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Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

The following is a sampling of recent Texas Instruments Incorporated patent applications (USPTO Patent Application #, Patent Title) sorted by month.

June 2009 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20090159100 - Two-piece magnetically coupled substrate roller used in megasonic cleaning process
20090159932 - Integration scheme for reducing border region morpphology in hybrid orientation technology (hot) using direct silicon bonded (dsb) substrates
20090159933 - Integration scheme for changing crystal orientation in hybrid orientation technology (hot) using direct silicon bonded (dsb) substrates
20090159937 - Simple scatterometry structure for si recess etch control
20090159967 - Semiconductor device having various widths under gate
20090159968 - Bvdii enhancement with a cascode dmos
20090159981 - Strain modulation in active areas by controlled incorporation of nitrogen at si-sio2 interface
20090159983 - Non-destructive inline epi pattern shift monitor using selective epi
20090160029 - Scribe seal structure for improved noise isolation
20090160059 - Semiconductor device having improved adhesion and reduced blistering between etch stop layer and dielectric layer
20090160410 - Real time clock (rtc) voltage regulator and method of regulating an rtc voltage
20090160466 - Self-isolating mixed design-rule integrated yeild monitor
20090160485 - Providing higher-swing output signals when components of an integrated circuit are fabricated using a lower-voltage process
20090160488 - Apparatus and method for clock signal synchronization in jtag testing in systems having modules processing clock signals at different rates
20090160493 - System and method for generating a spread-spectrum clock signal
20090160507 - Apparatus and method for clock signal synchronization in jtag testing in systems having selectable modules processing data signals at different rates
20090160523 - Receiving higher-swing input signals when components of an integrated circuit are fabricated using a lower-voltage process
20090160547 - Method and system for transitioning between operation states in an output system
20090160610 - Pseudorandom number generator
20090161040 - Polarized light emitting diode and use thereof
20090161290 - Polysilicon structures resistant to laser anneal lightpipe waveguide effects
20090161410 - Seven transistor sram cell
20090161809 - Method and apparatus for variable frame rate
20090162037 - Graphics initialization for wireless display devices
20090162954 - Ac impedance spectroscopy testing of electrical parametric structures
20090163026 - Immersion lithography wafer edge bead removal for wafer and scanner defect prevention
20090163145 - Systems and methods for time optimization for silencing wireless devices in coexistence networks
20090163254 - Method, system and apparatus for synchronizing multiple streams for optimizing delay and talk time
20090164666 - Method for creating bit planes using a digital signal processor and double index addressing direct memory access
20090164845 - Device testing architecture, method and system
20090164856 - System and method for input/output characterization
20090152600 - Process for removing ion-implanted photoresist
20090152626 - Super halo formation using a reverse flow for halo implants
20090152639 - Laminated stress overlayer using in-situ multiple plasma treatments for transistor improvement
20090153174 - Simple and effective method to detect poly residues in locos process
20090153198 - Low-leakage switch for sample and hold
20090153226 - High-side driver for providing an off-state in case of ground loss
20090153240 - Comparator with sensitivity control
20090153241 - Simultaneous filtering and compensation circuitry and method in chopping amplifier
20090153300 - Rfid transponder with high downlink data rate
20090153590 - Spoke synchronization system with variable intensity illuminator
20090153712 - Integrated image capture and projection system
20090153739 - Method and apparatus for a noise filter for reducing noise in a image or video
20090153856 - Close proximity scanning surface contamination analyzer
20090153941 - Hinge memory mitigation system and method
20090153958 - Display screen for use in front projectors
20090153991 - Methods and apparatus to provide dynamically-biased write drivers for hard disk drive (hdd) application
20090154002 - Methods and apparatus to control head expansion in multi-head hard-disk drives
20090154220 - Plateline driver for a ferroelectric memory
20090154588 - Channel quality report processes, circuits and systems
20090154819 - Circuit and method for adaptive, lossless compression of successive digital data
20090157761 - Maintaining data coherency in multi-clock systems
20090157936 - Interrupt morphing and configuration, circuits, systems, and processes
20090158106 - Position independent testing of circuits
20090158379 - Low-latency multichannel video port aggregator
20090146259 - Sub-resolution assist feature to improve symmetry for contact hole lithography
20090146298 - Semiconductor device having solder-free gold bump contacts for stability in repeated temperature cycles
20090146855 - Residue signal generator architecture with reduced number of switches for use in a pipeline adc processing differential signals
20090146857 - Maintaining a reference voltage constant against load variations
20090147138 - Multi-view display system and method with synchronized views
20090147222 - Angle diversity antispeckling in spot displays
20090147603 - Memory with low power mode for write
20090147605 - Novel high performance, area efficient direct bitline sensing circuit
20090147678 - Systems and methods for traffic flow based rate adaptation in packet-based networks
20090147947 - Digital-encryption hardware accelerator
20090150658 - Processor and signal processing method
20090140346 - Matched analog cmos transistors with extension wells
20090140401 - System and method for improving reliability of integrated circuit packages
20090140419 - Extended plating trace in flip chip solder mask window
20090140670 - Light beam control system for a spatial light modulator
20090140708 - Dc to dc converter with pseudo constant switching frequency
20090140757 - Microdisplay assemblies and methods of packaging microdisplays
20090140772 - Architecture for vbus pulsing in udsm processes
20090140797 - Rapidly activated current mirror system
20090141011 - Systems and methods for driving multiple displays using a common display driver
20090141039 - System and method for gamut mapping of out-of-gamut signals
20090141200 - Multi-function light modulators for optical systems
20090141250 - Off-axis projection system and method
20090141327 - System and method for dynamic display system illumination
20090141347 - Apparatus and method for using voice coils as screen motion sensors
20090141369 - Single prism aberration compensation
20090141737 - Systems and methods for prioritized channel access hardware assistance design
20090141756 - Adaptive thermal feedback system for a laser diode
20090141781 - Digital communication using an inexpensive reference crystal
20090141811 - Content adaptive error localization to improve quality of corrupted video data streams upon decode
20090141980 - System and method for reducing motion artifacts by displaying partial-resolution images
20090142890 - Phosphorus activated nmos using sic process
20090143022 - Method and system for controlling carrier leakage in a direct conversion wireless device
20090143083 - Resolving encoding dependencies for data bursts
20090144064 - Local pitch control based on seamless time scale modification and synchronized sampling rate conversion
20090144591 - Determining bit error rate using single data burst
20090144596 - Decoder with resiliency to handle errors in a received data stream
20090144674 - Timing analysis when integrating multiple circuit blocks while balancing resource requirements and accuracy
20090144838 - Method and apparatus for secure mode indication

May 2009 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20090134332 - Infrared encoded objects and controls for display systems
20090134471 - Semiconductor interconnect
20090134856 - Method of optimum current blanking time implementation in current sense circuit
20090135037 - Correcting offset errors associated with a sub-adc in pipeline analog to digital converters
20090135314 - Method and system for controlling deformable micromirror devices
20090135511 - System and method for use in displaying modulated light
20090135643 - Seu hardening circuit and method
20090135895 - Self-calibrated adaptive equalization system and methods of performing the same
20090137206 - Apparatus for and method of bluetooth and wireless local area network coexistence using a single antenna in a collocated device
20090137290 - Wireless telephone housing providing enhanced heat dissipation
20090127122 - Multi-chambered metal electrodeposition system for semiconductor substrates
20090127620 - Semiconductor doping with reduced gate edge diode leakage
20090127630 - Method for fabricating isolated integrated semiconductor structures
20090127632 - Semiconductor device manufactured by removing sidewalls during replacement gate integration scheme
20090127700 - Thermal conductor lids for area array packaged multi-chip modules and methods to dissipate heat from multi-chip modules
20090128112 - Duty-cycle independent current limit for a power regulator
20090128481 - Integrated system with computing and imaging capabilites
20090128679 - Solid state image pickup device
20090128786 - Imaging system with a microelectromechanical light valve
20090128788 - System and method for making photomasks
20090128873 - Light valve assembly with a holographic optical element and a method of making the same
20090128881 - Integrated tir prism and lens element
20090128948 - Methods and apparatus to control heat dissipation in hard-disk drives
20090129130 - Power converter
20090129461 - Compression code for transferring rate matched data between devices
20090130303 - Micromirror device and a method of making the same
20090130805 - Advanced cmos using super steep retrograde wells
20090130817 - Method to eliminate re-crystallization border defects generated during solid phase epitaxy of a dsb substrate
20090130864 - Systems and methods for flash annealing of semiconductor devices
20090132630 - Method and apparatus for multiplying binary operands
20090132881 - Dual mode test access port method and apparatus
20090132972 - Method and apparatus for determining electro-migration in integrated circuit designs
20090132984 - Optimal flow in designing a circuit operable in multiple timing modes
20090133083 - Passive circuit for improved differential amplifier common mode rejection
20090121346 - Flexible interposer for stacking semiconductor chips and connecting same to substrate
20090121353 - Dual damascene beol integration without dummy fill structures to reduce parasitic capacitance
20090121358 - Dual depth trench termination method for improving cu-based interconnect integrity
20090121644 - Adaptive algorithm for camera flash led power control vs. battery impedance, state of discharge (sod), aging, temperature effects
20090121702 - Methods and apparatus to provide self-tracking pre-driver controls
20090121705 - Poly phase solid state watt hour meters
20090121735 - Method and system for testing a semiconductor package
20090121744 - Glitch free 2-way clock switch
20090121754 - Power-on reset circuit
20090122278 - Non-specular folding mirror and a system of using the same
20090122614 - Single poly eeprom allowing continuous adjustment of its threshold voltage
20090122926 - Data throughput in an interference-rich wireless environment
20090122950 - Afsm circuit and method for low jitter pll cmos programmable divider
20090124068 - Non-uniformly doped high voltage drain-extended transistor and method of manufacture thereof
20090125302 - Stabilization and glitch minimization for ccitt recommendation g.726 speech codec during packet loss scenarios by regressor control and internal state updates of the decoding process
20090125768 - Reduced signaling interface method and apparatus
20090125771 - Scan based testing of an integrated circuit containing circuit portions operable in different clock domains during functional mode
20090125858 - Ic design flow incorporating optimal assumptions of power supply voltage drops at cells when performing timing analysis
20090125863 - Treatment of trim photomask data for alternating phase shift lithography
20090125864 - System and method for making photomasks
20090125865 - System and method for making photomasks
20090125870 - System and method for making photomasks
20090125871 - System and method for making photomasks
20090114912 - Mask design elements to aid circuit editing and mask redesign
20090115026 - Semiconductor device having through-silicon vias for high current,high frequency, and heat dissipation
20090115030 - N2 based plasma treatment for enhanced sidewall smoothing and pore sealing of porous low-k dielectric films
20090115053 - Semiconductor package thermal performance enhancement and method
20090115072 - Bga package with traces for plating pads under the chip
20090115343 - Led power regulator with high-speed led switching
20090115379 - Soft-start circuit for power regulators
20090115441 - Probe card and temperature stabilizer for testing semiconductor devices
20090115453 - Ic output signal path with switch, bus holder, and buffer
20090115537 - Systems and methods for voltage controlled oscillator calibration
20090115606 - Method and apparatus for secure mode indication
20090115782 - Display of analytic objects and geometric objects
20090115793 - Enhanced alpha blending
20090116091 - Scanning mirror based display system and method
20090116158 - Methods and apparatus for over-voltage protection of device inputs
20090116159 - Output voltage independent overvoltage protection
20090116578 - Distortion compensation in a communication system
20090116587 - Method, system and apparatus for generating constant amplitude zero autocorrelation sequences
20090116654 - On-the-fly introduction of inter-channel delay in a pulse-width-modulation amplifier
20090117726 - Integration scheme for an nmos metal gate
20090119557 - High speed interconnect circuit test method and apparatus
20090119558 - Jtag bus communication method and apparatus
20090119560 - Low power testing of very large circuits
20090119562 - Adapting scan architectures for low power operation

April 2009 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20090108053 - Solder ball placement vacuum tool
20090108316 - Memory device with memory cell including mugfet and fin capacitor
20090108417 - Method and system for providing a continuous impedance along a signal trace in an ic package
20090108433 - Multilayer semiconductor device package assembly and method
20090108775 - Led driver with adaptive algorithm for storage capacitor pre-charge
20090108882 - Low power low voltage differential signaling (lvds) output drivers
20090108884 - High side boosted gate drive circuit
20090108917 - Methods and apparatus to produce fully isolated npn-based bandgap reference
20090108918 - Methods and apparatus to sense a ptat reference in a fully isolated npn-based bandgap reference
20090108934 - Differential amplifier system
20090108936 - Combination trim and cmfb circuit and method for differential amplifiers
20090109073 - Pipelined analog to digital converter without input sample/hold
20090109732 - Asymmetrical sram cell with separate word lines
20090109764 - Integrated circuit having supply voltage controller
20090109785 - Memory having circuitry controlling the voltage differential between the word line and array supply voltage
20090109873 - Selective rank cqi and pmi feedback in wireless networks
20090109908 - Transmission of sounding reference signal and scheduling request in single carrier systems
20090109909 - Differential cqi for ofdma systems
20090109919 - Random access cyclic prefix dimensioning in wireless networks
20090110027 - Methods and apparatus for a fully isolated npn based temperature detector
20090110114 - Open-loop mimo scheme and signaling support for wireless networks
20090110126 - Reduced complexity viterbi decoder
20090111224 - Fusi integration method using sog as a sacrificial planarization layer
20090113174 - Sign operation instructions and circuitry
20090113264 - Built in self test for input/output characterization
20090100917 - Rocking y-shaped probe for critical dimension atomic force microscopy
20090100917 - Rocking y-shaped probe for critical dimension atomic force microscopy
20090100917 - Rocking y-shaped probe for critical dimension atomic force microscopy
20090101983 - Method of achieving dense-pitch interconnect patterning in integrated circuits
20090101983 - Method of achieving dense-pitch interconnect patterning in integrated circuits
20090101983 - Method of achieving dense-pitch interconnect patterning in integrated circuits
20090101988 - Bipolar transistors with resistors
20090101988 - Bipolar transistors with resistors
20090101988 - Bipolar transistors with resistors
20090102429 - Input source detection for a battery charger
20090102429 - Input source detection for a battery charger
20090102429 - Input source detection for a battery charger
20090102501 - Test structures for e-beam testing of systematic and random defects in integrated circuits
20090102501 - Test structures for e-beam testing of systematic and random defects in integrated circuits
20090102501 - Test structures for e-beam testing of systematic and random defects in integrated circuits
20090102519 - A/d converter
20090102519 - A/d converter
20090102519 - A/d converter
20090102547 - Flyback current control
20090102547 - Flyback current control
20090102547 - Flyback current control
20090102692 - Clock generator
20090102692 - Clock generator
20090102692 - Clock generator
20090103222 - Overcurrent protection system and method
20090103222 - Overcurrent protection system and method
20090103222 - Overcurrent protection system and method
20090103375 - Sram cell using separate read and write circuitry
20090103375 - Sram cell using separate read and write circuitry
20090103375 - Sram cell using separate read and write circuitry
20090103590 - Code division multiple access wireless system with closed loop mode using ninety degree phase rotation and beamformer verification
20090103590 - Code division multiple access wireless system with closed loop mode using ninety degree phase rotation and beamformer verification
20090103590 - Code division multiple access wireless system with closed loop mode using ninety degree phase rotation and beamformer verification
20090103604 - Method and apparatus for on-chip voltage controlled oscillator function
20090103604 - Method and apparatus for on-chip voltage controlled oscillator function
20090103604 - Method and apparatus for on-chip voltage controlled oscillator function
20090104540 - Graded lithographic mask
20090104540 - Graded lithographic mask
20090104540 - Graded lithographic mask
20090104742 - Methods for forming gate electrodes for integrated circuits
20090104742 - Methods for forming gate electrodes for integrated circuits
20090104742 - Methods for forming gate electrodes for integrated circuits
20090104743 - Nitrogen profile in high-k dielectrics using ultrathin disposable capping layers
20090104743 - Nitrogen profile in high-k dielectrics using ultrathin disposable capping layers
20090104743 - Nitrogen profile in high-k dielectrics using ultrathin disposable capping layers
20090104745 - Integration method for dual doped polysilicon gate profile and cd control
20090104745 - Integration method for dual doped polysilicon gate profile and cd control
20090104745 - Integration method for dual doped polysilicon gate profile and cd control
20090105983 - Test definer, a method of automatically determining and representing functional tests for a pcb having analog components and a test system
20090105983 - Test definer, a method of automatically determining and representing functional tests for a pcb having analog components and a test system
20090105983 - Test definer, a method of automatically determining and representing functional tests for a pcb having analog components and a test system
20090106541 - Processors with branch instruction, circuits, systems and processes of manufacture and operation
20090106541 - Processors with branch instruction, circuits, systems and processes of manufacture and operation
20090106541 - Processors with branch instruction, circuits, systems and processes of manufacture and operation
20090106619 - Mimo hybrid-arq using basis hopping
20090106619 - Mimo hybrid-arq using basis hopping
20090106619 - Mimo hybrid-arq using basis hopping
20090095987 - Transistor design and layout for performance improvement with strain
20090095988 - Transistor design and layout for performance improvement with strain
20090096031 - Differential poly doping and circuits therefrom
20090096033 - Isolation trench with rounded corners for bicmos process
20090096055 - Method to form cmos circuits with sub 50nm sti structures using selective epitaxial silicon post sti etch
20090096388 - Driver for light emitting semiconductor device
20090096433 - Ldo with large dynamic range of load current and low power consumption
20090096483 - Asynchronous clock gate with glitch protection
20090096485 - Systems and methods for dynamic logic keeper optimization
20090096525 - Power amplifier
20090096648 - Apparatus and method for improving performance of sigma-delta modulators having non-ideal components
20090097091 - Sloped cantilever beam electrode for a mems device
20090097112 - Rear-projection screen for projection video display system, method of rear-projection collimation and projection video display system incorporating the same
20090097178 - Methods and apparatus to detect and over-current in switching circuits
20090097327 - Systems and methods for reading data from a memory array
20090098665 - Methodology of implementing ultra high temperature (uht) anneal in fabricating devices that contain sige
20090098685 - Low cost hermetically sealed package
20090098694 - Cd gate bias reduction and differential n+ poly doping for cmos circuits
20090098695 - Differential offset spacer
20090098702 - Method to form cmos circuits using optimized sidewalls
20090099799 - Systems, methods and circuits for determining micro-short
20090099802 - Systems, methods and circuits for determining potential battery failure based on a rate of change of internal impedance
20090099831 - Method for generating and evaluating a table model for circuit simulation
20090090990 - Formation of nitrogen containing dielectric layers having an improved nitrogen distribution
20090091006 - Dual capillary ic wirebonding
20090091007 - Semiconductor device having grooved leads to confine solder wicking
20090091024 - Stable gold bump solder connections
20090091029 - Semiconductor package having marking layer
20090091331 - Circuit board and method for automatic testing
20090091483 - Flash analog to digital converter (adc)
20090091487 - Spurious free dynamic range of an analog to digital converter
20090093088 - Roll-on encapsulation method for semiconductor packages
20090093095 - Method to improve transistor tox using si recessing with no additional masking steps
20090094568 - Validation of an integrated circuit for electro static discharge compliance
20090085120 - Method for reduction of resist poisoning in via-first trench-last dual damascene process
20090085120 - Method for reduction of resist poisoning in via-first trench-last dual damascene process
20090085197 - Method of fabrication of on-chip heat pipes and ancillary heat transfer components
20090085197 - Method of fabrication of on-chip heat pipes and ancillary heat transfer components
20090085207 - Ball grid array substrate package and solder pad
20090085207 - Ball grid array substrate package and solder pad
20090085659 - Differential amplifier
20090085659 - Differential amplifier
20090085679 - Dual path phase locked loop (pll) with digitally programmable damping
20090085679 - Dual path phase locked loop (pll) with digitally programmable damping
20090085737 - Battery-centric tamper resistant circuitry and portable electronic devices
20090085737 - Battery-centric tamper resistant circuitry and portable electronic devices
20090086760 - System and method for providing status reports of transmitted data packets in a data communications system
20090086760 - System and method for providing status reports of transmitted data packets in a data communications system
20090087619 - System and method for making photomasks
20090087619 - System and method for making photomasks
20090087754 - System and method for making photomasks
20090087754 - System and method for making photomasks
20090087938 - Method for manufacturing microdevices or integrated circuits on continuous sheets
20090087938 - Method for manufacturing microdevices or integrated circuits on continuous sheets
20090087946 - Structure and method for thin single or multichip semiconductor qfn packages
20090087946 - Structure and method for thin single or multichip semiconductor qfn packages
20090087948 - Flip chip package with advanced electrical and thermal properties for high current designs
20090087948 - Flip chip package with advanced electrical and thermal properties for high current designs
20090087956 - Dummy contact fill to improve post contact chemical mechanical polish topography
20090087956 - Dummy contact fill to improve post contact chemical mechanical polish topography
20090088224 - Adaptive volume control
20090088224 - Adaptive volume control
20090088226 - Estimation of power level in a communication device
20090088226 - Estimation of power level in a communication device
20090089550 - Jek dynamic instrumentation
20090089550 - Jek dynamic instrumentation
20090089556 - High-speed add-compare-select (acs) circuit
20090089556 - High-speed add-compare-select (acs) circuit
20090089563 - Method and system of performing thread scheduling
20090089563 - Method and system of performing thread scheduling
20090089570 - Method, system and apparatus for providing a boot loader of an embedded system
20090089570 - Method, system and apparatus for providing a boot loader of an embedded system
20090089634 - Scan testing system, method and apparatus
20090089634 - Scan testing system, method and apparatus
20090089750 - Method and system of performing java language class extensions
20090089750 - Method and system of performing java language class extensions
20090089807 - Jek class loader notification
20090089807 - Jek class loader notification

