Author: claimsbot

1. A front end module comprising:
an antenna path; and
a triplexer that is connected to the antenna path, to a first signal path, to a second signal path, and to a third signal path;
a first switch to connect the first signal path to one of at least four first partial paths;
a second switch to connect the second signal path to one of at least four second partial paths;
a substrate; and
at least one chip that is on the substrate, the triplexer comprising part of the substrate and part of at least one chip on the substrate;
wherein the first signal path is for transmitting signals in at least two first frequency bands that are for different transmission systems;
wherein the second signal path is for transmitting signals in at least two second frequency bands that are for different transmission systems;
wherein the third signal path is for transmitting signals in a third frequency band;
wherein a passband of the third signal path is between passbands of the first signal path and the second signal path;
wherein the triplexer comprises a low-pass filter that is connected to the first signal path and a high-pass filter that is connected to the second signal path;
wherein the triplexer comprises a band-pass filter that is connected to the third signal path;
wherein the high-pass filter comprises a capacitor and an inductor that are electrically connected, and the low-pass filter comprises a capacitor and an inductor that are electrically connected; and
wherein the band-pass filter comprises a surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter or a bulk acoustic resonator (BAW) filter.
2. The front end module of claim 1, wherein the at least four first partial paths comprise at least two receiving paths, at least one transmitting path, and at least one transceiving path.
3. The front end module of claim 1, wherein the at least four second partial paths comprise at least two receiving paths, at least one transmitting path, and at least one transceiving path.
4. The front end module of claim 2, wherein the at least one transmitting path is for transmitting data for at least two different transmission systems.
5. The front end module of claim 2, wherein a reception filter is in each receiving path;
wherein a transmission filter is in each transmitting path; and
wherein a reception filter is in the third signal path.
6. The front end module of claim 5, wherein reception filters and transmission filters comprise parts of at least one chip that is mounted on the substrate.
7. The front end module of claim 2, wherein a duplexer is in each transceiving path.
8. The front end module of claim 7, wherein each duplexer comprises part of at least one chip that is on a substrate.
9. The front end module of claim 1, wherein the first and second switches comprise parts of at least one chip that is on the substrate.
10. The front end module of claim 2, wherein a preamplifier is in each receiving path;
wherein a power amplifier is in each transmitting path;
wherein each preamplifier comprises part of at least one LNA chip that is on the substrate; and
wherein each power amplifier comprises part of at least one PA chip that is on the substrate.
11. A front end module comprising:
a triplexer that is connectable to an antenna path, to a first signal path, to a second signal path, and to a third signal path;
a first switch to connect the first signal path to one of at least four first partial paths, at least some of the four first partial paths comprising first amplifiers;
a second switch to connect the second signal path to one of at least four second partial paths, at least some of the four first partial paths comprising second amplifiers;
wherein the front end module is a component that is surface-mountable;
wherein the first signal path is for transmitting signals in at least two first frequency bands that are for different transmission systems;
wherein the second signal path is for transmitting signals in at least two second frequency bands that are for different transmission systems;
wherein the third signal path is for transmitting signals in a third frequency band;
wherein a passband of the third signal path is between passbands of the first signal path and the second signal path;
wherein the triplexer comprises a low-pass filter that is connected to the first signal path and a high-pass filter that is connected to the second signal path;
wherein the triplexer comprises a band-pass filter that is connected to the third signal path;
wherein the high-pass filter comprises a capacitor and an inductor that are electrically connected, and the low-pass filter comprises a capacitor and an inductor that are electrically connected; and
wherein the band-pass filter comprises a surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter or a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filter.
12. The front end module of claim 11, wherein the at least four first partial paths comprise at least two receiving paths, at least one transmitting path, and at least one transceiving path.
13. The front end module of claim 11, wherein the at least four second partial paths comprise at least two receiving paths, at least one transmitting path, and at least one transceiving path.
14. The front end module of claim 12, wherein the at least one transmitting path is for transmitting data for at least two different transmission systems.
15. The front end module of claim 12, wherein a reception filter is in each receiving path;
wherein a transmission filter is in each transmitting path; and
wherein a reception filter is in the third signal path.
16. The front end module of claim 15, wherein reception filters and transmission filters comprise parts of at least one chip that is mounted on a substrate.
17. The front end module of claim 12, wherein a duplexer is in each transceiving path.
18. The front end module of claim 17, wherein each duplexer comprises part of at least one chip that is on a substrate.
19. The front end module of claim 11, wherein the first and second switches comprise parts of at least one chip that is on a substrate.
20. The front end module of claim 12, wherein a preamplifier is in each receiving path;
wherein a power amplifier is in each transmitting path;
wherein each preamplifier comprises part of at least one LNA chip that is on a substrate; and
wherein each power amplifier comprises part of at least one PA chip that is on the substrate.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method comprising:
writing a group of initial data directly to an original data page having a first logical block address in a memory block comprising a plurality of types of memory cell sectors arranged in data pages of a first type and log pages of a second type, the first log page comprising resistive random access memory (RRAM) cells, the second log page comprising spin torque random access memory (STRAM) cells, the first and second types of memory cell each comprising non-volatile memory, the second type of memory cell configured to be updated in-place the first type of memory cell configured to be updated only by page, the log pages dedicated to storing updated versions of groups of initial data present in at least one data page of the memory block and the data pages configured to receive the group of initial data prior to the log pages being written with an updated version of the group of initial data;
updating the group of initial data by maintaining the group of initial data in the original data page while writing a first group of updated data to a first log page having the first logical block address in response to the group of initial data sector becoming outdated, the group of updated data relating to the group of initial data; and
overwriting the first group of updated data in the first log page with a second group of updated data.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second groups of updated data are written to the first log page.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second group of updated data is written to a second log page before the overwriting step.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein a forward pointer is established from the first data page to the first log page.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein a read request accesses the first log page instead of the original data page.

