Agere Systems Inc.

Alcatel Lucent

John Pastalan

Reinaldo A Valenzuela

Dragan Samardzija

George Endicott Rittenhouse

William Michael MacDonald

Linus Albert Fetter

John Eric Bower

In one embodiment, the method of compressing a digital signal includes reducing redundancies in the digital signal, scaling a block of samples output from the reducing step by a scaling factor, and quantizing the scaled samples to produce compressed samples. The digital signal being compressed may be a digital radio frequency signal.

Method and apparatus for signal compression and decompression

The invention presents a deposition method which varies the growth conditions of a film on a patterned substrate. For example, deposition conditions required for obtaining growth are determined for each of the substrate's component surfaces. Film deposition begins under the conditions used to deposit material on one of the substrate materials. Then, the growth parameters are adjusted towards desired conditions for the other substrate material as another small amount of material is deposited. The adjustment and subsequent deposition is repeated until the desired conditions for growth on the second material are met. Growth of the remainder of the film then continues under the desired deposition conditions for growth on the second material.

Method of deposition of films

A method for achieving improved piezoelectric films for use in a resonator device is disclosed. The method is based on applicant's recognition that the texture of a piezoelectric film (e.g., as used in a piezoelectric resonator) is directly affected by the surface morphology of the underlying electrode, and additionally, the surface morphology of the electrode is affected by the surface morphology of the underlying oxide layer or Bragg stack. Accordingly, the invention includes a method of making a device having a piezoelectric film and electrode including controlling the deposition and surface roughness of the electrode and optionally, the Bragg stack.

Method for producing devices having piezoelectric films

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