March 2009 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20090079008 - Cmos fabrication process
20090079010 - Nickel silicide formation for semiconductor components
20090079067 - Method for stacking semiconductor chips
20090079446 - Method to accurately estimate the source and drain resistance of a mosfet
20090079503 - Overload recovery circuit for folded cascode amplifiers
20090079602 - N-bin arithmetic coding for context adaptive binary arithmetic coding
20090080407 - Secondary synchronization signal mapping
20090080500 - Reference signal structure for ofdm based transmissions
20090080659 - Systems and methods for hardware key encryption
20090081864 - Sic film for semiconductor processing
20090072314 - Depletion mode field effect transistor for esd protection
20090072373 - Packaged integrated circuits and methods to form a stacked integrated circuit package
20090072380 - Microelectromechanical device packages with integral heaters
20090072755 - Light-emitting semiconductor device driver and method
20090072800 - Circuit and method for a fully integrated switched-capacitor step-down power converter
20090072803 - Inrush current control
20090072892 - Minimizing the number of external terminals required when compensation is to be provided for signal drop in bond wire of a package in which an integrated circuit is provided
20090073011 - Circuit and method for gain error correction in adc
20090073016 - Pipelined analog-to-digital converter
20090073018 - High speed high resolution adc using successive approximation technique
20090073527 - System and method for generating multicolor scan lines and multicolor projection video display incorporating the same
20090073944 - Restricted cyclic shift configuration for random access preambles in wireless networks
20090074103 - Rate matching to maintain code block resource element boundaries
20090075404 - Ball film for integrated circuit fabrication and testing
20090075449 - Integrated high voltage capacitor having capacitance uniformity structures and a method of manufacture therefor
20090075480 - Silicon carbide doped oxide hardmask for single and dual damascene integration
20090076828 - System and method of data encoding
20090077149 - Asynchronous sampling rate conversion
20090065880 - Semiconductor device made by using a laser anneal to incorporate stress into a channel region
20090066303 - Voltage regulator with testable thresholds
20090066370 - Track and hold circuit
20090066413 - Method and apparatus for diminishing mismatch effects between switched signals
20090066423 - Spread spectrum clocking in fractional-n pll
20090066446 - Method and apparatus for reducing silicon area of a phase lock loop (pll) filter without a noise penalty
20090066511 - Informational management system, livestock management system and cages
20090066556 - Method and device for controlling a successive approximation register analog to digital converter
20090066620 - Adaptive pulse-width modulated sequences for sequential color display systems
20090066718 - System and method for image-based color sequence reallocation
20090066800 - Method and apparatus for image or video stabilization
20090067025 - Method and system for filling voids in electromechanical systems
20090067211 - Electronic fuse system and methods
20090067391 - Separate rank and cqi feedback in wireless networks
20090067487 - Increasing pwm resolution by modulation
20090068804 - Drain extended pmos transistors and methods for making the same
20090068828 - Dual work function cmos devices utilizing carbide based electrodes
20090068847 - Methods for removing contaminants from aluminum-comprising bond pads and integrated circuits therefrom
20090070502 - Data modification module
20090070566 - Electronic device with cpu and interrupt relay stage
20090070568 - Computation parallelization in software reconfigurable all digital phase lock loop
20090056345 - Nanoscale thermoelectric refrigerator
20090057651 - Gated quantum resonant tunneling diode using cmos transistor with modified pocket and ldd implants
20090057736 - Semiconductor device having reduced single bit fails and a method of manufacture thereof
20090057759 - Mos device and process having low resistance silicide interface using additional source/drain implant
20090057776 - Method of forming fully silicided nmos and pmos semiconductor devices having independent polysilicon gate thicknesses, and related device
20090057816 - Method to reduce residual sti corner defects generated during spe in the fabrication of nano-scale cmos transistors using dsb substrate and hot technology
20090057889 - Semiconductor device having wafer level chip scale packaging substrate decoupling
20090058375 - Self-oscillating converter
20090058388 - Switching power supply device
20090058447 - Fault analyzer
20090058448 - Parallel scan distributors and collectors and process of testing integrated circuits
20090058480 - Scheme for controlling rise-fall times in signal transitions
20090058484 - Slave latch controlled retention flop with lower leakage and higher performance
20090058493 - Signal level converter
20090058505 - Voltage converting circuit and battery device
20090058525 - Common-mode bandwidth reduction circuit and method for differential applications
20090058527 - Common mode stabilization in a fully differential amplifier
20090058601 - Data detector for uhf rfid tags
20090058701 - Using a chip as a simulation engine
20090059336 - System and method for display illumination
20090059455 - Method and apparatus for power interruption protection
20090059582 - Heat sinks for cooling leds in projectors
20090059626 - Switching power supply device and control device thereof
20090059685 - Sram bias for read and write
20090059806 - Method, system and apparatus for providing signal based packet loss concealment for memoryless codecs
20090059907 - System, method and device for docking station for communication device
20090060105 - Interference level estimation of path monitoring in w-cdma using the order statistics of beaulieu series
20090060203 - Rebalancing of audio
20090060211 - Method and system for music detection
20090060301 - Image producing method using a light valve
20090060690 - Quick changeover apparatus and methods for wafer handling
20090061543 - Method for calibrating an inspection tool
20090061566 - Semiconductor package having a grid array of pin-attached balls
20090061606 - Method for reducing dislocation threading using a suppression implant
20090061632 - Methods for cleaning etch residue deposited by wet etch processes for high-k dielectrics
20090061809 - Methods and apparatus to implement receiver linearity enhancement
20090062847 - Closure medical device
20090062945 - Method and system for estimating frequency and amplitude change of spectral peaks
20090063138 - Method and system for determining predominant fundamental frequency
20090063820 - Application specific instruction set processor for digital radio processor receiving chain signal processing
20090063919 - Parallel scan distributors and collectors and process of testing integrated circuits
20090063920 - Parallel scan distributors and collectors and process of testing integrated circuits

February 2009 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20090050604 - Tri-layer plasma etch resist rework
20090050976 - Process method to fully salicide (fusi) both n-poly and p-poly on a cmos flow
20090050980 - Method of forming a semiconductor device with source/drain nitrogen implant, and related device
20090051036 - Semiconductor package having buss-less substrate
20090051331 - Method and circuit for controlling the refresh rate of sampled reference voltages
20090051390 - Glitch reduced compensated circuits and methods for using such
20090051398 - Method and delay circuit with accurately controlled duty cycle
20090051425 - Predistortion system and method based on look up table interpolation
20090051426 - Large-dynamic-range lookup table for a transmitter predistorter and system and method employing the same
20090051434 - Signal transfer circuit and circuit device using same
20090051577 - Multiplexing aware sigma-delta analag-to-digital converter
20090051809 - System and method for combining interlaced video frames
20090052433 - Method of synchronization for packet based, ofdm wireless systems with multiple receive chains
20090052575 - System and method for power control in a wireless transmitter
20090053624 - Modifying merged sub-resolution assist features of a photolithographic mask
20090053834 - Use of scatterometry for in-line detection of poly-si strings left in sti divot after gate etch
20090053865 - Method and apparatus for de-interlacing video data
20090053883 - Method of setting a work function of a fully silicided semiconductor device, and related device
20090054000 - Apparatus and method for adaptive polar transmitter linearization and wireless transmitter employing the same
20090054016 - Apparatus and method for adaptive cartesian transmitter linearization and wireless transmitter employing the same
20090054018 - System and method for power control in a wireless transmitter
20090054023 - Audio amplifier and methods of generating audio signals
20090054075 - Satellite (gps) assisted clock apparatus, circuits, systems and processes for cellular terminals on asynchronous networks
20090055113 - Method, system and apparatus for measuring an idle value of a central processing unit
20090055395 - Method and apparatus for xml data processing
20090045472 - Methodology for reducing post burn-in vmin drift
20090045503 - Multidirectional semiconductor device package thermal enhancement systems and methods
20090045515 - Monitoring the magnetic properties of a metal layer during the manufacture of semiconductor devices
20090045818 - Power-over-ethernet isolation loss detector
20090045842 - Low-delay complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor (cmos) to emitter-coupled logic (ecl) converters, methods and apparatus
20090045845 - Adjusting output buffer timing based on drive strength
20090045865 - Square-function circuit
20090045880 - Digital controlled oscillator
20090046519 - Method, device and system for configuring a static random access memory cell for improved performance
20090046569 - Precoding matrix feedback processes, circuits and systems
20090046629 - Signaling of random access preamble sequences in wireless networks
20090046645 - Uplink reference signal sequence assignments in wireless networks
20090046808 - Rate matching and scrambling techniques for control signaling
20090046823 - Neutron generating device
20090047768 - Formation of shallow junctions by diffusion from a dielectric doped by cluster or molecular ion beams
20090048804 - Method for measuring utilization of a power managed cpu
20090049209 - Ata hdd interface for personal media player with increased data transfer throughput
20090049220 - Interrupt-related circuits, systems, and processes
20090049280 - Software controlled cpu pipeline protection
20090049287 - Stall-free pipelined cache for statically scheduled and dispatched execution
20090049363 - Simplified ldpc encoding for digital communications
20090049367 - Viterbi traceback initial state index initialization for partial cascade processing
20090039439 - Integration scheme for dual work function metal gates
20090039524 - Methods and apparatus to support an overhanging region of a stacked die
20090039536 - Electrical connections in microelectromechanical devices
20090039845 - Method and apparatus for power management of a low dropout regulator
20090039847 - Output impedance compensation for linear voltage regulators
20090039923 - Track-and-hold circuit with low distortion
20090039945 - Bias current generator
20090039952 - System and method for auto-power gating synthesis for active leakage reduction
20090039961 - Low quiescent current output stage and method with improved output drive
20090040592 - Unique method for manufacturing a digital micromirror device and a method of manufacturing a projection display system using the same
20090040678 - Electrostatic discharge trigger circuits for self-protecting cascode stages
20090040918 - Random access preamble detection for long term evolution wireless networks
20090040919 - Transmission using nested ofdma
20090040937 - Coexistence of different network technologies
20090040945 - Systems and methods for utilizing global traffic flow parameters for packet-based networks
20090040990 - Systems and methods for avoiding avalanche effect in coexisting wireless networks
20090041016 - Method, system and device to track and record user call experience
20090041367 - Quantization method and apparatus
20090042339 - Packaged integrated circuits and methods to form a packaged integrated circuit
20090042377 - Method for forming self-aligned wells to support tight spacing
20090042399 - Method for dry develop of trilayer photoresist patterns
20090042558 - Transmission of ack/nack bits and their embedding in the cqi reference signal
20090042573 - Radio bearer dependent forwarding for handover
20090043926 - Bidirectional data repeater switch
20090044050 - Watchdog mechanism with fault recovery
20090044224 - Dynamic channel switching
20090032839 - Semiconductor device and its driving method
20090032877 - Method of enhancing drive current in a transistor
20090032939 - Method of forming a stud bump over passivation, and related device
20090033309 - Reconfigurable topology for switching and linear voltage regulators
20090033345 - System and method for characterizing a load at the end of a cable
20090033368 - Logic block, a multi-track standard cell library, a method of designing a logic block and an asic employing the logic block
20090033372 - Simultaneous lvds i/o signaling method and apparatus
20090033385 - Glitch reduced delay lock loop circuits and methods for using such
20090033386 - Delay lock loop circuits including glitch reduction and methods for using such
20090033387 - Master slave delay locked loops and uses thereof
20090033388 - Systems and methods for reduced area delay locked loop
20090033411 - Oscillation maintentance circuit for half duplex transponder
20090033750 - Method and apparatus for motion stabilization
20090033814 - Method and apparatus for reducing speckle in coherent light
20090033875 - System and method for utilizing a scanning beam to display an image
20090034037 - Method and system for reducing speckle by vibrating a line generating element
20090034041 - Speckle reduction in scanning display systems
20090034043 - System and method for regulating micromirror position
20090034053 - System and method for controlling a digital micromirror device (dmd) system to generate an image
20090034112 - Methods and apparatus to vary input impedance of a hard disk drive read preamplifier
20090034311 - Low power ternary content-addressable memory (tcam)
20090034338 - System and method for reading memory
20090034468 - Time-sharing of sounding resources
20090034548 - Hardware queue management with distributed linking information
20090034549 - Managing free packet descriptors in packet-based communications
20090034592 - Crosstalk cancellation in digital subscriber line communications
20090034752 - Constrainted switched adaptive beamforming
20090036170 - Voice activity detector and method
20090037132 - Parallel test system
20090037770 - Watchdog mechanism with fault escalation
20090037785 - Low overhead input and output boundary scan cells
20090037854 - Test method and system for characterizing and/or refining an ic design cycle

