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| US07760460B2 |
Head integrated circuit and storage apparatus including the same
A head integrated circuit for driving a head. The head includes at least a head unit and a heating element for adjusting the spacing between the head and a storage medium. The head integrated circuit includes at least a read amplifier for amplifying the read signal from the head unit and a heater drive circuit for driving the heating element. The heater drive circuit includes a measuring circuit configured to measure the level of power supplied to the heating element, an error calculating circuit configured to calculate an error between a predetermined power level and the measured power level, a pulse width modulation circuit configured to modulate the error into a pulse width, and a switch configured to operate in response to a pulse from the pulse width modulation circuit and supply power to the heating element. |
| US07760455B2 |
Method and apparatus improving prevention of off-track writing in a hard disk drive
Embodiments of the invention include: a hard disk drive using a read track to position for writing to a write track and generating a position error signal (PES) based upon all four servo offset bursts used to disable writing when the PES exceeds a position error threshold; a preamplifier generating the PES from four bursts from a slider reading the read track to position when the write track is to be written, and methods of writing the write track using PES from four bursts of the read track that disables writing when the PES is above the position error threshold. |
| US07760453B2 |
Lens displacement device
The present invention provides a lens displacement device, applicable for moving micro image-capturing module lens, wherein the lens displacement device comprises: a lens slide base, a first hollow magnet, a hollow magnetic conducting plate, a second hollow magnet and a hollow coil. A first magnetic pole side of the hollow magnetic conducting plate is magnetically connected to the first hollow magnet, and a second magnetic pole side of the hollow magnetic conducting plate is magnetically connected to the second hollow magnet, which combined to form a magnetically connected assembly. The hollow coil is placed at the outer or inner perimeter of the magnetically connected assembly, and the hollow coil surrounds the magnetically connected assembly and they have a gap in-between them to allow for sliding. Herein the lens slide base rigidly connects the first hollow magnet of the magnetically connected assembly or the hollow coil. |
| US07760450B2 |
Lens system
A lens system includes a first lens and a second lens in order from the object side thereof. The first lens includes a first optical portion and a first mounting portion surrounding the first optical portion. The second lens includes a second optical portion with a convex object side surface, and a second mounting portion surrounding the second optical portion. The convex object side surface includes an optical surface at the center thereof and a first connecting surface surrounding the optical surface. The second mounting portion includes a second connecting surface surrounding the first connecting surface. Wherein the angle measured anti-clockwise from the first connecting surface to the axis of the lens system satisfies a certain condition. |
| US07760444B2 |
Imaging optical system and image pickup apparatus using the same
An imaging optical system includes in order from an object side thereof: a front lens unit having a negative refracting power, an aperture stop, and a rear lens unit having a positive refracting power. The front lens unit includes in order from the object side, a first lens having a negative refracting power. The rear lens unit includes in order from the object side, a second lens which is a positive lens, a third lens which is a negative lens, and a fourth lens which is a positive lens. The imaging optical system satisfies conditional expressions (1) and (2): 1.6<|fG1|/FA<5 . . . (1); 1.2 |
| US07760443B2 |
Zoom lens device
A zoom lens device is reduced in size and capable of zoom operation with the number of steps large enough to display the value as a zoom lens. The zoom lens device comprises lens system (A) with a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group arranged on optical axis (Z). It comprises zoom mechanism (E) for changing the focal distance of lens system (A) by changing the second lens group in the direction of optical axis (Z). It comprises focus mechanism (C) for adjusting the image forming position of lens system (A) by moving the third lens group13 in the same direction as optical axis (Z). It also comprises driving force transmitting section (B) for transmitting the driving force from the motor to zoom mechanism (E) and focus mechanism (C). Driving force transmitting section (B) includes stopwork (D) like Geneva drive (F) for intermittently transfer the driving force from the driving source to zoom mechanism (E). |
| US07760441B2 |
Zoom lens and imaging apparatus incorporating the same
The invention relates to a zoom lens and an imaging apparatus incorporating the same. More particularly, the invention is concerned with a zoom lens that is downsized for use with imaging apparatus inclusive of video cameras and digital cameras. The zoom lens comprises a positive first group G1, a negative lens group G2, a positive third group G3, a positive fourth group G4 and an aperture stop S. At least the first group G1 and the second group G2 move for zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end. The first group G1, the third group G3 and the aperture stop S are positioned more on the object side in a state of the telephoto end than in a state of the wide-angle end. The spacing sandwiched between the first group G1 and the second group G2 grows wide, the spacing sandwiched between the second group G2 and the third group G3 becomes narrows, and the spacing sandwiched between the third group G3 and the fourth lens group G4 grows wide. The first group G1 comprises one positive lens and one negative lens, the second group G2 comprises one positive lens and two negative lenses, the third group G3 comprises, in order from the object side, a double-convex positive lens convex on both object- and image-side surfaces and a negative meniscus lens convex on the object-side surface and concave on the image-side surface, and the fourth group G4 comprises on positive lens. |
