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Intel patent applications published on 11 March 2010

Administrator — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:35:34 +0000

1 US patent application published on 11 March 2010 and assigned to Intel

20100061377

FLEXIBLE AND EXTENSIBLE RECEIVE SIDE SCALING

Intel patents granted on 09 March 2010

Administrator — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:34:42 +0000

22 US patents granted on 09 March 2010 and assigned to Intel

1	7,676,800	Method and apparatus for reducing the storage overhead of portable executable (PE) images
2	7,676,796	Device, system and method for maintaining a pre-defined number of free registers within an instrumented program
3	7,676,733	Techniques to perform forward error correction for an electrical backplane
4	7,676,665	Arrangements for initialization-time and run-time integration of firmware and software extensions for supporting add-in hardware
5	7,676,654	Extended register space apparatus and methods for processors
6	7,676,604	Task context direct indexing in a protocol engine
7	7,676,603	Write combining protocol between processors and chipsets
8	7,676,595	Anycast addressing for internet protocol version six
9	7,676,535	Enhanced floating-point unit for extended functions
10	7,676,231	Methods and apparatus for selecting communication channels based on channel load information
11	7,676,197	Signal spectrum steering method, apparatus, and system
12	7,676,105	Method, apparatus, article and system for use in association with images
13	7,676,103	Enhancing video sharpness and contrast by luminance and chrominance transient improvement
14	7,676,027	Systems and methods to send and receive encrypted DTMF digits in a data flow
15	7,675,999	Multicarrier receiver and method with phase noise reduced signal
16	7,675,928	Increasing cache hits in network processors using flow-based packet assignment to compute engines
17	7,675,871	Split transaction protocol for a bus system
18	7,675,792	Generating reference currents compensated for process variation in non-volatile memories
19	7,675,182	Die warpage control
20	7,675,160	Individual sub-assembly containing a ceramic interposer, silicon voltage regulator, and array capacitor
21	7,674,729	Method and apparatus for imprinting a circuit pattern using ultrasonic vibrations
22	7,674,390	Zeolite–sol gel nano-composite low k dielectric

Intel patent applications published on 04 March 2010

Administrator — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:15:03 +0000

3 US patent applications published on 04 March 2010 and assigned to Intel

1	20100058336	ASSIGNMENT, AT LEAST IN PART, OF AT LEAST ONE VIRTUAL MACHINE TO AT LEAST ONE PACKET
2	20100056154	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELOCATING A FOREIGN AGENT FOR AN IDLE MODE MOBILE STATION IN A PROXY MOBILE INTERNET PROTOCOL ENABLED ACCESS SERVICE NETWORK
3	20100053655	ERROR DIFFUSION-BASED IMAGE PROCESSING

Intel patents granted on 02 March 2010

Administrator — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:07:12 +0000

36 US patents granted on 02 March 2010 and assigned to Intel

1	7,673,345	Providing extended memory protection
2	7,673,254	Apparatus, system and method for context and language specific data entry
3	7,673,170	Personal computer bus protocol with error correction mode
4	7,673,129	Secure booting from a memory device
5	7,673,128	Methods and apparatus to facilitate fast restarts in processor systems
6	7,673,126	Methods and apparatus to self-initialize a processor
7	7,673,113	Method for dynamic load balancing on partitioned systems
8	7,673,111	Memory system with both single and consolidated commands
9	7,673,090	Hot plug interface control method and apparatus
10	7,673,073	Multiphase encoded protocol and synchronization of buses
11	7,673,041	Method to perform exact string match in the data plane of a network processor
12	7,673,026	Speed sensitive content delivery in a client-server network
13	7,672,657	Tunable filter apparatus, systems, and methods
14	7,672,653	Removing interfering signals in a broadband radio frequency receiver
15	7,672,529	Techniques to detect Gaussian noise
16	7,672,407	Mitigation of interference from periodic noise
17	7,672,387	Multiple input, multiple output wireless communication system, associated methods and data structures
18	7,672,372	Method and system for data management in a video decoder
19	7,672,365	Apparatus and methods for communicating using symbol-modulated subcarriers
20	7,672,335	Non-integer word size translation through rotation of different buffer alignment channels
21	7,672,178	Dynamic adaptive read return of DRAM data
22	7,672,132	Electronic packaging apparatus and method
23	7,672,120	Interchangeable keyboard for computer systems
24	7,671,865	Refresh of display
25	7,671,694	Programmable passive equalizer
26	7,671,471	Method for making a semiconductor device having a high-k dielectric layer and a metal gate electrode
27	7,671,456	Power management integrated circuit
28	7,671,414	Semiconductor on insulator apparatus
29	7,671,358	Plasma implantated impurities in junction region recesses
30	7,671,120	Chain extension for thermal materials
31	7,670,951	Grid array connection device and method
32	7,670,928	Ultra-thin oxide bonding for S1 to S1 dual orientation bonding
33	7,670,919	Integrated capacitors in package-level structures, processes of making same, and systems containing same
34	7,670,894	Selective high-k dielectric film deposition for semiconductor device
35	7,670,866	Multi-die molded substrate integrated circuit device
36	7,670,167	Socket that engages a pin grid array

