Abstract: A mobile wireless communication device may include a multiple-band antenna on an antenna carrier and connected to a wireless transceiver. The multiple-band antenna may include an elongate base conductor having opposing first and second ends and opposing first and second sides extending between the first and second ends. The elongate base conductor may have a first L-shaped slot with a proximal end opening outwardly at the first side of the elongate base conductor adjacent the first end thereof and having a distal end adjacent a medial portion of the elongate base conductor. The elongate base conductor may have a second L-shaped slot with a proximal end opening outwardly at the first side of the elongate base conductor adjacent the medial portion thereof and having a distal end adjacent the second end of the elongate base conductor. The distal end of the second L-shaped slot may extend closer to the second end of the elongate base conductor than the distal end of the first L-shaped slot.

Abstract: A mobile communications device having a patch antenna which has defined therein at least two slots each having two or more parts. The at least two slots may include an L-shaped slot and a C-shaped slot, wherein the slots can be open or closed. The L-shaped slot may be an open-slot projecting into the patch antenna from the edge. Ground and signal connections may be at the edge of the patch on either side of the L-shaped slot. The C-shaped slot may be nested within the L-shaped slot.

Abstract: A mobile communications device is disclosed as having a patch antenna, which has defined therein at least two slots each having two or more parts. The at least two slots may include an L-shaped slot and a C-shaped slot, wherein the slots can be open or closed. The L-shaped slot may be an open-slot projecting into the patch antenna from the edge. Ground and signal connections may be at the edge of the patch on either side of the L-shaped slot. The C-shaped slot may be nested within the L-shaped slot.

Abstract: A flash drive protection structure includes a decoration cover and a protective cover. The decoration cover that is made by elastic materials includes a cover block and a receiving space spacedly. The cover block has a cover hole facing the receiving space, and a connecting post is formed inside the receiving space. The protective cover has a first and a second surface, and the protective cover is disposed in the receiving space of the decoration cover through the first surface, while the second surface is exposed outside the decoration cover. The protective cover has a connecting hole at the first surface to connect the connecting post of the decoration cover. Also, the protective cover has a receiving trough toward the cover block, and one end of the flash drive is plugged into the receiving trough, while the other end is plugged into the cover hole of the cover block.

Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, at least one wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and at least one satellite positioning signal receiver carried by the portable housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include an antenna assembly carried by the portable housing. The antenna assembly may include a base electrical conductor having a pair of antenna feed points defined therein and coupled to the at least one wireless transceiver and the at least one satellite signal positioning receiver. The antenna assembly may also include first and second conductor arms being spaced apart, parallel, and extending outwardly from the base electrical conductor.

Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing carrying a circuit board and wireless communications circuitry. An antenna assembly is carried by the housing and coupled to the wireless communications circuitry. The antenna assembly may include an electrically conductive base having a rectangular shape with opposing first and second ends and opposing first and second sides extending between the first and second ends. The electrically conductive base may have an elongate slot therein extending within a medial portion thereof and contained within the opposing first and second ends and the opposing first and second sides. The antenna assembly also may include an electrically conductive feed arm extending outwardly from the first side of the electrically conductive base adjacent the first end thereof. The electrically conductive feed arm may have a distal end with an antenna feed defined thereon.

Abstract: A mobile wireless communication device may include a multiple-band antenna on an antenna carrier and connected to a wireless transceiver. The multiple-band antenna may include an elongate base conductor having opposing first and second ends and opposing first and second sides extending between the first and second ends. The elongate base conductor may have a first L-shaped slot with a proximal end opening outwardly at the first side of the elongate base conductor adjacent the first end thereof and having a distal end adjacent a medial portion of the elongate base conductor. The elongate base conductor may have a second L-shaped slot with a proximal end opening outwardly at the first side of the elongate base conductor adjacent the medial portion thereof and having a distal end adjacent the second end of the elongate base conductor. The distal end of the second L-shaped slot may extend closer to the second end of the elongate base conductor than the distal end of the first L-shaped slot.

Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, at least one wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and at least one satellite positioning signal receiver carried by the portable housing. The device may also include an antenna assembly carried by the portable housing. The antenna assembly may include a base conductor having a pair of shorted antenna feed points defined therein and coupled to the at least one wireless transceiver and the at least one satellite positioning receiver, and a first conductor aim extending outwardly from the base conductor. The antenna assembly may also include a second conductor arm also extending outwardly from the base conductor. The second conductor arm may include a proximal conductor portion adjacent the base conductor, a distal conductor portion, and an inductor-capacitor circuit coupling the proximal and distal conductor portions.

Abstract: A mobile communications device having a patch antenna which has defined therein at least two slots each having two or more parts. The at least two slots may include an L-shaped slot and a C-shaped slot, wherein the slots can be open or closed. The L-shaped slot may be an open-slot projecting into the patch antenna from the edge. Ground and signal connections may be at the edge of the patch on either side of the L-shaped slot. The C-shaped slot may be nested within the L-shaped slot.

Abstract: An antenna structure includes a first tubing module, a second tubing module, an insulating tubing, a coaxial cable, an insulating tube and a base. Both ends of the insulating tubing are connected with the first and second tubing modules respectively. An interval is maintained between two corresponding ends connected with the tubing modules. The first tubing module is connected to the insulating tube, and the insulating tube is connected the base. The coaxial cable includes a central conductor and a metal conducting mesh, and the central conductor is connected the second tubing module, and the second tubing module is connected to a terminal inside the base. The metal conducting mesh is connected to the first tubing module, and the first tubing module is connected the base, so that the antenna structure can be operated at a specific frequency range and gives a better gain.