January 2009 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20090026605 - Heat extraction from packaged semiconductor chips, scalable with chip area
20090026656 - Vented mold for encapsulating semiconductor components
20090027086 - Comparator and method with controllable threshold and hysteresis
20090027102 - Low-leakage level-shifters with supply detection
20090027127 - System and method for amplifier gain measurement and compensation
20090027251 - Sar analog-to-digital converter with large input range
20090027990 - Adaptive voltage control for sram
20090028157 - Receiver and method for processing a stream of data packets when an error occurred on the physical layer
20090028171 - Fifo buffer with adaptive threshold level
20090028220 - Robust packet detection, symbol timing, channel length estimation and channel response estimation for wireless systems
20090028252 - Combined frame alignment and timing recovery in ofdm communications systems
20090028267 - Rapid re-synchronization of communication channels
20090028268 - Variable power communications including rapid switching between coding constellations of various sizes
20090028361 - System for amplifiers with low distortion and low output impedance
20090029272 - Merging sub-resolution assist features of a photolithographic mask
20090029516 - Method to improve transistor tox using high-angle implants with no additional masks
20090029542 - Methods and systems for laser assisted wirebonding
20090031184 - Mimo hybrid-arq using basis hopping
20090031185 - Hybrid arq systems and methods for packet-based networks
20090031197 - Erasure decoding for receivers
20090020313 - Circuit logic embedded within ic protective layer
20090020791 - Process method to fabricate cmos circuits with dual stress contact etch-stop liner layers
20090021283 - High speed latched comparator
20090021540 - Boundary dispersion for mitigating pwm temporal contouring artifacts in digital displays
20090021809 - System and method for maintaining hue constancy
20090021962 - Systems and methods for off-time control in a voltage converter
20090022073 - Repeated channel adaptive frequency hopping
20090022110 - Transmission of multiple information elements in multiple channels
20090022214 - Optimized short initialization after low power mode for digital subscriber line communications
20090022242 - Systems and methods for increased data rate modes using multiple encoders/decoders
20090023263 - Method to manufacture a thin film resistor
20090023293 - Implementing state-of-the-art gate transistor, sidewall profile/angle control by tuning gate etch process recipe parameters
20090024234 - Apparatus and method for coupling two independent audio streams
20090024324 - Method and system for grr testing
20090024776 - High data rate serial peripheral interface
20090024796 - High performance multilevel cache hierarchy
20090024898 - Concurrent production of crc syndromes for different data blocks in an input data sequence
20090024907 - Crc syndrome generation for multiple data input widths
20090014805 - Method to improve performance of secondary active components in an esige cmos technology
20090014898 - Solder cap application process on copper bump using solder powder film
20090015227 - Load-induced voltage overshoot detection and correction in switching power supplies
20090015332 - Startup circuit for subregulated amplifier
20090015413 - Wirelessly transmitting biological parameters
20090015526 - Color control algorithm for use in display systems
20090016082 - Systems and methods for frequency control of a voltage converter
20090016200 - Method of manufacturing pin photodiode
20090016631 - Video coding rate control
20090017563 - Plasma treatment and repair processes for reducing sidewall damage in low-k dielectrics
20090017564 - Method to detect and predict metal silicide defects in a microelectronic device during the manufacture of an integrated circuit
20090017582 - Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
20090017588 - Systems and methods that selectively modify liner induced stress
20090017607 - Gate cd trimming beyond photolithography
20090017609 - Rectangular contact used as a low voltage fuse element
20090017756 - System and method for avoiding interference in a dual-signal device
20090017769 - Efficient rank and precoding matrix feedback for mimo systems
20090017879 - System and method for reducing power consumption in a wireless device
20090018793 - Method and system for reducing device test time
20090019262 - Processor micro-architecture for compute, save or restore multiple registers, devices, systems, methods and processes of manufacture
20090009150 - Reference voltage generator with bootstrapping effect
20090009151 - Reference voltage generator with bootstrapping effect
20090009208 - Semiconductor device and inspection method thereof
20090009219 - Reducing power consumption in an amplification stage driving a sample and hold circuit while maintaining linearity
20090009239 - Low glitch offset correction circuit for auto-zero sensor amplifiers and method
20090009590 - Method for reducing stereoscopic phase-lag distortion under motion in a 3-dimensional video display
20090009730 - Light recycling in a micromirror-based projection display system
20090009837 - Optical structure and an imaging system using the same
20090009842 - Optical architecture having a rotating polygon for use in imaging systems
20090009846 - Optical system for a thin, low-chin, projection television
20090009860 - Flexible members for moving screens in display systems
20090009871 - System and method for reducing visible speckle in a projection visual display system
20090009885 - Integrated asphere design for display
20090009995 - optical architecture
20090010038 - Low resistance plate line bus architecture
20090010358 - Methods and apparatus to pre-compensate for i/q distortion in quadrature transmitters
20090010452 - Adaptive noise gate and method
20090012744 - System and method for statistically evaluating the operation of integrated circuit fabrication tools
20090012786 - Adaptive noise cancellation
20090013226 - Blocking the effects of scan chain testing upon a change in scan chain topology
20090013228 - Bist ddr memory interface circuit and method for testing the same
20090013297 - Contact resistance and capacitance for semiconductor devices
20090001132 - Micro-ball loading device and loading method
20090001510 - Air gap in integrated circuit inductor fabrication
20090001517 - Thermally enhanced semiconductor devices
20090001566 - Semiconductor device having improved gate electrode placement and decreased area design
20090001597 - Semiconductor device having an interconnect electrically connecting a front and backside thereof and a method of manufacture therefor
20090001948 - Programmable power limiting for power transistor system
20090002066 - Multi-tap direct sub-sampling mixing system for wireless receivers
20090002070 - Methods and apparatus to control rail-to-rail class ab amplifiers
20090002115 - Method to improve inductance with a high-permeability slotted plate core in an integrated circuit
20090002530 - Apparatus and method for processing images
20090003384 - Data transmission scheme with scheduling optimization for physical channel group
20090003469 - Frequency offset correction when decoding a packet encoded in a frequency modulated signal
20090003493 - Correcting for carrier frequency offset in multi-carrier communication systems
20090003570 - Method, system and apparatus for providing endpoint-to-endpoint transcoding free connection
20090004572 - Method of monitoring focus in lithographic processes
20090004573 - System and method for making photomasks
20090004803 - Multi-stage implant to improve device characteristics
20090004805 - Damage implantation of a cap layer
20090004853 - Method for forming a metal silicide
20090004981 - High efficiency digital transmitter incorporating switching power supply and linear power amplifier
20090006037 - Accurate benchmarking of codecs with multiple cpus
20090006664 - Linked dma transfers in video codecs
20090006665 - Modified memory architecture for codecs with multiple cpus
20090006816 - Inter-cluster communication network and heirarchical register files for clustered vliw processors

April 2008 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20080092714 - Multilayer dicing blade
20080093689 - Flip-chip assembly of protected micromechanical devices
20080093715 - Leadframe and mold compound interlock in packaged semiconductor device
20080093749 - Partial solder mask defined pad design
20080094082 - Die infrared transceiver bus
20080094104 - High speed double data rate jtag interface
20080094324 - Deinterleaving transpose circuits in digital display systems
20080094861 - Predictive duty ratio generating circuit and method for synchronous boost converters operating in pfm mode
20080095254 - Random access channel design with hybrid cdm and fdm multiplexing of access
20080095281 - Mimo decoding
20080096292 - Method for measuring interface traps in thin gate oxide mosfets
20080096313 - Methods for depositing, releasing and packaging micro-electromechanical devices on wafer substrates
20080096337 - Disposable semiconductor device spacer with high selectivity to oxide
20080096338 - Methods and devices employing metal layers in gates to introduce channel strain
20080096500 - Method for calibrating automatic gain control in wireless devices
20080097633 - Beat matching systems
20080098243 - Power-optimizing memory analyzer, method of operating the analyzer and system employing the same
20080098244 - Power controller, a method of operating the power controller and a semiconductor memory system employing the same
20080098251 - Digital data buffer
20080098266 - Reduced signaling interface method and apparatus
20080088345 - Quad state logic design methods, circuits, and systems
20080088346 - Method and apparatus for voltage to current conversion
20080088909 - System and method for resolving reset conflicts in a phased-reset spatial light modulator system
20080089126 - Circuitry for reliability testing as a function of slew
20080089362 - Single chip tuner integrated circuit for use in a cable modem
20080089401 - Signal testing system
20080089455 - Linear single-antenna interference cancellation receiver
20080090346 - Reliable high-voltage junction field effect transistor and method of manufacturing therefor
20080090377 - Laser scribe on front side of a semiconductor wafer
20080090423 - Gas switching during an etch process to modulate the characteristics of the etch
20080091930 - Security measures for preventing attacks that use test mechanisms
20080091965 - Discrete power control of components within a computer system
20080091993 - On-board fifo memory module for high speed digital sourcing and capture to/from dut (device under test) using a clock from dut
20080083981 - Thermally enhanced bga packages and methods
20080083993 - Gold-tin solder joints having reduced embrittlement
20080084311 - Inductance enhancement by magnetic material introduction
20080084369 - System and method for color-specific sequence scaling for sequential color systems
20080084511 - System and method for displaying an image
20080084720 - Dc-dc boost converter with a charge pump
20080084773 - Methods and systems for accessing memory
20080084934 - Video error concealment
20080084939 - Sample buffer size reduction for synchronized dmt-vdsl with shared fft compute units
20080085031 - Methods and systems for watermarking digital media
20080085569 - Method of using electrical test structure for semiconductor trench depth monitor
20080085573 - Underfill dispense at substrate aperture
20080085588 - Method of arranging dies in a wafer for easy inkless partial wafer process
20080086769 - Monitor mode integrity verification
20080079124 - Interdigitated leadfingers
20080079127 - Pin array no lead package and assembly method thereof
20080079159 - Focused stress relief using reinforcing elements
20080079471 - Plateline driver with ramp rate control
20080079497 - Low noise amplifier with embedded filter and related wireless communication unit
20080079904 - Display systems with spatial light modulators
20080080077 - Low cost window production for hermetically sealed optical packages
20080080472 - Efficient scheduling request channel for wireless networks
20080080536 - Media access control layer bridging of a real communication device to a simulated network
20080080561 - Synchronization of voice packet generation with transmission opportunities in a wireless network
20080081380 - Method for leakage reduction in fabrication of high-density fram arrays
20080081404 - Recessed sti for wide transistors
20080082952 - Method of inclusion of sub-resolution assist feature(s)

March 2008 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20080073028 - Methods and apparatus to dispense adhesive for semiconductor packaging
20080073757 - Semiconductor dies and methods and apparatus to mold lock a semiconductor die
20080073778 - Two-way heat extraction from packaged semiconductor chips
20080073974 - Method and circuit for cross regulation in a power converter
20080075036 - Uplink synchronization management in wireless networks
20080075173 - Systems and methods for context adaptive video data preparation
20080075184 - Transmission of ack/nack bits and their embedding in the reference signal
20080076076 - Rework methodology that preserves gate performance
20080076191 - Gcib smoothing of the contact level to improve pzt films
20080076225 - Method for manufacturing a gate sidewall spacer using an energy beam treatment
20080076227 - Method for forming a pre-metal dielectric layer using an energy beam treatment
20080076254 - Blanket resist to protect active side of semiconductor
20080077256 - Method of adjusting process variables in a processing flow
20080077893 - Method for verifying interconnected blocks of ip
20080067646 - Semiconductor leadframe for uniform mold compound flow
20080067648 - Locking feature and method for manufacturing transfer molded ic packages
20080067993 - Frequency regulated hysteretic average current mode converter
20080068081 - High-voltage operational amplifier input stage and method
20080068236 - Adaptive spectral noise shaping to improve time to digital converter quantization resolution using dithering
20080068239 - Entry/exit control to/from a low power state in a complex multi level memory system
20080068238 - Entry/exit control to/from a low power state in a cpu with an unprotected pipeline
20080068472 - Digital camera and method
20080069151 - Variable time division multiplex transmission system
20080069255 - Efficient bit interleaver for a multi-band ofdm ultra-wideband system
20080069286 - Computation spreading for spur reduction in a digital phase lock loop
20080071723 - Optimizing memory usage and system performance in a file system requiring entire blocks to be erased for rewriting data
20080071846 - Processor architecture for programmable digital filters in a multi-standard integrated circuit
20080071848 - In-place radix-2 butterfly processor and method
20080072025 - Software reconfigurable digital phase lock loop architecture
20080072112 - Sequential scan technique providing reliable testing of an integrated circuit
20080061433 - Methods and substrates to connect an electrical member to a substrate to form a bonded structure
20080061757 - Output load adaptable mosfet gate drive voltage level in a dc-dc controller
20080061864 - Apparatus and method for adjusting a first electrical signal with respect to a second electrical signal
20080061867 - Methods and apparatus to reduce substrate voltage bounces and spike voltages in switching amplifiers
20080061876 - Methods and apparatus to reduce substrate voltage bounces and spike voltages in switching amplifiers
20080061892 - Single-electron injection/extraction device for a resonant tank circuit and method of operation thereof
20080062030 - Apparatus and method for monitoring analog peripheral devices by a processing unit
20080062031 - Apparatus and method for managing access to the analog-to-digital conversion results
20080062307 - Bad video edit detection
20080062308 - Film mode detection
20080062309 - Motion detection for interlaced video
20080062496 - Lubricating micro-machined devices using fluorosurfactants
20080062546 - Dynamic aperture for a light processing system
20080062601 - Magnetic techniques to address electrostatic discharge
20080062746 - Sram static noise margin test structure suitable for on chip parametric measurements
20080062888 - Channel monitoring for improved parameter selection in a communication system
20080063080 - Hierarchical motion estimation using original frame for sub-sampled reference
20080063115 - Antenna grouping and group-based enhancements for mimo systems
20080063948 - Method for achieving compliant sub-resolution assist features
20080064175 - Low stress sacrificial cap layer
20080064224 - Device comprising an ohmic via contact, and method of fabricating thereof
20080065338 - Outlier screening technique
20080065934 - Device test and debug using power and ground terminals
20080065939 - Controller applying stimulus data while continuously receiving serial stimulus data
20080054253 - Single-electron tunnel junction for a complementary metal-oxide device and method of manufacturing the same
20080054866 - Single wire synchronization circuitry for power converters
20080054934 - Cmos output driver
20080054950 - Methods and system for detecting dc output levels in an audio system
20080054951 - Track and hold circuit
20080054960 - Phase-locked loop (pll) circuit and method
20080055003 - Reduction of voltage spikes in switching half-bridge stages
20080055008 - Local oscillator with non-harmonic ratio between oscillator and rf frequencies using xor operation with jitter estimation and correction
20080055009 - Local oscillator with non-harmonic ratio between oscillator and rf frequencies using digital mixing and weighting functions
20080055010 - Local oscillator with non-harmonic ratio between oscillator and rf frequencies using pulse generation and selection
20080055014 - Local oscillator with non-harmonic ratio between oscillator and rf frequencies using wideband modulation spectral replicas
20080055129 - Reducing the time to convert an analog input sample to a digital code in an analog to digital converter (adc)
20080055135 - Digital-to-analog converter with triode region transistors in resistor/switch network
20080055145 - Input tracking high-level multibit quantizer for delta-sigma adc
20080055325 - Methods and systems for tiling video or still image data
20080055476 - Video processing
20080055479 - Color space appearance model video processor
20080055590 - System and method for analyzing a light beam of an exposure tool or a reticle inspection tool
20080055704 - Spatial light modulator mirror metal having enhanced reflectivity
20080055708 - System and method for hinge memory mitigation
20080055878 - Radiofrequency and electromagnetic interference shielding
20080055967 - Memory with low power mode for write
20080056043 - Methods and apparatus to provide refresh for global out of range read requests
20080056054 - Methods and apparatus to provide refresh for local out of range read requests to a memory device
20080056117 - Specification of sub-channels for fdm based transmission including ofdma and sc-ofdma
20080056337 - Local oscillator with non-harmonic ratio between oscillator and rf frequencies using xor operation
20080056557 - System and method for analyzing a light beam of a wafer inspection tool or an exposure tool
20080056566 - Video processing
20080056605 - Video processing
20080057654 - Method for manufacturing a transistor device having an improved breakdown voltage and a method for manufacturing an integrated circuit using the same
20080057701 - Method for prevention of resist poisoning in integrated circuit fabrication
20080057711 - Reduction of punch-thru defects in damascene processing
20080057730 - Method for using a modified post-etch clean rinsing agent
20080057739 - Defect control in gate dielectrics
20080057878 - Parallel redundant single-electron device and method of manufacture
20080057880 - System and method for preprocessing a signal for transmission by a power amplifier
20080057937 - Method and apparatus to troubleshoot voice over internet protocol (volp)
20080059855 - Selectively accessing test access ports in a multiple test access port environment

