Abstract: A training sequence helps optimize SNR degradation in a wireless communication. Various sets of training sequences may be stored in a repository, and transmitters and receivers encoded with such sequences transmit at least one of the sequences between them as part of the wireless transmission of data.

Abstract: The antenna matching circuit control device with an antenna body includes a sensing module, a processing module, a power adjusting module and a frequency adjusting module. The sensing module senses an object that approaches the antenna body and outputs a sensing signal accordingly. The processing module is coupled to the sensing module and outputs a first control signal and a second control signal according to the sensing signal. The power adjusting module is coupled to the processing module and controls a power amplifier to couple with one of a plurality of first matching circuits according to the first control signal. The frequency adjusting module is coupled to the antenna body and the power adjusting module. The frequency adjusting module controls one of a plurality of second matching circuits to couple with one of the first matching circuits according to the second control signal.

Abstract: A housing includes a substrate; and a corrosion resistance layer deposited on the substrate. The corrosion resistance layer is a cerium oxide doped silicon nitride layer.

Abstract: A housing includes a substrate, an aluminum layer deposited on the substrate, and an aluminum oxynitride layer deposited on the aluminum layer. The aluminum layer includes aluminum. The aluminum oxynitride layer includes aluminum, nitride, and oxygen. A method for manufacturing the housing comprises providing a substrate, depositing an aluminum layer on the substrate, and depositing an aluminum oxynitride layer on the aluminum layer.

Abstract: Apparatus, and an associated method, for the receive part of a receiving station, such as a mobile station or other transceiver of a cellular communication system. Selection is made of filter characteristics to be exhibited by an adaptive, input noise whitening filter. A noise estimator estimates a noise component of a noise sequence. An autocorrelation estimator estimates the noise-component autocorrelation. A determination is made as to whether the autocorrelation exceeds a threshold. If so, filter characteristics are selected to cause the input noise whitening filter to operate to inject whitening noise into the received sequence.

Abstract: A coating includes an anti-fingerprint layer. The anti-fingerprint layer comprises tin dioxide-aluminum oxide, and defines a plurality of nano scale concavities therein.

Abstract: A coating includes a anti-fingerprint layer. The anti-fingerprint layer comprises zinc oxide-aluminum oxide, the anti-fingerprint layer comprises a plurality of nano scale concavities therein.

Abstract: A coating includes a deposited layer. The deposited layer is a nickel-titanium carbonitride layer.

Abstract: A coating includes a nano-composite base comprising a number of films, the films stacked together one after another. Each film includes a nickel-titanium carbonitride layer and a titanium carbonitride layer.

Abstract: A article made by vacuum deposition, includes a substrate; and a color layer deposited on the substrate, wherein the color layer has an L* value between about 75 to about 80, a a* value between about ?5 to about ?10, and a b* value between about 15 to about 20 in the CIE LAB color space.

Abstract: A housing includes a substrate; a tin layer deposited on the substrate; a magnesium-tin layer formed between the substrate and the tin layer; a chromium layer deposited on the tin layer; a chromium-tin layer formed between tin layer on the chromium layer; and a chromium oxide or nitrogen layer deposited on the chromium layer. The substrate is made of magnesium or magnesium alloy; the tin layer is comprised of tin; the magnesium-tin layer is a magnesium-tin layer; the chromium layer is comprised of chromium; the chromium-tin layer is a chromium-tin layer; the chromium oxide or nitrogen layer is a chromium oxide nitrogen layer.

Abstract: A housing includes a substrate; a corrosion resistance layer deposited on the substrate; a bonding layer deposited on the corrosion resistance layer; and an abrasion resistance layer deposited on the bonding layer

Abstract: Apparatus, and an associated method, for a receiving station, such as the receive part of a mobile station, that has diversity antennas. The receiving station includes both legacy demodulators and a diversity demodulator. Calculations are made to determine signal indicia associated with the signal energy detected at the diversity antennas. Responsive to the signal indicia, selection is made as to whether to utilize demodulation data, demodulated pursuant to a diversity demodulation technique or pursuant to a legacy demodulation technique. As the characteristics of received signals change, reselection of the demodulation is correspondingly made, such as on a frame-by-frame basis of frame-formatted data.

Abstract: Apparatus, and an associated method, for a receiving station, such as the receive part of a mobile station, that has diversity antennas. The receiving station includes both legacy demodulators and a diversity demodulator. Calculations are made to determine signal indicia associated with the signal energy detected at the diversity antennas. Responsive to the signal indicia, selection is made as to whether to utilize demodulation data, demodulated pursuant to a diversity demodulation technique or pursuant to a legacy demodulation technique. As the characteristics of received signals change, reselection of the demodulation is correspondingly made, such as on a frame-by-frame basis of frame-formatted data.

Abstract: A surface hardened substrate includes a base, a transition layer disposed on a surface of the base, and a hard layer disposed on the transition layer. The transition layer includes at least two kinds of transition metals. The hard layer includes an alloy and a nonmetal. The alloy includes the at least two kinds of transition metals.

Abstract: A surface hardened substrate includes a base, a transition layer disposed on a surface of the base, and a hard layer disposed on the transition layer. The transition layer includes at least two kinds of transition metals. The hard layer includes a composite that comprises the at least two kinds of transition metals and a nonmetal.

Abstract: A receiver and associated method estimates a channel impulse response of the communications signal. A communications signal is received as a burst of transmitted symbols, including a known training sequence. The joint estimation of timing offset and initial channel impulse response is determined based on the cross-correlations of the known transmitted symbols and received communications signal. A constant modulus interference removal iteration is applied to improve the initial channel impulse estimation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for simulating processor power consumption, the method comprises: simulating a simulated processor; utilizing a power analysis model to analyze the simulated processor's execution of at least one fragment of a program, for generating power analysis of a plurality of basic blocks of the at least one fragment; computing at least one power correction factor between the plurality of basic block; utilizing a processing apparatus to generate a simulation model with power annotation based on the power analysis and the at least one power correction factor; and predicting power consumption of the simulated processor based on the simulation model with power annotation.

Abstract: Apparatus, and an associated method, for a receiving station, such as the receive part of a mobile station, that has diversity antennas. The receiving station includes both legacy demodulators and a diversity demodulator. Calculations are made to determine signal indicia associated with the signal energy detected at the diversity antennas. Responsive to the signal indicia, selection is made as to whether to utilize demodulation data, demodulated pursuant to a diversity demodulation technique or pursuant to a legacy demodulation technique. As the characteristics of received signals change, reselection of the demodulation is correspondingly made, such as on a frame-by-frame basis of frame-formatted data.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a system for generating a software TLM model, comprising a processing unit; a compiler coupled to the processing unit to generate target binary codes of a target software; a decompiler coupled to the processing unit to decompile the target binary codes into high level codes, for example C or C++ codes, to generate a functional model of the target software, wherein the functional model includes a plurality of basic blocks; an execution time calculating module coupled to the processing unit to calculate overall execution time of the plurality of the basic blocks of the functional model; a sync point identifying module coupled to the processing unit to identify sync points of the software transaction-level modeling model; and a time annotating module coupled to the processing unit to annotate the overall execution time of the basic blocks and the sync points into the functional model to obtain the software transaction-level modeling model.