Intel patent applications published on 25 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:29:54 +0000

2 US patent applications published on 25 February 2010 and assigned to Intel

1	20100046671	OFDM RECEIVER AND METHODS FOR OPERATING IN HIGH-THROUGHPUT AND INCREASED RANGE MODES
2	20100045261	DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY TECHNIQUE FOR PHASE DETECTORS USED IN DIGITAL FEEDBACK DELAY LOCKED LOOPS

Intel patents granted on 23 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:46:16 +0000

35 US patents granted on 23 February 2010 and assigned to Intel

1	7,669,242	Agent presence monitor configured to execute in a secure environment
2	7,669,229	Network protecting authentication proxy
3	7,669,203	Virtual multithreading translation mechanism including retrofit capability
4	7,669,069	Control of link supply power based on link port mode
5	7,669,009	Method and apparatus for run-ahead victim selection to reduce undesirable replacement behavior in inclusive caches
6	7,668,958	Method for discovery and routing using a priori knowledge in the form of application programme within mobile AD-HOC networks
7	7,668,948	Staggered time zones
8	7,668,945	Network booting using a platform management coprocessor
9	7,668,698	Duty cycle calibration for receiver clock
10	7,668,614	Optimization-based process scheduling method and system
11	7,668,524	Clock deskewing method, apparatus, and system
12	7,668,387	Selective local transient improvement and peaking for video sharpness enhancement
13	7,668,306	Method and apparatus for connecting packet telephony calls between secure and non-secure networks
14	7,668,260	Method of and apparatus for detecting impulsive noise, method of operating a demodulator, demodulator and radio receiver
15	7,668,194	Dual speed interface between media access control unit and physical unit
16	7,668,165	Hardware-based multi-threading for packet processing
17	7,668,160	Methods for performing packet classification
18	7,668,147	Communication system with fast control traffic
19	7,668,139	Mobile handover utilizing multicast in a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS)-based network
20	7,668,129	Learning mechanism to configure power save parameters for automatic power save delivery
21	7,668,121	Purging of authentication key contexts by base stations on handoff
22	7,668,102	Techniques to manage retransmissions in a wireless network
23	7,668,098	Method and apparatus for improving the upstream data transfer rate for a cable modem
24	7,667,507	Edge-timing adjustment circuit
25	7,667,447	Load adaptive power delivery
26	7,667,320	Integrated circuit package with improved power signal connection
27	7,667,319	Electroosmotic pump using nanoporous dielectric frit
28	7,666,796	Substrate patterning for multi-gate transistors
29	7,666,778	Method of arranging solder balls for ball grid array packages
30	7,666,768	Through-die metal vias with a dispersed phase of graphitic structures of carbon for reduced thermal expansion and increased electrical conductance
31	7,666,727	Semiconductor device having a laterally modulated gate workfunction and method of fabrication
32	7,666,714	Assembly of thin die coreless package
33	7,666,555	Pellicle, methods of fabrication and methods of use for extreme ultraviolet lithography
34	7,666,465	Introducing nanotubes in trenches and structures formed thereby
35	7,665,399	System and method for vacuum generated imprinting