February 2008 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20080047490 - Vapor deposition of benzotriazole (bta) for protecting copper interconnects
20080048303 - Semiconductive device having improved copper density for package-on-package applications
20080048721 - Input buffer in ultradeep submicron process
20080048751 - Process and temperature-independent voltage controlled attenuator and method
20080048901 - Multiple-bank cmos image sensor system and method
20080048956 - Color management system and method for a visual display apparatus
20080049290 - Micromirror and post arrangements on substrates
20080049299 - Packaging of frequency-doubled, extended-cavity, surface-emitting laser components on a common substrate
20080050860 - Adhesion by plasma conditioning of semiconductor chip
20080050882 - System and method for mitigating oxide growth in a gate dielectric
20080051018 - Semiconductor wafer handler
20080051125 - Adaptive selection of transmission parameters for reference signals
20080051158 - Galvanic isolation integrated in a signal channel
20080052532 - Methods and systems involving secure ram
20080052609 - Method and apparatus to perform erasure forecasting in communication systems
20080042199 - Open source/drain junction field effect transistor
20080042634 - Double-edge, stackable pwm with built-in feedforward
20080042694 - Integrated cmos circuit with differential open drain output driver
20080042755 - Method and apparatus to provide digitally controlled crystal oscillators
20080042756 - Hybrid stochastic gradient based digitally controlled oscillator gain kdco estimation
20080042872 - On-chip receiver sensitivity test mechanism
20080043150 - Managing the color temperature for a light source array
20080043260 - Color mapping techniques for color imaging devices
20080043308 - Method to improve scan-line alignment by adjusting the pixel rate
20080043542 - Static random access memory device having reduced leakage current during active mode and a method of operating thereof
20080043560 - Dual mode sram architecture for voltage scaling and power management
20080043649 - Reliable packet detection in a wireless receiver when packets contain a known repetitive sequence
20080043708 - Uplink reference signal for time and frequency scheduling of transmissions
20080043818 - Fast hopping frequency synthesizer using an all digital phased locked loop (adpll)
20080043830 - Methods and apparatus for decision feedback equalization with dithered updating
20080043888 - Eliminating narrowband interference in a receiver
20080043893 - Loop bandwidth enhancement technique for a digital pll and a hf divider that enables this technique
20080044952 - Selective removal of gold from a lead frame
20080044957 - Work function control of metals
20080045017 - Semiconductor wafer handler
20080045259 - Cellular uplink power control with inter-nodeb power control information exchange
20080045260 - Power settings for the sounding reference signal and the scheduled transmission in multi-channel scheduled systems
20080046698 - Run length encoding in vliw architecture
20080036046 - process for precision placement of integrated circuit overcoat material
20080036430 - Apparatus and method for controlling a power converter device
20080036524 - Apparatus and method for compensating change in a temperature associated with a host device
20080036632 - Signal-to-noise ratio when using fewer bits than the number of output bits of an analog to digital converter
20080036791 - In place rotation of images for low memory systems
20080036854 - Method and system of communicating and rendering stereoscopic and dual-view images
20080037346 - Memory array with a delayed wordline boost
20080037675 - Codebook and pre-coder selection for closed-loop mimo
20080038870 - Thermal method to control underfill flow in semiconductor devices
20080039098 - Methods and apparatus to schedule uplink transmissions in wireless communication systems
20080029782 - Integrated esd protection device
20080029907 - Power semiconductor devices having integrated inductor
20080030217 - Systems and methods for continuity testing using a functional pattern
20080030309 - System and method for providing information about a medication to a medicine user
20080030840 - Sloped cantilever beam electrode for a mems device
20080030841 - Sloping electrodes in a spatial light modulator
20080030842 - Hinge design for enhanced optical performance for a digital micro-mirror device
20080031102 - Method for maintaining the phase difference of a positioning mirror as a constant with respect to a high speed resonant mirror to generate high quality images
20080031186 - Low complexity design of primary synchronization sequence for ofdma
20080032454 - Thermally enhanced bga package substrate structure and methods
20080032484 - Substrate bonding process with integrated vents
20080034262 - Double data rate test interface and architecture
20080034343 - System and method for checking for sub-resolution assist features
20080034350 - System and method for checking the integrity of computer program code

January 2008 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20080023805 - Array-processed stacked semiconductor packages
20080023824 - Double-sided die
20080023834 - Raised solder-mask-defined (smd) solder ball pads for a laminate electronic circuit board
20080024196 - Systems and methods for efuse fusing time reduction
20080024209 - Integrator and error amplifier
20080024221 - Integrated low power received signal strength indicator (rssi) with linear characteristic
20080024351 - Pre-charge systems and methods for adc input sampling
20080024677 - Display system and signal processing using diamond-shaped dmds
20080025300 - Method and/or apparatus for enabling voice packet redundancy
20080025369 - Simultaneous control of deposition time and temperature of multi-zone furnaces
20080026515 - Silicide block isolated junction field effect transistor source, drain and gate
20080026559 - Solder ball pad structure
20080026562 - Novel metallization scheme and method of manufacture therefor
20080028263 - Apparatus and method for protection of jtag scan chains in a microprocessor
20080017989 - Electrically inactive via for electromigration reliability improvement
20080018353 - Methods and apparatus for releasably mounting a semiconductor device to a printed circuit board
20080018427 - Apparatus for and method of reducing power consumption in a cable modem
20080018467 - Rfid power from handset transmissions
20080019202 - Memory array with a delayed wordline boost
20080019350 - Downlink synchronization for a cellular ofdm communication system
20080019457 - Reduced feedback transmit beamforming
20080019513 - Method and apparatus for synchronous stream cipher encryption with reserved codes
20080020517 - Multi lead frame power package
20080020538 - One mask high density capacitor for integrated circuits
20080020558 - multi-step process for patterning a metal gate electrode
20080020580 - Minimizing resist poisoning in the manufacture of semiconductor devices
20080021944 - Method and apparatus for reducing jitter in output signals from a frequency synthesizer using a control word having a fractional bit
20080011717 - Chemical etch solution and technique for imaging a device's shallow junction profile
20080012101 - Semiconductor package having improved adhesion and solderability
20080012608 - Inductive load driving circuit
20080012647 - All-digital phase-locked loop for a digital pulse-width modulator
20080012805 - System and method for predictive pulse modulation in display applications
20080012997 - System and method for driving solid-state light sources
20080013146 - Prevention of charge accumulation in micromirror devices through bias inversion
20080013577 - Light-emitting device driving gear
20080013610 - Cqi feedback for mimo deployments
20080013847 - Method and apparatus for processing analytical-form compression noise in images with known statistics
20080014678 - System and method of attenuating electromagnetic interference with a grounded top film
20080014684 - Two-print-two-etch method for enhancement of cd control using ghost poly
20080014689 - Method for making planar nanowire surround gate mosfet
20080014739 - Silicon nitride/oxygen doped silicon carbide etch stop bi-layer for improved interconnect reliability
20080014757 - Leadframes for improved moisture reliability and enhanced solderability of semiconductor devices
20080014924 - Dual mode decoder operable with external memory
20080015798 - Test protocol manager for massive multi-site test
20080016320 - Vector predicates for sub-word parallel operations
20080016327 - Register file bypass with optional results storage and separate predication register file in a vliw processor
20080016417 - Cell supporting scan-based tests and with reduced time delay in functional mode
20080006886 - Semiconductor device manufactured using a non-contact implant metrology
20080006937 - Solderability improvement method for leaded semiconductor package
20080007699 - Projection system using reflected light from a color wheel
20080007885 - System for improving led illumination reliability in projection display systems
20080008019 - High speed read-only memory
20080009129 - Methods and systems for laser assisted wirebonding
20080010550 - Efficient trace triggering
20080010569 - Device testing architecture, method, and system
20080001264 - Exposed top side copper leadframe manufacturing
20080001585 - Low noise, low dropout regulators
20080001616 - Testing components of i/o paths of an integrated circuit
20080001625 - Bidirectional data repeater switch
20080001769 - Method and apparatus for contact-less testing of rfid straps
20080002171 - Method for in-line monitoring a lens controller of a photolithography system
20080002248 - Hidden micromirror support structure
20080002773 - Video decoded picture buffer
20080002788 - Local oscillator incorporating phase command exception handling utilizing a quadrature switch
20080002796 - Plural circuit selection using role reversing control inputs
20080003718 - Singulation process for block-molded packages
20080003721 - Vibration-assisted method for underfilling flip-chip electronic devices
20080003772 - Application of different isolation schemes for logic and embedded memory
20080005066 - Methods of analyzing integrated circuit equivalency and manufacturing an integrated circuit
20080005633 - Jtag bus communication method and apparatus

December 2007 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20070296056 - Integrated circuits having controlled inductances
20070296441 - Method and apparatus for die testing on wafer
20070296477 - Method and delay circuit with accurately controlled duty cycle
20070297254 - Method to identify or screen vmin drift on memory cells during burn-in or operation
20070298521 - Method for cleaning post-etch noble metal residues
20070298561 - Integrated sige nmos and pmos transistors
20070298574 - Method of fabricating different semiconductor device types with reduced sets of pattern levels
20070298579 - Methods of employing a thin oxide mask for high dose implants
20070299667 - System and method for reducing storage requirements for a model containing mixed weighted distributions and automatic speech recognition model incorporating the same
20070300109 - High speed interconnect circuit test method and apparatus
20070290192 - Method to prevent defects on sram cells that incorporate selective epitaxial regions
20070290238 - Field effect transistor and solid state image pickup device
20070290241 - Solid state image pickup device and manufacturing method thereof
20070290270 - Performance and area scalable cell architecture technology
20070290285 - Semiconductor device, solid state image pickup device and manufacturing method thereof
20070290303 - Dual leadframe semiconductor device package
20070290347 - Semiconductive device having resist poison aluminum oxide barrier and method of manufacture
20070290735 - Method and apparatus of a level shifter circuit having a structure to reduce fall and rise path delay
20070290738 - High side/low side driver device for switching electrical loads
20070290962 - Method and system for displaying an image
20070291928 - Tone, modulated tone, and saturated tone detection in a voice activity detection device
20070292982 - Method for manufacturing transparent windows in molded semiconductor packages
20070293012 - Reduction of slip and plastic deformations during annealing by the use of ultra-fast thermal spikes
20070293225 - Reduction of handover latencies in a wireless communication system
20070294494 - Page processing circuits, devices, methods and systems for secure demand paging and other operations
20070294496 - Methods, apparatus, and systems for secure demand paging and other paging operations for processor devices
20070294590 - Compression scheme to reduce the bandwidth requirements for continuous trace stream encoding of system performance
20070294585 - Method and system of a processor-agnostic encoded debug-architecture in a pipelined environment
20070294606 - Accelerating scan test by re-using response data as stimulus data
20070283994 - Novel solid state heat pump
20070284531 - System and method for radiation detection and imaging
20070284608 - Reduction of dopant loss in a gate structure
20070284666 - Local esd protection for low-capicitance applications
20070284676 - Semiconductor device having multiple work functions and method of manufacture therefor
20070284709 - Semiconductor device with improved high current performance
20070284740 - Semiconductor device with improved contacts
20070285113 - Fault tolerant selection of die on wafer
20070285191 - Piezoelectric resonator with an efficient all-dielectric bragg reflector
20070285296 - Systems and methods for providing anti-aliasing in a sample-and-hold circuit
20070285757 - Yokeless hidden hinge digital micromirror device
20070285827 - Programmable constant voltage retract of disk drive actuator
20070285828 - Low-power pulse-width-modulated retract of disk drive actuator
20070286067 - Methods and systems for implementing a pseudo-noise signaling mechanism in wireless communication
20070286262 - Reference clock compensation in dvb-h receivers
20070287074 - Controlled ambient reticle frame
20070287204 - A method for locating a sub-surface feature using a scatterometer
20070287227 - Stacked chips with underpinning
20070287239 - Intentional pocket shadowing to compensate for the effects of cross-diffusion in srams
20070287258 - A method of manufacturing gate sidewalls that avoids recessing
20070287274 - Implantation of carbon and/or fluorine in nmos fabrication
20070287276 - Unguarded schottky barrier diodes
20070287363 - Apparatus for grinding a wafer
20070287507 - System and method for automatically toggling the alert of a wireless device
20070288611 - Method for physically updating configuration information for devices in a wireless network
20070288796 - Scan frame based test access mechanisms
20070288797 - Generating scan test vectors for proprietary cores using pseudo pins
20070288815 - Dual mode test access port method and apparatus
20070288820 - Selectable dual mode test access port method and apparatus
20070288905 - Sync point indicating trace stream status
20070288906 - Efficient transfer of timing information
20070288961 - Channel selection based on program content attributes
20070288977 - Signal compression for fiber node
20070278524 - Recessed drain extensions in transistor device
20070278536 - Solid state image pickup device and operating method thereof
20070278557 - Novel method to form memory cells to improve programming performance of embedded memory technology
20070278581 - Semiconductor dual guardring arrangement
20070278584 - Semiconductor device fabricated using a metal microstructure control process
20070278994 - Systems and methods for multi-mode battery charging
20070279126 - common-mode technique for a digital i/p class d loop
20070279129 - Methods and apparatus to provide slew enhancement for low power amplifiers
20070279137 - Analog circuit and method for multiplying clock frequency
20070279271 - Weight level generating method and device
20070279432 - Method and apparatus for spatial and temporal dithering
20070279966 - 8t sram cell with higher voltage on the read wl
20070280213 - Location verification for voip service provider
20070280217 - Inter-nodal robust mode for real-time media streams in a network
20070280382 - Methods and systems for correlation based on phase quantization
20070280388 - Apparatus for and method of canceller tap shutdown in a communication system
20070281407 - Versatile system for cross-lateral junction field effect transistor
20070281408 - Versatile system for cross-lateral junction field effect transistor
20070281422 - Mitigation of edge degradation in ferroelectric memory devices through plasma etch clean
20070281433 - A method for reducing dislocation threading using a suppression implant
20070281482 - Method for cmp with variable down-force adjustment
20070282601 - Packet loss concealment for a conjugate structure algebraic code excited linear prediction decoder
20070283146 - Enhanced exception handling
20070283215 - Parity check decoder architecture
20070283231 - Multi-standard scramble code generation using galois field arithmetic

November 2007 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20070272280 - System and method for spray cleaning ceramic packages
20070273010 - Design and method for attaching a die to a leadframe in a semiconductor device
20070273420 - Method and apparatus for a low standby-power flip-flop
20070273441 - Amplifier
20070273485 - Systems and methods for low power clock generation
20070273623 - Method and apparatus using a dual axis optical dithering system to increase a perceived resolution of a display
20070273954 - Hinge assembly for a digital micromirror device
20070274205 - Versatile system for interference tolerant packet detection in wireless communication systems
20070274378 - Estimation of ber performance
20070275515 - Deep buried channel junction field effect transistor (dbcjfet)
20070275517 - Dual poly deposition and through gate oxide implants
20070275561 - Gas switching during an etch process to modulate the characteristics of the etch
20070275735 - Map information communicated via a wireless system
20070277137 - Contact resistance and capacitance for semiconductor devices
20070267706 - Formation of low leakage thermally assisted radical nitrided dielectrics
20070268029 - Probe card and temperature stabilizer for testing semiconductor devices
20070268165 - System and method for presenting serial drive signals for effecting communication of a plurality of parallel data signals
20070268235 - Content-transformation power management of a mobile display
20070268465 - Sequential color recapture for projection systems
20070268738 - Methods and apparatus to provide voltage control for sram write assist circuits
20070268860 - Optimal allocation of resources in a wireless communication system
20070269129 - Image processing with minimization of ringing artifacts and noise
20070269912 - In line test circuit and method for determining interconnect electrical properties and integerated circuit incorporating the same
20070269930 - Methodology to control underfill fillet size, flow-out and bleed in flip chips (fc), chip scale packages (csp) and ball grid arrays (bga)
20070269932 - Semiconductor device having post-mold nickel/palladium/gold plated leads
20070269951 - Low stress sacrificial cap layer
20070270994 - System and method for generating a yield model for an integrated circuit fabrication process and method of manufacturing an integrated circuit using the yield model
20070271046 - Scheme for improving bandwidth by identifying specific fixed pattern sequences as header encoding followed by the pattern count
20070271302 - Data copy system and method for multi-platform disaster recovery
20070271447 - Efficient transfer of branch information
20070271448 - Merging branch information with sync points
20070262756 - System and method for phase management in a multiphase switching power supply
20070262823 - System and method for synchronizing multiple oscillators
20070263274 - Energy storage structures using electromechanically active materials for micro electromechanical systems
20070263275 - Spatial light modulators with light transmissive substrates
20070263605 - Sms-initiated voip
20070263857 - Interference canceller tap sharing in a communications transceiver
20070264767 - Enhanced pmos via transverse stress
20070264804 - Method and system for reducing charge damage in silicon-on-insulator technology
20070266157 - Reducing collisions in wireless systems
20070266447 - Tamper resistant circuitry and portable electronic devices
20070257211 - Implant optimization scheme
20070257319 - Integrating high performance and low power multi-gate devices
20070257623 - Highly efficient series string led driver with individual led control
20070257694 - Parallel scan distributors and collectors and process of testing integrated circuits
20070257722 - Method and apparatus of a level shifter circuit with duty-cycle correction
20070257829 - Apparatus and method for an analog-to-digital converter having a programmable trigger level
20070257870 - Micro-mirror and method
20070257872 - Digital image projection methods and apparatus thereof
20070257985 - Video surveillance correlating detected moving objects and rf signals
20070258125 - Micro-mirror hinge
20070258312 - Memory cell array with multiple drivers
20070258514 - Apparatus for and method of far-end crosstalk (fext) detection and estimation
20070258582 - Hardware key encryption for data scrambling
20070259457 - Optical endpoint detection of planarization
20070259484 - Integrated circuit chip packaging assembly
20070259501 - Integrating high performance and low power multi-gate devices
20070260459 - System and method for generating heterogeneously tied gaussian mixture models for automatic speech recognition acoustic models
20070260590 - Method to query large compressed audio databases
20070260856 - Methods and apparatus to detect data dependencies in an instruction pipeline
20070260951 - Uncompromised standard input set-up time with improved enable input set-up time characteristics in a storage circuit
20070261031 - Apparatus and method for encoding the execution of hardware loops in digital signal processors to optimize offchip export of diagnostic data
20070252743 - Dynamic element matching method and device
20070252957 - Prism for high contrast projection
20070253223 - Method and apparatus for multi-phase power conversion
20070253224 - Method and apparatus for power converters having phases spaced at desired phase angles
20070253465 - Methods and apparatus to allocate reference signals in wireless communication systems
20070253499 - Robust detection of packet types
20070254403 - Encapsulation for particle entrapment
20070254404 - Semiconductor package-on-package system including integrated passive components
20070254674 - Location determination with a wireless system
20070254676 - Assisting a location-determining system using location determined from a communication system
20070255935 - Tracing through reset
20070255987 - Control signal synchronization of a scannable storage circuit

