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US09282684B2	Cooling systems for electrical equipment A space-saving, high-density modular data center and an energy-efficient cooling system for a modular data center are disclosed. The modular data center includes a first cooling circuit including a primary cooling device and a plurality of modular data pods. Each modular data pod includes a plurality of servers, a heat exchange member coupled to the first cooling circuit and a second cooling circuit coupled to the heat exchange member and configured to cool the plurality of servers, the second cooling circuit including a secondary cooling device configured to cool fluid flowing through the second cooling circuit. Each modular data pod also includes an auxiliary enclosure containing at least a portion of a distributed mechanical cooling system, which is configured to trim the cooling performed by a central free-cooling system.
US09282683B2	System to increase server'S density in datacenter A system and a method for forming the system. The system includes a cooling conduit and rack containers stacked in a first direction parallel to a floor. Each rack unit includes at least one heat generating device configured to generate heat while in operation. Each rack container is equipped with wheels positioned on a supporting structure to enable the wheels to move along the supporting structure in a second direction which enables adjacent rack containers to move closer to or further from each other. The second direction is parallel to the floor and perpendicular to the first direction. The supporting structure is on the floor and oriented in the second direction. The cooling conduit is secured on a top surface of each rack container to allow a cooling fluid to flow into each rack container and be heated by absorbing heat from the at least one heat generating device.
US09282682B2	Heat conducting mounting structure, method and radio base station housing arrangement for mounting electronic modules Heat conducting mounting structure for mounting of electronic modules, comprising first surface area that is adapted to face a second surface area of the electronic module; cavity means embedded at a distance from the first surface area; said cavity means is adapted to receive a cooling means; attachment means at the first surface area adapted for attaching the electronic module; and wherein the attachment means is adapted for a transfer of the heat energy from the electronic module to the mounting structure. Further a method for mounting the electronic module on the heat conducting mounting comprising the step of adjoining an attachment means with a fixing means and the fixing means with the electronic module to obtain at least one immediate connection pressure area between the first surface area of a wall and the second surface area of the electronic module. Also a radio base station housing arrangement is provided.
US09282681B2	Dissipating heat during device operation Apparatus for dissipating heat during the operation of a device. In accordance with some embodiments, the apparatus compares spaced-apart first and second heat sources. A thermally conductive plate is disposed between the first and second heat sources. A thermal interface layer is contactingly disposed between the plate and the first heat source, and has a relatively higher thermal conductivity so that heat generated by the first heat source passes through the thermal interface layer and to the plate. A thermal barrier layer is contactingly disposed between the plate and the second heat source to mechanically support the plate relative to the second heat source. The thermal barrier layer has a relatively lower thermal conductivity to thermally isolate the conductive plate from the second heat source.
US09282680B2	Power connector with thermal conductivity An electrical connector arrangement includes male and female connectors each having plural terminals connected to a respective conductor, and adapted for mutual physical and electrical mating. Each connector includes a respective overmold body coupled to a multi-conductor cable, a respective inner insulator disposed about and in contact with plural terminals, and an outer threaded coupling nut for coupling the two connectors together, where each insulator is comprised of an electrically insulating, thermally conductive material. In one connector, a conductive, cylindrical metal sleeve is disposed between its associated insulator and coupling nut. In that same connector, a generally circular metallic, spiral cooling spring is disposed between and in intimate contact with adjacent portions of the inner metal sleeve and the outer coupling nut to facilitate transfer and dissipation of heat via conduction and convection from the connector's outer surface.
US09282677B2	Power electronics device Power electronics device, such as a frequency converter, which includes liquid-cooled power units (REC5, REC6, AFE5, AFE6, INU4, INU5, DC/DC, DC/AC) and also a substrate arrangement. The power units include at least one power semiconductor component, e.g. an IGBT or a diode, connected to at least one power circuit connecting them. The power units are mechanically separate and they are disposed on at least one substrate provided with liquid cooling ducts. The substrate is common to more than one power unit, wherein the substrate includes liquid cooling interfaces and power circuit interfaces for each power unit that can be connected to it. In addition, the substrate includes one liquid cooling interface and one power circuit interface (DC+, DC−) to outside the substrate.
US09282676B1	Suspended electronic display and cooling assembly An electronic display assembly for suspending an electronic display from one or more elongate members is disclosed. A closed loop of circulating fluid, such as air, may be placed within a sealed electronics compartment. An open loop channel may permit fluid, such as ambient air, to pass through the assembly via a channel defined by the space between the back pan and the electronic display. A pair of passageways preferably extend vertically along the assembly and are configured to accommodate the passage of an elongate member. Clamps may be utilized within these passageways to secure the assembly to the elongate members.
US09282674B2	Server and carring structure thereof A server includes a motherboard module, a storage device and a carrying structure. The motherboard module includes a motherboard and a CPU disposed on the motherboard. The storage device has two fastening portions opposite to each other. The carrying structure includes a carrier, two fastening members and a handle. The storage device is disposed on the carrier in a detachable manner. The two fastening members each include a fastening section and a pushing section connected to each other. Each of the two fastening sections is disposed on the carrier in a slidable way. The storage device is located between the two fastening sections. The handle includes two pushing sides corresponding to the two pushing sections. The handle is pivotally disposed on the carrier. The two pushing sides are located between the two pushing sections. The handle is capable of pivoting relative to the carrier.
US09282670B2	Electronic apparatus and stand thereof A stand includes a base, a rotating element and a cover. The base includes a main body and a position device combined moveably with the main body. The rotating element combines rotatably with the position device to form a pivoting portion and is moved with the position device. The rotating element includes a guiding pillar. The cover combines with the main body, and the cover includes at least one guiding structure. The guiding pillar can be moved along the at least one guiding structure when the position device is moved, and a rotation operation of the guiding pillar can be limited by the at least one guiding structure when the guiding pillar is rotated with the rotating element.
US09282668B2	Electronic apparatus and method for assembling the same An electronic apparatus including a housing, a first circuit board, a battery module, a display module and a second circuit board is provided. The housing has at least an opening and an accommodating space. The first circuit board is disposed in the accommodating space. The battery module is disposed in the accommodating space and stacked over the first circuit board. The display module is disposed in the accommodating space and stacked over the battery module, wherein the display module is visible through the opening. The second circuit board is disposed in the accommodating space and disposed under the display module, beside the battery module.
US09282667B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a display module for displaying an image, and a variable member for varying a shape of the display module. The variable member includes a first portion capable of varying in shape, and a second portion having opposite ends respectively fixed to opposite ends of the first portion, where a distance between the opposite ends of the second portion is varied such that the opposite ends of the first portion protrudes with respect to a central region of the first portion and thereby, the display module is varied in shape.
US09282666B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same Discussed is a display device and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the display comprises an upper substrate; a lower substrate provided under the upper substrate, wherein the lower substrate extends to be longer than the upper substrate so as to expose a pad region provided at one side of the lower substrate; a panel driver on the pad region of the lower substrate; an exposure prevention member formed on the panel driver, for preventing the panel driver from being exposed to the external; and an upper film formed on the exposure prevention member.
US09282665B1	Illuminated doorbell chime system An illuminated doorbell chime system is disclosed having a chime coil and LED lights. A chime control circuit has a power supply unit, an LED driver and a chime driver. The power supply unit is connected to the LED lights and the chime coil. The LED driver is connected to the LED lights. The chime driver is connected to the chime coil. A door switch selectively applies power to the power supply unit. The LED driver has a bipolar junction transistor, a base Zener diode, and a voltage divider. The chime driver has a Mosfet transistor, a gate resistor, a gate capacitor, and a gate Zener diode. The LED driver and the chime driver are interconnected, with a cathode of the gate Zener diode connected to the collector of the bipolar junction transistor, and a cathode of the base Zener diode connected to the drain of the Mosfet transistor.
US09282663B2	Electronic device having a watertight housing An electronic device is disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment the electronic device includes a housing that encloses an interior space tightly separating the interior space from an exterior; a gastight flexible membrane arranged such that it divides the interior space into a first and a second volume, the first and the second volume being tightly sealed to each other; and a watertight and gas-permeable membrane coupling the second volume with the exterior of the housing.
US09282659B2	Snap door structure for electronic devices The present invention discloses a snap door structure configured with an opening and a snap joint part. The snap door structure comprises a door cover, a switch puller and a stopper. The door cover is pivotally connected to the electronic device and installed in correspondence with the opening. The switch puller is connected to the door cover and slidable with respect thereto, in which the switch puller includes a clip joint segment and a snap connection part. The stopper is fixedly set to the door cover and clip latched between the door cover and the switch puller. The stopper has an elastic arm, in which the elastic arm along with the clip joint segment enable a multi-staged position adjustment function in order to cause the snap connection part to be correspondingly buckled to the snap joint part thus allowing coverage of the door cover on the opening.
US09282651B2	System for manufacturing laminated circuit boards The present invention relates to a pin-less registration and inductive heating system involving the use of a pre-alignment station for imaging an initial position of a laminate element, an imaging and computer operation control system for determining a required correction factor between an alignment of the laminate element at the pre-alignment station and a preferred stack orientation for the laminate element, and an alignment and transfer system for securely gripping, transferring, and repositioning a laminate element from a top position to the preferred stack orientation employing a preferred four-axis orientation.
US09282649B2	Stand-off block An apparatus may be provided. The apparatus may comprise a substrate and a circuit board. A ball grid array structure may be disposed between the substrate and the circuit board. In addition, a stand-off structure may be disposed between the substrate and the circuit board. The stand-off structure may be adjacent to the ball grid array structure.
US09282647B2	Method of making micro-channel structure for micro-wires A method of making a micro-channel structure and applying a curable ink to the micro-channel structure includes providing a substrate and depositing a single layer of a curable polymer on the substrate, the single curable layer having a layer thickness. One or more micro-channels adapted to receive curable ink are embossed into the single curable layer, the micro-channels having a micro-channel thickness that is in a range of two microns to ten microns less than the layer thickness. The single curable layer is cured to form a single cured layer so that deformations of the micro-channels or the surface of the single cured layer are reduced. Curable ink is coated over the surface and micro-channels of the single cured layer. The curable ink is removed from the surface of the single cured layer and the curable ink is cured.
US09282644B2	Photosensitive resin composition, cured product thereof, and printed wiring board Disclosed is a photosensitive resin composition which has excellent concealing properties for appearance defects of a circuit and the like, while having excellent coloring power and resolution that enable the formation of a high-resolution solder resist layer. Specifically disclosed is a photosensitive resin composition which contains a perylene coloring agent, a coloring agent that is in a complementary color relation with the perylene coloring agent, a carboxyl group-containing resin, a compound that contains two or more ethylenically unsaturated groups in each molecule, and a photopolymerization initiator.
US09282641B2	Precisely spliced foldable LED screen The present invention discloses a precisely spliced foldable LED screen, comprising a screen formed by subscreens arranged vertically and horizontally; a steel cable arranged at the back of the subscreen and formed by long and short steel wires connected in a spacing manner on the vertical direction; and fixing seats arranged at the back of the subscreens and used for containing the connected parts of the long and short steel wires. According to the present invention, the fixing seats are arranged at the back of the subscreen, and the subscreens are connected in series through the connection between the steel cable and the fixing seats, thus realizing connection and fixation between the subscreens. The precisely spliced foldable LEC screen enables the subscreens to be installed and replaced more flexibly and conveniently.
US09282639B2	Adhesive composition, adhesive varnish, adhesive film and wiring film An adhesive composition includes (A) a phenoxy resin including a plurality of hydroxyl groups at a side chain: 100 parts by mass, (B) a multifunctional isocyanate compound including an isocyanate and at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a vinyl group, an acrylate group and a methacrylate group within its molecule: 2 to 55 parts by mass, (C) a maleimide compound and/or a reaction product thereof having a plurality of maleimide groups within its molecule: 5 to 30 parts by mass, and (D) one or more kinds of an inorganic filler having an average particle size of 5 μm or less which is measured by a laser diffraction: 1 to 50 parts by mass, a total amount of the components (B) and (C) is 7 to 60 parts by mass.
US09282637B2	Epoxy resin compound and radiant heat circuit board using the same There is provided an epoxy resin compound including an epoxy resin including a crystalline epoxy, a curing agent, and an inorganic filler. Also, there is provided a radiant heat circuit board including a metal plate, an insulating layer formed on the metal plate; and a circuit pattern formed on the insulating layer, in which the insulting layer is formed by curing an epoxy resin compound including an epoxy resin including a crystalline epoxy, a curing agent, and an inorganic filler.
US09282636B2	Contact pad carrier strip and method for making same A contact pad carrier strip includes a substrate having a lateral extent of or substantially of 35 mm or a multiple of or substantially of 35 mm, and at least three smart card contact pads formed along the lateral extent of the substrate. The contact pads are aligned widthwisely across the lateral extent of the substrate. Each smart card contact pad includes a plurality of contacts. A majority of contacts of the contact pads are oriented to extend widthwisely across the lateral extent of the carrier strip.
US09282627B2	Linear actuator system with means for fire detection A linear actuator system comprising at least one linear actuator, a power supply, a control and an operation device. The linear actuator system comprises at least one printed circuit board having multiple layers comprising an electrically conductive circuit. At least one of the layers of the printed circuit board is designed as a detection layer for detecting a leakage current in the electrical circuit, including the electronic components mounted on the printed circuit board. An output voltage is applied to the detection layer, said voltage falling outside of the voltage range in which the electrical circuit works.
US09282622B2	Modular x-ray source A modular x-ray source in which the x-ray tube is removably attached to a case and power supply by a removable cap.
US09282620B2	Apparatus and method for generating constant current pulse wave, medical operation method using same, and light generating apparatus Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for generating a constant current pulse wave, a medical operation method using the same, and a light generating apparatus. The apparatus for generating a constant current pulse wave comprises: a charge unit receiving a current and charging electric charges; a converter unit applying a constant voltage to a flash lamp during a first reference time and applying a constant current to the flash lamp during a second reference time by using the electric charges charged in the charge unit; and a controller operating in a constant voltage control mode to transmit a constant voltage control signal for controlling the converter unit to output the constant voltage, to the converter unit during the first reference time and operating in a constant current control mode to transmit a constant current control signal for controlling the converter unit to output the constant current, to the converter unit during the second reference time. Accordingly, a stable pulse wave of the constant current can be applied to the flash lamp.
US09282617B2	Illumination system and phase signal transmitter of the same An illumination system includes an input interface, a phase angle control module, a lamp, and a driving module. The input interface is controllably switched between a first state and a second state. The phase angle control module is electrically connected to an AC power source and the input interface. When the input interface is at the first state, the phase angle control module modifies a voltage waveform of the AC power source to generate a delayed conduction angle in a half wave period of the voltage waveform. The driving module is stored with a control mode, wherein the driving module switches the control mode to control the lamp to emit light in accordance with the delayed conduction angle.
US09282616B2	Vehicle having lamp A vehicle having a lamp includes a multi lamp disposed to radiate a first color light for backward movement or a second color light for a turn movement of a vehicle. A turn lamp is disposed near the multi lamp portion to selectively radiate a second color light for a turning movement. A controller controls the operation of the multi lamp and the turn lamp depending on a turn signal or a reverse signal.
US09282614B2	Electronic device and fabricating method of display module of electronic device A display module and a fabricating method of the display module are provided. The display module includes a transparent cover, a first protection film, and an organic light-emitting display (OLED) device. The OLED device is disposed between the transparent cover and the first protection film. An area of the OLED device is smaller than an area of the transparent cover and an area of the first protection film.
US09282612B2	Dual mode organic light emitting device and pixel circuit including the same A dual mode organic light emitting device and a pixel circuit including the same are disclosed. The dual mode organic light emitting device includes a cathode formed over a substrate, an electron transport layer (ETL) formed over the cathode, an emission layer formed over the electron transport layer (ETL), and an anode formed over the emission layer, wherein the cathode includes a first metal selected from silver (Ag), aluminum (Al), copper (Cu), and gold (Au) and a second metal having a work function of about 4.0 eV or less, and the first metal and the second metal are present at a weight ratio of about 1:1 to about 1:100.
US09282608B2	Dimming driving system and dimming controller Disclosed are dimming driving system and a dimming controller. A disclosed dimming driving system has a transformer, a lighting device, and a dimming controller. The transformer has a primary winding and a secondary winding inductively-coupled to each other. The secondary winding is coupled to an output power line and secondary ground, both coupling to and powering the lighting device. The dimming controller is coupled to the secondary winding for controlling current flowing through the lighting device according to a voltage drop of the secondary winding.
US09282606B1	Dimmer compatible LED driving apparatus with bleeding circuit An LED driving apparatus includes a rectifier bridge generating a DC bus voltage, a bus capacitor coupled between the output terminal of the rectifier bridge and a reference ground, a tank element, a first transistor, a second transistor, a free-wheeling switch, an output capacitor, a voltage sensing circuit generating a voltage sensing signal indicative of the DC bus voltage, a bleeding circuit providing a bleeding current for the bus capacitor, and a bleeding control circuit generating a control signal to control the bleeding circuit based on the voltage sensing signal.
US09282602B2	Light driver control system A system for controlling a light source includes a control circuit to be coupled to an ac source to receive an ac signal. The control circuit includes an input controller coupled to receive an input control signal and dimming command circuitry coupled to the input controller and coupled to receive the ac signal. The dimming command circuitry is coupled to remove one or more portions of a predetermined duration from the ac signal followed by a substantially full ac signal in response to the input control signal. A lighting driver circuit is to be coupled to a light source and coupled to receive the ac signal from the control circuit. The lighting driver circuit is coupled to drive the light source to have a light output adjusted in response to the removed one or more portions of the predetermined duration from the ac signal by the dimming command circuitry.
US09282600B2	Transformerless resonant boost supply circuit A power supply circuit for providing an output voltage that is higher than an input voltage. The power supply circuit is comprised of a bridge circuit and a resonant circuit, and is coupleable to a power source and a load circuit. The power supply circuit provides a boost function for stepping up an input voltage in order to reduce the required number of battery cells in order to power a load, such as a series of LEDs.
US09282598B2	System and method for learning dimmer characteristics Systems and methods for learning dimmer characteristics provide improved efficiency in operating lighting devices. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a lamp controller that is configured to monitor voltage information associated with one or more lamps or a dimmer of a system, adjust one or more parameters of an attach current profile in conformity with the voltage information to arrive at a selected attach current profile, and apply within the system the selected attach current profile.
US09282597B2	Device and method for controlled LED lighting Controlled Light Emitting Diode (LED) driver comprising an AC/DC converter configured to convert an AC voltage at its input to a DC voltage at its output; at least one LED driver coupled to the output of the AC/DC converter and configured to convert the DC voltage to a pulsed output power for driving one or more LEDs that serve to provide lighting; and a local controller having a control interface. The control interface is configured to receive control information from one or more control sources coupled to it, and the local controller is further coupled to the at least one LED driver for controlling its operation by determining one or more LED driving parameters of the pulsed output power, based on the control information.
US09282594B2	Wood heater with enhanced microwave launching system A microwave heater capable of heating a bundle of wood and equipped with an optimized system for launching and/or dispersing microwave energy. The microwave launching system can include one or more split microwave launchers at least partly disposed in the interior of the heater. The microwave dispersing system can include one or more moving reflectors for rastering microwave energy emitted from the split launchers.
US09282593B2	Device and system for induction heating An induction heating system comprises inductive rings, which in one example are concentrically wound about a center axis to form a coil array. The inductive rings are situated in the coil array to permit activation of the inductive rings independent of the other inductive rings in the coil array. In one embodiment, the induction heating system includes a control structure with a power supply and switches coupled to each of the inductive rings, wherein activation of the switches permits current from the power supply to flow to the corresponding inductive ring. The induction heating system is amenable to appliances such as ovens and ranges, as well as to cooktops such as free-standing cooktops for countertops.
US09282589B2	Multi-processor platform for wireless communication terminal having a partitioned protocol stack A multi-mode wireless communication device and multi-mode communication method are disclosed. The multi-mode device includes a first baseband co-processor configured to execute low-level stack operations of a first wireless communications protocol employed within a first wireless communications network. The device also includes a host baseband processor configured to execute a set of protocol stack operations of a second wireless communications protocol employed within a first wireless communications network and higher-level stack operations of the first wireless communications protocol. A data communication channel capable of carrying data received by the multi-mode wireless communication device from the first wireless communications network or sent by the multi-mode wireless communication device through the first wireless communications network is provided between at least the host baseband processor and the first baseband co-processor.
US09282587B2	Method for managing notifications in a communication device A method and apparatus of an electronic device for managing notifications is disclosed herewith. The method includes identifying a plurality of notifications associated with one or more electronic devices. The method further determines context data of the plurality of notifications based, at least in part, on their association with at least one remote device. The method then determines an order of display of the plurality of notifications based on the context data. The method further provides the plurality of notifications based on the order of display.
US09282584B2	Cellular communication system allowing, by using a universal link, direct communication between terminals or simultaneous transmission and reception of signals between a base station and the terminals Disclosed is a cellular communication system allowing direct communication between terminals within a cell or simultaneous transmission and reception of signals between a base station and the terminals through a repeater to be made by introducing a universal link, and a communication method thereof. The communication method of the cellular communication system includes: transmitting, by a base station, universal link setting information and a transmission control signal to a first terminal within a cell, transmitting, by the base station, the universal link setting information and a reception control signal to a second terminal within the cell, and directly transmitting/receiving, by the first and second terminals, signals through the universal link.
US09282580B2	Method and apparatus for apparatus coupling A method comprising receiving, by an apparatus, an indication of availability of proximity-based communication with a separate apparatus, receiving historical operation condition information, determining, based, at least in part, on the historical operation condition information, an operational nexus indicative of copresence of the apparatus and the separate apparatus across a plurality of different operation conditions, and performing an action associated with coupling the apparatus with the separate apparatus based, at least in part, on the operational nexus is disclosed.
US09282576B2	Mobile communication system, base station apparatus and mobile station apparatus To prevent a collision from occurring at the time of random access in cases such as handover, response to paging and the like where a mobile station apparatus performs random access in response to directions from a base station apparatus. In a mobile communication system in which a mobile station apparatus 200 uses a signature of a beforehand determined signature group at the time of random access with a base station apparatus 100, the signature group is comprised of a signature group managed by the base station apparatus 100 and another signature group managed by the mobile station apparatus 200. The signature group managed by the base station apparatus 100 includes signatures associated with particular random access reasons to be selected by the base station apparatus 100.
US09282575B2	Reducing access channel delay in a wireless communication system A system and method for reducing access channel delay in a wireless communication system includes a step 601 of sending an initial access request response that includes identifiers of any initial access requests, including an indicator that indicates whether any more responses with identifiers are going to be sent within a predefined time period. A next step 602 includes receiving the response. A next step 604 includes recognizing that a particular identifier from the initial access request is not in the response. A next step 606 includes determining from the indicator that there will be no more responses with identifiers sent within the predefined time period. A next step 608 includes transmitting another initial access request before the end of the predefined time period.
US09282573B2	Random access control method and system The present invention relates to a method and system for performing a random access operation between a mobile station and a network element such as a base transceiver station (10), wherein allowed access slots for random access channels are defined by the network and are signaled to the mobile station (20). The definition of the allowed access slots is performed on the basis of a parameter set by the base transceiver station (10) and transmitted to the mobile station (20) which determines the allowed access slots based on the parameter. Thus, the number of allowed access slots can be defined by the network and can be changed dynamically based on the random access messaging load and the hardware requirements.
US09282571B2	Dynamic configuration of uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) frame resources for a time division duplex (TDD) transmission Technology for dynamically reconfiguring an uplink-downlink (UL-DL) time-division duplexing (TDD) configuration is disclosed. In an example, a user equipment (UE) can have computer circuitry configured to: Receive a UL-DL reconfiguration indicator from a node to dynamically reconfigure a flexible subframe (FlexSF) to a different UL-DL transmission direction from a semi-static UL-DL configuration; apply a DL channel timing based on a DL favored UL-DL configuration; and apply a UL channel timing based on a UL favored UL-DL configuration. The FlexSF can be capable of changing an UL-DL transmission direction. The DL favored UL-DL configuration can include more DL subframes than a semi-static UL-DL TDD configuration for the UE, and the UL favored UL-DL configuration includes more UL subframes than a semi-static UL-DL TDD configuration for the UE.
US09282569B2	LTE single-card dual-standby multi-mode terminal and method for processing concurrency of its CS service and PS service The present invention is applicable to the field of communications technologies, and provides an method, the method includes: when a CS service and PS service of a local LTE single-card dual-standby multi-mode terminal are concurrent, detecting, by a local LTE single-card dual-standby multi-mode terminal, whether a peer communication terminal that is performing voice communication with it is in a voice silent period; when detecting that the peer communication terminal is not in the voice silent period, receiving, by the local LTE single-card dual-standby multi-mode terminal, downlink data in an LTE system, and suspending, by the local LTE single-card dual-standby multi-mode terminal, sending of uplink data in the LTE system at the same time; and when detecting that the peer communication terminal is in the voice silent period, sending the uplink data and receiving the downlink data, by the local LTE single-card dual-standby multi-mode terminal, in the LTE system.
US09282567B2	TTI bundling The present invention relates to transmitting and receiving data in a multicarrier communication system in which the transmission and reception is performed on a transmission time interval basis. In particular, dynamic bundling of transmission time intervals is dynamically configurable for each scheduling assignment. The dynamic bundling may be applied in uplink and/or in downlink transmission between a terminal and a network node.
US09282564B2	Simultaneous transmit and receive (STR) structures immune to phase and amplitude imbalances An echo-canceling unit for a simultaneous transmit and receive (STR) system includes at least three phase shifters instead of just two phase shifters in order to provide immunity to phase and/or amplitude imbalances. Each respective phase shifter is coupled to a transmit signal to generate an output signal comprising a selected phase shift with respect to the transmit signal. A weight calculation unit generates a corresponding amplitude-weight signal for the output signal of the phase shifter. A variable attenuator attenuates the output signal of each respective phase shifter based on the corresponding amplitude-weight signal to form an echo-cancelation signal component corresponding to the phase shifter. A first summer then sums the respective echo-cancelation signal components into a received signal containing an echo signal to form an echo-canceled signal. In some embodiments, an information handling system includes a receiver and a transmitter coupled to the echo-canceling unit.
US09282555B2	Resource control method, device and base station A resource control method and device are provided in the present invention. The method includes: a base station collecting in real time an S1 transmission bandwidth occupied by one or more operators in the base station; and, when a user equipment (UE) initiates a service request, according to the remaining S1 transmission bandwidth of the operator to which the UE belongs, the base station determining whether the UE is allowed to access to the service or not. By collecting in real time the S1 transmission bandwidth resource occupied by each operator in the system, the present invention realizes resource control, ensures each operator's profit, avoids the case that the quality of service of the users of other operators is damaged or can not be accepted since one operator occupies excessive S1 transmission resource, thus guaranteeing user experience and enhancing user satisfaction.
US09282553B2	Method for terminal to control uplink timing in a wireless communication system, and device for same The present application discloses a method in which a terminal controls uplink timing in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method is characterized by comprising: a step in which, if an uplink timing command for a specific uplink timing group is received from a network, a timer for the specific uplink timing group is started, said timer being the time available for the uplink timing command; a step in which a message for the discarding, from the network, of a serving cell included in the specific uplink timing group is received; and a step in which the timer is stopped if there is no serving cell included in the specific uplink timing group.
US09282550B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting control information in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting control information through a PUCCH in a wireless communication system and an apparatus thereof, comprising the steps of: spreading modulation symbol sets to first slot, by using a first code; spreading modulation symbol sets to second slot, by using a second code, wherein the length of the second code is varied according to the number of SC-FDMA symbols for PUCCH transmission.
US09282548B2	Method and apparatus for allocating resources of a control channel in a mobile communication system using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing Methods and apparatuses are provided for wireless communication. Control symbols are mapped to a plurality of resource element groups (REGs) which is not assigned to a physical channel format indication channel (PCFICH) or a physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel (PHICH). The mapped control symbols are transmitted on a packet dedicated control channel (PDCCH). A physical resource block (PRB) on a second orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in a first slot in a subframe includes three REGs if one or two cell-specific reference signals are configured, and the PRB on the second OFDM symbol of the first slot in the subframe includes two REGs if four cell-specific reference signals are configured.
US09282546B2	Wireless device location services A system for determining location information for a wireless device is described. The system includes a UE, a LE and multiple LMUs. The LE sends, to the LMUs, reception instructions with characteristics of the signal transmission from the UE and each LMU receives, from the LE, the reception instructions. The UE sends a signal transmission. Each LMU receives the transmitted signal from the UE, determines locating information based at least in part of the received signal and sends the locating information to the LE. The LE receives the locating information regarding the transmitted signal and determines a location of the UE based at least in part on the received locating information. Methods, apparatus and computer readable media are also described.
US09282543B2	Methods and apparatus to avoid mobile station transmission of duplicate event-based and polled acknowledgments Methods and apparatus to avoid mobile station transmission of duplicate event-based and polled acknowledgments are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein for a mobile station include determining whether an acknowledgment status of a first downlink data block classified as unreported is to be reported by a polled acknowledgment response to be sent in response to a poll received from a network, sending event-based acknowledgment information to report the acknowledgment status of the first downlink data block after determining that the acknowledgment status of the first downlink data block is not to be reported by the polled acknowledgment response, and refraining from sending the event-based acknowledgment information to report the acknowledgment status of the first downlink data block after determining that the acknowledgment status of the first downlink data block is to be reported by the polled acknowledgment response.
US09282542B2	Apparatus, system and method of wireless backhaul communication between wireless communication nodes Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of wireless backhaul communication between wireless communication nodes. For example, a wireless communication controller may control a wireless communication node to communicate with one or more other wireless communication nodes via one or more backhaul links of a backhaul network over a first frequency band, and to communicate with a control station via a control link over a second frequency band, the first frequency band is higher than the second frequency band.
US09282539B2	System and method for channel-dependent CCA thresholds to balance different use cases in wireless networks Systems and methods for channel-dependent CCA thresholds to balance different use cases in wireless networks are disclosed. In one aspect a device includes a receiver configured to receive transmissions on a plurality of channels. The device also includes a processor configured to determine whether a channel is one at least a first type or a second type of channel. If the channel is the first type, the processor is configured to determine whether the channel is available based at least in part on a set of first clear channel assessment thresholds. If the channel is the second type, the processor is configured to determine whether the channel is available based at least in part on a set of second clear channel assessment thresholds, where the set of second clear channel assessment thresholds is greater than or equal to the set of first clear channel assessment thresholds.
US09282538B2	Device call notification extension An aspect provides a method, including: detecting an incoming voice call at an information handling device; detecting one or more external notification extension conditions at the information handling device, tracking user-device interactions to build a pattern of user behavior with respect to external conditions; updating the one or more external notification extension conditions based on the pattern of user behavior; and in response to detecting one or more updated external notification extension conditions at the information handling device, extending a notification of the incoming voice call at the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US09282536B2	Devices and methods for facilitating paging channel arbitration in multi-SIM architectures Access terminals employing multiple subscriptions are adapted for paging channel arbitration. According to at least one example, an access terminal can determine whether there will be a collision between a first paging channel associated with a first subscription and a second paging channel associated with a second subscription. The access terminal may additionally determine whether a time period between a paging indicator bit for the first subscription and the second paging channel is greater than or equal to an amount of time it takes to switch from operating on the first subscription to operating on the second subscription. The access terminal can monitor for a paging indicator bit indicating an incoming paging message on the first paging channel and, if no paging message is indicated, may switch to the second subscription to monitor the second paging channel for incoming paging messages. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.
US09282535B2	Efficient location updates, paging and short bursts A mobile terminal in a wireless communication network may be one of several modes of operation. When in an idle mode, the mobile terminal may avoid a lengthy random access procedure normally associated with responding to a page from a base station, if the base station includes in the page an indication of a resource that the mobile terminal may utilize when responding to the page. Additionally, the mobile terminal may transmit an efficient location update MAC header to a base station, whether prompted to by a page from the base station or not. Furthermore, without leaving the idle mode or a sleep mode, the mobile terminal may exchange short data burst messages with a base station.
US09282534B2	Mobile communication method, session control node, gateway device, and mobility management node A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step of establishing, by a session control node S/P-CSCF, a prioritized-call bearer between a gateway device P-GW and a mobile station UE when an Invite signal including prioritized-call information is received; a step of transmitting, by the session control node S/P-CSCF, the Invite signal including the prioritized-call information to the gateway device P-GW after the prioritized-call bearer is established; and a step of transmitting, by the gateway device P-GW, the Invite signal including the prioritized-call information to the mobile station UE.
US09282533B2	Method for improving paging performances in a wireless access system An object of the present invention is a method for improving paging performances in a wireless access system, said method comprising the steps of: —retransmitting a paging message in case of no response from a paged Mobile Station, —performing said retransmission at a Base Station level, —managing said retransmission at a Paging Controller level.
US09282532B2	Initiating bearer independent protocol sessions using access technology and location information A user identity module (UIM) is incorporated in user equipment such as a mobile phone or mobile device. The UIM is configured to provision itself while roaming away from a home network as follows. The UIM may: send to the UE a request for information identifying a current radio access technology (RAT) that the UE is camped on; receive the current RAT information from the UE; send to the UE a request for network location information, where the network location information identifies a network in which the UE is currently camped; receive the network location information from the UE; generate an access point name (APN) using the current RAT information and the network location information; and open a channel through the network to a remote agent (e.g., a provisioning server) using the access point name.
