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| 20120080832 | DEVICES FOR METHODOLOGIES RELATED TO WAFER CARRIERS - Disclosed are systems, devices and methodologies for handling wafers in wafer processing operations through use of wafer carriers. In an example situation, a wafer carrier can be configured as a plate to allow bonding of a wafer thereto to provide support for the wafer during some processing operations. Upon completion of such operations, the processed wafer can be separated from the support plate so as to allow further processing. Various devices and methodologies related to such wafer carriers for efficient handling of wafers are disclosed. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120083051 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS IN A PLASMA ETCHER - Apparatus and methods for plasma etching are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus for etching a plurality of features on a wafer comprises a chamber, a feature plate disposed in the chamber for holding the wafer, a gas channel configured to receive a plasma source gas, an anode disposed above the feature plate, a cathode disposed below the feature plate, a radio frequency power source configured to provide a radio frequency voltage between the anode and the cathode so as to generate plasma ions from the plasma source gas, a pump configured to remove gases and etch particulates from the chamber, and a clamp configured to clamp the wafer against the feature plate. The clamp includes at least one measurement hole for passing a portion of the plasma ions to measure a DC bias of the feature plate. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120083129 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FOCUSING PLASMA - Apparatus and methods for plasma etching are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for etching a plurality of features on a wafer includes positioning the wafer within a chamber of a plasma etcher, generating plasma ions using a radio frequency power source and a plasma source gas, directing the plasma ions toward the wafer using an electric field, and focusing the plasma ions using a plasma focusing ring. The plasma focusing ring is configured to increase a flux of plasma ions arriving at a surface of the wafer to control the formation of the plurality of features and structures associated therewith. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120083130 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SHIELDING A PLASMA ETCHER ELECTRODE - Apparatus and methods for plasma etching are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of etching a plurality of features on a wafer includes positioning a wafer on a feature plate within a chamber of a plasma etcher, providing a plasma source gas within the chamber, providing an anode above the feature plate and a cathode below the feature plate, connecting a portion of the cathode to the feature plate, generating plasma ions using a radio frequency power source and the plasma source gas, directing the plasma ions toward the wafer using an electric field, and providing an electrode shield around the cathode. The electrode shield is configured to protect the cathode from ions directed toward the cathode including the portion of the cathode connected to the feature plate. | 04-05-2012 |
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| 20090123347 | FLUID TREATMENT SYSTEM - There is disclosed a water treatment appliance, particularly for on-the-counter treatment of potable water. The appliance comprises: a base unit comprising a pump, a housing and a cooling unit for chilling water in the housing; a removable water reservoir engageable with the housing; a control panel comprising a water dispensing switch; an outlet for dispensing treated water from the fluid treatment system; and a treatment cartridge removably disposed in the housing. The treatment cartridge comprises a first chamber and a second chamber in communication with one another. The first chamber is in communication with the housing and has disposed therein a filter element. The second chamber is in communication with the outlet and has disposed therein an ultraviolet radiation lamp. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090320839 | Indicating device - A dispensing device for use in dispensing metered dosages of substance from a container includes a dispenser housing having a support block defining a longitudinal axis and an indicator member rotatably disposed in the dispenser housing. The indicator member is rotatable about a rotation axis forming an obtuse angle with the longitudinal axis. An indicating device includes an actuator member moveable along a longitudinal direction and an indicator member rotatably mounted in the indicator housing about a rotation axis forming an obtuse angle with an axis extending in the longitudinal direction. An indicating device includes an indicator housing having an upper surface with an opening formed therein and an actuator ring having a flange moveable through the opening in a longitudinal direction. An indicator member is rotatably mounted in the indicator housing. A medicament assembly and method for dispensing a metered dose of medicament are also provided. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20120018447 | INDICATING DEVICE - A dispenser for dispensing metered dosages of a substance from a container includes a dispenser housing having a top, a bottom, and a wall defining an elongated cavity open at the top and extending along a longitudinal axis. An indicating device includes a face member defining a viewing window. The face member is snap-fitted to the dispenser housing wall. The indicating device further includes an indicator member having a surface visible through the viewing window. The surface includes dosage indicia. The indicator member is rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. An indicator actuator has at least a portion disposed in the cavity. The actuator is adapted to be moved by an actuation of the container, with the actuator adapted to rotate the indicator member upon a predetermined number of actuations of the container. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120238963 | INDICATING DEVICE - A dispensing device for dispensing metered dosages of a medicament from a container includes a dispenser housing having a support block defining a longitudinal axis and an indicator housing disposed at least partially around the support block. An actuator includes a central, cylindrical hub portion adapted to be engaged by the container and centered about the longitudinal axis. The actuator is moveable along the longitudinal axis relative to the indicator housing and includes a resilient arm. A drive gear is rotatably disposed in the indicator housing and is rotatable in response to successive engagements by the resilient arm. An indicator is rotatably disposed in the indicator housing and is rotatable in response to the rotation of the drive gear. The indicator includes dosage indicia. A dispensing system and indicating device are also disclosed. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20140076312 | INDICATING DEVICE - A dispenser for dispensing metered dosages of a substance from a container includes a dispenser housing having a top, a bottom, and a wall defining an elongated cavity open at the top and extending along a longitudinal axis. An indicating device includes a face member defining a viewing window. The face member is snap-fitted to the dispenser housing wall. The indicating device further includes an indicator member having a surface visible through the viewing window. The surface includes dosage indicia. The indicator member is rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. An indicator actuator has at least a portion disposed in the cavity. The actuator is adapted to be moved by an actuation of the container, with the actuator adapted to rotate the indicator member upon a predetermined number of actuations of the container. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20150320946 | INDICATING DEVICE - An indicating device for a dispenser that dispenses metered dosages of a medicament from a container having a valve moveable between a closed position and an open position. The indicating device includes an indicator housing having a first cover with a first vertical wall and a second cover with a second vertical wall. One of the first or second covers includes a base defining a lower surface of the indicator housing, and the other of the first or second covers includes a top defining an upper surface of the indicator housing. The first and second covers are joined with the first and second vertical walls and the base and the top defining an interior space therebetween. An indicator is rotatably disposed in the interior space of the indicator housing, with the indicator including dosage indicia. A dispensing device includes a dispenser housing and an indicating device. | 11-12-2015 |
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| 20090118683 | DUAL RESERVOIR IMPLANTABLE ACCESS PORT - An implantable access port for use in transferring fluid transdermally between an external fluid storage or dispensing device and a site within a patient is disclosed. The access port includes a body, at least two reservoirs defined within the access port body, and at least one septum secured to the body and enclosing the reservoirs within the body. The access port also includes reservoir outlets defined within the reservoirs. The access port also has body conduits defined within the body and in fluid communication with the reservoir outlets and external openings defined in the exterior of the body. An implantable access port and system for use in apheresis is also provided that includes an implantable access port, at least one needle, and a catheter that is fluidly connected to the access port. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100114063 | CATHETER INJECTION MONITORING DEVICE - A catheter is provided that has at least one lumen which extends from a proximal end of the catheter to a distal end of the catheter. The catheter also has a catheter hub that has a body with a proximal end, a distal end, an exterior surface, and defining an interior cavity. The exterior surface of the body further defines at least one opening. At least one opening is defined therein the proximal end, and at least one opening is defined therein the distal end. The catheter also has a means for measuring and displaying the number of times that the catheter is injected with an infusate at a pre-determined pressure. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110172644 | MULTI LAYER COEXTRUDED CATHETER SHAFT - A central venous catheter is provided having an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member that are preferably formed as a single integrated tube containing polymer material of different durometer and varying amounts of radiopaque filler material. The polymer durometer of the inner tubular member is higher than the polymer durometer of the outer tubular member. The percentage by weight of the filler material contained in the inner tubular member is higher than that of the outer tubular member. The combination of the higher durometer inner tubular member and the lower durometer outer tubular member along the length of the tube provides the desired tensile strength, hardness, chemical resistance and fatigue resistance and at the same time provides the desired flexibility and radiopacity. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20140236105 | Dual Reservoir Implantable Access Port - An implantable access port for use in transferring fluid transdermally between an external fluid storage or dispensing device and a site within a patient is disclosed. The access port includes a body, at least two reservoirs defined within the access port body, and at least one septum secured to the body and enclosing the reservoirs within the body. The access port also includes reservoir outlets defined within the reservoirs. The access port also has body conduits defined within the body and in fluid communication with the reservoir outlets and external openings defined in the exterior of the body. An implantable access port and system for use in apheresis is also provided that includes an implantable access port, at least one needle, and a catheter that is fluidly connected to the access port. | 08-21-2014 |