1. A terminal made of a conductive metal, comprising:
a contact portion having a number of contact protrusions for making electrical contact with terminal portions of a cable, a longitudinal lateral section of each contact protrusion having a polygonal shape, a push nib being positioned on a leading end of each contact protrusion, the push nib having a pointed leading end;
a support portion connected to the contact portion via a connection portion and supported on a fixing portion to prevent the contact portion from playing; and
a mounting portion positioned on a side of the connection portion and electrically connected to an outside.
2. The terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the push nib has a triangular shape.
3. The terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact portion, the support portion, and the mounting portion have a width larger than a thickness.
4. A terminal positioned on a connector mounted on a substrate, the terminal comprising:
a first side electrically connected to the substrate;
a second side electrically connected to terminal portions of a flexible cable;
a contact portion electrically connected to the terminal portions of the flexible cable; and
at least two contact protrusions positioned on the contact portion and electrically connected to the terminal portions, respectively, a longitudinal lateral section of each contact protrusion having a polygonal shape, a push nib being positioned on a leading end of each contact protrusion, the push nib having a pointed leading end.
5. The terminal as claimed in claim 4, wherein the push nib has a triangular shape.
6. The terminal as claimed in claim 4, wherein the contact portion, a support portion, and a mounting portion have a width larger than a thickness.
7. A connector comprising:
a housing;
a number of terminals positioned in the housing while being at least partially exposed to an outside and electrically connected to a substrate, the terminals are arranged at a predetermined interval, at least two contact protrusions being formed on each of the terminals while being electrically connected to terminal portions of a cable, a longitudinal lateral section of each contact protrusion having a polygonal shape, a push nib being positioned on a leading end of each contact protrusion, the push nib having a pointed leading end; and
an attachment device positioned on the housing so as to attach the terminal portions of the cable to the contact protrusions of the terminals.
8. The connector as claimed in claim 7, wherein each of the terminals comprises:
a contact portion having the at least two contact protrusions;
a support portion extending in a direction parallel to the contact portion, the support portion having an end connected to the contact portion via a connection portion, the support portion being supported on a fixing portion to prevent the contact portion from playing; and
a mounting portion positioned on a side of the connection portion and electrically connected to an outside.
9. The connector as claimed in claim 7, wherein the push nib has a triangular shape.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1-14. (canceled)
15. A network of antennas for contactless reading or writing of RFID tags in a detection volume, comprising three or four flat, independent antennas sequentially connected to a single reader by a switch, wherein:
planes of the antennas pass through a readingwritingdetection volume centered in the detection volume,
for every pair of antennas, an intersection of their planes is comprised in the optimal readingwriting volume, and
the antennas are arranged so that any direction in the optimal readingwriting volume forms an angle of about 45\xb0 or less with at least one of the planes of the antennas.
16. The network according to claim 15, wherein the optimal detection volume has a similar cross-section and a surface comprised between about 10% and about 75% of that of the detection area.
17. The network according to claim 15, comprising three orthogonal antennas offset by 120\xb0 around a longitudinal axis of a detection area.
18. The network according to claim 15, comprising three quadrilateral antennas.
19. The network according to claim 15, comprising four antennas.
20. The network according to claim 19, wherein the antennas are rectangular and a detection area is a right-angled parallelepiped and each antenna passes through the detection area from one side of an entrance end of the detection area to an opposite side of an opposite end.
21. The network according to claim 15, wherein the switch provides an interface between the reader and the antennas are controlled by the reader and make it possible to supply the antennas independently with energy.
22. The network according to claim 15, wherein it comprises, in addition, shielding against external interference and disturbances.
23. A system for detecting RFID tags placed on a detection volume comprising at least two networks of antennas according to claim 15, wherein the networks of antennas overlap and are offset in relation to one another.
24. The system according to claim 23, wherein offsets between the networks are substantially equal to the width of the volume of the optimal reading volume in a direction of the offsets.
25. The system according to claim 23, wherein the reader is capable of controlling the switch sequentially to supply the antennas one by one, network after network.
26. A method of readingwriting an RFID tag in the network according to claim 15, comprising, when a tag passes through the network, successively and for each of the antennas:
tuning the antenna,
supplying power to the antenna with a multiplexer controlled by the reader,
reading readingwriting the RFID tag,
cutting the power supply to the antenna with the multiplexer, and
deactivating tuning the antenna.
27. The method according to claim 26, wherein tuning or deactivating the tuning comprises switching with the switch the antenna of the arrangement with an associated passive circuit for activating or deactivating the tuning.
28. The method according to claim 26, further comprising a prior step of detection, by a sensor connected to the switch and to the reader, of a tag in the network.