Abstract: The present application discloses various implementations of a semiconductor package including an organic substrate and one or more interposers having through-semiconductor vias (TSVs). Such a semiconductor package may include a contiguous organic substrate having a lower substrate segment including first and second pluralities of lower interconnect pads, the second plurality of lower interconnect pads being disposed in an opening of the lower substrate segment. The contiguous organic substrate may also include an upper substrate segment having an upper width and including first and second pluralities of upper interconnect pads. In addition, the semiconductor package may include at least one interposer having TSVs for electrically connecting the first and second pluralities of lower interconnect pads to the first and second pluralities of upper interconnect pads. The interposer has an interposer width less than the upper width of the upper substrate segment.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed to negotiate communications parameters between near field communications (NFC) capable devices. In some embodiments, the NFC capable devices operate in a negotiation phase to negotiate one or more communications parameters prior to transferring information. In other embodiments, the NFC capable devices simultaneously negotiate the one or more communications parameters with the transferring of the information.

Abstract: Methods and systems for amplitude modulation using a leaky wave antenna are disclosed and may include amplitude modulating an output of one or more power amplifiers in a wireless device by modulating a bias current in the power amplifiers that are coupled to one or more leaky wave antennas. The leaky wave antennas may include a balun that may be integrated on the chip, on a package to which the chip may be affixed, and/or integrated on a printed circuit board to which the chip may be affixed. An output power of the power amplifiers may be adjusted by configuring a bias voltage on the leaky wave antennas. The bias voltage may be configured utilizing a DC to DC voltage controller. The bias current may be modulated via one or more switched current sources. The switched current sources may be binary weighted and/or may be current mirrors.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for transmitting radio frequency signals. A radio frequency transmitter may be configured to generate an analog signal comprising an in-phase component and a quadrature-phase component. The in-phase component and the quadrature-phase component of the analog signal may be provided to multiple radio frequency processing chains. One of the radio frequency processing chains may generate an output radio frequency signal based on the in-phase component and the quadrature-phase component.

Abstract: Methods and systems for an on-chip and/or on-package T/R switch and antenna are disclosed and may include selectively coupling one or more low noise amplifiers (LNAs) and/or one or more power amplifiers (PAs) to one or more ports of a multi-port distributed antenna utilizing configurable transmit/receive (T/R) switches integrated on a chip with the LNAs and PAs. The LNAs and PAs may be impedance matched to the antenna by coupling them to a port based on a characteristic impedance at the port. The T/R switches may be integrated on a package to which the chip may be coupled. The signals transmitted and received by the antenna may be time division duplexed. The antenna, which may include a microstrip antenna, may be integrated on the chip or the package. The LNA and the PA may be coupled to different ports on the antenna via the T/R switches.

Abstract: Wireless communication devices are disclosed that are capable of selecting and changing signal polarities depending on channel conditions in order to improve or optimize communication therebetween. When a first polarization direction is deemed inadequate, the devices can switch to communicating via a second polarization. In addition, information relating to received signal qualities in the different polarizations can be stored in each device to allow for quick and efficient exchanges between configurations. Finally, when conditions warrant, the devices can enter a dynamic polarization configuration in which signal polarizations are switched rapidly so as to enjoy benefits of diversity.

Abstract: A liquid micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) magnetic component includes a board, a channel, one or more windings, a magnetizing-doped droplet, and a droplet activating module. The channel is implemented or embedding in one or more layers of the board and the one or more windings are proximally positioned to the channel. The magnetizing-doped droplet is contained in the channel and is modified by the droplet activating module based on the control signal. By modifying the magnetizing-doped droplet with respect to the one or more windings changes an electromagnetic property of the liquid MEMS magnetic component.