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| 20090093709 | Noise reduction system and methods for magnetic resonance imaging - In one aspect, a method for noise reduction in parallel magnetic resonance (MR) imaging using a plurality of radio frequency (RF) coils is provided. The method comprises performing a first MR scan of a target to obtain first MR data, performing a second MR scan of the target to obtain second MR data, the second MR data obtained from operating the plurality of coils substantially in parallel, computing a noise estimate associated with the second MR data based at least in part on the first and second MR data, and obtaining a noise-reduced image based at least in part on the second MR data and the noise estimate. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090108844 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND RADIO FREQUENCY IMPEDANCE MAPPING METHODS AND APPARATUS - In one aspect, a method of obtaining magnetic resonance (MR) and radio-frequency impedance mapping (RFIM) data from a region of an object arranged proximate a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) coils is provided. The method comprises detecting nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signals emitted from the region to form, at least in part, first MR data, obtaining at least one impedance measurement from the plurality of RF coils to form, at least in part, first RFIM data, and computing a first RFIM map indicating a spatial distribution in the region of at least one dielectric property, the first RFIM map computed based, at least in part, on the first RFIM data and the first MR data. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100092056 | Mri systems and realated methods - An MRI system is provided that includes a goal-oriented input interface and a result-oriented output interface. A method is provided for operating an apparatus for generating a magnetic resonance image. The method includes receiving goal-oriented input, acquiring volumetric magnetic resonance data based on the goal-oriented input, and providing result-oriented output of the acquired volumetric data. An apparatus is provided for generating a magnetic resonance image. The apparatus includes a plurality of RF receiving coils, a controller configured to receive signals from the RF receiving coils to acquire volumetric magnetic resonance data based on at least one goal-oriented input, and a user interface configured to receive goal-oriented input and provide result-oriented output indicative of the acquired volumetric data. The apparatus and methods provided can simplify the use of MRI systems via rapid comprehensive volumetric imaging. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20120146637 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINATION OF ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF TISSUES AND MATERIALS USING MULTIPLE RADIO FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS - An assembly for determining at least one electrical property of an object. The assembly includes at least one transmitter that can generate a plurality of electromagnetic field distribution patterns directed at an object. The assembly also includes a data apparatus with an MRI apparatus and a data processor. The MRI apparatus can produce at least one image of the object using a magnitude or a phase modulated by the electromagnetic field distribution patterns. The processor can then process data associated with the object to determine the at least one electrical property the object. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150458 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR NONINVASIVE DETERMINATION OF ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF TISSUES AND MATERIALS - Apparatus, method, and computer-accessible medium embodiments for a noninvasive mapping of electrical properties of tissues or materials. For example, it is possible to apply a plurality of stimulations to a target. It is possible to receive at least one signal from the target in response to the applied stimulations. Further, it is possible to process the at least one signal to determine electromagnetic-field-related quantities associated with the stimulations and the target response. Also, it is possible to supply the electromagnetic-field-related quantities to a system of equations relating these quantities to a plurality of electrical property values and residual field-related unknown values of the at least one target. It is also possible to determine a solution to the system of equations, including determining at least one electrical property of the at least one target. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20130063145 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING SIGNAL EXCITATION AND/OR RECEPTION IN A MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM - In accordance with certain exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, provided herein are apparatus, systems and methods for, e.g., faciliatating signal excitation and/or reception in a magnetic resonance system, such as, e.g., a system configured for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or spectroscopy. For example, exemplary embodiments of a method for traveling wave imaging in an MRI system can include, e.g., a circular conductive structure lying in a transverse plane within the scanner bore. The exemplary structure can be concentric with the center of the scanner RF shield. The structure can be arranged to have a resonant mode at the MR frequency characterized by a current pattern which can be configured to excite and receive an exemplary waveguide mode. The exemplary current pattern can be further configured to facilitate traveling wave imaging, for example. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20140303927 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING TISSUE THERMAL PROPERTY - An exemplary system, method and computer-accessible medium for constructing information regarding a distribution of thermal properties of an objects), can be provided. For example, data related to a temperature of the object(s) can be received at multiple points in time and space at which a portion(s) of the object(s) is heated or cooled. The information can be constructed using the data based on a bio-heat equation. