REDUCED SET CHARACTER INPUT SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

    公开(公告)号:JP2003216306A

    公开(公告)日:2003-07-31

    申请号:JP2002017985

    申请日:2002-01-28

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a keyboard inputting device configured so as to be used satisfactorily like human engineering, and designed so that a relatively small area can be occupied. SOLUTION: A keyboard type inputting device is provided with a plurality of key positions provided as character input keys. Each key is made correspond to one key in the selected column of a conventional QWERTY array keyboard. A second set constituted of control keys is provided to select the column of the conventional QWERTY array keyboard expressed by character keys in addition to the other functions such as case shift and an alphanumeric control function. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

    Byte synchronization system and method using an error correcting code

    公开(公告)号:SG65772A1

    公开(公告)日:1999-06-22

    申请号:SG1998001736

    申请日:1998-07-07

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A byte synchronization detection system and method in which a vector subtractor circuit determines an error vector between a current read data pattern and a synchronization bit pattern, and an offset adder circuit determines a Hamming Distance of the next read data pattern by adding the difference between the Hamming Distance from current error vector to the synchronization bit pattern and the Hamming Distance from the next error vector to the synchronization bit pattern. The Hamming Distance is determined by selected elements of the error vector which are the output from the vector subtractor circuit. The offset adder circuit determines a difference between the Hamming Distance of the current read data pattern and of the next read data pattern. The synchronization bit pattern is between 16 and 18 bits in length, inclusive. This approach reduces the probability of synchronization failure and/or mis-synchronization about 4 orders of magnitude over conventional approaches, while also reducing the length of the byte synchronization pattern to 16 bits.

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    公开(公告)号:DE3773663D1

    公开(公告)日:1991-11-14

    申请号:DE3773663

    申请日:1987-12-18

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: This invention relates generally to Static Random Access Memories (SRAM) and more particularly, relates to a SRAM cell (1) wherein soft-error due to alpha -particle radiation is reduced by permitting the potential at the common-emitter node (11; 12) of the cross-coupled transistors (5; 6) of the memory cell to swing freely. Still more particularly, it relates to a SRAM cell wherein the common-emitter node of the cell is decoupled from a heavily capacitively loaded word line (3) with its common constant current source (21) by means of a constant current source (22) or current mirror disposed in each cell between the common-emitter node and the word line

    SELF-ALIGNED SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUITS

    公开(公告)号:DE3064247D1

    公开(公告)日:1983-08-25

    申请号:DE3064247

    申请日:1980-06-24

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: Self-aligned semiconductor circuits and process for manufacturing the circuits in which a plurality of transistors (206, 208, 240; 206, 208, 242) is provided, the collector regions/contacts (240, 228; 242, 228) and the base regions/contacts (254, 252; 256, 252) being mutually self-aligned. In one embodiment, the collectors have conductive layer contacts (such as metal) and are self-aligned to polysilicon base contacts while in another embodiment the base contacts are comprised of a conductive (metal) layer while polysilicon is used for the collector contacts. The collectors (240, 242) of these transistors can be butted to a recessed field oxide (214) to reduce the extrinsic base area and to minimize excess charge storage in the base region (208). The base contacts, whether polysilicon or metal, etc., provide alternate base current paths so that the removal of the extrinsic base area does not adversely affect the total amount of base current which can flow.

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