US09282531B1	Method and system for localization of a device in an enclosed environment based on received signal strength levels A method and system determines a location of a device by first measuring, in a receiver of the device, received signal strength (RSS) levels of reference signals transmitted by a set of access points (APs) arranged in an enclosed environment. An expectation maximization procedure is initialized with a uniform distribution of path loss coefficients of the set of APs. An expectation of a joint log-likelihood of the RSS levels is evaluated with respect to the uniform probability distribution of the path loss coefficients, and then updated iteratively until a termination condition is satisfied to produce final path loss coefficients. The location of the device is then based on the RSS levels and the final path loss coefficients.
US09282524B2	Method and apparatus for improving noise power estimate in a WCDMA network A method for adjusting power in a mobile terminal is disclosed and may include determining a total transmit power control (TPC) command for a downlink channel based on a plurality of TPC commands. The plurality of TPC commands may be calculated based on a plurality of control channels. The transmit power may be adjusted based on the determined total TPC command. The plurality of control channels may include a dedicated physical channel and a common pilot channel. Noise power may be determined for each of the plurality of control channels. A TPC command may be determined based on the plurality of control channels. A reliability weight value may be determined for each of the plurality of TPC commands, based on the determined noise power for each of the plurality of control channels.
US09282518B2	Methods and systems for preserving the life of a transport refrigeration system power source Methods and systems for preserving the life of a transport refrigeration system power source are provided. The method can include determining whether a control unit of the transport refrigeration system is off. Also, the method can include measuring an input voltage of a network coordinator when the control unit is off. Further the method can include instructing one or more parasitic electronic devices of the transport refrigeration mode to operate in a hibernation mode when the input voltage of the transport refrigeration system power source remains below a voltage threshold value for a time period and the control unit is off.
US09282516B2	Cooperative power savings among mobile computing devices Disclosed herein is a technique for enabling mobile computing devices to share observation information using low-energy communication protocols. This observation information can include network connectivity information and GPS location information that is either known to or being sought out by a mobile computing device. When observation information (if any) maintained by a mobile computing device does not satisfy a threshold level of confidence, the mobile computing device can query neighboring mobile computing devices for corresponding observation information that satisfies the threshold level of confidence. Conversely, the mobile computing device can be configured to advertise observation information to the neighboring mobile computing devices when the observation information satisfies the threshold level of confidence. In this manner, the mobile computing devices can collaboratively share information in an attempt to reduce the significant workload that is otherwise required when working in isolation to establish network connectivity and determine GPS location information.
US09282514B2	Methods and apparatus for intelligent wireless technology selection Methods and apparatus for intelligently selecting and operating one or more air interfaces of a mobile wireless device for e.g., call setup time reduction. In one embodiment, operation of a high speed cellular interface is selectively adjusted or disabled or switched out when not required so as to minimize call setup times by, e.g., using a different cellular interface to receive pages. In one implementation, the wireless device includes a high-speed cellular interface, a lower-speed cellular interface, and a WLAN (e.g., Wi-Fi) interface.
US09282510B2	Dynamic reorganization of cell structures in wireless networks Dynamic reorganization of cell structures in wireless networks. The present invention relates to wireless communications and, more particularly, to energy usage of wireless equipments in wireless communications. Currently there are mechanisms in use that can selectively turn of carriers in a BTS depending on the traffic load. But due to the fixed costs of operating the base station even when there are no active users, turning off entire BTS will give more energy savings than simply reducing capacity by turning off carriers at low load. Embodiments herein detect a change in demand on the network and re-organize the cellular network by selectively turning off BTSs and appropriately increasing the coverage area of other BTSs, and arrive at a configuration that optimizes the energy consumption of the cellular network as a whole.
US09282503B2	Apparatus and method for handling broadcast system information in telecommunications system user equipment A wireless communications device, and a method of operating a wireless communications device, the device operative to receive broadcast system information from a network, the device being arranged to: receive first broadcast system information, said first broadcast system information defining scheduling information for a plurality of items of further broadcast system information; define a subset containing a plurality of items of further broadcast system information; receive an item of further broadcast system information relating to whether transmit diversity is in use; when it is determined that the device has received further broadcast system information relating to whether transmit diversity is in use, wait until one of the following conditions has been met before implementing on the device any changes in transmit diversity as defined by the further broadcast system information relating to whether transmit diversity is in use: i) the device having received all members of the subset of further broadcast system information; or ii) the quality of a signal received by the device being determined to be below a threshold.
US09282500B1	Ad hoc high frequency with advanced automatic link establishment system and related method A system and method for ad-hoc beyond line of sight high frequency (HF) radio frequency communication is disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention may augment the HF waveform incorporated with Advanced automatic link establishment (A2LE) to determine relay-hop paths between a plurality of HF nodes. Systems herein may setup and teardown bi-directional one hop HF communication sessions between two HF nodes having RF connectivity directly as well as through an intermediary relay node. Additionally, the setup and teardown may include bi-directional relay hop HF communication sessions between two HF nodes through multiple intermediary relay nodes. In performing the bi-directional relay hop HF communication sessions, systems herein may select a relay node, perform automatic link monitoring and link re-establishment, support message store and forward, and route HF communication along a path around potential barriers to communication (e.g., nuclear scintillation, solar flares, and coronal mass events).
US09282489B2	Media escalation with use of endpoint adapter An endpoint adaptor and methods of operating the same are provided. The endpoint adaptor provides a single persistent view of a mobile communication device to a network and network-based applications. Moreover, the ability to leverage the endpoint adapter to transition a communication session to include additional media types while the communication session is in-progress is also disclosed.
US09282484B2	Traffic detection function with an external enforcement device A policy control component may be installed in a telecommunication network as a “supplemental” or “proxy” policy control component that may be given limited interaction with the telecommunication network. The proxy policy control component may communicate with policy enforcement devices in an external network. In one implementation, a method may include monitoring a first network to obtain information relating to a traffic flow through a gateway associated with the first network, the gateway connecting the first network to a second network. The method may further include establishing a communication session with a policy enforcement device located within the second network; and transmitting over the communication session, and to the policy enforcement device, information relating to enforcement of network policy functions for the traffic flow.
US09282481B2	Mobile terminal and instrument diagnostic method A mobile terminal includes an instrument specifying information acquiring portion that acquires instrument specifying information for specifying an instrument as a diagnostic subject, an equipment information acquiring portion that acquires, from a controlling device that controls equipment information pertaining to equipment that are provided with instruments, equipment information corresponding to the instrument specifying information, a diagnostic data acquiring portion that collects diagnostic data for the instrument using a data collecting device corresponding to a data categorization that is included in the equipment information acquired by the equipment information acquiring portion, an evaluating portion that evaluates whether or not there is a problem with the instrument by comparing proper-operation data for the instrument, included in the equipment information acquired by the equipment information acquiring portion, to the diagnostic data collected by the diagnostic data acquiring portion, and an outputting portion that outputs the evaluation result by the evaluating portions.
US09282479B2	Link adaptation feedback method and transmitting device Embodiments of the present invention provide a link adaptation feedback method and a transmitting device. The method includes: receiving, by a transmitting device, a link adaptation feedback frame sent by a receiving device, where the link adaptation feedback frame carries space-time block coding type indication information; and determining, by the transmitting device according to the space-time block coding type indication information, information about use of space-time block coding by a data frame related to the link adaptation feedback frame, and selecting, according to the use information, a space-time stream, and a modulation and coding scheme used when the transmitting device sends a data frame. Through the embodiments of the present invention, and according to the use information, the transmitting device may select the space-time stream, and the MCS used when the transmitting device sends a data frame, thereby improving link performance.
US09282478B2	Method, system and device for triggering and performing spectrum sensing The embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of wireless communications, and in particular to a method, system and device for triggering and performing spectrum sensing, used for solving the problem in the prior art that if the sensing period is set too long, a decline of service quality between an authorization system and a cognitive system or even a network paralysis will be caused due to interference; and if the sensing period is set too short, an increase in power consumption of devices and a waste of spectrum resources will be caused. The method for performing spectrum sensing in the embodiments of the present application includes: a sensing node judging whether or not the channel quality has declined to the requirement for performing in-band spectrum sensing; and after determining that the channel quality has declined to the requirement for performing in-band spectrum sensing, the sensing node performing in-band spectrum sensing. By way of applying the embodiments of the present application, the problems of decline of service quality between an authorization system and a cognitive system or even a network paralysis due to interference caused by setting the sensing period too long, or an increase in power consumption of devices and a waste of spectrum resources caused by setting period too short, can be avoided.
US09282468B2	Communication device, communication method and communication system A communication device, a communication method and a communication system that enable an increase in channel capacity at cell edges of a plurality of cells. Data transmission is implemented by transmission stations, which are base stations of adjacent cells, by MIMO transmission. A relay station receives radio waves that are transmitted by both the transmission station and the transmission station, and acquires data transmitted by the transmission station and data transmitted by the transmission station. The relay station transmits data to reception stations in adjacent cells according to multi-user MIMO transmission. The data transmitted by the transmission station is received by the reception station via the relay station, and the data transmitted by the transmission station is received by the reception station via the relay station. The present invention can be used in cellular systems.
US09282461B2	Apparatus, methods, and computer program products providing improved flexible resource usage In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes: a transmitter configured to send an advertisement message having communication information for an access point; and a receiver configured to receive a flexible use message indicative of how the access point may utilize at least a portion of a shared communication resource. In another exemplary embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive an advertisement message having communication information for an access point; and a transmitter configured to transmit to the access point a flexible use message indicative of how the access point may utilize at least a portion of a shared communication resource.
US09282459B2	Usage of beacon for location based security A system for location based security which includes a plurality of receivers. Each of the receivers determines times of arrival of received time varying signals. The system also includes a server in communication with the receivers and a mobile device. The server receives the times of arrival from the receivers, and times of arrival of the time varying signals determined by the mobile device. The server determines a location of the mobile device based on the times of arrival. The server may then authorize the mobile device to perform secure communication over the secure communication network when the location of the mobile device is determined to be in an authorized communication area defined based on the times of arrival received from the receivers.
US09282458B2	Method and system for reporting, securing and controlling mobile phones which are lost (misplaced\stolen) An electronic system comprising: means for authenticating a report that a first device has been lost, by using a password entered into a second device that is connected to the system, by displaying, in an irregular manner, a plurality of symbols used to enter the password, where the symbols appear on an electronic screen of the second device.
US09282457B2	Method of sharing credential and wireless communication system thereof A method of sharing credential in a wireless communication system comprising a first user equipment, a second communication device and a network, includes transmitting a temporal credential and a credential custody request, from the first communication device, to the network; transmitting first custody information, by the network, to the first communication device; transmitting a credential acquiring request and second custody information, by the second communication device, to the network; and determining whether to transmit the temporal credential to the second communication device according to the second custody information.
US09282455B2	System and method for user certificate initiation, distribution, and provisioning in converged WLAN-WWAN interworking networks A system and method for user certificate initiation, distribution, and provisioning in converged WLAN-WWAN interworking networks. A computing device operable in a wireless local area network sends a public key to a mobile device operable in a wireless cellular wide area network. The mobile device performs a bootstrapping procedure with a cellular operator in the wireless cellular wide area network to obtain a user certificate based on the public key. The mobile device sends the user certificate to the computing device for installation on the computing device. The user certificate may be used for digital signature, verification, and encryption purposes. The user certificate is also used in both the wireless local area network and the wireless wide area network for authenticating a subscriber when accessing services from both networks.
US09282449B2	Peer-to-peer discovery A wireless device that discovers other wireless devices for the formation of a peer-to-peer connection may perform a scan that is limited in duration and power consumption. The scan nonetheless is highly likely to discover a device, if a discoverable device exists. In addition, the scan may be performed in compliance with parameters of a peer-to-protocol such that the scan may be readily implemented in a wireless device, in some embodiments even as a firmware upgrade on a wireless network interface card. Parameters of the scan may be adjusted to increase the likelihood that, if the scan completes without discovering a device, no discoverable device exists. The scan may be used in an overall process in which discovery ends or the scan is selectively repeated following an unsuccessful scan, without entering a find phase.
US09282445B2	Backup coverage in a wireless network Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for identifying backup coverage in wireless networks. An active network resource to be analyzed is identified, and a at least one potential backup network resource is identified. The at least one potential backup network resource is evaluated to determine if the at least one potential backup network resource is available to function as the backup coverage for the active network resource. If the at least one potential backup resource is available to function as the backup coverage for the active network resource, a power management parameter associated with the wireless networking environment can be updated.
US09282441B2	Mobile communication terminal for PTT and method for processing missed call information thereof The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal for Push To Talk (PTT) and a method for processing missed call information thereof, which allows a receiver to check why an originator requested the PTT telephone call during the absence of the receiver through missed call information. The missed call information includes the voice of the originator requesting the PTT call, and the voice of the originator is output when confirmation of the missed call information is requested.
US09282438B2	Group call management A method of setting up a call group for participation in a group call by a number of mobile devices in a mobile telecommunications network. The mobile telecommunications network includes a serving node in communication with the mobile devices. The method includes the serving node receiving data indicative of a group identifier from a given mobile device registered with the mobile telecommunications network. The method also includes defining a group call area using the received group identifier, and the serving node discriminating one call group registered with the telecommunications network from another call group registered with the telecommunications network based upon the defined group call area.
US09282434B2	Query based volume determination An approach, carried out by one or more processors, for providing volume information to communication devices. The approach may further comprise receiving a query for a set of volume information for a first communication device. The volume information includes at least a volume range for audible communicating. The approach may further comprise determining if a second communication device is in a vicinity of the first communication device. Responsive to determining the second communication device is in the vicinity of the first communication device, the approach may further comprise determining a first location and a second location for the respective first communication device and second communication device. The approach may further comprise determining the set of volume information for the first communication device based on at least the second location of the second communication device.
US09282433B2	System and/or method of locating a portable service access transceiver Described are devices, methods, techniques and systems for locating a portable services access transceiver (PSAT) for use in aiding emergency “911” services. In one implementation, one or more conditions indicative of movement of a PSAT may initiate a process for obtaining a new estimated location of the PSAT. In another implementation, a location of a PSAT may be determined or updated using indoor navigation techniques.
US09282431B2	Location-aware caching in a balloon network Methods and systems are disclosed herein that may help to provide location-aware caching and/or location-specific service profiles in a balloon network. An exemplary method may be carried out by a balloon that is at a location associated with the first geographic area in a balloon network that includes a plurality of defined geographic areas, and may involve: (a) determining that a location-aware cache of a balloon should be updated with user-data associated with the first geographic area; and (b) in response to determining that the location-aware cache should be updated: (i) sending a location-aware cache-update request; (ii) receiving, as a response to the location-aware cache-update request, user-data that corresponds to the first geographic area; and (iii) storing the user-data that corresponds to the first geographic area in a location-aware cache of the balloon.
US09282428B1	Positioning request in paging messages of wireless communication systems Systems and techniques relating to wireless communications are described. A described technique includes transmitting to a wireless communication device a positioning request paging message, the positioning request paging message including a capability request, a location information request, or both; and receiving, during a connection establishment process, a connection message from the wireless communication device, the connection message including a positioning response that is responsive to the positioning request paging message.
US09282424B2	Method and system for logic-based uniform resource locator resolution A method and system for a logic-based uniform resource locator resolution are described in which a server may receive a request from a mobile device. The request may be based on a uniform resource locator (URL) obtained by the mobile device from a code, such as a two-dimensional code, or from a proximity device, such as a near field communication target device. In response to the request, the server may communicate to the mobile device URL redirection information for a URL that provides multimedia content comprising an advertisement, a webpage, a video, a virtual card, a phone number, sound, and/or other like information. The URL redirection information may be selected based on a location that corresponds to the code or the proximity device, which may be the location of the mobile device. The URL redirection information may also be selected based on a rotation schedule stored in the server.
US09282422B2	Method and system for parameter configuration of mobile terminal Disclosed are a method and system for parameter configuration of a mobile terminal. The method includes that a mobile terminal sends a trigger message for requesting configuration to a unified configuration server; the unified configuration server parses the trigger message to obtain information of an operator in an environment where the mobile terminal currently is, and sends the information of the operator to an operator database server; the operator database server configures, according to the information of the operator, configuration information currently required by the mobile terminal, and sends the configuration information to the mobile terminal; the mobile terminal receives and parses the configuration information, and performs corresponding configuration on the mobile terminal according to the configuration information. By the method of the disclosure, when a mobile terminal is in a region where some functions are not available, the mobile terminal actively requests a server to configure and modify client parameters, so as to achieve the beneficial effect that service software can always be used normally no matter which environment the mobile terminal locates, thereby improving the user experience and normal life of users in the region.
US09282420B2	Method and system for multi-channel mixing for transmission of audio over a network A method and system for providing remote access to multi-channel audio by periodically polling channels of audio produced by, e.g., an application program by calling an Application Programming Interface (API). A method performs the polling to retrieve audio data from multiple channels and to mix the multiple channels into a mixed multichannel audio that is communicated to a remote computing device. The method transmits a sample minimum duration of audio data retrieved from all channels during at polling interval to provide low latency transmission of audio to remotely connected computing devices.
US09282411B2	Beamforming in hearing aids A hearing aid system includes a first microphone and a second microphone for provision of electrical input signals, a beamformer for provision of a first audio signal based at least in part on the electrical input signals, the first audio signal having a directional spatial characteristic, wherein the beamformer is configured to provide a second audio signal based at least in part on the electrical input signals, the second audio signal having a spatial characteristic that is different from the directional spatial characteristic of the first audio signal, and a mixer configured for mixing the first audio signal and the second audio signal in order to provide an output signal to be heard by a user.
US09282410B2	Transducer motor structure with enhanced flux An electro-dynamic loudspeaker transducer's motor structure includes a magnetic circuit having a pole with minimal reluctance that allows the use of larger magnets and thicker front plates, thus generating higher flux density in the voice coil gap. The lower reluctance is achieved by increasing the pole piece's outside diameter at all points outside of the voice coil gap and the area swept out by the voice coil at maximal inward excursion. Increasing the pole's diameter over a substantial amount of the pole's distally projecting length (but not extending into the magnetic gap), provides an increased cross sectional area and a reduced magnetic circuit reluctance.
US09282404B2	Handset microphone A handset microphone includes: a microphone unit, a first switch for turning on or off the output from the microphone unit, and a second switch for enabling or disabling the output from the microphone unit; the first and second switches have contacts operated by a magnetic field; the contact of the first switch is closed and short-circuits the output terminals while the first switch is being affected by the magnetic field; and the contact of the second switch is opened and disconnects one of the output terminals while the second switch is being affected by the magnetic field.
US09282399B2	Listen to people you recognize Systems, devices, and methods are described for recognizing and focusing on at least one source of an audio communication as part of a communication including a video image and an audio communication derived from two or more microphones when a relative position between the microphones is known. In certain embodiments, linked audio and video focus areas providing location information for one or more sound sources may each be associated with different user inputs, and an input to adjust a focus in either the audio or video domain may automatically adjust the focus in the another domain.
US09282398B2	Speaker system having wide bandwidth and wide high-frequency dispersion A speaker system comprises a speaker transducer, a diffraction-slot acoustic waveguide and first and second mechanical acoustic barriers. The waveguide is arranged in proximity to the speaker transducer along a centerline of the speaker transducer so that the waveguide extends substantially an equal distance on both sides of the centerline of the speaker transducer. The area of the waveguide covers a corresponding area of the speaker transducer. The first and second mechanical acoustic barriers are respectively disposed on each side of the waveguide and cover the areas of the speaker transducer on both sides of the centerline of the speaker transducer that are not covered by the waveguide. The first and second mechanical acoustic barriers provide a low-pass filter for acoustic energy output from the speaker transducer.
US09282396B2	Wireless digital audio music system A wireless digital audio system includes a portable audio source with a digital audio transmitter operatively coupled thereto and an audio receiver operatively coupled to a headphone set. The audio receiver is configured for digital wireless communication with the audio transmitter. The digital audio receiver utilizes fuzzy logic to optimize digital signal processing. Each of the digital audio transmitter and receiver is configured for code division multiple access (CDMA) communication. The wireless digital audio system allows private audio enjoyment without interference from other users of independent wireless digital transmitters and receivers sharing the same space.
US09282394B1	High performance audio headphones and speaker devices A headphone may include a driver assembly and a headphone cup having an adjustable airflow valve assembly and/or an adjustable headphone interior cup volume adjustment assembly. Headphone cups and/or other elements may be printed with a 3D printer, and may be tailored to a particular headphone driver element.
US09282393B2	System and method for securing headphone transducers A system for securing headphone transducers is provided. In one aspect of the present invention, the system comprises a first transducer device having a first mechanical housing, which has an outer surface and an inner surface. A first coupling device is affixed to the outer surface of the first mechanical housing of the first transducer device. A second transducer device has a second mechanical housing, which has an outer surface and an inner surface. A second coupling device is affixed to the outer surface of the second mechanical housing of the second transducer device. The first coupling device is coupled to the second coupling device when in close proximity to each other, such that the inner surfaces of the first and second mechanical devices are opposed to each other.
US09282392B2	Headset for a mobile electronic device Electronic necklace—headset for mobile electronic device in the form of a neck loop or necklace and a pair of wired headphones, where the headphone cords attached in close proximity to the back of electronic necklace and additionally connected together in the suboccipital node, located in the position of the device on the surface of the cervico-occipital region of the user to fix headphones and its cords, which reduces the slack of the cords and streamlines their excursion, creating conditions for continuous wear electronic necklace, including under the clothes, does not change the appearance of the user, allows to control an electronic necklace on touch over clothing, and inoperative can accommodate headphones shot and its cords in the back of the electronic necklace without having to remove the entire device.
US09282388B2	Sound system using repurposed materials The present invention is a sound system made from a repurposed vessel. The repurposed vessel is separated into two or more pieces for installation of a speaker assembly and then the pieces are put back in their original form. A hole is created in the vessel wall through which sound waves may pass. The speaker assembly has a connector allowing connection to an audio source. The space between the top and bottom pieces and the speaker assembly may be adjusted to tune for a desired frequency response.
US09282382B2	Hint based media content streaming Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for media content streaming can include communicating with a remote device to stream media content to the remote device, accessing hint information associated with the media content, and transmitting a data stream to the remote device based on the hint information. The hint information can include message headers arranged in a transmission order sequence that correspond to respective media data samples. Accessing hint information can include accessing a hint segment that includes the message headers interleaved with the media data samples.
US09282380B2	Method and apparatus for providing wireless digital television service A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for receiving one or more wireless digital television signals, wherein each of the one or more wireless digital television signals comprise a plurality of data segments for presenting media content, buffering the plurality of data segments of each of the one or more wireless digital television signals to generate one or more buffered data segments to cause a presentation delay of the media content, and detecting a missing data segment in the one or more buffered data segments. The method can further include transmitting a first request to a cellular communication system to provide the missing data segment, and receiving from the cellular communication system the missing data segment prior to an expiration of the presentation delay to continue a presentation of the media content without interruption. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09282375B2	Method and system for preselecting multimedia content A method and system for remote control at a client of a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN) enables a user to add desired multimedia program listings to a user collection. The user collection may be saved at an MCDN server for subsequent retrieval. Multimedia programs corresponding to the listings may be stored in a user collection cache. The user may easily select the listings in a user collection for presentation at an MCDN client. The multimedia programs may be provided from a plurality of content sources, including external content providers and the Internet.
US09282372B1	Method and system to automatically select data network videos as television shows based on a persona A system includes a television set for displaying a video for a viewer. The television set connects to a persona television system over a data network and sends a request for a television show for a persona to the persona television system. A “persona” includes a character representation of a person other than the viewer, an event, or a group. The persona television system selects a television show based on the persona. The persona television system sends to the television set a show description of the television show. The show description includes video source information about video source such that the television set can obtain television show from video source. In this manner, a data network video is automatically selected as a television show based on a persona and provided to the television set, increasing the ease with which the viewer can identify video choices of interest.
US09282371B2	Systems, methods, and media for managing an entertainment system Systems, methods, and media for managing an entertainment system are provided. In some implementations, systems for managing an entertainment system are provided, the systems comprising: at least one hardware processor configured to: detect a first instruction; select a component of the entertainment system; determine a first state of the component; store an indication of the first state; detect a second instruction; retrieve the indication of the first state; generate a third instruction based on the indication of the first state; and transmit the third instruction to the component of the entertainment system.
US09282369B2	Methods and apparatus for audience measurement using global signature representation and matching Disclosed example methods to determine a time offset between a first media signature having a first sequence of first data pairs and a second media signature having a second sequence of second data pairs include comparing ones of the first data pairs in the first sequence with ones of the second data pairs in the second sequence to determine original time differences between respective combinations of the ones of the first data pairs and the ones of the second data pairs. Such example methods also include scaling and truncating the original time differences to determine scaled time differences between respective combinations of the ones of the first data pairs and the ones of the second data pairs. Such example methods further include determining a histogram comprising bins representative of the scaled time differences, and selecting a histogram bin to correspond to the time offset between the first and second signatures.
US09282368B2	Parental control system using more restrictive setting for media clients based on occurrence of an event A first media client may set a parental control feature of the first media client to a first setting. The first media client may determine an occurrence of an event associated with the parental control feature. The first media client may determine a second setting of a parental control feature of a second media client. The second media client may be different from the first media client. The first media client may determine that the second setting is a more restrictive setting relative to the first setting. The first media client may set the parental control feature of the first media client to the second setting based on the occurrence of the event and based on the second setting being the more restrictive setting.
US09282356B2	Differentiated PSIP table update interval technology An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide information for an n-hour span and has a transmission interval. The ETT has a transmission interval and program description information according to the EIT. The transmission interval of the EIT is shorter than the transmission interval of the ETT.
US09282354B2	Method and apparatus to detect a demand for and to establish demand-based multimedia broadcast multicast service Techniques are provided for content delivery via on-demand mobile broadcast service. For example, there is provided a method operable by a network entity, such as a Broadcast-Multicast Service Center (BM-SC), that may involve receiving a request for content, and performing predictive analysis of at least one of the requested content or user information to target content to at least two user equipments (UEs) in a coverage area. The method may involve providing at least one of the requested content or the targeted content via an on-demand mobile broadcast service. The targeted content may include at least one of supplemental content related to the requested content or targeted advertising.
US09282352B2	Under-the-bottom time-shifted delivery of video content One or more devices, in a video content delivery network, provide real time video content to one or more devices located at a customer premise. The one or more devices also provide non-real time video content to at least one of the customer premise devices during idle time periods associated with the network and using lower effort Internet protocol (IP) transport. The non-real time video content may be broadcast, at a time after the idle time periods, by at least one of the customer premise devices.
US09282346B2	Method and system for automatic content recognition (ACR) integration for smartTVs and mobile communication devices A second screen communication device that is paired with an automatic content recognition (ACR) enabled display communication device launches an interactive application in response to an invitation cue generated and presented by the ACR-enabled display communication device while the ACR-enabled display communication device is displaying linear broadcast content. The linear broadcast content is a non-IP based broadcast content. The interactive application launched on the second screen communication device enables interaction with interactive content displayed by a user interface on the second screen communication device based on the invitation cue. The second screen communication device may generate one or more control elements that are utilized to control the interaction with the interactive content. The displaying of IP-based digital stream content corresponding to the linear broadcast content on the automatic content recognition enabled display may be resumed on the ACR enabled communication device utilizing the generated one or more control elements.
US09282342B2	Motion picture encoding apparatus and method thereof Provided is a video encoding apparatus, including a signal separator to separate a differential image block into a first domain and a second domain, based on a boundary line included in the differential image block, the differential image block indicating a difference between an original image and a prediction image with respect to the original image, a transform encoder to perform a transform encoding with respect to the first domain using a discrete cosine transform (DCT), a quantization unit to quantize an output of the transform encoding unit in a frequency domain, a space domain quantization unit to quantize the second domain in a space domain, and an entropy encoder to perform an entropy encoding using outputs of the quantization unit and the space domain quantization unit.
US09282340B2	Video encoding device, video encoding method, video encoding program, video decoding device, video decoding method, and video decoding program A video encoding device including a region division section for dividing a frame image constituting video data into a plurality of regions as encoding target regions, an encoding section for encoding an image of each region, an inverse transformation section and an addition section for generating reproduced image of the encoded image, a storage section for storing reproduced images, a prediction generation section for searching a region which is highly correlated to a reproduced image of a template region, which is adjacent to the region of the encoding target image in a predetermined positional relationship and is a part of the reproduced image, from the reproduced image, and determining a prediction signal based on the searched region and the above-mentioned positional relationship, and a subtraction section for generating a difference signal between the prediction signal and the encoding target image as a signal for encoding.
US09282338B2	Unified merge mode and adaptive motion vector prediction mode candidates selection A unified candidate block set for both adaptive motion vector prediction (AMVP) mode and merge mode for use in inter-prediction is proposed. In general, the same candidate block set is used regardless of which motion vector prediction mode (e.g., merge mode or AMVP mode) is used. In other examples of this disclosure, one candidate block in a set of candidate blocks is designated as an additional candidate block. The additional candidate block is used if one of the other candidate blocks is unavailable. Also, the disclosure proposes a checking pattern where the left candidate block is checked before the below left candidate block. Also, the above candidate block is checked before the right above candidate block.
US09282336B2	Method and apparatus for QP modulation based on perceptual models for picture encoding A method for encoding a picture is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating at least one respective macroblock statistic from each of a plurality of macroblocks in the picture, (B) generating at least one global statistic from the picture and (C) generating a respective macroblock quantization parameter for each of the macroblocks based on both (i) the at least one respective macroblock statistic and (ii) said at least one global statistic.
US09282335B2	System and method for coding image frames A method including modifying at least a first pixel value in a first portion of a first image frame to create a first difference between the first pixel value in the first image and a first pixel value in a first portion of a second image frame that, at least in part, represents a first code and providing the first image frame and the second image frame to a display device for display at different times is provided.
US09282326B2	Interactive camera calibration tool An interactive camera calibration tool is presented that provides live feedback on the state of the calibration and produces tightly-distributed calibration parameters even when used by novices. Target positions are suggested by the calibration tool. Once the target has been aligned with the target positions, image data of the target is captured and used to compute calibration parameters. This process is repeated until the computed parameters meet the accuracy requirements specified by the user. A novel calibration quality metric is also leveraged to automatically determine whether a calibration is sufficiently accurate.
US09282318B2	Image processing device, image processing method and image processing computer program product An image processing device, method and computer program product cooperate to make adjustments in detection area for image adjustment processing to when displacement adjustments have been made to a first or second imaging area. A detection area setting device sets a first detection area within a first imaging area and sets a second detection area in a second imaging area after a displacement adjustment is applied to at least one of the first imaging area and the second imaging area. The first detection area is an area used in image adjustment processing.
US09282317B2	Method and apparatus for processing an image and generating information representing the degree of stereoscopic effects A method and apparatus for processing an image are provided. The method includes obtaining an image, generating 3-dimensional (3D) disparity information that represents a degree of stereoscopic effects of the image, and outputting the 3D disparity information.
US09282315B2	Digital broadcast receiving method providing two-dimensional image and 3D image integration service, and digital broadcast receiving device using the same Digital broadcast receiving method comprising receiving base and additional view video streams and stereoscopic characteristics information. The method comprising identifying a virtual channel carrying a 3D broadcast service delivering additional and base view video streams encoded using different codecs using a service type field, wherein the service type field is included in a TVCT of a PSIP in an ATSC-type digital broadcast and identifying a codec type of each of the base and the additional view video streams using a stream type field included in a PMT, wherein the stream type field is related to each of the base and the additional view video streams, and wherein a value of the stream type field indicates the codec type of each of the base and the additional view video streams. The method also comprising processing base and additional view video streams for supporting the 3D broadcast service using the TVCT.
US09282312B2	Single-eye stereoscopic imaging device, correction method thereof, and recording medium thereof Provided is a technique capable of correcting unique shading characteristics of a single-eye stereoscopic imaging device. A focal length is acquired. A one-dimensional correction table corresponding to the focal length is acquired from a plurality of stored one-dimensional correction tables. Shading correction is performed using the acquired one-dimensional correction table. An arbitrary pixel is selected from main pixels, a correction value corresponding to the position of the selected pixel is read from the acquired one-dimensional correction table for the main pixel, and shading correction is performed for the basis of the correction value and the value of the arbitrary pixel. This process is performed for all of the main pixels and the sub-pixels. A two-dimensional SD correction unit performs normal shading correction for the data subjected to the shading correction using a two-dimensional correction table.
US09282310B2	Mobile terminal and control method thereof A mobile terminal and a control method of the mobile terminal are disclosed. A mobile terminal and a control method of the mobile terminal according to the present invention comprises a memory storing captured stereoscopic images; a display displaying the stored stereoscopic images; and a controller obtaining at least one information of a user viewing the display and changing attributes of the stereoscopic images according to the obtained information of the user and displaying the attribute-changed images. The present invention, by changing attributes of stereoscopic images according to obtained information of a user and displaying the attribute-changed images, can provide stereoscopic images optimized to a user watching a display apparatus.
US09282309B1	Methods, systems and apparatuses for multi-directional still pictures and/or multi-directional motion pictures The disclosure is generally directed to methods, systems and apparatuses for multi-directional still pictures and/or multi-directional motion pictures and their applications on mobile, embedded, and other computing devices and applications.
US09282308B2	System and method for automatically creating a media archive from content on a recording medium A media player may include a media reader to read media content from a recording medium inserted into the media reader. The media player may also include a media analysis component to identify one or more valid portions of the recording medium containing media content and one or more invalid portions of the recording medium without media content. In one embodiment, the media player includes an archival component to store the media content from the one or more valid portions in a storage medium and a playback component to play back the one or more valid portions of the media content from the storage medium concurrently with the identification of the one or more valid portions by the media analysis component and the storage of the media content by the archival component.
US09282307B2	System and methods for searching and displaying ontology-based data structures Systems and methods that for searching and displaying ontology-based data structures so that the essential and relevant qualities of searched subject matters may be categorized by subject indices. The system and methods described below utilize ontology-based data systems to enable a more integrated and tighter search experience while at the same time providing a natural search experience.
