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20100264983 | Systems and Methods for Power Dissipation Control in a Semiconductor Device - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for governing power dissipation in a semiconductor device. For example, various embodiments of the present invention provide semiconductor devices that include a first function circuit, a second function circuit, and a power state change control circuit. The power state change control circuit is operable to determine a combination of power states of the first function circuit and the second function circuit that provides an overall power dissipation within a power dissipation level. | 10-21-2010 |
20100268917 | Systems and Methods for Ramped Power State Control in a Semiconductor Device - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for ramping current usage in a semiconductor device. For example, various embodiments of the present invention provide semiconductor devices that include at least a first function circuit and a second function circuit, and a power state change control circuit. The power state change control circuit is operable to transition the power state of the first function circuit from a reduced power state to an operative power state, and to transition the second function circuit from a reduced power state to an operative power state. Transition of the power state of at least one of the first function circuit and the second function circuit is done in at least a first stage at a first time and a second stage at a second time, with the second time being after the first time. | 10-21-2010 |
20100269074 | Predictive Power Management Semiconductor Design Tool and Methods for Using Such - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for improved semiconductor design. For example, various embodiments of the present invention provide methods for semiconductor design that include receiving a semiconductor design with at least a first function circuit and a second function circuit; simulating the semiconductor design using a first instruction and a second instruction; determining a power state transition between the first instruction and the second instruction; and augmenting the semiconductor design to implement the determined power state transition. Simulating the semiconductor design using a first instruction and a second instruction identifies an indication of a first subset of the first function circuit and the second function circuit used in executing the first instruction and a second subset of the first function circuit and the second function circuit used in executing the second instruction. The power state transition accommodates at least one power attribute selected from a group consisting of: an inrush current value, and an overall power dissipation value. | 10-21-2010 |
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20080248612 | ASYMMETRIC ALIGNMENT OF SUBSTRATE INTERCONNECT TO SEMICONDUCTOR DIE - An apparatus includes a first semiconductor die and at least one further semiconductor die. A substrate is attached to the first die and the further die and has an electrical interconnect pattern that interconnects contacts on the first die with respective contacts on the further die. Features of the interconnect pattern have positions on the substrate with smaller tolerances relative to positions of the contacts on the first die than to positions of the contacts on the further die. | 10-09-2008 |
20100031222 | BASE PLATFORMS WITH COMBINED ASIC AND FPGA FEATURES AND PROCESS OF USING THE SAME - A process is disclosed for configuring a base platform having ASIC and FPGA modules to perform a plurality of functions. A verified RTL hardware description of a circuit is mapped and annotated to identify memory programmable functions. The memory programmable functions are grouped for assignment to FPGA modules. The non-memory programmable functions are synthesized to ASIC modules, and the memory programmable functions are synthesized to FPGA modules. Placement, signal routing and boundary timing closure are completed and the platform is configured by adding metallization layer(s) to configure the ASIC modules and creating a firmware memory to configure the FPGA modules. An over-provisioning feature in the FPGA modules permits post-fabrication alteration of logic functions. | 02-04-2010 |
20150109617 | SPECTROMETRIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED FOCUS LOCALIZATION OF TIME- AND SPACE-VARYING MEASUREMENTS - A system and method of dynamically localizing a measurement of parameter characterizing tissue sample with waves produced by spectrometric system at multiple wavelengths and detected at a fixed location of the detector of the system. The parameter is calculated based on impulse response of the sample, reference data representing characteristics of material components of the sample, and path lengths through the sample corresponding to different wavelengths. Dynamic localization is effectuated by considering different portions of a curve representing the determined parameter, and provides for the formation of a spatial map of distribution of the parameter across the sample. Additional measurement of impulse response at multiple detectors facilitates determination of change of the measured parameter across the sample as a function of time. | 04-23-2015 |
20150119661 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING WAVELENGTHS FOR OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS OF A PROPERTY OF A MOLECULAR ANALYTE - A system and optimization algorithm for determining the preferred operational wavelengths of a device configured for measurement of molecular analytes in a sample. Operational wavelengths are determined by solving a system of equations linking empirically defined functions representative of these analytes, spectrally dependent coefficients corresponding to these analytes, path lengths traversed by waves probing the analytes at wavelengths corresponding to the absorption level described by the functions representative of these analytes, and, optionally, a cost-function taking into account at least one of spectral separation between the operational wavelengths, manufacturability of wave source(s) producing wave(s) at operational wavelength(s), and the noise factor associated with the operation of such wave source(s). | 04-30-2015 |
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20080249394 | METHOD FOR IMPROVED ROTATIONAL ALIGNMENT IN JOINT ARTHROPLASTY - A method for improved rotational alignment of the bones in joint surgery is described. The method involves the tracking of the relative motion of a third bone in with respect to the movement of the first and second bone. In one aspect of the invention, the motion of the patella is used to derive the axis of rotation of the femoral and tibial components in total knee arthroplasty, either alone or in combination with other techniques. | 10-09-2008 |
