Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Haynes and Boone LLP
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Patent number: 8340060Abstract: A femtocell increases efficiency and coverage of a macrocellular network operating in a co-channel manner within the macrocell spectrum by selecting subcarriers for its mobile station using both the subcarrier allocation map received from the macrocell and a spectrum sensing operation. Interference is avoided by selecting only subcarriers not allocated by the macrocell and subcarriers allocated to users not nearby to the femtocell. Interference is eliminated from the received signals using co-channel interference avoidance techniques. Selection of subcarriers for femtocell use may take into consideration inter-carrier interference detected.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Mustafa Emin Sahin, Huseyin Arslan, Ismail Guvenc, Moo Ryong Jeong
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Patent number: 8338917Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the method including providing a substrate having a seal ring region and a circuit region, forming a first seal ring structure over the seal ring region, forming a second seal ring structure over the seal ring region and adjacent to the first seal ring structure, and forming a first passivation layer disposed over the first and second seal ring structures. A semiconductor device fabricated by such a method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Dun-Nian Yaung, Jen-Cheng Liu, Jeng-Shyan Lin, Wen-De Wang, Shu-Ting Tsai
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Patent number: 8341404Abstract: Included in the present disclosure are a system, method and program of instructions operable to protect vital information by combining information about a user and what they are allowed to see with information about essential files that need to be protected on an information handling system. Using intelligent security rules, essential information may be encrypted without encrypting the entire operating system or application files. According to aspects of the present disclosure, shared data, user data, temporary files, paging files, the password hash that is stored in the registry, and data stored on removable media may be protected.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2006Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Credant Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher D. Burchett, Jason Jaynes, Bryan Chin, David Consolver
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Patent number: 8340038Abstract: A femtocell network uses idle resource blocks of a data frame to reduce interference by spreading the resource blocks of the users over the available spectrum. Spreading may be achieved by repeating the transmission using a number of the resource block groups. As a result, (a) more robustness is obtained against interference; (b) transmission power levels may be decreased because of the spreading, resulting in reducing interference between nearby femtocells and between a macrocell and a femtocell. Other methods of spreading such a frequency or time slot hopping may also be used.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventor: Ismail Guvenc
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Patent number: 8341377Abstract: A system comprising a performance module and an application. The performance module may be configured to (i) monitor a LUN for a predetermined amount of time, (ii) capture information relating to the LUN, and (iii) store the information. The application may be configured to (i) retrieve the information, (ii) analyze the information, (iii) generate a configuration based on the analysis of the information and (iv) send the configuration to the performance module. The performance module may reconfigure the LUN based on the configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: NetApp, Inc.Inventor: Heng Po Chan
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Patent number: 8340665Abstract: In a fast active scanning wireless network apparatus and method for quick determination of available access points, information about a candidate set of available access points is obtained, and a candidate access point is identified from the candidate set. A mobile station then queries the candidate access point with a probe request that designates the candidate access point as a sole responder. The probe request prevents other access points from contending for the medium of communication between the mobile station and the designated sole responder access point by excluding the attempt by other access points to transmit probe responses. The apparatus and method thus increases the probability of a fast and successful probe request from the mobile station and subsequent response from the designated access point. The designated access point may also respond with a probe response of high priority, preventing intervention of communication.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Moo Ryong Jeong, Fujio Wantanabe, Toshiro Kawahara
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Patent number: 8340892Abstract: An onboard system and method for determining the instantaneous weight and balance of an aircraft simply, reliably, accurately, and requiring a minimum amount of calibration includes a memory for storing previously determined breakout friction data of the aircraft's landing gear shock struts, sensors for sensing the pressures in the struts, the vertical loads exerted by the landing gear on the aircraft, and the attitude of the aircraft relative to the horizontal during loading or unloading thereof, and a computer for computing the vertical load in each of the landing gears from the stored calibration breakout friction data and the shock strut pressures, landing gear vertical loads and aircraft attitude sensed during the loading or unloading. The computer then computes the gross weight of the aircraft and the location of its center of gravity (CG) using the computed vertical loads in the landing gears.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Michael A. Long, Geoffrey E. Gouette
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Patent number: 8337103Abstract: A device may comprise an upper module cover, a lower module cover, an outer frame, and an actuator having a movable frame. The movable frame may be at least partially disposed intermediate the upper module cover and the lower module cover. A hinge flexure may interconnect the outer frame and the movable frame such that the movable frame is rotatable with respect to the outer frame. The upper module cover and/or the lower module cover may be adapted to limit a movement of the movable frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: DigitalOptics Corporation MEMSInventor: Roman C. Gutierrez
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Patent number: 8336403Abstract: The present invention relates to a pipette tip having a support and a fluid enclosed therein, an apparatus for treating the pipette tip having a support and a fluid enclosed therein, and a method of treating the pipette tip having a support and a fluid enclosed therein.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Universal Bio Research Co., LtdInventor: Hideji Tajima
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Patent number: 8339842Abstract: Non-volatile memories can have data retention problems at high temperatures reducing the reliability of such devices. A non-volatile memory cell is described having a magnet, a ferromagnetic switching element and heating means. The non-volatile memory cell has a set position having a low resistance state and a reset position having a high resistance state. The non-volatile memory is set by applying a magnetic field to the switching element causing it to move to the set position. The non-volatile memory cell is reset by the heating means which causes the switching element to return to the reset position. The switching element is formed from a ferromagnetic material or a ferromagnetic shape memory alloy. This structure can have improved reliability at higher temperatures than previously described non-volatile memories.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventor: Mohamed Boutchich
