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| 20100032642 | Method of Manufacturing a Resistivity Changing Memory Cell, Resistivity Changing Memory Cell, Integrated Circuit, and Memory Module - According to an embodiment, a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit including a plurality of resistivity changing memory cells is provided. The method includes: forming a stack of layers including a resistivity changing layer, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a patterned masking layer which are stacked above each other in this order; patterning the second conductive layer using the masking layer as a patterning mask; patterning the first conductive layer using the second conductive layer as a patterning mask; and patterning the resistivity changing layer using the first conductive layer as a patterning mask. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20110278657 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CAPACITANCE CHANGE NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - An apparatus, system, and method for a capacitance change non-volatile memory device. The apparatus may include a substrate, a source region in the substrate, a drain region in the substrate, a tunnel oxide layer on the substrate substantially between the source region and the drain region, a floating gate layer on the tunnel oxide layer, a resistance changing material layer on the floating gate layer, and a control gate on the resistance changing material layer. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110278670 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Tunneling Mosfets Using Self-Aligned Heterostructure Source and Isolated Drain - Apparatuses, systems, and methods for tunneling MOSFETs (TFETs) using a self-aligned heterostructure source and isolated drain. TFETs that have an abrupt junction between source and drain regions have an increased probability of carrier direct tunneling (e.g., electrons and holes). The increased probability allows a higher achievable on current in TFETs having the abrupt junction. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110298090 | Capacitors, Systems, and Methods - Capacitors, systems, and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, the capacitor includes a first electrode. The capacitor may also include a first insulator layer having a positive VCC adjacent to the first electrode. The capacitor may further include a second insulator layer having a negative VCC adjacent to the first insulator layer. The capacitor may also include a third insulator layer having a positive VCC adjacent to the second insulator layer. The capacitor may also include a second electrode adjacent to the third insulator layer. | 12-08-2011 |
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| 20090182634 | Image-Based Payment Medium - Disclosed is a method and system for use of an image-based payment medium through images stored on the consumer's mobile phone in place of traditional plastic gift, credit or debit cards. Upon authentication, an image is sent to the consumer's mobile phone. The consumer displays the image at the retailer's point of sale when completing a transaction. The image is scanned with a barcode reader, a webcam or other scanning device and the consumer's account in a database is debited or credited based on the amount and type of transaction. An image-base payment medium provides for the ability to target specific ads to the consumer, directed to the registered mobile phone number and also to attach loyalty and coupon programs to the account, which the recipient may redeem upon scanning of the encoded image on the mobile phone at the point of sale. The system and method is suitable for “virtual” gift cards, credit and debit cards, loyalty payment programs and other methods of value exchange. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20130254032 | Method for Image-Based Payment Medium - Disclosed is a method for use of an image-based payment medium through images stored on the consumer's mobile phone in place of traditional plastic gift, credit or debit cards. Upon authentication, an image is sent to the consumer's mobile phone. The consumer displays the image at the retailer's point of sale when completing a transaction. The image is scanned with a barcode reader, a webcam or other scanning device and the consumer's account in a database is debited or credited based on the amount and type of transaction. An image-base payment medium provides for the ability to target specific ads to the consumer, directed to the registered mobile phone number and also to attach loyalty and coupon programs to the account, which the recipient may redeem upon scanning of the encoded image on the mobile phone at the point of sale. | 09-26-2013 |
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| 20120247579 | Tubing Reel Assembly For Coiled Tubing Systems - A tubing reel assembly including a drive assembly, a swivel assembly, a reel, and a stand. The drive assembly includes a drive assembly adapter that connects the reel and the drive assembly, a drive assembly mount that connects the drive assembly and the stand, and a rotational power source. The swivel assembly includes a swivel assembly adapter that connects the reel and the swivel assembly, a swivel assembly mount that connects the swivel assembly and the stand, a bearing, and a hydraulic swivel. The reel includes recessed hubs that allow the overall width of the tubing reel assembly to be reduced, and the recessed hubs are used for connecting the drive assembly to the reel and the swivel assembly to the reel. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20140076533 | Modular Coiled Tubing Unit - A coiled tubing unit includes a coiled tubing reel skid comprising a load supporting skid frame having a plurality of guide post sleeves and a reel skid landing platform comprising a plurality of guide posts that mate with the plurality of guide post sleeves, wherein mating of the guide posts with the guide post sleeves is configurable so that the coiled tubing reel skid is disposable at multiple positions on the landing platform. The coiled tubing unit is configurable for many different weight distribution requirements. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140332236 | Quick-Release Gripping Insert Assembly - A coiled tubing injector unit insert assembly includes a gripping insert configured to be coupled to a carrier block, the insert comprising a tongue with a first cutout configured to engage a shaft extending within a carrier block pocket, the shaft having a first diameter portion and a second larger diameter portion and a junction between the two shaft diameters that is located within the carrier block pocket to couple the gripping insert to the carrier block. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140332237 | CHAIN SERVICE INDICATOR - An injector head unit includes one or more drive chains revolving within a common plane mounted on an upper drive sprocket and a lower drive sprocket, wherein at least one of the upper and lower drive sprockets are configured to move vertically to tension the drive chains, and at least one fixed reference point proximate to at least one of the upper and lower drive sprockets, wherein relative positioning of one of the movable upper and lower drive sprockets with the fixed reference point indicates to a user an amount of elongation of the drive chains after a certain period of time. | 11-13-2014 |
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| 20090163219 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER DATA CALL - A system, method, and computer readable medium for a data call setup comprises receiving an origination message by a radio call control (RCC) and by a main call control (MCC), receiving an assignment request message by the MCC and by the RCC, and receiving a traffic channel assignment message by a channel element control (CEC) and by the MCC. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20100087201 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER CALL ORIGINATION AND TERMINATION - A system, method, and computer readable medium for a mobile origination comprises receiving an origination request message by a main call control (MCC) from a radio call control (RCC), receiving an assignment request message by the RCC from the MCC, receiving a traffic channel assign message by a channel element control (CEC) and by the MCC from the RCC, receiving a call setup message by a selector distribution unit (SDU) from the MCC, and receiving a link active message by the CEC from the SDU. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20110028155 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER DATA CALL - A system, method, and computer readable medium for a data call setup comprises receiving an origination message by a radio call control (RCC) and by a main call control (MCC), receiving an assignment request message by the MCC and by the RCC, and receiving a traffic channel assignment message by a channel element control (CEC) and by the MCC. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110281588 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER HANDOFF - A system, method, and computer readable medium for a softer handoff comprises receiving a Pilot Strength Measurement Message (PSMM) to request a handoff by a selector distribution unit (SDU), receiving a softer handoff request message by a channel element control (CEC), receiving a softer handoff request message by a radio call control (RCC), receiving a traffic channel assignment message by the CEC, and receiving an indication of an addition of a new sector for the softer handoff by the SDU. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120015663 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER - A combined base station controller ( | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120220306 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER - A combined base station controller ( | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120238282 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER DATA CALL - A system, method, and computer readable medium for a data call setup comprises receiving an origination message by a radio call control (RCC) and by a main call control (MCC), receiving an assignment request message by the MCC and by the RCC, and receiving a traffic channel assignment message by a channel element control (CEC) and by the MCC. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20130029678 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER - A combined base station controller ( | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130115960 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER HANDOFF - A system, method, and computer readable medium for a softer handoff comprises receiving a Pilot Strength Measurement Message (PSMM) to request a handoff by a selector distribution unit (SDU), receiving a softer handoff request message by a channel element control (CEC), receiving a softer handoff request message by a radio call control (RCC), receiving a traffic channel assignment message by the CEC, and receiving an indication of an addition of a new sector for the softer handoff by the SDU. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130165128 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER HANDOFF - A system, method, and computer readable medium for a softer handoff comprises receiving a Pilot Strength Measurement Message (PSMM) to request a handoff by a selector distribution unit (SDU), receiving a softer handoff request message by a channel element control (CEC), receiving a softer handoff request message by a radio call control (RCC), receiving a traffic channel assignment message by the CEC, and receiving an indication of an addition of a new sector for the softer handoff by the SDU. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130252623 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER DATA CALL - A system, method, and computer readable medium for a data call setup comprises receiving an origination message by a radio call control (RCC) and by a main call control (MCC), receiving an assignment request message by the MCC and by the RCC, and receiving a traffic channel assignment message by a channel element control (CEC) and by the MCC. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130316717 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER CALL ORIGINATION AND TERMINATION - A system, method, and computer readable medium for a mobile origination comprises receiving an origination request message by a main call control (MCC) from a radio call control (RCC), receiving an assignment request message by the RCC from the MCC, receiving a traffic channel assign message by a channel element control (CEC) and by the MCC from the RCC, receiving a call setup message by a selector distribution unit (SDU) from the MCC, and receiving a link active message by the CEC from the SDU. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130337817 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER HANDOFF - A system, method, and computer readable medium for a softer handoff comprises receiving a Pilot Strength Measurement Message (PSMM) to request a handoff by a selector distribution unit (SDU), receiving a softer handoff request message by a channel element control (CEC), receiving a softer handoff request message by a radio call control (RCC), receiving a traffic channel assignment message by the CEC, and receiving an indication of an addition of a new sector for the softer handoff by the SDU. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140302861 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER - A combined base station controller ( | 10-09-2014 |
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| 20100124166 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER DATA CALL AND QUALITY OF SERVICE - A system, method, and computer readable medium for determining a data call rate comprises determining if a supplemental channel (SCH) should be allocated, if the SCH should be allocated, potentially altering the data rate, requesting an SCH allocation at a current data rate or the altered data rate, and receiving a response to the request with the current data rate, the altered data rate, or a further altered data rate. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20130121143 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER DATA CALL AND QUALITY OF SERVICE - A system, method, and computer readable medium for determining a data call rate comprises determining if a supplemental channel (SCH) should be allocated, if the SCH should be allocated, potentially altering the data rate, requesting an SCH allocation at a current data rate or the altered data rate, and receiving a response to the request with the current data rate, the altered data rate, or a further altered data rate. | 05-16-2013 |
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| 20120015663 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER - A combined base station controller ( | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120196597 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER OPTIMIZED ASSIGNMENT OF FRAME OFFSETS - A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing an availability of a call agent, comprising acquiring a session identification by a basestation (BS) and a call agent (CA), wherein the BS is coupled to the CA, if the CA's state is changed from an active state to a standby state, requesting a new connection with the BS; and after the new connection is established between the CA and the BS, sending another session identification from the CA to the BS. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120220306 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER - A combined base station controller ( | 08-30-2012 |
| 20130029678 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER - A combined base station controller ( | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130178207 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER OPTIMIZED ASSIGNMENT OF FRAME OFFSETS - A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing an availability of a call agent, comprising acquiring a session identification by a basestation (BS) and a call agent (CA), wherein the BS is coupled to the CA, if the CA's state is changed from an active state to a standby state, requesting a new connection with the BS; and after the new connection is established between the CA and the BS, sending another session identification from the CA to the BS. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20140038604 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER OPTIMIZED ASSIGNMENT OF FRAME OFFSETS - A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing an availability of a call agent, comprising acquiring a session identification by a basestation (BS) and a call agent (CA), wherein the BS is coupled to the CA, if the CA's state is changed from an active state to a standby state, requesting a new connection with the BS; and after the new connection is established between the CA and the BS, sending another session identification from the CA to the BS. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140302861 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER - A combined base station controller ( | 10-09-2014 |