Intel patent applications published on 18 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:35:49 +0000

1 US patent application published on 18 February 2010 and assigned to Intel

20100042579

GENERATING AND/OR RECEIVING, AT LEAST IN PART, AT LEAST ONE DATA ACCESS REQUEST

Intel patents granted on 16 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:09:04 +0000

23 US patents granted on 16 February 2010 and assigned to Intel

1	7,665,008	Method and apparatus for implementing a low density parity check code in a wireless system
2	7,665,005	In situ processor margin testing
3	7,665,000	Meeting point thread characterization
4	7,664,970	Method and apparatus for a zero voltage processor sleep state
5	7,664,915	High performance raid-6 system architecture with pattern matching
6	7,664,892	Method, system, and program for managing data read operations on network controller with offloading functions
7	7,664,889	DMA descriptor management mechanism
8	7,664,648	Method and apparatus to provision a network appliance
9	7,664,529	Methods and apparatus for data communication for mobile electronic devices
10	7,664,274	Enhanced acoustic transmission system and method
11	7,664,269	Encrypting message for secure transmission
12	7,664,215	Signal alignment based on data signal
13	7,664,119	Method and apparatus to perform network routing
14	7,664,085	Wireless communication device and method for coordinating communications among wireless local area networks (WLANs) and broadband wireless access (BWA) networks
15	7,664,037	Multichannel mesh network, multichannel mesh router and methods for routing using bottleneck channel identifiers
16	7,663,490	Methods and apparatus for efficiently tracking activity using radio frequency identification
17	7,663,442	Data receiver including a transconductance amplifier
18	7,663,230	Methods of forming channels on an integrated circuit die and die cooling systems including such channels
19	7,663,192	CMOS device and method of manufacturing same
20	7,663,172	Vertical memory device and method
21	7,662,689	Strained transistor integration for CMOS
22	7,662,674	Methods of forming electromigration and thermal gradient based fuse structures
23	7,662,501	Transpiration cooling and fuel cell for ultra mobile applications

Intel patent applications published on 11 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:16:46 +0000

No US patent applications published on 11 February 2010 and assigned to Intel

Intel patents granted on 09 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:38:05 +0000

20 US patents granted on 09 February 2010 and assigned to Intel

1	7,661,054	Methods and arrangements to remap degraded storage blocks
2	7,661,038	Link adaptation for retransmission error-control technique transmissions
3	7,660,977	System and method to control microcode updates after booting an operating system in a computing platform
4	7,660,922	Mechanism to flexibly support multiple device numbers on point-to-point interconnect upstream ports
5	7,660,913	Out-of-band platform recovery
6	7,660,371	Normalized auto-correlators
7	7,660,349	Transmit equalizer compensation for probe receivers
8	7,660,298	Systems and techniques for optimistic caching for address translations
9	7,660,289	System, apparatus and method of varying channel bandwidth
10	7,660,278	Methods and apparatus for providing a roaming support system
11	7,660,276	System and related methods for beamforming in a multi-point communications environment
12	7,660,268	Determining the presence of IP multicast routers
13	7,660,054	Thermally controlled sold immersion lens fixture
14	7,659,977	Apparatus and method for imaging with surface enhanced coherent anti-stokes raman scattering (SECARS)
15	7,659,762	Clock synchronizer
16	7,659,753	Analog comparator with precise threshold control
17	7,659,196	Soluble hard mask for interlayer dielectric patterning
18	7,659,192	Methods of forming stepped bumps and structures formed thereby
19	7,659,143	Dual-chip integrated heat spreader assembly, packages containing same, and systems containing same
20	7,658,975	Sealing porous dielectric materials

Intel patent applications published on 04 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:28:16 +0000

1 US patent application published on 04 February 2010 and assigned to Intel

20100030930

BANDWIDTH CONSERVING PROTOCOL FOR COMMAND-RESPONSE BUS SYSTEM

Intel patents granted on 02 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:01:23 +0000