October 2007 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20070246773 - Drive circuit and drain extended transistor for use therein
20070246796 - Semiconductor device with improved contact fuse
20070246800 - Transistor apparatus
20070246822 - Hard disk drive preamp heat dissipation methods
20070246823 - Thermally enhanced bga package with ground ring
20070247227 - Circuit and method for driving bulk capacitance of amplifier input transistors
20070247230 - Gate leakage insensitive current mirror circuit
20070247699 - Electrostatic fins for a mems device
20070247705 - Micromirror system with electrothermal actuator mechanism
20070247936 - Flexible and efficient memory utilization for high bandwidth receivers, integrated circuits, systems, methods and processes of manufacture
20070248012 - Quality of service reporting for a communication device
20070248068 - Downlink synchronization channel and methods for cellular systems
20070248195 - Apparatus for and method of robust packet detection and frequency offset estimation
20070248914 - Method for contaminant removal
20070249135 - Collector tailored structures for integration of binary junction transistors
20070249168 - Crystallographic preferential etch to define a recessed-region for epitaxial growth
20070241417 - Micromirror devices and methods of making the same
20070241818 - Class ab folded cascode stage and method for low noise, low power, low-offset operational amplifier
20070241819 - Low-offset, wide common mode range, cascoded-gain single stage amplifier
20070242289 - System and method to generate multiprimary signals
20070242343 - System and method for increasing image quality in a display system
20070242493 - Match sensing circuit for a content addressable memory device
20070243316 - Method for conditioning a microelectronics device deposition chamber
20070243643 - Circular test pads on scribe street area
20070243665 - Palladium-spot leadframes for high adhesion semiconductor devices and method of fabrication
20070243667 - Pop semiconductor device manufacturing method
20070243683 - A method for forming multi gate devices using a silicon oxide masking layer
20070245191 - At-speed transition fault testing with low speed scan enable
20070235850 - Packaged system of semiconductor chips having a semiconductor interposer
20070236164 - On-chip compensation for a fully differential voice coil motor control
20070236188 - Self-oscillating dc-dc buck converter with zero hysteresis
20070236269 - Non-linear current mode digital to analog converter for controlling a current starved delay stage
20070236378 - Enhancing signal to noise ratio of an interpolated signal
20070236608 - Two dimensional rotation of sub-sampled color space images
20070236616 - System and method for projection systems using sequential color techniques
20070236770 - Display system with clock-dropping to compensate for lamp variations and for phase locking of free running sequencer
20070236778 - Analog mems with non-linear support
20070236819 - Hard disk drive preamplifier with reduced pin count
20070236825 - Differential voice coil motor control
20070237217 - User scheduling methods and apparatus for high-speed uplink packet access systems
20070239389 - Method and apparatus for synchronizing signals in a testing system
20070239808 - Systems and methods for multiple equation graphing
20070239930 - System and method for optimizing dram refreshes in a multi-channel memory controller
20070239937 - Dynamic clock switch mechanism for memories to improve performance
20070239971 - Partial register forwarding for cpus with unequal delay functional units
20070240003 - Method for implementing thermal management in a processor and/or apparatus and/or system employing the same
20070240011 - Fifo memory data pipelining system and method for increasing i²c bus speed
20070240026 - method evaluating threshold level of a data cell in a memory device
20070228010 - Systems and methods for removing/containing wafer edge defects post liner deposition
20070228540 - Mems device wafer-level package
20070228543 - Controlling flip-chip techniques for concurrent ball bonds in semiconductor devices
20070229042 - Systems and methods for driving light emitting diodes
20070229114 - Interconnections for plural and hierarchical p1500 test wrappers
20070229135 - Apparatus and method for generating pulses
20070229144 - Circuit characteristics controller
20070229151 - Simple vds matching circuit
20070229156 - Class ab folded cascode stage and method for low noise, low power, low-offset operational amplilier
20070229159 - Multi-mode class-d amplifiers
20070229167 - Bias circuitry for cascode transistor circuit
20070230555 - Active link cable diagnostics
20070230600 - Random access structure for wireless networks
20070231710 - Method and system for forming a photomask pattern
20070231711 - System and method for making photomasks
20070232079 - Semiconductor device made by multiple anneal of stress inducing layer
20070232358 - Apparatus for and method of bluetooth and wimax coexistence in a mobile handset
20070233481 - System and method for developing high accuracy acoustic models based on an implicit phone-set determination-based state-tying technique
20070233490 - System and method for text-to-phoneme mapping with prior knowledge
20070234150 - Scan tests tolerant to indeterminate states when employing signature analysis to analyze test outputs
20070234154 - Scan testing using scan frames with embedded commands
20070234155 - Probeless testing of pad buffers on wafer

September 2007 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20070221124 - Versatile system for self-aligning deposition equipment
20070221974 - Method for forming ferroelectric memory capacitor
20070222903 - Method and system for automated convergence and focus verification of projected images
20070223077 - System and method for laser speckle reduction
20070223091 - System and method for laser speckle reduction
20070223163 - Circuit to reduce internal esd stress on device having multiple power supply domains
20070223294 - Fast access memory architecture
20070223365 - Apparatus for and method of minimizing backoff for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission
20070223525 - Transmission of packets in a csma wireless network
20070223597 - Chase algorithm based differential decoder for soft decision reed solomon decoding in a qam system
20070224718 - Mems fabrication method
20070226795 - Virtual cores and hardware-supported hypervisor integrated circuits, systems, methods and processes of manufacture
20070216008 - Low profile semiconductor package-on-package
20070216383 - Soft-start circuit and method for low-dropout voltage regulators
20070216430 - Probe card
20070216434 - Method for validating and monitoring automatic test equipment contactor
20070216489 - Systems and methods for suppressing feedback and reference noise in a phase lock loop circuit
20070216794 - System and method for varying exposure time for different parts of a field of view while acquiring an image
20070217244 - High performance and scalable width expansion architecture for fully parallel cams
20070217280 - System and method for reducing latency in a memory array decoder circuit
20070217540 - pre-coder selection based on resource block grouping
20070218598 - Method for forming ultra thin low leakage multi gate devices
20070218636 - Method for forming ultra thin low leakage multi gate devices using a masking layer over the semiconductor substrate
20070218662 - Antimony ion implantation for semiconductor components
20070218663 - Semiconductor device incorporating fluorine into gate dielectric
20070218672 - Immersion plating treatment for metal-metal interconnects
20070219800 - Voice message systems and methods
20070220470 - Automating optimal placement of macro-blocks in the design of an integrated circuit
20070210421 - Semiconductor device fabricated using a carbon-containing film as a contact etch stop layer
20070210426 - Gold-bumped interposer for vertically integrated semiconductor system
20070210453 - Dummy-fill-structure placement for improved device feature location and access for integrated circuit failure analysis
20070210782 - Buck-boost dc/dc converter
20070210831 - Circuit and method to balance delays through true and complement phases of differential and complementary drivers
20070211001 - System and method for laser speckle reduction
20070211223 - System and method for projection systems using sequential color techniques
20070211364 - Magnetoresistive head preamplifier circuit with programmable impedance
20070211510 - Low resistance plate line bus architecture
20070211950 - Vlc technique for layered video coding using distinct element grouping
20070212838 - Methods of performance improvement of hvmos devices
20070212864 - Manufacturing a semiconductive device using a controlled atomic layer removal process
20070214441 - Isolated pwell tank verification using node breakers
20070205249 - Compliant wirebond pedestal
20070205435 - Versatile system for optimizing current gain in bipolar transistor structures
20070205753 - Test handler automatic contactor cleaner methods and surrogate cleaning device
20070205821 - Integrated circuit
20070205834 - Systems and methods for drift compensation in a control circuit
20070205931 - All-digital phase locked loop (adpll) system
20070206600 - Cable modem downstream channel bonding re-sequencing mechanism
20070206660 - Radio frequency collision avoidance mechanism in wireless networks using frequency synchronization
20070207572 - Cmos device having different amounts of nitrogen in the nmos gate dielectric layers and pmos gate dielectric layers
20070207585 - Semiconductor device having a first bipolar device and a second bipolar device and method for fabrication
20070208976 - Low overhead input and output boundary scan cells

August 2007 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20070200222 - Semiconductor device and method of fabrication
20070200234 - Flip-chip device having underfill in controlled gap
20070200629 - Low voltage amplifier having a class-ab control circuit
20070200630 - Systems and methods for common mode detection
20070200638 - All digital phase locked loop system and method
20070200735 - Multi-direction switch for a cursor device
20070200806 - System and method for displaying images
20070200831 - Method and circuitry for self testing of connectivity of touch screen panel
20070200840 - Optimized phase alignment in analog-to-digital conversion of video signals
20070201058 - Systems and methods for indirect image data conversion
20070201350 - Methods for improving transmission efficiency of control channels in communication systems
20070201499 - Device, system and/or method for managing packet congestion in a packet switching network
20070202830 - Spurious tone suppressor and method of operation thereof
20070202914 - Wireless telephone handset with internet browsing capability
20070203661 - Trimming for accurate reference voltage
20070204137 - Multi-threading processors, integrated circuit devices, systems, and processes of operation and manufacture
20070194809 - Output stage with low output impedance and operating from a low power supply
20070194843 - Detecting amplifier out-of-range conditions
20070194851 - Apparatus and method for affecting operation of a signal treating device
20070195093 - Dynamic data flow and data linking
20070195863 - (updated) preamble for fdma
20070195871 - Performance of dsl modem under impulse noise
20070195898 - Narrow band interference cancellation technique for ofdm transmitters
20070196961 - Gate cd trimming beyond photolithography
20070196970 - Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device using a nitrogen containing oxide layer
20070196991 - Semiconductor device having a strain inducing sidewall spacer and a method of manufacture therefor
20070197020 - Inline method to detect and evaluate early failure rates of interconnects
20070198265 - System and method for combined state- and phone-level and multi-stage phone-level pronunciation adaptation for speaker-independent name dialing
20070198620 - Modeling environment with generally accessible variables for dynamically linked mathematical representations
20070198624 - Using a document model to create and maintain dynamic mathematic representations through problem spaces
20070198911 - Tabular environment that supports column rules and cell rules
20070187818 - Package on package design a combination of laminate and tape substrate
20070187836 - Package on package design a combination of laminate and tape substrate, with back-to-back die combination
20070188191 - Differential amplifier with over-voltage protection and method
20070188198 - Device and system for controlling current to a load
20070188231 - Multi-path common mode feedback for high speed multi-stage amplifiers
20070188243 - Frequency tuning range extension and modulation resolution enhancement of a digitally controlled oscillator
20070188244 - Harmonic characterization and correction of device mismatch
20070188250 - Ultra low power cmos oscillator for low frequency clock generation
20070188443 - System and method for displaying images
20070188847 - Mems device and method
20070188877 - Large-area optical element
20070189246 - Buffering multimedia mobile devices and methods to operate the same
20070189417 - Precise delay alignment between amplitude and phase/frequency modulation paths in a digital polar transmitter
20070189431 - Delay alignment in a closed loop two-point modulation all digital phase locked loop
20070190952 - Linearization of a transmit amplifier
20070190982 - Voice amplification apparatus
20070181532 - Cmp clean process for high performance copper/low-k devices
20070181652 - Bond capillary design for ribbon wire bonding
20070182006 - Semiconductor device with an improved solder joint
20070182342 - Lcd backlight driver
20070182456 - Reducing pin count when the digital output is to be provided in differential or single-ended form
20070182496 - Built-in self test method for a digitally controlled crystal oscillator
20070182939 - Digital projection system without a color filter
20070183386 - Reference signal sequences and multi-user reference signal sequence allocation
20070183533 - Mimo system with spatial diversity
20070184572 - Semiconductive device fabricated using a raised layer to silicide the gate
20070184652 - Method for preparing a metal feature surface prior to electroless metal deposition
20070184666 - Method for removing residue containing an embedded metal
20070185812 - Secure distribution of digital data
20070186022 - Interrupt control system and method for reducing interrupt latency
20070186131 - Low cost imbedded load board diagnostic test fixture
20070176263 - Nwell to nwell isolation
20070176267 - Aluminum leadframes for semiconductor qfn/son devices
20070176301 - Structure and method for bond pads of copper-metallized integrated circuits
20070176938 - Statistically cycle optimized bounding box for high definition video decoding
20070177113 - Digital image projection methods and apparatus thereof
20070177246 - Micromechanical getter anchor
20070177322 - System and method for current overload response with class d topology
20070177411 - Diode bridge configurations for increasing current in a distributed power network
20070177422 - Capacitor boost sensing
20070177501 - Signaling requirements to support interference coordination in ofdma based systems
20070177626 - Adaptive upstream bandwidth estimation and shaping
20070177698 - Signal transfer across circuits operating in different clock domains
20070178651 - Method for preparing a source material for ion implantation
20070178683 - Semiconductive device fabricated using a two step approach to silicide a gate and source/drains
20070178712 - Planarization for integrated circuits
20070180310 - Multi-core architecture with hardware messaging
20070180341 - Tap and linking module for scan access of multiple cores with ieee 1149.1 test access ports
20070180415 - Method of leakage optimization in integrated circuit design
20070180431 - Maintaining coherent synchronization between data streams on detection of overflow

July 2007 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20070170546 - Back end thin film capacitor having both plates of thin film resistor material at single metallization layer
20070170571 - Low profile semiconductor system having a partial-cavity substrate
20070170599 - Flip-attached and underfilled stacked semiconductor devices
20070170981 - Notch filter for ripple reduction in chopper stabilized amplifiers
20070171387 - Micromirror-based projection system with optics having short focal lenghts
20070171483 - Method for synchronizing an image data source and a resonant mirror system to generate images
20070171508 - Micromirrors having mirror plates with tapered edges
20070171995 - Method and apparatus for increasing the number of orthogonal signals using block spreading
20070172975 - Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
20070172991 - Microstructure sealing tool and methods of using the same
20070173047 - Fusi integration method using sog as a sacrificial planarization layer
20070174375 - Method and system for selecting effective tap values for a digital filter
20070174507 - Methods and systems to restrict usage of a dma channel
20070164366 - Mitigation of gate oxide thinning in dual gate cmos process technology
20070164405 - Low cost method to produce high volume lead frames
20070164834 - Gmsk/edge modulator with switching transition smoothing
20070165699 - Code division multiple access wireless system with closed loop mode using ninety degree phase rotation and beamformer verification
20070165759 - Plural circuit selection using role reversing control inputs
20070166906 - Method to reduce transistor gate to source/drain overlap capacitance by incorporation of carbon
20070167175 - Wireless virtual-network systems and methods to operate the same
20070168687 - Cycle-accurate real-time clocks and methods to operate the same
20070168775 - Programmable memory test controller
20070168776 - Systems and methods for improved memory scan testability
20070168799 - Dynamically configurable scan chain testing
20070168800 - Sequential scan technique providing enhanced fault coverage in an integrated circuit
20070168801 - Adapting scan architectures for low power operation
20070160021 - Methods and apparatus to provide fairness for wireless local area networks that use long network allocation vector (nav) mechanisms
20070160166 - 8psk modulator
20070161245 - Use of dual mask processing of different composition such as inorganic/organic to enable a single poly etch using a two-print-two-etch approach
20070161246 - Process for selectively removing dielectric material in the presence of metal silicide
20070162805 - Automatable scan partitioning for low power using external control
20070152741 - Cmos bandgap reference circuit
20070152742 - Voltage regulator with low dropout voltage
20070152753 - System and method for clamping a differential amplifier
20070152927 - Method and apparatus for display
20070153410 - Degaussing for write head
20070153413 - Active head fault detection scheme
20070153830 - Methods and apparatus to provide fairness for wireless local area networks that use extended physical layer protection mechanisms
20070153835 - Providing high data rates in dsl systems connected by multiple pairs of wires
20070154622 - Surface lubrication in microstructures
20070155294 - Chemical mechanical polishing system
20070156356 - Efficient calculation of a number of transitions and estimation of power dissipation in sequential scan tests
20070157349 - Method of fabricating an integrated circuit to improve soft error performance

