Patents Assigned to ADVANCED
  • Publication number: 20180018133
    Abstract: In one form, an apparatus includes a memory controller. The memory controller includes a command queue and an arbiter. The command queue receives and stores memory access requests. The arbiter picks the memory access requests from the command queue based on a plurality of criteria, and provides picked memory access requests to a memory channel. The arbiter includes a streak counter for counting a number of consecutive memory access requests of a first type that the arbiter picks from the command queue. When the streak counter reaches a threshold, the arbiter suspends picking requests of the first type and picks at least one memory access request of a second type. The arbiter provides the at least one memory access request of the second type to the memory channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Kedarnath Balakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20180017741
    Abstract: An optical module includes a carrier, a light emitter disposed on the carrier, a light detector disposed on the carrier, and a housing disposed on the carrier. The housing defines a first opening that exposes the light emitter and a second opening that exposes the light detector. The optical module further includes a first light transmission element disposed on the first opening and a second light transmission element disposed on the second opening. A first opaque layer is disposed on the first light transmission element, the first opaque layer defining a first aperture, and a second opaque layer disposed on the second light transmission element, the second opaque layer defining a second aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin-Ying HO, Ying-Chung CHEN, Lu-Ming LAI
  • Publication number: 20180018221
    Abstract: In one form, a memory controller includes a command queue, an arbiter, and a replay queue. The command queue receives and stores memory access requests. The arbiter is coupled to the command queue for providing a sequence of memory commands to a memory channel. The replay queue stores the sequence of memory commands to the memory channel, and continues to store memory access commands that have not yet received responses from the memory channel. When a response indicates a completion of a corresponding memory command without any error, the replay queue removes the corresponding memory command without taking further action. When a response indicates a completion of the corresponding memory command with an error, the replay queue replays at least the corresponding memory command. In another form, a data processing system includes the memory controller, a memory accessing agent, and a memory system to which the memory controller is coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Magro, Ruihua Peng, Anthony Asaro, Kedarnath Balakrishnan, Scott P. Murphy, YuBin Yao
  • Patent number: 9870473
    Abstract: The present disclosure presents methods and apparatuses for controlling a power state, which may include a C-state, of one or more processing cores of a processor. In an aspect, an example method of securing a power state change of a processor is presented, the method including the steps of receiving a power state change request from the processor, the processor having a plurality of potential power states each including an operating power profile; determining a power state change request mode associated with the processor; forwarding the power state change request to a security processor where the power state change request mode is a one-time request mode; receiving a power state change request response from the security processor in response to the request; and adjusting the current power state of the processor to the target power state where the power state change request response comprises a power state change approval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Tsien, Denis Rystsov, Sebastien Nussbaum
  • Patent number: 9870318
    Abstract: A system and method for efficiently relocating and initializing a block of memory of the computer system. For data initialization and data relocation, multiple registers in a processor are used for intermediate storage of data to be written into the memory. Regardless of whether the amount of data to initialize or relocate is aligned with the register data size, the processor writes the data into the destination buffer with write operations that only utilize the register data size. The write operations utilize the register data size when each of the start and the end of the destination buffer is aligned with the register width, when the start of the destination buffer is unaligned with the register width, when a source buffer and the destination buffer are unaligned with one another for a copy operation, and when the source buffer and the destination buffer overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremy P. Goodwin
  • Patent number: 9871235
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure relief element (11) to be used as an overpressure safety means in devices where a gaseous medium must be rapidly released in case of overpressure, wherein the pressure relief element (11) has at least one notch (9) which is designed as a predetermined breaking point where the pressure relief element (11) breaks at a certain level of overpressure, thereby irreversibly opening an exhaust path for the gaseous medium. The present invention also relates to a pressure relief device of an electrochemical battery, comprising such a pressure relief element and a battery comprising such a pressure relief device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Advanced Power Solutions GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Joswig, Martin Wiegmann, Helge Brenner, Markus Hoh, Kevin Chladek