34 US patents granted on 02 February 2010 and assigned to Intel

1	7,657,894	Detecting lock acquisition hierarchy violations in multithreaded programs
2	7,657,881	Using optimized libraries to improve performance of deployed application code at runtime
3	7,657,880	Safe store for speculative helper threads
4	7,657,862	Synchronous elastic designs with early evaluation
5	7,657,767	Cache leakage shut-off mechanism
6	7,657,766	Apparatus for an energy efficient clustered micro-architecture
7	7,657,724	Addressing device resources in variable page size environments
8	7,657,698	Systems and methods for chassis identification
9	7,657,693	Router to use three levels of arbitration for a crossbar channel
10	7,657,232	Offset-frequency loop-back calibration
11	7,657,228	Device, system and method of noise identification and cancellation
12	7,657,131	Systems and methods for integrated optical circuitry for high data rate optical transmission and reception
13	7,657,079	Single constraint at a time (SCAAT) tracking of a virtual reality (VR) display
14	7,656,983	Dual clock domain deskew circuit
15	7,656,892	Method and apparatus of multi-entity wireless communication adapter
16	7,656,891	Method and apparatus enabling concurrent processing of contiguously and virtually concatenated payloads
17	7,656,707	Systems and methods for discrete channel decoding of LDPC codes for flash memory
18	7,656,702	Ultra low voltage, low leakage, high density, variation tolerant memory bit cells
19	7,656,682	Electromagnetic noise reduction device
20	7,656,644	iTFC with optimized C(T)
21	7,656,635	Overheat detection in thermally controlled devices
22	7,656,523	Multiplexed raman detection with filter set
23	7,656,410	Image buffering techniques
24	7,656,409	Graphics processing on a processor core
25	7,656,397	Pointing device with integrated audio input and associated methods
26	7,656,387	Method and machine-accessible medium for controlling multiple processing units with a single input device
27	7,656,226	Switched capacitor equalizer with offset voltage cancelling
28	7,656,200	Multiple-phase, differential sampling and steering
29	7,656,184	Detecting counterfeit products
30	7,656,151	Printed circuit board with an opening to access components attached to the printed circuit board
31	7,656,035	C4 joint reliability
32	7,655,986	Systems and methods for reducing contact to gate shorts
33	7,655,517	Spin polarization amplifying transistor
34	7,654,433	Flux overspray removal masks with channels, methods of assembling same, and systems containing same

Intel patent applications published on 28 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:19:42 +0000

3 US patent applications published on 28 January 2010 and assigned to Intel

1	20100023782	CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY-TO-POLICY ASSOCIATION AND ENFORCEMENT FOR SECURE KEY-MANAGEMENT AND POLICY EXECUTION
2	20100023768	Method and system for security key agreement
3	20100022083	CARBON NANOTUBE INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES

Intel patents granted on 26 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:51:23 +0000