US09282306B2	Imaging device, information processing device, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program It is desired to obtain a more valuable picture from the viewpoint of a person seeing the picture. An imaging device (100) includes an imaging unit (40), a position/posture detection unit (60) that detects a spatial displacement, and a data processing unit (50) that processes image data supplied from the imaging unit (40) in a format in accordance with the displacement detected by the position/posture detection unit (60). The imaging device (100) is built in a mobile phone or the like, for example. A lens unit (30) is often disposed on an imager included in the imaging unit (40).
US09282304B1	Full-color images produced by white-light interferometry A true-color image of a sample is obtained from interference data captured with a color camera. The irradiance of each color on the respective photo-sensor represents the sum of DC components received from the object and the reference surface and a modulated interference component. The color is determined at each pixel by removing the interference component and the reference-surface component from the irradiance data. The color map so derived is then combined with the height map produced with the same data to yield a true-color 3D map of the sample.
US09282302B2	Stripe noise correction method of captured image, photographing apparatus and electronic endoscopic apparatus A stripe noise correction method of a captured image includes: storing a value calculated by rounding off a portion below the decimal point of a stripe noise value into a memory as correction data of an integer part that corrects a stripe noise for each color; and storing the magnitude of a quantization error calculated by rounding off for each color and for each pixel column or each pixel row into the memory as correction data of a fractional part; and correcting captured image signals of the image captured by a image sensor with the correction data of the integer part and the fractional part read from the memory.
US09282300B2	Projector and control method A projector includes a screen having a periodic array of color stripes for producing visible light depending on incident light, a light source that remits a light beam, a projection unit that scans an area of the screen where the color stripes are disposed, with the light beam in a direction across the color stripes, to display an image on the screen, a detector that detects the visible light from each of the color stripes as a feedback light pulse, and a controller that adjusts a start-of-emission timing of the light source based on a start-of-detection timing at which the feedback light pulse is detected by the detector and a detection period during which the feedback light pulse is detected by the detector, and controlling the light source to emit the light beam in order to apply light pulses to the color stripes within boundaries thereof.
US09282287B1	Real-time video transformations in video conferences Systems and methods are disclosed for real-time video transformations in video conferences. A method includes receiving, by a processing device, a request from a first participant of a video conference to modify a video stream. The method further includes identifying, by the processing device, a foreground and a background within the video stream. The method further includes generating, by the processing device, a modified video stream including a video or image inserted into the background.
US09282285B2	Providing user video having a virtual curtain to an online conference A technique provides user video to an online conference. The technique involves receiving a live user video signal from a camera device. The live user video signal defines a field of view. The technique further involves automatically identifying live initial content of a presentation region within the field of view and live initial content of a privacy region (e.g., a background region) within the field of view. The technique further involves generating, as the user video signal to the online conference, a modified user video signal based on the live user video signal. The modified video signal includes (i) the live initial content of the presentation region within the field of view and (ii) modified video content in place of the live initial content of the privacy region within the field of view. Such operation effectively forms a virtual curtain in which anything in the background is hidden.
US09282281B2	Cable modem with dual automatic attenuation Described herein are a number of steps, methods and/or solutions that can be applied to greatly improve attenuation control of RF signals in cable plant. The present disclosure is directed to a cable modem auto-attenuation system or any other signal transferring system. The system may be capable of taking a high-power signal from the cable plant's service line, dropping the power value down to a usable level and transmitting the signal to a cable modem while eliminating the need for rigorous manual adjustments that a normal cable modem often requires. In certain embodiments, the system may be integrated into a separate device connected between the modem and the cable company service line and configured to handle upstream and downstream attenuation separately or jointly.
US09282279B2	Quality enhancement in multimedia capturing A method for controlling capturing of multimedia content, the method comprising: capturing multimedia content by an apparatus, said multimedia content comprising at least an audio signal and a video signal; obtaining control information based on at least either of said audio signal or video signal; controlling pre-processing of the audio signal based on the control information obtained from the video signal; and/or controlling pre-processing of the video signal based on the control information obtained from the audio signal.
US09282278B2	Method, multimedia system and network side device for recording program The present invention provides a method for recording programs, a multimedia system and a network side device. The multimedia system includes a network side device and a plurality of nodes, wherein the network side device is configured to generate a recording task after receiving a recording request, and send in advance the recording task to each node in which a channel specified in the recording task is stored, and the nodes are configured to record a program on the channel specified in the recording task after receiving the recording task, and return recording result information to the network side device. According to the recording method of the present invention, when the recording is failed, inter-node mutual reconstruction and complementary recording can be performed, which greatly decreases the possibility of failure in the recording of the program, and provides the quality of service of more fluent TVOD for users.
US09282277B2	Storage device and controller to selectively activate a storage media In a particular embodiment, a system includes a controller adapted to determine a data transfer rate associated with at least one data stream to be written to a storage media and to selectively activate at least one of a first memory and a second memory based on the data transfer rate to record the at least one data stream.
US09282275B2	Television and electronic apparatus According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a heat sink in the housing, a heat pipe including a curved portion toward the heat sink, and a fan including a cutout portion accommodating the curved portion.
US09282274B2	System and method for reducing intra-channel interference The present invention provides a method for determining a local oscillator frequency for a baseband converter, comprising obtaining characteristics of a channel comprising a plurality of radio signals at corresponding radio frequencies; using the channel characteristics to select a local oscillator frequency to use in baseband conversion of the plurality of radio signals of the channel to form a first baseband converted signal and a second baseband converted signal; and programming a local oscillator to operate the selected local oscillator frequency; wherein the local oscillator frequency is selected such that an image rejection ratio of the baseband converted second signal to an image of the baseband converted first signal is above a predetermined threshold.
US09282273B2	Multimedia mobile personalization system A multimedia mobile personalization system provides a remote control that detects a user's electronic tag, e.g. an RFID tag. The remote control notifies a multimedia device of the user's identity. The multimedia devices tailors it operations to the user's preferences stored locally. Multimedia content such as broadcast or recorded television programs, music play lists, and the like could be sorted, displayed, or restricted, depending on the user identifier.
US09282271B2	Solid-state imaging apparatus with two column amplifying units outputting signals at different gains with correction processor to reduce gain error A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising a plurality of pixels generating a photoelectric conversion signal, a column amplifying unit corresponding to columns of the pixels, for outputting a first and second signals generated by amplifying the photoelectric conversion signal at a smaller first gain and larger second gain respectively, an analog to digital converter (21) for converting the first and second signals from an analog signal to a digital signal, a comparing unit (224) for inputting the digital signal from the analog to digital converter, level-shifting into the same gain level the first and second signals converted by the analog to digital converter, and thereafter detecting a gain error between the level-shifted first and second signals, and a correction unit (226) for correcting the first and second signals based on the gain error.
US09282269B2	A/D conversion device, solid-state image-capturing device, and electronic device The present invention is to provide an A/D conversion device, a solid-state image-capturing device, and an electronic device capable of removing fixed pattern noise, capable of preventing an image from being corrupted, capable of generating an appropriate carry signal during bit shift, and capable of avoiding bit inconsistency even when the frequency of the carry signal increases due to the bit shift. A reading unit includes a comparator configured to compare the analog signal potential with a reference signal of which slope is variable, a counter latch unit capable of AD conversion based on processing according to the output of the comparator, and a bit shift function unit capable of bit-shifting the digital data obtained by the counter latch unit, and when digital Correlated Double Sampling (CDS) is performed with a first signal and a second signal having different bit precisions obtained from the comparison with reference signals of different slopes, the bit shift function unit bit-shifts the first signal or the second signal.
US09282266B2	Using an image sensor for recording frames in fast succession An image sensor comprising a row of light sensors registering incident light as electric signals, and a shift register including first and second register places per each light sensor is used for recording frames in fast succession. The image sensor allows for transferring the electric signals from the light sensors to the respective first register places and for shifting the electric signals on selected ones of the first and second register places forward in the shift register. After a first exposure time, the electric signals from each of a plurality of pairs of neighboring light sensors are added on one register place. After a second exposure time, the electric signals from each of the same pairs of neighboring light sensors are added on one register place located between two of the register places on which added electric signals from the first exposure time are present.
US09282265B2	Camera devices and systems based on a single image sensor and methods for manufacturing the same A camera device includes a single imaging sensor, a plurality of imaging objectives associated with the single imaging sensor, and a plurality of dedicated image areas within the single imaging sensor, each of the plurality of dedicated image areas corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of imaging objectives, such that images formed by each of the plurality of imaging objectives may be recorded by the single imaging sensor.
US09282263B2	Solid-state imaging apparatus with driving lines supplying driving signals through buffers arranged between pixels An object is to provide a solid-state imaging apparatus capable of causing driving signals of pixels to reach the entire screen and of driving all the pixels. The solid-state imaging apparatus includes a pixel region including a plurality of pixels therein, each pixel having a photoelectric conversion element and at least one transistor, and a plurality of driving lines, each driving each of the plurality of transistors arranged in the pixel region, wherein the driving line supplies a driving signal through a buffer arranged in the pixel region to the transistor, and the number of the buffers is smaller than the number of the pixels.
US09282257B2	Image apparatus and imaging method An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element, a correction value calculating unit, and a correction unit. The imaging element images an object through a photographing lens to generate an image signal. The correction value calculating unit calculates correction values for a plurality of frequency components of the image signal, the correction values corresponding to an aperture value acquired when the object is imaged through the photographing lens. The correction unit corrects frequency characteristics of the plurality of frequency components in accordance with the correction values calculated.
US09282255B2	Imaging apparatus and control method There is provided an imaging apparatus that includes a reception section, and an output section. The reception section is configured to receive a trigger from an external apparatus at a timing for reset and readout of an imaging element. The output section is configured to provide back, to the apparatus, a status indicating in which state the imaging element is when the reception section receives the trigger.
US09282253B2	System and method for multiple-frame based super resolution interpolation for digital cameras A digital camera system for super resolution image processing constructed to receive a plurality of input frames and output at least one digitally zoomed frame is provided. The digital camera system includes a motion registration module configured to generate motion information associated with the plurality of input frames, an interpolation module configured to generate a plurality of interpolated input frames based at least in part on the plurality of input frames and the motion information, a weights calculation module configured to calculate one or more weights associated with the plurality of input frames based on at least the motion information, and a weighted merging module configured to merge the plurality interpolated input frames consistent with the one or more weights to generate the at least one digitally zoomed frame.
US09282247B2	Camera module The present disclosure relates to a camera module including a fixture; a moving part centrally coupled with a lens and arranged to move relative to the fixture; three or more magnets arranged at a periphery of the moving part; and three or more coils arranged from an inner surface of the fixture to areas opposite to the three or more magnets, where each of the coils independently receives a control signal so that the moving part moves to a height direction and tilted relative to a central axis of the moving part, whereby a lens can be axially moved and tilted at the same time using arrangement of a single set of coils and magnets.
US09282244B2	Camera non-touch switch Various embodiments provide a wearable camera that can be worn by a user. In one or more embodiments, the wearable camera can include a non-touch switch that can be utilized to access and activate various camera functionality.
US09282242B2	Method and electric device for taking panoramic photograph A method for an electric device to take a panoramic photograph is provided and the method includes following steps. A first image is captured. A first line is displayed on a preview window. A first graphical object and a second graphical object are displayed on the first line. Posture information of the electric device is obtained. The second graphical object is moved along the first line according to the posture information. It is determined if the electric device is panned horizontally or tilted vertically according to the first line. A second image is captured if the second graphical object reaches the first graphical object and the electric device is panned horizontally or tilted vertically. The panoramic photograph is generated according to the first image and the second image. Accordingly, a user obtains a panoramic photograph easily.
US09282241B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and image processing program Playback of backside appearance of an image capture subject at an appropriate playback speed that is in accordance with a predetermined playback time length is achieved by: outputting one recording start point and one recording end point within a period in which a turn motion of the image capture subject is detected; storing a video recording of the turn motion; calculating a recorded time length of at least one specific section of the video; determining a playback speed of the specific section in accordance with the playback time length; and playing back the specific section at the playback speed, whereby the specific section is played back over the playback time length regardless of the recorded time length of the specific section.
US09282240B2	Imaging device and imaging method An imaging device includes a controller; an image sensor connected to the controller and outputting RAW data; and a memory connected to the controller. The image sensor is configured to output the RAW data to the controller at a predetermined pixel output rate. The controller generates first image data by reducing the RAW data output from the image sensor. The controller generates second image data by carrying out correction processing with respect to the first image data. The controller is configured to store the RAW data output from the image sensor and the second image data in the memory.
US09282239B2	Apparatus and method for photographing portrait in portable terminal having camera A method for photographing a portrait in an apparatus having a camera is provided. The method includes detecting a person in an image obtained by a camera in a photographing mode, determining occurrence of an error by identifying whether the detected person is located in a subject recognition area, generating an error warning including direction information so that the person moves into the subject recognition area if at least a portion of the person is out of the subject recognition area based on the determining of the occurrence of the error, and storing an image output by the camera if the person is located in the subject recognition area based on the determining of the occurrence of the error.
US09282238B2	Camera system for determining pose quality and providing feedback to a user A camera system may include an image sensor to generate real-time image data of a scene having a subject. A pose evaluator can generate a pose metric signal having a pose value that provides a variable measure of a pose quality for the subject in the scene. A pose feedback indicator can provide user-perceptible feedback demonstrating the value of the pose metric signal, such that the variable measure of the pose quality is provided.
US09282234B2	Focus adjustment apparatus and method, and image capturing apparatus A focus adjustment apparatus comprises: a focus adjustment unit configured to execute focus adjustment processing by driving a focus lens based on focus evaluation values calculated respectively for periodically sensed images while scanning the focus lens within a predetermined scan range; a first processing unit configured to execute processing, an operation of which is affected by driving of the focus lens; a second processing unit configured to execute processing, an operation of which is not affected by driving of the focus lens; a determination unit configured to determine a start position of the scan range; and a control unit configured to control the first processing unit to execute the processing before the focus lens is scanned to the start position, and controls the second processing unit to execute the processing during the scan of the focus lens to the start position.
US09282233B2	Information registration system, information registration method, registration apparatus, and image pickup apparatus A registration apparatus obtains, from an image pickup apparatus, identification information set in a lens apparatus that is attached to the image pickup apparatus. The registration apparatus pre-stores lens information including information that identifies the models of lens apparatuses and corresponding correction information, such that the lens information can be referenced by identification information. The registration apparatus displays a list of the stored lens apparatus models in a confirmation window such that the models of lens apparatuses corresponding to obtained identification information can be distinguished from the models of other lens apparatuses.
US09282231B2	Photographing appartatus Controlling a photographing apparatus that can play back an image on an external display device, to achieve energy savings when playing back the image on the external display device is provided. After a photographed image is transmitted to the external display device, if a control signal is sourced by a remote control power to a back-surface LCD 102a and/or the touch panel 102b is turned off.
US09282226B2	Camera housing for a square-profile camera A square camera housing accommodates a square camera with a substantially square profile. The square camera housing includes a latching mechanism to secure the camera in the housing, a mounting mechanism to secure the housing to a mounting device, and multiple openings in the housing body to accommodate the camera interface. These features allow the square camera to be inserted and secured in the square camera housing in one of a plurality of orientations relative to the square camera housing.
US09282225B2	Stand for IP camera and IP camera having the same, and using method thereof A stand for an IP camera is provided. The stand comprises a base, a supporting component and a cable organizer. The supporting component is disposed on the base and has a hole. The cable organizer is configured for being inserted into the hole. The cable organizer has a first surface, a second surface and a side surface, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface, and the side surface connects the first surface with the second surface. The cable organizer comprises at least one through hole portion. The through hole portion has a slit that allows a cable to be received through and organized in the through hole portion by passing through the slit. An IP camera having the stand and a using method of the stand are also provided.
US09282217B2	Generating data to control the ejection of ink drops According to one example of the present invention, there is provided a method of generating data to control the ejection of ink drops from a plurality of arrays of printhead nozzles of a printing system. In the printing system one of the arrays of nozzles is configured to eject a first ink of a first color having a first colorant density. Another one of the arrays of nozzles is configured to eject a second ink of the first color having a second colorant density. Each array of nozzles is capable of making ink marks having a plurality of different ink mark volumes on a media. The method comprises obtaining image data for a single color channel and generating, from the image data, multi-level screen data describing, for each of the first and second inks, the ink mark volume to be made by the array of printhead nozzles at each screen location.
US09282211B2	Image forming apparatus, control method, and storage medium in which data is shared between applications Provided is an image forming apparatus that accepts a processing request if the processing request is performed via a relay function by using function information of a function provided by an application, executes the function provided by the application in response to an instruction according to the processing request, and notifies the relay function about the execution result. The application is realized as a servlet.
US09282209B2	Image reading device varying conveyance torque based on type of sheet An image reading device includes a sheet setting portion, a reading unit, a detecting unit, and a controller. The conveying unit is configured to convey a sheet in a conveying direction at a first velocity. The reading unit is configured to read the sheet at a reading position. The detecting unit is configured to detect the sheet at a detection position upstream of the reading position in the conveying direction. The controller is configured to control the conveying unit to initiate conveyance of sheet, and configured to control the reading unit to start reading the sheet when the sheet is detected. The controller controls the conveying unit to convey the sheet at a second velocity slower than the first velocity when the sheet is not detected after a prescribed period of time has elapsed since the conveying unit initiates the conveyance of sheet.
US09282208B2	Facsimile device, option unit, and control device One or more option units connecting with a communication system that includes a control part configured to control a communication are provided with an upper side signal line connecting with a lower side signal line of an option unit connected in an upper position, a lower side signal line connecting with an upper side signal line of an option unit connected in a lower position; and a control circuit. A potential of the upper side signal line is changed from the second potential in response to a potential change from a potential in a normal state which is different from a potential in an initial state of the lower side signal line.
US09282207B2	Display system including relay apparatus and first and second display apparatuses When a first remote panel accepts an operation to move a display screen, the first remote panel transmits information on the operation to a relay server. The relay server determines a destination display screen based on the received information, and transmits information on the destination display screen to each of an MFP (Multifunction Peripheral), the first remote panel, and a second remote panel. The relay server transmits data on the destination display screen to each of the first and second remote panels. After transmitting the information on the destination display screen, the relay server receives data on a neighboring screen of the destination display screen from the MFP.
US09282206B2	Portable information terminal and recording medium Provided is a portable information terminal capable of selectively displaying a display screen based on a single application, from among display screens of a plurality of applications, the portable information terminal including: a display unit which displays a display screen of a cooperation source application; a generation unit which generates, based on a start instruction which instructs to start a cooperation destination application, an image for background for the cooperation destination application by capturing the display screen of the cooperation source application. The cooperation destination application has, as a main display area, a display area smaller than an entire display area of the display screen of the cooperation source application. The display unit displays the image for background given from the cooperation source application to the cooperation destination application, in a peripheral area of the main display area of the cooperation destination application.
US09282203B2	Communication apparatus, method of controlling the same and storage medium A communication apparatus comprises a modem configured to performed FAX communication, and a connection unit configured to connect a telephone apparatus. The communication apparatus detects a CNG signal, and controls, in a case where there is an incoming call in a state in which FAX communication is being performed by the modem, if the CNG signal is not detected in the detecting, so that a signal is supplied from a line to the telephone apparatus, and controls, in a case where there is an incoming call in a state in which FAX communication is not being performed by the modem, if the CNG signal is detected in the detecting, so that FAX communication by the modem is initiated.
US09282198B2	Method and apparatus for providing special call handling for valued customers of retailers The present invention enables users of a network service to register with the network as valued shoppers, thereby allowing them to receive specialized treatment when calling registered retailers. The present invention enables retailers to register with the network, thereby allowing them to set preferred service logic for handling valued customer calls by the network.
US09282195B2	Echo canceller and echo cancellation method An echo canceller and an echo cancellation method are provided. The echo canceller includes a self-adaptive filter, a voice signal detection portion and a path change detection portion; a far-end voice signal is propagated in an echo path through a speaker and is picked up by a microphone to form an echo signal. The self-adaptive filter is configured to receive the far-end voice signal as a training signal to simulate the echo path, and cancel the echo signal in a near-end signal. The voice signal detection portion is configured to detect a communication status, control the self-adaptive filter according to the communication status, and control startup of the path change detection portion according to the communication status. The path change detection portion is configured to detect whether a change occurs on the echo path, and control the self-adaptive filter according to whether the change occurs on the echo path.
US09282193B2	Call routing An inbound traffic allocation module is configured to store, in a database, data received from a plurality of site-services, and to determine a route capacity based at least in part on the received data, data received from each of the site-services including data related to at least one of a health and a busyness of the site-service. A traffic manager module is configured to retrieve the data from the site-services and to provide the data to the inbound traffic allocation module. A service selection engine module is configured to receive a request to route a call, and to route the call to one of the site-services based at least in part on the route capacity associated with the site-service.
US09282191B2	Method and apparatus for conferencing of text messages A system and method are provided which provide a text messaging conference among at least three users who communicate on different first communication channels. A message initiated by a first user is received on one of the first communication channels. The message seeks to initiate a text message conference and includes identities of a plurality of additional users to participate in the messaging conference. Conference participants are identified by a two part identifier, which allows a single participant to participate in multiple ongoing simultaneous conferences.
US09282190B2	Method for transferring control of a conference call The invention concerns a method for transferring control of an existing multi-participant conversation (5, 15, 25), in which at least two communication terminals (D1, D2, D3) are connected to each other through a data connection (C1, C2, C5), to a conference control application (KS). The method comprises the following steps: Establishment of a virtual conference room (CR) that serves as an anchor point for the application (KS) and can be a virtual participant in the conference, switching (9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59) of the conference room (CR) into the existing data connection (C1, C2, C5), and assignment (8, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60) of the master role to the conference room (CR), wherein a signal generated by the application (KS) causes the switching (9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59) of the conference room (CR) into the existing data connection (C1, C2, C5), and the assignment (8, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60) of the master role to the conference room (CR).
US09282188B2	Voice message exchange Disclosed is a voice message exchange system and method for improving communication between an inmate and a third party by enabling the inmate to leave a message when a call is not answered and further allowing the third party who receives the message to reply with a message to the inmate. Additionally, outside parties that meet the institution's requirements can leave messages for inmates at any time. The present invention can be used as an add-on to legacy inmate call management systems or incorporated internally into an inmate call management system. The system also provides monitoring, controlling, recording, and billing means.
US09282181B2	Efficient retrieval of 4G LTE capabilities A mobile device executes a background process under an on demand model that queries a remote service exposed by a mobile broadband network to receive status updates as to the capabilities of devices, such as the ability to stream video, that are associated with contacts that are stored on the mobile device. When a mobile device user invokes an action like using a dialer application that causes a contact to be displayed on the device's user interface (UI) such as in a contact card or contact list format, the background process immediately retrieves status for that contact card or list. While waiting for the status retrieval to complete, the background process will trigger the display of a temporary UI on the mobile device which can show either unknown capabilities status or show the most recently retrieved status that is read out of a cache.
US09282179B2	Accessory for mobile electronic device Control means of a wearable electronic communication device for control purpose and use thereof are claimed. The wearable electronic communication device comprises a flexible loop being at least partly flattened and comprising non-twistable rigid members; an electronic unit; and push buttons disposed on the rigid members at such a distance from each other so as to avoid possibility of pushing two push buttons simultaneously with one finger, wherein the push surface of each push button does not project beyond the surface of the rigid member bearing the push button, and a control signal is generated only when two push buttons are pushed simultaneously.
US09282177B2	Caller ID surfing A method and system for displaying and producing computer based documents seamlessly to users that relate to their telephone calls is provided. The invention is able to be used with social media, where the mobile station searches for the social media page of the caller based on the Caller ID and displays it to the recipient of the call on the mobile station screen, possibly with other Internet search results. The method and system allow the user to obtain the newest public information about the person who calls him or he decides to call, or any documents that might be intermittent between the people. The system adds “bandwidth”, i.e. speed, efficiency and more dimensions to personal communication, as the users of the inventive system can also visually see by documentation what is going on in the relationship between two or more people.
US09282176B2	Voice recognition dialing for alphabetic phone numbers Systems, methods and media for determining a phone number from a spoken alphabetic phone number are disclosed. Embodiments may include a method for determining a phone number that includes receiving spoken alphanumeric content from a user, the spoken alphanumeric content having one or more alphabetic characters, such as letters, numbers or words. The spoken alphanumeric content may include termination words or separation words in addition to alphabetic characters. The method may also include parsing the received spoken alphanumeric content to determine equivalent numbers for alphabetic characters in the alphanumeric content, such as by parsing spoken received spoken letters, numbers and/or words to determine their equivalent numbers. The method may also include determining the phone number based on the received spoken alphanumeric content and the determined equivalent numbers. Further embodiments may include dialing the determined phone number after determining the phone number.
US09282169B1	Real-time user interaction-based alterations to the scope of data synchronization between client and remote devices Methods, apparatus and systems for altering a scope of data synchronization are disclosed. The scope of data synchronization is altered in real-time via user interactions with the data. In one embodiment, a client device may include folder stubs that reference folders of information stored at a remote server. In response to a user selecting the folder stub, additional folder and/or file stubs provided within the folder are acquired by the client device from the remote server, and a scope of data synchronization is expanded to include the path to the folder referenced by the folder stub. The scope of data synchronization may also be contracted. In response to a user commanding the client device to de-synchronize a synchronized folder, the scope of synchronization may be contracted to exclude the folder and any sub-folders.
US09282164B2	Application hints for network action A user application may provide a hint which may be used by a compute device to select a tag to be inserted into the packets generated by the user application. Upon some event, the application transmits a hint associated with a network flow generated by the user application to a stack associated with the computing device. One of the layers of the stack—e.g., the operating system in the computing device—may include a hint database that contains rules for selecting tags using a received hint as input. The layer may then insert the tag into one or more packets of the network flow. When processing the packet, network devices in the SDN enabled network recognize the tag and perform an action corresponding to the tag.
US09282160B2	Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for flexible caching of resource oriented web services A cache management apparatus, method, and computer readable medium which manages caching of resources. The method includes analyzing a structure of a resource in a system which exposes resources to clients, generating a dependency graph of objects linked to a resource based on the analyzed structure of the resource, and managing caching of resources based on the generated dependency graphs. A generated dependency graph includes hierarchical dependency information with respect to the objects of the resource.
US09282152B2	Providing push to all (PTA) service A system and method of providing a Push To All (PTA) service enables a PTA service terminal having limited resources to efficiently perform a multi session, while performing a PTA service such as Push To Talk (PTT), Push To Video (PTV) or Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP) with a second PTA terminal via an already established session, by rejecting another session requested by a third terminal upon a service type of the session being the same as a service type of the already established session, and by accepting the session upon the service type of the session being different from the already established session.
US09282150B2	Method for allocation of network resources in an operations network for a selected environment A method for allocation of network resources in an operations network for a selected environment includes, among other things, a plurality of applications communicating over a network having a bandwidth capacity and a plurality of modes including at least a first mode and a second mode.
US09282149B2	Reading group ebook synchronization A reading group that is associated with an ebook is defined, the reading group including a master device and one or more follower devices. A synchronization command is received from the master device to synchronize the reading location of the one or more follower devices to a read section, the read section specifying a portion of the ebook. The synchronization command is provided to the one or more follower devices, and in response to receiving the synchronization command the one or more follower devices are configured to present the ebook in accordance with the read section.
US09282145B2	Systems and methods for managing loading priority or sequencing of fragments of a web object This disclosure is directed to methods and systems for managing rendering of a web page in a browser. A client operated by a user may execute code within a first fragment of a web page as the first fragment is presented to the user. The code may be injected into the first fragment by an intermediary between the client and a server of the web page. The intermediary may have split the web page into the first fragment and a plurality of fragments, and may have modified a default rendering characteristic for each of the plurality of fragments. Each of the modified rendering characteristic may include a trigger and action for rendering of a corresponding fragment. The executing code may dynamically detect a trigger for rendering of a second fragment from the plurality of fragments. The executing code may initiate a corresponding action for rendering of the second fragment.
US09282132B2	Publish/subscribe mashups for social networks Described herein is a mashing technology that facilitates mashup creation over a plurality of publish/subscribe social network data stream. These mashing techniques that are tailored to managing content from disparate social networks. As described herein, these techniques include creating and using a set of operations that facilitate the creation of “mashups” over multiple publish/subscribe social network data streams.
US09282130B1	Dynamic media negotiation in secure media-based conferencing Methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, are described for negotiating media capabilities between a plurality of end point devices in a media-based conference session. A server computing device receives a request to join a conference session between a plurality of end point devices, the request received from a first device and comprising a media flow. The server computing device identifies at least one of the first device and a network from which the first device sent the request. The server computing device determines whether a media negotiation profile associated with the identified device exists. The server computing device determines whether a media negotiation profile associated with the identified network exists. The server computing device adjusts one or more of a bitrate, a session description, and a destination multipoint control unit, based upon the media negotiation profiles. The server computing device connects the adjusted media flow to the conference session.
US09282126B1	Context aware transactions performed on integrated service platforms Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to user access to an application service that references user account information and previous user action information. One example method may include receiving, via a receiver device, user input information to access an application, the user input information including at least one action request and authorizing the user to access the application. The method may also include storing the user input information as part of a contextual history information record in a database memory, generating a response message to the selected at least one action request based on the contextual history information, and forwarding the response message to the user via a transmitter device.
US09282124B2	System and method for integrating session initiation protocol communication in a telecommunications platform A system and method for facilitating signaling and media communication at a communication platform that includes receiving a communication request to a resource, wherein the communication request specifies a destination endpoint; establishing signaling and media communication in a session with the destination endpoint of the communication request; registering a callback resource to a signaling event of the session; monitoring signaling messages of the session; detecting the signaling event in the signaling messages of the session; and triggering the callback resource upon detecting the signaling event.
US09282123B2	Method and apparatus for specifying time-varying intelligent service-oriented model A method and an apparatus for specifying a time-varying, intelligent service-oriented model are provided. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions, includes defining information of a service which is to be provided to one or more users having access to a system storing the defined information. The method further includes defining policies associated with the defined information to allow and deny access to selected portions of the defined information, and exposing to a user of the one or more users the selected portions of the defined information based on the defined policies allowing access to the selected portions of the defined information.
US09282122B2	Method and apparatus for multi-tenancy secrets management A service provider computing environment includes a service provider secrets policy. A service provider computing device receives tenant secrets policies from tenants. The tenants are tenants of multi-tenant assets of a service provider. The service provider computing environment determines of the tenant secrets policies satisfy the requirements of the service provider secrets policy. If the tenant secrets policies satisfy the requirements of the service provider secrets policy, the service provider computing environment allows the tenant secrets policies to be applied to tenant data or information in the multi-tenant assets.
US09282121B2	Security language translations with logic resolution Security language constructs may be translated into logic language constructs and vice versa. Logic resolution may be effected using, for example, the logic language constructs. In an example implementation, translation of a security language assertion into at least one logic language rule is described. In another example implementation, translation of a proof graph reflecting a logic language into a proof graph reflecting a security language is described. In yet another example implementation, evaluation of a logic language program using a deterministic algorithm is described.
US09282116B1	System and method for preventing DOS attacks utilizing invalid transaction statistics A method and network traffic management device to protect a network from network based attacks is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, at a network traffic management device, a plurality of requests from a plurality of client devices for one or more resources from one or more servers. The method comprises monitoring a number of server responses including an invalid transaction message for a particular client device or a particular requested resource. The method comprises comparing a ratio of invalid transactions to valid transactions for the particular client device or requested resource to a preestablished ratio threshold value. The method comprises marking the particular client device or requested resource as suspicious when the ratio exceeds the ratio threshold value. The method comprises preventing the suspicious particular client device or requested resource from being transmitted to the one or more servers when the network traffic management device detects a network attack.
US09282109B1	System and method for analyzing packets A system is provided with an interface and controller. The interface is configured to receive packets transmitted over a network between a first device and a second device. Transmitted over the network in accordance with a packet protocol, the packets include at least one packet transmitted from the first device and at least one packet transmitted from the second device. Coupled to the interface, the controller is configured to determine whether a plurality of packets have suspicious characteristics of malware and transmit the suspicious packets to an analysis environment. The analysis environment is configured to receive the plurality of packets that have suspicious characteristics of malware, modify at least a portion of these suspicious packets, and transmit at least the modified portion of the plurality of packets that have suspicious characteristics of malware to a virtual machine in accordance with a sequence of the packet protocol.
US09282108B2	Generalized certificate use in policy-based secure messaging environments Within a secure messaging environment, a determination is made that a request to send a message has been generated by a user. A message protection policy configured to process the message within the secure messaging environment is identified. The message protection policy specifies that, within the secure messaging environment, a secured digital certificate, other than a user-assigned digital certificate of the user, is configured with an associated private key to digitally sign the message on behalf of the user. Based upon the message protection policy, a determination is made to digitally sign the message using the private key of the secured digital certificate. The message is signed on behalf of the user using the private key of the secured digital certificate.
US09282104B2	Access management service system and method for controlling same, and non-transitory computer readable medium An access management service system that manages use of a service provided by a resource service system, comprises: a holding unit which holds information of a user and information of a client system in a storage unit; a determination unit which, if an authorization request for use of the service is received from the client system due to an instruction from a user having authority to use the service, determines whether a group to which the user belongs and a group to which the client system belongs match based on the information held in the storage unit; and a presentation unit which, if the determination unit determines that the groups match, presents, to the user, a screen for instructing whether or not to permit delegation of the authority of the user to the client system.