June 2007 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20070145549 - Hermetically sealed integrated circuits and method
20070145997 - Wafer scale testing using a 2 signal jtag interface
20070145999 - Semiconductor device testing
20070146061 - Cmos reference voltage source
20070146857 - Torsional hinge mirror assembly with reduced flexing
20070150255 - Emulation export sequence with distributed control
20070150730 - Method and system for preventing unauthorized processor mode switches
20070139121 - Amplifier symmetric supply regulation
20070139236 - Variable length coding algorithm for multiple coding modes
20070140292 - De-interleaver synchronization methods and apparatus
20070140344 - Fast macroblock encoding with the early qualification of skip prediction mode using its temporal coherence
20070140345 - Motion estimation with motion vector penalty
20070140357 - Method and apparatus for treating a video signal
20070140524 - Image watermarking based on sequency and wavelet transforms
20070140558 - Enhanced color correction circuitry capable of employing negative rgb values
20070141476 - More accurate and physical method to account for lithographic and etch contributions in opc models
20070141516 - Ultra dark polymer
20070141737 - Antireflective coating
20070141829 - Semiconductive device fabricated using subliming materials to form interlevel dielectrics
20070141840 - Nickel silicide including indium and a method of manufacture therefor
20070141853 - Semiconductive device fabricated using a substantially disassociated chlorohydrocarbon
20070143653 - Reduced pin count scan chain implementation
20070132027 - Transistor device containing carbon doped silicon in a recess next to mdd to create strain in channel
20070132075 - Structure and method for thin single or multichip semiconductor qfn packages
20070132964 - Projection tv with reduced cabinent dimensions
20070133208 - Dynamic aperture for display systems
20070133489 - Throughput performance in the presence of in-band interference in a csma based network
20070133542 - Locally administered mac address based method for selectively and efficiently identifying enhanced version nodes of standards
20070134886 - Methods and systems to mitigate etch stop clipping for shallow trench isolation fabrication
20070134918 - Bi-layer etch stop process for defect reduction and via stress migration improvement
20070134986 - Active enclosure for use in power over ethernet powered device
20070136047 - Preserving emulation capability in a multi-core system-on-chip device
20070136630 - Semiconductor test system and method
20070126410 - System and method for implementing high-resolution delay
20070126495 - Precision reversed bandgap voltage reference circuits and method
20070126992 - Slm projection display with series dmd illuminator
20070127106 - Illumination system with integral modulation technique
20070127149 - Offset cancellation scheme for perpendicular reader
20070127356 - Reducing interference (noise) caused by specific components of a transmitter while receiving a signal in a transceiver
20070127373 - Delayed data feeding for increased media access control processing time
20070128806 - High performance cmos transistors using pmd liner stress
20070128821 - System and method for implementing transformer on package substrate
20070128881 - Adhesion by plasma conditioning of semiconductor chip surfaces
20070129029 - Load compensation circuit and pre-power amplifier constructed therefrom
20070129030 - High dynamic range pre-power amplifier incorporating digital attenuator
20070130383 - Memory information transfer power management
20070130482 - Idle mode for power management

May 2007 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20070119813 - Gate patterning method for semiconductor processing
20070119814 - Apparatus and method for detecting an endpoint in a vapor phase etch
20070120233 - Leadframes for improved moisture reliability and enhanced solderability of semiconductor devices
20070120547 - Slope compensation for switching regulator
20070120578 - Integrated header switch with low-leakage pmos and high-leakage nmos transistors
20070120595 - Increasing the common mode range of a circuit
20070120609 - Phase locked loop circuit with a voltage controlled oscillator
20070120786 - Sequence design in a display system
20070120867 - Fir-based interpolation in advanced video codecs on vliw processor
20070121085 - Method of combining dispersed light sources for projection display
20070121390 - Method for testing transistors having an active region that is common with other transistors and a testing circuit for accomplishing the same
20070121559 - Routing switch for parameterized routing in mesh networks
20070121587 - Package for mcgp for cost and quality control in a voip system that simplifies fax/modem/tty call setup
20070121604 - Lightweight voice over internet protocol phone
20070121926 - Double-talk detector for an acoustic echo canceller
20070122944 - Individualized low parasitic power distribution lines deposited over active integrated circuits
20070122962 - Semiconductor cmos devices and methods with nmos high-k dielectric present in core region that mitigate damage to dielectric materials
20070124653 - Method and system for detecting a security violation using an error correction code
20070114529 - Scan testing system, method and apparatus
20070114607 - Drain-extended mos transistors with diode clamp and methods for making the same
20070114950 - Charging circuit
20070115059 - Analog signal processing circuit
20070115171 - Methods and apparatus to detect and correct integrity failures in satellite positioning system receivers
20070115529 - Method for adjusting the resonant frequency of an oscillating device
20070115610 - Providing input signal through a sample and hold circuit with reduced distortion
20070116862 - Semiconductor device having resin anti-bleed feature
20070117264 - flip-chip semiconductor device manufacturing method
20070117265 - Semiconductor device with improved stud bump
20070117331 - Reliable high voltage gate dielectric layers using a dual nitridation process
20070117341 - Hydrogen plasma photoresist strip and polymeric residue cleanup process for low dielectric constant materials
20070117371 - Integration of pore sealing liner into dual-damascene methods and devices
20070118300 - Method and apparatus for cassette integrity testing using a wafer sorter
20070118780 - Hierarchical access of test access ports in embedded core integrated circuits
20070118782 - Removable and replaceable tap domain selection circuitry
20070118784 - Self test circuit for a semiconductor intergrated circuit
20070108479 - Resistance element having reduced area
20070108842 - Apparatus and method for transient protection and synchronization of a plurality of power rails for a system on a chip
20070109009 - Method and apparatus for die testing on wafer
20070109158 - System for suppressing aliasing interferers in decimating and sub-sampling systems
20070109211 - Antennas supporting high density of wireless users in specific directions
20070109292 - Display power management
20070110053 - Packet processors and packet filter processes, circuits, devices, and systems
20070110092 - System and method to support priority in wireless lan mesh networks
20070110194 - Method of defining semiconductor fabrication process utilizing transistor inverter delay period
20070110947 - Method and apparatus for forming a dmd window frame with molded glass
20070111500 - Method and apparatus for attaching solder balls to substrate
20070111516 - Semiconductor assembly having substrate with electroplated contact pads
20070113048 - Low-power co-processor architecture
20070113058 - Microprocessor with indepedent simd loop buffer
20070113059 - Loop detection and capture in the intstruction queue
20070113111 - Standby mode for power management
20070113130 - Low power testing of very large circuits
20070113161 - Cascaded radix architecture for high-speed viterbi decoder
20070102821 - Use of supercritical fluid for low effective dielectric constant metallization
20070102832 - Plastic semiconductor package having improved control of dimensions
20070103093 - Systems and methods for backlight driving
20070103202 - System and method for reducing power-on-transient current magnitude
20070103205 - Simultaneous lvds i/o signaling method and apparatus
20070103240 - Gain calibration of a digital controlled oscillator
20070103826 - Methodology to guard esd protection circuits against precharge effects
20070104151 - Method for transmission of unicast control in broadcast/multicast transmission time intervals
20070104337 - Apparatus and method for automatic volume synchronization of a digital audio device with an analog audio source
20070105294 - Nitrogen based implants for defect reduction in strained silicon
20070105332 - Integrated circuit capacitor having antireflective dielectric
20070105368 - Method of fabricating a microelectronic device using electron beam treatment to induce stress
20070105387 - Gate critical dimension variation by use of ghost features
20070105509 - Rf transmission leakage mitigator, method of mitigating an rf transmission leakage and cdma tranceiver employing the same
20070105522 - Offset balancer, method of balancing an offset and a wireless receiver employing the balancer and the method
20070094867 - Bond surface conditioning system for improved bondability
20070096177 - Semiconductor chip having a photodiode, semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
20070096693 - Apparatus and method for effecting power distribution to a host system from a voltage source or a battery
20070096759 - Analog built-in self-test module
20070096794 - Body bias coordinator, method of coordinating a body bias and sub-circuit power supply employing the same
20070096840 - Method and apparatus for rapid local oscillator frequency calibration
20070096962 - Apparatus and method for sigma delta signal treatment
20070097723 - Area efficient stacked tcam cell for fully parallel search
20070097915 - Methods for dimensioning the control channel for transmission efficiency in communication systems
20070097966 - Device and method for indicating an initial router of a path in a packet switching network
20070097981 - Methods for determining the location of control channels in the uplink of communication systems
20070098027 - Light-emitting element driver
20070098118 - Method for automatic gain control (agc) by combining if frequency adjustment with receive path gain adjustment
20070098179 - Wave torque retract of disk drive actuator
20070098292 - Digital camera and method
20070099388 - Source/drain extensions having highly activated and extremely abrupt junctions
20070099407 - Method for fabricating a transistor using a low temperature spike anneal
20070099424 - Reduction of mechanical stress on pattern specific geometries during etch using double pattern layout and process approach
20070099644 - Method and apparatus for transmit power control in wireless data communication systems
20070100599 - Dynamic data trace output scheme
20070100921 - Random number generator using jitter sampled rf carrier
20070101169 - Ic with dual communication interfaces
20070101217 - Serial data input/output method and apparatus

April 2007 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20070090160 - Electronic part manufacturing method
20070090273 - High performance charge detection amplifier for ccd image sensors
20070090392 - Low capacitance scr with trigger element
20070090461 - Ferroelectric capacitor with parallel resistance for ferroelectric memory
20070090497 - Leadframes for improved moisture reliability of semiconductor devices
20070090524 - Structure and method of molded qfn device suitable for miniaturization, multiple rows and stacking
20070090533 - Closed loop thermally enhanced flip chip bga
20070091441 - Bracket for piezoelectric drive torsional hinge mirror
20070091501 - Power protection for vcm control loop in hard disk drive servo ic
20070091526 - Apparatus and method for reducing leakage between an input terminal and power rail
20070091658 - System and method for distributing module phase information
20070091984 - Dual-carrier modulation decoder
20070092991 - Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device
20070092999 - Method for evaluating and modifying solder attach design for integrated circuit packaging assembly
20070094546 - Progressive extended compression mask for dynamic trace
20070094630 - Power grid design in an integrated circuit
20070094644 - Programmable extended compression mask for dynamic trace
20070094645 - Programmable extended compression mask for dynamic trace
20070085164 - Method of manufacture for a trench isolation structure having an implanted buffer layer
20070085171 - Semiconductor assembly for improved device warpage and solder ball coplanarity
20070085220 - Re-enforced ball-grid array packages for semiconductor products
20070085523 - Dc-dc converter
20070085577 - High frequency transmission gate buffer
20070085579 - All digital phase locked loop architecture for low power cellular applications
20070085580 - Generating multiple delayed signals of different phases from a reference signal using delay locked loop (dll)
20070085621 - Apparatus and method for acquisition and tracking bank cooperation in a digitally controlled oscillator
20070085622 - Continuous reversible gear shifting mechanism
20070085623 - Gain normalization of a digitally controlled oscillator in an all digital phase locked loop based transmitter
20070085902 - System and method for displaying stereoscopic digital motion picture images
20070086406 - Methods for assigning resources in a communication system
20070086539 - High-performance ldpc coding for digital communications in a multiple-input, multiple-output environment
20070087079 - Method and system for integrated circuit packaging
20070087476 - Apparatus for improved power distribution in wirebond semiconductor packages
20070088464 - Apparatus and method for inter-vehicle communication
20070088987 - System and method for handling information transfer errors between devices
20070089002 - Pc-connectivity for on-chip memory
20070089003 - Method and apparatus for test connectivity, communication, and control
20070089042 - Wireless access modem having downstream channel resynchronization method
20070080340 - Variable capacitor single-electron device
20070080400 - Low noise vertical variable gate control voltage jfet device in a bicmos process and methods to build this device
20070080426 - Single lithography-step planar metal-insulator-metal capacitor and resistor
20070080677 - Shield for tester load board
20070080705 - System and method for the probing of a wafer
20070080708 - H-bridge circuit with shoot through current prevention during power-up
20070080715 - Quad state logic design methods, circuits, and systems
20070080893 - Method and system for determining characteristics of optical signals on spatial light modulator surfaces
20070081102 - Apparatus and method for automatically adjusting white point during video display
20070081364 - Highly efficient isolated ac/dc power conversion technique
20070081379 - Write assist for latch and memory circuits
20070081663 - Time scale modification of audio based on power-complementary iir filter decomposition
20070081673 - Ccm encryption/decryption engine
20070082314 - Low contact sic boat for silicon nitride stress reduction
20070082425 - Using a center pole illumination scheme to improve symmetry for contact hole lithography
20070082550 - Shielded connector module housing with heatsink
20070083377 - Time scale modification of audio using bark bands
20070075348 - High density, high q capacitor on top of a protective layer
20070075398 - Integrated thermal characterization and trim of polysilicon resistive elements
20070075689 - Dual buck-boost converter with single inductor
20070075766 - Cmos reference current source
20070075877 - Method of recovering digital data from a clocked serial input signal and clocked data recovery circuit
20070076128 - Method for treating inter-frame motion in a composite video signal
20070076483 - Band-gap voltage reference circuit
20070076792 - Pwm-to-voltage converter circuit and method
20070076802 - Video presentation at fractional speed factor using time domain interpolation
20070076803 - Dynamic pre-filter control with subjective noise detector for video compression
20070076804 - Image-rejecting channel estimator, method of image-rejection channel estimating and an ofdm receiver employing the same
20070078662 - Seamless audio speed change based on time scale modification
20070079264 - Reducing time to design integrated circuits including performing electro-migration check
20070079265 - Accurate noise modeling in digital designs

March 2007 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20070045732 - Integrated circuit having a transistor level top side wafer contact and a method of manufacture therefor
20070045774 - Tan integrated circuit (ic) capacitor
20070046300 - Sensor-emulator evaluation module and method
20070046359 - Apparatus and method for effecting switching of an input signal by a switching transistor
20070046362 - Adaptive voltage control and body bias for performance an energy optimization
20070046378 - Operational amplifier output stage and method
20070046474 - Voltage regulation circuit for rfid systems
20070046509 - Method for digitally representing an integral non-linearity response for a device
20070046510 - Method for improving linearity of an analog-to-digital converter
20070046826 - Managing the color temperature for a light source array
20070047164 - Transient triggered protection of ic components
20070047737 - Fm stereo decoder incorporating costas loop pilot to stereo component phase correction
20070048120 - Vacuum shroud for a die attach tool
20070048939 - Single-poly eprom device and method of manufacturing
20070048952 - Method to manufacture ldmos transistors with improved threshold voltage control
20070048960 - Resistor integration structure and technique for noise elimination
20070048962 - Tan integrated circuit (ic) capacitor formation
20070048996 - Method for fabricating low resistance, low inductance interconnections in high current semiconductor devices
20070049022 - Nickel alloy silicide including indium and a method of manufacture therefor
20070049120 - Active cable assembly for use in universal serial bus
20070050077 - chemical mechanical polishing method and apparatus
20070050437 - Systems and methods for random value generation
20070050610 - Centralized resolution of conditional instructions
20070050737 - Functional cells for automated i/o timing characterization of an integrated circuit

