystal controlled oscillator includes a crystal unit, an oscillator circuit, a temperature detector for crystal unit, a heating unit for crystal unit, a temperature detector for oscillator circuit, and a heating unit for oscillator circuit. The heating unit for crystal unit is configured to control an output of the crystal unit based on a temperature detected by the temperature detector for crystal unit to compensate the temperature of the atmosphere where the crystal unit is placed to be constant. An output of the heating unit for oscillator circuit is controlled independently from the heating unit for crystal unit based on a temperature detected by the temperature detector for oscillator circuit to compensate the temperature of the atmosphere where the oscillator circuit is placed to be constant. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061784 | BACKWARD-WAVE OSCILLATOR IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a backward-wave oscillator in a communication system, including a waveguide formed of a metamaterial. A unit structure of the waveguide may include: a top plate; a short-circuited stub; a bottom plate separated at a predetermined gap from the top plate, and having the short-circuited stub formed in the center thereof; a first metal pillar connecting the top plate at a first port positioned on one surface based on the short-circuited stub to the bottom plate at a second port positioned on the opposite surface of the first port based on the short-circuited stub; and a second metal pillar separated from the first metal pillar, and connecting the top plate at the second port to the bottom plate at the first port. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061785 | ATOM CELL, QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE, ATOMIC OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MOVING OBJECT - An atomic oscillator includes a pair of window units, a wall extending between the pair of window units and forming a first space in which alkali metal in a gas state is housed with the pair of window units, and a second space communicating with the first space and provided in a position with the wall between the first and second spaces and housing alkali metal in a liquid or solid state. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061786 | CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT HAVING LOW POWER CONSUMPTION, LOW JITTER AND WIDE OPERATING RANGE - A crystal oscillator circuit includes: a crystal resonator circuit, generating an oscillation signal; an inverting amplification circuit, whose first amplifier input end is coupled to receive the oscillation signal, in which an inverting amplifier outputs an inverting amplified output signal; a bias circuit, having a bias circuit input end and a bias circuit output end, in which the bias circuit output end generates a bias circuit output signal controlled by the bias circuit input end, and the bias circuit output signal is coupled to a second amplifier input end; and a peak detection circuit, comparing the inverting amplified output signal with a reference signal, regulating a peak detector output signal, and feeding the peak detector output signal into the bias circuit input end, in which the bias circuit includes a self-adjusting circuit, for isolating a power supply from a second input end of the inverting amplifier. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061787 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPRESSING A DETERMINISTIC CLOCK JITTER - A method for generating an output clock comprising: detecting a timing difference between a first input clock and a second input clock to generate a phase error signal; generating a masked phase error signal by masking the phase error signal based on a deterministic jitter indicator signal; generating an oscillator control signal by filtering the masked phase error signal; and generating the output clock in accordance with the oscillator control signal. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061788 | NON-RECIPROCAL CIRCUIT DEVICE - In a non-reciprocal circuit device, a first center conductor, a second center conductor, and a third center conductor are disposed on a ferrite, to which a direct current magnetic field is applied by a permanent magnet, so as to be insulated from one another and so as to intersect with one another. One end of the first center conductor defines a first port, one end of the second center conductor defines a second port, and one end of the third center conductor defines a third port. The first port is connected to a first terminal, the second port is connected to a second terminal, and the third port is connected to a third terminal. The other ends of the respective center conductors are connected to one another, which is connected to a ground. Capacitance elements are connected in parallel to the respective center conductors. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061789 | WAVEGUIDE PROPAGATION APPARATUS COMPATIBLE WITH HERMETIC PACKAGING - This topic is related to a waveguide propagation apparatus, converting microstrip propagation to waveguide propagation, providing hermeticity on the mounting area, eliminating the cabling component causing degradation on the overall performance, involving at least a microwave module ( | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061790 | TUNABLE DELAY LINE ARRANGEMENT - A tunable chirped delay line arrangement ( | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061791 | HIGH FREQUENCY COMPONENT - A high frequency component includes transverse inductors each including a first end and a second end and capacitors including planar conductors connected to the first ends of the transverse inductors, planar conductors connected to the second ends of the transverse inductors, and insulating layers disposed between the planar conductors. Each of the transverse inductors is helical and wound at least more than one turn. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061792 | VARIABLE BANDWIDTH RF FILTER - Disclosed is a variable bandwidth RF filter. The disclosed filter comprises: a first filter unit having a first bandwidth and a variable-frequency structure; and a second filter unit having a second bandwidth and a variable-frequency structure. The first filter unit and the second filter unit are coupled to a cascade structure, and the bandwidth is adjusted by varying the frequency of the first filter unit and of the second filter unit. The disclosed filter is advantageous in that the variation of the bandwidth can be easily performed using a simple structure. