Abstract: An apparatus for cooling a semiconductor element is provided. The apparatus can include an electron emitter configured to emit electrons such that at least some of the emitted electrons become attached to air particulates and an air accelerator configured to generate an electric field that accelerates the air particulates toward the air accelerator to create an air flow over at least a portion of the semiconductor element. The air flow carries heat away from the at least a portion of the semiconductor element.

Abstract: Embodiments of provide an integrated circuit (IC) device. The IC device can include a substrate having first and second opposing surfaces, an IC die electrically coupled to the first surface of the substrate, a plurality of contact members coupled to the first surface of the substrate, and an interposer. The interposer can include a plurality of contact elements located on a first surface thereof, each conductive element being coupled to a respective one of the plurality of contact members, and an antenna formed using a conductive layer of the interposer, the antenna being electrically coupled to the IC die through at least one of the plurality of contact elements and at least one of the plurality of contact members.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing memory of a passive optical network (PON) are provided herein. The method includes the steps of receiving a plurality of data packets from a stream of packets. A plurality of packet descriptors associated with each data packet is stored in a configurable first queue. The first queue includes a plurality of cache slots and is managed in an internal memory. A state of the first queue is identified. In response to the state of the first queue meeting a predetermined threshold, packet descriptors from a tail cache slot of the first queue are transferred to a second queue. The second queue is managed in an external memory.

Abstract: An auxiliary reduced power analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is provided for use during sleep periods of a receiver. The auxiliary ADC has a reduced dynamic range but sufficient accuracy to allow demodulation of signaling information contained in an input signal and to update control parameters used for synchronization and channel estimation. As such, a main higher power, higher dynamic range ADC can be turned off during sleep periods, reducing receiver power consumption. The main ADC is turned on at the end of a sleep period, and the receiver can be ready for receiving data immediately using the main ADC because the control parameters are maintained up to date during the sleep period using the auxiliary ADC.

Abstract: A home network, in one embodiment including a home wiring system; a demarcation point unit in electrical communication with the home wiring system; and a home network module in electrical communication with the home wiring system. The home network module is adapted for connection to a home electronic device. The demarcation point unit passes data to and receives data from the home electronic device through the home network module.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for performing out-of-order message filtering with aging. The system and method can be used in a destination device that can receive messages out-of-order (i.e., in a different order than they were transmitted) from a source device. The system and method can filter-out or flag for appropriate handling these messages received out-of-order. To perform the above noted message filtering functionality, the system and method uses a database constructed from a content-addressable memory (CAM) and a random-access memory (RAM) to respectively remember source identifiers and sequence identifiers associated with previously received messages. A source identifier identifies the source of a message, and a sequence identifier identifies the transmission order of the message among the messages transmitted from the particular source. Each message can include a source identifier and a corresponding sequence identifier.

Abstract: A system and method for bandwidth-delay-product (BDP) decoupler. A BDP decoupler mechanism is provided that enables an intermediate network device to facilitate an efficient transfer of traffic from a server to a client. In one embodiment, the intermediate network device can be configured to buffer received data and control the transmission of the buffered data to the client device based on acknowledgment messaging received by the intermediate network device from the client device.

Abstract: An audio/video (A/V) processing system may receive a broadcast signal that includes commercials. The system may detect a first communication in the broadcast signal and obtain a user commercial type selection. The system may control whether to present the first commercial in the broadcast signal responsive to the user commercial type selection. The system may also determine a commercial placement location for relocating the first commercial within the broadcast signal, which may include a commercial sequence.

Abstract: A network device manages elephant flows. The network device filters received network data according to an application-specific criteria and identifies the elephant flow from the filtered network data. To do so, the network device can employ a multi-stage filtering process to identify an elephant flow in the received network data. The network device separates the filtered network data into multiple macroflows using a first hash function, and identifies the macroflow with the highest rate. Then, the network device disaggregates the high rate macroflow into multiple microflows using a second hash function and identifies the highest rate microflow as the elephant flow. The network device maintains an elephant flow cache with entries for currently identified elephant flows. The network device may also take management actions on the elephant flows, and the management actions may be application specific.

Abstract: A secure element operating in conjunction with a secure partition of a system-on-a-chip (SoC) having set top box (STB) functionality allows for digital rights management (DRM) key handling in a mobile platform. The secure element can include a secure processing system (SPS) to be implemented as a hard macro, thereby isolating the SPS from a peripheral processing system (PPS). The secure element and the secure partition of the SoC may be operatively connected by a secure cryptographic channel.