February 2007 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20070040237 - High current semiconductor device system having low resistance and inductance
20070040580 - Reference buffer with improved drift
20070040788 - Modular graphics stack with video support
20070040787 - A modular graphics stack
20070040921 - Methods for combining camera and projector functions in a single device
20070041068 - Apparatus and methods for rapidly bringing a scanning mirror to a selected deflection amplitude at its resonant frequency
20070041069 - Method for aligning consecutive scan lines on bi-directional scans of a resonant mirror
20070041421 - Holographic element for stabilizing coupled laser and shg resonators
20070041458 - Encoding for digital communications in a multiple-input, multiple-output environment
20070041653 - System and method of quantization
20070042509 - Detecting endpoint using luminescence in the fabrication of a microelectronics device
20070042535 - Integrated circuit containing polysilicon gate transistors and fully silicidized metal gate transistors
20070042555 - Formation of uniform silicate gate dielectrics
20070042559 - Formation of nitrogen containing dielectric layers having a uniform nitrogen distribution therein using a high temperature chemical treatment
20070042599 - Methods to facilitate etch uniformity and selectivity
20070043762 - Object-oriented system and method for transforming and loading wafer test data
20070043800 - Reducing computational complexity in determining the distance from each of a set of input points to each of a set of fixed points
20070034949 - Semiconductor device having multiple source/drain extension implant portions and a method of manufacture therefor
20070034969 - Semiconductor device having a gate electrode material feature located adjacent a gate width side of its gate electrode and a method of manufacture therefor
20070034993 - Semiconductor assembly and packaging for high current and low inductance
20070034996 - System and method for forming one or more integrated circuit packages using a flexible leadframe structure
20070035023 - Semiconductor device having improved mechanical and thermal reliability
20070035031 - Sub-resolution assist feature to improve symmetry for contact hole lithography
20070035034 - System and method for improved auto-boating
20070035324 - Integrated circuit having electrically isolatable test circuitry
20070035538 - System and method for driving light-emitting diodes (leds)
20070035667 - Method and apparatus for digital mts receiver
20070035798 - Apparatus and method to compensate for the non-linear movement of an oscillating mirror in a display or printer
20070035807 - Unique method for manufacturing a digital micromirror device and a method for manufacturing a projection display system using the same
20070035986 - Sram cell using separate read and write circuitry
20070035987 - Static random access memory device having a voltage-controlled word line driver for retain till accessed mode and method of operating the same
20070036012 - Stable source-coupled sense amplifier
20070036296 - Methods and systems for securely providing and retaining phone numbers
20070037333 - Work function separation for fully silicided gates
20070037335 - Dual work function cmos devices utilizing carbide based electrodes
20070037342 - Method to obtain fully silicided poly gate
20070037343 - Process for manufacturing dual work function metal gates in a microelectronics device
20070037357 - Method for removing photoresist using a thermal bake in the presence of hydrogen and a semiconductor device manufactured using the same
20070037376 - Method and apparatus for fine pitch solder joint
20070038325 - Methods for detecting structure dependent process defects
20070038805 - High granularity redundancy for ferroelectric memories
20070038851 - Method for programming secure data into integrated circuits
20070039060 - Methods and systems for programming secure data into programmable and irreversible cells
20070029588 - Formation of low leakage thermally assisted radical nitrided dielectrics
20070029611 - Integrated circuit having a top side wafer contact and a method of manufacture therefor
20070029648 - Enhanced multi-die package
20070029661 - Power plane design and jumper wire bond for voltage drop minimization
20070029970 - Method and apparatus for operating a battery to avoid damage and maximize use of battery capacity
20070030060 - Apparatus and method for effecting signal chopping in an amplifier device
20070030294 - System and method for implementation of transition zone associated with an actuator for an optical device in a display system
20070030403 - Reduced chin height projection tv
20070030460 - Use of a ccd camera in a projector platform for smart screen capability and other enhancements
20070030613 - Priority powerdown system and method for power distribution systems
20070030915 - Receiver block providing signal quality information in a communication system with signal constellation not having multiple symbols in same angle
20070031697 - Copper-metallized integrated circuits having electroless thick copper bond pads
20070032094 - Energy beam treatment to improve packaging reliability
20070032200 - Providing optimal uplink data rates to mobile stations when mobile networks send parameters controlling the data rates
20070032971 - Method and system for determining noise components of an analog-to-digital converter
20070033027 - Systems and methods employing stochastic bias compensation and bayesian joint additive/convolutive compensation in automatic speech recognition
20070033028 - System and method for noisy automatic speech recognition employing joint compensation of additive and convolutive distortions
20070033034 - System and method for noisy automatic speech recognition employing joint compensation of additive and convolutive distortions
20070033044 - System and method for creating generalized tied-mixture hidden markov models for automatic speech recognition
20070033465 - Apparatus and method for a single wire interface between a intergated circuit and jtag test and emulation apparatus
20070033469 - Rom-based memory testing
20070033470 - Emulation cache access for tag view reads
20070033471 - Hardware configuration of pbist
20070033472 - Vlct programmation/read protocol
20070033556 - Edge recognition based high voltage pseudo layer verification methodology for mix signal design layout
20070033596 - Reconfigurable state structure based system design for embedded multimedia system
20070023859 - Contact fuse which does not touch a metal layer
20070023910 - Dual bga alloy structure for improved board-level reliability performance
20070024335 - Delay-locked loop circuit
20070024341 - Apparatus and method for regulating a switching device
20070024361 - Systems for pseudo-bd modulation
20070024364 - Amplifier and amplification method
20070024365 - Class-d amplifier system
20070024366 - Summing comparator for higher order class d amplifiers
20070024473 - Decoding variable length codes while using optimal resources
20070024485 - Reducing variation in reference voltage when the load varies dynamically
20070024940 - Method for aligning bi-directional images in a mirror display
20070025038 - System and method for protecting ic components
20070025039 - Priority powerdown system and method for power distribution systems
20070025140 - Sram cell with independent static noise margin, trip voltage, and read current optimization
20070025162 - Sram cell with column select line
20070025169 - Memory array with a delayed wordline boost
20070025341 - Device, system and/or method for provisioning a device in a packet network
20070026093 - Apparatus and method for energy recovery from a spinning device
20070026584 - Dielectric isolated body biasing of silicon on insulator
20070026769 - Chemical mechanical polishing apparatus and a method for planarizing/polishing a surface
20070026809 - Built in loop back self test in design or on test board for transceivers
20070026839 - Bi-modal rf architecture for low power devices
20070026841 - Apparatus and method for automatic characteristic configuration in digitized radio systems
20070027679 - System and method for optimizing the operation of an oversampled discrete fourier transform filter bank
20070028010 - Peripheral device utilization monitoring
20070028200 - Method for performing place-and-route of contacts and vias in technologies with forbidden pitch requirements

January 2007 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20070018225 - Integrated stacked capacitor and method of fabricating same
20070018261 - Low compressive tinx materials and methods of making the same
20070018304 - Composite metal column for mounting semiconductor device
20070018671 - System and method for early qualification of semiconductor devices
20070018688 - Digital logic unit
20070018707 - High frequency balanced pahse interpolator
20070018979 - Video decoding with 3d graphics shaders
20070019446 - Pfc pre-regulator frequency dithering circuit
20070019450 - System and method for regulating an output of a switching supply circuit
20070019740 - Video coding for 3d rendering
20070019931 - Systems and methods for re-synchronizing video and audio data
20070020808 - Low profile, chip-scale package and method of fabrication
20070020839 - Methods to selectively protect nmos regions, pmos regions, and gate layers during epi process
20070020900 - Highly doped gate electrode made by rapidly melting and resolidifying the gate electrode
20070021083 - semiconductor device for a tuner and diversity receiver
20070022228 - Method to create expandable storage using serial ata hdd
20070022336 - Digital storage element with enable signal gating
20070022338 - Sequential scan technique for testing integrated circuits with reduced power, time and/or cost
20070022339 - Digital design component with scan clock generation
20070022344 - Digital storage element architecture comprising dual scan clocks and gated scan output
20070022413 - Tiered register allocation
20070012561 - Wafer clamp assembly for holding a wafer during a deposition process
20070012958 - Distributed high voltage jfet
20070013438 - Chopper-stabilized operational amplifier and method
20070013524 - Transponder device
20070013566 - Oversampling analog-to-digital converter and method with reduced chopping residue noise
20070013569 - Reducing the time to convert an analog input sample to a digital code in an analog to digital converter (adc)
20070013717 - Displaying non-linear images on linear displays
20070013871 - Light-emitting diode (led) illumination in display systems using spatial light modulators (slm)
20070014269 - Apparatus for and method of synchronization and beaconing in a wlan mesh network
20070014409 - Methods and systems for close proximity wireless communications
20070014512 - Torsional hinged mems device
20070015304 - Low compressive tinx, materials and methods of making the same
20070015347 - Strain modulation employing process techniques for cmos technologies
20070016834 - Reducing power dissipation during sequential scan tests
20070016899 - Technique for the calling of a sub-routine by a function using an intermediate sub-routine
20070006805 - Method and system for applying an adhesive substance on an electronic device
20070007122 - System and method for forming thin film metal layers in vias
20070007343 - Transponder device
20070007427 - Optical position sensor architecture for servo systems
20070007596 - Method to manufacture silicon quantum islands and single-electron devices
20070008062 - Method for fabricating a thin film resistor semiconductor structure
20070008199 - Negative contributive offset compensation in a transmit buffer utilizing inverse clocking
20070008667 - Guardringed scr esd protection
20070008748 - Method and apparatus for overcurrent protection in dc-dc power converters
20070009020 - System and method to determine power cutback in communication systems
20070010062 - Method to obtain fully silicided poly gate
20070011218 - Automatic input error recovery circuit and method for recursive digital filters
20070011419 - Method and system for a multi-sharing security firewall
20070011526 - Position independent testing of circuits
20070011546 - Ic output signal path with switch, bus holder, and buffer
20070011568 - hardware-efficient low density parity check code for digital communications
20070011639 - Placement methods for standard cell library
20070011662 - Tracing program counter addresses using native program counter format and instruction count format
20070001193 - Schottky diode with minimal vertical current flow
20070001247 - Methods for depositing, releasing and packaging micro-electromechanical devices on wafer substrates
20070001256 - Spike implanted schottky diode
20070001542 - Versatile system for restricting movement of mems structures
20070001728 - Digital storage element architecture comprising dual scan clocks and reset functionality
20070001729 - Digital storage element architecture comprising dual scan clocks and preset functionality
20070001730 - Digital storage element architecture comprising integrated 4-to-1 multiplexer functionality
20070001731 - Digital storage element architecture comprising integrated multiplexer and reset functionality
20070001732 - Digital storage element with dual behavior
20070001733 - Digital storage element architecture comprising integrated 2-to-1 multiplexer functionality
20070001741 - Interpolation
20070002285 - Color recapture for display systems
20070002617 - Area efficient implementation of small blocks in an sram array
20070002820 - System and method of communication in mesh networks
20070002895 - Programmable serializer for a video display
20070002942 - Equalization circuit
20070002944 - Apparatus and method for driving a pulse width modulation reference signal
20070003068 - Apparatus and method for effecting sound stage expansion
20070004083 - Arrangement in semiconductor packages for inhibiting adhesion of lid to substrate while providing compression support
20070004118 - Methods of improving drive currents by employing strain inducing sti liners
20070004156 - Novel gate sidewall spacer and method of manufacture therefor
20070004158 - Transistor having a germanium implant region located therein and a method of manufacture therefor
20070004174 - Semiconductor wafer sawing system and method
20070004175 - Semiconductor wafer cutting blade and method
20070004207 - Full backside etching for pressure sensing silicon
20070004335 - Apparatus and method for if switching in a dual-tuner, dual-if, hd radio and fm/am radio receiver
20070004465 - Pilot channel design for communication systems
20070005160 - Automute detection in digital audio amplifiers
20070005842 - Systems and methods for stall monitoring
20070006033 - Unique pbist features for advanced memory testing
20070006105 - Method and system for synthesis of flip-flops
20070006106 - Method and system for desensitization of chip designs from perturbations affecting timing and manufacturability
20070006109 - Method and system for correcting signal integrity crosstalk violations
20070006172 - Method and system of identifying overlays used by a program
20070006173 - Method and system of profiling real-time streaming channels
20070006174 - Method and system of indexing into trace data based on entries in a log buffer

December 2006 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20060289971 - Semiconductor device having firmly secured heat spreader
20060289974 - Reliable integrated circuit and package
20060290379 - Leakage balancing transistor for jitter reduction in cml to cmos converters
20060290435 - Type-ii all-digital phase-locked loop (pll)
20060290462 - Integration of thin film resistors having different tcrs into single die
20060290899 - Compact optical engine for very small personal projectors using led illumination
20060291296 - Virtual ground circuit for reducing sram standby power
20060291432 - Methods and apparatus to perform dynamic channel management and dynamic bandwidth changes in wireless local area networks
20060291578 - Method and apparatus for multicarrier channel estimation and synchronization using pilot sequences
20060291581 - High data rate closed loop mimo scheme combining transmit diversity and data multiplexing
20060291589 - Method and apparatus for a fully digital quadrature modulator
20060291590 - Methods and apparatus to compensate for i/q mismatch in quadrature receivers
20060291744 - System and method for two-dimensional keystone correction for aerial imaging
20060292753 - Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
20060292771 - High voltage depletion fet employing a channel stopping implant
20060292790 - Dual work function gate electrodes using doped polysilicon and a metal silicon germanium compound
20060292885 - Layout modification to eliminate line bending caused by line material shrinkage
20060292986 - Coexistent bluetooth and wireless local area networks in a multimode terminal and method thereof
20060292987 - Method of wireless local area network and bluetooth network coexistence in a collocated device
20060294426 - Read fifo scheduling for multiple streams while maintaining coherency
20060284173 - Method to test shallow trench isolation fill capability
20060284286 - Flashless molding of integrated circuit devices
20060284603 - Capacitance-to-voltage conversion method and apparatus
20060284659 - Cmos integrated circuit for correction of duty cycle of clock signal
20060284661 - Method and system for testing a settling time for a device-under-test
20060285083 - Illumination system with integrated heat dissipation device for use in display systems employing spatial light modulators
20060285144 - Efficient implementation of raster operations flow
20060285145 - Efficient implementation of raster operations flow
20060285484 - Pilot design and channel estimation
20060286741 - Methods of fabricating high voltage devices
20060286759 - Metal oxide semiconductor (mos) device having both an accumulation and a enhancement mode transistor device on a similar substrate and a method of manufacture therefor
20060286995 - Slow uplink power control
20060288254 - Multi-port trace data handling
20060288394 - Supply of digital audio and video products
20060278682 - Bond capillary design for ribbon wire bonding
20060279338 - Fully differential large swing variable gain amplifier
20060279353 - Chopper stabilized amplifier without dc output ripple
20060279354 - Reduction of audible artifacts in an audio system
20060279439 - System and method for improved performance and optimization of data exchanges over a communications link
20060279443 - Trading off visibility for volume of data when profiling memory events
20060279445 - System and method for improved time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter arrays
20060279816 - Holographic combiners for illumination of spatial light modulators in projection systems
20060280143 - Beam forming for transmit using bluetooth modified hopping sequences (bftbmh)
20060280230 - Wireless communications system with secondary synchronization code based on values in primary synchronization code
20060281015 - Verifying a process margin of a mask pattern using intermediate stage models
20060281016 - Modifying sub-resolution assist features according to rule-based and model-based techniques
20060281268 - Short channel semiconductor device fabrication
20060281308 - Integration flow to prevent delamination from copper
20060281312 - Hydrogen and oxygen based photoresist removal process
20060281410 - Methods and apparatus to integrate image rejection into quadrature mixers
20060282642 - Pc-connectivity for on-chip memory
20060282706 - Program counter range comparator with equality, greater than, less than and non-equal detection modes
20060282710 - Event-generating instructions
20060282719 - Unique addressable memory data path
20060282733 - Method and apparatus for processor emulation
20060282735 - Fasttest module
20060272382 - Systems and methods of self test for a slowly varying sensor
20060273414 - Refractory metal-based electrodes for work function setting in semiconductor devices
20060273432 - Lead frame with attached components
20060273780 - Statistical method for identifying microcracks in insulators
20060273944 - System with trace capability accessed through the chip being traced
20060274124 - Inkjet printhead incorporating a memory array
20060274125 - Inkjet printhead incorporating a memory array
20060274194 - Method and apparatus for analog graphics sample clock frequency offset detection and verification
20060274469 - Apparatus and method for controlling provision of power to a load by a plurality of generating devices
20060274473 - Methods and systems for determining efficacy of stress protection circuitry
20060274587 - Static random-access memory having reduced bit line precharge voltage and method of operating the same
20060274721 - Delivery of video or voice mail messages over a packet network
20060275992 - Method to improve drive current by increasing the effective area of an electrode
20060276042 - Versatile system for conditioning slurry in cmp process
20060277233 - Functionality disable and re-enable for programmable calculators
20060277436 - Apparatus and method for coupling a plurality of test access ports to external test and debug facility

