Patents Assigned to State of Incorporation: Delaware
  • Publication number: 20120112764
    Abstract: A method of making finger sensor packages may include advancing a flexible circuit tape along a predetermined path of travel. The flexible circuit tape may include a flexible layer and conductive traces thereon defining individual flexible circuits. The method may include, as the flexible circuit tape is advanced along the path of travel, securing a respective finger sensing integrated circuit (IC) and surrounding sensor package frame to each flexible circuit, applying at least one fluid fill material adjacent each finger sensor IC while using the corresponding sensor package frame as a dam to thereby define finger sensor packages, and stamping out the finger sensor packages from the flexible circuit tape to form at least one flush common edge of each sensor package frame and individual flexible circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: AuthenTec, Inc., State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventors: Michael P. Goldenberg, Roger Schenk, Phil Spletter, Yang Rao
  • Publication number: 20110202994
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a communications interface, a user prompting device, a biometric sensor, and a controller. The controller may perform biometric spoof detection with the biometric sensor, and receive a request for human presence verification from a remote device via the communications interface. The controller may also prompt the user for a verification action using the sensor based upon receiving the request, and determine that the user has completed the verification action in response to the prompting and based upon the biometric spoof detection. The controller may further send a response to the remote device via the communications interface and based upon determining that the user has completed the verification action. The controller may send a notification to the remote device that there is a biometric sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: AuthenTec, Inc., State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventors: Glenn Hicks, Richard Albury, James W. Neil
  • Publication number: 20090154512
    Abstract: A method for monitoring laser light launched into a core of a single mode fiber includes launching a portion of light directly into the cladding about the core. The cladding launched light is a known fraction of the core launched light and can be monitored by placing a detector about the cladding. Detected light including light that was launched into the cladding and has leaked through the cladding is used as a known fraction of light in the core and can be used to control the laser light source. This can be done with a straight section of single mode optical fiber and does not require bending the fiber. Advantageously, most of the core launched light remains in the core as guided light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION, State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventors: David Simons, Boris Kharlamov, James Wong, Vincent Issier, Andy Miller, James Nunley
  • Publication number: 20080256196
    Abstract: An electronic mail (email) system may include at least one email server having mailboxes for storing email messages, and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices. The system may further include at least one email aggregation server for repetitively polling the mailboxes for email messages, and forwarding the email messages to respective mobile wireless communications devices. The at least one email aggregation server may determine time overlapped polling of corresponding mailboxes and time stagger a next polling thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: TEAMON SYSTEMS, INC., State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventor: Harshad N. KAMAT
  • Publication number: 20080231306
    Abstract: An integrated circuit burn-in test system includes an integrated circuit and a tester. The integrated circuit includes operating circuitry, a heater for heating the operating circuitry, and burn-in test circuitry for testing the operating circuitry while being heated. A package surrounds the operating circuitry, the heater and the burn-in test circuitry. The burn-in test circuitry causes the operating circuitry to operate and generate data related thereto. The tester receives data from the burn-in test circuitry. The heater may be configured within the package to heat at least one predetermined portion of the operating circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics, Inc., State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventors: Riccardo Maggi, Massimo Scipioni
  • Publication number: 20080170821
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electro-optic modulator structure containing an additional set of bias electrodes buried within the device for applying bias to set the operating point. Thus the RF electrodes used to modulate incoming optical signals can be operated with zero DC bias, reducing electrode corrosion by galvanic and other effects that can be present in non-hermetic packages. The bias electrodes are at least partially separated from the substrate with a buffer layer, which in one embodiment has a small amount of conductivity. This conductive buffer layer reduces optical loss from the bias electrodes and also reduces DC drift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: JDS Uniphase Corporation, State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventors: Karl Kissa, William J. Minford, Glen Drake
  • Publication number: 20080170818
