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10,225 Total Apps Published
May 07, 2013 most recent publication

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17,006 Issued Patents
2,432 Issued in last 3 years
2,391 Published in last 3 years

286,972 Total Citation Count
Apr 02, 1970 Earliest Filing
3,113 Expired/Abandoned/Withdrawn Patents

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H01L SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 3626 8

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G06F ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 1979 18

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G01R MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES 782 2

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G11C STATIC STORES 738 13

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H03K PULSE TECHNIQUE 735 1

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H04B TRANSMISSION 551 14

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H03M CODING, DECODING OR CODE CONVERSION, IN GENERAL 524 2

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H04L TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 471 21

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G02B OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS 405 19

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H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 397 25

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Top Patents (by citation)

5,629,981 Information management and security system Jul 29, 94 May 13, 97 [H04L] 637

5,335,276 Communication system and methods for enhanced information transfer Dec 16, 92 Aug 02, 94 [H04L] 588

5,523,193 Method and apparatus for patterning and imaging member Dec 21, 94 Jun 04, 96 [G03F] 444

5,583,688 Multi-level digital micromirror device Dec 21, 93 Dec 10, 96 [G02B] 441

5,535,047 Active yoke hidden hinge digital micromirror device Apr 18, 95 Jul 09, 96 [G02B] 438

5,448,314 Method and apparatus for sequential color imaging Jan 07, 94 Sep 05, 95 [H04N] 392

5,452,024 DMD display system Nov 01, 93 Sep 19, 95 [H04N] 389

5,526,172 Microminiature, monolithic, variable electrical signal processor and apparatus including same Jul 27, 93 Jun 11, 96 [G02B] 381

5,600,383 Multi-level deformable mirror device with torsion hinges placed in a layer different from the torsion beam layer Jun 07, 95 Feb 04, 97 [H04N, G02B] 380

5,172,262 Spatial light modulator and method Apr 16, 92 Dec 15, 92 [G02B, G02F] 374

Recent Publications

2013/0105,904 RADIATION HARDENED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Nov 01, 11 May 02, 13 [H01L]

2013/0105,909 HIGH VOLTAGE CMOS WITH TRIPLE GATE OXIDE Oct 29, 12 May 02, 13 [H01L]

2013/0105,995 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES AND THEIR FABRICATION Dec 19, 12 May 02, 13 [H01L]

2013/0106,444 CAPACITIVE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Dec 18, 12 May 02, 13 [G01R]

2013/0106,485 LEVEL SHIFTER Oct 28, 11 May 02, 13 [H03K]

2013/0106,498 CORE CIRCUIT LEAKAGE CONTROL Oct 26, 11 May 02, 13 [H03K]

2013/0106,514 HIGH VOLTAGE DRIVER AMPLIFIER FOR PIEZO HAPTICS Dec 16, 11 May 02, 13 [H03F]

2013/0106,527 VARIABLE CAPACITANCE MEMS VARACTOR ARRAY METHOD & APPARATUS Oct 26, 12 May 02, 13 [H03H, H01G]

2013/0106,589 CLOSED-LOOP HAPTIC OR OTHER TACTILE FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICES, TOUCH SCREEN DEVICES, AND OTHER DEVICES Nov 01, 11 May 02, 13 [G08B]

2013/0106,628 Digital Error Correction in an Analog-to-Digital Converter Oct 26, 11 May 02, 13 [H03M]

2013/0106,641 CARRIER FREQUENCY OFFSET COMPENSATION IN BEAMFORMING SYSTEMS Oct 28, 11 May 02, 13 [H01Q, G01S]

2013/0107,762 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HALF DUPLEX DATA TRANSMISSION Oct 26, 11 May 02, 13 [H04W]

2013/0107,930 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CLOCK DRIFT COMPENSATION INTERPOLATION Nov 09, 11 May 02, 13 [H04L, H04B]

2013/0107,931 METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR TRANSMITTING DATA Oct 26, 12 May 02, 13 [H04L, H04B]

2013/0107,933 LINEAR SYSTEM FOR LINK TRAINING Oct 28, 11 May 02, 13 [H03H, H03F]

2013/0099,333 MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEM HAVING MOVABLE ELEMENT INTEGRATED INTO LEADFRAME-BASED PACKAGE Dec 10, 12 Apr 25, 13 [B81B]

2013/0099,334 Z-Axis Semiconductor Fluxgate Magnetometer Oct 19, 11 Apr 25, 13 [H01L]