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| 20110283377 | COMPOSITIONS, ORGANISMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR EXPRESSING A GENE PRODUCT IN PLANTS - The present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to compositions, organisms, systems, and methods for expressing a gene product in a plant using a expression control sequence (ECS) operable in monocots and/or dicots. For example, (i) an isolated nucleic acid may comprise an ECS (e.g., a sugarcane bacilliform virus promoter) and, optionally, an exogenous nucleic acid (ExNA) operably linked to the ECS; (ii) an expression vector may comprise an ECS; an ExNA; and, optionally, a 3′ termination sequence, wherein the ECS has promoter activity sufficient to express the ExNA in at least one monocot and at least one dicot; (iii) a microorganism, plant cell, or plant may comprise an isolated nucleic acid; (iv) a method for constitutively expressing an ExNA in a plant (e.g., a monocot and/or a dicot) may comprise, contacting an expression vector with the cytosol of a cell of the plant, wherein the expression vector comprises the ExNA and an ECS operable to drive expression of the ExNA; and/or (v) a method of directing constitutive expression of a nucleic acid in a plant (e.g., a monocot and/or a dicot) may comprise transforming the plant with an expression nucleic acid comprising an ECS, an ExNA, and a 3′ termination sequence. | 11-17-2011 |
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| 20120319786 | AUTOCONFIGURABLE PHASE-LOCKED LOOP WHICH AUTOMATICALLY MAINTAINS A CONSTANT DAMPING FACTOR AND ADJUSTS THE LOOP BANDWIDTH TO A CONSTANT RATIO OF THE REFERENCE FREQUENCY - A phase-locked loop (PLL) includes a state machine programmed to automatically produce a set of control signals to select a charge-pump current and integrating capacitance value to automatically adjust a loop bandwidth of the PLL. A charge-pump DAC generates a charge-pump current of magnitude controlled by the state machine control signals. An integrator integrates the charge-pump output current to produce an integrated charge-pump output signal. The integrator has a plurality of capacitors switchably selected by control signals from the state machine to produce an integrating capacitance value. A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) produces a PLL output frequency in response to the integrated charge-pump output signal. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319886 | HIGH SPEED RESISTOR-DAC FOR SAR DAC - A singled-ended, successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter convert an analog input voltage to a digital representation comprising m upper order bits and a number of lower order bits. The SAR ADC comprises SAR logic, a resistive network, multiple switches, and first and second LSB capacitors. The switches also comprises two sets of switches coupled to the resistive network, each set of switches is configured to couple a selected tap to each of the first and second LSB capacitors. When determining the lower order bits, the SAR logic is configured to control the sets of switches to change the first and second taps from one cycle in which one of the lower order bits is determined to a next cycle in which the next of the lower order bits is determined so that the voltage of both taps changes by a decreasing amount with each succeeding bit being determined. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20140136138 | ON-CHIP SPECTRAL ANALYSIS USING ENHANCED RECURSIVE DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS - A computing device uses a recursive discrete Fourier transform (RDFT) engine to reduce time required by a frequency transform module, memory required to hold intermediate products, and/or computing resources used for the testing. In an embodiment the windowing function is integrated and processed simultaneously with the recursive DFT funcions. A frequency-bin power module is configured to determine the frequency bin within the set of frequency bins that has a greatest signal power at various levels of recursion. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20160056831 | ENHANCED RESOLUTION SUCCESSIVE-APPROXIMATION REGISTER ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER AND METHOD - An enhanced resolution successive-approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is provided that includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a comparator and enhanced resolution SAR control logic. The DAC includes analog circuitry that is configured to convert an M-bit digital input to an analog output. The comparator includes a plurality of coupling capacitors. The enhanced resolution SAR control logic is configured to generate an M-bit approximation of an input voltage and to store a residue voltage in at least one of the coupling capacitors. The residue voltage represents a difference between the input voltage and the M-bit approximation of the input voltage. The enhanced resolution SAR control logic is further configured to generate an N-bit approximation of the input voltage based on the stored residue voltage, where N>M. | 02-25-2016 |