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electro-optic modulator structure containing an additional set of bias electrodes buried within the device for applying bias to set the operating point. Thus the RF electrodes used to modulate incoming optical signals can be operated with zero DC bias, reducing electrode corrosion by electro-migration and other effects that can be present in non-hermetic packages. The bias electrodes include an upper split portion and an optically transparent lower portion. The optically transparent lower layer improves modulation frequency and reduces optical loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: JDS Uniphase Corporation, State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventors: Karl Kissa, William J. Minford, Jason Jiazhan Xu, Glen Drake
  • Publication number: 20080112451
    Abstract: The invention relates to high power broad-area semiconductor lasers incorporating a structure that provides both gain guiding and index guiding. The lateral width of the index guiding region is greater than the lateral width of the gain guiding region by at least 20 micron. This results in a high power broad-area semiconductor laser which has reduced lateral divergence of the output beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: JDS Uniphase Corporation, State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventors: Victor Rossin, Matthew Glenn Peters, Erik Paul Zucker
  • Publication number: 20070292007
    Abstract: A finger sensing device may include a finger sensing area to receive a user's finger moved in a sliding motion, and a controller cooperating with the finger sensing area for generating successive image samples. Moreover, the controller may also generate the displacement estimate of the user's finger by at least performing a plurality of different image sample correlations between at least one pair of image samples, and cross-verifying results of the plurality of different image sample correlations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: AuthenTec, Inc. State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventor: James NEIL
  • Publication number: 20070073814
    Abstract: An electronic mail (email) server has a database that stores unique identifiers (UID's) of electronic messages. A proxy obtains mappings from the database for previously existing UID's of electronic messages that have been determined from a polling operation. A cache caches the mappings of UID's and the proxy is operative for purging the cache of the previously existing UID's after polling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: TEAMON SYSTEMS, INC., State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventors: Harshad Kamat, David Clarke
  • Publication number: 20070072589
    Abstract: A system of provisioning a mobile wireless communications device to display account or device specific characteristics includes a database for storing a plurality of display characteristics for different wireless carriers, electronic mail (email) service providers, and device types. A configuration module accesses the database and uploads the display characteristics of at least one of the wireless carrier, email service provider or device type to the mobile wireless communications device upon provisioning of the mobile wireless communications device to access email from a remote location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: TEAMON SYSTEMS, INC., State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventor: David Clarke
  • Publication number: 20070073813
    Abstract: An electronic mail (email) server includes a proxy that obtains mappings for unique identifiers (UID's) corresponding to new electronic messages that have been determined form a polling operation. A Least Recently Used (LRU) cache caches each new message and releases from cache least recently used messages. A memory in which all messages within the LRU cache are spooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: TEAMON SYSTEMS, INC., State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventors: Harshad Kamat, David Clarke
  • Publication number: 20060263980
    Abstract: A method for making a semiconductor device may include providing a semiconductor substrate and forming at least one non-volatile memory cell. Spaced apart source and drain regions may be formed, and a superlattice channel may be formed between the source and drain regions. The superlattice channel may include a plurality of stacked groups of layers on the substrate between the source and drain regions. Each group of layers of the superlattice channel may include a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion and an energy band-modifying layer thereon. The energy band-modifying layer may include at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions. A floating gate may be formed adjacent the superlattice channel, and a control gate may be formed adjacent the floating gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: RJ Mears, LLC, State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventors: Scott Kreps, Kalipatnam Rao
  • Publication number: 20060192721
    Abstract: A method for making an antenna array includes forming a ground plane having spaced apart openings extending therethrough, and forming a first antenna board having a support section and spaced apart first legs extending outwardly from the support section. An antenna element is formed on each outwardly extending first leg. A second antenna board having a support section and at least one second leg extending outwardly from the support section is formed. An antenna element is formed on the at least one outwardly extending second leg. The outwardly extending first legs are inserted through a corresponding number of openings in the ground plane. Similarly, the at least one outwardly extending second leg is inserted through one of the openings in the ground plane. The first and second legs are inserted so that their respective support sections contact the ground plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: InterDigital Technology Corporation, State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventor: Steven Goldberg