US09282103B2	Restriction lists for remote video transfer A method of granting a client device remote access to a media server after receiving a port request from a remote client device at a residential gateway through an intermediate remote access control server by opening one or more wide area network ports temporarily mapped to local area network ports, such that the remote client device can communicate with the media server through the wide area network ports, transmitting a list of the one or more wide area network ports to the remote client device through the remote access control server, receiving a media content request from the remote client device and passing the media content request to the media server through the one or more wide area network ports, and passing media content from the media server to the remote client device through the one or more wide area network ports according to one or more restriction lists.
US09282101B2	Multimedia message service method and system Disclosed is a method of sharing multimedia contents, by a server, including storing the multimedia contents, receiving an establishment request configured to establish one of a plurality of access modes for the multimedia contents from a first terminal, establishing an access mode according to the establishment request for the multimedia contents, receiving an access request for the multimedia contents stored in the server from at least one second terminal, determining whether the at least one second terminal is allowed to access the multimedia message based on the access mode, and transmitting the multimedia contents, wherein the access mode includes at least one of a private mode for access by only the first terminal, a restricted mode for access by the at least one second terminal, and a public mode for access by all terminals.
US09282100B2	Privilege separation In one implementation, an interposer library is installed on an embedded system or another type of computing system. The system may be configured to host web services or route data packets. A processor, executes processes of the system, and the interposer library intercepts data indicative of relationships of the processes. An access map is generated based on relationships of the processes of the system. The system is modified according to a set of procedures derived from the access map. The set of procedures may be derived by the processor or the access map. The set of procedures may be a minimum privilege solution that minimizes the privilege level of each process to a lowest privilege possible while maintaining the requisite functions of the process.
US09282095B2	Security and privacy enhancements for security devices A tamper-resistant security device, such as a subscriber identity module or equivalent, has an AKA (Authentication and Key Agreement) module for performing an AKA process with a security key stored in the device, as well as means for external communication. The tamper-resistant security device includes an application that cooperates with the AKA module and an internal interface for communications between the AKA module and the application. The application cooperating with the AKA module is preferably a security and/or privacy enhancing application. For increased security, the security device may also detect whether it is operated in its normal secure environment or a foreign less secure environment and set access rights to resident files or commands that could expose the AKA process or corresponding parameters accordingly.
US09282094B1	Transparent adaptive authentication and transaction monitoring Enhanced security processes are integrated into online service provider workflow activities in a transparent fashion with little or no impact on the servers. Enhanced security processes may include adaptive authentication and transaction monitoring. The enhanced security processes are partially implemented in a network device, such as a network communication device, a firewall, or a load balancing system, or a separate security device, rather than being implemented in the server systems hosting on-line websites. With such an arrangement, server software is minimally modified or rewritten, and third party software, such as security applications, remains in operation.
US09282093B2	Synchronizing credential hashes between directory services The subject disclosure is directed towards securely synchronizing passwords that are changed at a source location (e.g., an on-premises directory service) to a target location (e.g., a cloud directory service), so that the same credentials may be used to log into the source or target location, yet without necessarily having each domain controller handle the synchronization. The plaintext password is not revealed, instead using hash values computed therefrom to represent the password-related data. The target may receive a secondary hash of a primary hash, and thereby only receive and store a password blob. Authentication is accomplished by using the same hashing algorithms at the target service to compute a blob and compare against the synchronized blob. Also described are crypto agility and/or changing hashing algorithms without requiring a user password change.
US09282090B2	Methods and systems for identity verification in a social network using ratings The disclosed embodiment relates to identity verification and identity management, and in particular, to methods and systems for identifying individuals, identifying users accessing one or more services over a network, determining member identity ratings, and based on member identity ratings that restrict access to identity rating-restricted services and certain user-to-user interactions. Further, the user experience in performing identity management is simplified and enhanced as disclosed herein.
US09282087B1	System and methods for reviewing user generated content and providing authorization Systems and methods for providing authorization of user-generated content are described, including a computer-implemented method for providing content by a first user is provided, including receiving, by one or more computing devices, content from the first user, analyzing context data associated with the content received from the first user, providing the content received from the first user to an authorizer based on a result of the analyzing the context data associated with the content, and providing the content of the first user to a second user in response to receiving an authorization from the authorizer.
US09282081B2	Reduced traceability electronic message system and method An electronic messaging system and method with reduced traceability. An electronic message is separated into a message content and container (header) information. In one aspect, the message content and header information are entered by a user separately using a single display image screen having separate portions for entry of message content and header information. The separate portions do not allow visibility of content in the portions to be displayed at the same time.
US09282078B2	Managing domain name abuse A computer-implemented method for automatically responding to domain name abuse is described. The method comprises the following steps. A plurality of disparate abuse feeds are received from a plurality of service providers. Each of the service providers is configured to collect information regarding a subset of potential domain name abuse and each abuse feed comprises data identifying domain names associated with the subset of potential domain name abuse. The data is filtered to create a custom abuse feed comprising a selective portion of the plurality of disparate abuse feeds. The filtered data from the custom abuse feed is grouped into groups of data based on predefined priority levels of the filtered data. For each of the groups of data, one or more corresponding workflows is executed as a response to the potential domain name abuse, wherein the workflow includes temporarily suspending a domain associated with the potential domain name abuse.
US09282076B2	Aligning content and social network audience using analytics and/or visualization Various embodiments provide for the use of analytics to determine a number of key factors prior to a user sending a communication (e.g., an email or instant message, making an online social media post, or accepting or requesting friendship on a social media site). The analytics may determine content, subject, emotion, relationships, and other relevant details when users interact (e.g., with email or other social software). Any alerts/suggestions provided can be provided in real-time as the person types.
US09282071B1	Location based message discovery A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving a message from a first user associated with a network, wherein the message is associated with a location. A notification is sent to a second user associated with a network that the message is available for viewing. Whether the second user is at the location is determined. A computing device associated with the second user is enabled to view only a portion of the message based upon determining that the second user is not at the location. The computing device associated with the second user is enabled to view the message in full based upon determining that the second user is at the location.
US09282068B1	Collaborative streaming of video content A system, method and various user interfaces enable visually browsing multiple groups of video recommendations. A video stream includes a group of videos to be viewed and commented by users who join the stream. Users who join a stream form a stream community. In a stream community, community members can add videos to the stream and interact collaboratively with others community members, such as chatting in real time with each other while viewing a video. With streams, a user can create a virtual room in an online video content distribution environment to watch videos of the streams and interact with others while sharing videos simultaneously. Consequently, users have an enhanced video viewing and sharing experience.
US09282065B2	Relay unit A relay unit includes a main-system switch and a sub-system switch that are connected to each other via an inter-system line, that are connected to a main-system line and a sub-system line, and that relays a frame; and control sections that control a relay operation of the main-system switch and the sub-system switch. The control sections store information on a number of connections of relay units and information on a connection priority, and select a control aspect of the relay operation of at least one of the main-system switch and the sub-system switch according to the number of connections and the connection priority.
US09282064B2	Method for processing a plurality of data and switching device for switching communication packets The invention concerns a method of processing a plurality of data packets in a packet switched communication network comprising at least one switching device (1) as well as a corresponding switching device. The switching device (1) comprises two or more sub-engines (21, . . . , 29). A control unit (7) of the at least one switching device (1) receives a data packet comprising a header (10) of a communication packet exchanged via the communication network. The control unit (7) applies at least one filter operation (50) to the header (10) and generating thereby filtered information (100). The control unit (7) maps the filtered information (100) on a hash-tag (30) according to a hash-function (300). The control unit (7) provides a tagged-header (11) by means of inserting the hash-tag (30) in the header (10) of the data packet. The control unit (7) sends the data packet to a sub-engine (24) of the two or more sub-engines (21, . . . , 29) according to the tagged-header (11) for further processing of the data packet.
US09282061B1	Systems and methods for handling ARP messages in modular network devices A system for handling address resolution protocol (ARP) messages has a plurality of communication modules for communicating via a network. Each such communication module has a separate link layer address (e.g., MAC address). Control logic in communication with each of the modules serves as an ARP proxy for the modules. Rather than using its own link layer address in the overhead of the ARP messages, the control logic uses the link layer addresses of the communication modules, thereby causing the network to learn these link layer addresses during ARP processing. Therefore, once ARP messaging between a communication module and a remote network device has been performed, the network has established a data path between the communication module and the remote network device, thereby helping to prevent or reduce message flooding when the two devices begin to communicate.
US09282057B2	Flexible stacking port A stackable device having a plurality of data ports, wherein each of the data ports is capable of operating as a regular data port or a stacking port. A first set of one or more of the data ports is specified as a first flexible stacking port, and a second set of one or more of the data ports is specified as a second flexible stacking port. Each flexible stacking port can be individually configured to operate as an actual stacking port, if required by the configuration of an associated stack. If a flexible stacking port is not configured to operate as an actual stacking port, then the data port(s) included in the flexible stacking port are available to operate as regular data port(s).
US09282056B2	Metrics and forwarding actions on logical switch partitions in a distributed network switch Techniques are provided for providing access control lists in a distributed network switch. The distributed network switch made of switch units is divided into logical switch partitions, or logical networks. Physical ports of the switch units are partitioned into logical ports, where each logical port is associated with a logical switch partition. A control point of the distributed network switch manages and assigns a service tag (S-Tag) used to identify which logical port ingress and egress frames are associated with. To generate metrics and other forwarding actions for a given logical switch partition, the control point sets up access control list (ACLs) targeting the logical port associated with the S-Tags associated with the given logical switch partition.
US09282053B1	Techniques for dynamic resource partitioning Described are techniques for partitioning resources. A plurality of resource limit ranges are specified for a plurality of tenants of a system. Each of the plurality of resource limit ranges have a lower bound and an upper bound. A plurality of current resource limits are determined. Each of the plurality of current resource limits indicate a current resource limit for one of the plurality of tenants. Each current resource limit for one of the tenants is a value included in one of the plurality of resource limit ranges specified for the one tenant. The plurality of current resource limits are dynamically determined in accordance with a current state of the system.
US09282047B2	Batching communication events Approaches for aggregating data prior to a transmission of the data to an external system are disclosed. The method includes receiving a data bag. The data bag including data packets destined to be transmitted to an external system. A timer even is then attached to the received data bag and the received data bag is temporarily stored in a data store. The timer event associated with the received data bag is then overridden based on the timer event associated with another data bag in the data store.
US09282046B1	Smoothing FIFO and methods thereof Network device and associated methods are provided. The network device includes a plurality of base-ports, each base-port coupled to a plurality of network links and each base-port includes a plurality of sub-ports configured to operate as independent ports for sending and receiving information. Each network link is coupled to a smoothing first in-first out (FIFO) memory module that is used to temporarily store information at a first clock rate and information is read from the smoothing FIFO at a second clock. A sub-port can include one network link or more than one network link for receiving information from another device. A controller module monitors the smoothing FIFO for each network link to insert or delete characters from each of the smoothing FIFO based on a sub-port configuration for maintaining an order in which information is received for the sub-port.
US09282045B2	Information processing method, information processing circuit, and information processing apparatus A method includes scheduling a packet to be transmitted to a second relay device instead of a first relay device, when a plurality of packets actually transmitted or to be transmitted under a rule, which causes the packets to dispersively pass through different relay devices when destination addresses of the packets are the same, are disproportionally transmitted to the first relay device, and the rule indicates that the packet is to be transmitted to the first relay device.
US09282044B2	System and method for routing electronic content to a recipient device A system and method for routing electronic content to a recipient device comprising a plurality of network nodes, each network node adapted to receive and forward electronic content and an activity profile server adapted to be in data communication with each network node, the activity profile server adapted to monitor the activity level of each network node and inform each network node on the congestion level of an adjacent network node; wherein each network node is adapted, on receiving the information on congestion level to store electronic content if the adjacent network node is congested and forward the electronic content to the adjacent network node if the adjacent network node is not congested is disclosed.
US09282042B2	Node in network including a plurality of nodes In a network including a plurality of nodes, a node transmits data to another node, receives data from another node, and stores a communication history between a plurality of other nodes and the node itself. When an acknowledge response to data transmitted to a first node among the plurality of other nodes is not received, the node generates a duplicate data of the transmitted data. When a duplication report indicating detection of duplicate data transmitted to a second node among the plurality of other nodes has been received from one of the plurality of other nodes, the node refers to the communication history, and identifies the first node as a cause of generation of the duplicate data. Thereafter, the node generates a check request that include a communication history between the first node and the node itself and that requests the first node to check the communication history.
US09282037B2	Table-driven routing in a dragonfly processor interconnect network A multiprocessor computer system comprises a dragonfly processor interconnect network that comprises a plurality of processor nodes and a plurality of routers. The routers are operable to route data by selecting from among a plurality of network paths from a target node to a destination node in the dragonfly network based on one or more routing tables.
US09282035B2	Directed route load/store packets for distributed switch initialization Techniques are described for transmitting a packet from a source switch module to a destination switch module. Embodiments include receiving, at a first switch module, a packet that includes (i) an ordered listing of Ethernet link identifiers, specifying a path to the destination switch module and (ii) payload data to be processed at the destination switch module. Embodiments determine that the first switch module is not a destination of the packet, based on the ordered listing of Ethernet link identifiers. Additionally, an Ethernet port of the first switch module on which to transmit the packet is determined based on the ordered listing of Ethernet link identifiers. Embodiments then transmit the packet to a second switch module using the determined Ethernet port of the first switch module.
US09282032B2	Distributed routing architecture A routing management component is provided for distributing routing information among a hierarchical distributed routing architecture. The routing management component can function to associate levels of the routing architecture with subsets of a network address format. The routing management component can further assign routers of the routing architecture to portions of network addresses defined at least in part by the network address format. For example, a router may be assigned to route packets addressed to a network address with a first octet between a range of values. The router management component may further distribute, to the routers of the hierarchical distributed routing architecture, sections of routing information associated with their assigned portions of network addresses. Because routing information can be distributed between various routers, the memory requirements of individual routers can be reduced comparatively to systems in which a single router maintains an entire set of forwarding information.
US09282030B2	Transport control server that calculates routing information It is intended to shorten the time required for a path recalculation and a path switching upon occurrence of a failure. A path generation unit of a transport control server (TCS) S-1 generates the normal path information in accordance with the topology information of a network and the resource information which are set. Also, the path generation unit generates in advance the backup path information for occurrence of the failure based on the prediction topology information and the prediction resource information which have been modified in accordance with a predicted failure position. The path generation unit stores the generated backup path information in a data storage unit. A path information notification unit of the TCS (S-1) notifies nodes N of the generated normal path information. A failure information acquisition unit of the TCS (S-1) detects the occurrence of the failure. If the failure information acquisition unit detects the occurrence of the failure, the path information notification unit notifies the nodes N of the backup path information stored in the data storage unit.
US09282027B1	Managing use of alternative intermediate destination computing nodes for provided computer networks Techniques are described for managing communications for a managed computer network by using a defined pool of alternative computing nodes of the managed computer network that are configured to operate as intermediate destinations to handle at least some communications that are sent by and/or directed to one or more other computing nodes of the managed computer network. For example, a manager module associated with a source computing node may select a particular alternative intermediate destination computing node from a defined pool to use for one or more particular communications from the source computing node to an indicated final destination, such as based on a configured logical network topology for the managed computer network and/or on one or more other selection criteria (e.g., to enable load balancing between the alternative computing nodes). The manager module then forwards those communications to the selected intermediate destination computing node for further handling.
US09282022B2	Forensics for network switching diagnosis A method for diagnosing performance of a network switch device includes a processor monitoring data generated by a sensor associated with a network switch device, the data related to states or attributes of the network switch device. The processor detects a determined condition in the operation of the network switch device related to the state or attribute. The processor generates an event trigger in response to detecting the determined condition and executes a forensic command in response to the event trigger. Executing the command includes sending information relevant to the determined condition for aggregation in computer storage and for analysis.
US09282010B2	Network management system A technique for communicating in a network management system is disclosed. The technique includes transferring information from an application server to a gateway that processes the information, transferring the gateway processed information from the gateway to a plurality of adapters associated with the gateway that process the gateway processed information, and transferring the adapter processed information from one of the adapters to a client.
US09282009B2	Reservation of resources and deployment of applications using an integrated development environment Systems and methods to reserve resources is provided. In exemplary embodiments, a selection of a profile from a user is received. A dynamic graphical user interface is generated, using one or more processors. The dynamic graphical user interface allows the user to configure a topology based on the selected profile. The dynamic graphical user interface provides input fields in which the user may select a resource. An indication of the selected applicable topology property for configuring the topology is received. A topology is automatically generating based in part on the selected applicable topology property.
US09282004B2	Multi-protocol storage network I/O devices and methods Systems and methods which allow for one or more input/output (I/O) ports residing on a device in a storage network environment to be reconfigured in order to communicate using different protocols are provided. Embodiments may provide for dynamic reconfiguration of an I/O port while the device including the port is deployed in the storage network. In some instances, such reconfiguration may be managed locally and/or by a remote management processing resource in the storage network. In some embodiments, reconfiguration of an I/O port to communicate in a different protocol may be implemented, either manually or automatically, based on observed traffic data.
US09282000B1	Network devices having configurable receive packet queues and related methods Method and system for configuring a port of a network device are provided. One method for a port of a network device communicating with another network device port includes reading manufacturing, license and user provided port configuration data by a processor of the network device; obtaining capabilities information for the port by the processor of the network device from an external pluggable media device; setting port configuration data based on the capabilities information obtained from the external pluggable media; executing auto-negotiation on the port, when enabled and obtaining configuration data from the other port; determining that enough data is available to set port configuration; attempting to configure the port by using a highest permissible bandwidth configuration when enough data is available to set the port configuration; and setting port configuration based on the attempt to configure the port to operate when a link connected to the port is operational.
US09281991B2	Media streaming A system and associated method for minimizing network traffic in playing a media stream with a media module running in a client computer system. The media stream is stored in a media content server. A video file of the media stream is processed to generate an audio file corresponding to the video file, such that the media module downloads and plays the audio file when the media module is invisible on a computer screen of the client computer system. When the media module becomes visible, the media module switches back to downloading and playing the video file. A current location is tracked by a location sync file stored in the media content server to synchronize the video file and the audio file.
US09281990B2	Ethernet UDP checksum compensation In the methods and devices of the present disclosure, a dummy compensation word is added to the data packet such that the UDP checksum value need not be modified from any previous value, regardless of changes to the UDP payload. Because the UDP checksum value is not modified in embodiments of the present disclosure, there is no delay waiting for a UDP checksum value to be calculated and no need for additional buffers to store the data packet contents because of UDP checksum calculations. The dummy compensation word is calculated so that the unmodified value maintained in the checksum is the checksum for the data packet including the dummy compensation word. By placing the compensation word in the data packet after the last word in the UDP payload, there is no, or very minimal, processing delay and data packet buffering hardware is significantly reduced.
US09281984B2	Application of sequence hopping and orthogonal covering codes to uplink reference signals Methods and apparatuses are provided for transmitting and receiving references signals. A method includes receiving a first cell specific parameter; receiving a second UE specific parameter; receiving a CSI; acquiring a first reference signal for a PUSCH, based on the second parameter and the CSI; acquiring a second reference signal for a PUCCH, based on the first parameter; and transmitting at least one of the first reference signal and the second reference signal. Group sequence hopping is not applied to acquire the first reference signal, if the first parameter indicates that the group sequence hopping is enabled and the second parameter indicates that the group sequence hopping is disabled. The group sequence hopping is applied to acquire the second reference signal, if the first parameter indicates that the group sequence hopping is enabled and the second parameter indicates that the group sequence hopping is disabled.
US09281982B2	Application of sequence hopping and orthogonal covering codes to uplink reference signals Methods and apparatuses are provided for transmitting and receiving references signals. A method includes receiving a first parameter and a second parameter, which are cell specific parameters; receiving a third parameter, which is a UE specific parameter; acquiring the reference signal for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), based on the third parameter; and transmitting the reference signal on the PUSCH. Sequence hopping and group sequence hopping are disabled for the reference signal, regardless of values of the first parameter and the second parameter, if the third parameter indicates that the sequence hopping and the group sequence hopping are disabled. The sequence hopping includes hopping between two sequences in a group, and the group sequence hopping includes hopping among different groups.
US09281977B2	Apparatus and method for separating two phase-modulated signals having different amplitudes Provided is an apparatus and method for separating two phase-modulated signals having different amplitudes. A separation method for a phase-modulated signal may include: receiving, using a single antenna, a first received signal and a second received signal that are modulated and thereby transferred from a transmitter; calculating an attenuation level of each of the first received signal and the second received signal by dividing each of the first received signal and the second received signal into a real number portion and an imaginary number portion; calculating a difference between the first received signal and the second received signal; and separating and thereby demodulating the first received signal and the second received signal.
US09281975B1	Reducing pass-band ripple in radio-frequency (RF) filters used for pass-band filtering in a wireless communications system An electronically tunable equalizer is provided to a downlink (DL) and/or uplink (UL) signal processing path of a wireless communication unit incorporating a RF filter. The electronically tunable equalizer is pre-configured with a plurality of capacitance states, each representing a specific capacitance. The equalizer produces a different equalizer response for each of the plurality of capacitance states based on a received pass-band frequency signal. The plurality of equalizer responses is provided to the RF filter on a signaling processing path, thus affecting the RF filter's pass-band ripple. The RF filter's pass-band ripple is measured for each of the plurality of equalizer responses to determine a desired pass-band ripple. By configuring the electronically tunable equalizer to the capacitance state that produced the desired pass-band ripple, a ceramic RF filter may be used in the wireless communication unit for the benefit of lower cost and size, with reduced pass-band ripple.
US09281971B1	Vertical eye margin measurement using channel receiver equalizer Embodiments include systems and methods for determining link margins of data communications channels in a communications system. For example, an integrated circuit includes a large number of input/output (I/O) channels, each with a respective receiver system. The receiver system can include equalizer subsystems, that attempt to adapt to their respective channels (e.g., to eliminate inter-symbol interference). Embodiments manipulate filter tap weights in the equalizer subsystems to controllably close its respective data eye until a failure region is detected, indicating that a threshold I/O error rate has been exceeded. Thus, for each channel, the filter tap weights can be allowed to fully adjust to identify fully adapted values, and they can be forced into a failure region to identify failure region values. A link margin for each channel can be derived for each channel according to the difference between the fully adapted and failure region values of the filter tap weights.
US09281970B2	Error burst detection for assessing reliability of a communication link Methods, apparatus, and systems for preventing false packet acceptance in high-speed links. In accordance with one aspect, embodiments are disclosed that facilitate assessing the probability of error bursts in receivers that include decision feedback equalizers (DFEs) and that perform non-contiguous mapping of received bits to frame bits. From this probability, calculation of a mean-time to false packet acceptance (MTTFPA) may be determined, and indication that a projected link MTTFPA is too low can be used to trigger an alert or invoke some safety mechanism. Associated operations may then be performed to ensure the link is prevented from being operated in an unsafe condition under which false packet acceptance may occur.
US09281969B2	Configurable multi-dimensional driver and receiver Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a configurable multi-mode driver and receiver. An embodiment of a communication system includes a communication channel, and a first device and a second device coupled with the communication channel. The first device includes a driver apparatus to drive data signals on the communication channel, the driver apparatus including circuits to receive and drive the data signals, where the circuits are configurable for termination resistance of the driver circuit apparatus, and each of the plurality of circuits is comprised of one or more circuit units, the circuit units being configurable for equalization control of the driver apparatus. The second device includes a receiver to receive data signals from the communication channel as an input. Either the first device or the second device includes configurable circuit elements to provide signal reflection control for the system.
US09281966B2	Method, system and apparatus for the control of transmit diversity A method, apparatus and system for modifying a transmit diversity signal comprising receiving at least one input parameter, calculating at least one virtual parameter based on the at least one input parameter, converting the at least one virtual parameter into an actual parameter, and modifying a transmit diversity signal based on the actual parameter. Variations of the invention are possible, including mapping the input parameter to an actual parameter by various methods, for example, quantization, hysteresis and other methods. Embodiments of the invention may include an apparatus adapted to modify a transmit diversity signal comprising a processor to calculate at least one virtual parameter based on at least one input parameter, convert said at least one virtual parameter to an actual parameter, and modify said transmit diversity signal based on said actual parameter.
US09281963B2	Method and system for email search A method and system for performing email search, the said method comprising of enabling the user to find relations between emails and build network relations and to further retrieve groups based on the relations (and intersections of relations) as per the user's choice; the system comprising of giving and having the user select predetermined options for a search with a further ability to “drill-down” the results with the aid of filters to view further mails/results, and being also able to search on search results and also provide for storing user searches.
US09281959B2	Method for controlling home network device using universal web application and apparatus thereof A method of controlling a home network device by using a universal web application. In the method, the universal web application may receive control information, for controlling the home network device, from a server. A control command, which is issued to control the home network device, may be sent to a control point module by using a script application program interface (API) that is included in the received control information. Accordingly, result data that is obtained by executing the control command on the home network device may be received by the control point module.
US09281958B2	Method for providing interworking service in home network A method provides an interworking service in a home network. In view of the above, the present invention provides a method for providing an interworking service in a home network, in which servers and adaptors existing in a home network can identify with each other and servers or adaptors are not doubly connected to a device.
US09281954B2	Method and system for protocol independent multicasting in multichassis link aggregation domains A method for processing IP multicast packets in a Multichassis Link Aggregation (MLAG) domain. The method includes processing the IP multicast packet using the bridging functionality and the routing functionality implemented by each of the MLAG peers to process the IP multicast packets.
US09281950B2	Method for using intelligent router in charging system and apparatus associated therewith A method for using a charging system to account for service provided by a network element (NE) of a service provider network includes receiving an accounting request (ACR) from the NE at a router in the charging system, the ACR associated with service provided by the NE in the service provider network in conjunction with a communication session; modifying the ACR to form a modified ACR; sending the modified ACR to a charging collection function (CCF) server; receiving an accounting answer from the CCF server indicating the CCF server was not able to process the modified ACR; and resending the modified ACR to the CCF server or changing the modified ACR to form a revised ACR and sending the revised ACR to an alternate CCF server. A router associated with the method includes a service network communication module, a message processing module, and a charging system communication module.
US09281949B2	Device using secure processing zone to establish trust for digital rights management A DRM client on a device establishes trust with a DRM server for playback of digital content. The client executes in a secure execution environment, and the process includes (1) securely loading loader code from secure programmable memory and verifying it using a digital signature scheme and first key securely stored in the device; (2) by the verified loader code, loading DRM client code from the memory and verifying it using a digital signature scheme and second key included in the loader code; (3) by the verified DRM client code (a) obtaining a domain key from the memory; (b) encrypting the domain key with a device identifier using a DRM system key included in the DRM client code; and (c) sending the encrypted domain key and device identifier to the DRM server, whereby the device becomes registered to receive content licenses via secure communications encrypted using the domain key.
US09281944B2	Attribute based encryption using lattices A master public key is generated as a first set of lattices based on a set of attributes, along with a random vector. A master secret key is generated as a set of trap door lattices corresponding to the first set of lattices. A user secret key is generated for a user's particular set of attributes using the master secret key. The user secret key is a set of values in a vector that are chosen to satisfy a reconstruction function for reconstructing the random vector using the first set of lattices. Information is encrypted to a given set of attributes using the user secret key, the given set of attributes and the user secret key. The information is decrypted by a second user having the given set of attributes using the second user's secret key.
US09281938B2	Wireless communication device, wireless communication system, and receiving circuit A wireless communication device includes a first injection locked oscillator that inputs a received signal and includes a free-running frequency obtained by offsetting a frequency on a plus side relative to a half frequency of a frequency of the received signal; a second injection locked oscillator that inputs the received signal and includes a free-running frequency obtained by offsetting a frequency on a minus side relative to the half frequency of a frequency of the received signal; a phase difference detecting unit that detects a phase difference between an output signal output from the first injection locked oscillator and an output signal output from the second injection locked oscillator; a baseband processing unit that extracts a receiving frame based on the detected phase difference; and an access controlling unit that performs a medium access control based on the receiving frame.
US09281935B2	High-speed interface apparatus and deskew method thereof A high-speed interface apparatus and method of correcting skew in the apparatus are provided. A high-speed transmitter includes a transmission D-PHY module that generates and transmits a clock signal through a clock channel, generates a deskew synchronous code and test data in response to a deskew request signal, transmits the deskew synchronous code followed by the test data through a data channel, and transmits a normal synchronous code followed by normal data through the data channel in normal mode.
US09281928B2	Range extension within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications Range extension within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. A given communication device designed and implemented for operation in accordance with a given communication protocol, standard, and/or recommended practice operates in accordance with a down-clocked manner to effectuate operation in accordance with at least one other communication protocol, standard, and/or recommended practice. For example, first channelization may undergo down-clocking by a particular and desired ratio to generate a second channelization. As such, at least one portion of a physical layer (PHY) of a given communication device may be leveraged for use in at least one other or additional operational mode based upon the down-clocking employed. Sub-channel and/or channel adaptation may be made based upon any of a number of considerations (e.g., independently by one device, cooperatively by two or more devices, local and/or remote operating condition(s) [or changes thereof], etc.).
US09281926B2	Radio base station apparatus, mobile station apparatus and radio communication method To provide a radio base station apparatus and radio communication method capable of performing radio communications using downlink reference signal structures suitable for antenna virtualization, a radio base station apparatus (200) has a plurality of transmission antennas, generates CRSs used in demodulation of at least downlink control information, CQI-RSs generated for each of the transmission antennas used in measurement of channel quality, and DM-RSs generated for each stream used in demodulation of downlink transmission data, and multiplexes the CRSs, CQI-RSs and DM-RSs into a same transmission time unit to transmit from each of the antennas.
US09281923B2	Method for performing a HARQ process and apparatus using same A method of assigning a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process using a frequency division duplex (FDD) frame structure by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system. The method according to one embodiment includes transmitting information related to a number of HARQ processes between the BS and a relay node (RN) to the RN. The number of the HARQ processes depends on subframes configured for transmission between the BS and the RN. The method according to the embodiment further includes assigning the HARQ processes subframes other than subframe indexes 0, 4, 5, and 9 based on the number of HARQ processes.
US09281921B2	Method and device for setting backhaul link subframe in wireless communication system having carrier aggregation technique applied thereto Disclosed in the present invention is a method for a base station to set a backhaul link subframe for a relay node in a wireless communication system, to which a carrier aggregation technique is applied. More particularly, the present invention comprises the steps of: determining one of the plurality of subframe settings as a first subframe setting for a main component carrier allocated to the relay node; composing subframe setting candidates for one or more subcomponent carriers allocated to the relay node, one the basis of the determined first subframe setting; and determining a second subframe setting for each of the one or more subcomponent carriers, using the composed subframe setting candidates, wherein a subframe aggregation according to the first subframe setting and subframe aggregations according to each of the subframe setting candidates do not overlap when downlink subframes and uplink subframes of the different component carriers are identical, and a downlink subframe aggregation according to the second subframe setting is included in a downlink subframe aggregation according to the first subframe setting.
US09281920B2	Mobile station and control information decoding method A mobile station capable of efficiently detecting control information addressed thereto, by prioritizing CRC decoding to control channel element at a candidate position, is disclosed. A mobile station (1) according to the present invention, in order to detect the control information addressed from a base station to the mobile station itself included in a downlink control channel having a plurality of control channel elements, for decoding a signal of a control channel element at a candidate position to be assigned with the control information, includes a generating unit (10) configured to generate a reception level of each of the control channel elements at the candidate position and a control unit (20) configured to prioritize the control channel elements based on the reception level and to control decoding of the signal of each of the control channel elements in order of priority.
US09281910B2	Radio broadcast receiving apparatus and broadcast frequency detection method In a radio broadcast receiving apparatus and a broadcast frequency detection method, a frequency fm at which a reception strength (an S meter value) that is equal to or greater than a threshold value Th0 and is greater than reception strengths at frequencies (fm−1) and (fm+1) adjacent to the frequency fm by one step by X or more, is detected as a broadcast reception frequency that is a frequency at which a receivable broadcast is performed. The value of X is set so that it increases with the increase in the reception strength (S meter value) at the frequency fm. As a result, a frequency at which a broadcast is performed can be more accurately detected.
US09281900B2	Wavelength-tunable burst-mode receiver An apparatus, e.g. an optical receiver, includes an optical front end and a processor. The optical front end is configured to coherently receive an input optical signal and convert the input optical signal to a digital-electrical data stream. The processor is configured to recover a data stream from the digital-electrical data stream. The processor is further configured to compare a correlation pattern of the recovered data stream with a pre-determined correlation pattern. The processor is further configured to determine, from the comparison, coefficients of a filter configured to recover data encoded on the input digital-electrical data stream.
US09281897B2	Electro-optical single-sideband modulator An electro-optical single-sideband modulator comprising: an electro-optical substrate; a bimodal optical waveguide structure formed in the substrate to support different optical modes having associated optical frequencies and optical propagation constants and comprising an optical input to receive an input optical carrier signal having an optical frequency, and a pair of optical outputs to output corresponding SSB modulated optical signals, each having an optical frequency spectrum with a single side lobe; and an electrode structure formed on the substrate to receive an input electrical modulating signal having an associated electrical frequency and electrical propagation constant, and to responsively apply an electrical field to the bimodal optical waveguide structure.
US09281891B2	Method and system of wirelessly retrieving lost content segments of broadcasted programming at a user device from another device A method and system includes a network having a plurality of nodes including a first mobile user device at a first node. The network also includes a second node. The system also includes a first mobile user device storing content in a memory, determining a lost content segment exists, generating a request for the lost content segment at the first mobile user device, communicating the request for the lost content to a second node of the network, receiving the lost segment from the second node and storing the lost content segment in the memory of the user device.
US09281889B2	Relay node apparatus for transmitting and receiving signal according to link operation mode in wireless communication system and method thereof A relay node (RN) apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal according to a link mode in a wireless communication system and a method thereof are disclosed. A processor transmits or receives a signal to or from at least one of a base station and a terminal based on link mode information. At least one antenna receive the link mode information and transmit or receive the signal to or from at least one of the base station and the user equipment. The link mode information includes information a link mode in which the relay node apparatus will operate.