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061793 | Filtering Apparatus - A filtering apparatus includes a passband of a first-level unit which is formed by at least three coaxial filters covers a passband of a second-level unit which is formed by at least three dielectric filters, and a bandwidth of the first-level unit is twice the bandwidth of the second-level unit, so that when the coaxial filters are coupled to the dielectric filters, insertion loss of the coaxial filters is reduced, thereby reducing overall insertion loss of the filtering apparatus. By making a transmission zero of the first-level unit be located at a second harmonic frequency point of the second-level unit, the filtering apparatus can have high suppression on a second harmonic, thereby obtaining relatively desirable far-end suppression performance. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061794 | CAVITY FILTER, CONNECTOR AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a cavity filter, a connector and manufacturing processes thereof. The cavity filter comprises a cavity, a cover plate and a connector disposed on the cavity or the cover plate; an end of the connector is connected with internal devices inside the cavity filter and the other end of the connector is connected with external communication devices; and the connector comprises an inner conductor and a metal enclosure disposed coaxially and an insulation medium disposed between the metal enclosure and the inner conductor, and a non-metal layer is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the metal enclosure. The connector of the present disclosure is formed with a non-metal layer on the outer peripheral surface of the metal enclosure thereof, which can improve the moisture-proof capability, the salt-mist-proof capability, the mould-proof capability and the reliability of the connector and the cavity filter. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061795 | RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICE WITH FEED STRUCTURE - A radio frequency (RF) device includes an RF transmission line structure having opposing boundary walls with a non-rectilinear form factor, and a feed structure configured to introduce RF energy into an area between the opposing boundary walls to illuminate the RF transmission line structure with the RF energy across the non-rectilinear form factor. The feed structure includes a plurality of traveling-waveguide-fed leaky line-segment structures, each configured to launch the RF energy into the area with a propagation direction having an oblique angle relative to an axis of the line-segment structure. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061796 | RUGGEDIZED LOW-RELECTION/HIGH-TRANSMISSION INTEGRATED SPINDLE FOR PARALLEL-PLATE TRANSMISSION-LINE STRUCTURES - A radio frequency (RF) transmission-line structure includes a parallel-plate transmission line formed from a first conducting plate and a second conducting plate. The second conducting plate is spaced apart from the first conducting plate and substantially parallel to the first conducting plate. A support member is attached to the first and second plates and is operative to maintain a fixed mechanical spacing between the first conducting plate and the second conducting plate. The transmission-line structure further includes at least one feature configured to isolate or suppress RF interaction of the support member with RF fields within the parallel-plate transmission line. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061797 | ELECTRONIC CONTACTOR - Disclosed is an electronic contactor including: a lower body; a magnetic force generator disposed within the lower body and magnetized by electric power transferred from outside to perform suctioning operation; a crossbar coupled to an upper portion of the magnetic force generator and provided with a movable contact to be lifted or lowered; a pair of separable upper bodies each being provided at one side thereof with a stationary contact and an auxiliary stationary contact and respectively coupled to upper opposite ends of the lower body such that the movable contact and auxiliary movable contacts are placed therein, facing ends of the upper bodies being coupled to each other inside the upper bodies so as to face each other; | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061798 | CONTROL SOLENOID WITH IMPROVED MAGNETIC CIRCUIT - An electromagnetic solenoid having a coil wound around a bobbin between first and second flanges for generating a magnetic force is disclosed. An armature having an armature flange at a first end is within an interior portion of the tubular center section of the bobbin and is supported for axial displacement between a first position and a second position. A permanent ring magnet is placed at the first end flange with an inner radial face spaced apart from an outer radial face of the armature flange by a radial gap, with the ring magnet supported by a retainer adjacent to the first end flange and fixed against axial displacement with respect to the bobbin. The solenoid comprises an outer case having a closed bottom at a first end and an open top at a second end and a flux washer disposed in the open top adjacent to a second end of the armature. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061799 | SOLENOID ASSEMBLY WITH ANTI-HYSTERESIS FEATURE - A solenoid assembly is provided in which electrical energy is supplied to a coil through a post that extends through an armature. The solenoid assembly includes a coil assembly having a coil, with a pole piece and an armature at least partially surrounding the coil. The armature is configured to translate relative to the pole piece when the coil is energized. The coil assembly has a bobbin at least partially surrounding the coil and a first post that extends from the bobbin. Electrical current is supplied to the coil through the first post. The armature is configured so that the first post extends through the armature. A feature is configured to prevent the armature from contacting the first post when the armature translates. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061800 | Portable Magnetizer Sheet Feeder System - A sheet-feeder system for multiple feeding of magnetizable sheets from a stack through a portable magnetizer designed for on-site use, enclosed in a portable case which is hand-carryable. A sheet advancer advances single magnetizable sheets from the stack in a stack positioner. The sheet advancer includes a single-sheet separator configured to separate single magnetizable sheets from the stack during advancement. Magnetic attraction between a magnetizable sheet and a magnetic field generated by a sheet magnetizer configured to permanently magnetize single magnetizable sheets as they are advanced by the sheet advancer assists the sheet advancer to advance the single magnetizable sheets from the stack through the sheet magnetizer. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061801 | ADHESIVELY BONDED CYLINDRICAL MAGNETS COMPRISING ANNULAR COILS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - In a solenoid magnet assembly, and a method for manufacture thereof, the magnet assembly includes a number of concentrically aligned coils, each including a winding impregnated with a resin. Each coil is mechanically restrained so as to hold the coils in fixed relative positions relative to each other when forming the magnet assembly. The mechanical restraint can be formed by annular support sections bonded to the respective coils, lugs bonded to the respective coils, or by lugs that are at least partially embedded in a crust formed on a radially outer surface of the respective windings. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061802 | MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATOR FOR MAGNETOCALORIC THERMAL APPLIANCE - A magnetic field generator ( | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061803 | TRANSFORMER CHAMBER FOR A WIND TURBINE - A transformer chamber for a wind turbine is described. The transformer chamber includes a liquid-tight tank for receiving a liquid-filled, in particular oil-filled, transformer, a wind turbine structure component includes a component bedframe adapted for receiving such a transformer chamber and a wind turbine includes such a transformer chamber and such a wind turbine structure component. Furthermore, a method for assembling a wind turbine is described. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061804 | REACTOR UNIT - A reactor unit comprises a reactor and a base to which the reactor is attached. The base has base-side bonding surfaces to be bonded to a bonding surface of the reactor. A base connector, which does not include the base-side bonding surfaces, is configured to have a thickness smaller than those of first and second bases, which include the base-side bonding surfaces. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061805 | TRANSFORMER AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A transformer includes a magnetic core, a first coil unit and a second coil unit. The first coil unit is disposed within the magnetic core and includes a laminated board having layers laminated therein and conductive patterns. Respective ones of the conductive patterns are disposed on the laminated layers. The second coil unit includes a conductive wire spaced apart from the conductive patterns of the laminated board by an insulating distance. The conductive wire includes a triple-insulated wire surrounded by three sheets of insulating paper to maintain the insulating distance from the conductive patterns. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061806 | TAP CHANGER WITH AN IMPROVED DRIVE SYSTEM - An on-load tap changer is provided having a plurality of modules, each of which is operable to change taps in a winding of a transformer. A transmission shaft is connected to the modules and is operable upon rotation to effectuate tap changes in the windings. A servo motor rotates the transmission shaft. The servo motor includes a feedback device operable to generate a feedback signal containing information relating to the position of the motor shaft. A servo drive is connected to the servo motor to receive the feedback signal. The servo drive uses the feedback signal to determine and store a total angular displacement of the motor shaft. The servo drive uses the feedback signal and the total angular displacement of the motor shaft to control the operation of the servo motor. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061807 | Transformer - A transformer includes a magnetic core, a primary winding, and a plurality of secondary windings. The magnetic core has an axial and a radial direction. The primary winding includes a plurality of winding sections and at least one connecting section. The winding sections are arranged along the axial direction. The connecting section is connected between the two adjacent winding sections. Each of the winding sections includes a plurality of primary winding layers and pull-out portions. The primary winding layers surround the magnetic core and are arranged along the radial direction. One pull-out portion connects two primary winding layers adjacent to the pull-out portion. Part of normal projections of the primary winding layers on a surface of the magnetic core are located between normal projections of the pull-out portions on the surface of the magnetic core. The secondary windings surround the primary winding. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061808 | TRANSFORMER - A transformer | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061809 | Coil Assembly - A coil assembly is provided, comprising a coil former, a coil, and a connection block which is pivotally joined to the coil former. The coil is wound while the connection block is pivoted away, the winding wire ends are soldered to the terminal pins, and the connection block is pivoted close to the coil. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061810 | MULTILAYER TYPE INDUCTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a multilayer type inductor for implementing high quality factor (Q factor), and more particularly, a multilayer type inductor, including: a ceramic body formed by laminating a plurality of ceramic sheets; a coil electrode provided between the ceramic sheets and having an outer peripheral formed in a curved surface; and a pair of external terminals provided at both side portions of the ceramic body. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061811 | COIL COMPONENT - A coil component is provided with a coil, a base supporting the coil having a first surface parallel to an extending direction of the terminal section of the coil, and a terminal electrode having a first terminal portion printed on the first surface of the base. The first surface has a stepped surface including an upper stage surface and a lower stage surface. The first terminal portion has a stepped shape including an upper stage portion formed on the upper stage surface and a lower stage portion formed on the lower stage surface. The upper stage portion has a first terminal surface contacting the terminal section of the coil. The lower stage portion has a second terminal surface positioned on an extension line of the terminal section of the coil and not contacting the terminal section of the coil. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061812 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE MULTI-PORT INDUCTOR - A multi-port inductor structure for use in semiconductor applications such as high-performance RF filters and amplifiers is provided. Embodiments of the present invention may provide 3 metallization layers and two via layers. The metallization layers and via layers may be substantially stacked on top of each other to conserve space. Each metallization layer comprises a ring pattern. In embodiments, the top two ring patterns include a plurality of concentric bands, forming a spiral pattern. The third (bottom) ring may include a broken ring pattern. In embodiments, the second (middle) ring may include one or more spans to facilitate connection to the inner bands of the second ring. The spans connect inner bands to an outer perimeter region of the second ring. Multiple tap points along the bands and spans allow multiple inductance values to be obtained from the structure. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061813 | VARYING THICKNESS INDUCTOR - A particular device includes a substrate and a spiral inductor coupled to the substrate. The spiral inductor includes a first conductive spiral and a second conductive spiral overlaying the first conductive spiral. A first portion of an innermost turn of the spiral inductor has a first thickness in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. The first portion of the innermost turn includes a first portion of the first conductive spiral and does not include the second conductive spiral. A second portion of the innermost turn includes a first portion of the second conductive spiral. A portion of an outermost turn of the spiral inductor has a second thickness in the direction perpendicular to the substrate that is greater than the first thickness. A portion of the outermost turn includes a second portion of the first conductive spiral and a second portion of the second conductive spiral. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061814 | FERRITE CIRCUIT BOARD - A ferrite circuit board includes a substrate and a wire. The substrate is made of ferrite and provided with a surface and an elongated groove recessed from the surface. The elongated groove has an inner wall having a roughness Ra ranging from 0.1 μm to 20 μm. The wire is embedded in the elongated groove of the substrate, such that the wire is not easily separated from the substrate. The ferrite circuit board can be used as an inductor to provide abundant functionality. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061815 | PLANAR INDUCTORS WITH CLOSED MAGNETIC LOOPS - A planar closed-magnetic-loop inductor and a method of fabricating the inductor are described. The inductor includes a first material comprising a cross-sectional shape including at least four segments, at least one of the at least four segments including a first edge and a second edge on opposite sides of an axial line through the at least one of the at least four segments. The first edge and the second edge are not parallel. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061816 | MAGNETIC COMPOSITION AND MULTILAYER ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MANUFACTURED BY USING THE SAME - There are provided a magnetic composition including a glass component capable of not reacting with a ferrite grain but being uniformly distributed only in a grain boundary, instead of using an existing glass component, thereby achieving improved permeability, specific resistance and high frequency specific resistance, and a multilayer electronic component manufactured by using the same. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061817 | COIL COMPONENT AND ELECTRONIC MODULE USING THE SAME - A coil component may include: a base board having an accommodation portion disposed therein and having conductive patterns disposed within the accommodation portion; an annular core disposed in the accommodation portion; and a laminated board laminated on the base board and having conductive patterns disposed on one surface thereof. The conductive patterns of the laminated board are connected to the conductive patterns of the base board to form a coil. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061818 | TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SWITCH COMPRISING A SNAP-ACTION DISC CLAMPED IN AT THE RIM - A temperature-dependent switch arranged with a housing has a temperature-dependent switching mechanism comprising a snap-action disc, on which at least one outer contact region and at least one inner contact region are provided. A movable contact part held on the inner contact region interacts with a first contact surface connected to a first external connection on an upper part of the housing. The at least one outer contact region is connected at least in sections permanently to a second contact surface connected to a second external connection on a lower part of the housing. The snap-action disc lifts off the movable contact part from the first contact surface depending on the temperature of the switching mechanism. The snap-action disc has at least one compensation section between the at least one outer contact region and the at least one inner contact region. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061819 | CHIP RESISTOR - A chip resistor includes a base member, a resistive element formed on the base member, a first inner electrode held in contact with a first end portion or the resistive element, a second inner electrode held in contact with a second end portion of the resistive element, a first reverse surface electrode reaching a first end portion of the base member, and a second reverse surface electrode reaching a second end portion of the base member. The length of the first and the second reverse surface electrodes is in a range of 2/10 to 3/10 of the length of the base member. Also, the length of the first and the second reverse surface electrodes is greater than the length of the first and the second inner electrodes. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061820 | METAL NITRIDE MATERIAL FOR THERMISTOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FILM TYPE THERMISTOR SENSOR - Provided are a metal nitride material for a thermistor, which has high reliability and high heat resistance and can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, a method for producing the same, and a film type thermistor sensor. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061821 | METAL NITRIDE MATERIAL FOR THERMISTOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FILM TYPE THERMISTOR SENSOR - Provided are a metal nitride material for a thermistor, which has high reliability and high heat resistance and can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, a method for producing the same, and a film type thermistor sensor. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061822 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING A SENSING ABILITY OF AN INTERLOCK SWITCH SYSTEM - A system for improving a sensing ability of an interlock switch system may include an interlock switch and a target component. The interlock switch may include a first antenna coil that may receive one or more signals from one or more antenna coils within a sensing range of the first antenna coil. The target component may include an actuator that may interface with the interlock switch. The target component may also include at least two antenna coils. Each of the at least two antenna coils may then include an electronic identification (ID) associated with the target component. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061823 | REMOTE CONTROL UNIT FOR ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING MEANS FOR PAYMENT AND FOR DISPLAYING PAYMENT STATUS - The invention relates to a remote control unit for intelligent digital audiovisual reproduction systems, comprising storage means, payment means, a sound control circuit, display means and a metal chassis wherein said remote control unit comprises a distant radio frequency transmitter that is associated with a radio frequency receiver connected to the sound control circuit of the audiovisual reproduction system. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061824 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes a collecting unit that collects biological information of a first user and a second user. The information processing device includes a specifying unit that specifies an emotion of the first user toward the second user and an emotion of the second user toward the first user using the biological information acquired by the collecting unit. The information processing device includes a determining unit that determines whether or not to provide information on the second user to the first user based on respective emotions specified by the specifying unit. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061825 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes a collecting unit which collects user's biological information. The information processing device includes a determining unit which determines an emotion of the user by using the biological information collected by the collecting unit. The information processing device includes an output unit which outputs in association with information representing the user and the emotion of the user determined by the determining unit to terminal devices which are used by other users. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061826 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IDENTITY VERIFICATION - An identity verification device comprises a cellular telecommunications modem and a fingerprint scanner coupled to the modem, the verification device being configured for storing first fingerprint data in an enrolment process and being operable, in response to the modem receiving a verification command via a cellular telecommunications network, to perform a verification process in which the fingerprint scanner scans a fingerprint to obtain second fingerprint data, the first and second fingerprint data are compared with each other, and in the event of a match between the first and second fingerprint data, the modem transmits a response signal to a predetermined destination via the telecommunications network. The device may be used in a networked telecommunications system in which the electronic transactions may be initiated by smart cards and other devices. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061827 | SINGLE SIGN-ON PROCESS - Methods and systems are provided for checking authorization of users. A first electronic device may receive via close range contactless communication, photographic identification data associated with a user of a second electronic device. The photographic identification data may be displayed visually to enable a user of the first electronic device to compare an appearance of the user of the second electronic device for verifying authorization data associated with the user of the second electronic device. The displaying of the photographic identification data may be controlled based on input by the user of the first electronic device, wherein the controlling comprises modifying at least a portion of a displayed image corresponding to the photographic identification data. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061828 | Intermediary Access Device for Communication With a Vehicle - An intermediary access device enables a user electronic device to communicate with a vehicle's onboard computer system. A first wireless transceiver of the intermediary access device is used to establish a secure wireless communication channel between the intermediary access device and a vehicle on-board computer system. A second wireless transceiver of the intermediary access device is used to establish a user-initiated communication channel between the intermediary access device and a user electronic device. User commands and vehicle information can then be transmitted between the vehicle on-board computer system and the user electronic device via the intermediary access device in a safe, secure and efficient manner. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061829 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, facilitating an association between an access management device and each of a first and second electronic devices sharing a functional feature. The access management device includes a wireless communication module enabling each of the first and second electronic devices to detect the portable access management device within a respective vicinity of each of the devices. Respectively determining each of the first and second devices is within the vicinity of the access management device is based on presence information provided by the respective device, the presence information being generated by each device responsive to wirelessly communicating with the access management device. The functional feature of the first device is enabled while within the vicinity of the access management device, and the functional feature of the second device is disabled while not within the vicinity. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061830 | SMART ENTRY SYSTEM - Upon determination that a mobile device is present within a first communication area, a control device maintains transmitter power output of an electromagnetic wave to be transmitted from a communication section. Further, the mobile device decreases sensitivity for receiving the electromagnetic wave such that the first communication area is narrowed to a second communication area. Then, the control device determines, based on presence/absence of a response from the mobile device, whether the mobile device is present within the second communication area. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061831 | KEY AND SECURITY DEVICE - A key for a security device is provided. The key may include a housing and an actuation member operably engaged with the housing. The key may also include a mechanical component configured to disengage a mechanical member of a security device. The key may further include an electronic component configured to arm and/or disarm a monitoring circuit in electrical communication with a security device. The actuation member is configured to actuate the mechanical component and/or the electronic component. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061832 | DIRECTLY OBSERVED THEARPY USING MOBILE TECHNOLOGY - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for performing directly observed therapy, and particularly, mobile directly observed therapy. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061833 | PASSIVE RFID TRANSPONDER WITH POWERED ELEMENT - A passive RFID transponder circuit comprises a transducer antenna, a power conditioning unit and an RFID signal module coupled to the transducer antenna and an additional powered element coupled to the transducer antenna in parallel with the power conditioning unit and RFID signal module. The powered element is powered by electrical current from the transducer antenna that bypasses the power conditioning unit and RFID signal module. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061834 | Surgical Instrument Comprising a Detection Means - The invention relates to a surgical instrument ( | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061835 | WIRELESS TAG COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS TAG COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - A wireless tag communication device which communicates with wireless tags storing identification information, includes a wireless tag communication unit that performs a reading of wireless tags by a first read function that does not designate the wireless tags and a second read function that designates the wireless tags, a comparison unit that compares information of the wireless tags that are stored in a storage unit with read information of the wireless tags and outputs a read result, a route information setting unit that sets designation order values of wireless tags present in a list of read objects but not read by the first read function, when the wireless tags are designated and read by the second read function, and an unread list generation unit that generates an unread list using at least a result read by the second read function. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061836 | ASSIGNABLE SWITCH FOR PORTABLE DEVICES - An RFID transponder comprising a manual switch is disclosed for use in close proximity with a mobile electronic device having an RFID transceiver, such as a telephone or a table computer. Actuating the manual switch causes the mobile device to perform a predetermined action. The predetermined action can be programed in the mobile device such that the effect on the mobile device of closing the manual switch depends on the programed state of the mobile device. The transponder acts as an additional programmable manual input and can be used, for example, to initiate a telephone call in a mobile phone or an application program in a phone or tablet computer. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061837 | Reader Communication with Contact Lens Sensors and Display Device - A reader for communicating with both an eye-mountable device and a display device is provided. The reader can transmit radio frequency power to a tag that is part of the eye-mountable device. The reader can communicates with the tag using a first protocol. Communicating with the tag can include having the reader request data from the tag and receive the requested data from the tag. The reader can process the received data. The reader can store the processed data. The reader can communicates with the display device using a second protocol, where the first and second protocols can differ. Communicating with the display device can include having the reader transmit the stored data to the display device. The display device can receive the transmitted data, process the transmitted data, and generate one or more displays including the transmitted and/or processed data. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061838 | MONITORING SYSTEM, NOTIFICATION APPARATUS AND MONITORING METHOD - Generally, in accordance with one embodiment, a monitoring system comprises a sensor, a wireless tag, a reader and a notification apparatus. The sensor is correspondingly arranged in a structure. The wireless tag is a passive wireless tag which is correspondingly arranged in the structure to send identification information and measurement information of the sensor by using received electromagnetic wave as a drive source. The reader communicates with the wireless tag to acquire the identification information and the measurement information. The notification apparatus acquires the identification information and the measurement information from the reader, detects a wireless tag or a structure serving as a notification target based on the identification information and the measurement information, and notifies the notification target. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061839 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING REDUNDANCIES IN NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION TAG DETECTION - A device and method for determining redundancies in near field communication tag detection are provided. A device comprising: a sensor configured to receive NFC tag identifiers from at least one near field communication (NFC) tag; and, a processor configured to: compare a first NFC tag identifier to a second NFC tag identifier, both the first NFC tag identifier and the second NFC tag identifier having been received by the sensor within a given time period; when the first NFC tag identifier and the second NFC tag identifier are the same, infer that the first NFC tag identifier and the second NFC tag identifier are associated with a single NFC tag; and when the first NFC tag identifier and the second NFC tag identifier are not the same, infer that the first NFC tag identifier and the second NFC tag identifier are associated with two different NFC tags. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061840 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF A RADIO FREQUENCY NETWORK NODE RFID TAG WITH HARDENED MEMORY SYSTEM - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a Radio Frequency identification (RFID) tag that includes an OTP-based hardened memory system for the RFID tag. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061841 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided is a mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit that is configured to communicate with an air conditioner, a camera that captures an image of at least one photographic subject, a display unit to which the image that includes at least one graphic object corresponding to the at least one photographic subject, respectively, is output, and a controller that, if the at least one photographic subject is the air conditioner, outputs state information on the air conditioner, which includes operation information relating to a wind that is output from the air conditioner, to the vicinity of the graphic object corresponding to the air conditioner. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061842 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a mobile terminal of a watch type or an external device can be remotely controlled. The present invention includes a display unit configured to display information, a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with an external device as a target of a remote control, a sensing unit configured to sense a motion of the mobile terminal and a variation according to a muscle movement of a part having the mobile terminal worn thereon, and a controller creating a control command for remotely controlling either the mobile terminal and the external device based on a sensing signal of the sensing unit. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061843 | REMOTE KEY FOR CONTROL OF VEHICLES - A remote key for control of a vehicle includes a touch panel, a storage device, a touch sensing unit, and a micro controller. Function icons arranged on the touch panel are operable to control a vehicle to perform a function. The storage device can store coordinates of the function icons and a mapping list defining a relationship between predetermined touches and predetermined functions. The touch sensing unit can sense user touches applied to the touch panel. If the micro controller determines that a sensed touch matches one of the predetermined touches, the micro controller can further search the mapping list to determine a function corresponding to the sensed touch, and generate a remote control signal for controlling the vehicle to execute the function. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061844 | STAR CLUSTER CODESET DATABASE FOR UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL DEVICES - A keycode data structure includes a device type byte, a set of keycodes, system code information, a system data byte, a protocol pointer that points to a protocol table and a number of flagbytes that are used to index a particular key among the keycodes. The keycode data structure also contains a plurality of keycode data structure pointers (KDSPs). Keycode data structures are linked together using KDSPs. A special value in the keycode data structure is used to indicate that the keycode data structure contains multiple KDSPs. The number of pointers is stored in a particular location of the keycode data structure. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150061845 | DYNAMIC EVENT SOUNDS - Event sounds for a multimedia system are assigned statically and/or dynamically to an event based on internal and/or external events and the like. An associator associates a sound to an event based on these factors. User related information that is implicit and/or explicit can also be used to determine an association between an event sound and an event. A controller controls which sound is played back when a particular event occurs based on the event sound association. Probabilities related to a user's preferences can also be utilized to determine which sound is played back during an occurrence of an event. | 2015-03-05 |