Abstract: An attenuator includes a main body and a circuit board module, wherein the main body is made of an electrically conducting metal, and an installing portion is concavely disposed between both ends of the main body, and a portion of the circuit board module is disposed on the installing portion for reducing the contact area between the circuit board module and the main body, so as to lower the parasite capacitance of the attenuator between the circuit board module and the main body, and the circuit board module processes a signal introduced by the main body according to a predetermined attenuation.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a connector, which includes a casing; a first signal transmitting unit having a portion protruded from the casing and another portion extended into the casing; a second signal transmitting unit disposed in the casing and electrically coupled to the first signal transmitting unit; a third signal transmitting unit movably installed in the casing and having a portion insulatedly coupled to the second signal transmitting unit. If a portion of the third signal transmitting unit is pushed, the second signal transmitting unit will electrically disconnect the first signal transmitting unit, and another portion of the third signal transmitting unit will electrically connect the second signal transmitting unit.

Abstract: A learning aid which can be implemented in computer software where a user's responses to a timed worksheet are used to adjust parameters used in selecting the problems and time limit in a successively timed worksheet. Parameters can include problem complexity, the mode or type of problems having a given complexity, the number of problems, worksheet time limit, and measures of user performance including time remaining and the number of correct, incorrect and non-completed answers to problems. Performance is tracked over successive worksheets in order to arrive at a user's competency level and to provide the user feedback tailored to enhance the learning experience.

Abstract: An architecture for a high performance IPSEC accelerator. The architecture includes components for scanning fields of packets, programming an IPSEC services device according to the scanned fields, and modifying the scanned packet with an output from the IPSEC security services device. Preferably, the architecture is implemented in hardware, and attached to a host machine. Hardware devices, fast in comparison to software processing and network speeds, allows the computationally intensive IPSEC processes to be completed in real-time and reduce or eliminate bottlenecks in the path of a packet being sent or received to/from a network.

Abstract: An architecture, method, and apparatus for managing a data buffer (Data Buffer Management DBM). A data buffer within the DBM is an unified linear memory space, and is divided into numbered physical pages with a predetermined page size. A memory map translates logical address spaces for storing/reading DBM transferred data to the physical address spaces. Each packet to be written into DBM is assigned a frame number or frame handler; thereafter, that frame number will be passed by the original owner (a device attached to the data buffer) to different processes for reading out and/or modifying the associated packet or packet data. Frame number assignment is done prior to actual data transfer by request of the data owner. The frame number request is done prior to moving data from the owner's local memory into the DBM's data buffer. Frame number is allocated dynamically by the DBM.

Abstract: Conventional fabrication of sidewall oxide around an ONO-type memory cell stack usually produces Bird's Beak because prior to the fabrication, there is an exposed sidewall of the ONO-type memory cell stack that exposes side parts of a plurality of material layers respectively composed of different materials. Certain materials in the stack such as silicon nitrides are more difficult to oxidize than other materials in the stack such polysilicon. As a result oxidation does not proceed uniformly along the multi-layered height of the sidewall. The present disclosure shows how radical-based fabrication of sidewall dielectric can help to reduce the Bird's Beak formation. More specifically, it is indicated that short-lived oxidizing agents (e.g.

Abstract: An implantable device for selectively controlling defecation has an outer body defining on one end a flange that is surgically attachable to the person's anus and/or tissue adjacent to the anus. A connector is mounted on the other end of the outer body and is secured to the distal end of the person's large intestine for connecting the large intestine in fluid communication with the device. An inner body is slidably received within the outer body. A macerator-type pump is mounted within the inner body and an inlet valve is mounted between the pump and the connector. An actuator in the form of an RF receiver is electrically coupled to the inlet valve and the pump and a remote transmitter is operatively coupled to the receiver. The receiver is responsive to control signals received from the transmitter to open the inlet valve and operate the pump in order to move fecal matter through the device.

Abstract: A device for translating medium access control (MAC) dependent descriptors for a high performance network interface card. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention includes a circuit for translating a medium access control descriptor from a first format into a second format. The circuit includes a translator circuit coupled to receive a descriptor which corresponds to data stored within a memory. Specifically, the translator circuit translates the descriptor from a first descriptor format into a second descriptor format. Furthermore, the circuit includes a medium access control (MAC) circuit coupled to the translator circuit to receive the descriptor in the second descriptor format. More specifically, the medium access control circuit uses the descriptor in the second descriptor format to retrieve the data from the memory.

Abstract: The number of computations performed in rendering graphics is reduced by computing certain terms only at the beginning of each scanline. A scanline gradient is calculated once at the beginning of each scanline for each of two texture values with respect to the x-coordinate of the scanline. Following the scanline gradient calculations at the beginning of each scanline, a pixel gradient is calculated for each pixel of the scanline with respect to the y-coordinate of the scanline. The sum of the squares of the scanline gradients and the pixel gradients are compared, and the larger of the two quantities is selected to be a maximum Rho constant term for the corresponding pixel, wherein the maximum Rho constant is used to select a texture map for rendering the corresponding pixel. Furthermore, at the beginning of each scanline, a pixel gradient may be calculated for each of two texture values for a first pixel of the scanline with respect to the y-coordinate of the scanline.

Abstract: A method and system for priority arbitration in a computer environment having a shared resource capable of servicing a plurality of devices. In one embodiment, the present invention assigns an initial priority order to the plurality of devices such that those devices have priorities which are distinct. The present invention then identifies those of the plurality of devices which have issued service requests to the shared resource in a first clock cycle as requesting devices. Provided that there are more than one requesting device in the first clock cycle, the present invention selects one of the requesting devices to be serviced by the shared resource in a second clock cycle following the first clock cycle, where the selected device has the highest of the priorities among the requesting devices based on the initial priority order. The present invention also reassigns the priorities among the plurality of devices such that the selected device is assigned the lowest one of the priorities.