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US-6,515,516 System and method for improving signal propagation
Systems and methods are provided for improving signal propagation. A repeater segments a transmission line into a first and a second line. The repeater includes...
US-6,515,515 Bidirectional data transfer path having increased bandwidth
A circuit for bidirectionally exchanging data includes a plurality of entities electrically connected therebetween by a bus, the plurality of entities for...
US-6,515,514 Method and circuit configuration for controlling a data driver
A data driver is activated in dependence of a provided bit sequence in order to produce, at the data output of the driver, a data signal which, in the times...
US-6,515,513 Reducing leakage currents in integrated circuits
A method and apparatus for reducing leakage current in an integrated circuit includes a supply voltage line, a virtual supply voltage line, a ground voltage...
US-6,515,512 Capacitively coupled re-referencing circuit with transient correction
A re-referencing circuit for re-referencing a digital input signal from a first logic environment to a second logic environment includes a non-inverting circuit...
US-6,515,511 Semiconductor integrated circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit device
A semiconductor integrated circuit device has a plurality of basic cells. The basic cells are placed in a matrix form, and are formed on a semiconductor...
US-6,515,510 Programmable logic array with vertical transistors
A programmable logic array is provided. The programmable logic array includes first and second logic planes. The first logic plane receives a number of input...
US-6,515,509 Programmable logic device structures in standard cell devices
An integrated-circuit using a routing ring is disclosed. The routing ring has an internal routing grid and an external routing gird. Logic circuits surrounded by...
US-6,515,508 Differential interconnection circuits in programmable logic devices
At least some of the interconnection signaling on a programmable logic device ("PLD") is by differential signaling using differential driver circuitry to apply...
US-6,515,507 Control pin for specifying integrated circuit voltage levels
An integrated circuit has one or more external control pins to control and indicate which of two or more different VCC or other voltage levels will be used. The...
US-6,515,506 Circuit for reducing pin count of a semiconductor chip and method for configuring the chip
A circuit that reduces external terminal count of a semiconductor chip, such as a communications chip or other type of chip that requires the generation of...
US-6,515,505 Functionality change by bond optioning decoding
A method and apparatus for functionality change in an integrated circuit chip includes bonding pads by which the functionality of the chip may be selected....
US-6,515,504 Circuits and method for implementing autonomous sequential logic
In a data processing system, a circuit and methods for carrying out sequential logic functions are disclosed aimed at overcoming the problems encountered with...
US-6,515,503 CMOS apparatus for driving transmission lines
A circuit is presented having many transistors connected in parallel between a supply node and a pre-drive stage. The many transistors each have a gate connected...
US-6,515,502 Termination circuit with voltage-independent characteristics
The present invention provides a termination circuit with voltage-independent characteristics. The termination impedance circuit provided is coupled to a...
US-6,515,501 Signal buffers for printed circuit boards
An improved signal buffer configuration has been developed for transmitting communication signals across line traces between ICs on a printed circuit board,...
US-6,515,500 Method and apparatus of testing and analyzing CMOS integrated circuit
A method of testing a CMOS integrated circuit including the steps of applying a test signal to a CMOS integrated circuit under test and measuring a quiescent...
US-6,515,499 Modular semiconductor tester interface assembly for high performance coaxial connections
A tester interface assembly is disclosed for coupling a plurality of tester electronic channels to a device-interface-board. The tester interface assembly...
US-6,515,498 Apparatus and method for pressing prober
An apparatus 10 for pressing a prober according to the present invention, which can press a prober 6 on an electrode-forming portion 4 of an inspection substrate...
US-6,515,497 Air pump operated test fixture and method for testing a circuit board
A circuit board test fixture includes probe pins that contact connection terminals of the board. The probe pins are electrically connected without applying a...
US-6,515,496 Microstructure testing head
A testing head for microstructures is presented. The testing head includes a top guide plate and bottom guide plate, separated by an air gap. Each of the plates...
US-6,515,495 Test structure in an integrated semiconductor
With increasing integration density of integrated circuits, the packing density in test regions (kerf structures) located between the integrated circuits cannot...
US-6,515,494 Silicon wafer probe station using back-side imaging
A back-side imaging infrared microscope is integrated with a novel integrated-circuit probe station. The microscope is located below the silicon substrate of the...
US-6,515,493 Method and apparatus for in-situ endpoint detection using electrical sensors
A method and apparatus for determining the endpoint of a planarization process during chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) and more specifically for...
US-6,515,492 Particle detector system
A combined impedance and fluorescence particle detecting system comprising a divider separating a first and a second chamber, the divider having a small orifice...
US-6,515,491 Structural body having a stochastic surface patterning as well as a capacitive sensor having such a structural body
A structural body which, at least region-wise, has at least one area which is in contact with a liquid or a gas flowing past, and which, at least to a great...