| US07760440B2 |
Zoom lens
The zoom lens 100 comprises, sequentially from the object side, a stationary first lens group 110 having positive refractive power; a second lens group 120, having negative refractive power, and that moves on the optical axis when changing the magnification; a stationary third lens group 130 that has positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group 140, having positive refractive power. The first lens group 110 comprises six lenses. The second lens L2 is a meniscus lens that is formed so as to have at least one aspherical surface. The aspherical surface of the second lens L2 is formed at the shape wherein there is no displacement in the thickness from the center portion to the edge portion. Doing so enables the effective correction of distortion and off-axis aberration on the wide-angle side, and the provision of a high-performance zoom lens that is small and has a high variable magnification. |
| US07760436B2 |
Method for combination of light of different wavelengths
A method for dividing substantially nonpolarized white light into three substantially nonpolarized fractions includes splitting the substantially nonpolarized white light into a first fraction and a second fraction, the first fraction being substantially nonpolarized light of a first wavelength interval and the second fraction of substantially nonpolarized light of a second and a third wavelength interval, the first wavelength interval being located between the second and the third wavelength interval and splitting the second fraction into a third fraction with substantially nonpolarized light of the second wavelength interval and into a fourth fraction with substantially nonpolarized light of the third wavelength interval. |
| US07760434B2 |
Document illuminator with surface lens
A scanning apparatus includes an illuminator for illuminating a portion of a document to be scanned. The illuminator includes an array of discrete light sources and an optical element. The optical element includes a light-transmissive material and defines a focusing portion and an angular modification portion. The angular modification portion tends to reduce specular flare by modifying the angular distribution of light from the light sources which are within the acceptance angle of a lens arrangement which focuses light from the document onto a sensor. |
| US07760430B2 |
2D-3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus
A two-dimensional/three-dimensional (2D/3D) switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus is provided, including a display panel and a lenticular unit with a two-dimensional mode and a three-dimensional mode. In the two-dimensional mode, the lenticular unit transmits a single image, and in the three-dimensional mode, the lenticular unit separates an image from the display panel into a right-eye image and a left-eye image. The lenticular unit includes first and second lenticular lens sheets, a half-wave plate interposed between the first and second lenticular lens sheets, which rotates a polarization of incident light by 90 degrees, and first and second electro-optical mediums disposed between the first lenticular lens sheet and the half-wave plate and between the second lenticular lens sheet and the half-wave plate, respectively. First and second electro-optical media have refractive indices with respect to extraordinary rays that vary based on electric fields applied to the first and second electro-optical media. |
| US07760429B2 |
Multiple mode display device
An apparatus including a selection device and a multiple mode display device is disclosed. The multiple mode display device has a lens sheet including a plurality of individual lenticules forming a lenticular surface, an electro-optical modulator positioned adjacent the lens sheet, and a display device comprising a display surface. Alternatively, a multiple mode display arrangement is disclosed, having a lens sheet including a plurality of individual lenticules forming a lenticular surface and a display device comprising a display surface. The display device is positioned behind the lens sheet, thereby enabling viewing images transmitted in at least a planar mode and a stereoscopic mode. |
| US07760424B2 |
Infrared reflecting device
An infrared reflecting device includes a multi-layer infrared reflecting body composed of a plurality of superimposed infrared reflecting members, and temperature-sensitive members positioned surrounding the side faces of the multi-layer infrared reflecting body. The infrared reflecting member includes colloidal crystal particles arrayed at regular lattice spacing, and a filler interposed between the colloidal crystal particles. Depending on temperature, the temperature-sensitive members supply the filler with moisture, and the lattice spacing of the colloidal crystal particles changes due to swelling of the filler. Since lattice spacing changes the reflected wavelength from the ultraviolet region to the infrared region on the basis of Bragg's law and Snell's law, the amount of transmitted infrared radiation can be adjusted efficiently. |
| US07760423B2 |
