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US 8387464 · 2013 · Freescale Semiconductor

Combining Sealed and Exposed Sensors on One Microchip

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How a Tiny Sensor Uses an Extra Weight to Detect Motion

US 8130043 · 2012 · Anadigics

How Multi-Stage Power Amplifiers Save Battery Life in Wireless Devices

US 9141832 · 2015 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Combining Radio Signals Efficiently with Special Wires

US 6552634 · 2003

Designing Electronic Networks for Efficient Power Amplification

US 8269555 · 2012 · NXP BV

How to Make Radio Amplifiers More Efficient

US 9685235 · 2017 · Seoul National University R&DB Foundation

How to Prepare 3D Flash Memory for Use

US 10019188 · 2018 · Samsung Electronics Co

How NAND Flash Memory Adjusts to Cold Temperatures

US 9411722 · 2016 · SanDisk Technologies

How Asynchronous Buffers Speed Up Non-Volatile Memory Access

US 11593031 · 2023 · Samsung Electronics Co

How Devices Use 'Credits' to Manage Data Flow to Storage

US 20260003141 · AT&S Austria Technologie und Systemtechnik AG

How Chips Talk Fast with Light Inside a Circuit Board

US 12181722 · 2024 · Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co TSMC

Stacking Chips with Light-Guiding Plastic Wires

US 9055681 · 2015 · International Business Machines

Attaching Flexible Circuits with Light Sensors to a Chip

US 12326604 · 2025 · Corning

How Chips Get Both Light and Electricity on a Special Glass Base

US 9412678 · 2016 · Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co TSMC

How to Stack Two Computer Chips with Direct Connections

US 8310051 · 2012 · MediaTek

How Chips Are Stacked and Wired in Tiny Phone Parts

US 7824959 · 2010 · Samsung Electronics Co

How to Stack Computer Chips on a Wafer for Smaller Devices

US 20250172879 · Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co TSMC

How to Clean Metal Off Wafers After EUV Chipmaking

US 10514610 · 2019 · Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co TSMC

Making Tiny Chip Patterns Using Gas and Light

US 9256834 · 2016 · Microsoft Technology Licensing

How Quantum Computers Use Special Devices to Control Qubits

US 20240296359 · Google

How Quantum Computers Learn to Sort Data

US 11417435 · 2022 · GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas

How a Nuclear Reactor's Rotating Drum Controls Power

US 10818403 · 2020 · Nuscale Power

How Nuclear Power Plants Reuse Fuel Between Multiple Reactors

US 11728052 · 2023 · Terra Power

TerraPower's Molten Salt Reactor with Internal Heat Exchangers

US 12073952 · 2024 · BWXT Technical Services Group

Using Gas Pressure to Safely Control Liquid Fuel Nuclear Reactors

US 10522884 · 2019 · Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries to Make New Cathode Materials

US 20240186800 · Mirai Labo Co

How a System Tracks and Transfers Rechargeable Batteries Between Users

US 9397374 · 2016 · Hitachi Automotive Systems

How to Grade Used Batteries for a Second Life

US 20120091953 · Tesla Motor

How Electric Cars Adjust Charging Speed to Available Power

US 11235681 · 2022 · Inventus Holdings

Smart EV Charging to Protect Battery Life During Long Parking

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