US09281888B1	Quadrature signal generator, beamforming arrangement, communication device and base station A quadrature signal generator comprises a resistor-capacitor, RC, polyphase filter and an inductor compensation arrangement. The inductor compensation arrangement comprises a first inductor connected between the first and the third output terminals, and a second inductor connected between the second and fourth output terminals. The first and second inductors are arranged to compensate for a capacitive load on the output terminals when in use. A beamforming arrangement, a communication device and a base station are also disclosed.
US09281885B2	Reordering of a beamforming matrix based on encoding Apparatuses, methods and systems for beamforming based on encoding are disclosed. One embodiment of a method includes generating a beamforming matrix, including obtaining a channel matrix of a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) channel between multiple transmitter antennas and at least one receiver antenna, determining an initial beamforming matrix based on a singular value decomposition of the channel matrix, and generating, by a transceiver, a final beamforming matrix comprising reordering columns of the initial beamforming matrix for at least one sub-carrier of a multi-carrier signal, wherein the reordering of the columns is based on knowledge of encoding of a transmit signal.
US09281883B2	Signal generation method and signal generation device A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.
US09281882B2	Transmission of symbols in a MIMO environment using Alamouti based codes A method for transmitting data in a multiple-input-multiple-output space-time coded communication using a mapping table mapping a plurality of symbols defining the communication to respective antennae from amongst a plurality of transmission antennae and to at least one other transmission resource. The mapping table may comprise Alamouti-coded primary segments and may also comprise secondary segments, comprising primary segments. The primary segments in the secondary segments may be defined in accordance to an to Alamouti based code pattern applied at the segment level to define a segment-level Alamouti based code.
US09281880B2	Wireless transmission device and wireless reception device A wireless reception device is notified of whether a multi-user MIMO signal transmitted from a wireless transmission device has undergone linear precoding or non-linear precoding without increasing the amount of control information. A wireless transmission device having a plurality of transmit antennas 303, for transmitting spatially multiplexed signals to a plurality of wireless reception devices includes a group construction unit 307 configured to classify the wireless reception devices into a plurality of groups and to determine a precoding scheme for each of the groups, a selection unit 315 configured to select one group from among the groups, and a precoding unit 323 configured to precode transmit data addressed to each of wireless reception devices belonging to the selected group, using a precoding scheme determined for the selected group.
US09281876B2	Performing coordinated multipoint transmission and reception (CoMP) in a wireless communication network The present invention relates to the field of coordinated multipoint transmission and reception (CoMP) in wireless communication networks, in particular to methods, an apparatus, and a network node for use in performing coordinated data transmissions in a wireless communication network. A method for use in a network node for coordinating data transmission to user equipments in a wireless communication network, wherein the wireless communication network comprising at least two access nodes each access node having one or more antennas and being arranged to perform coordinated data transmissions to user equipments is provided. The method comprising: obtaining signal strength values associated with the one or more antennas of the at least two access nodes for a number of user equipments; arranging the number of user equipments into one or more groups of user equipments and associating each of the one or more groups of user equipments with a sub-set of the one or more antennas of the at least two access nodes based on the obtained signal strength values; and coordinating data transmission performed by the at least two access nodes to each of the one or more groups of user equipments based on the subset of the one or more antennas of the at least two access nodes associated with each group of user equipments, respectively.
US09281875B2	System and method for automatically optimizing wireless power A system transfers energy wirelessly from a source to a sink as an EM near-field according to parameters. The source includes a receive RF chain, and a receive controller. The sink includes a transmit RF chain, and a receive controller. The receive controller measures the energy received as feedback information, which is transmitted to the sink. Then, the transmit controller dynamically varies the parameters to optimized the energy received at the sink.
US09281874B2	NFC device with PLL controlled active load modulation A wireless communication device for communicating in the near-field via active load modulation. The device including an antenna configured to receive a magnetic field, a recovery device configured to recover a clock from the magnetic field, and a multiplexer configured to receive the recovered clock and a reference clock, and to output one of the recovered clock and the reference clock based on a current operational state of the wireless communication device, The wireless communication device further including a shunt regulator configured to produce the active load modulation by modulating an impedance of the wireless communication device, a phase-locked loop (PLL) configured to receive one of the recovered clock and the reference clock and to utilize the received clock to control the active load modulation, and a driver configured to contribute to the active load modulation by adjusting an amplitude of a voltage across the antenna.
US09281871B2	Wireless power transfer—near field communication enabled communication device Various configurations and arrangements of various communication devices are disclosed. Various integrated circuits that form these communication devices can be fabricated onto one or more semiconductor substrates, chips, and/or dies using a high voltage semiconductor process, a low voltage semiconductor process, or any combination thereof. Some of these high voltage and/or low voltage semiconductor process integrated circuits can be fabricated along with other high voltage and/or low voltage semiconductor process integrated circuits of other modules onto a single semiconductor substrate, chip, and/or die. This allows the low voltage semiconductor process integrated circuits and/or high voltage semiconductor process integrated circuits of one module to be combined with low voltage semiconductor process integrated circuits and/or high voltage semiconductor process integrated circuits of another module of the communication device.
US09281868B2	Power line communications zoning device A power line communications (PLC) network zoning device may include a housing, a power cord extending from the housing, and a plurality of power outlets mounted on the housing, the plurality of power outlets coupled to internal power lines within the housing. An isolation device disposed within the housing may transmit electrical power from the power cord to the internal power lines while isolating PLC communications traffic on the internal power lines from PLC communications traffic on the power cord. A bypass device internal to the housing may selectively transfer PLC communications traffic between the internal power lines and the power cord bypassing the isolation device.
US09281867B2	Power line communication device switchable between noise detecting and filtering functions The present invention is to provide a PLC device, which includes a power receiving port connected to a power supply for receiving a power signal and a network signal carried by the power signal; a filtering unit having a first end connected to the power receiving port; a power output port connected to a second end of the filtering unit and a load, respectively, for supplying the power signal to the load while the filtering unit filters out noise generated in the power signal by the load; a switching unit having two connecting ends connecting to the first and second ends, respectively, and a control end switchable between the two connecting ends; and a processing unit connected to the control end and including a bridge module for receiving and then transmitting the network signal to a network apparatus, and a detection module for detecting the level of the noise.
US09281866B2	Methods for enhanced power delivery to tower-mounted and other remotely-mounted remote radio heads and related systems and power cables Tower systems suitable for use at cellular base stations include a tower, an antenna mounted on the tower, a remote radio head mounted on the tower and a power supply. A power cable having a power supply conductor and a return conductor is connected between the power supply and the remote radio head. A shunt capacitance unit that is separate from the remote radio head that is electrically coupled between the power supply conductor and the return conductor of the power cable.
US09281865B2	Efficient network discovery in frequency hopping networks In one embodiment, a device in a frequency hopping communication network transmits responsive beacon messages based on adaptive types of responsive beacon message transmission based on a number of received beacon requests within a given time period: the number below a threshold results in synchronized unicast messages; the number above the threshold results in unsynchronized broadcast messages. In another embodiment, the device suppresses unsolicited beacon message transmission based on a density-aware redundancy count of other unsolicited beacon message transmissions from neighboring devices. In another embodiment, the device may transmit unsolicited beacon messages according to an adaptive interval based on stability of the network. In another embodiment, the device may suppress transmission of a beacon request to join the communication network based on a density-aware redundancy count of other beacon requests from neighboring devices, and transmits beacon requests at an adaptive interval that increases in response to each unanswered beacon request.
US09281864B2	Method and apparatus for an adaptive filter architecture A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for scanning a radio frequency spectrum for an available frequency band, selecting an available frequency band in the radio frequency spectrum even if the available frequency band is affected by radio frequency interference, measuring a signal strength in portions of the available frequency band, correlating the signal strength of each portion to generate a correlation factor, detecting radio frequency interference in the available frequency band according to the correlation factor, and generating tuning coefficient data to cause the filter apparatus to substantially suppress the radio frequency interference in the available frequency band. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09281860B2	Wireless transmission system, wireless communication device, and wireless communication method A wireless transmission system includes: a communication unit for transmission; and a communication unit for reception. The communication units for transmission and reception are housed in a housing of the same electronic apparatus, or the communication unit for transmission is housed in a housing of first electronic apparatus and the communication unit for reception is housed in a housing of second electronic apparatus and a wireless signal transmission path enabling wireless information transmission between the communication units is formed between the communication units when the first and the second electronic apparatus are disposed at given positions to be integrated with each other. The communication unit for transmission includes a first carrier signal generating unit and a first frequency converter, and the communication unit for reception includes a second carrier signal generating unit, and a second frequency converter.
US09281855B2	Apparatus and methods for recordation of device history across multiple software emulations Apparatus and method for maintaining hardware history profiles for a software-based emulator. In one embodiment, the disclosed software-based emulator monitors the history of the actual hardware device in a secondary device history, the history of the emulated hardware is presented within a primary device history. However, the primary device history is linked to the secondary device history, and receives the device wear history therefrom. In another aspect of the present invention, wear-leveling strategies are disclosed for handling various update sizes. Unlike existing solutions which are optimized for a single SIM that receives small data updates; various embodiments of the present invention are suitable for handling varying data sizes.
US09281852B2	Method and apparatus for calibrating time alignment A method includes setting a circuit to a mode. A test tone having a first frequency is provided to the circuit for use in calibrating the circuit. A received signal is generated based on an output signal of the circuit, the received signal including a component having a second frequency that is a harmonic of the first frequency. A magnitude of the component having the second frequency in the received signal is measured. A delay of the circuit corresponding to the mode is adjusted according to the magnitude of the component.
US09281850B1	Adaptive impedance translation circuit The present invention relates to an adaptable RF impedance translation circuit that includes a first group of inductive elements cascaded in series between an input and an output without any series switching elements, a second group of inductive elements cascaded in series, and a group of switching elements that are capable of electrically coupling the first group of inductive elements to the second group of inductive elements. Further, the adaptable RF impedance translation circuit includes at least one variable shunt capacitance circuit electrically coupled between a common reference and at least one connection node in the adaptable RF impedance translation circuit, which includes control circuitry to select either an OFF state or an ON state associated with each of the switching elements and to select a capacitance associated with each variable shunt capacitance circuit to control impedance translation characteristics of the adaptable RF impedance translation circuit.
US09281848B2	Method for encoding data in bursts A process of encoding information data in a sequence of bursts ( . . . , Bi−2, Bi−1, Bi, Bi+1, . . . ), each burst comprising a block of information symbols and a block of redundancy symbols. The block of redundancy symbols (Ri) of the current burst (Bi) of the sequence is generated by calculating a sum of a series of coding values relating to a series of bursts (Bi−2, Bi−1), each coding value of the series of coding values being obtained by a respective coding function applied to the block of information symbols of the corresponding burst of the series of bursts.
US09281845B1	Layered redundancy encoding schemes for data storage Techniques for optimizing data storage are disclosed herein. In particular, methods and systems for implementing redundancy encoding schemes with data storage systems are described. The redundancy encoding schemes may be scheduled according to system and data characteristics. The schemes may span multiple tiers or layers of a storage system. The schemes may be generated, for example, in accordance with a transaction rate requirement, a data durability requirement or in the context of the age of the stored data. The schemes may be designed to rectify entropy-related effects upon data storage. The schemes may include one or more erasure codes or erasure coding schemes. Additionally, methods and systems for improving and/or accounting for failure correlation of various components of the storage system, including that of storage devices such as hard disk drives, are described.
US09281843B2	Systems and methods for reduced constraint code data processing The present inventions are related to systems and methods for data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for performing data decoding. In one case a data processing system is disclosed that includes a decoder circuit operable to apply a low density parity check algorithm to a decoder input to yield an interim decoded output, where the decoder input is a codeword formed of two bit symbols, and where the decoder input is encoded to yield a last layer including at least two different entry values. In addition, the data processing system includes an inverse mapping circuit operable to remap the interim decoded output to yield an overall decoded output.
US09281842B2	Method and device for improving decoding of data received from one source by several receivers Improving decoding of a set of k data symbols received from several receivers, the data symbols being encoded by a systematic block error correcting code of dimension k and size n. The set of data symbols is received along with a corresponding subset of parity symbols, forming a partial data block comprising m symbols. A partial data block transmitted by one emitter, comprising a set of k data symbols and a subset of (m−k) parity symbols, is received from each receiver. For each received partial data block, a subset of parity symbols is generated and an item of reliability information is computed as a function of the received parity symbols and parity symbols generated from a received set of data symbols. The items of computed reliability information are compared with each other to select one received set of data bits.
US09281835B2	Method and apparatus for wide range input for an analog to digital converter A method of providing a wide range of input currents for an analog to digital converter (ADC), the method constituted of: receiving an input current; selecting one of a plurality of selectable ratios; and generating at least one sense current, the magnitudes of the at least one generated sense current and the received input current exhibiting the selected ratio, wherein the ADC is arranged to receive a voltage representation of the at least one generated sense current.
US09281834B1	N-path interleaving analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with offset gain and timing mismatch calibration A system and method are provided for calibrating timing mismatch in an n-path time interleaved analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The method digitizes an analog signal with an n-path interleaved ADC, creating an interleaved ADC signal. In a first process, the phase of the interleaved ADC signal is rotated by 90 degrees, creating a rotated signal. This rotation may be accomplished using a finite impulse response (FIR) filter with taps at {0.5, 0, −0.5}, enabled as a derivative filter, or as a Hilbert transformation. In a parallel second process, the interleaved ADC signal is delayed, creating a delayed signal. The rotated signal is multiplied by the delayed signal to create a timing error signal. Using the timing error signal, timing errors are accumulated for the ADC signal paths, and corrections are applied that minimize timing errors in each of the n ADC signal paths.
US09281831B2	Digital extraction and correction of the linearity of a residue amplifier in a pipeline ADC Embodiments of a pipeline analog-to-digital converter is provided. In accordance with some embodiments, a pipeline analog-to-digital converter includes a stage, the stage including a residue amplifier that amplifies a residual voltage generated by the stage to obtain an amplified residual voltage; a backend digitizer that digitizes the amplified residual voltage to generate a digitized residual; and a digital correction circuit that corrects the digitized residual according to which zone the digitized residual is found.
US09281828B2	Reference-less voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) calibration Embodiments for reference-less voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) calibration are provided. Embodiments include a VCO calibration module which uses one or more signals from a frequency detector to automatically select a proper VCO band and bring the VCO clock frequency close enough to the data rate. The VCO calibration module uses a calibration code to calibrate the VCO. In embodiments, the calibration code is determined using a frequency search scheme, which includes a discovery phase to determine the proper VCO band, and a binary search phase and a monitoring phase to select the calibration code that brings the VCO clock frequency closest to the data rate.
US09281827B2	Clock generator A clock generator receives first and second clock signals, and input representing a desired frequency ratio. A comparison is made between frequencies of an output clock signal and the first clock signal, and a first error signal represents the difference between the desired frequency ratio and this comparison result. The first error signal is filtered. A comparison is made between frequencies of the output clock signal and the second clock signal, and a second error signal represents the difference between the filtered first error signal and this comparison result. The second error signal is filtered. A numerically controlled oscillator receives the filtered second error signal and generates an output clock signal. As a result, the output clock signal has the jitter characteristics of the first input clock signal over a useful range of jitter frequencies and the frequency accuracy of the second input clock signal.
US09281824B2	Clock amplitude detection In some embodiments, disclosed is an AC amplitude detector to compare the magnitude of an AC signal against a detector threshold level and to provide an indication as to whether the AC magnitude is larger or smaller than the detector threshold level.
US09281821B2	Time division multiplexed limited switch dynamic logic A method for enabling double pumping in a limited switch dynamic logic circuit includes precharging a dynamic node in accordance with a first clock signal and a second clock signal. The dynamic node is evaluated to a first value in response to one or more first input signals of a first evaluation tree in accordance with the first clock signal. The dynamic node is evaluated to a second value in response to one or more second input signals of a second evaluation tree in accordance with the second clock signal.
US09281817B2	Power conservation using gray-coded address sequencing A multiplexer tree operable to control an output a sequence of data stored in a plurality of storage units in accordance with a non-linear address sequence that has less bit transition counts than a linear address sequence. The non-linear address sequence is provided to the selection inputs of the multiplexer tree and causes the levels having greater numbers of multiplexers to toggle less frequently than the levels having smaller numbers of multiplexers. The non-linear address sequence may comprise a Gray code sequence where every two adjacent addresses differ by a single bit. The non-linear address sequence may be optimized to minimize transistor switching in the multiplexer tree.
US09281815B2	Electrode unit with perimeter-lengthened touch-sensing pattern for touch-sensing element located at fringes of touch panel An electrode unit on a touch-sensing element includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode includes a first conductive element; and a plurality of second conductive elements extending from the first conductive element in directions in parallel with a first direction within a specific range. The second electrode includes a third conductive element and a plurality of fourth conductive elements extending from the third conductive element in directions in parallel with a second direction within a specific range.
US09281805B2	Clock control circuit, receiver, and communication device A clock control circuit includes: a first buffer that receives a first pair of input clocks of multi-phase clocks, buffers and outputs the first pair of input clocks; a second buffer that receives a second pair of input clocks of the multi-phase clocks, and is controllable to buffer and output the second pair of input clocks or to output a fixed level; and a frequency multiplier that performs a logical operation on an output of the first buffer and an output of the second buffer, and outputs a first pair of output clocks or a second pair of output clocks as an output clocks, the first pair of output clocks is based on a frequency which is obtained by multiplying frequencies of the multi-phase clocks, and the second pair of output clocks is based on the same frequencies as the multi-phase clocks.
US09281801B2	Digital filter circuit and digital filter control method A digital filter circuit and a digital filter control method are capable of reducing circuit scale and power consumption for filter processing in a frequency domain such as an overlap FDE method. The digital filter circuit according to the present invention includes: an overlap addition unit for giving an overlap of M data (M is a positive integer) between the block and the previous block; an FFT processing unit for transforming the generated block by FFT processing; a filter computation unit for performing filter processing to the transformed block; an IFFT unit for transforming the block, which the filter processing was performed to, by IFFT processing; an overlap removal unit for removing M units of data from both ends of the transformed block; and a clock generation unit for setting the frequency of a filter processing clock signal based on a value of M, wherein the filter processing clock signal drives the data output unit of the overlap addition unit, the FFT unit, the filter computation unit, the IFFT unit, and the input unit of the overlap removal unit.
US09281800B2	Resonator filter device having narrow pass-band A filter device for filtering signals via a pass-band includes series resonators connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal, each of the series resonators having a corresponding parallel resonance frequency Fp and series resonance frequency Fs, and shunt resonators respectively connected between at least one of the series resonators and a ground voltage, each of the shunt resonators having a corresponding parallel resonance frequency Fp and series resonance frequency Fs. At least one series resonator has a corresponding series resonance frequency Fs outside the pass-band of the filter device, and at least one other series resonator has a corresponding series resonance frequency Fs inside the pass-band, and/or at least one shunt resonator has a corresponding parallel resonance frequency Fp outside the pass-band of the filter device, and at least one other shunt resonator has a corresponding parallel resonance frequency Fp inside the pass-band.
US09281796B2	Polyphase filter for mm-wave frequencies featuring symmetric layout A two-stage, passive, RC polyphase filter for mm-wave quadrature LO generation is presented. The filter features an innovative, symmetrical layout structure, which is more robust to parasitics than the conventional layout. Layout parasitics which become important at mm-wave frequencies are identified and a compensated. Impedance variations and transfer functions are evaluated considering these dominant parasitics. More than 15 dB improvement in image rejection ratio is achieved in comparison with conventional layouts. Using the inventive techniques more than 35 dB of image rejection ratio over a bandwidth of 6 GHz is demonstrated in an outphasing transmitter at 60 GHz in 40 nm CMOS.
US09281784B2	High-gain low-noise preamplifier and associated amplification and common-mode control method A preamplifier includes a differential pair of transistors receiving a bias current having a differential input and a differential output, a first resistor coupled to a first differential output node, a first transistor having a current path coupled between the first resistor and a power supply, a second resistor coupled to the first differential output node, a second transistor having a current path coupled between the second resistor and the power supply, a third resistor coupled to a second differential output node, a third transistor having a current path coupled between the third resistor and the power supply, a fourth resistor coupled to the second differential output node, and a fourth transistor having a current path coupled between the fourth resistor and the power supply, wherein a source of the second and third transistors are coupled together.
US09281781B2	Semiconductor apparatus, oscillation circuit, and signal processing system A semiconductor apparatus includes: first and second external terminals that are connected to respective both ends of an piezoelectric vibrator, in which the piezoelectric vibrator is externally disposed; an inverting amplifier that is disposed between the first and second external terminals; a feedback resistance that feeds back an output of the inverting amplifier to an input of the inverting amplifier; a first capacitative element that is disposed between the first external terminal and a reference voltage terminal; a first resistive element that is disposed in series with the first capacitative element; a second capacitative element that is disposed between the second external terminal and the reference voltage terminal; and a second resistive element that is disposed in series with the second capacitative element.
US09281778B2	Mounting bracket assemblies and methods A mounting bracket assembly comprises a flexible body including at least one top member and a flexible angled bottom member connected to the top member. The flexible body defines a beam insertion aperture between the top member and the bottom member. The mounting bracket assembly further comprises at least one clamp attached to the top member. The mounting bracket assembly may further comprise a threaded rod running through the at least one top member and a clamping nut securing the threaded rod to the top member such that rotating the clamping nut compresses the top member and grounds an electricity generating device such as a photovoltaic module. The mounting bracket assembly may further comprise an integral grounding device disposed adjacent the top member to electrically ground the electricity generating device.
US09281775B2	Clamping device with an electric motor The invention relates to a clamping device (1), for example swing tensioners (1), bracing elements, machine vises or block cylinders, with a movable clamping element (2) for clamping a workpiece with a defined clamping force, and with an electric motor (10) for mechanically driving the clamping element (2), also with a control unit that controls the electric motor (10). The invention provides that the control unit detects an electrical operating parameter of the electric motor (10) as a measure of the clamping force. The contact of the clamping element with the workpiece is detected in this manner. Subsequently, the electric motor (10) is then driven further by a defined number of revolutions, the number of revolutions after contact with the workpiece defining the clamping force. The invention further comprises a corresponding control method.
US09281773B2	Position sensorless step-wise freewheeling control method for switched reluctance motor A position sensorless step-wise freewheeling control method for a switched reluctance motor having dual switched-mode power converters for each phase doesn't require any additional external hardware, any rotor-position sensor, or storage of flux linkage data of the motor. After the upper and lower tubes of the main switch are switched off, and the phase of the switched reluctance motor enters into a negative voltage forced freewheeling state, the phase current is detected. When the phase current falls to a preset threshold, one of the upper or lower tubes is switched on and the phase enters into a zero voltage natural freewheeling state. When the phase current reaches a peak value, the rotor position becomes the start position of the minimum phase inductance and the rotor position is used as the switch-on position of the main switch. The upper and lower tubes are then switched on.
US09281771B2	Drive controller, image pickup apparatus, drive control method, and storage medium A drive controller includes a stepping motor capable of performing micro-step drive of a predetermined number of divisions by using an excitation current having a sine waveform, and a control unit configured to calculate a first drive pulse of the stepping motor to perform the micro-step drive, and the control unit is configured to change the first drive pulse to a second drive pulse depending on a ratio of a step phase of a predetermined phase region included in a range of the micro-step drive when performing the micro-step drive with the first drive pulse in a wobbling operation.
US09281770B2	Precision-fastening handheld cordless power tools Cordless power tools include a pistol housing having an upper portion that merges into a downwardly extending handle, a DC motor residing in the upper portion of the housing, the DC motor having a rotor that drives an output shaft; a torque transducer on board the tool in communication with the output shaft; and a dynamic motor control circuit residing in the housing in communication with the motor and torque transducer. The dynamic motor control circuit includes a Kelvin resistor in communication with the motor for measuring motor current and digital hall switches in communication with the motor for measuring motor speed. The motor current can vary by at least 100 A during operation.
US09281769B2	Electronic circuit and method for adjusting start-up characteristics of drive signals applied to an electric motor A motor control circuit and associated techniques can drive an electric motor in a start-up mode of operation followed by a normal mode of operation. The motor control circuit and techniques can receive a selection signal provided by a user that can select one of a plurality of sets of parameter values that determine characteristics of drive signals applied to the motor during the start-up mode of operation. The motor control circuit and associated techniques can synchronize operation between the start-up mode of operation and the normal mode of operation.
US09281768B2	Method and device for synchronizing a rotation speed of a rotor with a rotation field of a stator A method for synchronizing a rotation speed of a permanently excited rotor of an electric motor with a frequency of a rotation field of a sensorless commutated stator of the electric motor during a run-up procedure of the electric motor includes determining a phase position of the rotation field and a phase position of a countervoltage that is induced by the rotor in the stator in order to obtain a phase offset between the rotation field and the countervoltage. The method further includes adjusting a prevailing amplitude of one component of the rotation field using the phase offset to synchronize the rotation speed with the frequency. The amplitude of the component is increased if the rotor is lagging behind the rotation field or the amplitude of the component is reduced if the rotor is running ahead of the rotation field.
US09281766B2	Driving apparatus for analyzing apparatus Disclosed is an analyzing apparatus including a first drive part (71) for rotating a turntable (101) on which an analyzing device is set, a second drive part (72) selectively engaged with the first drive part (71) to reciprocate the analyzing device, and a third drive part (73) for relatively moving the first drive part (71) and the second drive part (72) a position where the first and second drive parts are engaged with each other and a position where the first and second drive parts are not engaged with each other. Thus in the mixing and agitation of a small amount of fluid, necessary acceleration can be obtained even in a short time.
US09281764B2	Energy harvester device for in-ear devices using ear canal dynamic motion An energy harvester device located into an in-ear device and harvesting energy from dynamic motion of the wall of the outer ear canal receiving the in-ear device therein, with an external sheath of the in-ear device generally assuming the contour of the ear canal wall. The energy harvester device has an energy harvesting module mounting on an inner portion of the in-ear device adjacent the external sheath, and is at least partially elastically deformable under a displacement of the ear canal wall to generate energy corresponding to the displacement of the wall. An energy storage module mounts onto the in-ear device and connects to the energy harvesting module to receive energy there from and supplying the stored energy to an electronic device of the in-ear device. The in-ear device having the energy harvester device therein is also part of the present invention.
US09281763B2	Row and column actuator control In one embodiment, a device is provided that includes:a plurality of actuators arranged into a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; a plurality of row conductors corresponding to the plurality of rows; a plurality of column conductors corresponding to the plurality of columns; and a controller configured to select at least one of the actuators in a row by raising a voltage on the corresponding row conductor to couple each selected actuator to its corresponding column conductor.
US09281756B2	Power flow controller with a fractionally rated back-to-back converter A power flow controller with a fractionally rated back-to-back (BTB) converter is provided. The power flow controller provide dynamic control of both active and reactive power of a power system. The power flow controller inserts a voltage with controllable magnitude and phase between two AC sources at the same frequency; thereby effecting control of active and reactive power flows between the two AC sources. A transformer may be augmented with a fractionally rated bi-directional Back to Back (BTB) converter. The fractionally rated BTB converter comprises a transformer side converter (TSC), a direct-current (DC) link, and a line side converter (LSC). By controlling the switches of the BTB converter, the effective phase angle between the two AC source voltages may be regulated, and the amplitude of the voltage inserted by the power flow controller may be adjusted with respect to the AC source voltages.
US09281753B2	LLC converter with dynamic gain transformation for wide input and output range A resonant power converter system includes an output load and a rectifier stage that provides a DC output voltage to the output load from an AC intermediate voltage. The resonant power converter system also includes a resonant inverter stage that provides the AC intermediate voltage from a DC input voltage, wherein an inverter gain is controlled by switching between full-bridge and half-bridge topologies based on an external variable of the resonant power converter system. The resonant power converter system further includes a controller that controls the resonant power converter system. Additionally, a method of operating a power converter includes rectifying an AC intermediate voltage to provide a DC output voltage and providing the AC intermediate voltage by inverting a DC input voltage, wherein an inversion gain of the AC intermediate voltage is controlled by switching between full-bridge and half-bridge inversion topologies based on an external variable.
US09281752B2	Resonant converters with synchronous rectifier feedback A method comprises providing a resonant converter, wherein the resonant converter comprises an input switch network coupled to a power source, wherein the input switch network comprises a plurality of power switches, a resonant tank coupled to the plurality of power switches, a transformer coupled to the resonant tank and an output stage coupled to the transformer, wherein the output stage comprises a synchronous rectifier formed by a first switch and a second switch, detecting a drain voltage of the first switch, comparing the drain voltage with a predetermined voltage threshold, wherein the drain voltage is coupled to a negative input of a comparator and the predetermined voltage threshold is coupled to a positive input of the comparator, generating a logic state based upon an output of the comparator and adjusting, by a control circuit, a switching frequency of the resonant converter based upon the logic state.
US09281749B2	Multiple power supply systems and methods Aspects of the present invention include a power supply system comprising a plurality of power supplies. Each of the power supplies can include an oscillator system configured to generate a clock signal at a clock node. Each of the power supplies can include an error amplifier configured to generate an error voltage at an error amplifier output node. Each of the power supplies can also include a pulse-width modulation (PWM) generator configured to generate a PWM switching signal based on an error voltage and the clock signal. Each of the power supplies can further include a power stage configured to generate an output voltage based on the PWM switching signal.
US09281747B2	Voltage regulator control using information from a load Disclosed are devices, apparatus, circuitry, components, mechanisms, modules, systems, and processes for controlling a voltage regulator in response to information from a load. In some implementations, transient minimizer circuitry is coupled to receive a notification signal indicating a change or an anticipated change in an electrical characteristic of the load. The transient minimizer circuitry is configured to generate a state command signal responsive to the notification signal. The state command signal indicates a state of the voltage regulator. The switching control circuitry is coupled to receive the state command signal from the transient minimizer circuitry. The switching control circuitry is configured to operate switch circuitry to control the state of the voltage regulator in accordance with the state command signal.
US09281741B2	Start-up circuit for voltage regulation circuit Among other things, techniques and systems are provided to pre-charge a node of a primary circuit, such as a voltage regulator or bandgap voltage reference, via a start-up circuit. The node is charged to a specified voltage during a pre-charge operation that occurs while the primary-circuit is powered-off. The pre-charge operation comprises discharging a voltage from the node during a first portion of the pre-charge operation and re-charging the node to the specified voltage during a second portion of the pre-charge operation. In some embodiments, the specified voltage is substantially equivalent to a switching voltage of a drive transistor of the primary circuit.
US09281738B2	Power conversion apparatus with low common mode noise and application systems thereof A power conversion circuit comprises an AC source, a power conversion unit, a filter inductor unit and a common mode noise suppression circuit. The power conversion unit has DC terminals and AC terminals. The filter inductor unit has first and second terminals, being respectively connected to the AC source and the AC terminals of the power conversion unit. The common mode noise suppression circuit has a capacitive impedance network with first and second terminals, and an impedance balancing network with first and second terminals. The second terminals of the capacitive impedance network are connected to the first terminals of the impedance balancing network, the first terminals of the capacitive impedance network are connected to the first terminals of the filter inductor unit, and the second terminals of the impedance balancing network are connected to the DC terminals of the power conversion unit.
US09281737B2	Voltage converter A voltage converter such as a DC-DC buck regulator includes a driver circuit that enables charge stored on the parasitic capacitance of a transistor switch to be transferred to a load capacitor. Hence, stored charge can be harvested for use by a load, thereby increasing efficiency of the regulator.
US09281735B2	Flux-switching linear permanent magnet machine with yokeless translator Advantageous motors, such as flux-switching linear synchronous motors (FSLSMs) are provided. In an FSLSM, all magnets can be magnetized in the same direction. In addition, an FSLSM can be yokeless and can have two stators displaced from one another by half a pole pitch. FSLSMs of the subject invention are cost-effective and provide high thrust, and can operate well even under fault conditions.
US09281734B2	Linear motor with back yoke Provided herein is a linear motor in which a back yoke can readily be mounted onto a plurality of linear motor units. The back yoke is constituted from a back yoke assembly including a surrounding portion that entirely surrounds six linear motor units. The back yoke works to form part of respective magnetic circuits of the six linear motor units. The back yoke assembly includes first and second divided assemblies and five partition wall portions. The first and second divided assemblies are each formed by press working a magnetic plate made of silicon steel.
US09281731B2	Method for maintaining a machine having a rotor and a stator Methods of precisely positioning a rotor of a machine into one or more service positions for the purpose of servicing the machine. In some embodiments, the machine includes A rotor and a stator segmented into multiple removable stator modules. During servicing, a stator-module replacement tool is precisely located in any one or more of multiple service positions corresponding to the multiple stator modules by selectively energizing the machine. In other embodiments, the machine includes a stator and a rotor having multiple removable permanent magnets corresponding respectively to multiple service positions. During servicing, the rotor is precisely located in any one or more of multiple service positions corresponding to the permanent magnets by selectively energizing the machine. A servicing control system is disclosed for controlling the excitation of a machine stator in a manner that effects precise positioning of the rotor into a selected service position.
US09281730B2	Motor driving system A motor driving system that changes a rotation speed of a motor pursuant to a speed command includes a main device including a drive circuit configured to drive the motor, an input device configured to input the speed command to the drive circuit, and a signal insulating unit configured to insulate the input device from the main device and to transmit the speed command from the input device to the drive circuit of the main device.
