Method and apparatus for laser annealing
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12148615
A layer on a substrate is laser annealed by pulses in a plurality of laser beams formed into a uniform line beam. The laser beams are partitioned into a first set of beams and a second set of beams. The second set of beams is incident onto the layer from a smaller range of angles than all of the beams combined. Pulses in the beams are synchronized such that pulses in the first set of beams are incident on the layer before pulses in the second set of beams. Pulses in the first set of…
Wireless transport framework with uncoded transport tunneling
Granted: November 12, 2024
Patent Number:
12143121
Wireless transport of multiple service versions of a transport framework. First and second information may be processed for transmission, respectively, according to first and second service versions of a transport framework. The first and second information may be encoded using a first type of error correction coding; after processing, the processed first information may include error correction coding according to the first type of error correction coding, while the processed second…
Programming flow for multi-processor system
Granted: November 5, 2024
Patent Number:
12136000
Various embodiments are disclosed of a compilation with optimization for multi-processor system with processing elements optimized for high performance and low power dissipation and an associated method of programming the processing elements. Application source code may be initially compiled into an intermediate representation. Following the initial compilation, resources may be mapped and communication synthesis performed. Simulation and debug may be performed prior to loading an…
Comprehensive system design to address the needs for virtual segmentation of the coaxial cable plant
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12126397
Methods and devices for dynamically designated first and second subsets of a plurality of frequency channels as upstream and downstream channels, respectively, for performing wired communications using virtual segmentation between a network controller and an endpoint device, performing virtual segmentation to service an endpoint device. Communications are performed between the network controller and the endpoint device through a wired communication medium using the upstream and…
Multipass laser amplifier and no-optical-power beam steering element
Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number:
12126135
A multipass laser amplifier includes a mirror, a mirror device, a gain crystal, and refractive or diffractive beam-steering element. The gain crystal is positioned on a longitudinal axis of the multipass laser amplifier between the mirror and the mirror device. The beam-steering element is positioned on the longitudinal axis between the gain crystal and the mirror device. The beam-steering element has no optical power and deflects a laser beam, by refraction or diffraction, for each of…
DNA alignment using a hierarchical inverted index table
Granted: September 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12087403
System and method for constructing a hierarchical index table usable for matching a search sequence to reference data. The index table may be constructed to contain entries associated with an exhaustive list of all subsequences of a given length, wherein each entry contains the number and locations of matches of each subsequence in the reference data. The hierarchical index table may be constructed in an iterative manner, wherein entries for each lengthened subsequence are selectively…
Thermally actuated adaptive optics
Granted: August 6, 2024
Patent Number:
12055788
A thermally actuated adaptive optic includes a base, a reflector, and a plurality of actuators coupled therebetween. The reflector has a light-receiving front surface, and a back surface facing the base. Each actuator includes a bracket rigidly bonded to the reflector at a perimeter of the reflector, and an inner rod and an outer rod. Each rod is rigidly connected between the bracket and the base, with the inner rod being closer to a center of the reflector. The length of each rod is…
Parameterized radio waveform techniques for operating in multiple wireless environments
Granted: June 4, 2024
Patent Number:
12003981
Techniques for operating a wireless network in a plurality of radio operating environments are disclosed. In some embodiments, an apparatus receives a first parameter value set that is selected from a group of multiple parameter value sets, wherein the first parameter value set is appropriate for a first target radio operating environment that corresponds to one or more of: a first level of mobility of user devices or a first range of wireless transmission. In some embodiments, the…
Multiprocessor programming toolkit for design reuse
Granted: February 27, 2024
Patent Number:
11914989
Techniques for specifying and implementing a software application targeted for execution on a multiprocessor array (MPA). The MPA may include a plurality of processing elements, supporting memory, and a high bandwidth interconnection network (IN), communicatively coupling the plurality of processing elements and supporting memory. In some embodiments, software code may specify one or more cell definitions that include: program instructions executable to perform a function and one or more…
Broadcast/broadband convergence network
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11910200
A broadcast/broadband convergence system that delivers content from content sources to user equipment devices. The system provides: significantly enhanced mobile capability to the broadcast industry; an additional revenue source for the broadcast industry by dynamically selling available spectral resources for use by wireless broadband networks and/or broadcast content off-loaded from wireless broadband networks; additional spectrum for the broadband industry through the dynamic purchase…
