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last 30 patents
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Communication using multiple conductor cable
Patent number
9,391,669
Issue date
Jul 12, 2016
Northern Microdesign, Inc.
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Power line device with directional coupler
Patent number
8,989,243
Issue date
Mar 24, 2015
Northern Microdesign, Inc.
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Use of powerlines for transmission of high frequency signals
Patent number
8,489,086
Issue date
Jul 16, 2013
Northern Microdesign, Inc.
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Spread spectrum communications using complex chip sequences
Patent number
8,488,654
Issue date
Jul 16, 2013
Northern Microdesign, Inc.
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Use of powerlines for transmission of high frequency signals
Patent number
8,483,656
Issue date
Jul 9, 2013
Northern Microdesign, Inc.
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for signaling characteristics of a transmitted...
Patent number
8,436,658
Issue date
May 7, 2013
Xilinx, Inc.
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
PMA RX in coarse loop for high speed sampling
Patent number
8,391,343
Issue date
Mar 5, 2013
Xilinx, Inc.
Jerry Chuang
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Use of powerlines for transmission of high frequency signals
Patent number
8,116,714
Issue date
Feb 14, 2012
Northern Microdesign, Inc.
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
MGT/FPGA clock management system
Patent number
7,885,320
Issue date
Feb 8, 2011
Xilinx, Inc.
Eric D. Groen
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Analog front-end having built-in equalization and applications thereof
Patent number
7,830,985
Issue date
Nov 9, 2010
Xilinx, Inc.
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for controlling a distributed buffering system...
Patent number
7,747,793
Issue date
Jun 29, 2010
Xilinx, Inc.
William C. Black
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Grant
Communication signal testing with a programmable logic device
Patent number
7,546,499
Issue date
Jun 9, 2009
Xilinx, Inc.
Matthew S. Shafer
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for signaling characteristics of a transmitted...
Patent number
7,535,962
Issue date
May 19, 2009
Xilinx, Inc.
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
PMA RX in coarse loop for high speed sampling
Patent number
7,493,095
Issue date
Feb 17, 2009
Xilinx, Inc.
Jerry Chuang
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Analog front-end having built-in equalization and applications thereof
Patent number
7,480,347
Issue date
Jan 20, 2009
Xilinx, Inc.
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Programmable logic device including programmable multi-gigabit tran...
Patent number
7,406,118
Issue date
Jul 29, 2008
Xilinx, Inc.
Eric D. Groen
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for signaling characteristics of a transmitted...
Patent number
7,379,517
Issue date
May 27, 2008
Xilinx, Inc.
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Device and method for compensation of transmission line distortion
Patent number
7,376,205
Issue date
May 20, 2008
Xilinx, Inc.
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Distributed buffering system having programmable interconnecting lo...
Patent number
7,376,767
Issue date
May 20, 2008
Xilinx, Inc.
William C. Black
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Grant
Receiver termination network and application thereof
Patent number
7,280,590
Issue date
Oct 9, 2007
Xilinx, Inc.
Charles W. Boecker
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
DAC based driver with selectable pre-emphasis signal levels
Patent number
7,227,375
Issue date
Jun 5, 2007
Xilinx Inc.
Eric D. Groen
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
PMA RX in coarse loop for high speed sampling
Patent number
7,224,951
Issue date
May 29, 2007
Xilinx, Inc.
Jerry Chuang
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
High frequency latch
Patent number
7,196,545
Issue date
Mar 27, 2007
Xilinx, Inc.
Eric D. Groen
H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
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Patent Grant
Communication signal testing with a programmable logic device
Patent number
7,188,283
Issue date
Mar 6, 2007
Xilinx, Inc.
Matthew S. Shafer
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Grant
High frequency XOR with peaked load stage
Patent number
7,142,014
Issue date
Nov 28, 2006
Xilinx, Inc.
Eric D. Groen
H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
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Patent Grant
Bidirectional multi-gigabit transceiver
Patent number
7,133,648
Issue date
Nov 7, 2006
Xilinx, Inc.
Moises E. Robinson
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Testing of a multi-gigabit transceiver
Patent number
7,047,457
Issue date
May 16, 2006
Xilinx, Inc.
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
DAC based driver with selectable pre-emphasis signal levels
Patent number
6,975,132
Issue date
Dec 13, 2005
Xilinx, Inc.
Eric D. Groen
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Integrated circuit with auto negotiation
Patent number
6,976,102
Issue date
Dec 13, 2005
Xilinx, Inc.
Eric D. Groen
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Ring oscillator with peaking stages
Patent number
6,956,442
Issue date
Oct 18, 2005
Xilinx, Inc.
Eric D. Groen
H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Patents Applications
last 30 patents
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Patent Application
COMMUNICATION USING MULTIPLE CONDUCTOR CABLE
Publication number
20150008992
Publication date
Jan 8, 2015
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
USE OF POWERLINES FOR TRANSMISSION OF HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNALS
Publication number
20120320998
Publication date
Dec 20, 2012
NORTHERN MICRODESIGN, INC.
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
USE OF POWERLINES FOR TRANSMISSION OF HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNALS
Publication number
20120106656
Publication date
May 3, 2012
Northern Microdesign, Inc.
WILLIAM C. BLACK
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
USE OF POWERLINES FOR TRANSMISSION OF HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNALS
Publication number
20100150215
Publication date
Jun 17, 2010
Northern Microdesign, Inc.
WILLIAM C. BLACK
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
ANALOG FRONT-END HAVING BUILT-IN EQUALIZATION AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF
Publication number
20090116585
Publication date
May 7, 2009
Xilinx, Inc.
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
PMA RX in course loop for high speed sampling
Publication number
20070201541
Publication date
Aug 30, 2007
Xilinx, Inc.
Jerry Chuang
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
ESD device for high speed data communication system with improved b...
Publication number
20060023387
Publication date
Feb 2, 2006
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Nader Badr
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Patent Application
DAC based driver with selectable pre-emphasis signal levels
Publication number
20060006901
Publication date
Jan 12, 2006
Xilinx, Inc.
Eric D. Groen
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
High data rate chip mounting
Publication number
20050248022
Publication date
Nov 10, 2005
Northern Microdesign, Inc.
Nader E. Badr
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Patent Application
Programmable logic device including programmable multi-gigabit tran...
Publication number
20050058187
Publication date
Mar 17, 2005
Xilinx, Inc.
Eric D. Groen
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information
Patent Application
Ring oscillator with peaking stages
Publication number
20050057315
Publication date
Mar 17, 2005
Xilinx, Inc.
Eric D. Groen
H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information
Patent Application
Analog front-end having built-in equalization and applications thereof
Publication number
20050058222
Publication date
Mar 17, 2005
Xilinx, Inc.
William C. Black
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information
Patent Application
TX LINE DRIVER WITH COMMON MODE IDLE STATE AND SELECTABLE SLEW RATES
Publication number
20050057274
Publication date
Mar 17, 2005
Xilinx, Inc.
Eric D. Groen
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information
Patent Application
DAC BASED DRIVER WITH SELECTABLE PRE-EMPHASIS SIGNAL LEVELS
Publication number
20050057280
Publication date
Mar 17, 2005
Xilinx, Inc.
Eric D. Groen
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE