Patent • #US9274895B1. An apparatus includes a processing unit including a configuration memory and self-scrubber logic coupled to read the configuration memory to detect compromised data stored in the configuration memory. The apparatus also includes a watchdog unit external to the processing unit and coupled to the self-scrubber logic to detect a...
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Processing device with self-scrubbing logic
Patent • #US9792184B2. An apparatus includes a processing unit including a configuration memory and self-scrubber logic coupled to read the configuration memory to detect compromised data stored in the configuration memory. The apparatus also includes a watchdog unit external to the processing unit and coupled to the self-scrubber logic to detect a...
Processing short video to obtain frequency information
Patent • #US12557996B1. Described are various technologies pertaining to identifying a dominant frequency in an acquired signal, such as a frequency corresponding to a human heartbeat in an acquired video signal. In connection with identifying the dominant frequency, a sub-signal of the acquired signal is extracted from the acquired signal, where the...
Processor-in-memory-and-storage architecture
Patent • #US9858144B2. A method and apparatus for performing reliable general-purpose computing. Each sub-core of a plurality of sub-cores of a processor core processes a same instruction at a same time. A code analyzer receives a plurality of residues that represents a code word corresponding to the same instruction and an indication...
Production of fusel lactates via biocatalysis
Patent • #US11725220B1. Microbial enzymes are used for esterification of biomass-derived substrates for production of industrially valuable esters. E. coli was used as an efficient platform for recombinant synthesis of fusel lactates such as the green solvent ethyl lactate.
Prognostics and health management of photovoltaic systems
Patent • #US9939485B1. The various technologies presented herein relate to providing prognosis and health management (PHM) of a photovoltaic (PV) system. A PV PHM system can eliminate long-standing issues associated with detecting performance reduction in PV systems. The PV PHM system can utilize an ANN model with meteorological and power input data...
Programmable electroacoustic filter apparatus and method for its manufacture
Patent • #US9276557B1. An acoustically coupled frequency selective radio frequency (RF) device is provided. The device includes a piezoelectric substrate overlain by a plurality of electrodes. The device further includes a pair of RF input terminals at least one of which is electrically connected to at least one of the electrodes, and...
Programmable pH buffers
Patent • #US9550168B2. A programmable pH buffer comprises a copolymer that changes pKa at a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) in water. The copolymer comprises a thermally programmable polymer that undergoes a hydrophobic-to-hydrophilic phase change at the LCST and an electrolytic polymer that exhibits acid-base properties that are responsive to the phase...
Programming analog memory elements in a neomorphic computing system
Patent • #US12366881B1. A method is disclosed herein which includes obtaining an array of analog memory elements. It also includes programming an analog memory element included in the array, where prior to being programmed the analog memory element has a first value for an electrical property, and where it is programmed to...
Promoters and uses thereof
Patent • #US11098306B1. The present invention relates to synthetic promoters, as well as expression cassettes, and recombinant scaffolds, and methods thereof. In particular embodiments, the synthetic promoter is inducible by one or more chemical compounds present during lignin depolymerization.
Proof-of-work for securing IoT and autonomous systems
Patent • #US10887107B1. A first device in a network issues a proof-of-work challenge to a second device in the network. The second device computes a cryptographic function result to satisfy a criterion indicated in the challenge. The second device returns a challenge response comprising inputs to the cryptographic function that the second...
Protecting integrated circuits from excessive charge accumulation during plasma cleaning of multichip modules
Patent • #US9013046B1. Internal nodes of a constituent integrated circuit (IC) package of a multichip module (MCM) are protected from excessive charge during plasma cleaning of the MCM. The protected nodes are coupled to an internal common node of the IC package by respectively associated discharge paths. The common node is connected...
Protein and nucleic acid detection for microfluidic devices
Patent • #US10981174B1. The present invention relates to methods for detecting targets by employing a temperature control system with a microfluidic device. The system allows for non-contact heating by employing an infrared emitter. In some instances, the system can be used in conjunction with a centrifugal microfluidic device. Optionally, a mask can...