US09281726B2	Actuator The invention relates to an actuator for operating a positioning element. A common requirement in such actuators is that the positioning element can be decoupled from the electric motor that drives the positioning element via a transmission. In some applications the actuators are so compact that the only way to decouple the actuator is to disassemble parts of the actuator. To connect the positioning element to the electric motor again, this however requires that the whole actuator is demounted so as to ensure that the disassembled parts are properly assembled. The present invention overcomes this problem by providing an actuator comprising two toothed wheels which by mutual displacement can be brought out of mesh and which each comprises at least two toothed rims positioned with a spacing corresponding to at least the width of one toothed rim. Hence the provided actuator is very compact in that the space required for disengagement of the positioning element is practically reduced to the width of the toothed wheels. Further the construction ensures a firm mesh, making the actuator highly reliable.
US09281724B2	Rotating electrical machine including concentrated single-layer winding coil In a rotating electrical machine, the concentrated winding coil includes a single-layer coil, corresponding to one layer, wound in a first turn advancing mode with the wire forming sequential coil turns starting from one end of the insulating bobbin toward another end of the insulating bobbin and another single-layer coil, corresponding to one layer, wound in a second turn advancing mode with the wire forming turns starting from the other end of the insulating bobbin toward the one end of the insulating bobbin, with the single-layer coil and the other single-layer coil layered alternately to each other. The insulating bobbin includes a winding portion where the concentrated winding coil is formed, collars each formed at one of two ends of the winding portion and at least one projecting portion configured to disallow misalignment at a turn changeover start area in the first and second turn advancing modes.
US09281721B2	Permanent-magnet electric motor comprising a segmented stator An electric motor (1) with permanent magnets includes a rotor (4), on which permanent magnets are fastened (6), and a stator (2). The stator includes a stator structure and coils (5) installed on the stator structure. The stator structure is realized by an assembly of at least three independent stator elements (21), assembled on a baseplate (3) with no direct mechanical linkage between them. Each stator element (21) is fastened onto the baseplate (3) of the motor by an adjusted fastener (31) and at least one anti-rotation element (32). Preferably, the stator elements (21) are made of a material that is a good heat conductor and electrical insulator, such as a ceramic.
US09281717B2	Form factor swappable DC battery back-up In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and method for providing a battery back-up unit (BBU) for a rack-level power infrastructure is described. The system may include a chassis sized to fit within a commodity power supply unit (PSU) slot in a power distribution unit (PDU). A battery may be disposed within the chassis, and at least one power module coupled to the battery. The system may also include a power module controller coupled to the at least one power module, and a form-factor connector coupled to the power module controller and the at least one power module.
US09281716B2	Generator controller configured for preventing automatic transfer switch from supplying power to the selected load A power management system may include a generator controller. The generator controller may (i) operate the generator; and (ii) prohibit a transfer switch from supplying first or second power to an output of the transfer switch. In some systems, the first power may be primary power (e.g., from a primary power source such as a utility) while the second power is secondary power (e.g., from a secondary power source such as a generator). In other systems, the second power may be primary power while the first power is secondary power, or both the first and second power may be secondary power.
US09281706B2	Object detection in a wireless charging field Methods and devices are disclosed including a wireless charging method comprising transmitting a wireless charging signal, monitoring at least one of an amplitude and a phase of the wireless charging signal, determining whether the at least one of an amplitude and phase is within a predetermined range of at least one predetermined value and, if it is determined that the at least one of an amplitude and phase is not within the predetermined range of the at least one predetermined value, stopping transmission of the wireless charging signal.
US09281704B2	Method of controlling a load current, load current control device, and mobile device having the same A method of controlling a load current is provided. By the method, a battery voltage control operation is begun when a battery voltage becomes lower than a first threshold value, whether a gradient of the battery voltage is a positive gradient or a negative gradient is determined at an interval of a reference or, alternatively, predetermined control time, the load current is controlled based on the gradient of the battery voltage at an interval of the reference or, alternatively, predetermined control time, and the battery voltage control operation is finished when the battery voltage becomes higher than a second threshold value.
US09281701B2	Wireless power transfer device for charging mobile/portable devices A charging system having a charging device with a groove for receiving a mobile/portable device for charging is provided having a magnetic core located in a housing of the charging device with the magnetic core having a base and two legs that are located around the groove. A coil is wrapped around the base and a driver circuit is connected to the coil as well as to an external power source. A power receiver is located in a mobile/portable device that can be placed in the groove in the charging device. The power receiver includes a receiver magnetic core as well as a receiving coil wrapped around the receiver magnetic core for receiving an inductive current from the charging device. A charging circuit is connected to the receiving coil and adapted to be connected to the battery of the mobile/portable device for charging.
US09281696B2	Current steering circuit and current steering method for controlling branch current flowing through branch A current steering circuit for controlling a branch current flowing through a branch is provided. The branch is coupled to a first main switch. The current steering circuit includes a sensing device, a first auxiliary switch and a control unit. The sensing device is coupled to the branch and arranged for sensing the branch current to generate a sensing result. The first auxiliary switch is coupled in parallel with the first main switch. The control unit is coupled to the sensing device and the first auxiliary switch, wherein while the first main switch is turned on, the control unit generates a first switch control signal to the first auxiliary switch, and adjusts a duty cycle of the first switch control signal according to the sensing result in order to adjust the branch current.
US09281691B2	Detection for four pair powered devices A twin power sourcing equipment constituted of: a first power sourcing equipment; and a second power sourcing equipment arranged for connection to a powered device over respective power paths; the first and second power sourcing equipments arranged to: simultaneously perform detection of the powered device; and in the event that at least one of the first and second power sourcing equipments detects the presence of the powered device, alternately perform detection of the powered device to detect a signature impedance; and in the event that each of the alternate detection is indicative of the presence of the signature impedance, provide power to the powered device simultaneously by the first and second power sourcing equipment. Power is not provided to the powered device in the event that the simultaneous detection is indicative of the absence of the powered device on each of the first path and the second path.
US09281689B2	Load phase balancing at multiple tiers of a multi-tier hierarchical intelligent power distribution grid The subject specification comprises enhanced power system balance control for a multi-tier hierarchical electrical distribution network (EDN). The EDN comprises a specified number of distribution network node controller (DNNC) components employed to desirably control power system balance, data communications, and power distribution between respective tiers of the EDN to facilitate efficient power distribution. In each tier, a power system balance component (PSBC), associated with a DNNC component, can monitor power system balance, such as load phase balance, associated with multi-phase power distribution for its tier, and detect power system imbalances in that tier. A power balance correction action can be identified and executed (e.g., automatically) in response to the detected power system imbalance to rectify the imbalance, wherein the correction action can include dynamic switching of loads between phases and/or filtering of the power signal.
US09281687B2	Control system for electrical outlets A system for controlling electrical outlets includes two devices. The first device connects to a switched outlet and sends a signal to the second device when the outlet is turned on or off. The second device mimics the power state of the first device. The first device may include a socket for receiving a sensor module, which may alter the functionality of the device. For example, the device may be controlled by a remote device or it may be motion-activated, depending on the module that is connected.
US09281684B2	Interconnect device for detecting whether a vehicle on-board diagnostics (OBD) data port includes circuitry which prevents back feeding of power through the OBD data port An interconnect device is disclosed for detecting whether an vehicle on-board diagnostics (OBD) data port includes a blocking diode or equivalent. that prevents back feeding of power through the OBD data port. If a diode is detected, the interconnect device alerts the user that the power cannot be back fed through the OBD II port connector. In such a condition, an alternate means is used to preserve the data mentioned above. Specifically, an alternative power supply can be connected directly to the battery cables that will be disconnected from the battery, for example, by way of battery clamps. In this way the alternative power supply is used to preserve the data until a new battery is reconnected to the vehicle battery cables. If a diode is not detected by the interconnect device, the interconnect device displays this fact to the user. The interconnect device includes circuitry for detecting and displaying whether a diode is connected in series with a power pin of the OBD II port connector. In addition, the interconnect device includes an OBD II port connector on one end connected by way of a cable to a connector, such as a cigarette lighter connector or hardwired directly to an alternate power supply.
US09281680B2	Power switching circuit A power switching circuit includes a power semiconductor element that includes a main switching element connected in parallel with a main body diode and a sense switching element connected in parallel with a sense body diode; a reverse overcurrent detection circuit that detects an overcurrent flowing in the reverse direction out of currents flowing through a parallel-connection body of the sense switching element and the sense body diode; and a control circuit that drives the gate of the power semiconductor element; wherein when the reverse overcurrent detection circuit detects a reverse overcurrent, the control circuit controls the main switching element and the sense switching element to turn on.
US09281676B2	Adjustment device for cable management arm An adjustment device for a cable management arm includes a first support member, a second support member, and a positioning member. The first support member has a plurality of holes. The second support member is movably connected to the first support member and has a through hole. The positioning member is fixed to the second support member and has a positioning portion and a resilient section connected to the positioning portion. When in use, the positioning portion partially extends through the through hole, selectively extends through one of the holes, and then is positioned by a force of the resilient section, such that the extension-length of the second support member relative to the first support member is adjusted.
US09281675B2	Systems and methods for cable deployment of downhole equipment Systems and methods for cable deployment of downhole equipment, wherein the conductors of a power cable bear the load of the downhole equipment and jewelry, as well as the cable itself. The power cable includes a set of elongated conductors, an upper coupling and a lower coupling. The upper support coupling suspends each of the conductors from the support structure and electrically couples the conductors to a power source. The lower coupling suspends the downhole electrical equipment from the conductors and electrically couples the conductors to the downhole equipment. One embodiment uses 7075 T-6 aluminum conductors to provide a length of at least 10,000 feet, a yield stress of at least 50,000 psi and a resistance of less than 0.2 ohm/kf. The aluminum conductors are homogeneous and are non-reactive with hydrogen sulfide, so no lead sheathing is required.
US09281674B2	Method of busway construction A busway and a method of assembling the same in which a flowable, uncured epoxy is applied between insulated busbar conductors that are stacked on top of one another and inner surfaces of the busway housing into which the stacked conductors are placed to form an enclosed busway. The busbar conductors are insulated by an epoxy powder coat, which can develop pinholes during the curing of the epoxy powder. A flowable, curable dielectric material, such as epoxy, is applied between the outermost busbar conductors and the inner surfaces of the top and bottom pieces of the busway housing. Optionally, epoxy is also applied between adjacent pairs of busbar conductors, which are stacked and arranged into the housing. Pressure is applied to the housing stack, and the epoxy is allowed to cure, resulting in a busway having superior thermal performance, dielectric integrity, and mechanical strength compared to conventional busways.
US09281673B2	Deformable busbar assembly and bus bar installation method A bus bar assembly includes a deformable bus bar including a bus bar positive terminal flange, a bus bar negative terminal flange spaced-apart from the bus bar positive terminal flange and a flange connecting portion connecting the bus bar positive terminal flange and the bus bar negative terminal flange. A deformable bus bar frame includes a bus bar frame positive terminal flange carried by the bus bar positive terminal flange of the deformable bus bar and a bus bar frame negative terminal flange carried by the bus bar negative terminal flange of the deformable bus bar. A method of installing a deformable bus bar on positive and negative terminals of a battery cell is also disclosed.
US09281672B2	Electrical connectivity within architectural glazing frame systems A system for providing an electrical interface across a sealed boundary may include a frame in sealed engagement with at least a portion of a substrate. The substrate may be in communication with an electrochromic device. The system may further include first and second conduits. The first conduit may be on a first side of the substrate and a second conduit may be on a second side of the substrate. The second conduit may be in communication with the first conduit through at least one of the seal, a space between the seal and the frame, and a space between the seal and the substrate.
US09281670B2	Corrugated tube provided with passage maintenance member, and wire harness A passage restricting member is attached to a corrugated tube. This corrugated tube includes a corrugated tube, a passage maintenance member, and an attachment member. The passage maintenance member is die-molded so as to maintain a shape in which at least a portion is curved in the longitudinal direction, and the transverse cross-section is arc shaped. The passage maintenance member has an opening penetrating to the internal peripheral side and the external peripheral side. The attachment member has an internal peripheral engaging part engaging with an internal peripheral portion of a slit in the corrugated tube, an external peripheral engaging part engaging with an external peripheral portion of the opening in the passage maintenance member, and a connecting part for connecting the internal peripheral engaging part and the external peripheral engaging part while disposed in the slit and the opening.
US09281668B2	Stripping blades for cutting insulation An insulation stripping assembly for stripping insulation from a conductor. The blade assembly includes a first blade assembly and a second blade assembly. The first blade assembly has a first cutting blade, and the second blade assembly has a second cutting blade. A clenching member is provided on at least one of the first blade assembly and the second blade assembly. The clenching member is spaced from the first cutting blade and the second cutting blade. The first and second cutting blade essentially cut through the insulation and the clenching member engages the insulation to provide increased pulling force to remove the cut insulation from the conductor.
US09281666B2	Subsea electrical distribution system having redundant circuit breaker control and method for providing same A system and method for coupling electrical power subsea. The system comprises a subsea electrical distribution system having at least one modular circuit breaker assembly. The modular circuit breaker assembly is controlled by a control system that has a plurality of circuit breaker controls. Each circuit breaker is operable to be controlled by a plurality of circuit breaker controls and each circuit breaker control is operable to control a plurality of circuit breakers. Therefore, control of each circuit breaker is maintained even if one circuit breaker control fails.
US09281662B2	Spark plug A spark plug including an insulator having an axial hole, a center electrode held at one end side and a terminal electrode held at the other end side of the axial hole, an electrical connection portion electrically connecting the center electrode and the terminal electrode inside the axial hole, wherein the electrical connection portion includes a conductor including a ceramic phase and a metal wire having a spiral structure portion, wherein the metal wire has a wire diameter of 0.1 mm or greater and 0.5 mm or smaller, and wherein the spiral structure portion of the metal wire is configured such that an outer diameter thereof is 1.0 mm or greater and 3 mm or smaller, a pitch thereof is 0.3 mm or greater and 1 mm or smaller, and a height thereof is 8 mm or greater and 30 mm or smaller.
US09281661B2	Integrated optoelectronic device comprising a Mach-Zehnder modulator and a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) A Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) is horizontally integrated with a VCSEL. The horizontally-integrated MZM overcomes wavelength dependence problems of horizontally-integrated EA modulators and yet has the same advantages as horizontally-integrated EA modulators in terms of overcoming the ER and modulation range problems associated with the vertically-integrated EA and EO modulators. By overcoming these problems with the existing integrated modulators, the operation speed of the VCSEL is increased and the modulation signal range is extended to allow a wider range of modulation signals and modulation schemes, including large-signal digital modulation schemes.
US09281660B2	Surface emitting laser, surface-emitting-laser array, and image forming apparatus The present invention provides a surface emitting laser that provides a sufficient optical output and is suitable as a light source intended for electrophotographic apparatuses, and a surface-emitting-laser array and an image forming apparatus each including the surface emitting laser. The surface emitting laser includes a first stepped structure on a front surface of a front mirror. In the first stepped structure, a difference L between an optical path length in a first area and an optical path length in a second area satisfies the following expression: (¼+N)λ<\|L\|<(¾+N)λ where N is an integer.
US09281658B2	System and method for controlling collocated multiple wavelength tuned lasers Systems and methods are disclosed herein for controlling laser beams for a plurality of collocated laser assemblies. The laser beams are optimized by controlling outputs of a primary power source (current for generating a laser beam) and a secondary power source (heating device) for each of the respective laser assemblies. The states of the power supply may be cycled and modulated to provide optimal performance.
US09281649B2	Air-cooled gas lasers with heat transfer assembly and associated systems and methods Embodiments of an air-cooled gas laser with a heat transfer assembly are disclosed herein. A laser configured in accordance with one embodiment includes a laser superstructure and a laser superstructure having an opening and a cavity accessible through the opening, and an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly is configured to be received into the cavity, and includes a frame and an electrode biasedly coupled to the frame and electrically insulated therefrom.
US09281646B2	Electrical connector with additional power terminals An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing and a plurality of first conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a mating frame running through a front face thereof. An L-shaped mating tongue extends forwardly in the mating frame. The mating frame has two opposite inner surfaces facing to the mating tongue and spaced from the mating tongue. The first conductive terminal each includes a contacting portion arranged on a mating face of the mating tongue and a connecting portion extending out of the insulative housing. The electrical connector includes second conductive terminals disposed on both inner surface of the mating frame. The second conductive terminals are used for different-voltage power transmission. Therefore, the electrical connector not only meets the specification of SATA connector, but also provides the function of signal transmission and different-voltage power transmission.
US09281645B2	Electrical supply connector with a simplified mounting arrangement The invention relates to an electrical supply connector having a housing, a contact element on which an electrical port is formed and which is arranged so as to be displaceable inside the housing, in such manner that the contact element is displaceable between an extended position, in which the electrical port protrudes out of the housing in the area of a side surface and an electrical contact can thus be made with a conductor rail via the electrical port, and a retracted position in which the electrical port is arranged inside the housing and the electrical contact is disconnected, and an actuating element that is arranged in the area of a front cover surface on the housing and is displaceable between a release position and a coupling position, in such manner that when the actuating element moves into the coupling position it forces the contact element out of the retracted position and into the extended position thereof. The invention also relates to a system with a current conductor and an electrical supply connector.
US09281640B2	Connector A connector includes a ground pin and a signal pin. The ground pin includes a first cylindrical part, a first cylindrical terminal telescopically movable into the first cylindrical part, and a first elastic member compressible in a first central axis direction. The signal pin includes a second cylindrical part, a second cylindrical terminal telescopically movable into the second cylindrical part, and a second elastic member compressible in a second central axis direction. The signal pin is provided concentrically with the first elastic member and the first cylindrical part, and has a one-piece structure of a single metal plate. The first and the second cylindrical parts are connected to a ground line and a signal line of a board with the first and second cylindrical terminals being in contact with the board and compressed in the first and second central axis directions, respectively.
US09281639B2	Micro radio-frequency connector A micro radio-frequency connector includes an isolated body, a resilient terminal and an external terminal. The isolated body includes an accommodating slot and an inserting hole connected to the accommodating slot. The accommodating slot includes an upper inner wall and a lower inner wall opposite to each other. The resilient terminal is disposed inside the accommodating slot, and includes a fixing section, two resilient arms and a first contacting section. The fixing section is fixed to the accommodating slot. An end of the resilient arm is connected to the fixing section and contacts against the lower inner wall, the other end of the resilient arm is a free end to be separated from the lower inner wall while an external force is not applied to the first contacting section and further to contact against the lower inner wall while the external force is applied to the first contacting section.
US09281635B2	Connector and connector bar A connector includes a connecting terminal, a fixed contact, a movable plate, a movable contact provided at an end of the movable plate, a card that includes an insulator and contacts the movable plate, a button that contacts the card, an opening spring connected to the button, and a sliding operation part that controls a contact between the fixed contact and the movable contact. When the sliding operation part is moved in a first direction, the movable contact is brought into contact with the fixed contact and the connector is turned on. When the sliding operation part is moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the movable contact is caused to move away from the fixed contact and the connector is turned off. The sliding operation part is provided on a surface that is different from a surface on which the connecting terminal is provided.
US09281632B2	Communication jack having layered plug interface contacts A communication jack, system using the jack, and method of fabricating the jack are disclosed. The jack includes a cavity configured to accept a communication plug to form a communication connector. The jack includes a plurality of plug interface contacts that extend into the cavity such that a plug inserted into the cavity makes electrical contact with the plug interface contacts at plug/jack interfaces of the plug interface contacts. One or more of the plug interface contacts is formed from multiple conductive layers. The conductive layers are movable relative to each other at at least one end. A dielectric layer or flexible printed circuit board may be disposed between the conductive layers.
US09281628B2	Electrical connector assembly with improved contact A plug connector includes a plug housing (11) defining a receiving space (1110), a plurality of contacts retained in the plug housing, a cable (16) electrically connected with the contacts and a shielding member (15) enclosing on the plug housing to form a cavity. The contacts comprises a plurality of first contacts (12) and a plurality of second contacts (13), stiff contacting portions of the first contacts are exposed in the receiving space, and elastic contacting portions of the second contacts are exposed in the cavity for transmitting high speed signal. The shielding member is enclosing on the plug housing to form a cavity, the cavity is stacked on the receiving space. The slit is communicated with an exterior in the up-to-down direction, the plug connector further comprises an additional contact (18) received in the slit and extending beyond the bottom surface of the plug housing.
US09281624B2	Electrical connector with signal pathways and a system having the same Electrical connector including a connector body having a mating side configured to interface with an electrical component. The electrical connector also includes signal pathways extending through the connector body. The signal pathways are arranged to form pairs of signal pathways. The electrical connector also includes an impedance-control assembly having a plurality of dielectric bodies supported by the connector body. The dielectric bodies surround respective pairs of signal pathways. The dielectric bodies include a dielectric medium and gas bubbles distributed in the dielectric medium. The dielectric medium has a predetermined dielectric constant. The at least one of the gas bubbles or gas-filled particles are sized and distributed in the dielectric medium to achieve a target dielectric constant of the dielectric bodies.
US09281613B2	Battery wiring module A battery wiring module attached to a battery group formed by juxtaposing a plurality of batteries each having electrode terminals, includes: a plurality of bus bars; and a plurality of holder units made of an insulating resin and having holding portions and holding the bus bars. The holder units include: a first holder unit disposed at an end; and a second holder unit which is a holder unit other than the first holder unit. The holding portion of the second holder unit is provided with a bus bar insertion portion through which the bus bars are inserted in the direction in which the batteries are juxtaposed, and the second holding portion of the first holder unit is provided with an encompassing wall and adapted to insert the bus bars in a direction in which the first holder unit is attached to the battery group.
US09281610B2	Tray type card connector having a front cover with a sealing member Provided is a tray type card connector that is compatible with waterproof electronic devices and that can easily perform the insertion and removal of a card into/from the electronic devices. A tray type card connector includes a card tray; a housing having a tray insertion portion; a plurality of contacts arranged in the housing so as to project within the tray insertion portion; a front cover portion fitting in a casing opening portion opened at a lateral surface portion of a casing of an electronic device A, at a front end portion of the card tray; a ring-shaped cover water-sealing member made of an elastic material at an outer periphery portion of the front cover portion.
US09281606B2	Connector for automobile wiring harness A connector includes: a terminal; a housing; a rear holder; and a rubber plug. A terminal receiving chamber of the housing is provided with: a first receiving portion receiving a wire connecting portion, an electric wire connected to the wire connecting portion, and a rubber plug; a second receiving portion; and a step wall interposed between the first and second receiving portions and allowing a flange portion formed on the wire connecting portion to abut on the step wall. The rubber plug is composed of a ring-shaped packing attached to the electric wire and keeping a space between an outer peripheral wall of the electric wire and an inner wall of the first receiving portion watertight, and a resin member. The resin member is provided with a buried portion buried in the packing, and a cylinder portion extended from the buried portion and interposed between the flange and the packing.
US09281600B2	Connector with retainer having reinforced escaping portion A connector (10) includes a housing (30) with a terminal accommodating portion (31) into which a plurality of differently dimensioned terminals (20) are to be accommodated, and a retainer (60) retains the terminals (20) by being inserted through a side surface of the housing (30). The retainer (60) is moved laterally by operating an operating portion (63) and is held at a partial locking position and a full locking position by locking pieces (65) of the retainer (60) that engage locked portions (44) of the housing (30). The terminals (20) include medium terminals (20M) locked by medium locking lances (56) fit into an escaping portion (68) between the operating portion (63) and the locking pieces (65) in the retainer (60). The escaping portion (68) includes a reinforcement (69) for preventing deformation of the escaping portion (68).
US09281598B2	Contact element A contact element for making electrical contact with a contact area of a mating contact element, wherein a contact region forms at least two contact points, and wherein the two contact points are distinguished from one another in the new state in respect of the distance from the contact area of the mating contact element, so that, in the new state, a first of the contact points makes contact with the contact area and, after a defined amount of wear of the first contact point, the second contact point makes contact with the contact area.
US09281593B2	Connector which is reduced in possibility of damage due to warping of a connection object without decreasing the insertability of the connection object A connector is for connection to a plate-like connection object. The connector includes contacts, a housing holding the contacts, and an operating member for connecting the connection object to the contacts. The operating member has a pair of rotating shaft portions spaced apart from each other in a right-left direction and is rotatably supported by the housing so as to be displaceable between an initial position and a connecting position. The housing has a receiving portion which is open upward. The receiving portion is adapted to receive, from obliquely front, insertion of the connection object and to receive the operating member when the operating member is in the connecting position. The housing further has protruding portions in the rear part of the receiving portion for preventing upward warping of the connection object. The protruding portions are located between the pair of rotating shaft portions.
US09281592B2	Female connector and card edge connector A female connector has a plurality of contacts to be connected to a card member having a card edge portion with a plurality of card edge terminals formed on a substrate, and a housing disposed with contact housing portions, and the housing has a flat opening portion on one side into which the card edge portion is inserted, an insertion port on the other side, and an inner space therein communicating with the flat opening portion and disposed with the card edge portion, and the contact housing portion has at least two stages of first contact housing portions formed on one side relative to the inner space of the housing and communicating with the insertion port, and a stage of second contact housing portions formed on the other side relative to the inner space of the housing and communicating with the insertion port.
US09281590B1	Electrical connector having improved resonance An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a longitudinal slot and at least one row of contacts retained in the housing. Each of the contacts defines a retention portion, a resilient contacting arm extending from the retention portion with a contacting portion protruding into the longitudinal slot, and a soldering tail extending out of the housing. The contacts include at least two differential pairs adjacent to each other and at least one grounding contact sandwiched therebetween in the longitudinal direction. The contacting portions of each differential pairs are closer to the mating face than the contacting portion of the grounding contact in the mating direction, which can improve resonance of the electrical connector during transferring high-speed signals.
US09281589B2	Electrical connector having better high-frequency performance An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals fixed in the insulative housing. The conductive terminals includes a first terminal group, the first terminal group includes a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of grounding terminals. The insulative housing defines a cured conductive adhesive, the cured conductive adhesive makes the grounding terminals of the first terminal group shorted to each other.
US09281584B2	Connector A connector reduced in height without reducing contact reliability. A contact of the connector includes a first spring portion that supports a contact portion, a second spring portion that supports a connection portion, and an integral connection portion that integrally connects the first spring portion and the second spring portion. The first spring portion and the second spring portion are arranged on an imaginary straight line that extends through the contact portion and is parallel to a connection direction, and the integral connection portion is made away from the imaginary straight line in a direction orthogonal to the connection direction.
US09281583B2	Electrical connector having improved insulative housing An electrical connector includes a first insulative housing having a first mating port and a second mating port arranged side by side, a plurality of first contacts retained to the first mating port, and a plurality of second contacts retained to the second mating port. The first mating port includes first and second mating tongues providing corresponding first and second mating faces opposite to each other. The second mating port defines a first strengthen arm adjacent to the first mating port to connect with the first and second mating tongues, the first contacts provide first contacting portions exposed upon both the first mating face and the second mating face.
US09281581B2	Wiring module for a battery module that has detection terminal for detecting state of electric cells A wiring module includes first detection terminals for detecting a state of electric cells, and a resin protector that retains the first detection terminals. The first detection terminals each include a first plate-shaped portion having a plate shape, and a first electric wire connecting portion continuous with the first plate-shaped portion and connected to a terminal portion of an electric wire W. The first plate-shaped portion is provided with projecting pieces for discriminating the front and back sides of the corresponding first detection terminal.
US09281579B2	Electrical connectors having leadframes An electrical connector includes a contact module having a leadframe and a dielectric frame surrounding the leadframe. The leadframe has signal conductors having transition contacts encased in the dielectric frame. The transition contacts are coplanar such that the transition contacts are arranged within a contact plane of the leadframe. The signal conductors have mating contacts extending from the corresponding transition contacts. Each of the mating contacts have a mating interface configured to be electrically connected to a corresponding mating contact of a mating connector. The mating contacts are arranged in pairs with the corresponding mating interfaces aligned in rows along corresponding row axes. Each of the pairs of mating contacts are arranged in different rows.
US09281575B2	Terminal A terminal is formed by bending a plate of electrically conductive metal and is received in a connector housing. The terminal includes a box-shaped body part, a terminal contact part provided on a front side of the body part, and an electrical wire connecting part provided on a rear side of the body part. When the plate before bending is viewed from the thickness direction, a conductor section having a cross-section having constant width and thickness extends from the terminal contact part to the electrical wire connecting part.
US09281573B2	Electrical plug connector for electrical connection by means of ultrasonic welding An electrical plug connector in the form of a solid contact pin that has a contact portion, a transition portion adjoining the contact portion, and a connection portion adjoining the transition portion for electrical connection to an electrical line by ultrasonic welding. The connection portion is formed from a first leg and a second leg and has at least one geometric wave refraction element for refracting waves during ultrasonic welding.
US09281572B2	Aperture synthesis communications system A method and apparatus are provided for improving capacity in wireless communications systems for use in areas having a high user traffic density. For reception, signals received from an antenna array are processed by performing a transformation comprising aperture synthesis to map signal content received from the antenna array to at least one element of a plurality of elements in an image plane storage to produce a time series of values for the at least one element, and then by assigning the at least one element to at least one radio access transceiver of a plurality of radio access transceivers for receiving the time series of values from the at least one element. For transmission, at least one radio access transceiver of a plurality of radio access transceivers is assigned to at least one element of a plurality of elements in an image plane storage, the assignment providing for the at least one element to receive a time series of values from the at least one radio access transceiver, and then a transformation is performed comprising antenna synthesis to map the time series of values from the at least one element to the signals for transmission by the antenna array.
US09281568B1	Apparatus and method for improving the gain and bandwidth of a microstrip patch antenna A method for improving bandwidth and gain of a microstrip patch antenna and a microstrip patch antenna are provided. The method includes forming a highly anisotropic superstrate, and positioning the highly anisotropic superstrate at a predetermined distance away from the ground plane side of the microstrip patch antenna, increasing the bandwidth of the microstrip patch antenna. The antenna provides a microstrip patch antenna having a highly anisotropic superstrate. The highly anisotropic superstrate can include a spacing layer, a dielectric material positioned on the spacing layer and a plurality of conductive strips disposed on the dielectric layer.
US09281565B2	Multi-frequency antenna A multi-frequency antenna includes a first antenna element, a second antenna element, a connection element, a third antenna element and a shorted element. The connection element is connected between the first antenna element and a neighborhood portion of the third antenna element. A feeding point is located in or nearby a first junction between the connection element and the first antenna element or located in the connection element. The shorted element is connected between the second antenna element and the grounding plane. The shorted element extends from a second junction between the second antenna element and the third antenna element to the grounding plane. The first conductive path that extends from the feeding point to the other end of the shorted element is substantially equal to a second conductive length that extends from the feeding point to the free end of the first antenna element.
US09281562B2	Apparatus with antenna and method for wireless communication An apparatus including a first port configured to couple to a first location on an antenna; a second port configured to couple to a second location on the antenna; a switch configured to switch between a first electrical configuration in which the first port is coupled to radio circuitry, and a second electrical configuration in which the second port is coupled to the radio circuitry; first reactive circuitry configured to impedance match the antenna with the radio circuitry at a first operational resonant frequency band; and second reactive circuitry, different to the first reactive circuitry, and configured to impedance match the antenna with the radio circuitry at a second operational resonant frequency band, different to the first operational resonant frequency band.
US09281558B2	High isolation electromagnetic transmitter and receiver A high isolation electromagnetic transmitter and receiver is revealed. An isolation portion, a first antenna body and a second antenna body are extended from and formed over a grounding portion. The isolation portion is extended to and formed between the first antenna body and the second antenna body. A parasitic element corresponding to the isolation portion is disposed between the first antenna body and the second antenna body. The isolation portion is T-shaped. The parasitic element is reverse T-shaped and arranged over the grounding portion. The structure is simple and able to be applied to the design of planar printed antennas. The production is easy and the cost is reduced. The volume is minimized to be used in various mini wireless mobile communication devices. No interference occurs even that the first and the second antennas are close due to good isolation.
US09281554B1	Balloon with pressure mechanism to passively steer antenna Methods and apparatus are disclosed for passively steering an antenna disposed on a balloon in a balloon network. An example balloon involves: (a) an antenna and (b) a pressure-sensitive mechanism in mechanical communication with the antenna such that a change in the balloon's altitude causes at least an element of the antenna to rotate upward or downward, a separation distance between two or more radiating elements to increase or decrease, or a separation distance between the two or more radiating elements and a reflector to increase or decrease.
US09281550B2	Wave mode converter Wave mode converters, and methods of using wave mode converters are disclosed. The wave mode converters include a radial waveguide including a generally disk-like structure to receive a radially propagating field derived from rectangular TE10 waveguide mode, and a body including a plurality of spaced apart apertures.
US09281546B2	Battery pack case having novel structure Disclosed herein is a battery pack case in which a battery module having a plurality of stacked battery cells or unit modules (‘unit cells’) is mounted, wherein the battery pack case is provided at the upper part and the lower part thereof with a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port, respectively, which are directed in opposite directions such that a coolant to cool the unit cells can flow from one side to the other side of the battery module in a direction perpendicular to a cell stacking direction, the battery pack case is further provided with a flow space (‘coolant introduction part’) extending from the coolant inlet port to the battery module and another flow space (‘coolant discharge part’) extending from the battery module to the coolant outlet port, and the flow channel width of the coolant introduction part and/or the flow channel width of the coolant discharge part is greater than that of each of the unit cells, thereby achieving uniform distribution of the coolant.
US09281544B2	Battery pack test system A battery pack test system is provided. The system includes a battery charging device that monitors an output voltage level of the vehicle battery pack. The system further includes a switch electrically coupled between an igniter and a voltage source. The system further includes a first video camera that generates a first plurality of images of an interior of the vehicle battery pack. The switch has a closed operational state at a first time in response to the output voltage level of a battery cell in the vehicle battery pack being greater than a threshold voltage level, to induce the igniter to generate a spark to generate a fire within an interior region of the vehicle battery pack.