Optical amplifier
The present invention relates to an optical amplifier with a structure for more effectively suppressing the over/undershoot in transient responses in high-speed AGC. This optical amplifier is an optical device for amplifying signal light inputted therein, and comprises a rare-earth-element-doped optical fiber, an optical coupler, a light-receiving section, a pumping light source, and a control section. In particular, as a typical structure of the optical amplifier, the rare-earth-element-doped optical fiber has a cutoff wavelength λc set longer than the pumping light wavelength λp but shorter than the signal light wavelength λs, and mainly allows a pumping light component in a fundamental mode to propagate therethrough. The pumping light and signal light are made incident on the first rare-earth-element-doped optical fiber such that only the pumping light component in the fundamental mode and a signal light component in the fundamental mode propagate through the first rare-earth-element-doped optical fiber in a state where the first rare-earth-element-doped optical fiber extends straight. |
| US07760418B2 |
Electrophoretic display device with improved reflective luminance
An electrophoretic display device with an improved reflective luminance is presented. The electrophoretic display device includes an electrophoretic display panel including sub-pixels corresponding to four colors (e.g., red, green, blue, and white). A signal converter is provided for receiving an image signal for three colors and converting it into an image signal for four colors. A data driver is provided for supplying the converted image signal for four colors to the sub-pixels as a data voltage. |
| US07760414B2 |
Optical device comprising a structure for avoiding reflections
An optical device includes a deflectable optical functional structure for interacting with electromagnetic radiation incident thereon, and a protective structure which is associated to the optical functional structure and at least partly transparent for the electromagnetic radiation. The optical functional structure is arranged in a manner tilted relative to the protective structure so that, in a non-deflected position of the optical functional structure, a main beam path of the electromagnetic radiation which interacts with the optical functional structure through the protective structure has an angle relative to a sub-beam path of the electromagnetic radiation reflected at the protective structure. |
| US07760413B2 |
Display element
A display element comprising an electrolyte layer containing silver or a compound containing silver in a chemical structure thereof and a porous white scattering layer between opposed electrodes, and carrying out driving operation for the opposed electrodes to induce silver dissolution and deposition, wherein the porous white scattering layer is structured of at least 2 layers and an average particle diameter of main component particles forming a first layer is larger than that of main component particles forming a second layer, provided that a porous white scattering layer adjacent to the electrode is designated as the first layer and a porous white scattering layer, located on a side farther than the first layer when viewed from the electrode, is designated as the second layer. |
| US07760410B2 |
Mirror support device and optical scanning apparatus adopting the same
A mirror support device has a frame with a mounting surface on which a mirror is mounted at an angle. An elastic member has a first end, a second end, and a plurality of pressing portions. The first end is fixed to the top of the frame, and the second end urges the mirror towards the mounting surface to fix the mirror to mounting surface. The plurality of pressing portions abut against the mirror when the second end urges the mirror towards the mounting surface. The pressing portion increases and more effectively apply a pressing force for supporting and fixing the mirror. Therefore, the mirror is fixed more securely and stably without deviation and deformation, and light scanning error and image quality degradation is prevented. |
| US07760404B2 |
Image processing device
An image processing device is provided with a reference position determining system that determines a reference position based on image data of an original, an image scanning system that scans the original line by line, the line extending in a main scanning direction, an image storing system that stores a predetermined number of lines of image data scanned by the image scanning system, a compensation value determining system that determines a compensation value which is used to make at least a position of a point in the predetermined number of lines of image data stored in the image storing system coincide with the reference position, and a compensating system that compensates the position of the predetermined number of lines of image data in accordance with the compensation value determined by the compensation value determining system. |
| US07760402B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method using a memory, scan controller, transmission controller, file manager and fax controller. The software is configured for an image process in which a facsimile function is controlled to operate a request function to issue the volume utilization request in response to generation of a facsimile transmission request. |
| US07760397B2 |
Calibration sheet and method of calibrating a digital printer
