Apple Inc.

Transim Technology Corporation

Matthew K Herndon

Colin Whitby-Strevens

Min Chul Kim

Richard J Middlehurst

Glenn Wheelock

Stewart Shannon Fields

Anilkumar Raman Pannikkat

Ron Larson

William P Cornelius

Ronald K Larson

Duncan R McDonald

Connectors having a smaller profile. These connectors are useful as a reduced form factor DisplayPort connector. Keys on a receptacle are used to indicate when an insert is fully engaged. Edges of the receptacle and insert are chamfered in such a way as to prevent the pins of the connector from being damaged when an improper insertion is attempted. User experience is also enhanced by the use of one or more latches. As the connector is inserted, the latch provides resistance that builds until the connector is inserted a certain distance, after which the latch enters a cutout portion of the insert thus releasing the pressure and letting the user know the connection has been made. Fingers are employed to provide mechanical stability and electrical connection between receptacle and insert.

Mini displayport

A system that transmits signals through a communication channel. During operation, the system receives a sequence of bits for transmission through the communication channel. While transmitting a given bit, the system determines if the given bit has the same state as the previously transmitted bit. If so, the system uses a voltage-mode driver to drive a signal through the communication channel. Otherwise, the system uses a current source coupled to the voltage-mode driver to boost the drive-level of the voltage-mode driver. Note that the current source supplies a current to the communication channel without changing the impedance of the voltage-mode driver. In this way, the present invention compensates for frequency dependant losses in the communication channel without sacrificing impedance matching and without substantially increasing power consumption.

Hybrid voltage/current-mode transmission line driver

A computer-implemented method simulates a system having multiple interconnected components in a network that couples at least one client computer to a server computer. The method includes: receiving simulation data over the network from the server computer, wherein the simulation data represents one or more characteristics of information that would be present in a particular system having two or more interconnecting components during the operation of the particular system. At the client computer, the method includes generating a first simulation display based on the simulation data for operation of the particular system, and receiving user input at the client computer. Also disclosed are methods for changing component values in a system, compressing waveforms, locally displaying signals from a probe point in a system depiction, processes performed at a server, data structures for displaying user interface screen for providing such information, and a method for circuit creation and use feedback.

Client-server simulator, such as an electrical circuit simulator provided by a web server over the internet

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Matthew K Herndon