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20150077112 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR HIGHLY-ACCELERATED DYNAMIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING USING GOLDEN-ANGLE RADIAL SAMPLING AND COMPRESSED SENSING - Exemplary method, system and computer-accessible medium can be provided which facilitates an acquisition of radial data, which can be continuous, with an exemplary golden-angle procedure and reconstruction with arbitrary temporal resolution at arbitrary time points. According to such exemplary embodiment, such procedure can be performed with a combination of compressed sensing and parallel imaging to offer a significant improvement, for example in the reconstruction of highly undersampled data. It is also possible to provide an exemplary procedure for highly-accelerated dynamic magnetic resonance imaging using Golden-Angle radial sampling and multicoil compressed sensing reconstruction, called Golden-angle Radial Sparse Parallel MRI (GRASP). | 03-19-2015 |
| 20160054262 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING GENERALIZED LOCAL MAXWELL TOMOGRAPHY FOR MAPPING OF ELECTRICAL PROPERTY GRADIENTS AND TENSORS - Exemplary system, method, and computer-accessible medium can be provided for determining at least one property (e.g., an electrical property or a cross-section property) of at least one target. For example, it is possible to determine electromagnetic-field-related quantities associated with signals provided from the target(s). The electromagnetic-field-related quantities can be provided to procedures to relate the electromagnetic-field-related quantities to a plurality of unknown electrical property values and residual field-related unknown values of the target(s). The property(ies) of the target(s) can be determined by determining the plurality of unknown electrical property values and residual field-related unknown values of the target(s). | 02-25-2016 |
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| 20090318943 | VASCULAR INTERVENTION CATHETERS WITH PACING ELECTRODES - Cardioprotective pacing is applied to prevent and/or reduce cardiac injury associated with myocardial infarction (MI) and revascularization procedure. Pacing pulses are generated from a pacemaker and delivered through pacing electrodes incorporated onto percutaneous transluminal vascular intervention (PTVI) devices during the revascularization procedure. Examples of the PTVI devices include a guide catheter, a guide wire, and an angioplasty catheter such as a balloon catheter used in the revascularization procedure. The pacing electrodes are incorporated onto such PTVI devices in various ways. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090318989 | PACING CATHETER WITH STENT ELECTRODE - Cardioprotective pacing is applied to prevent and/or reduce cardiac injury associated with myocardial infarction (MI) and revascularization procedure. Pacing pulses are generated from a pacemaker and delivered through one or more pacing electrodes incorporated onto one or more percutaneous transluminal vascular intervention (PTVI) devices during the revascularization procedure. In one embodiment, at least one pacing electrode is constructed as, or incorporated onto, a stent at a distal end portion of a stent catheter. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090318990 | PACING CATHETER WITH EXPANDABLE DISTAL END - Cardioprotective pacing is applied to prevent and/or reduce cardiac injury associated with myocardial infarction (MI) and revascularization procedure. Pacing pulses are generated from a pacemaker and delivered through one or more pacing electrodes incorporated onto one or more percutaneous transluminal vascular intervention (PTVI) devices during the revascularization procedure. In one embodiment, a PTVI device includes an expandable distal end to provide a stable electrical contact between a pacing electrode and the vascular wall of a blood vessel when the distal end is placed in the blood vessel. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090318991 | PACING CATHETER FOR ACCESS TO MULTIPLE VESSELS - Cardioprotective pacing is applied to prevent and/or reduce cardiac injury associated with myocardial infarction (MI) and revascularization procedure. Pacing pulses are generated from a pacemaker and delivered through a plurality of pacing leads introduced into a patient's body through a percutaneous transluminal vascular intervention (PTVI) catheter have a plurality of exit ports. In one embodiment, the exit ports are arranged for the pacing leads to enter multiple specified blood vessels. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100096077 | Catheter Including a Unibody Distal Guidewire Port and Method of Manufacture - Methods and devices incorporating a guidewire entry port subassembly for use in rapid exchange catheters. The use of a subassembly allows for stronger quality control and simpler fabrication of a rapid exchange device. In several embodiments, methods of making a molded guidewire entry port using a mold, often in conjunction with one or more mandrels, are disclosed. Several device embodiments include a separate molded guidewire port as well as molded guidewire ports which are attached, during a molding step, to segments of a catheter. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20120143169 | CATHETER INCLUDING A UNIBODY DISTAL GUIDEWIRE PORT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - Methods and devices incorporating a guidewire entry port subassembly for use in rapid exchange catheters. The use of a subassembly allows for stronger quality control and simpler fabrication of a rapid exchange device. In several embodiments, methods of making a molded guidewire entry port using a mold, often in conjunction with one or more mandrels, are disclosed. Several device embodiments include a separate molded guidewire port as well as molded guidewire ports which are attached, during a molding step, to segments of a catheter. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130072904 | MICROMACHINED MEDICAL DEVICES - Medical devices that include micromachined hypotubes or that have themselves been micromachined can provide advantages in flexibility, strength and other desirable properties. Examples of such medical devices may include catheters such as guide catheters and balloon catheters. Such devices may also include dual shaft medical devices in which an outer shaft is reversibly lockable onto an inner shaft. | 03-21-2013 |
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| 20080305241 | COLOR INTEGRATED AND MOBILE PAINT SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING PAINT FROM A PLURALITY OF PREPAINT COMPONENTS - What is disclosed is a plurality of prepaints which are used in any combination to produce base paints and/or colored paints of varying end-use application characteristics. Additionally, a mobile-paint factory for producing a plurality of lines of architectural coatings from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations is disclosed. The mobile paint factory may include a vehicle having a paint production system and a paint mixer located thereon. Furthermore, a method of producing a plurality of lines of user-selected architectural coatings from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations is disclosed. The method may include: providing a mobile paint factory; prompting a user to select through the paint production system an interior or exterior application environment, a paint sheen, and a paint quality; automatically dispensing predetermined amounts of appropriate prepaints; and agitating the dispensed prepaints. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090099694 | COLOR INTEGRATED AND MOBILE PAINT SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING PAINT FROM A PLURALITY OF PREPAINT COMPONENTS - What is disclosed is a plurality of prepaints which are used in any combination to produce base paints and/or colored paints of varying end-use application characteristics. Additionally, a mobile paint factory for producing a plurality of lines of architectural coatings from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations is disclosed. The mobile paint factory may include a vehicle having a paint production system and a paint mixer located thereon. Furthermore, a method of producing a plurality of lines of user-selected architectural coatings from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations is disclosed. The method may include: providing a mobile paint factory; prompting a user to select through the paint production system an interior or exterior application environment, a paint sheen, and a paint quality; automatically dispensing predetermined amounts of appropriate prepaints; and agitating the dispensed prepaints. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090099695 | COLOR INTEGRATED AND MOBILE PAINT SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING PAINT FROM A PLURALITY OF PREPAINT COMPONENTS - What is disclosed is a plurality of prepaints which are used in any combination to produce base paints, colored paints and/or additive enhanced paints of varying end-use application characteristics. Additionally, a mobile paint factory for producing a plurality of lines of architectural, industrial and/or specialty coatings from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations is disclosed. The mobile paint factory may include a vehicle having an additive integrated paint production system and a paint mixer located thereon. Furthermore, a method of producing a plurality of lines of user-selected architectural, industrial and/or specialty coatings from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations is disclosed. The method may include: providing a mobile paint factory; prompting a user to select through the additive integrated paint production system an interior or exterior application environment, a paint sheen, and a paint quality; automatically dispensing predetermined amounts of appropriate prepaints; and agitating the dispensed prepaints. | 04-16-2009 |
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| 20110292990 | MULTIPLE-INPUT, ON-CHIP OSCILLOSCOPE - An integrated circuit that includes a receive data path is described. The receive data path: equalizes a received analog signal, converts the resulting equalized analog signal to digital data values based on a clock signal, and recovers the clock signal in the digital data values. The integrated circuit also includes an on-chip oscilloscope. The oscilloscope includes: two comparators, a phase rotator that outputs an oscilloscope clock signal whose phase can be varied relative to that of the recovered clock signal, and an offset circuit that outputs a voltage offset. Based on the voltage offset and the oscilloscope clock signal, the comparators output digital values which can be used to determine eye patterns that correspond to the analog signal before and after equalization. The eye patterns can then be correlated with an error rate associated with the received data. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110302452 | CIRCUITRY TO FACILITATE TESTING OF SERIAL INTERFACES - Circuitry to facilitate testing of serial interfaces is described. Specifically, some embodiments of the present invention facilitate testing the clock and data recovery functionality of a receiver. A serial interface can include a multiplying phase locked loop (MPLL) clock generator, a transmitter, and a receiver. The MPLL clock generator can generate a first clock signal and a second clock signal, and can vary a phase and/or frequency difference between the first clock signal and the second clock signal. During test, the transmitter and the receiver can be directly or capacitively coupled to each another. Specifically, during test, the serial interface can be configured so that the transmitter transmits data using the first clock signal, and the receiver receives data using the second clock signal. The clock and data recovery functionality of the receiver can be tested by comparing the transmitted data with the received data. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110307722 | REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY SYSTEMS - Some embodiments provide a clock and data recovery (CDR) system to recover clock and data information from an analog signal. The CDR system may include an integral path and a proportional path that are part of an integral-proportional control loop. The integral path may be used to track frequency changes in a clock signal that is embedded in the analog signal, while the proportional path may be used to track phase changes in the clock signal that is embedded in the analog signal. The proportional path may be executed at a first clock frequency, while the integral path may be executed at a second clock frequency that is lower than the first clock frequency to reduce the power consumption of the CDR system. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110309857 | CIRCUITRY FOR MATCHING THE UP AND DOWN IMPEDANCES OF A VOLTAGE-MODE TRANSMITTER - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a voltage-mode transmitter. The transmitter can include configuration circuitry, bias circuitry, and a set of driver slices. Each driver slice can include driver transistors which drive an output value. The outputs of each driver slice can be directly or capacitively coupled with the transmitter's outputs. Each driver slice can also include one or more impedance-matching transistors which are serially coupled to at least some of the driver transistors. The configuration circuitry can configure a subset of driver slices so that the down (or up) impedance of the transmitter is within a first tolerance of a desired impedance value. The bias circuitry can bias the one or more impedance-matching transistors in each driver slice in the subset of driver slices so that the up (or down) impedance is within a second tolerance of the down (or up) impedance. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310942 | HIGHLY FLEXIBLE FRACTIONAL N FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER - One embodiment of the present invention provides a phase-locked loop (PLL) for synthesizing a fractional frequency. The PLL can include a 1/N frequency divider, a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), a programmable phase mixer, and a phase detector. The programmable phase mixer can be coupled between an output of the VCO and an input of the frequency divider, wherein the programmable phase mixer is configured to receive the output clock signal from the VCO and generate a first clock signal of frequency f | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310947 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING ADAPTIVE EQUALIZATION - Systems and techniques for adapting and/or optimizing an equalizer of a receiver are described. The equalizer's behavior can be adjusted by modifying one or more equalization parameters. At the beginning of the adaptation and/or optimization process, the system can determine robust initial values for the one or more equalization parameters. The system can then adapt and/or optimize the equalizer by iteratively adjusting the one or more equalization parameters. Specifically, in each iteration, the system can use the receiver's clock and data recovery (CDR) circuitry to determine the number of early and late data transitions associated with one or more data patterns. Next, the system can adjust the one or more equalization parameters so that, for each data pattern in the one or more data patterns, the ratio between the number of early data transitions and the number of late data transitions is substantially equal to a desired value. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110311009 | PATTERN AGNOSTIC ON-DIE SCOPE - An on-die scope is described. The on-die scope can include one or more scope slicers, phase sweeping circuitry, voltage sweeping circuitry, and eye-diagram data collection circuitry. The clock and data recovery circuitry can receive an input signal, and output a recovered clock signal and a recovered bit-stream. The phase sweeping circuitry can receive the recovered clock signal, and output the scope clock signal by adding a phase offset to the recovered clock signal. A scope slicer can receive the voltage threshold, the scope clock signal, and the input signal, and output a scope bit-stream. The eye-diagram data collection circuitry can detect one or more bit-patterns in the recovered bit-stream, and modify values of one or more scope counters based solely or partly on the scope bit-stream and the recovered bit-stream. | 12-22-2011 |
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| 20080243103 | Medical Device for Delivering a Bioactive and Method of Use Thereof - A device and method for delivering a bioactive to the uterine wall. In one embodiment, the device comprises a balloon having the bioactive present within the material of the balloon or on an outside surface of the balloon. Another embodiment provides a method comprising inserting the balloon into the uterus, inflating the balloon so that the outside surface of the balloon exerts pressure on uterine wall and delivering the bioactive to the uterine wall. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20130085339 | SURGICAL RETRACTOR - The exemplary embodiments illustrated provide the discovery of apparatuses and methods of use of surgical retractors that solve the problems presently posed through use of the Trendelenberg position, present graspers, and present retractors. The embodiments are conformable into a sufficiently small configuration for introduction and positioning within a surgical site, and thereafter, are configurable into a larger, more rigid structure to sufficiently retain tissues and organs from the surgical site. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130325046 | MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical device may include a sheet member having a first surface and a second surface to engage a surface of a body tissue. The medical device may include an incision guide extending along a length of the sheet member. First and second portions of the sheet member may be positioned on respective first and second sides of the incision guide. The sheet member may be severable along the incision guide to separate the first portion and the second portion from one another. A first magnetic member may be positioned on the first portion, and a second magnetic member may be positioned on the second portion. The first and second magnetic members may be attracted to one another to magnetically couple the first portion and the second portion to one another. The medical device may include an alignment mechanism for aligning the separated first and second portions with one another. | 12-05-2013 |