35 US patents granted on 26 January 2010 and assigned to Intel

1	7,653,929	Power management apparatus, systems, and methods
2	7,653,906	Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption on simultaneous multi-threading systems
3	7,653,904	System for forming a critical update loop to continuously reload active thread state from a register storing thread state until another active thread is detected
4	7,653,864	Method and apparatus to perform error control
5	7,653,850	Delay fault detection using latch with error sampling
6	7,653,846	Memory cell bit valve loss detection and restoration
7	7,653,808	Providing selectable processor abstraction layer components within one BIOS program
8	7,653,786	Power reduction for processor front-end by caching decoded instructions
9	7,653,727	Cooperative embedded agents
10	7,653,392	Methods and systems for heterogeneous wireless network discovery and selection
11	7,653,368	Radio receiver and a method thereof
12	7,653,367	Squelch detector
13	7,653,257	Enhancing video sequence sharpness by adaptive peaking
14	7,653,196	Apparatus and method for performing RC4 ciphering
15	7,653,167	Phase deglitch circuit for phase interpolator for high-speed serial I/O applications
16	7,653,165	Pulse amplitude modulated system with reduced intersymbol interference
17	7,653,164	Adaptive IQ imbalance correction for multicarrier wireless communication systems
18	7,653,163	Systems for communicating using multiple frequency bands in a wireless network
19	7,653,147	Transmitter control
20	7,653,119	Extending orthogonal frequency division multiplexed wireless local area networks using direct sequence spread spectrum/complementary code keying
21	7,653,069	Two stage queue arbitration
22	7,653,035	Interference rejection in wireless receivers
23	7,653,032	Applying wireless network connection profiles using windows management instrumentation
24	7,653,014	Configuring a transmission mode between devices
25	7,652,910	Floating body memory array
26	7,652,882	Method and apparatus for dissipating heat from an electronic device
27	7,652,624	Millimeter-wave communication stations with directional antennas and methods for fast link recovery
28	7,652,459	Adaptive controller with mode tracking and parametric estimation for digital power converters
29	7,652,373	Power delivery using an integrated heat spreader
30	7,652,372	Microfluidic cooling of integrated circuits
31	7,652,272	Plasma-based debris mitigation for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source
32	7,651,308	Carrier to hold semiconductor device using opposed rollers
33	7,651,021	Microball attachment using self-assembly for substrate bumping
34	7,651,020	Amphiphilic block copolymers for improved flux application
35	7,650,694	Method for forming multilayer substrate

Intel patent applications published on 21 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:25:21 +0000

2 US patent applications published on 21 January 2010 and assigned to Intel

1	20100017549	MECHANISM TO FLEXIBLY SUPPORT MULTIPLE DEVICE NUMBERS ON POINT-TO-POINT INTERCONNECT UPSTREAM PORTS
2	20100011872	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SELF-POWERED RFID-READABLE PEDOMETER

Intel patents granted on 19 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:33:29 +0000

29 US patents granted on 19 January 2010 and assigned to Intel

1	7,650,558	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for using the same memory type for both error check and non-error check memory systems
2	7,650,540	Detecting and differentiating SATA loopback modes
3	7,650,518	Method, apparatus, and system for increasing single core performance in a multi-core microprocessor
4	7,650,489	Determining coherency between a non-volatile memory and a system
5	7,650,488	Communication between processor core partitions with exclusive read or write to descriptor queues for shared memory space
6	7,650,464	Object relocation guided by data cache miss profile
7	7,650,459	High speed interface for non-volatile memory
8	7,650,372	Method and apparatus for varying-radix numeration system
9	7,650,273	Performance simulation of multiprocessor systems
10	7,650,271	Time-domain device noise simulator
11	7,650,117	Mitigating interference between wireless systems
12	7,649,955	MIMO receiver and method for beamforming using CORDIC operations
13	7,649,868	Method and system for evaluating a wireless link
14	7,649,861	Multiple antenna multicarrier communication system and method with reduced mobile-station processing
15	7,649,845	Handling hot spots in interconnection networks
16	7,649,836	Link state machine for the advanced switching (AS) architecture
17	7,649,833	Multichannel orthogonal frequency division multiplexed receivers with antenna selection and maximum-ratio combining and associated methods
18	7,649,745	Circuit board including stubless signal paths and method of making same
19	7,649,429	Controlling coupling strength in electromagnetic bus coupling
20	7,649,407	Digitally tuned, integrated RF filters with enhanced linearity for multi-band radio applications
21	7,649,396	Soft error rate hardened latch
22	7,649,388	Analog voltage recovery circuit
23	7,649,385	Logic with state retentive sleep mode
24	7,649,371	Thermal stratification methods
25	7,649,265	Micro-via structure design for high performance integrated circuits
26	7,649,264	Hard mask for low-k interlayer dielectric patterning
27	7,649,239	Dielectric spacers for metal interconnects and method to form the same
28	7,649,191	Forming a carbon layer between phase change layers of a phase change memory
29	7,648,803	Diagonal corner-to-corner sub-resolution assist features for photolithography

Intel patent applications published on 14 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:04:14 +0000