US-6,515,490 Conductive fluid-based position sensor and method
An apparatus and method for determining a position and/or orientation of a conductor disposed in a conductive fluid. A plurality of electrodes disposed about the...
US-6,515,489 Apparatus for sensing position of electrostatic XY-stage through time-division multiplexing
The apparatus senses the positions of X- and Y- axes of the stage by applying an excitation signal having a phase difference to a stator of each axis of the...
US-6,515,488 Fingerprint detector with scratch resistant surface and embedded ESD protection grid
A fingerprint detector having a smooth sensor surface for contact with a fingerprint includes capacitive sensor plates defining an array of sensor cells below...
US-6,515,487 Low voltage low current bubble detection circuit
A low voltage, low current apparatus for detecting discontinuities, such as bubbles, in a fluid stream, in which a tube is placed between a transducer ...
US-6,515,486 Method and structure to determine low threshold voltage and high threshold voltage
A method is provided for quickly determining low threshold voltages and high threshold voltages of a test circuit. Specifically, a transformed voltage transfer...
US-6,515,485 Method and system for power line impedance detection and automatic impedance matching
A system and method for the automatic detection and matching of power line impedance which makes use of level detection and source impedance circuits in...
US-6,515,484 Electrical test instrument having an improved operator interface
An electrical test instrument includes an improved operator interface capable of including the following features: (i) a pause/prompt feature enable prompts to...
US-6,515,483 System for partial scan testing of integrated circuits
A method and system for partial scan testing of integrated circuits is disclosed. The invention includes determining at least one failed functional block during...
US-6,515,482 Ionization vacuum gauge
An ionization vacuum gauge which can stably perform measurements of pressure in the intermediate vacuum to high vacuum regions, that is performed by an...
US-6,515,481 Streaming current detector with easily removable matched sleeve and piston set
A streaming current detector having a probe in which dielectric elements used to generate the streaming current--specifically, a sleeve for slideably receiving a...
US-6,515,480 Casing/push bore monitor technique
The location of a casing (10) as it is pushed through the earth during installation is monitored by transmitting a locating signal into a water reservoir (24)...
US-6,515,479 Switchable longitudinal gradient coil
A switchable longitudinal gradient coil with a cylindrical structure and windings that are symmetrically arranged around the Z-axis is composed of discrete...
US-6,515,478 Method for the correction of artifacts in magnetic resonance images
In a method for correcting artifacts in magnetic resonance images that are caused, in a magnetic resonance device, by transverse magnetic field components that...
US-6,515,477 Magnetic resonance random trajectory collection method and apparatus
In order to provide a magnetic resonance signal collection method and apparatus that suppress false images caused by motion of an imaged object, the order of...
US-6,515,476 Magnetic field inhomogeneity measurement method and apparatus, phase correction method and apparatus, and...
In order to perform imaging with water and fat separated in an efficient manner, a tomographic image is obtained having a phase difference of .pi./2 between...
US-6,515,475 Determination of track width of magnetoresistive sensors during magnetic head fabrication using magnetic fields
In fabricating magnetic heads on a wafer surface, magnetoresistive sensors having two different stripe heights and the same stripe width are formed. ...
US-6,515,474 Linearized magnetic displacement sensor
A displacement sensor includes a magnet assembly having a housing for mounting to one of first and second relatively moveable elements. A magnet assembly is...
US-6,515,473 Pedal with integrated position sensor
A pedal and sensor assembly for mounting to a vehicle. The assembly has a pedal arm having a first end and a second end. A magnetic field generator is connected...
US-6,515,472 Transmission selector sensor assembly package for integration into transmission assembly
A transmission selector position sensor is designed for easy integration into a transmission assembly. The transmission selector position sensor includes a Hall...
US-6,515,471 Absolute position hall string sensor
Two lines of magnets have the same length and are aligned side by side. The lines of magnets have different numbers of magnetic pole pairs and have equal line...
US-6,515,470 Method and apparatus for testing IC device
For testing electrical properties of packaged IC devices, there is provided an apparatus which includes a test board which is located at a testing station and...
US-6,515,469 Testing apparatus for semiconductor integrated circuits and a method for managing the same
A method of managing a testing apparatus for quality control test of ICs, which method can suppress a decrease in efficiency of the testing apparatus. When a...
US-6,515,468 Current sensor and electric circuit using the same
A current sensor including a cabinet 10, a sensor conductor 20 partially accommodated in the cabinet 10 and secured to the cabinet 10 and having opposite ends...
US-6,515,467 Method and system for optically detecting an electric current by means of light signals having different...
The method and system serve to optically detecting an electric current with an extended measurement range. To that end, two light signals having different...
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