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| 20140376617 | RATE CONTROL ALGORITHM FOR SCALABLE VIDEO ENCODING WITH DISPOSABLE P-FRAMES - Systems and methods of performing rate control in scalable video encoders that can be used to provide videoconferencing, announcements, and live video streaming to multiple participant devices having diverse bandwidths, resolutions, and/or other device characteristics. The systems and methods can accommodate different target bit rates of the multiple participant devices by operating on scalable video bitstreams in a multi-layer video format, including a base layer having one or more reference video frames, and an enhancement layer having one or more disposable non-reference, predictive video frames. By adjusting the number of disposable non-reference, predictive video frames in the enhancement layer, as well as quantization parameters for the respective base and enhancement layers, the disclosed systems and methods can accommodate the different target bit rates for the respective participant devices, while enhancing the spatial and/or temporal qualities of the base and enhancement layers in the respective video bitstreams. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150256850 | Continuous Block Tracking For Temporal Prediction In Video Encoding - Continuous block tracking (CBT) tracks macroblock locations over reference frames to produce better inter-predictions than conventional block-based motion estimation/compression. CBT includes frame-to-frame tracking, estimating motion from a frame to a previous frame, and continuous tracking, related frame-to-frame motion vectors to block tracks. Frame-to-frame tracking may include block based or hierarchical motion estimations. CBT combined with enhanced predictive zonal search may create unified motion estimation. Accumulated CBT results may form trajectories for trajectory-based CBT predictions. Metrics measuring continuous track and motion vectors quality can assess relative priority of CBT predictions against non-tracker-based predictions and to modify encoding choices. Continuous tracks can be analyzed for goodness-of-fit to translational motion models, with outliers removed from encoding. Translational motion models can be extended to entire frames in adaptive picture type selection. Outputs from CBT used in look-ahead processing, via look-ahead tracking, may provide rate control and scene change detection for the current frame being encoded. | 09-10-2015 |
| 20160073111 | PERCEPTUAL OPTIMIZATION FOR MODEL-BASED VIDEO ENCODING - Perceptual statistics may be used to compute importance maps that indicate which regions of a video frame are important to the human visual system. Importance maps may be applied to the video encoding process to enhance the quality of encoded bitstreams. The temporal contrast sensitivity function (TCSF) may be computed from the encoder's motion vectors. Motion vector quality metrics may be used to construct a true motion vector map (TMVM) that can be used to refine the TCSF. Spatial complexity maps (SCMs) can be calculated from metrics such as block variance, block luminance, SSIM, and edge strength, and the SCMs can be combined with the TCSF to obtain a unified importance map. Importance maps may be used to improve encoding by modifying the criterion for selecting optimum encoding solutions or by modifying the quantization for each target block to be encoded. | 03-10-2016 |
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| 20090187869 | Budgeting Electromigration-Related Reliability Among Metal Paths In The Design Of A Circuit - Apportioning unequally contributions of different metal paths of a circuit to electromigration (EM) reliability. In an embodiment, a corresponding parameter value representing a magnitude of excess current flowing in a single direction in each metal path is determined. A desired reliability measure for electromigration (EM) is apportioned among the metal paths based on computed parameter values for the corresponding metal path. A reliability analysis for the circuit is performed based on the apportioning. In an embodiment, metal paths which predominantly carry currents with an average value less than a threshold are excluded from being considered as contributors to EM degradation. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20100032770 | IC RESISTOR FORMED WITH INTEGRAL HEATSINKING STRUCTURE - A resistor is formed on field oxide with a portion of the resistor body configured to overlap an active region in an integrated circuit (IC) substrate to provide heatsinking for the resistor body. In one embodiment, cooling fingers extend from the resistor body beyond the field oxide to overlap the active region. In another embodiment, minor areas of the resistor body overlap the active region. The resistor body may be formed of polycrystalline silicon (polysilicon), silicided polysilicon, or metal. An oxide having greater thermal conductance than the field oxide is formed between the overlapping parts of the resistor body and the active region. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20110080175 | ELECTROMIGRATION COMPENSATION SYSTEM - An integrated circuit is described. The integrated circuit, comprising: a central processor; a memory; and an electromigration compensation system associated with a plurality of leads within the integrated circuit, wherein the electromigration compensation system causes the plurality of leads to have interlocking, horizontally tapered ends that substantially reduces electromigration divergence and consequently lead resistance and circuit shorting. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20120235296 | IC DEVICES HAVING TSVS INCLUDING PROTRUDING TIPS HAVING IMC BLOCKING TIP ENDS - A through substrate via (TSV) die includes a plurality of TSVs including an outer dielectric sleeve, an inner metal core and protruding TSV tips including sidewalls that emerge from the TSV die. A passivation layer lateral to protruding TSV tips is on a portion of the sidewalls of protruding TSV tips. The passivation layers is absent from a distal portion of protruding TSV tips to provide an exposed portion of the inner metal core. The TSV tips include bulbous distal tip ends which cover a portion of the TSV sidewalls, are over a topmost surface of the outer dielectric sleeve, and have a maximum cross sectional area that is ≧25% more as compared to a cross sectional area of the protruding TSV tips below the bulbous distal tip ends. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20140129166 | ON-TIME BASED PEAK CURRENT DENSITY RULE AND DESIGN METHOD - A method of computing a peak current density specification (j | 05-08-2014 |