Protocells and their use for targeted delivery of multicomponent cargos to cancer cells
Patent • #US9480653B2. Various embodiments provide materials and methods for synthesizing protocells for use in targeted delivery of cargo components to cancer cells. In one embodiment, the lipid bilayer can be fused to the porous particle core to form a protocell. The lipid bilayer can be modified with targeting ligands or other...
Protocells and their use for targeted delivery of multicomponent cargos to cancer cells
Patent • #US8992984B1. Various embodiments provide materials and methods for synthesizing protocells for use in targeted delivery of cargo components to cancer cells. In one embodiment, the lipid bilayer can be fused to the porous particle core to form a protocell. The lipid bilayer can be modified with targeting ligands or other...
Pseudo-spectral method to control three-degree-of-freedom wave energy converters
Patent • #US10344736B2. The invention provides optimal control of a three-degree-of-freedom wave energy converter using a pseudo-spectral control method. The three modes are the heave, pitch and surge. A dynamic model is characterized by a coupling between the pitch and surge modes, while the heave is decoupled. The heave, however, excites the...
Pulsed source for driving non-linear current dependent loads
Patent • #US11791601B1. A pulsed current source comprises a power source, a discharge capacitor, and an inductive element. The discharge capacitor is selectively coupled to either of the power source or the inductive element. When coupled to the power source, the discharge capacitor is charged. The inductive element can be connected to...
Push Plate for Ball Grid Array Test Sockets
Featured Opportunity • A low profile, controlled force, minimal torque push plate for ball grid array multi-chip module (MCM) test sockets The ball grid array (BGA) is an enabling technology for multi-chip modules, a significant improvement over pin grid arrays. Traditional pin grid array technology suffers from physical limitations; as package pins get...
Push plate, mounting assembly, circuit board, and method of assembling thereof for ball grid array packages
Patent • #US9653230B1. A push plate that includes springs in the form of cantilever flexures and an inspection window is disclosed. The push plate provides a known, uniform, down force and minimal torque to a package to be tested. The cantilevers have a known, calculable down force producing stiffness. The window provides...
Pyroelectric demodulating detector
Patent • #US7397301B1. A pyroelectric demodulating detector (also termed a pyroelectric demodulator) is disclosed which utilizes an electrical resistor stacked upon a pyroelectric element to demodulate an rf or microwave electrical input signal which is amplitude-modulated (AM). The pyroelectric demodulator, which can be formed as a hybrid or a monolithic device, has...
Quadrilateral finite element mesh coarsening
Patent • #US8289322B1. Techniques for coarsening a quadrilateral mesh are described. These techniques include identifying a coarsening region within the quadrilateral mesh to be coarsened. Quadrilateral elements along a path through the coarsening region are removed. Node pairs along opposite sides of the path are identified. The node pairs along the path...
Quadrilateral/hexahedral finite element mesh coarsening
Patent • #US8290754B1. A technique for coarsening a finite element mesh (FEM) is described. This technique includes identifying a coarsening region within the FEM to be coarsened. Perimeter chords running along perimeter boundaries of the coarsening region are identified. The perimeter chords are redirected to create an adaptive chord separating the coarsening...
Quantum Communications and Networking
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Technology Area • The Quantum Science technology area contains advances in the understanding and mastery of quantum systems for the manipulation of information with greater sensitivity, speed, and security than is possible with classical information processing methods. This technology area also contains specialized portfolios related to: Quantum Computing Materials & Qubit TechnologiesQuantum...
Quantum-size-controlled photoelectrochemical etching of semiconductor nanostructures
Patent • #US9276382B2. Quantum-size-controlled photoelectrochemical (QSC-PEC) etching provides a new route to the precision fabrication of epitaxial semiconductor nanostructures in the sub-10-nm size regime. For example, quantum dots (QDs) can be QSC-PEC-etched from epitaxial InGaN thin films using narrowband laser photoexcitation, and the QD sizes (and hence bandgaps and photoluminescence wavelengths) are...
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