Patents by Inventor Thai Nguyen
Thai Nguyen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20110237137Abstract: An electrical contact is provided for an electrical connector that is mounted on a printed circuit. The electrical contact includes a mating segment having a mating interface configured to engage a mating contact of another connector. The electrical contact also includes a tail segment having a mounting interface configured to be mounted to the printed circuit. An intermediate segment extends between and interconnects the mating and tail segments. The intermediate segment includes a base wall extending a length from the tail segment to the mating segment. The intermediate segment further includes a side wall extending outwardly from the base wall along at least a portion of the length of the base wall. The side wall extends outwardly at a non-parallel angle relative to the base wall for affecting at least one of an impedance, an insertion loss, or a reflection of the electrical contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: Tyco Electronic CorporationInventors: Hung Thai Nguyen, Matthew R. McAlonis, Kenneth Paul Dowhower, Dustin Carson Belack, George Harold Douty
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Publication number: 20110205804Abstract: Sensing circuits for sensing a conduction current of a memory cell among a group of non-volatile memory cells being sensed in parallel and providing the result thereof to a data bus are presented. A precharge circuit is coupled to a node for charging the node to an initial voltage. An intermediate circuit is also coupled to the node and connectable to the memory cell, whereby current from the precharge circuit can be supplied to the memory cell. The circuit also includes a comparator circuit to perform a determination the conduction current by a rate of discharge at the node; a data latch coupled to the comparator circuit to hold the result of said determination; and a transfer gate coupled to the data latch to supply a result latched therein to the data bus independently of the node. This arrangement improves sensing performance and can help to eliminate noise on the analog sensing path during sensing and reduce switching current.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Hao Thai Nguyen, Man Lung Mui, Seungpil Lee, Fanglin Zhang, Chi-Ming Wang
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Patent number: 7976319Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a mating end and a board end. The housing has a plurality of contact cavities extending along a longitudinal axis between the mating and board ends. A plurality of contacts are received within the contact cavities. The contacts have a mating end and a mounting end, and the contacts have a flexible tail at the mounting end. The tail has a first portion extending along the longitudinal axis and a second portion angled with respect to the first portion with the second portion having a board mounting surface configured to mount to a circuit board. The tail includes a slot open along the board mounting surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Hung Thai Nguyen, Brent D. Yohn
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Patent number: 7978526Abstract: In sensing a page of nonvolatile memory cells with a corresponding group of sense modules in parallel, as each high current cell is identified, it is locked out from further sensing while others in the page continued to be sensed. The sense module involved in the locked out is then in a lockout mode and becomes inactive. A noise source from the sense module becomes significant when in the lockout mode. The noise is liable to interfere with the sensing of neighboring cells by coupling through its bit line to neighboring ones. The noise can also couple through the common source line of the page to affect the accuracy of ongoing sensing of the cells in the page. Improved sense modules and method isolate the noise from the lockout sense module from affecting the other sense modules still active in sensing memory cell in the page.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2009Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Sandisk CorporationInventors: Hao Thai Nguyen, Man Lung Mui, Seungpil Lee
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Patent number: 7957197Abstract: Sensing circuits for sensing a conduction current of a memory cell among a group of non-volatile memory cells being sensed in parallel and providing the result of the sensing to a data bus are presented. A precharge circuit is coupled to a node for charging the node to an initial voltage. An intermediate circuit is also coupled to the node and connectable to the memory cell, by which current from the precharge circuit can be supplied to the memory cell. The circuit also includes a comparator circuit to perform a determination of the conduction current by a rate of discharge at the node; a data latch coupled to the comparator circuit to hold the result of this determination; and a transfer gate coupled to the data latch to supply a latched result to the data bus independently of the node. This arrangement improves sensing performance and can help to eliminate noise on the analog sensing path during sensing and reduce switching current.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2008Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: SanDisk CorporationInventors: Hao Thai Nguyen, Man Lung Mui, Seungpil Lee, Fanglin Zhang, Chi-Ming Wang
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Patent number: 7885037Abstract: A media cartridge including a first substantially rectangular surface, a second substantially rectangular surface, and one or more side surfaces, where the first substantially rectangular surface and the second substantially rectangular surface are connected by the one or more side surfaces. Further, a disk drive assembly is enclosed by the first substantially rectangular surface, the second substantially rectangular surface, and the one or more side surfaces. In addition, the media cartridge includes a cooling component is configured to cool the disk drive assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2006Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.Inventors: Michael V. Konshak, Thai Nguyen, Michael L. Leonhardt