1 US patent application published on 14 January 2010 and assigned to Intel

20100008408

GERAN TRANSCEIVER AND METHOD FOR COOPERATIVE CHANNEL ENCODING ACROSS MULTIPLE GERAN TONAL CARRIERS

Intel patents granted on 12 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:03:09 +0000

21 US patents granted on 12 January 2010 and assigned to Intel

1	7,647,616	Method to measure the perceived quality of streaming media
2	7,647,585	Methods and apparatus to detect patterns in programs
3	7,647,557	Techniques for shuffling video information
4	7,647,536	Repair bits for a low voltage cache
5	7,647,509	Method and apparatus for managing power in a processing system with multiple partitions
6	7,647,508	Methods and apparatus for providing integrity protection for management and control traffic of wireless communication networks
7	7,647,482	Methods and apparatus for dynamic register scratching
8	7,647,476	Common analog interface for multiple processor cores
9	7,647,474	Saving system context in the event of power loss
10	7,646,868	Method for steganographic cryptography
11	7,646,779	Hierarchical packet scheduler using hole-filling and multiple packet buffering
12	7,646,759	Apparatus and method for configuring data plane behavior on network forwarding elements
13	7,646,716	Packet processing in a wireless network
14	7,646,701	Incremental redundancy using high-order modulation and coding schemes
15	7,646,607	Quasi-radial heatsink with rectangular form factor and uniform fin length
16	7,646,214	Power harvesting signal line termination
17	7,646,108	Multiple output voltage regulator
18	7,646,093	Thermal management of dies on a secondary side of a package
19	7,646,071	Asymmetric channel doping for improved memory operation for floating body cell (FBC) memory
20	7,645,368	Orientation independent electroosmotic pump
21	7,644,871	Flux spray atomization and splash control

Intel patent applications published on 07 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:36:33 +0000

No US patent applications published on 07 January 2010 and assigned to Intel

Intel patents granted on 05 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:37:12 +0000

29 US patents granted on 05 January 2010 and assigned to Intel

1	7,644,407	Method, apparatus and system for seamlessly sharing a graphics device amongst virtual machines
2	7,644,347	Silent data corruption mitigation using error correction code with embedded signaling fault detection
3	7,644,345	Bit distributor for multicarrier communication systems employing adaptive bit loading for multiple spatial streams and methods
4	7,644,344	Latency by offsetting cyclic redundancy code lanes from data lanes
5	7,644,328	Sharing routing of a test signal with an alternative power supply to combinatorial logic for low power design
6	7,644,293	Method and apparatus for dynamically controlling power management in a distributed system
7	7,644,250	Defining pin functionality at device power on
8	7,644,248	Mechanism to generate logically dedicated read and write channels in a memory controller
9	7,644,236	Memory cache bank prediction
10	7,644,225	Performance or power-optimized code/data storage for nonvolatile memories
11	7,644,188	Distributing tasks in data communications
12	7,644,142	Methods and apparatus to perform process placement for distributed applications
13	7,644,130	Method and apparatus for transparent selection of alternate network interfaces in a message passing interface (”MPI”) implementation
14	7,644,049	Decision forest based classifier for determining predictive importance in real-time data analysis
15	7,643,803	Power estimation of a transmission
16	7,643,710	Method and apparatus for efficient coupling between silicon photonic chip and optical fiber
17	7,643,551	Compressing video frames
18	7,643,519	Pre-processing and packetizing data in accordance with telecommunication protocol
19	7,643,502	Method and apparatus to perform frame coalescing
20	7,643,477	Buffering data packets according to multiple flow control schemes
21	7,643,410	Method and apparatus for managing a connection in a connection orientated environment
22	7,643,275	Adjustable portable computer
23	7,643,020	Driving liquid crystal materials using low voltages
24	7,642,791	Electronic component/interface interposer
25	7,642,764	Voltage regulator with loadline based mostly on dynamic current
26	7,642,698	Dual direction rake piezo actuator
27	7,642,610	Transistor gate electrode having conductor material layer
28	7,642,603	Semiconductor device with reduced fringe capacitance
29	7,641,481	Non-intrusive interposer for accessing integrated circuit package signals