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20150246242 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTOGENETIC THERAPY - Configurations are described for utilizing light-activated proteins within cell membranes and subcellular regions to assist with medical treatment paradigms, such as hypertension treatment via anatomically specific and temporally precise modulation of renal plexus activity. The invention provides for proteins, nucleic acids, vectors and methods for genetically targeted expression of light-sensitive proteins to specific cells or defined cell populations. In particular the invention provides systems, devices, and methods for millisecond-timescale temporal control of certain cell activities using moderate light intensities, such as the generation or inhibition of electrical spikes in nerve cells and other excitable cells. | 09-03-2015 |
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20090012406 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF USING INTRINSIC-BASED PHOTOSENSING WITH HIGH-SPEED LINE SCANNING FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL THICK TISSUE INCLUDING MUSCLE - Biological thick tissue such as skeletal and cardiac muscle is imaged by inserting a probe into the tissue and scanning the tissue at a sufficiently fast rate to mitigate motion artifacts due to physiological motion. According to one example embodiment, such a probe is part of a system that is capable of reverse-direction high-resolution imaging without staining or otherwise introducing a foreign element used to generate or otherwise increase the sensed light. The probe includes a light generator for generating light pulses that are directed towards structures located within the thick tissue. The light pulses interact with intrinsic characteristics of the structures to generate a signal such as SHG or intrinsic fluorescence. Reliance on intrinsic characteristics of the structures is particularly useful for applications in which the introduction of foreign substances to the thick tissue is undesirable. | 01-08-2009 |
20110166632 | MATERIALS AND APPROACHES FOR OPTICAL STIMULATION OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - A variety of methods, devices, systems and arrangements are implemented for stimulation of the peripheral nervous system. Consistent with one embodiment of the present invention, method is implemented in which light-responsive channels or pumps are engineered in a set of motor units that includes motor units of differing physical volumes. Optical stimuli are also provided to the light-responsive channels or pumps at an optical intensity that is a function of the size of motor units to be recruited. In certain implementations, the intensity of the optical stimuli is increased so as to recruit increasingly larger motor units. | 07-07-2011 |
20120143065 | SYSTEM AND METHOD USEFUL FOR SARCOMERE IMAGING VIA OBJECTIVE-BASED MICROSCOPY - Biological tissue such as skeletal and cardiac muscle can be imaged by using an objective-based probe in the tissue and scanning at a sufficiently fast rate to mitigate motion artifacts due to physiological motion. According to one example embodiment, such a probe is part of a system that is capable of reverse-direction high-resolution imaging without needing to stain or otherwise introduce a foreign element used to generate or otherwise increase the sensed light. The probe can include a light generator for generating light pulses that are directed towards structures located within the thick tissue. The system can additionally include aspects that lessen adverse image-quality degradation. Further, the system can additionally be constructed as a hand-held device. | 06-07-2012 |
20130289675 | Materials and Approaches for Optical Stimulation of the Peripheral Nervous System - A variety of methods, devices, systems and arrangements are implemented for stimulation of the peripheral nervous system. Consistent with one embodiment of the present invention, method is implemented in which light-responsive channels or pumps are engineered in a set of motor units that includes motor units of differing physical volumes. Optical stimuli are also provided to the light-responsive channels or pumps at an optical intensity that is a function of the size of motor units to be recruited. In certain implementations, the intensity of the optical stimuli is increased so as to recruit increasingly larger motor units. | 10-31-2013 |
20140024701 | Compositions and Methods for Treating Neurogenic Disorders of the Pelvic Floor - Provided herein are methods for the treatment of bladder dysfunction, including detrusor hyperreflexia and detrusor external sphincter dyssynergia, fecal incontinence, and/or sexual dysfunction in an individual via the use of stably expressed light-responsive opsin proteins capable of selective hyperpolarization or depolarization of the neural cells that innervate the muscles responsible for physiologic functioning of urinary bladder, external urinary sphincter, external anal sphincter, and the male and female genitalia. | 01-23-2014 |
20140324133 | Materials and Approaches for Optical Stimulation of the Peripheral Nervous System - A variety of methods, devices, systems and arrangements are implemented for stimulation of the peripheral nervous system. Consistent with one embodiment of the present invention, method is implemented in which light-responsive channels or pumps are engineered in a set of motor units that includes motor units of differing physical volumes. Optical stimuli are also provided to the light-responsive channels or pumps at an optical intensity that is a function of the size of motor units to be recruited. In certain implementations, the intensity of the optical stimuli is increased so as to recruit increasingly larger motor units. | 10-30-2014 |
20150141846 | SYSTEM AND METHOD USEFUL FOR SARCOMERE IMAGING VIA OBJECTIVE-BASED MICROSCOPY - Biological tissue such as skeletal and cardiac muscle can be imaged by using an objective-based probe in the tissue and scanning at a sufficiently fast rate to mitigate motion artifacts due to physiological motion. According to one example embodiment, such a probe is part of a system that is capable of reverse-direction high-resolution imaging without needing to stain or otherwise introduce a foreign element used to generate or otherwise increase the sensed light. The probe can include a light generator for generating light pulses that are directed towards structures located within the thick tissue. The system can additionally include aspects that lessen adverse image-quality degradation. Further, the system can additionally be constructed as a hand-held device. | 05-21-2015 |