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Publication number: 20100311268Abstract: A high speed electrical connector assembly is disclosed providing a first subassembly having connector assemblies attached to a daughtercard, and a second subassembly having connector assemblies attached to a backplane. A keying guide module is mounted to the daughtercard and a keying guide pin is mounted to the backplane. The alignment of the keying guide module and keying guide pin aligns the connector assemblies on the daughtercard and backplane.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2009Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hung Thai Nguyen, Matthew R. McAlonis
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Publication number: 20100280600Abstract: Implantable medical devices may be utilized to locally delivery one or more drugs or therapeutic agents to treat a wide variety of conditions, including the treatment of the biological organism's reaction to the introduction of the implantable medical device. These therapeutic agents may be released under controlled and directional conditions so that the one or more therapeutic agents reach the correct target area, for example, the surrounding tissue and/or the bloodstream.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Vipul Bhupendra Dave, Robert Falotico, Chengxue li, Thai Nguyen, Theodore L. Parker, Jonathon Z. Zhao
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Patent number: 7815521Abstract: The present invention provides a golf club head comprising, a face, a plurality of score line grooves formed in the face, traces formed in the face by milling; and a pair of side surfaces of the score line groove including a first surface that is contiguous with the face and a second surface that is contiguous with the first surface in the depth direction of the score line groove. A first angle that is formed by each first surface of the pair of side surfaces is larger than a second angle that is formed by each second surface of the pair of surfaces. The face in which the traces are formed has the arithmetic mean deviation of the profile (Ra) of not less than 4.00 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2006Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Bridgestone Sports, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wataru Ban, Vinh-Duy Thai Nguyen
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Patent number: 7806729Abstract: A terminal module for assembly into a high-speed electrical connector having a contact receiving first contact pair and second contact pair, the second contact pair being in electrical communication with the first contact pair via a corresponding pair of contact interconnections. The contact interconnections have a substantially identical length of the corresponding pair and are arranged within parallel planes. The module further includes a shielding member arranged and disposed in close proximity to at least three edges of one or more of the first contact pair, the second contact pair and the contact interconnections to provide shielding. A housing member is arranged and disposed to receive backplane contacts via contact receiving apertures. The housing member is engaged with the first contact pair to receive the contacts into the contacts of the first contact pair. A backplane having grounding plate grid is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2008Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Hung Thai Nguyen, John A. Fulponi, Brent David Yohn
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Publication number: 20100246454Abstract: A technique for efficient balun duplexing includes providing a switchless path through a balun. In a receive mode, a transmit path is blocked and signal is directed along a switchless receive path. In a transmit mode, a receive path is blocked and signal is directed along a switchless transmit path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: Quantenna Communications, IncInventors: Saied Ansari, Thai Nguyen
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Patent number: 7798917Abstract: This invention provides a golf club head having a groove formed on a face of the golf club head. Each of a pair of side surfaces of the groove has a first surface leading to the face and a second surface leading to the first surface in the depth direction of the groove. A first angle between the first surfaces of each of the pair of the side surfaces is larger than a second angle between the second surfaces of each of the pair of the side surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Vinh-Duy Thai Nguyen, Wataru Ban
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Patent number: 7795952Abstract: A method is presented of setting a frequency of a clock for a charge pump system including the clock and a charge pump. This includes setting an initial value for the frequency of the clock and, while operating the charge pump system using the clock running at the initial frequency value, determining the ramp rate of an output voltage for the charge pump during a recovery phase. The frequency of the clock is then adjusted so that the ramp rate of the output voltage for the charge pump during the recovery phase falls in a range not exceeding a predetermined maximum rate. A charge pump system is also described that includes a register having a settable value, where the charge pump clock frequency is responsive to the register value, and count and comparison circuitry is connectable to receive the pump's output voltage and the clock signal and determine from them the number of clock cycles the charge pump uses to recover from a reset value to a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: SanDisk CorporationInventors: Man Lung Lui, Seungpil Lee, Hao Thai Nguyen
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Patent number: 7751249Abstract: In a sensing method, accuracy of sensing operations, such as read or verify, in a memory device is improved by avoiding fluctuations in a sense amp supply voltage which can occur when different sense amps are strobed at different times. First and second sets of sense amps perform a sensing operation on respective storage elements, such as in an all bit line configuration. The first set of sense amps is strobed at a first time point. In response, a sensed analog level is converted to digital data. The A/D conversion relies on the sense amp supply voltage being accurate. To avoid a fluctuation in the sense amp supply voltage, a bypass path allows the storage elements associated with the first set of sense amps to continue to draw power from the sense amp supply voltage. The second set of sense amps is strobed at a later, second time point.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Sandisk CorporationInventors: Seungpil Lee, Hao Thai Nguyen, Man Lung Mui