Abstract: Presented herein are system(s), method(s), and apparatus for providing high resolution frames. In one embodiment, there is a method comprising receiving upscaled frames; motion estimating the upscaled frames; and motion compensating the upscaled frames.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for creating dynamic custom headers and for controlling flow rate of Downstream External Physical layer Interface (DEPI) packets are described herein. The method comprises concatenating or fragmenting a packet descriptor of a DEPU packet based on one or more of associated packet size, maximum transmission unit, packet type, channel configuration information and flow control mode. The method further comprises creating a header for the packet based on data in a programmable header template and storing the header in a header buffer, determining whether to transmit the packet based on one of a flow meter or a maximum transmission unit size and transmitting the packet by sending the packet descriptor to an output direct memory access (DMA) controller. A flow meter flow control mode determines if a packet is to be transmitted based on packet size, bucket size, a low threshold and a high threshold.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for generating pseudo-random numbers. One such embodiment is an apparatus comprising digital hardware configured to generate pseudo-random numbers. The apparatus uses a linear feedback shift register in which the correlation between successive pseudo-random numbers is reduced.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing an interface between application software and an SPS sub-system embedded in a location-enabled device is described. In one example, the location-enabled device includes a satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver, a hardware communication port coupled to the SPS receiver, a central processing unit (CPU), and a memory. The memory stores program code for execution by the CPU. The program code includes application software, SPS control software, and a driver. The application software is configured to communicate using the hardware communication port. The SPS control software is configured to control the SPS receiver. The driver is configured to provide a virtual communication port between the application software and the SPS control software.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for processing units that may be scaled. In one embodiment, a processing unit includes a plurality of scalar processing units and a vector processing unit in communication with each of the plurality of scalar processing units. The vector processing unit is configured to coordinate execution of instructions received from the plurality of scalar processing units. In another embodiment, a scalar instruction packet including a pre-fix instruction and a vector instruction packet including a vector instruction is obtained. Execution of the vector instruction may be modified by the pre-fix instruction in a processing unit including a vector processing unit. In another embodiment, a scalar instruction packet including a plurality of partitions is obtained. The location of the partitions is determined based upon a partition indicator included in the scalar instruction packet and a scalar instruction included in a partition is executed by a processing unit.

Abstract: Embodiments provide systems and methods for adaptive reference signal mapping in wireless multi-access communication networks, including LTE, WLAN, WiMAX, Bluetooth, etc. In an embodiment, the reference signal mapping configuration is user equipment (UE) specific and can be configured semi-statically or dynamically according to one or more communication related parameters of the UE. The one or more parameters can include, without limitation, a modulation scheme used for communication with the UE, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) used for communication with the UE, a distance of the UE relative to the base station, an antenna configuration at the UE, interference management capability of the UE, and a rank of the UE.

Abstract: A system implements multiple coding formats for coding pixels within a picture. The formats may be selected based on one or more of the input picture and encoding variables. The coding formats may have varying chroma sampling densities. Filtering may be applied to convert among the various formats or to convert a sampled input to a specific chroma sampling density. The format associated with various groups within a coded bitstream may be changed to adapt to evolution of the one or more variables or inputs.

Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for playback of multiple video elementary streams is presented herein. A host processor modifies the video elementary streams to allow a transport demultiplexer to distinguish among the plurality of the video elementary streams.

Abstract: According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for fabricating a flash memory cell in a semiconductor die includes forming a control gate stack overlying a floating gate stack in a memory region of a substrate, where the floating gate stack includes a floating gate overlying a portion of a dielectric one layer. The floating gate includes a portion of a metal one layer and the dielectric o one layer includes a first high-k dielectric material. The control gate stack can include a control gate including a portion of a metal two layer, where the metal one layer can include a different metal than the metal two layer.

Abstract: Methods and systems adaptively equalizing an analog information signal, the method including sampling the analog information signal to provide analog samples including post-transition samples and steady-state samples, and equalizing the analog samples to produce equalized analog samples. The equalizing includes determining a difference between an average post-transition amplitude associated with at least one of the post-transition samples and an average steady-state amplitude associated with at least one of the steady-state samples, and adjusting an equalization coefficient to adjust the difference between the average post-transition amplitude and the average steady-state amplitude.

Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for wireless local area network (WLAN) phase shifter training are presented. Aspect of the system may enable a receiving station, at which is located a plurality of receiving antennas, to estimate the relative phase at which each of the receiving antennas receives signals from a transmitting station. This process may be referred to as phase shifter training. After determining the relative phase for each of the receiving antennas, the receiving station may process received signals by phase shifting the signals received via each of the receiving antennas in accordance with the relative phase shifts determined during the phase shifter training process. Signals received via a selected one of the receiving antennas may be unshifted. The processed signals may be combined to generate a diversity reception signal.

Abstract: A wireless transmitter is disclosed that is capable of pre-compensating for oscillator phase noise. In the transmitter, an undesired phase noise being generated by a voltage-controlled oscillator can be detected by comparing the output of the voltage-controlled oscillator to a reference oscillator output. The phase can then be detected by calculating a desired number of zero crossings over a given time period, and comparing this value to an actual number of zero crossings detected in the signal generated by the voltage-controlled oscillator over the same period. From this, the phase component can be determined and digitally pre-compensated in a data signal.

Abstract: Remote control devices that support interaction by a viewer with a screen assembly of a display device are provided. The eyes of the viewer have a first position within a premises relative to the screen assembly of the display device. The remote control device has a second position within the premises relative to the screen assembly of the display device. The remote control device includes an input interface that receives viewer input, a communication interface that supports wireless transmissions, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry participates in a generation of location information relating to the first position of the eyes of the viewer. The processing circuitry causes the communication interface to make at least one wireless transmission relating to the generation of the location information. The processing circuitry, at least in part, causes a reconfiguration of the screen assembly based on the location information.