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Patent number: 8339948Abstract: Wireless access efficiency is improved in a multi-hop, multiple-flow network by optimizing multi-flows over the entire network using joint routing and traffic-shaping techniques at intermediate hops. Even though the joint routing and traffic-shaping techniques may adversely affect flows at some hops, when considered over multiple hops (for a given flow) and over multiple flows (for a given hop or number of hops), significant performance may be achieved for all flows. System performance is achieved by controlling the routing paths of multiple flows in a multi-hop, multi-flow wireless network, and applying traffic shaping in a systematic way, rather than relying on an opportunistic (i.e., randomly or independently optimized) approach.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2006Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Sean A. Ramprashad, Christine Pepin, Ulas C. Kozat
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Patent number: 8334197Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method that includes providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a gate structure over the semiconductor substrate, first gate structure including a dummy dielectric and a dummy gate disposed over the dummy dielectric; removing the dummy gate and the dummy dielectric from the gate structure thereby forming a trench; forming a high-k dielectric layer partially filling the trench; forming a barrier layer over the high-k dielectric layer partially filling the trench; forming an capping layer over the barrier layer partially filling the trench; performing an annealing process; removing the capping layer; forming a metal layer over the barrier layer filling in a remainder of the trench; and performing a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) to remove the various layers outside the trench.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2009Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Da-Yuan Lee, Kuang-Yuan Hsu, Xiong-Fei Yu, Wei-Yang Lee, Matt Yeh
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Patent number: 8335545Abstract: A headset radio base, a headset charging system including a modular charging dock, and methods of charging various headsets are disclosed. In one embodiment, a headset radio base includes a charging dock interface configured to interface with one of a plurality of interchangeable charging docks having different form factors for charging different headsets, a transceiver for wirelessly communicating with the different headsets, a power source interface, and a network interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Plantronics, Inc.Inventors: Soohyun Ham, Matthew Charles Bentley, Andrew Kneeland Richardson, Nicholas Kennedy Eisner
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Patent number: 8334905Abstract: In one embodiment, more than one surveillance cameras cover different viewing zones. The different viewing zones have different priority levels depending upon the importance of what is being covered by the surveillance camera. A controller detects the failure of a surveillance camera and directs a camera covering a lower priority viewing zone to cover the viewing zone of the failed camera. A method for the operation of the surveillance cameras is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventor: Vineet Bhan
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Patent number: 8334579Abstract: An integrated circuit device and method for fabricating the integrated circuit device is disclosed. The integrated circuit device includes a substrate, a diffusion source, and a lightly doped diffusion region in contact with a conductive layer. A junction of the lightly doped diffusion region with the conductive layer forms a Schottky region. An annealing process is performed to form the lightly doped diffusion region. The annealing process causes dopants from the diffusion source (for example, an n-well disposed in the substrate) of the integrated circuit device to diffuse into a region of the substrate, thereby forming the lightly doped diffusion region.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2010Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Ping Chun Yeh, Der-Chyang Yeh, Chih-Ping Chao
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Patent number: 8336002Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) design method includes providing IC design layout data; simulating a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process to a material layer based on the IC design layout, to generate various geometrical parameters; extracting resistance and capacitance based on the various geometrical parameters from the simulating of the CMP process; and performing circuit timing analysis based on the extracted resistance and capacitance.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2007Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Gwan Sin Chang, Yi-Kan Cheng, Ivy Chiu, Ke-Ying Su
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Patent number: 8334917Abstract: A column buffer for use with a pixel cell array includes an amplifier coupled to three read-out circuits in parallel providing a signal corresponding to accumulated photon-generated charge in a pixel cell plus noise, a reset level plus noise, and a pedestal level, respectively. These three signals are used to generate an ultra-low noise signal Di=Si?Pi-1?G*(Ri?Ri-1), wherein S is the sampled signal, P is the pedestal level, R is the reset level, and G is a gain associated with a pixel cell, and wherein i is a frame number greater than 0. The three signals can be read-out simultaneously. In another embodiment, the three signals are obtained from a column buffer having only one output. In this case, the signals are read-out sequentially.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2011Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Imagerlabs, Inc.Inventors: Eugene Atlas, Sarit Neter, Kim Loren Johnson
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Patent number: 8334572Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided which includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation structure formed in the substrate for isolating an active region of the substrate, the isolation structure being formed of a first material, an active device formed in the active region of the substrate, the active device having a high-k dielectric and metal gate, and a passive device formed in the isolation structure, the passive device being formed of a second material different from the first material and having a predefined resistivity.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Sheng-Chen Chung, Kong-Beng Thei, Harry Chuang
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Patent number: 8334187Abstract: Methods of fabricating an integrated circuit device, such as a thin film resistor, are disclosed. An exemplary method includes providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a resistive layer over the semiconductor substrate; forming a hard mask layer over the resistive layer, wherein the hard mask layer includes a barrier layer over the resistive layer and a dielectric layer over the barrier layer; and forming an opening in the hard mask layer that exposes a portion of the resistive layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Li-Wen Chang, Der-Chyang Yeh, Chung-Yi Yu, Hsun-Chung Kuang, Hua-Chou Tseng, Chih-Ping Chao, Ming Chyi Liu, Yuan-Tai Tseng
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Patent number: D672880Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: SPD Swiss Precision Diagnostics GmbHInventors: Paul Laverack, Richard Luxton