Patents Represented by Attorney Rabin & Berdo, P.C.
  • Patent number: 7577321
    Abstract: A hybrid electro-optical circuit board including a plate, a light guiding hole and a light-guide device. The light guiding hole is formed in the plate to be connected to an upper surface and a lower surface of the plate. The light-guide device is formed on the lower surface and covers and contacts the light guiding hole. An optical signal is transmitted between the light-guide device and the upper surface of the plate via the light guiding hole. A metal layer is further formed on an inner wall of the light guiding hole, to reduce the roughness of the inner wall and reflects the optical signal by the reflection characteristics of metal. Further, the light guiding hole is filled with a transparent substance to transmit the optical signal and to stop foreign material from entering the light guiding hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chien-Chun Lu, Shin-Ge Lee, Chun-Hsing Lee, Shun-Tien Lee, Ying-Chih Chen
  • Patent number: 7576609
    Abstract: A preamplifier used in a receiver is provided. The preamplifier comprises an input circuit and an output circuit. The input circuit receives an input differential voltage pair, pulls it down when the common voltage of the input differential voltage pair is higher than a reference voltage. The output circuit receives the input differential voltage pair outputted from the input circuit to pull high or low an output voltage accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Chih-Haur Huang, Chung-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 7576312
    Abstract: A positioning apparatus for a printer. The positioning apparatus includes at least one encoder, an OPC belt, and a code strip consisting of a reference bar code region, a blank region and a normal bar code region. The OPC belt is moved relative to the encoder and has a joint region. The code strip is mounted on the OPC belt and has multiple of bar codes. The encoder is used for detecting the bar codes and generating a displacement signal representing a displacement of the OPC belt moved relative to the encoder. The blank region may adjoin the joint region. Therefore, a home position can be located precisely by the displacement signal due to the existence of the reference bar code region and blank region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Aetas System Incorporated
    Inventor: Jiunn-Jiang Chen
  • Patent number: 7574624
    Abstract: An integrated test method on a multi-operation system (OS) platform for performing an integrated test of a file system and disk performance in a computer with an extended firmware interface (EFI) system environment on multiple OS platforms is provided. The method includes the following steps. Scan sectors of an entire physical hard disk and perform a hardware underlying test of a disk device in the EFI environment; select and load an OS, then enter the OS environment to test the file system and the disk performance in the system environment; exit from the OS and return to the EFI environment to summarize a test result; determine whether it is necessary to load other OSes, if necessary, return and load other OSes, and if not, send the summarized test result to a server terminal for analysis and processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Town Chen, Kai Wang, Tom Chen, Win-Harn Liu
  • Patent number: 7573102
    Abstract: In an ESD protection structure and method utilizing substrate triggering for a high-voltage tolerant pad on a substrate, an ESD protection device has a source connected to the pad and a gate and a drain both connected to a ground, and a substrate-triggering control circuit is used to keep the substrate at a low voltage during a normal operation, and pumping the substrate to a high voltage during an ESD event for the ESD protection device to be triggered much easier. The substrate-triggering control circuit is implemented with an active device, thereby reducing the chip size for the circuit and the loading effect on the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Meng-Huang Liu, Chun-Hsiang Lai, Shin Su, Yen-Hung Yeh, Chia-Ling Lu, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Patent number: 7573759
    Abstract: A method for detecting the data strobe signal from a Double Data Rate (DDR) Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM). The method executes a data reading process at first and records the latency period of the data read process to be a basis for detecting the arrival timing of the preamble in the data strobe signals in the subsequent data reading process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Via Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bo-Wei Hsieh, Ming-Shi Liou, Weber Chuang, Chi Chang
  • Patent number: 7573619
    Abstract: A paper feeding mechanism for carrying a paper passing through a scanning station having a scanning module includes a partition, a paper transporting device, and a switching member movably disposed corresponding to one end of the partition. A first paper feeding channel is formed between the partition and the scanning station, and a second paper feeding channel is formed on another side of the partition. The paper transporting device carries the paper passing over the side of the partition through the first paper feeding channel with a first page of the paper facing the scanning module. Then, the paper is flipped for a second page of the paper facing the scanning module. The switching member can be selectively moved for guiding the paper passing through the first paper feeding channel or the second paper feeding channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Tsai Tsai, Keng-Wei Shih, Hsuan-Yang Lin, Chang-Lung Yu
  • Patent number: 7573926
    Abstract: A multiwavelength quantum dot laser element is provided. A perpendicular stack of quantum dot active regions with different light emitting wavelengths is employed, and thickness, material composition, and quantum dot size of each of the quantum dot active regions are modulated, so as to form various laser oscillation conditions. When a current applied to the quantum dot laser element is larger than the start-oscillation current condition, lasers with different wavelengths are simultaneously obtained in each of the quantum dot active regions, thereby achieving the application of the multiwavelength quantum dot laser element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kuo-Jui Lin, Kun-Fong Lin, Chih-Ming Lai
  • Patent number: 7569917
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, an insulating base film and first projecting electrodes. The first projecting electrodes are formed in a single row on one face of the semiconductor chip along the edge of the semiconductor chip. This face of the semiconductor chip faces a semiconductor chip mounting face of the base film. The semiconductor device also includes second projecting electrodes formed in a single row outside the row of first projecting electrodes. The height of the second projecting electrodes is smaller than the first projecting electrodes. The semiconductor device also includes first inner leads formed on the semiconductor chip mounting face of the base film. The first inner lead extend to the first projecting electrodes. The semiconductor device also includes an insulating film formed between the first inner leads and the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor device also includes second inner leads formed on the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Sugihara, Fumihiko Ooka
  • Patent number: 7570873
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a subtitle file loading method for loading subtitle files from a disc to a memory of a disc player. The memory has a first memory block and a second memory block. A first group of subtitle files is first loaded into the first memory block. Then, the first group of subtitle files in the first memory block is transferred to a subtitle file decoder for decoding, while a second group of subtitle files is loaded into the second memory block. Thereafter, the second group of subtitle files is transferred to the subtitle file decoder for decoding, and a third group of subtitle files is loaded into the first memory block. The steps described above are repeated in an alternative process until all subtitle files are loaded into the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Via Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: King Huang
  • Patent number: 7570307
    Abstract: A filter device comprises a digital filter, a maximum/minimum detector circuit, and a limiter circuit. The digital filter includes unit delay elements chained together and having M stages (M is an integer equal to or larger than two) for shifting an n-bit (n is a positive integer) digital input signal; n multiplier circuits for multiplying output signals from the unit delay elements at the respective stages by predetermined filter coefficients, respectively; and adder circuits chained together and having (M?1) stages for summing output signals from the respective multiplier circuits to supply a filtered output signal. The maximum/minimum detector circuit detects a maximum value detection signal and a minimum value detection signal in the output signals supplied from the unit delay elements. The limiter circuit limits a minimum value of the filtered output signal based on the maximum value detection signal, and limits a minimum value of the filtered output signal based on the minimum value detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Iha, Takaaki Akiyama
  • Patent number: 7568920
    Abstract: An electrical connector of a computer peripheral device has an insulating base having a plurality of slots spaced along the side of the insulating base and each of the slots having a conductive terminal. Each of the conductive terminals has a first end and a second end. The first end protrudes up from the insulating base for electrically contact to a printed circuit board which is located above the insulating base within the computer peripheral device. The second end extends away from the insulating base for electrically coupling to a cable of the computer peripheral device. Therefore the electrical connector facilitates the connection between the printed circuit board and the cable of the computer peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: KYE Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Ding-Teng Hou, Huei-Jen Chang
  • Patent number: 7570378
    Abstract: The data sending and receiving controller (104) of sender's communication device (100) sends data with its mode information such as graphic resolution to receiver's communication device (200). The operator at receiver's communication device occasionally requests for re-sending once received data according to the mode information received with the data when the receiver is not satisfied with the data because its resolution is too low etc. The sender's communication device (100) analyzes the content of request and re-sends data with the mode corresponding to the content of request when it is sent from the receiver's communication device (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Hideaki Imaizumi
  • Patent number: 7570093
    Abstract: A delay-locked loop detector detects a control voltage of a delay-locked loop, in which the delay-locked loop generates an output clock signal according to a delay time that is controlled by the control voltage. The delay-locked loop detector includes a voltage detector, a switch, and a counter. The voltage detector detects the control voltage. The switch passes the control voltage to the voltage detector. The counter counts a constant period of time, in which the counter enables the switch to pass the control voltage to the voltage detector after the constant period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Chih-Haur Huang
  • Patent number: 7568508
    Abstract: An inflatable pneumatic bag is disclosed. An inflatable pneumatic bag includes a pneumatic hole disposed at one end of a pneumatic channel. Air, which is applied to the pneumatic hole, moves along the pneumatic channel, then through air ingress holes covered with inner layers which are removed by the expansion of the outer layers to fill all the air tubes. When the air tube is filled with air, one or more inner layers cover and then close the air ingress hole to overcome reverse air flow. Then, a curve-shaped air passage in the air tube narrows to further prevent air escape. With the inner layer, effectively overcoming reverse air flow, and the air passage, further preventing air escape, the inflatable pneumatic bag filled with air may last for a substantial long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Inventors: Chian Hua Liao, Bo Xin Jian
  • Patent number: 7570558
    Abstract: A disc playing method and related system without interruption is disclosed. First, the data blocks on a disc (such as a DVD) is previewed without playing. Next, the error ratio of the data block is determined. If the error ratio of the data block exceeds a predetermined threshold, the address of the data block is recorded in an error data table. Finally, the data blocks not recorded in the error data table are played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Via Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel Chen
  • Patent number: 7570482
    Abstract: A mobile computer structure having a rotatable screen is provided, which includes a main body, a rotating arm, and a panel. The rotating arm is pivotally disposed on the main body and is pivotally rotated between a first position and a second position. The panel has a display surface and a casing surface and is pivotally connected to the rotating arm. When the rotating arm pivotally rotates to the first position, the panel is attached to the main body with the display surface facing the main body, and when the rotating arm pivotally rotates to the second position, the panel is attached to the main body with the casing surface, thus making the display surface or the casing surface optionally face outside to achieve the purpose of protection or using.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Tien-Ming Chan
  • Patent number: 7569419
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, which is capable of suppressing an overflow of a sealing resin and obtaining good sealing quality, simply and at low cost. Further, the present invention provides a semiconductor device that suppresses an overflow of a sealing resin and has good sealing quality, simply and at low cost. Liquid first underfill higher in viscosity than liquid second underfill is charged into space defined between a corresponding edge side of four edge sides of each of semiconductor chips, at which the distance between at least one edge side and each of pads opposite thereto, of an interposer is of the shortest, and the interposer. The liquid first underfill is cured and sealed with first underfill. Thereafter, the liquid second underfill is charged into space defined between the semiconductor chip and the interposer excluding the space sealed with the first underfill. The liquid second underfill is cured and sealed with second underfill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Shizuno
  • Patent number: D597572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Inventor: Mao Bang Tsai
  • Patent number: D597595
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Powerful Way Limited
    Inventor: Shui Kuen Nip