2013/0099,384 Stacked IC Devices Comprising a Workpiece Solder Connected to the TSV Apr 10, 12 Apr 25, 13 [H01L]

2013/0099,796 Radiation-Tolerant Overcurrent Detection Oct 21, 11 Apr 25, 13 [G01R]

2013/0099,824 REDUCED OFFSET COMPARATOR Oct 25, 11 Apr 25, 13 [H03K]

2013/0099,863 FOURTH-ORDER ELECTRICAL CURRENT SOURCE APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS Oct 21, 11 Apr 25, 13 [H03F, G05F]

2013/0099,967 CLOCK DRIFT PROFILE DETERMINATION IN NAVIGATION SYSTEM RECEIVERS Oct 25, 11 Apr 25, 13 [G01S]

2013/0100,019 ENHANCED PROJECTED IMAGE INTERFACE Oct 25, 12 Apr 25, 13 [G06F]

2013/0100,066 MULTI-TOUCH CAPABLE SINGLE LAYER CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL Oct 25, 11 Apr 25, 13 [G06F]

2013/0100,125 Method, System and Computer Program Product for Enhancing a Depth Map Oct 24, 12 Apr 25, 13 [G06T]

2013/0100,177 SPATIALLY MULTIPLEXED PULSE WIDTH MODULATION Oct 25, 12 Apr 25, 13 [G09G]

2013/0100,281 Method, System and Computer Program Product for Detecting an Obstacle with a Camera Oct 24, 12 Apr 25, 13 [H04N]

2013/0100,349 Apparatus and Method for Black Bar Detection In Digital TVs and Set-Top Boxes Dec 20, 10 Apr 25, 13 [H04N]

2013/0100,420 SPECTRAL FILTERING OF PHOSPHOR COLOR WHEELS Oct 25, 12 Apr 25, 13 [G03B]

2013/0100,551 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REFLECTION CANCELLATION Oct 25, 11 Apr 25, 13 [H03H, G11B, H04B]

2013/0101,000 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SPECULATIVE DECISION FEEDBACK EQUALIZATION Oct 21, 11 Apr 25, 13 [H04L, H04B]

2013/0101,003 Relative Phase Detection in Power Line Communications Networks Oct 24, 12 Apr 25, 13 [H04B]

2013/0101,029 MULTIMEDIA DATA ENCODING Oct 21, 11 Apr 25, 13 [H04N]

2013/0101,036 Sample-Based Angular Intra-Prediction in Video Coding Oct 23, 12 Apr 25, 13 [H04N]

2013/0101,055 Sub-Band Power Scaling Reporting and Sub-Band Transmit Power Estimation Oct 20, 12 Apr 25, 13 [H04B]

2013/0101,206 Method, System and Computer Program Product for Segmenting an Image Oct 24, 12 Apr 25, 13 [G06K]

2013/0103,995 BLOCKING THE EFFECTS OF SCAN CHAIN TESTING UPON A CHANGE IN SCAN CHAIN TOPOLOGY Dec 12, 12 Apr 25, 13 [G01R]

2013/0103,996 HIERARCHICAL ACCESS OF TEST ACCESS PORTS IN EMBEDDED CORE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Dec 12, 12 Apr 25, 13 [G01R]

2013/0104,117 Data Concentrator Initiated Multicast Firmware Upgrade Oct 24, 12 Apr 25, 13 [G06F]

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Recent Patents

8,434,366 Active detection techniques for photoacoustic sensors Dec 15, 10 May 07, 13 [G01N]

8,434,664 Micro-ball loading device and loading method Feb 04, 08 May 07, 13 [B23K]

8,435,848 PMOS SiGe-last integration process Oct 28, 11 May 07, 13 [H01L]

8,435,849 Method of forming a CMOS IC having a compressively stressed metal layer in the NMOS area Apr 05, 12 May 07, 13 [H01L]

8,435,873 Unguarded Schottky barrier diodes with dielectric underetch at silicide interface Jun 04, 07 May 07, 13 [H01L]

8,436,304 Infrared light transmissivity for a membrane sensor Sep 09, 10 May 07, 13 [G01J]

8,436,453 Micromechanical device lubrication Dec 28, 06 May 07, 13 [H01L]

8,436,475 IC device having low resistance TSV comprising ground connection Apr 11, 12 May 07, 13 [H01L]

8,436,592 Voltage buck-boost switching regulator Dec 17, 09 May 07, 13 [G05F]