  • Publication number: 20060176913
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for varying a pulse repetition rate of a passively q-switched laser while maintaining other characteristics of the laser radiation. The laser is optically pumped with a sequence of pump pulses which includes alterations between non-zero power levels and is characterized by two adjustable parameters. By simultaneously changing the adjustable parameters, the pulse repetition rate of the laser can be changed while maintaining the laser pulse energy, divergence of the pulsed laser radiation, and optical spectrum of the pulsed laser radiation at constant levels. In one embodiment, the sequence of pump pulses includes pump power offset which magnitude and/or duration is adjusted when the laser repetition rate is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: JDS Uniphase Corporation, State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventors: Gregoire Souhaite, Jean-Philippe Feve
  • Publication number: 20060121769
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a delatching mechanism for an electronic module, such as an opto-electronic transceiver or a copper transceiver, for locking the electronic module in a host cage. The delatching mechanism enables a conventional small form factor (SFP) sized module to be unlatched while a cable remains engaged therein. A manually engageable lever, such as a bail handle, is rotatably connected on one end of a pivoting latch, and includes a projection for abutting against the module housing for distributing the force applied to the bail to one end of the pivoting latch, whereby the other end of the pivoting latch rotates away from engagement with the host cage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: JDS Uniphase Corporation, State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventors: Michael Hanley, James Moon, Bruce Kruger, David Gaio
  • Publication number: 20060070877
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetron sputtering device and technique for depositing materials onto a substrate at a high production rate in which the deposited films have predictive thickness distribution and in which the apparatus can operate continuously and repeatedly for very long periods. The present invention has realized increased production by reducing cycle time. Increased coating rates are achieved by coupling a planetary drive system with a large cathode. The cathode diameter is greater than the diameter of a planet and less than twice the diameter of the planet. Lower defect rates are obtained through the lower power density at the cathode which suppresses arcing, while runoff is minimized by the cathode to planet geometry without the use of a mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: JDS Uniphase Corporation, State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventors: Markus Tilsch, Richard Seddon, Georg Ockenfuss, Jeremy Hayes, Robert Klinger
  • Publication number: 20060069529
    Abstract: A communications device for separating source signals provided by M signal sources includes an antenna array comprising N correlated antenna elements for receiving at least N different summations of the M source signals, with N and M being greater than 1. A receiver is connected to the antenna array for receiving the at least N different summations of the M source signals. A blind signal separation processor is connected to the receiver for forming a mixing matrix comprising up to the at least N different summations of the M source signals, and for separating desired source signals from the mixing matrix. The mixing matrix has a rank equal to at least N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: InterDigital Technology Corporation, State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventors: Ivica Kostanic, Steven Goldberg, Thomas Gorsuch, John Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20060023131
    Abstract: A conductive anti-reflection coating has a surface quarterwave layer that is broken up into smaller portions by inserting one or more thin layers of conductive material in the dielectric material. The resulting stack of alternating layers of a dielectric material and an electrically conductive material provides a solid electrical contact to the buried conductive layer and exhibits a low surface contact resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: JDS Uniphase Corporation, State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takano, Andrew Church, Thomas Jones, Brad Tarter
  • Publication number: 20050184286
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, and at least one MOSFET adjacent the substrate. The MOSFET may include a superlattice channel that, in turn, includes a plurality of stacked groups of layers. The MOSFET may also include source and drain regions laterally adjacent the superlattice channel, and a gate overlying the superlattice channel for causing transport of charge carriers through the superlattice channel in a parallel direction relative to the stacked groups of layers. Each group of the superlattice channel may include a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion, and an energy band-modifying layer thereon. The energy-band modifying layer may include at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions so that the superlattice channel may have a higher charge carrier mobility in the parallel direction than would otherwise occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: RJ Mears, LLC, State of Incorporation: Delaware
    Inventors: Robert Mears, Jean Augustin Chan Sow Yiptong, Marek Hytha, Scott Kreps, Ilija Dukovski