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Patent number: 7751250Abstract: Accuracy of sensing operations, such as read or verify, in a memory device is improved by avoiding fluctuations in a sense amp supply voltage which can occur when different sense amps are strobed at different times. First and second sets of sense amps perform a sensing operation on respective storage elements, such as in an all bit line configuration. The first set of sense amps is strobed at a first time point. In response, a sensed analog level is converted to digital data. The A/D conversion relies on the sense amp supply voltage being accurate. To avoid a fluctuation in the sense amp supply voltage, a bypass path allows the storage elements associated with the first set of sense amps to continue to draw power from the sense amp supply voltage. The second set of sense amps is strobed at a later, second time point.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Sandisk CorporationInventors: Seungpil Lee, Hao Thai Nguyen, Man Lung Mui
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Publication number: 20100148856Abstract: A method is presented of setting a frequency of a clock for a charge pump system including the clock and a charge pump. This includes setting an initial value for the frequency of the clock and, while operating the charge pump system using the clock running at the initial frequency value, determining the ramp rate of an output voltage for the charge pump during a recovery phase. The frequency of the clock is then adjusted so that the ramp rate of the output voltage for the charge pump during the recovery phase falls in a range not exceeding a predetermined maximum rate. A charge pump system is also described that includes a register having a settable value, where the charge pump clock frequency is responsive to the register value, and count and comparison circuitry is connectable to receive the pump's output voltage and the clock signal and determine from them the number of clock cycles the charge pump uses to recover from a reset value to a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2008Publication date: June 17, 2010Inventors: Man Lung Lui, Seungpil Lee, Hao Thai Nguyen
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Patent number: 7733104Abstract: A probe test card assembly for testing of a device under test includes a printed circuit board, a substrate and a substrate support structure. The substrate support structure holds the substrate in position with respect to the printed circuit board. The substrate support structure may include one or more alignment members, one or more hard stop members and/or a support plate attached to the printed circuit board for positioning the substrate with respect to the printed circuit board. The one or more alignment members may extend through the printed circuit board and be connected to the one or more printed circuit board stiffener members. The probe test card assembly may also employ a proximity detection feature to indicate when the substrate is in a particular position with respect to the printed circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2008Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: SV Probe Pte. Ltd.Inventors: John McGlory, Anh-Tai Thai Nguyen, John William Clancy, III, Senthil Theppakuttai, Bahadir Tunaboylu
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Patent number: 7731533Abstract: A connector system is provided that includes electrical connectors, a substrate and a vibration dampening shell. The connectors each have first and second sides. The substrate has an upper surface with the connectors mounted thereon. The shell limits movement of the connectors with respect to one another and is coupled to the first sides of the connectors to limit the movement of the connectors toward and away from the upper substrate. The shell also is coupled to the second sides of the connectors to limit the movement of the connectors in directions transverse to the upper substrate surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Hung Thai Nguyen, Brent D. Yohn
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Publication number: 20100112847Abstract: A connector system is provided that includes electrical connectors, a substrate and a vibration dampening shell. The connectors each have first and second sides. The substrate has an upper surface with the connectors mounted thereon. The shell limits movement of the connectors with respect to one another and is coupled to the first sides of the connectors to limit the movement of the connectors toward and away from the upper substrate. The shell also is coupled to the second sides of the connectors to limit the movement of the connectors in directions transverse to the upper substrate surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: HUNG THAI NGUYEN, BRENT D. YOHN
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Patent number: 7691007Abstract: This invention provides a plurality of grooves formed on a face of the golf club head. Each of a pair of side surfaces of each of the grooves has a first surface leading to the face and a second surface leading to the first surface in the depth direction of the groove. A first angle between the first surfaces of each of said pair of the side surfaces is larger than a second angle between the second surfaces of each of the said pair of the side surfaces. Edges of the groove are rounded. A width W (mm) of the groove measured including the rounded edges, a width Ws (mm) between the grooves adjacent one another, a width Wr (mm) of the groove measured based on the 30 degrees measurement rule and a cross section area S (mm2) of the groove satisfy the following expressions; W/Ws×100?40(%), S/(Ws×0.5)×100?70(%).Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2007Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wataru Ban, Vinh-Duy Thai Nguyen