  • Patent number: 9870220
    Abstract: An electronic device includes routing logic operatively coupled to a communication port that is externally accessible so that there is no need to disassemble the electronic device to gain access. The port may be a USB (universal serial bus) port and provides access to an internal bus. The routing logic is also operatively coupled to a memory subsystem such that it may route data from an external device, connected at the port, to the memory subsystem to modify or replace a boot code, including a BIOS code. A memory interface device includes an interface module, a memory interface module for communicating with a memory subsystem including a boot PROM (programmable read only memory), and a routing logic coupled to the interface module and the memory interface module. The routing logic routes data from the external device to the boot PROM, so that a boot code, including a BIOS (basic input/output system), may be modified or replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Mikhael Lerman
  • Patent number: 9868849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coloring resin composition exhibiting pleochroism comprising 100 parts by weight of a transparent thermoplastic resin (A); 0.01 to 0.03 parts by weight of a dye for coloring a resin (B) which is one selected from the group consisting of an azo-based dye (b1), an anthraquinone-based dye (b2), and a methine dye (b3); and 0.1 to 0.3 parts by weight of a functional black dye (C) obtained by mixing an anthraquinone-based dye (c1) and a perinone-based dye (c2). A resin molded article manufactured by the coloring resin composition exhibiting pleochroism of the present invention is characterized by exhibiting different colors of light according to thicknesses although the resin molded article is irradiated with light sources in a single wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung Joo Chung, Jae Kyung Kim, Eun Ju Song, Young Bae Lee
  • Patent number: 9869815
    Abstract: An optical device includes an optical waveguide provided on a principal surface of a substrate. The optical waveguide includes a core and a cladding provided around the core. The cladding is configured by a substance having a refractive index smaller than 71.4% of the refractive index of the core. The core has constituent atoms substantially forming a diamond lattice structure. The optical waveguide has a light input/output part through which a light beam is input and/or output. The light input/output part decreases stepwise in thickness towards an output end while tapering down in its width. The core is provided in the light input/output part to have a (111) plane or an equivalent plane to the (111) plane exposed on a face of a riser of the stepwise thickness of the light input/output part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignees: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Photonics Electronics Technology Research Association
    Inventors: Hideki Ono, Tsuyoshi Horikawa, Naoki Hirayama
  • Patent number: 9870969
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate comprising a build-up and a solder resist layer disposed on the build-up. The solder resist layer has an upper surface facing away from the build-up. The solder resist layer has a plurality of grooves on its upper surface. The grooves of the solder resist layer can better eliminate or relieve the stress accumulated on large solder resist area induced by heat and/or material coefficient of thermal expansion mismatch of the substrate and thus can prevent and diminish warpage of the substrate or package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: I-Tseng Lee, Yu-Ling Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9869740
    Abstract: A method including determining a cerebral ischemia region of a patient based on a magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging of the patient; determining a DWI gray scale distribution parameter in a region with low ADC values in the magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging; and judging whether the DWI in the region with low ADC values in the magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging and the ADC values in the region with low ADC values in the magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging are mismatched according to the DWI gray scale distribution parameter in the region with low ADC values in the magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging is disclosed. The method provides a more scientific and objective basis for making a decision on whether the acute cerebral ischemia patient should be treated with thrombolysis, thereby improving a cure rate of the cerebral ischemia patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
    Inventors: Qingmao Hu, Huimin Zheng
  • Patent number: 9869007
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen storage alloy which is characterized in that two or more crystal phases having different crystal structures are layered in a c-axis direction of the crystal structures. The hydrogen storage alloy is further characterized in that a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of a lattice constant a in the crystal structures of the laminated two or more crystal phases is 0.03 ? or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignees: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tadashi Kakeya, Manabu Kanemoto, Minoru Kuzuhara, Tetsuya Ozaki, Masaharu Watada, Tetsuo Sakai
  • Patent number: 9867768
