Texas Instruments Corporation

U-nav Microelectronics Corporation

Atheros Technology Ltd.

Peter Joseph Maimone

Timothy Ronald Jackson

Daniel Collin Jenkins

Kurt Peter Wachtler

Tsen-Hwang Lin

Mark W Heaton

Al Morton

Chi-Fa Chiou

A network, network device and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting communication signals from a first network node to a second network node, where the first and second network nodes comprise a network and each include a receiver portion and a transponder portion. The method further comprises receiving, by the first and second network nodes, position signals from a plurality of navigation beacons, and generating transmitter codes for the transponder portions using local code generators of the receiver portions.

System and method of utilizing positioning receiver hardware for network-based transceiver applications

A system and method for networking a plurality of nodes is disclosed. A network of data devices having data representations of connectivity, network node position, and/or position topologies is also disclosed, wherein the network may be self-configuring and the network nodes spatially addressable. In another embodiment, a unique form of signal acquisition assistance intrinsic in the signal structure may also be used. A data positioning device capable of operating as a node in a network of the present invention is also disclosed.

System and method for networking a plurality of nodes

A network, network device and method is disclosed. A network of network nodes is disclosed in which the network nodes securely transmit communication signals using one or more spatial parameters unique to the network nodes. A data positioning device capable of operating as a node in a network of the present invention is also disclosed.

System and method for providing secure communication between network nodes

A method and apparatus for collocating an interface circuit with a disk drive read/write head is described. In one embodiment the interface circuit is attached to the load arm on one side and the miniflex interconnect on the other. The read/write head is mounted on the miniflex directly below the interface circuit. The interface circuit comprises a read signal preamplifier, a write driver, and head selection circuitry. A common multiplexer circuit is used to perform the other conventional read/write circuit functions. The common multiplexer circuit includes a head selection block to determine which heads are activated, a head driver block, and a read receiver block. The common multiplexer circuit is mounted at the base of the miniflex.

Active read/write head circuit with interface circuit

A microactuator, or micromotor, ( ) and method for making it are presented such that a symmetrical build up of material is performed on opposite sides of a substrate. This reduces mechanical stresses in the device. In its construction, respective layers of circuit portions ( ) are built on each side of the structure, thereby eliminating the need to stack complex patterns. Stacking one complex pattern on top of a similar pattern is difficult because the surface, which is the base for subsequent layers, is not flat. The photolithography process that forms these patterns is not very forgiving to non-flat surfaces. Avoiding the stacked layers also allows thicker conductors to be considered for each circuit. Thicker circuits increase current carrying capacity, which in one of the key variables increase the power of the micromotor.

Microactuator for use in mass data storage devices, or the like, and method for making same

A microelectromechanical (MEM) device with an expanded PTFE material over the gap between movable structures to provide electrical connection across the gap and prevent particles from contaminating the gap. A microelectromechanical (MEM) device is also immobilized by placing an expanded PTFE material over the gap between movable structures. The expanded PTFE material can be made stiff during manufacture and then flexible after the manufacturing process is complete. An embodiment of the invention is a MEM device configured as a micro-actuator for a dual-actuator hard disk drive.

Microelectricalmechanical device immobilization and sealing

A microactuator includes a base, first microactuator elements carried by the base, a platform attached to the base, second microactuator elements carried by the platform, and the first microactuator elements being located substantially symmetrically on either side of a plane along a centerline of the base

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