Memory-network processor with programmable optimizations
Granted: February 13, 2024
Patent Number:
11900124
Various embodiments are disclosed of a multiprocessor system with processing elements optimized for high performance and low power dissipation and an associated method of programming the processing elements. Each processing element may comprise a fetch unit and a plurality of address generator units and a plurality of pipelined datapaths. The fetch unit may be configured to receive a multi-part instruction, wherein the multi-part instruction includes a plurality of fields. First and…
Memory-network processor with programmable optimizations
Granted: February 13, 2024
Patent Number:
11900124
Various embodiments are disclosed of a multiprocessor system with processing elements optimized for high performance and low power dissipation and an associated method of programming the processing elements. Each processing element may comprise a fetch unit and a plurality of address generator units and a plurality of pipelined datapaths. The fetch unit may be configured to receive a multi-part instruction, wherein the multi-part instruction includes a plurality of fields. First and…
Low latency video codec and transmission with parallel processing
Granted: December 19, 2023
Patent Number:
11849130
Methods and devices for a parallel multi-processor encoder system for encoding video data. The video data comprises a sequence of frames, wherein each frame comprises a plurality of blocks of pixels in sequential rows. For each frame, the system divides the plurality of blocks into a plurality of subsets of blocks, wherein each subset of blocks is allocated to a respective processor of the parallel multi-processor system. Each respective processor of the parallel multi-processor system…
Radio-frequency excited gas laser
Granted: December 19, 2023
Patent Number:
11848530
A radio-frequency excited carbon dioxide (CO2) or carbon monoxide (CO) gas laser includes two electrodes, which have passivated surfaces, within a sealed housing. Features in a ceramic slab or a ceramic cylinder located between the electrodes define a gain volume. Surfaces of the ceramic slab or the ceramic cylinder are separated from the passivated surfaces of the electrodes by small gaps to prevent abrasion thereof. Reducing compressive forces that secure these components within the…
Memory network processor
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11829320
A multi-processor system with processing elements, interspersed memory, and primary and secondary interconnection networks optimized for high performance and low power dissipation is disclosed. In the secondary network multiple message routing nodes are arranged in an interspersed fashion with multiple processors. A given message routing node may receive messages from other message nodes, and relay the received messages to destination message routing nodes using relative offsets included…
Wireless transport framework with uncoded transport tunneling
Granted: June 27, 2023
Patent Number:
11689215
Wireless transport of multiple service versions of a transport framework. First and second information may be processed for transmission, respectively, according to first and second service versions of a transport framework. The first and second information may be encoded using a first type of error correction coding; after processing, the processed first information may include error correction coding according to the first type of error correction coding, while the processed second…
Home power distribution with multiphase bridging
Granted: June 20, 2023
Patent Number:
11683860
Methods and devices for a home power networking system including a first wireless access point (AP) configured to perform wired communications over a first circuit connected to the first wireless AP. The first wireless AP further performs wireless communications with a second wireless AP, wherein the second wireless access point is connected to a second circuit and is not connected to the first circuit. The first wireless AP provides wireless transport through the second wireless AP to…
Comprehensive system design to address the needs for virtual segmentation of the coaxial cable plant
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11677437
Methods and devices for dynamically designated first and second subsets of a plurality of frequency channels as upstream and downstream channels, respectively, for performing wired communications using virtual segmentation between a network controller and an endpoint device. performing virtual segmentation to service an endpoint device. Communications are performed between the network controller and the endpoint device through a wired communication medium using the upstream and…
Control information for a wirelessly-transmitted data stream
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
11671642
Control information for configuring an audiovisual device to present multimedia content according to a first service type may be generated. A method may include generating first control information for configuring an audiovisual device to decode a multimedia stream, generating first data that indicates a structure of the first control information, and transmitting the first data and the first control information. The first control information may be generated according to a first…
Optimal photon management for CMOS sensors
Granted: May 16, 2023
Patent Number:
11652114
A CMOS sensor includes a silicon material having a surface periodic structure of silicon portions and non-silicon portions, formed by multiple supercells repeated in a 2-dimensional lattice pattern. Each image pixel of the sensor has at least 2×2 supercells. The lattice constants in both lateral directions are within a range defined by a wavelength of the light to be sensed. Within each supercell, the non-silicon portions create an effective refractive index for the light that changes…
