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US-7,548,167 RF tag and method of manufacturing the RF tag
An RF tag to accompany a conductive object is disclosed that includes an antenna and an integrated circuit connected to the antenna. The antenna includes a first...
US-7,548,166 Tine-mounted antenna for an RFID
The present invention provides a tine-mounted antenna for reading RFID tags in a warehouse environment using RFID technology operating at ultra-high frequencies...
US-7,548,165 Performance enhancement algorithm for radio frequency identification (RFID) systems
A method for enhancing the accuracy a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) system which may exhibit inconsistent RFID tag reporting behavior. The method...
US-7,548,164 Means to deactivate a contactless device
A method and apparatus for deactivating an identification device or RFID tag, such as an e-passport or an ID card that has been revoked, has expired, or is...
US-7,548,162 RFID conveyor system and method
A conveyor system for processing items on which radio frequency identification tags are disposed includes a frame and a conveyor disposed moveably on the frame...
US-7,548,161 Acceleration-based theft detection system for portable electronic devices
A theft prevention system for protecting portable electronic devices is disclosed. An acceleration sensor detects the acceleration of a portable electronic...
US-7,548,160 Anti-theft alarm system for portable computer
An anti-theft alarm system includes a detecting switch portion including a first switch and a second switch, a keyboard controller (KBC), and a key of a keyboard...
US-7,548,159 Method and device for reliably monitoring a closed position of two parts moveable relative to one another
A device for reliably monitoring a closed position of two parts which can move relative to one another has an actuator and a sensor. The device is particularly...
US-7,548,158 First responder wireless emergency alerting with automatic callback and location triggering
Using wireless features, a public service agency is enabled to provide alert information to first responders. An automatic call back from the first responder...
US-7,548,157 Battery backed service indicator aids for field maintenance
A self-contained backup power source such as a battery is provided for components within an electrically powered device such as a storage controller, photocopier...
US-7,548,156 Method of distinguishing, from a moving platform, stationary objects from moving objects
A method of distinguishing, from a moving platform, stationary objects from moving objects. The method includes using a first detector mounted to the moving...
US-7,548,155 Fifth wheel sensor assembly
An electronic system that monitors a trailer hitch assembly having a plate hitch with a throat for receiving a kingpin of a trailer and a locking mechanism for...
US-7,548,154 Vehicle security control system
A vehicle security control system receives from a separated communication device a demand signal to prohibit or permit engine operation via an immobilizer. The...
US-7,548,153 Multi-protocol or multi-command RFID system
A multi-protocol RFID interrogating system employs a synchronization technique (step-lock) for a backscatter RFID system that allows simultaneous operation of...
US-7,548,152 RFID transponder information security methods systems and devices
Methods, systems and devices for providing RFID system security are provided that involve cryptographically encrypting data on a transponder and managing the...
US-7,548,151 Power management lock system and method
A power management lock system including an electronic lock unit configured to lock and unlock a door and further including at least one sensor in communication...
US-7,548,150 Method for the allocation of short addresses in illumination systems
In a method for the allocation of short addresses in illumination systems, whose illumination components (DALI EB, Lp) are controlled via a DALI bus, the short...
US-7,548,149 Surface-mount negative-characteristic thermistor
A surface-mount negative-characteristic thermistor includes a ceramic body composed of a semiconductor ceramic material including at least one of Mn, Ni, and Ti;...
US-7,548,148 Integral transformer junction module
A compact integral transformer-junction module combination suitable for use in junction modules and vaults in distribution circuits and in industrial and...
US-7,548,147 Switch type on/off structure for hoisting magnetic disks
A switch type ON/OFF structure for hoisting magnetic disks has a handle turnable towards one side to demagnetize and towards another side to generate a magnetic...
US-7,548,146 Power relay
A first aspect of the invention includes a power relay assembly having a motor assembly and actuator assembly disposed in a housing. The actuator assembly...
US-7,548,145 Hysteretic MEMS thermal device and method of manufacture
A MEMS hysteretic thermal device may have a cantilevered beam which bends about one or more points in at least two substantially different directions. In one...
US-7,548,144 MEMS switch and method of fabricating the same
A micro electro mechanical system switch and a method of fabricating the micro electro mechanical system switch. The micro electro mechanical system switch...
US-7,548,143 Microwave module having converter for improving transmission characteristics
Provided is a microwave module having a converter for improving transmission characteristics in a millimeter-wave band. When a microstrip transmission line and a...
US-7,548,142 Tuneable resonator
The invention discloses a tuneable resonator (100, 200, 300, 500, 600, 700, 900) with a substrate layer (140, 260, 360, 560, 660, 960), which substrate layer...