US09281541B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte for secondary battery and nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery employing the same An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.
US09281539B2	Electrical storage device including fiber electrode, and method of fabricating the same An object of the present invention is to provide a highly efficient electrical storage device that uses a fiber positive electrode and a fiber negative electrode and in which lithium ion is used as an intercalating species, and to provide a method of fabricating the electrical storage device. The electrical storage device according to the present invention includes: a fiber positive electrode including an electrically conductive fiber, the fiber having a surface on which a positive electrode active material coating is formed, the positive electrode active material coating containing a transition metal oxide represented by a chemical formula 1 which is (Li1-xAx)aMbXcOd; a fiber negative electrode including an electrically conductive fiber, the fiber having a surface on which a negative electrode active material coating is formed; a separator; and an electrolyte (in the chemical formula 1, A is at least one kind of alkali metal selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb, and Cs; M is at least one kind of transition metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Nb, Mo, Ru, Pd, Ag, Ta, W, Ce, Pr, Sm, Eu, and Pb; X is at least one kind of typical elements selected from the group consisting of B, Al, Si, P, S, Ga, and Ge; and 0
US09281536B2	Material design to enable high mid-temperature performance of a fuel cell with ultrathin electrodes A fuel cell including at least one of a hydrophilic interlayer and a flow field treated to impart hydrophilic properties is disclosed, wherein the hydrophilic interlayer and the treated flow field militate against water accumulation in ultrathin electrodes of the fuel cell, particularly for cool-start operating conditions (i.e. about 0° C. to about 60° C.).
US09281529B2	Protective edge seal having alkali metal ions for membrane ion exchange A unitized electrode assembly (10; 110; 210; 310; 410) for a fuel cell includes, in addition to an anode catalyst layer (54; 254) and a cathode catalyst layer (56; 256), a polymer electrolyte membrane (52) having an acid functional group normally including H+ ions and an edge seal (66; 166; 266, 366, 466) containing alkali metal ions in a form, concentration, and/or location for delivery and dispersion into the membrane. The edge seal of the unitized electrode assembly is proximate, and typically contacts, the peripheral edge region (68) of the membrane in ion-transfer relation therewith, and alkali metal ions leach into the membrane during fuel cell operation to provide a desired ion exchange in the membrane. The alkali metal ions contained by the edge seal may be Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, and/or Cs+, and may be included as a dopant with the material of the edge seal during its formation, or may be included as a discrete component of the edge seal, as by an ion-doped strip of membrane material contained by the edge seal. The edge seal thus serves as a “reservoir” of the alkali metal ions for release to the polymer electrolyte membrane for increased durability.
US09281524B2	Metal air battery The invention provides a metal air battery with improved discharge characteristics compared to conventional ones. This is achieved by a metal air battery including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and an electrolyte layer positioned between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, wherein the positive electrode layer includes an electroconductive material, a binder, and a SiO2 particle, and wherein the SiO2 particle has a specific surface area of 16.7 m2/g or less.
US09281516B2	Cathode material of lithium ion secondary battery and method for manufacturing the same A cathode material of a lithium ion secondary battery is provided, which includes a cathode active material and a glassy material coating on a surface of the cathode active material. The glassy material is capable of selectively allowing lithium ions to pass therethrough. The lithium ion secondary battery using the cathode material has the long cycle life and the high safety performance.
US09281508B2	Separator for nonaqueous secondary battery, and nonaqueous secondary battery An object of the invention is to provide a separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery, which has good adhesion to electrodes and is also capable of ensuring sufficient ion permeability even after attachment to electrodes. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery of the invention includes a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is formed on at least one side of the porous substrate and contains a polyvinylidene-fluoride-based resin. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery is characterized in that the adhesive porous layer has a crystal size of 1 to 13 nm.
US09281504B2	Method for fabricating battery shell A non-contact input apparatus for computer peripheral includes an induction module and a pointing module. The induction module includes an electric supply coil and an induction element, and the pointing module includes an energy coil and a non-linear element. The electric supply coil is used to send a first oscillation signal. The energy coil receives the first oscillation signal. The non-linear element converts the first oscillation signal to be a second oscillation signal having multiple higher harmonics. The induction element generates a control signal based on the second oscillation signal.
US09281498B2	Organic EL device An organic EL device that efficiently extracts light includes an organic EL element formed by laminating a first electrode layer, functional layer, and second electrode layer on a substrate and a sealing member sealing the organic EL element. The organic EL device has a first electrode communicating part electrically connected to the first electrode layer at one side of the substrate and a second electrode communicating part electrically connected to the second electrode layer at the other side of the substrate. The organic EL device has first cross grooves crossing the organic EL element from the second electrode layer located at the one side to the second electrode layer that is located at the other side. The first cross groove is formed by removing the first electrode layer, functional layer, and second electrode layer. The sealing member and the substrate are connected outside of the first cross grooves.
US09281494B2	Display device and organic light emitting diode display A display device includes: a display substrate; a display unit formed on the display substrate and a sealing substrate affixed to the display substrate by an adhering layer that surrounds the display unit. The sealing substrate includes a composite member including a resin and a plurality of carbon fibers and an insulating member attached to the composite member. The insulating member includes a through hole. A metal film is disposed at one side of the sealing substrate, facing the display substrate; and a conductive connection portion contact the metal film through the through hole.
US09281492B2	Electro-optic device and method for manufacturing same According to the present invention, an electro-optic device comprises: a substrate which is split into a light emitting unit and a non-light emitting unit, wherein said light emitting unit is divided into a plurality of driving regions; an electrode pad which is formed in the non-light emitting unit of the substrate; and an electrode unit which comprises a plurality of supplementary electrodes each of which has one end connected to the electrode pad and has the other end connected to the centers of each of the plurality of driving regions, and transparent electrodes formed on the upper sides of the plurality of supplementary electrodes in the light emitting unit, wherein the area of each of the plurality of driving regions is set to an area in which no voltage drop occurs, and the plurality of supplementary electrodes are manufactured in the same length. Thus, according to the present invention, if power is supplied to each one end of the plurality of supplementary electrodes by using the electrode pad, the power is transmitted, at the same time, to the other ends of each of the plurality of supplementary electrodes. Therefore, the power is simultaneously supplied to each center of the plurality of driving regions regardless of the distance between the electrode pad and the driving regions. Further, as mentioned above, a voltage drop phenomenon is prevented since the light emitting unit is divided into the plurality of driving regions in which no voltage drop occurs. That is to say, uniform currents can flow on the front side of each driving region irrespective of the distance between the supplementary electrodes and the driving regions. Consequently, a large-scaled organic light emitting device which can show uniform brightness properties in the overall light emitting unit can be manufactured.
US09281485B2	Light-receiving device For simplification of a structure and a manufacturing process of an element, and reduction of manufacturing cost, the present disclosure provides a light-receiving device including: a photoelectric conversion element; and an active element, wherein the active element includes at least one of a reset element configured to reset the photoelectric conversion element, an amplifier element configured to amplify a detection signal based on the photoelectric conversion element, or a selection element configured to selectively output the detection signal based on the photoelectric conversion element, and the photoelectric conversion element and at least part of the active element are formed by using an identical organic semiconductor material or an identical high molecular functional material.
US09281479B2	Apparatus and method for fabricating organic light emitting display An apparatus for fabricating an organic light emitting display includes a chamber, a stage having a hollow portion, a displacement sensor on the stage and configured to measure a distance between the stage and a measurement target that is on or over an upper part of the stage, and a controller. The controller includes an input unit configured to receive distance information obtained by the displacement sensor, a memory unit configured to store reference distance information, a determination unit configured to compare the distance information received by the input unit with the reference distance information, and an output unit configured to output a variable control signal according to whether or not the determination unit determines that the distance information between the stage and the measurement target corresponds to the reference distance information. A method for fabricating an organic light emitting display using the apparatus is also provided.
US09281478B2	Phase change memory cell with constriction structure Some embodiments include methods of forming memory cells. Such methods can include forming a first electrode, a second electrode, and a memory element directly contacting the first and second electrodes. Forming the memory element can include forming a programmable portion of the memory element isolated from the first electrode by a first portion of the memory element and isolated from the second electrode by a second portion of the memory element. Other embodiments are described.
US09281475B2	Resistive random-access memory (RRAM) with multi-layer device structure A resistive memory cell is disclosed. The resistive memory cell comprises a pair of electrodes and a multi-layer resistance-switching network disposed between the pair of electrodes. The multi-layer resistance-switching network comprises a pair of carbon doping layers and a group-IV element doping layer disposed between the pair of carbon doping layers. Each carbon doping layer comprises silicon oxide doped with carbon. The group-IV doping layer comprises silicon oxide doped with a group-IV element. A method of fabricating a resistive memory cell is also disclosed. The method comprises forming a first carbon doping layer on a first electrode using sputtering, forming a group-IV element doping layer on the first carbon doping layer using sputtering, forming a second carbon doping layer on the group-IV element doping layer using sputtering, and forming a second electrode on the second carbon doping layer using sputtering.
US09281468B2	Magnetic memory element The disclosed technology generally relates to semiconductor devices, and more particularly spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STTMRAM) elements having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA). In one aspect, a magnetic element comprises a metal underlayer and a seed layer on the underlayer, the seed layer comprising alternating layers of a first metal and a second metal. The alternating layers of a first metal and a second metal are repeated n times with, 2<=n<=20. Also a spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory element is disclosed having a perpendicular magnetic orientation comprising a metal underlayer on a substrate, a seed layer on the metal underlayer; the seed layer comprising alternating layers of a first metal and a second metal, a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) element with a perpendicular orientation including: a reference layer formed on the seed layer, a tunnel barrier layer formed on the reference layer, a storage layer formed on the tunnel barrier layer and a top electrode and a bottom electrode.
US09281463B2	Atomic layer deposition of metal-oxide tunnel barriers using optimized oxidants Metal oxide tunnel barrier layers for superconducting tunnel junctions are formed by atomic layer deposition. Both precursors include a metal (which may be the same metal or may be different). The first precursor is a metal alkoxide with oxygen bonded to the metal, and the second precursor is an oxygen-free metal precursor with an alkyl-reactive ligand such as a halogen or methyl group. The alkyl-reactive ligand reacts with the alkyl group of the alkoxide, forming a detached by-product and leaving a metal oxide monolayer. The temperature is selected to promote the reaction without causing the metal alkoxide to self-decompose. The oxygen in the alkoxide precursor is bonded to a metal before entering the chamber and remains bonded throughout the reaction that forms the monolayer. Therefore, the oxygen used in this process has no opportunity to oxidize the underlying superconducting electrode.
US09281462B2	Thermo-electric power harvesting bearing configuration A power generating bearing assembly (100) comprises a bearing subassembly (120) retained by a bearing housing (110). During operation, friction and other factors increase a temperature of the bearing assembly (100). The housing (110) can optionally include a bearing cooling passage system comprising at least one liquid cooling passage (134) formed internally therein. The liquid cooling passage (134) would be routed proximate the bearing subassembly (120) to remove heat therefrom. A thermo-generator cavity (180) extends inward from an exterior surface of the housing (110), terminating at a cavity end wall (182). The cavity (180) is formed at a location identified having a higher temperature. A Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) (200) is inserted within the cavity (180) and thermally coupled to the end wall (182). The Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) (200) utilizes a temperature difference between the end wall (182) and the ambient air to generated electric power. The power can be used to operate electrically powered devices, such as condition sensors (150), communication devices, and the like.
US09281461B2	Thermoelectric devices and applications for the same High performance thin film thermoelectric couples and methods of making the same are disclosed. Such couples allow fabrication of at least microwatt to watt-level power supply devices operating at voltages greater than one volt even when activated by only small temperature differences.
US09281459B2	Light-emitting device A light-emitting device includes a substrate; a stacked structure including a first type semiconductor layer positioned on the substrate, a light-emitting structure positioned on the first type semiconductor layer, and a second type semiconductor layer positioned on the light-emitting structure, wherein the stacked structure includes a depression exposing the first type semiconductor layer; a first electrode positioned on the first type semiconductor layer in the depression, the first electrode including at least one first pad and at least one first extending wire with one end connected to the first pad; a second electrode positioned on the second type semiconductor layer, the second electrode including at least one second pad and at least one second extending wire with one end connected to the second pad; wherein the distance between the first pad and the second pad is greater than 70% of the width of the light-emitting device.
US09281458B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor component and method for the production thereof An optoelectronic semiconductor device including a carrier substrate and at least one semiconductor chip arranged thereon, wherein the semiconductor chip includes an active layer that generates radiation, conductor tracks electrically contacting the semiconductor chip arranged on the carrier substrate, the semiconductor chip is enclosed in a potting material, and the potting material includes at least a first potting layer, a second potting layer and a third potting layer, which differ from one another in at least one of: their material composition, their optical properties and their chemical properties.
US09281456B2	Light emitting device and fabricating method thereof A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element for emitting primary light, and a wavelength conversion unit for absorbing part of the primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light, wherein the wavelength conversion unit includes plural kinds of phosphors having light absorption characteristics different from each other, and then at least one kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors has an absorption characteristic that can absorb the secondary light emitted from at least another kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors.
US09281454B2	Thin film light emitting diode Light emitting devices comprise a substrate having a surface and a side surface; a semiconductor structure on the surface of the substrate, the semiconductor structure having a first surface, a second surface and a side surface, wherein the second surface is opposite the first surface, wherein the first surface, relative to the second surface, is proximate to the substrate, and wherein the semiconductor structure comprises a first-type layer, a light emitting layer and a second-type layer; a first and a second electrodes; and a wavelength converting element arranged on the side surface of the semiconductor structure, wherein the wavelength converting element has an open space, and wherein the open space is a portion not covered by the wavelength converting element.
US09281452B2	Method for manufacturing a can package-type optical device, and optical device manufactured thereby The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an optical device, and to an optical device manufactured thereby, which involve using a substrate itself as a heat-dissipating plate, and adopting a substrate with vertical insulation layers formed thereon, such that electrode terminals do not have to be extruded out from a sealed space, and thus enabling the overall structure and manufacturing process for an optical device to be simplified.According to the present invention, a method for manufacturing a can package-type optical device comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a metal plate and a metal substrate with vertical insulation layers, wherein more than one vertical insulation layer crossing the substrate from the top surface to the bottom surface thereof are formed; (b) bonding the metal plate on the top surface of the metal substrate with vertical insulation layers; (c) forming a cavity on an intermediate product that has undergone step (b) in a form of a cylindrical pit having a predetermined depth reaching the surface of said metal substrate with vertical insulation layers by passing through said metal plate and the adhesive layers formed by said bonding, wherein said cavity contains said vertical insulation layer in the bottom wall thereof; (e) connecting a wire, which electrically connects an optical device and an electrode of the optical device together, to either side of the surface of the bottom wall of the vertical insulation layers of the cavity, respectively; and (g) sealing the cavity by means of a protective plate made from a light-transmitting material; and a can cap, formed as a picture frame whose top central portion and the bottom are open and encompassing the perimeter of the protective plate.
US09281448B2	Light emitting apparatus A light emitting device including a contact layer, a blocking layer over the contact layer, a protection layer adjacent the blocking layer, a light emitter over the blocking layer, and an electrode layer coupled to the light emitter. The electrode layer overlaps the blocking layer and protection layer, and the blocking layer has an electrical conductivity that substantially blocks flow of current from the light emitter in a direction towards the contact layer. In addition, the protection layer may be conductive to allow current to flow to the light emitter or non-conductive to block current from flowing from the light emitter towards the contact layer.
US09281437B2	Light emitting device, and method for fabricating the same Disclosed are a light emitting device, a method of fabricating the light emitting device, a light emitting device package, and a lighting system. The light emitting device includes a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer, an electron blocking layer on the active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the electron blocking layer. The electron blocking layer includes a first electron blocking layer and an interrupted diffusion layer on the first electron blocking layer.
US09281435B2	Light to current converter devices and methods of manufacturing the same Light to current converter devices, such as solar cells, are disclosed. The devices may include via holes extending through the cell substrate and may include through-hole electrodes within the via holes. The through-hole electrodes may be made from one or more materials and may be hollow, partially hollow, or fully filled. Front and rear electrodes may also be formed on the device and can be made of the same or different materials as the through-hole electrode. The devices may include emitters located only on the top surface of the cell, located on the top surface and symmetrically or asymmetrically along a portion of the inner surface of the via holes, or located on the top surface and full inner surface of the via holes. Processes for making light to current converter devices are also disclosed.
US09281432B2	Photoelectric conversion element, method for manufacturingthe same, optical sensor, and solar cell A photoelectric conversion element includes a PN junction formed between an N-type oxide layer and a P-type oxide layer, in which the N-type oxide layer is formed of an oxide having a perovskite structure containing titanium and strontium, a part of strontium is substituted with a +3 valence metal element or a part of titanium is substituted with a +5 valence metal element, and the amount of the metal element substituted in the N-type oxide layer is 0.01 mass % to 0.75 mass %.
US09281429B2	Module level solutions to solar cell polarization A solar cell module includes interconnected solar cells, a transparent cover over the front sides of the solar cells, and a backsheet on the backsides of the solar cells. The solar cell module includes an electrical insulator between the transparent cover and the front sides of the solar cells. An encapsulant protectively packages the solar cells. To prevent polarization, the insulator has resistance suitable to prevent charge from leaking from the front sides of the solar cells to other portions of the solar cell module by way of the transparent cover. The insulator may be attached (e.g., by coating) directly on an underside of the transparent cover or be a separate layer formed between layers of the encapsulant. The solar cells may be back junction solar cells.
US09281428B2	Mounting system for photovoltaic panels A mounting system for mounting photovoltaic panels on a support structure. The mounting system comprises photovoltaic panel frames in which the photovoltaic panels are mounted, panel support rails, and mounting brackets or cross beams for supporting the panel support rails. The panel frames have inwardly extending panel frame extensions on their back side. The panel support rails are mounted on the support structure with either pivoting brackets or cross beams. In either case, the support rails have pairs of stationary clamps and movable clamps with clamp lips that engage the panel frame extensions of the panel frames.
US09281425B2	Method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component and such a semiconductor component A method for producing a semiconductor component is disclosed. A carrier substrate includes a mounting region and an opening, which is formed in the mounting region of the carrier substrate. After mounting a semiconductor chip, an electrically insulating layer is applied to the carrier substrate in such a way that the electrically insulating layer completely fills the first opening in the carrier substrate. A second opening is formed in the electrically insulating layer. An electrically conductive layer is then applied to the electrically insulating layer in such a way that the second opening is filled with the electrically conductive layer in the form of a via. A semiconductor component produced in this way is also provided.
US09281423B2	Image pickup apparatus, endoscope and image pickup apparatus manufacturing method An image pickup apparatus includes: a cover glass portion having a function of a right angle prism; an image pickup device substrate portion including an image pickup device on a first principal surface and a back-face electrode on a second principal surface, the back-face electrode being connected to the image pickup device via a through-wiring; and a bonding layer that bonds the cover glass portion and the image pickup device substrate portion that have a same outer dimension.
US09281417B1	GaN-based schottky diode having large bond pads and reduced contact resistance A semiconductor device includes a first active layer disposed over a substrate. The second active layer is disposed on the first active layer. The second active layer has a higher bandgap than the first active layer such that a two-dimensional electron gas layer arises between the first active layer and the second active layer. The first electrode establishes a Schottky junction with the second active layer. The first electrode includes a first electrode pad and a first series of fingers in electrical contact with the first electrode pad. The second electrode establishes an ohmic junction with the first active layer. The second electrode includes a second electrode pad and a second series of fingers in electrical contact with the second electrode pad. The first and second series of electrode fingers form an interdigitated pattern. The first electrode pad is located over the first and second series of electrode fingers.
US09281416B2	Trench MOSFET with integrated Schottky barrier diode A Schottky diode includes first and second trenches formed in a semiconductor layer where the first and second trenches are lined with a thin dielectric layer and filled partially with a trench conductor layer with the remaining portion being filled with a first dielectric layer. Well regions are formed spaced-apart in a top portion of the semiconductor layer between the first and second trenches. A Schottky metal layer is formed on a top surface of the semiconductor layer between the first and second trenches. The Schottky diode is formed with the Schottky metal layer as the anode and the semiconductor layer between the first and second trenches as the cathode. The trench conductor layer in the first and second trenches is electrically connected to the anode of the Schottky diode. In one embodiment, the Schottky diode is formed integrated with a trench field effect transistor on the same semiconductor substrate.
US09281414B2	Vertical cell-type semiconductor device having protective pattern According to example embodiments of inventive concepts, a semiconductor device includes: a substrate, and a stacked structure including interlayer insulating layers and gate electrodes alternately stacked on the substrate. The stacked structure defines a through-hole over the substrate. The gate electrodes each include a first portion between the through-hole and a second portion of the gate electrodes. A channel pattern may be in the through-hole. A tunneling layer may surround the channel pattern. A charge trap layer may surround the tunneling layer, and protective patterns may surround the first portions of the gate electrodes. The protective patterns may be between the first portions of the gate electrodes and the charge trap layer.
US09281413B2	Enhancement mode device An enhancement mode device includes a floating gate structure. The floating gate structure includes a first bottom dielectric layer, a second bottom dielectric layer on the first bottom dielectric layer and a conductive floating gate on the second bottom dielectric layer.
US09281410B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor includes the steps of forming an oxide semiconductor film, forming a gate insulating film provided over the oxide semiconductor film, forming a gate electrode in contact with the gate insulating film, a sidewall insulating film in contact with the gate electrode, and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with the oxide semiconductor film. In the method, the gate insulating film and the sidewall insulating film are formed at a temperature at which oxygen contained in the oxide semiconductor film is inhibited from being eliminated, preferably at a temperature lower than a temperature at which oxygen contained in the oxide semiconductor film is eliminated.
US09281408B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device having a structure which can prevent a decrease in electrical characteristics due to miniaturization is provided. The semiconductor device includes, over an insulating surface, a stack in which a first oxide semiconductor layer and a second oxide semiconductor layer are sequentially formed, and a third oxide semiconductor layer covering part of a surface of the stack. The third oxide semiconductor layer includes a first layer in contact with the stack and a second layer over the first layer. The first layer includes a microcrystalline layer, and the second layer includes a crystalline layer in which c-axes are aligned in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the first layer.
US09281402B2	Methods of fabricating fin structures There is provided fin methods for fabricating fin structures. More specifically, fin structures are formed in a substrate. The fin structures may include two fins separated by a channel, wherein the fins may be employed as fins of a field effect transistor. The fin structures are formed below the upper surface of the substrate, and may be formed without utilizing a photolithographic mask to etch the fins.
US09281401B2	Techniques and configurations to reduce transistor gate short defects Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations to reduce transistor gate short defects. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a plurality of lines, wherein individual lines of the plurality of lines comprise a gate electrode material, depositing an electrically insulative material to fill regions between the individual lines and subsequent to depositing the electrically insulative material, removing a portion of at least one of the individual lines to isolate gate electrode material of a first transistor device from gate electrode material of a second transistor device. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09281398B2	Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing the same The present invention discloses a semiconductor device, which comprises a substrate, a gate stack structure on the substrate, a channel region in the substrate under the gate stack structure, and source and drain regions at both sides of the channel region, wherein there is a stressed layer under and at both sides of the channel region, in which the source and drain regions are formed. According to the semiconductor device and the method for manufacturing the same of the present invention, a stressed layer is formed at both sides of and under the channel region made of a silicon-based material so as to act on the channel region, thereby effectively increasing the carrier mobility of the channel region and improving the device performance.
US09281396B2	Semiconductor device A trench structure which is capable of promoting extension of a depletion layer and hardly causes thermal stress is provided. A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate. A plurality of loop trenches is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate. Each loop trench is configured to extend so as to surround a region smaller than the region where a plurality of gate trenches is formed. Each loop trench is separated from other loop trenches. A second insulating layer is located in each loop trench. P-type fourth regions are formed in the semiconductor substrate. Each fourth region is in contact with a bottom surface of corresponding one of the loop trenches and is configured to extend along the corresponding one of the loop trenches.
US09281395B2	Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor device and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a P type well region and an N type well region formed in a substrate, a gate insulating layer having a non-uniform thickness and formed on the P type well region and the N type well region, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating layer, a P type well pick-up region formed in the P type well region, and a field relief oxide layer formed in the N type well region between the gate electrode and the drain region.
US09281393B2	Super junction semiconductor device and associated fabrication method A semiconductor device with a substrate, an epitaxy layer formed on the substrate, a plurality of deep wells formed in the epitaxy layer, a plurality of trench gate MOSFET units each of which is formed in top of the epitaxy layer between two adjacent deep well, wherein a trench gate of the trench gate MOSFET unit is shallower than half of the distance between two adjacent deep wells, which may reduce the product of on-state resistance and the gate charge of the semiconductor device.
US09281392B2	Charge compensation structure and manufacturing therefor A charge-compensation semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body including a first surface, a second surface arranged opposite to the first surface, an edge delimiting the semiconductor body in a horizontal direction substantially parallel to the first surface, a drain region of a of a first conductivity type extending to the second surface, an active area, and a peripheral area arranged between the active area and the edge, a source metallization arranged on the first surface, and a drain metallization arranged on the drain region and in Ohmic contact with the drain region. In a vertical cross-section substantially orthogonal to the first surface the charge-compensation semiconductor device further includes: an equipotential region in Ohmic contact with the drain metallization and arranged in the peripheral area and next to the first surface, a low-doped semiconductor region arranged in the peripheral area and having a first concentration of dopants, and a plurality of first pillar regions alternating with second pillar regions in the active area and the peripheral area. The first pillar regions having a second concentration of dopants of the first conductivity type higher than the first concentration and are in Ohmic contact with the drain region. The second pillar regions are of a second conductivity type and in Ohmic contact with the source metallization. At least one of an outermost of the first pillar regions and an outermost of the second pillar regions forms an interface with the low-doped semiconductor region. A horizontal distance between the interface and the equipotential region divided by a vertical distance between the first surface and the drain region is in a range from about 0.5 to about 3.
US09281391B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes an insulating layer formed selectively on a semiconductor layer; a lower electrode, formed on the insulating layer, having an end portion at a position spaced apart by a predetermined distance inward from a periphery of the insulating layer; a dielectric film formed on the lower electrode; an upper electrode, formed on the dielectric film, facing the lower electrode with the dielectric film interposed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode; and a passivation film, formed to cover the insulating layer, starting from the end portion of the lower electrode and extending toward the periphery of the insulating layer. The passivation film includes an insulating material having an etching selectivity with respect to the insulating layer.
US09281389B2	Semiconductor device Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device including: a source electrode formed on one side of an N-type AlGaN layer; N-type and P-type AlGaN layers formed on the other side of the P-type AlGaN layer and formed in a direction perpendicular to the source electrode; a gate electrode formed on one side of the N-type and P-type AlGaN layers; and a drain electrode formed on the other side of the N-type and P-type AlGaN layers.
US09281383B2	Method for fabricating a semiconductor device A method for fabricating a semiconductor device according to an embodiment, includes forming a silicon (Si) film containing carbon (C) in an upper portion thereof above a semiconductor substrate, performing element isolation of the Si film and the semiconductor substrate to make a width dimension of the Si film narrow in a first region and a width dimension of the Si film wide in a second region, after the element isolation, exposing a side face of the Si film in at least the first region, and diffusing boron (B) into the Si film from the side face of the Si film in the first region.
US09281379B1	Gate-all-around fin device A gate-all around fin double diffused metal oxide semiconductor (DMOS) devices and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming a plurality of fin structures from a substrate. The method further includes forming a well of a first conductivity type and a second conductivity type within the substrate and corresponding fin structures of the plurality of fin structures. The method further includes forming a source contact on an exposed portion of a first fin structure. The method further comprises forming drain contacts on exposed portions of adjacent fin structures to the first fin structure. The method further includes forming a gate structure in a dielectric fill material about the first fin structure and extending over the well of the first conductivity type.
US09281376B2	Semiconductor structures employing strained material layers with defined impurity gradients and methods for fabricating same Semiconductor structures and devices including strained material layers having impurity-free zones, and methods for fabricating same. Certain regions of the strained material layers are kept free of impurities that can interdiffuse from adjacent portions of the semiconductor. When impurities are present in certain regions of the strained material layers, there is degradation in device performance. By employing semiconductor structures and devices (e.g., field effect transistors or “FETs”) that have the features described, or are fabricated in accordance with the steps described, device operation is enhanced.
US09281372B2	Metal gate structure and manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure includes a gate structure disposed over a substrate, wherein the gate structure includes a high-k dielectric layer and a work function structure. The high-k dielectric layer includes a base portion and a side portion, the side portion is extended from an end of the base portion, the side portion is substantially orthogonal to the base portion. The work function structure includes a first metal disposed over the high-k dielectric layer and a second metal disposed over the first metal and including a bottom portion and a sidewall portion extended from an end of the bottom portion, wherein the first metal includes different materials from the second metal, and a length of an interface between the sidewall portion and the bottom portion to a length of the bottom portion within the high-k dielectric layer is in a predetermined ratio.
US09281364B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same In a semiconductor substrate preparation step, a semiconductor substrate which is made of SiC and in which a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type is formed is prepared. In a second semiconductor region forming step, a second semiconductor region is formed by implanting an impurity of a second conductivity type into a first semiconductor region through multiple ion implantation steps while varying implantation depths of the respective multiple ion implantation steps. In the second semiconductor region forming step, a dose amount of the impurity when an implantation energy of multiple ion implantation steps is the largest is smaller than a dose amount of impurity when the implantation energy is not the largest.
US09281353B2	Organic thin film transistor array substrate, method for manufacturing the same and display device According to embodiments of the present invention, there are provided an organic semiconductor array substrate, a method for manufacturing the same and a display device. The organic thin film transistor array substrate comprises a pixel structure formed on a transparent substrate; the pixel structure includes: a gate line, a data line, an organic thin film transistor, a pixel electrode, a common electrode line and a common electrode; the organic thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, an organic semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode; above the data line, the source electrode, the drain electrode and the pixel electrode, there are disposed in order a first bank insulating layer and a second bank insulating layer from bottom to top; and at openings and through holes of the first bank insulating layer and the second bank insulating layer, the pixel structure is formed by printing.
US09281351B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus An organic light-emitting display apparatus may include a substrate; a thin-film transistor (TFT) disposed on the substrate, and having an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode; a signal line formed on the same layer as the source electrode and the drain electrode; a first insulating layer covers the signal line, the source electrode, and the drain electrode; a pixel electrode formed on the first insulating layer, and electrically connected to the TFT; a pixel-defining layer formed on the first insulating layer, includes an opening exposing the pixel electrode; an intermediate layer formed on the pixel electrode, and includes a light-emitting layer; and an opposite electrode formed on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer is formed on the pixel-defining layer so as to overlap with the signal line.
US09281350B2	Thin film transistor substrate and display An embodiment of the invention provides a thin film transistor substrate includes: a substrate; and a plurality of transistors, wherein each of the transistors includes a gate electrode disposed on the substrate; a first diffusion barrier layer disposed on the substrate and covering an upper surface and a ring sidewall of the gate electrode; a gate insulating layer disposed on the first diffusion barrier layer; an active layer disposed on the gate insulating layer and over the gate electrode; a source electrode disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the active layer; a drain electrode disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the active layer; and a protective layer covering the source electrode and the drain electrode.
US09281349B2	Organic light-emitting display device The organic light emitting display device includes a substrate including a thin film transistor (TFT) formed thereon, the TFT including a first insulating layer disposed between an active layer and a gate electrode, and a second insulating layer disposed between the gate electrode and source and drain electrodes; a pad electrode including a first pad layer disposed on a same layer as that where the source and drain electrodes are formed, and a second pad layer on the first pad layer; a bonding assistant layer on the substrate; a third insulating layer on the bonding assistant layer and including a first opening; a pixel electrode disposed in the first opening and electrically coupled to one of the source and drain electrodes; and a fourth insulating layer on the pixel electrode to cover a peripheral end portion of the pixel electrode and defining a pixel through a second opening.
US09281348B2	Display panel and fabricating method thereof A display panel and a fabricating method thereof are provided, and the display panel (100) comprises: a first substrate (11); a second substrate (12), arranged parallel to the first substrate; an anode/cathode (41), formed on the first substrate; a cathode/anode (42), formed on the second substrate; a first alignment layer (31), provided on the anode/cathode and comprising a plurality of first sub-alignment layers (311) having a first alignment direction and a plurality of second sub-alignment layers (312) having a second alignment direction alternately arranged in a first direction, and a angle between the first alignment direction and the second alignment direction being 90 degrees; a second alignment layer (32), provided on the cathode/anode and comprising a plurality of third sub-alignment layers (323) having the first alignment direction and a plurality of fourth sub-alignment layers (324) having the second alignment direction alternately arranged in the first direction, and the first sub-alignment layers corresponding to the third sub-alignment layers in a position, and the second sub-alignment layers corresponding to the fourth sub-alignment layers in a position; and a light emitting layer (40), provided between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer, which comprises a liquid crystal polymer doped with organic light emitting material and is configured to emit a polarized light.
US09281346B1	Display device A display device includes an array substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a driving circuit chip disposed on the non-display area and including a bottom surface, a top surface, a first pair of side surfaces extending in a first direction, and a second pair of side surfaces extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and first, second, and dummy bumps, each disposed on the bottom surface in a single column along the first direction, in which the dummy bumps include first and second dummy bump groups disposed between the first and second bumps along the first direction, the dummy bumps in the first dummy bump group are spaced apart from each other by a first pitch, and the dummy bumps in the second dummy bump group are spaced apart from each other by a second pitch different from the first pitch.