8,436,620 Voltage monitoring using bitstream signal processing Sep 02, 10 May 07, 13 [G01N]

8,436,635 Semiconductor wafer having test modules including pin matrix selectable test devices Sep 01, 09 May 07, 13 [G01R]

8,436,676 Charge pump Feb 07, 11 May 07, 13 [G05F]

8,436,682 Fourth-order electrical current source apparatus, systems and methods Oct 21, 11 May 07, 13 [H03F]

8,436,771 Enhancing search capacity of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers Dec 29, 10 May 07, 13 [G01S]

8,437,169 Fast response circuits and methods for FRAM power loss protection Dec 20, 10 May 07, 13 [G11C]

8,437,213 Characterization of bits in a functional memory Dec 31, 08 May 07, 13 [G11C]

8,437,214 Memory cell employing reduced voltage Jul 17, 12 May 07, 13 [G11C]

8,437,232 High frequency modulator Dec 08, 09 May 07, 13 [G11B]

8,437,245 Wireless network system Aug 31, 10 May 07, 13 [H04J]

8,437,424 Robust transmit/feedback alignment Mar 05, 10 May 07, 13 [H04K, H04L]

8,437,483 Active snubber for improving stability of headphone amplifiers Dec 29, 09 May 07, 13 [H04R]

8,437,988 Method and system for processing of threshold-crossing events Jun 26, 09 May 07, 13 [G06F, G06G]

8,438,036 Asynchronous sampling rate converter for audio applications Sep 03, 09 May 07, 13 [G10L]

8,438,344 Low overhead and timing improved architecture for performing error checking and correction for memories and buses in system-on-chips, and other circuits, systems and processes May 06, 10 May 07, 13 [G06F]

8,438,437 Structures and control processes for efficient generation of different test clocking sequences, controls and other test signals in scan designs with multiple partitions, and devices, systems and processes of making Nov 03, 10 May 07, 13 [G06F]

8,438,440 TAM with instruction register, instruction decode circuitry and gating circuitry Jul 19, 12 May 07, 13 [G01R]

8,438,441 Tap with three multiplexers and port enable control output Sep 06, 12 May 07, 13 [G01R]

8,438,519 Via-node-based electromigration rule-check methodology Mar 04, 08 May 07, 13 [G06F]

8,438,526 Method for minimizing transistor and analog component variation in CMOS processes through design rule restrictions Sep 23, 10 May 07, 13 [G06F]

8,429,809 Method of manufacturing a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device Jan 10, 12 Apr 30, 13 [G01R]

8,430,969 Method for exposing and cleaning insulating coats from metal contact surfaces Jun 25, 10 Apr 30, 13 [B08B]

8,431,463 Capacitor contact formed concurrently with bond pad metallization Aug 10, 09 Apr 30, 13 [H01L]

8,431,481 IC device having low resistance TSV comprising ground connection Apr 11, 12 Apr 30, 13 [H01L]

8,431,979 Power converter having integrated capacitor Apr 01, 11 Apr 30, 13 [H01L]

8,432,339 System and method for increasing bit-depth in a video display system using a pulsed lamp Feb 16, 05 Apr 30, 13 [G09G]

8,432,597 Micro-mirror hinge May 08, 06 Apr 30, 13 [G02B]

8,432,760 Method of screening static random access memories for unstable memory cells Jul 25, 11 Apr 30, 13 [G11C]

8,433,155 Gaussian noise rejection with directional variance capabilities for use in image processing Dec 28, 06 Apr 30, 13 [G06K]

8,433,201 Dynamic gain equalizer-monitor Feb 03, 03 Apr 30, 13 [H04B]

8,433,918 Methods and systems for improving the security of password-based authentication protocols for IEEE 802.11 networks Oct 01, 10 Apr 30, 13 [G06F]

8,433,962 Master reset and synchronizer circuit with data and clock inputs Jul 17, 12 Apr 30, 13 [G01R]

8,433,963 Address and command port connecting trace circuitry and TAP domain Sep 26, 12 Apr 30, 13 [G01R]

8,433,987 Method for high-efficient implementation of de-rate matching including HARQ combining for LTE Aug 27, 10 Apr 30, 13 [H03M]

8,434,037 Sub-circuit pattern recognition in integrated circuit design Nov 26, 08 Apr 30, 13 [G06F]

RE44190 Long instruction word controlling plural independent processor operations Oct 16, 09 Apr 30, 13 [G06F]

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