Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Ori Laslo

Vadim Mishalov

Ron Kaplan

Matan Slassi

Eran Arbel

Lior Zagiel

Netanel Hadad

Assaf Cohen

Gilad Kirshenboim

Meborach Bublil

A memory system may monitor a bit error rate in data read from a memory in the memory system. The memory system may determine that the monitored bit error rate satisfies an acceptable memory error condition. The memory system may adjust operation of the memory system to decrease the power consumption of the memory system, wherein the adjusted operation results in a new bit error rate monitored from data read from the memory that satisfies the acceptable memory error condition.

Adjusting memory power consumption

An apparatus and method for synchronizing a triggered system to a triggering system by tracking the timing of rising and falling edges of a clock signal at the triggered system and using the tracked timing values for phase shift adjustment of a time base at the triggered systems.

Method and apparatus for synchronizing two systems

Examples are disclosed that relate to handling noise interference on an interlink connecting hardware devices. One example provides a computing system comprising a first hardware device, a second hardware device, an interlink connecting the first hardware device and the second hardware device, a logic system, and a storage system. The storage system comprises instructions executable by the logic system to operate the interlink in an intermittently active mode, detect a noise interference scenario on the interlink, and in response, set a persistent active mode for the interlink.

Handling noise interference on an interlink

Methods and devices for communicating or interacting by a pen or a stylus with a digitizer are disclosed. An example method describes determining whether the device is to transmit a first information to the digitizer via the electrode or receive a second information from the digitizer via the electrode. An example device for use with the method includes a transmitter circuit, a receiver circuit, and an electrode. The method further includes isolating the electrode from the transmitter circuit in response to determining that the device is to receive the second information from the digitizer via the electrode.

Discrete high impedance implementation on push-pull outputs

In various examples there is a stylus for use with a digitizer. The stylus comprises a shaft running on a longitudinal axis of the stylus and having a stylus tip at a tip end of the shaft. The stylus has a vibration generator configured to vibrate the stylus tip along the longitudinal axis. The stylus also has a detector configured to detect the vibration causing the stylus tip to contact a surface external to the stylus.

Stylus for zero force activation

In various examples there is a capacitance measurement circuit for measuring capacitance of an electrode. The circuit comprises a charging/discharging circuit part which charges the electrode or discharges the electrode, and a counter which measures a charging measurement being a time taken by the charging/discharging circuit part to charge the electrode between two charging thresholds, and which measures a discharging measurement being a time taken by the charging/discharging circuit part to discharge the electrode between two discharging thresholds. The circuit has a controller configured to control the charging/discharging circuit part and the counter such that a plurality of discharging measurements are obtained and a plurality of charging measurements are obtained. The circuit has an averaging logic which computes the measured capacitance in relation to an average of the measurements. In this way high frequency and low frequency noise is attenuated and fine resolution, high accuracy capacitance measurements are obtained.

Capacitance measuring circuit

In various examples there is an apparatus for sensing a touch event. The apparatus has a plurality of transmit electrodes arranged to carry a signal, each of the transmit electrodes comprising a transmit body section and a transmit bridge section. The apparatus has a plurality of receive electrodes arranged to receive the signal via electrostatic coupling with the transmit electrodes, each of the receive electrodes comprising a receive body section and a receive bridge section. Individual ones of the transmit and receive bridge sections are arranged to cross such that a gap is formed between the transmit and receive bridge sections. One or more regions of floating conductive material are positioned in proximity to the transmit and receive body sections, each region comprising one or more members of conductive material extending into the gaps.

Touch sensor pattern with floating pads

A stylus includes an elongate gripping member terminating at a writing tip, a communication interface housed within the elongate gripping member, a touch-sensitive retention clip extending from the elongate gripping member, and a controller housed within the elongate gripping member. The communication interface is configured to wirelessly communicate with a computing device. The controller is configured to detect a position or movement of a finger along a length of the touch-sensitive retention clip, and send to the computing device, via the communication interface, information based on the position or movement of the finger along the length of the touch-sensitive retention clip.

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Rehovot, Israel

Ori Laslo