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improving the foaming and/or yield value properties associated with surfactant containing compositions comprising at least one anionic surfactant, the method comprises combining an effective amount of at least one nonionic, amphiphilic polymer with at least one anionic detersive surfactant in combination with an optional surfactant selected from amphoteric surfactants, nonionic surfactants and combinations of two or more thereof. The at least one nonionic amphiphilic polymer is prepared from a free radically polymerizable monomer composition comprising at least one hydrophilic monomer and at least one hydrophobic monomer, wherein said hydrophilic monomer is selected from a N-vinyl lactam and wherein said hydrophobic monomer is selected from a vinyl ester of a C1-C22 carboxylic acid or at least one monomer selected from a C8-C22 alkyl (meth)acrylate an associative monomer, a semi-hydrophobic monomer, or mixtures thereof, and an optional crosslinking monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Figura, Wei-Yeih Yang, Krishnan Chari
  • Patent number: 9871005
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a carrier, an electronic component disposed over a top surface of the carrier, and a package body disposed over the top surface of the carrier and covering the electronic component. The semiconductor device package further includes a shield layer, which in turn includes a first electrically conductive layer, a first magnetically permeable layer, and a second electrically conductive layer, where the first magnetically permeable layer is interposed between and directly contacts the first electrically conductive layer and the second electrically conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: I-Chia Lin, Chieh-Chen Fu, Kuo Hsien Liao, Cheng-Nan Lin
  • Patent number: 9868097
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a method for remarkably reducing a critical micelle concentration of an anionic surfactant, which is used in a large amount currently, to reduce the amount to be used. Also, the objective of the present invention is to provide a surfactant composition of which whole critical micelle concentration is remarkably reduced and in which an amount of an anionic surfactant is reduced in comparison with the case of using an anionic surfactant only as a surfactant. The method for reducing a critical micelle concentration of an anionic surfactant according to the present invention is characterized in using a cyclic lipopeptide biosurfactant in combination with the anionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignees: KANEKA CORPORATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Satohiro Yanagisawa, Takuto Nagano, Masashi Izumida, Toshiaki Taira, Tomohiro Imura, Dai Kitamoto
  • Publication number: 20180011798
    Abstract: A method and system for allocating memory to a memory operation executed by a processor in a computer arrangement having a first processor configured for unified operation with a second processor. The method includes receiving a memory operation from a processor and mapping the memory operation to one of a plurality of memory heaps. The mapping produces a mapping result. The method also includes providing the mapping result to the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicants: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Anthony ASARO, Kevin NORMOYLE, Mark HUMMEL
  • Publication number: 20180008447
    Abstract: A bariatric clamp may include substrate members overmolded in polymer forming first and second elongated portions, a bight portion having a flexible hinge, one or more inflatable portions disposed at least partially along interior sections of the first and second elongated portions; and a port coupled to at least one of the inflatable portions and configured to adjust inflation of the inflatable portions. The inflatable portions are provided to assist in retaining the clamp in a closed position to partition the stomach and to adjust a pressure of the clamp when partitioning the stomach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Advanced Bariatric Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Moises Jacobs, Jesús R. Armenteros, C. Kenneth French
  • Publication number: 20180012576
    Abstract: A stringed-instrument saddle having two string paths, each string path configured to accommodate a string, wherein the two string paths are offset from one another by an offset distance in a direction of string travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: ADVANCED PLATING, INC.
    Inventor: Jeremy COLAS
  • Patent number: 9865893
    Abstract: This invention is directed to aqueous redox flow batteries comprising ionically charged redox active materials and separators, wherein the separator is about 100 microns or less and the flow battery is capable of (a) operating with a current efficiency of at least 85% with a current density of at least about 100 mA/cm2; (b) operating with a round trip voltage efficiency of at least 60% with a current density of at least about 100 mA/cm2; and/or (c) giving rise to diffusion rates through the separator for the first active material, the second active material, or both, of about 1×10?7 mol/cm2-sec or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Advanced Energy Storage, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur J. Esswein, Steven Y. Reece, Thomas H. Madden, Thomas D. Jarvi, John Goeltz, Desiree Amadeo, Evan R. King, Nitin Tyagi
  • Patent number: 9861981
    Abstract: A particle processing device includes a chamber including an input portion and an output portion and providing a space for flowing of a fluid having a particle, at least two deformable membrane structures sequentially arranged in the chamber and controlling a sectional area of a fluid path through which the fluid flows, and at least two membrane control lines respectively applying pressure to the deformable membrane structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Young-Ho Cho, Yoon-Ji Kim