US09281345B2	Resistance change type memory device with three-dimensional structure According to an embodiment, a non-volatile memory device includes a first wiring extending in a first direction, a second wiring extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The device includes third wirings, and a first and a second memory. The third wirings extend in a third direction crossing the first direction and orthogonal to the second direction, and aligned in the second direction on both sides of the second wiring. The first memory is provided between one of third wiring pair and the second wiring, the pair of third wirings facing each other across the second wiring. The second memory is provided between another one of the third wiring pair and the second wiring. The second wiring has a block portion between a first portion in contact with the first memory and a second portion in contact with the second memory.
US09281344B2	Magnetic memory device The magnetic memory device includes a plurality of source lines arranged in parallel in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction while extending in the first direction on a substrate, a plurality of word lines arranged in parallel in the first direction while extending in the second direction on the substrate, a plurality of bit lines arranged in parallel in the second direction while extending in the first direction on the substrate to alternate with the plurality of source lines, and a plurality of active regions arranged to extend at an oblique angle with respect to the first direction and arranged so that one memory cell is selected when one of the plurality of word lines and one of the plurality of source lines or the plurality of bit lines are selected.
US09281343B2	Thin film transistor display panel and method of manufacturing the same A thin film transistor display panel includes: a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode which are included in a thin film transistor on a substrate; a data line connected to the source electrode; a pixel link member connecting the drain electrode to a pixel electrode; and a gate pad connected to the gate electrode through a gate line and including a first gate subpad, a second gate subpad and a gate pad link member, in which the pixel link member and the gate pad link member are substantially same in thickness.
US09281342B2	Light emitting device and light emitting device package A light emitting device according to the embodiment includes a first electrode; a light emitting structure including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second semiconductor layer on the first electrode; a second electrode on the light emitting structure; and a control switch installed on the light emitting structure to control the light emitting structure.
US09281340B2	Manufacturing method for photoelectric conversion apparatus and photoelectric conversion apparatus A manufacturing method for a photoelectric conversion apparatus in which a microlens is arranged for multiple electric charge accumulation regions formed on a semiconductor substrate, includes forming a first impurity region of a first conductive type on the semiconductor substrate; and forming a second impurity region of a second conductive type that is opposite the first conductive type in a part of the first impurity region to isolate the first impurity region into multiple regions such that each of the multiple electric charge accumulation regions includes isolated first impurity regions.
US09281338B2	Semiconductor image sensor device having back side illuminated image sensors with embedded color filters A semiconductor image sensor includes a substrate having a first side and a second side that is opposite the first side. An interconnect structure is disposed over the first side of the substrate. A plurality of radiation-sensing regions is located in the substrate. The radiation-sensing regions are configured to sense radiation that enters the substrate from the second side. The radiation-sensing regions are separated by a plurality of gaps. A plurality of radiation-blocking structures is disposed over the second side of the substrate. Each of the radiation-blocking structures is aligned with a respective one of the gaps. A plurality of color filters are disposed in between the radiation-blocking structures.
US09281335B2	Alignment marks and alignment methods for aligning backside components to frontside components in integrated circuits An imaging system may include an imager integrated circuit with frontside components such as imaging pixels and backside components such as color filters and microlenses. The imager integrated circuit may be mounted to a carrier wafer with alignment marks. Bonding marks on the carrier wafer and the imager integrated circuit may be used to align the carrier wafer accurately to the imager integrated circuit. The alignment marks on the carrier wafer may be read, by fabrication equipment, to align backside components of the imager integrated circuit, such as color filters and microlenses, with backside components of the imager integrated circuit, such as photodiodes.
US09281334B2	Pickup device structure within a device isolation region A device includes a device isolation region formed into a semiconductor substrate, a doped pickup region formed into the device isolation region, a dummy gate structure that includes at least one structure that partially surrounds the doped pickup region, and a via connected to the doped pickup region.
US09281328B2	Image sensor that includes a boundary region formed between a logic circuit region and an image-sensing element region and manufacturing method thereof According to one embodiment, an image sensor includes an image-sensing element region formed by arranging a plurality of image-sensing elements on a semiconductor substrate and element isolation portions formed to isolate the image-sensing elements, and a logic circuit region formed in a region different from the image-sensing element region on the substrate and including a plurality of gate patterns. Further, dummy element isolation portions are arranged with a constant pitch in the boundary region between the image-sensing element region and the logic circuit region.
US09281326B2	Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof and display panel The invention provides an array substrate, a method for manufacturing the array substrate, and a display panel, the array substrate includes a plurality of thin film transistors, and the method includes: S1. preparing a base substrate on which sources and drains of the thin film transistors are formed; S2. forming an insulation layer on the base substrate such that the insulation layer includes spacer regions and a plurality of strip-shaped electrode regions, and every two adjacent strip-shaped electrode regions are separated from each other by the spacer region; S3. forming a spacer layer on the spacer regions of the insulation layer; S4. forming a pattern including strip-shaped electrodes on the strip-shaped electrode regions of the insulation layer; S5. peeling off the spacer layer on the spacer region. The invention can prevent every two adjacent strip-shaped electrodes from interconnecting due to etching residues, so as to improve product performance.
US09281323B2	Array substrate, display panel and display device An array substrate is disclosed. The array substrate includes a non-display region surrounding a display region. The array substrate also includes gate lines in the display region, and a gate drive circuit and a bus electrically insulated from the gate lines and a gate drive circuit in the non-display region. The gate lines extend into the non-display region and are electrically connected to the gate drive circuit, and each of the gate lines crosses the bus in a first overlap region. The array substrate also includes auxiliary electrode line segments between the bus and the display region. The auxiliary electrode line segments are electrically insulated from one another and from the gate lines, and the auxiliary electrode line segments are disposed in either of a same conductive layer as the bus, or a layer between the conductive layer of the bus and a conductive layer of the gate lines are disposed.
US09281322B2	Thin film transistor array panel and method for manufacturing the same A thin film transistor array panel is disclosed. The thin film transistor array panel may include a gate line disposed on a substrate and including a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor disposed on the substrate, a data wiring layer disposed on the substrate and including a data line crossing the gate line, a source electrode connected to the data line and a drain electrode facing the source electrode, a polymer layer covering the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a passivation layer disposed on the polymer layer. The data wiring layer may include copper or a copper alloy and the polymer layer may include fluorocarbon.
US09281321B2	TFT array substrate, display panel and display device A TFT array substrate includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer disposed below the first electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes a strip-like first electrode, and the second electrode layer is a sheet-like electrode. The strip-like first electrode includes a bent portion. The second electrode layer includes at least one opening, the opening is located below the bent portion.
US09281320B2	Array substrate and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same An array substrate includes a substrate, a switching element, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode. The substrate includes a plurality of gate lines, data lines insulated from the gate lines, and the data lines extend in a direction crossing the gate lines. The switching element is connected to the gate lines and data lines. The pixel electrode is arranged in a pixel area which is defined on the substrate, and is connected to an output electrode of the switching element. The common electrode corresponds to the pixel area and is insulated from the pixel electrode, and the common electrode has at least one first slit corresponding to the data line.
US09281318B2	Three dimensional memory structure A method to fabricate a three dimensional memory structure includes forming an array stack, creating a layer of sacrificial material above the array stack, etching a hole through the layer of sacrificial material and the array stack, creating a pillar of semiconductor material in the hole to form at least two vertically stacked flash memory cells that use the pillar as a common body, removing at least some of the layer of sacrificial material around the pillar to expose a portion of the pillar, and forming a field effect transistor (FET) using the portion of the pillar as the body of the FET.
US09281317B2	3D non-volatile memory with metal silicide interconnect A stacked non-volatile memory cell array include cell areas with rows of vertical columns of NAND cells, and an interconnect area, e.g., midway in the array and extending a length of the array. The interconnect area includes at least one metal silicide interconnect extending between insulation-filled slits, and does not include vertical columns of NAND cells. The metal silicide interconnect can route power and control signals from below the stack to above the stack. The metal silicide interconnect can also be formed in a peripheral region of the substrate. Contact structures can extend from a terraced portion of the interconnect to at least one upper metal layer, above the stack, to complete a conductive path from circuitry below the stack to the upper metal layer. Subarrays can be provided in a plane of the array without word line hook-up and transfer areas between the subarrays.
US09281313B2	Single poly non-volatile memory cells A non-volatile memory cell that includes a semiconductor substrate; a coupling capacitor located in a first active region of the semiconductor substrate; and at a shared second active region of the semiconductor substrate, a sense transistor and a tunnelling capacitor configured in parallel with the gate of the sense transistor. The coupling capacitor, sense transistor and tunnelling capacitor share a common floating gate electrode and the sense transistor includes source and drain regions arranged such that the tunnelling capacitor is defined by an overlap between the floating gate electrode and the drain region of the sense transistor. Word-line contacts may be to a separate active area from the coupling capacitor. This and/or other features can help to reduce Frenkel-Poole conduction.
US09281310B2	Semiconductor device including gate structure for threshold voltage modulation in transistors and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming an NMOS region and a PMOS region in a substrate, forming a first stack layer including a first gate dielectric layer and a first work function layer that is disposed over the first gate dielectric layer and contains aluminum, over the PMOS region of the substrate, forming a second stack layer including a second gate dielectric layer, a threshold voltage modulation layer that is disposed over the second gate dielectric layer and contains lanthanum, and a second work function layer that is disposed over the threshold voltage modulation layer, over the NMOS region of the substrate, and annealing the first stack layer and the second stack layer, thereby forming a first dipole-interface by diffusion of the aluminum in the first gate dielectric layer and a second dipole-interface by diffusion of the lanthanum in the second gate dielectric layer, respectively.
US09281309B2	Cross-hair cell wordline formation Methods and devices depicting fabrication of non-planar access devices having fins and narrow trenches, among which is a method that includes wet etching a conductor to form a recessed region and subsequently etching the conductor to form gates on the fins. The wet etching may include formation of recesses which are may be backfilled with a fill material to form spacers on the conductor. Portions of a plug may be removed during the wet etch to form overhanging spacers to provide further protection of the conductor during the dry etch.
US09281308B2	Method to tune narrow width effect with raised S/D structure A method (and semiconductor device) of fabricating a semiconductor device adjusts gate threshold (Vt) of a field effect transistor (FET) with raised source/drain (S/D) regions. A halo region is formed in a two-step process that includes implanting dopants using conventional implantation techniques and implanting dopants at a specific twist angle. The dopant concentration in the halo region near the active edge of the raised S/D regions is higher and extends deeper than the dopant concentration within the interior region of the raised S/D regions. As a result, Vt near the active edge region is adjusted and different from the Vt at the active center regions, thereby achieving same or similar Vt for a FET with different width.
US09281307B2	Plasma doping to reduce dielectric loss during removal of dummy layers in a gate structure A semiconductor device which includes a first gate structure on a substrate and a second gate structure on the substrate is provided. The semiconductor device further includes an inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer on the substrate between the first gate structure and the second gate structure, wherein a top portion of the ILD layer has a different etch selectivity than a bottom portion of the ILD layer.
US09281305B1	Transistor device structure A transistor device structure includes a substrate, a first transistor layer and a second transistor layer. The second transistor layer is disposed between the substrate and the first transistor layer. The first transistor layer includes an insulating structure and a first transistor unit. The insulating structure is disposed on the second transistor layer and has a protruding portion. The first transistor unit includes a gate structure, a source/drain structure, an embedded source/drain structure and a channel. The source/drain structure is disposed beside the gate structure and over the insulating structure. The embedded source/drain structure is disposed underneath the source/drain structure and in the insulating structure. The channel is defined between the protruding portion and the gate structure.
US09281304B2	Transistor assisted ESD diode An integrated circuit includes a diode/bipolar ESD protection device. The diode/bipolar ESD device includes at least one gate separated ESD diode and at least one gate spaced ESD bipolar transistor coupled in parallel between a fixed voltage and an input/output pin.
US09281296B2	Die stacking techniques in BGA memory package for small footprint CPU and memory motherboard design A microelectronic package can include a substrate comprising a dielectric element having first and second opposite surfaces, and a microelectronic element having a face extending parallel to the first surface. The substrate can also include a plurality of peripheral edges extending between the first and second surfaces defining a generally rectangular or square periphery of the substrate. The substrate can further include a plurality of contacts and terminals, the contacts being at the first surface, the terminals being at at least one of the first or second surfaces. The microelectronic elements can have a plurality of edges bounding the face, and a plurality of element contacts at the face electrically coupled with the terminals through the contacts of the substrate. Each edge of the microelectronic element can be oriented at an oblique angle with respect to the peripheral edges of the substrate.
US09281295B2	Embedded heat spreader for package with multiple microelectronic elements and face-down connection A microelectronic package includes a substrate, first and second microelectronic elements, and a heat spreader. The substrate has terminals thereon configured for electrical connection with a component external to the package. The first microelectronic element is adjacent the substrate and the second microelectronic element is at least partially overlying the first microelectronic element. The heat spreader is sheet-like, separates the first and second microelectronic elements, and includes an aperture. Connections extend through the aperture and electrically couple the second microelectronic element with the substrate.
US09281294B2	Multi-chip semiconductor device A multi-chip semiconductor device includes a plate-shaped first semiconductor chip having a first connection portion in which a first semiconductor chip electrode is formed on a first main surface of the first semiconductor chip or on a first side surface vertical to the first main surface, and a plate-shaped second semiconductor chip having a second connection portion in which a second semiconductor chip electrode is formed on a second side surface vertical to a second main surface of the second semiconductor chip. Each of the first and second connection portions includes at least an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to each of the first and second main surfaces. The first connection portion and the second connection portion are connected to each other such that the first main surface of the first semiconductor chip and the second main surface of the second semiconductor chip are vertical to each other.
US09281293B2	Microelectronic packages having layered interconnect structures and methods for the manufacture thereof Microelectronic packages having layered interconnect structures are provided, as are methods for the fabrication thereof. In one embodiment, the method includes forming a first plurality of interconnect lines in ohmic contact with a first bond pad row provided on a semiconductor. A dielectric layer is deposited over the first plurality of interconnect lines, the first bond pad row, and a second bond pad row adjacent the first bond pad row. A trench via is then formed in the dielectric layer to expose at least the second bond pad row therethrough. A second plurality of interconnect lines is formed in ohmic contact with the second bond pad row within the trench via. The second plurality of interconnect lines extends over the first bond pad row and is electrically isolated therefrom by the dielectric layer to produce at least a portion of the layered interconnect structure.
US09281292B2	Single layer low cost wafer level packaging for SFF SiP In one embodiment of the invention, a system in package (SiP) is described which includes a plurality of device components with different form factors embedded within a molding compound layer. A surface for each of the device components is coplanar with a surface of the molding compound layer, and a single redistribution layer (RDL) formed on the coplanar surfaces of the molding compound layer and the plurality of device components. An active device die is electrically bonded to the single RDL directly vertically adjacent the plurality of device components. In an embodiment, the SiP is electrically connected to a circuit board with the active device die between the single RDL and the circuit board. In an embodiment, the SiP is electrically connected to a circuit board with the active device die over the single RDL and the circuit board.
US09281289B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same To enhance the reliability of a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a wiring substrate having a plurality of bonding fingers (terminal) formed on a chip-mounting surface, a semiconductor chip mounted on the wiring substrate, a plurality of wires having a ball part and a stitch part respectively. The bonding fingers have a first bonding finger to which the stitch part of the first wire is coupled respectively, and the second bonding finger to which a ball part of the second wire is coupled. In addition, in plan view, the second bonding finger is arranged at a position different from the arrangement of a plurality of first bonding fingers, and the width of the second bonding finger is larger than the width of the first bonding finger.
US09281285B1	Input/output termination for ripple prevention Aspects of this disclosure relate to a termination circuit configured to mitigate crosstalk from a radio frequency (RF) input/output (I/O) path to a second I/O path, such as a digital I/O path. Such crosstalk can be due to coupling between adjacent bond wires, for example. The termination circuit can include a low impedance loss path, such as a series RC shunt circuit. According to certain embodiments, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit can be in parallel with the termination circuit.
US09281284B2	System-in-packages having vertically-interconnected leaded components and methods for the fabrication thereof System-in-Packages (SiPs) and methods for producing SiPs are provided. In one embodiment, the above-described SiP fabrication method includes the step or process of forming a through-hole in a core package, the core package containing an electrically-conducive routing feature exposed at a sidewall surface of the through-hole. A leaded component is positioned adjacent the core package such that an elongated lead of the leaded component extends into the through-hole. An electrically-conductive material, such as solder, is then applied into the through hole to electrically couple the elongated lead of the leaded component to the electrically-conductive routing feature of the core package.
US09281282B2	Substrate capable of electrostatic self-protection and manufacturing method thereof A substrate capable of electrostatic self-protection and a manufacturing method thereof, and the substrate (1) comprises: a panel area (2); and a first gate metal layer (3) and a source/drain metal layer (5) disposed on at least one side of the panel area (2). The first gate metal layer (3) and the source/drain metal layer (5) are arranged parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction and adjacent to each other; at least one tip (31) is protruded from the first gate metal layer (3) towards the source/drain metal layer (5); and/or at least one tip (31) is protruded from the source/drain metal layer (5) towards the first gate metal layer (3).
US09281272B2	Semiconductor device including conductor patterns as electrodes of a capacitive element and manufacturing method thereof The present invention is capable of suppressing a variation in the characteristics of a semiconductor device. In a conductor pattern CPA and a conductor pattern CPB arranged so as to run side by side with each other, the conductor pattern CPA is divided into a first portion P1 (A) and a second portion P2 (A), and the conductor pattern CPB is also divided into a first portion P1 (B) and a second portion P2 (B). The first portion P1 (A) of the conductor pattern CPA and the second portion P2 (B) of the conductor pattern CPB are formed by first patterning using the same first mask, while the second portion P2 (A) of the conductor pattern CPA and the first portion P1 (B) of the conductor pattern CPB are formed by second patterning using the same second mask.
US09281270B2	Method for making contact with a semiconductor and contact arrangement for a semiconductor The invention relates to a method for making contact with a semiconductor (10), and to a contact arrangement (1) for a semiconductor (10), wherein the semiconductor (10) is a really connected to a first contact partner (20) at at least one first area by the formation of a first soldering layer (30) having a predefined thickness. According to the invention, a polyimide layer (14) is applied as delimiting means on the semiconductor (10), said polyimide layer predefining the dimensions and/or the form of at least one soldering area (12) of the semiconductor (10).
US09281267B1	Semiconductor package having overhang portion A semiconductor package may include a substrate, and a structural body disposed over the substrate. The semiconductor package may include a semiconductor chip stacked over the structural body, and having an overhang portion projecting over a side surface of the structural body and overhanging out over the side surface of the structural body. The semiconductor package may include one or more bonding pads disposed on the overhang portion, and one or more wires electrically coupling the bonding pads to the substrate. The semiconductor package may include a wire fixing film attached onto the structural body, and overhanging out over the side surface of the structural body to fix the one or more wires.
US09281265B2	Packaging structure of a semiconductor device A method of making a semiconductor packaged device comprises mounting onto a lead frame a bottom of a molded semiconductor chip having a first plastic package body covering a top face of a semiconductor chip, encapsulating the lead frame and the semiconductor chip with a second plastic package body with top surfaces of conductive contact bodies electrically connected to electrodes on the top surface of the semiconductor chip exposed and plating conductive pads on a top surface of the assembly structure to provide external electrical connections to the electrodes through the conductive contact bodies.
US09281262B2	Semiconductor device including a structure for screening connectivity of a TSV A semiconductor device is provided to check through silicon via (TSV) connectivity at a wafer level. The semiconductor device includes a first metal layer formed over a through silicon via (TSV), a second metal layer and a third metal layer formed at both sides of the first metal layer to be electrically coupled to the TSV, and a fourth metal layer formed over the first metal layer to be electrically coupled to the first metal layer.
US09281261B2	Intelligent chip placement within a three-dimensional chip stack An integrated circuit (IC) stack device for thermal management is disclosed. The IC stack device can include a primary IC having a first set of cores with a ratio of first enabled cores and first disabled cores. The IC stack device can also have a supplementary IC interfaced with the primary IC, and having a second set of cores with a second ratio of second enabled cores and second disabled cores, with the second ratio being less than the first ratio. The integrated circuit stack device can also include a cooling element located such that the primary integrated circuit is between the cooling element and the supplementary integrated circuit. The cooling element can be designed to facilitate heat dissipation of the first and second enabled cores of the primary integrated circuit and the supplementary integrated circuit.
US09281257B2	Semiconductor package including a connecting member The semiconductor package according to an exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure includes: at least one electronic device; a lead frame including a plurality of leads electrically connected to the electronic device; a lead connecting member coupled to at least one of the leads; and a molded portion sealing the electronic device and the lead connecting member.
US09281255B2	Underfill composition and semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof To provide a solid preapplication underfill material that has excellent workability, has a high degree of freedom for solder bonding processes, and enables the formation of a solder bond with high reliability. (Resolution Means) The underfill composition of the present disclosure contains a hardened epoxy resin and has a viscosity of 1000 Pa·s or more at 30° C. The hardening epoxy resin includes a crystalline epoxy resin at not less than 50 wt % relative to an entire resin composition.
US09281252B1	Method comprising applying an external mechanical stress to a semiconductor structure and semiconductor processing tool A method includes providing a semiconductor structure. An external mechanical stress is applied to the semiconductor structure. One or more semiconductor manufacturing processes are performed while the external mechanical stress is applied to the semiconductor structure. The one or more semiconductor manufacturing processes provide one or more material layers having an intrinsic stress at the semiconductor structure. After performing the one or more semiconductor manufacturing processes, the external mechanical stress is removed from the semiconductor structure. The removal of the external mechanical stress at least partially relaxes the intrinsic stress of the one or more material layers.
US09281242B2	Through silicon via stacked structure and a method of manufacturing the same A through silicon via (TSV) stacked structure made of stacked substrates. Each substrate includes multiple tapered through silicon vias, wherein the wider end of each tapered through silicon via is provided with a recessed portion and the narrower end of each tapered through silicon via protrudes from the substrate. The substrates are stacked one after another with the narrower end of each tapered through silicon via being fitting and jointing into a corresponding recessed portion of the tapered through silicon via.
US09281240B2	Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, an insulating interlayer is formed on a substrate. The insulating interlayer is partially removed to form an opening. A barrier conductive layer is formed on a sidewall and a bottom of the opening. An RF sputtering process and a DC sputtering process are performed independently on the barrier conductive layer to form a seed layer. A plated layer is formed on the seed layer.
US09281239B2	Biocompatible electrodes and methods of manufacturing biocompatible electrodes A biocompatible electrode is manufactured by depositing filling metal 36 and etching back the filling metal to the surface of the surrounding insulator 30. Then, a further etch forms a recess 38 at the top of the via 32. An electrode metal 40 is then deposited and etched back to fill the recess 38 and form biocompatible electrode 42. In this way, a planar biocompatible electrode is achieved. The step of etching to form the recess may be carried out in the same CMP tool as is used to etch back the filling metal 36. A hydrogen peroxide etch may be used.
US09281238B2	Method for fabricating interlayer dielectric layer A method for fabricating interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer is disclosed. The method includes the steps of first forming a first tensile dielectric layer on a substrate, and then forming a second tensile dielectric layer on the first tensile dielectric layer.
US09281235B2	Semiconductor packages and methods of forming the same A semiconductor package may include a substrate including a substrate connection terminal, at least one semiconductor chip stacked on the substrate and having a chip connection terminal, a first insulating layer covering at least portions of the substrate and the at least one semiconductor chip, and/or an interconnection penetrating the first insulating layer to connect the substrate connection terminal to the chip connection terminal. A semiconductor package may include stacked semiconductor chips, edge portions of the semiconductor chips constituting a stepped structure, and each of the semiconductor chips including a chip connection terminal; at least one insulating layer covering at least the edge portions of the semiconductor chips; and/or an interconnection penetrating the at least one insulating layer to connect to the chip connection terminal of each of the semiconductor chips.
US09281230B2	Apparatus for manufacturing a hierarchical structure The present invention relates to an apparatus for massive manufacturing a hierarchical structure that can hierarchically form high performance micro units one a flexible substrate. For this purpose, an apparatus for manufacturing a hierarchical structure according to the present invention is provided to layer micro units provided on a dummy substrate that is made of a hard material on a target substrate that is made of a flexible material by releasing the micro units from the dummy substrate. The apparatus includes: a transfer stage flat-transferring the dummy substrate by supporting the same and a main roller rolling the target substrate by winding the same as the transfer stage proceeds and layering the micro unit of the dummy substrate on the target substrate.
US09281223B2	Coupling system In a transfer system for wafers, etc., a coupling chamber corresponding to a port is formed only when a transfer box comes in tight contact with an apparatus as a transfer target in the transfer box is transferred into the apparatus, so that the transfer target will be transferred into the apparatus together with the coupling chamber, thereby simplifying the structures of the transfer box and apparatus and also allowing the transfer target to be transferred into the apparatus without fail.
US09281220B2	Liquid processing apparatus, liquid processing method and storage medium Disclosed are a liquid processing device, and a liquid processing method. The liquid processing method includes a first process that includes supplying a first processing liquid to the substrate and discharging the first processing liquid within the processing space from a first discharge path, a second process that includes supplying a second processing liquid to the substrate and discharging the second processing liquid within the processing space from the second discharge path, and after stop supplying of the first processing liquid and prior to beginning of the second process, a nozzle switching operation switching from the first nozzle to the second nozzle and a discharge mechanism switching operation switching from the first discharge path to the second discharge path are performed. A longer one of a time to switch the nozzle and a time to switch the discharge mechanism is determined as a maximum preparation time and the switching operations begin at an earlier time than the completion time of the first process by the maximum preparation time or more.
US09281213B2	High precision capacitor dielectric A process of forming an integrated circuit forms a high precision capacitor bottom plate with a metallic surface and performs a plasma treatment of the metallic surface. A high precision capacitor dielectric is formed by depositing a first layer of the capacitor dielectric on the high precision capacitor bottom plate wherein the first layer is silicon nitride, depositing a second layer of the capacitor dielectric on the first layer wherein the second portion is silicon dioxide, and depositing a third layer of the capacitor dielectric on the second portion wherein the third layer is silicon nitride. Plasma treatments may also be performed on the layers of capacitor dielectric pre- and/or post-deposition. A metallic high precision capacitor top plate is formed on the high precision capacitor dielectric.
US09281212B1	Dielectric tone inversion materials A process for patterning a hard mask material with line-space patterns below a 30 nm pitch and a 15 nm critical dimension by employing a spin-on titanium-silicon (TiSi) polymer or oligomer as a tone inversion material is provided. The spin-on TiSi material is spin-coated over a patterned OPL that includes a first pattern generated from a DSA based process. The spin-on TiSi material fill trenches within the patterned OPL to form a tone inverted pattern by removing the patterned OPL selective to the spin-on TiSi material. The inverted pattern is a complementary pattern to the first pattern, and is transferred into the underlying hard mask material by an anisotropic etch.
US09281210B2	Wet-process ceria compositions for polishing substrates, and methods related thereto Disclosed are a chemical-mechanical polishing composition and a method of polishing a substrate. The polishing composition comprises low average particle size (e.g., 30 nm or less) wet-process ceria abrasive particles, at least one alcohol amine, and water, wherein said polishing composition has a pH of about 6. The polishing composition can be used, e.g., to polish any suitable substrate, such as a polysilicon wafer used in the semiconductor industry.
US09281208B2	Methods of forming semiconductor devices using hard mask layers A method of forming a semiconductor structure can include forming a photolithography mask on a silicon fin having a hard mask layer thereon extending in a first direction. A trench can be formed through the hard mask layer into the silicon fin using the photolithography mask, where the trench extends in a second direction to separate the silicon fin into first and second fin structures extending end-to-end in the first direction. A portion of the trench formed by the hard mask layer can be widened relative to a lower portion of the trench defined by the first and second fin structures.
US09281206B2	Semiconductor processing by magnetic field guided etching Methods, systems, and devices are described for slicing and shaping materials using magnetically guided chemical etching. In one aspect, a method includes forming a pattern on a substrate by a mask, depositing a catalytic etcher layer on the patterned substrate, a magnetic guide layer on the etcher layer, and a protection layer on the guide layer, etching the substrate by applying an etching solution to the substrate that chemically reacts with the etcher layer and etches material from the substrate at exposed regions not covered by the mask, steering the composite etching structure into the substrate during the etching by an applied magnetic field that creates a force on the guide layer to direct the etching, in which the steering defines the shape of the sliced regions of the etched substrate, and removing the etched material, the mask, and the composite etching structure to produce a sliced material structure.
US09281201B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device having metal gate A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a metal gate is provided. A substrate having a first conductive type transistor and a second conductive type transistor formed thereon is provided. The first conductive type transistor has a first trench and the second conductive type transistor has a second trench. A first work function layer is formed in the first trench. A hardening process is performed for the first work function layer. A softening process is performed for a portion of the first work function layer. A pull back step is performed to remove the portion of the first work function layer. A second work function layer is formed in the second trench. A low resistive metal layer is formed in the first trench and the second trench.
US09281200B2	Enhanced patterning uniformity of gate electrodes of a semiconductor device by late gate doping When forming sophisticated semiconductor-based gate electrode structures of transistors, the pre-doping of one type of gate electrode structure may be accomplished after the actual patterning of the electrode material by using an appropriate mask or fill material for covering the active regions and using a lithography mask. In this manner, a high degree of flexibility is provided with respect to selecting an appropriate patterning regime, while at the same time a uniform and superior cross-sectional shape for any type of gate electrode structure is obtained.
US09281198B2	Method of fabricating a semiconductor device including embedded crystalline back-gate bias planes A method of forming a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes forming a first dielectric layer on a substrate; forming a set of bias lines on the first dielectric layer; covering the set of bias lines with a second dielectric layer; forming a semiconductor layer on the second dielectric layer; and forming a set of devices on the semiconductor layer above the set of bias lines.
US09281192B2	CMP-friendly coatings for planar recessing or removing of variable-height layers An IC device manufacturing process effectuates a planar recessing of material that initially varies in height across a substrate. The method includes forming a polymer coating, CMP to form a planar surface, then plasma etching to effectuate a planar recessing of the polymer coating. The material can be recessed together with the polymer coating, or subsequently with the recessed polymer coating providing a mask. Any of the material above a certain height is removed. Structures that are substantially below that certain height can be protected from contamination and left intact. The polymer can be a photoresist. The polymer can be provided with suitable adhesion and uniformity for the CMP process through a two-step baking process and by exhausting the baking chamber from below the substrate.
US09281189B2	Wafer and method of fabricating the same Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a thin film, the method including: growing an epitaxial layer on a surface of a wafer at a growth temperature, wherein the growing of the epitaxial layer comprises controlling a defect present on a surface of the wafer. Also, disclosed is a wafer including: a substrate; and an epitaxial layer located on the substrate, wherein a basal dislocation density of the epitaxial layer is equal to or less than 1/cm2.
US09281188B2	Apparatus and method for fabricating wafer A method for fabricating a wafer according to the embodiment comprises the steps of depositing an epi layer in an epi deposition part; transferring the wafer to an annealing part connected to the epi deposition part; annealing the wafer in the annealing part; transferring the wafer to a cooling part connected to the annealing part; and cooling the wafer in the cooling part, wherein the depositing of the wafer, the annealing of the wafer and the cooling of the wafer are continuously performed. An apparatus for fabricating a wafer according to the embodiment comprises an epi deposition part; an annealing part connected to the epi deposition part; and a cooling part connected to the annealing part.
US09281187B2	Method for manufacturing nitride semiconductor device The invention provides a method for manufacturing a nitride semiconductor device that grows a multilayer film of a III-V group nitride semiconductor in a reaction furnace into which a III group element raw material gas and a V group element raw material gas are introduced, the method including: growing a first nitride semiconductor layer at a first raw material gas flow rate of the V group element raw material gas and a first carrier gas flow rate; and growing a second nitride semiconductor layer at a second raw material gas flow rate of the V group element raw material gas lower than the first raw material gas flow rate and a second carrier gas flow rate higher than the first carrier gas flow rate, wherein the first nitride semiconductor layer and the second nitride semiconductor layer are stacked.
US09281186B2	Colored photovoltaic modules and methods of construction A colored photovoltaic module and method for its production, where the module includes: a photovoltaic cell; and an appearance modifying film, encapsulant or glazing; where the appearance modifying film, encapsulant or glazing includes: a light-control film; graphic material; a phosphor; a dichroic film; nano-particles; micro-dots; metal flakes; paint; an additive material for 3-D printing, Selective Laser Augmentation (SLA) or Selective Laser Sintering (SLS); or any combination thereof.
US09281183B2	Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition of oxide dielectrics on N-polar III-nitride semiconductors with high interface quality and tunable fixed interface charge A method of fabricating a III-nitride semiconductor device, including growing an III-nitride semiconductor and an oxide sequentially to form an oxide/III-nitride interface, without exposure to air in between growth of the oxide and growth of the III-nitride semiconductor.
US09281181B2	Film forming method and recording medium for performing the method A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a laminated film on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times. The cycle includes forming a first film which contains a predetermined element, boron, and nitrogen and which does not contain a borazine ring skeleton, and forming a second film which contains the predetermined element and a borazine ring skeleton. The first film and the second film are laminated to form the laminated film.
US09281177B2	Methods and apparatus for cleaning semiconductor wafers An apparatus for cleaning a surface of wafer or substrate includes a plate being positioned with a gap to surface of the wafer or substrate, and the plate being rotated around an axis vertical to surface of wafer or substrate. The rotating plate surface facing surface of the wafer or substrate has grooves, regular patterns, and irregular patterns to enhance the cleaning efficiency. Another embodiment further includes an ultra sonic or mega sonic transducer vibrating the rotating plate during cleaning process.

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