Abstract: Uplink and downlink traffic for a plurality of user equipments UEs in a cell is differentially weighted according to traffic type, and that weighted traffic total is used to select one uplink-downlink configuration for a radio frame from among A>1 possible uplink-downlink configurations. The weighting may use a priority factor or traffic class identifier that corresponds to the traffic type. In one embodiment the configuration selection is autonomous, and may be made to maximize throughput in the cell or to minimize a number of subframes that overlap with neighbor cells. In another embodiment there is a cooperation; one access node selects multiple candidate configurations which its neighbor cells score for their own acceptability and return the score tables to the original access node, who makes the final selection using the neighbors' score tables. Specific examples are in the context of the E-UTRAN/LTE system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for wireless control of home media sources that utilizes a home digital network to transport packetized IR transmitter data to a remote location. The system allows for flexible control of multiple devices that accept IR commands without requiring additional wiring, and is independent of any particular IR protocol.

Abstract: A network device identifies elephant flows. The network device filters received network data according to an application-specific criteria and identifies the elephant flow from the filtered network data. To do so, the network device can employ a multi-stage filtering process to identify an elephant flow in the received network data. The network device separates the filtered network data into multiple macroflows using a first hash function, and identifies the macroflow with the highest rate. Then, the network device disaggregates the high rate macroflow into multiple microflows using a second hash function and identifies the highest rate microflow as the elephant flow. The network device maintains an elephant flow cache with entries for currently identified elephant flows. The network device may also take management actions on the elephant flows, and the management actions may be application specific.

Abstract: Aspects of shutdown control of a device in the presence of moisture are described. In one embodiment, a moisture detection signal is received from a moisture detector. In turn, certain parameters associated with the moisture detector are identified. For example, the location of the moisture detector may be identified. Additionally or alternatively, a probability for damage to the device, based on the location of the moisture detector, may be identified. An evaluation of the moisture detection signal and the identified parameters is performed. Based on the evaluation, one of various power down procedures for the device may be initiated. In certain cases, a quick power down reaction for one or more subsystems of the device, in response to the detection of moisture, may prevent damage to the device.

Abstract: Aspects of oversubscription monitoring are described. In one embodiment, oversubscription monitoring includes accumulating an amount of data that arrives at a network component over at least one epoch of time. Further, a core processing rate at which data can be processed by the network component is calculated. Based on the amount of data and the core processing rate, it is determined whether the network component is operating in an oversubscribed region of operation. In one embodiment, when the network component is operating in the oversubscribed region of operation, certain quality of service metrics are monitored. Using the monitored metrics, a network operation display object may be generated for identifying or troubleshooting network errors during an oversubscribed region of operation of the network component.

Abstract: Methods and systems for an integrated voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)-based transmitter and on-chip power distribution network are disclosed and may include supplying bias voltages and/or ground to a chip utilizing conductive lines. One or more VCOs and low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) may each be coupled to a leaky wave antenna (LWA) integrated in the bias voltage and/or ground lines. One or more clock signals may be generated utilizing the VCOs, which may be transmitted from the LWAs coupled to the VCOs, to the LWAs coupled to the LNAs. RF signals may be transmitted via the LWAs, and may include 60 GHz signals. The LWAs may include microstrip and/or coplanar waveguides, where a cavity length of the LWAs may be dependent on a spacing between conductive lines in the waveguides. The LWAs may be dynamically configured to transmit the clock signals at a desired angle from a surface of the chip.

Abstract: In a satellite gateway, data is transmitted over a downstream channel at different throughput rates. Data destined for each subscriber/receiver is assigned a throughput rate depending upon the downstream signal quality of that subscriber/receiver. The downstream data is parsed to extract data packets. The data packets are then loaded into packet queues based on an identifier within such packets. The queues represent a bandwidth efficiency or throughput rate that can be currently tolerated by specific subscribers that may also be based on the current signal quality at a subscriber location. The parsed data traffic is processed based on the profile of the plurality of profiles to produce processed data traffic, and transmitted from the packet queues over a downstream channel.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) includes at least one baseband section, at least one radio frequency (RF) section, and an interface module. The interface module is configured to couple the at least one baseband section to the at least one RF section, wherein the interface module includes an analog interface module and a digital interface module.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus which may comprise a plurality of nodes. In one example embodiment, each of the plurality of nodes may include one or more central processing units (CPUs), a random access memory device, and a parallel link input/output port. The random access memory device may include a local memory address space and a global memory address space. The local memory address space may be accessible to the one or more CPUs of the node that comprises the random access memory device. The global memory address space may be accessible to CPUs of all the nodes. The parallel link input/output port may be configured to send data frames to, and receive data frames from, the global memory address space comprised by the random access memory device(s) of the other nodes.

Abstract: A mixed storage device includes a set of storage units, each potentially based on a different storage technology, such as NAND flash drive, NOR flash drive, magnetic hard drive, magneto-optical drives, optical drives, etc. The mixed storage device comprises a host bus connector that is used to connect to a peripheral bus that facilitates communication to a processor of a device (such as a PC) and a controller. The controller manages a NAND flash storage device, a NOR flash storage device, an optical storage device, a hard drive and other storage components plugged into or integrated with the mixed storage device.