November 2006 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20060266383 - Systems and methods for removing wafer edge residue and debris using a wafer clean solution
20060266730 - Microelectromechanical structure and a method for making the same
20060267061 - Mosfet having channel in bulk semiconductor and source/drain on insulator, and method of fabrication
20060267117 - Nickel silicide method and structure
20060267119 - Refractory metal-based electrodes for work function setting in semiconductor devices
20060267154 - Scribe seal structure for improved noise isolation
20060267157 - Solder joints for copper metallization having reduced interfacial voids
20060267203 - Structure and method for bond pads of copper-metallized integrated circuits
20060267654 - Ultra low area overhead retention flip-flop for power-down applications
20060267663 - Circuit for detecting transitions on either of two signal lines referenced at different power supply levels
20060267674 - Threshold voltage extraction for producing a ramp signal with reduced process sensitivity
20060267685 - Fast settling, low noise, low offset operational amplifier and method
20060267687 - Current shunt instrumentation amplifier with extended bipolar input common mode range
20060267815 - Debug tool communication through a tool to tool connection
20060267816 - A method for guaranteeing timing precision for randomly arriving asynchronous events
20060267817 - Using a chip as a simulation engine
20060267818 - Saving resources by deducing the total prediction events
20060267819 - Debug event instruction
20060267820 - Tracing sources with export routing information provided by the source
20060268002 - Increased intensity resolution for pulse-width modulation (pwm)-based displays with light emitting diode (led) illumination
20060268172 - Time base correction in video systems
20060268178 - Systems and methods for separating luma and chroma information in a composite video signal
20060268179 - Motion detector for a video display system
20060268390 - Yokeless hidden hinge digital micromirror device with double binge layer
20060268391 - Yokeless hidden hinge digital micromirror device with double binge layer
20060268417 - A refractive scheme for dual lamp high brightness projection system
20060268443 - Circuit and method for write current driver
20060268445 - Disk drive fly height control based on constant power dissipation in read/write head heaters
20060268476 - Switch for handling terminal voltages exceeding control voltage
20060268648 - High performance, low-leakage static random access memory (sram)
20060268714 - Rapid i/o compliant congestion control
20060268879 - Quality of service aware robust link state routing for mesh networks
20060268887 - Systems and methods for packet flow control
20060268925 - Area efficient implementation of the consecutive access counter
20060269052 - Switched mode current feed methods for telephony subscriber loops
20060269274 - Apparatus and method for a smart image-receptor unit
20060270106 - System and method for polymer encapsulated solder lid attach
20060270139 - Methods for transistor formation using selective gate implantation
20060270140 - Methods for transistor formation using selective gate implantation
20060270231 - Systems and methods for removing wafer edge residue and debris using a residue remover mechanism
20060270233 - Vapor deposition of benzotriazole (bta) for protecting copper interconnects
20060271323 - Method evaluating threshold level of a data cell in a memory device
20060271738 - Configurable cache system depending on instruction type
20060271895 - Non-uniform decoupling capacitor distribution for uniform noise reduction across chip
20060271992 - Method and apparatus for characterizing a load on a data line
20060261457 - Package for an integrated circuit
20060261678 - System and method for programming an internal parameter or feature in a power converter with a multi-function connector
20060261724 - Display using a movable electron field emitter and method of manufacture thereof
20060261786 - Self-oscillating boost dc-dc converters with current feedback and digital control algorithm
20060261793 - Circuits, devices and methods for regulator minimum load control
20060261798 - Apparatus and method to synchronize switching frequencies of multiple power regulators
20060261840 - System and method for determining channel mobility
20060261857 - Integrated circuit dynamic parameter management in response to dynamic energy evaluation
20060261872 - Accelerator output stage that adjusts drive duration to loading
20060261877 - Biasing circuit for pass transistor for voltage level translator circuit
20060261884 - Amplifier switching control circuit and method for current shunt instrumentation amplifier having extended position and negative input common mode range
20060261886 - System and method for reducing audible artifacts in an audio system
20060261992 - Systems and methods for automatic gain control
20060262225 - Systems and methods for correcting color phase error in video systems
20060262381 - Testing of spatial light modulators (slm)
20060262382 - Microelectromechanical devices with low inertia movable elements
20060262470 - Esd clamp with trailing pulse suppression
20060262473 - Output current control and overload protection in digital audio amplifiers
20060262599 - Area efficient differential eeprom cell with improved data retention and read/write endurance
20060262787 - Systems and methods for multiplexing and demultiplexing multiple data sources
20060263913 - Systems and methods for maintaining performance at a reduced power
20060263929 - Method and apparatus for attaching an ic package to a pcb assembly
20060263939 - Device and method for including passive components in a chip scale package
20060263944 - System and method for die attach using a backside heat spreader
20060264028 - Energy beam treatment to improve the hermeticity of a hermetic layer
20060264042 - Interconnect structure including a silicon oxycarbonitride layer
20060265577 - Real-time monitoring, alignment, and translation of cpu stalls or events
20060265673 - Facilitating high level validation of integrated circuits in parallel with development of blocks in a hierarchical design approach
20060254379 - Akrion solvent hood robot arm, non-warp modular design
20060254515 - Deposition tool cleaning process having a moving plasma zone
20060254614 - Deposition tool cleaning process having a moving plasma zone
20060255424 - Utilizing a protective plug to maintain the integrity of the ftp shrink hinge
20060255479 - Magnetic assist manufacturing to reduce mold flash and assist with heat slug assembly
20060255768 - Battery protecting circuit
20060255787 - Voltage controlled current source device
20060255841 - Integrated driver circuit structure
20060255859 - Method and apparatus for improved clock preamplifier with low jitter
20060255972 - Trace receiver data compression
20060255973 - Multi-port trace receiver
20060255974 - Tod or time stamp inserted into trace recording stream
20060255975 - Distributed width trace receiver
20060255976 - Distributed depth trace receiver
20060255977 - Recording control point in trace receivers
20060255978 - Enabling trace and event selection procedures independent of the processor and memory variations
20060255980 - Behavior of trace in non-emulatable code
20060255981 - Paced trace transmission
20060255982 - Embedding event information in the timing stream
20060255983 - An efficient protocol for encoding software pipelined loop when pc trace is enabled
20060255985 - Reissue an id to a data log even if the same id may be repeated
20060255988 - Scaled time trace
20060256119 - Method and apparatus for a digital display
20060256298 - Method and system for displaying a stabilized image by a projector
20060256492 - Over-current detection for a power field-effect transistor (fet)
20060256796 - Independent source read and destination write enhanced dma
20060256821 - Signal synchronization in display systems
20060256862 - Codecs providing multiple bit streams
20060256876 - Fast decode of pending interrupts
20060256877 - Rapid i/o compliant message mapper
20060256878 - Out of order message completion management
20060256879 - Rapid i/o traffic system
20060256897 - Viterbi pretraceback for partial cascade processing
20060256910 - Fast hopping frequency synthesizer using an all digital phased locked loop (adpll)
20060258051 - Method and system for solder die attach
20060258074 - Methods that mitigate excessive source/drain silicidation in full gate silicidation metal gate flows
20060258091 - Novel method for manufacturing a semiconductor device containing metal silicide regions
20060258141 - Ball film for integrated circuit fabrication and testing
20060258142 - Simultaneous deposition and etch process for barrier layer formation in microelectronic device interconnects
20060258152 - Process and integration scheme for a high sidewall coverage ultra-thin metal seed layer
20060258295 - Automatic network performance data collection and optimization
20060259162 - Event and stall selection
20060259164 - Event and stall selection
20060259568 - Command re-ordering in hub interface unit based on priority
20060259569 - Hardware configurable hub interface unit
20060259648 - Concurrent read response acknowledge enhanced direct memory access unit
20060259659 - Data transfer apparatus with channel controller and transfer controller capable of slave and standalone operation
20060259660 - Data transfer with single channel controller controlling plural transfer controllers
20060259663 - Direct memory access channel controller with quick channels, event queue and active channel memory protection
20060259664 - Real-time prioritization of stall or event information
20060259665 - Configurable multiple write-enhanced direct memory access unit
20060259691 - Automatic tool to eliminate conflict cache misses
20060259692 - Writing to a specified cache
20060259693 - Determining the presence of a virtual address in a cache
20060259694 - Bypassing cache information
20060259695 - Visualizing contents and states of hierarchical storage systems across multiple cores
20060259696 - Determining differences between cached copies of an address
20060259697 - Cross-referencing cache line addresses with corresponding names
20060259698 - Displaying cache information using mark-up techniques
20060259699 - Prioritizing caches having a common cache level
20060259700 - Providing information associated with a cache
20060259701 - Providing cache status information across multiple cache levels
20060259702 - Visualizing contents and states of hierarchical storage systems
20060259703 - Re-assigning cache line ways
20060259726 - Systems and methods for secure debugging and profiling of a computer system
20060259739 - Fetch packet header extends instruction set space
20060259740 - Software source transfer selects instruction word sizes
20060259750 - Selectively embedding event-generating instructions
20060259751 - Monitoring of memory and external events
20060259752 - Stateless branch prediction scheme for vliw processor
20060259753 - Automatic halting of a processor in debug mode due to reset
20060259764 - Transferring control between programs of different security levels
20060259774 - Watermark counter with reload register
20060259820 - High speed data recording with input duty cycle distortion
20060259821 - Using a delay line to cancel clock insertion delays
20060259822 - Profiling system
20060259823 - Determining operating context of an executed instruction
20060259824 - Profiling operating context
20060259825 - Method and system of profiling applications that use virtual memory
20060259826 - Method and system of identifying overlays
20060259827 - Navigating trace data
20060259828 - Systems and methods for controlling access to secure debugging and profiling features of a computer system
20060259831 - Method and system of inserting marking values used to correlate trace data as between processor codes
20060259833 - Method of translating system events into signals for activity monitoring
20060259838 - Scan sequenced power-on initialization
20060259883 - Distributed element generator, method of generating distributed elements and an electronic design automation tool employing the same
20060249561 - Spot heat wirebonding
20060249793 - Nonlinear via arrays for resistors to reduce systematic circuit offsets
20060249821 - Novel metallization scheme and method of manufacture therefor
20060250148 - Probe card support plate
20060250183 - Systems and methods for driving an output transistor
20060250188 - System and method for testing gate oxide of an amplifier
20060250324 - Data-dependent, logic-level drive scheme for driving lcd panels
20060250583 - Multi-mode projectors with spatial light modulators
20060250587 - Image projection method and projection system
20060250833 - High performance and low area write precharge technique for cams
20060250941 - Mimo pgrc system and method
20060251119 - Methods and apparatus to setup end-to-end flows in wireless mesh networks
20060251158 - Apparatus for and method of detection of powered devices over a network
20060251177 - Error concealment and scene change detection
20060251187 - Power and area efficient receiver circuit having constant hysteresis for noise rejection
20060251197 - Multiple coefficient filter banks for digital audio processing
20060252447 - Tpc command, sir estimation and channel estimation improvement using tpc command history
20060252449 - Methods and apparatus to provide adaptive power save delivery modes in wireless local area networks (lans)
20060253521 - High-speed integer multiplier unit handling signed and unsigned operands and occupying a small area
20060253534 - Symmetric networking to support flexible teaching
20060243384 - Method for adhesive bonding in electronic packaging
20060244036 - One time programmable eprom fabrication in sti cmos technology
20060244045 - Mos transistor gates with doped silicide and methods for making the same
20060244097 - Forming a semiconductor structure in manufacturing a semiconductor device using one or more epitaxial growth processes
20060244154 - Wire bonded semiconductor device having low inductance and noise
20060244498 - System and method for driving a power field-effect transistor (fet)
20060244532 - Circuit and method for switching active loads of operational amplifier input stage
20060244759 - System and method for motion adaptive anti-aliasing
20060244836 - Motion stabilization
20060245031 - Micro-mirror element with double binge
20060245032 - Characterization of micromirror array devices using interferometers
20060245036 - Isolation layer for semiconductor devices and method for forming the same
20060245415 - System for adding pc screen sharing to a telephone call
20060245662 - Iterative filtering for dithered imaging
20060246645 - A mos transistor with a three-step source/drain implant
20060246647 - Semiconductor cmos devices and methods with nmos high-k dielectric formed prior to core pmos silicon oxynitride dielectric formation using direct nitridation of silicon
20060246651 - Semiconductor cmos devices and methods with nmos high-k dielectric present in core region that mitigate damage to dielectric materials
20060246668 - Method for improving the thermal stability of silicide
20060246716 - Semiconductor cmos devices and methods with nmos high-k dielectric formed prior to core pmos dielectric formation
20060246728 - Etching method using an at least semi-solid media
20060246932 - Collaborative mechanism of enhanced coexistence of collocated wireless networks
20060247810 - Digital audio receiver with reduced am interference
20060247811 - Batch processing control of volume events in a digital amplifier environment
20060248250 - Software programmable dynamic arbitration scheme
20060248394 - Apparatus and method for test and debug of a processor/core having advanced power management
20060248395 - Apparatus and method for controlling power, clock, and reset during test and debug procedures for a plurality of processor/cores
20060248396 - Data processing condition detector with table lookup
20060248397 - Recovery from corruption using event offset format in data trace
20060248422 - Sequential scan based techniques to test interface between modules designed to operate at different frequencies

October 2006 - Texas Instruments Incorporated patents

20060237645 - Characterizing dimensions of structures via scanning probe microscopy
20060237828 - System and method for enhancing wafer chip scale packages
20060238029 - Dc/dc power converter
20060238183 - Apparatus and method to compensate for effects of load capacitance on power regulator
20060238292 - Thin film resistor and dummy fill structure and method to improve stability and reduce self-heating
20060238415 - Apparatus and methods to share time and frequency data between a host processor and a satellite positioning system receiver
20060238530 - Micro-mirror element and method
20060238852 - A non-contacting electrostatically-driven mems device
20060239082 - Driver circuit
20060239181 - Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system with superframe synchronization using correlation sequence
20060239223 - Method and system for bluetooth and wireless local area network coexistence
20060239381 - Methods and apparatus for robust and low-complexity qam modulation
20060240331 - Modifying merged sub-resolution assist features of a photolithographic mask
20060240866 - Method and system for controlling a portable communication device based on its orientation
20060241004 - Use of blended solvents in defectivity prevention
20060242220 - Hardware divider
20060242296 - Method of adding new users to a web based portal server
20060242342 - Software programmable dynamically reconfigurable scheme for controlling request grant and masking for ultra high priority accessor during arbitration
20060242500 - 1149.1tap linking modules
20060242507 - Achieving desired synchronization at sequential elements while testing integrated circuits using sequential scan techniques
20060242508 - Simultaneous scan testing for identical modules
20060242511 - High speed interconnect circuit test method and apparatus
20060242512 - Ip core design supporting user-added scan register option
20060242520 - Adapting scan-bist architectures for low power operation
20060242521 - Built-in self-test arrangement for integrated circuit memory devices
20060242523 - Ic with protocol selection memory coupled to serial scan path
20060242537 - Error detection in a logic device without performance impact
20060231895 - Guardwall structures for esd protection
20060231897 - Guardwall structures for esd protection
20060232244 - Systems for charging a battery in a closed loop configuration
20060232709 - Interframe noise reduction for video
20060233272 - Feedback and scheduling schemes for a communications system
20060233290 - Method and apparatus for efficient multi-stage fir filters
20060234427 - Underfill dispense at substrate aperture
20060234439 - Maskless multiple sheet polysilicon resistor
20060234490 - Increased stand-off height integrated circuit assemblies, systems, and methods
20060234663 - System and method for steering directional antenna for wireless communications
20060235695 - Voice activated hypermedia systems using grammatical metadata
20060236174 - Optimized jtag interface
20060226363 - Ultra-thin sample preparation for transmission electron microscopy
20060226521 - Semiconductor package having integrated metal parts for thermal enhancement
20060226559 - Nitridation of sti liner oxide for modulating inverse width effects in semiconductor devices
20060226814 - Dual battery pack system interface
20060226829 - Shield for tester load boards
20060226864 - Expeditious and low cost testing of rfid ics
20060226884 - Low power bus-hold circuit
20060226885 - Apparatus and method for generating pulses
20060226887 - Bus switch circuit with back-gate control during power down
20060226912 - Apparatus and method for limiting voltage surge at amplifier start up
20060226922 - Process, supply, and temperature insensitive integrated time reference circuit
20060227015 - Relaxation oscillator based keypad decoder
20060227028 - Simple digital interface for advance power supply control
20060227634 - Method for determining and classifying sram bit fail modes suitable for production test implementation and real time feedback
20060227871 - Video thumbnail method
20060228828 - Versatile system for selective organic structure production
20060228867 - Isolation region formation that controllably induces stress in active regions
20060228879 - Thin film resistor head structure and method for reducing head resistivity variance
20060228881 - Structure and method for minimizing substrate effect on nucleation during sputtering of thin film resistors
20060228904 - Protection of silicon from phosphoric acid using thick chemical oxide
20060228905 - Method for conditioning a microelectronics device deposition chamber
20060220076 - Semiconductor device and its manufacturing method
20060220206 - Vertically integrated system-in-a-package
20060220699 - Circuit and method for transistor turn-off with strong pulldown
20060220734 - Method and circuit for input offset correction in an amplifier circuit
20060220741 - Cmos class ab folded cascode operational amplifier for high-speed applications
20060220786 - Passive entry and immobilizer at different frequencies using same antenna coil
20060221019 - Spatial light modulation display system
20060221528 - Systems and methods for providing over-current protection in a switching power supply
20060221876 - Intellegent voice network monitoring using echo cancellation statistics
20060221942 - Intelligent voice network monitoring
20060222099 - Channel length estimation and accurate fft window placement for high-mobility ofdm receivers in single frequency networks
20060222132 - Receive timing manager
20060223248 - N+ poly on high-k dielectric for semiconductor devices
20060223295 - Nickel silicide including indium and a method of manufacture therefor
20060224651 - Combined ifft and fft system
20060224771 - Invitation for transferring objects in a communications network
20060224867 - Avoiding unnecessary processing of predicated instructions
20060224871 - Wide branch target buffer
20060225134 - Method and system for detection and neutralization of buffer overflow attacks



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