US-7,548,141 High frequency filter
A high frequency filter incorporates: an unbalanced input/output terminal; two balanced input/output terminals; two resonators respectively provided between the...
US-7,548,140 Bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filter having reduced second harmonic generation and method of reducing second...
In a filter having a half-ladder structure comprising an alternating series of series branches and shunt branches, including a signal input and a signal output...
US-7,548,139 Coupled resonator filter and fabrication method thereof
A coupled resonator filter and a method of fabricating the coupled resonator filter are provided. The method includes: sequentially stacking a first electrode, a...
US-7,548,138 Compact integration of LC resonators
A technique to provide a compact integration of inductor-capacitor resonator a capacitor having a top plate and a bottom plate embedding a dielectric layer. The...
US-7,548,137 Generalized cancellation of inductor winding capacitance
An inductor device or filter such as an electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter which includes an inductor provides cancellation of parasitic capacitance of...
US-7,548,136 Distortion reduction for variable capacitance devices
The present invention reduces distortion in variable capacitance devices by connecting a circuit to the variable capacitance devices that has low impedance at...
US-7,548,135 Filter and duplexer
A filter includes a filter chip, a laminated portion on which the filter chip is mounted, an input/output terminal provided in the laminated portion, a first...
US-7,548,134 Transmission line transformer
A transmission line transformer is disclosed. The transformer improves efficiency and a dynamic range of a power amplifier. The transformer is formed to have a...
US-7,548,133 Modulation of an RF transmit signal
To modulate the frequency of a signal to be transmitted, the biasing voltage applied to a terminal of a transistor is dynamically modulated. To achieve this, the...
US-7,548,132 Monolithic clock generator and timing/frequency reference
In various embodiments, the invention provides a clock generator and/or a timing and frequency reference, with multiple operating modes, such power conservation,...
US-7,548,131 Oscillation circuit with temperature-dependent current source
An output signal ZA of NAND 48a is given to a first input of NAND 48b and is given to a second input of the above NAND 48b, simultaneously through a delay...
US-7,548,130 Characteristic automatic compensating apparatus, characteristic automatic compensating method, characteristic...
A characteristic automatic compensating apparatus of an oscillator includes oscillating means, temperature detecting means, characteristic determining means for...
US-7,548,129 On-chip R-C time constant calibration
An integrated tuner includes circuitry to receive a television signal, a quadrature mixer coupled to the output of the circuitry, a polyphase filter coupled to...
US-7,548,128 Systems and methods with reduced reference spurs using a crystal oscillator for broadband communications
Systems and methods are provided. In this regard, a representative system incorporates a crystal oscillator circuit and a digital automatic level control...
US-7,548,127 Digitally controlled ring oscillator
A ring oscillator for generating an output signal, comprising a plurality of serially connected main elements for selectively delaying a signal input thereto,...
US-7,548,126 Phase locked loop circuit and control method thereof
A phase locked loop circuit includes a voltage controlled oscillator having an oscillating characteristic value changed by a switching signal. A characteristic...
US-7,548,125 Frequency calibration for a monolithic clock generator and timing/frequency reference
Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a system, method and apparatus for frequency calibration of a free-running, reference harmonic oscillator. An...
US-7,548,124 System and method for self calibrating voltage-controlled oscillator
A system and a method for self calibrating a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO). In the system, a mode controller generates a control signal for each of an...
US-7,548,123 Dividerless PLL architecture
A phase-locked loop (PLL) achieves initial lock using a course fractional-N divider driving a binary phase detector. Once frequency lock is achieved, this...
US-7,548,122 PLL with switched parameters
A system and method of operating a phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer is disclosed herein. The disclosed method includes defining a first set of operating...
US-7,548,121 Fractional frequency synthesizer and phase locked loop utilizing fractional frequency synthesizer and method...
A fractional frequency synthesizer, applied to a phase-locked loop, includes a phase detector, a loop filter, a controllable oscillator, a first frequency...
US-7,548,120 Frequency switching method
A frequency switching method is used to make switching among a plurality of frequency signal sources each providing a specific frequency range covering multiple...
US-7,548,119 Digitally controlled oscillator with jitter shaping capability
A digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) generating an output clock includes a jitter shaping module for shifting low frequency digital jitter on the output clock...
US-7,548,118 Semiconductor device and power amplifier
A semiconductor device 1 includes a plurality of amplifier circuits 2 connected in parallel between an input terminal RFin and an output terminal RFout. Each of...
US-7,548,117 Differential amplifier having an improved slew rate
A differential amplifier receives a differential input signal and generates an output signal at an output node. An auxiliary circuit coupled to the differential...
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