A method of controlling a color printing apparatus takes into account variations in color quality across a sheet, perpendicular to the process direction. The apparatus outputs a print sheet forming a test print, the test print including at least one primary strip extending along a cross-process direction of the printer, and a set of test patches. The test print is read, the reading including measuring actual colors of each of a plurality of portions of the primary strip along the cross-process direction. An in-line spectrophotometer, with an array of photosensors extending across the sheet path, can be used to make measurements across the primary strip. |
| US07760396B2 |
Image forming apparatus storing binary monochrome image data on internal memory and multi-level image data on external memory, image forming method, and computer program product
An image forming apparatus includes an obtaining unit that obtains from outside multilevel image data in color mode for forming a color print, and obtains binary image data in monochrome mode for forming a black-and-white print. The image forming apparatus also includes a volatile memory that stores therein the binary image data. |
| US07760395B2 |
Background color conversion for toner-saving printing
A toner saving printing method and related computer program product is described. The program analyzes an input file to extract data that represents background, and if the background is a solid dark color, changes the background to a colorless or a lighter color background. The colors of the foreground objects such as text and graphics are changed correspondingly to maintain adequate contrast between the foreground objects and the background. The method can be implemented as a part of a printer driver. |
| US07760394B2 |
Shading compensation circuit and control method thereof
A shading compensation circuit is provided which is capable of storing correction coefficients for shading compensation having optimal bit lengths, so that the data size of the correction coefficients can be reduced. The shading compensation circuit 10 for correcting the shading properties with respect to a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, has horizontal correction coefficient HHK and vertical correction coefficient VHK each having a bit length optimized according to a horizontal direction counter value HCT or a vertical direction counter value VCT. The horizontal and vertical correction coefficients HHK, VHK for the periphery of the image data are longer in bit length than the correction coefficients HHK, VHK for the center of the image data. |
| US07760389B2 |
Image forming device having resolution compensation function and method thereof
An image forming device having a resolution compensation function comprises a storage for storing scaling information and resolution information with respect to printing data, a controller for setting a resolution of scaled printing data to a specific resolution based on the scaling information, and a print engine for forming an image of the received printing data according to the resolution set by the controller. The image forming device (such as a printer, a facsimile machine, or a copier) minimizes the degradation of the image quality when scaling an image to be printed or copied. Furthermore, the degradation of the scaled image quality is reduced when the image forming device is directly connected to a USB compatible storage medium or an image capturing device such as a digital camera, or a digital camcorder, and the image forming device receives and prints an image from the connected storage medium or the image capturing device. The present invention is especially suitable for a printer (which is an image forming device), and can be used with a photo printer which is used to print photographs or images. Alternatively, it can be connected to a network so that a plurality of host computers can share the image forming device. |
| US07760387B2 |
Image forming device, hardware control method, and hardware control program
In an image forming device, a hardware performs operations to image data. An image memory handler performs allocation of a memory to software execution entities which execute the operations, and performs execution control of the software execution entities. A processing part manages as queues operation specifications to respective functions of the hardware demanded from the software execution entities, and performs execution control of the operation specifications independently of the image memory handler. |
| US07760386B2 |
Electronically capturing information from a printed document
A system for electronically capturing information from a printed document, comprising: an interface surface provided on said document for conveying visual information to said user, and coded data disposed thereon indicative of an identity of the document and of coordinates of a plurality of locations of the interface surface; a user input device movable in response to a desired action and having at least one sensor element for sensing at least some of the coded data and generating data in response to said movement; and a computer system arranged to receive said data from said user input device and to process said data in accordance with said user's desired action, wherein in response to the user's desired action, the computer system generates and transfer print data to a printer, wherein the printer prints a second document provided with a second interface surface. |
| US07760385B2 |
Printing system
A printing system is provided capable of executing printing with a suitable printer in accordance with the printing quality assigned by the printing information that becomes the printing objective. The proxy printing judgment unit of the printer judges whether a printer exists that shows a resolution value equal to or higher than that of the resolution assigned by the printing quality information and, in a case where such a printer does not exist in the printer list, executes the process to execute the error message display. In a case where such a printer exists in the printer list, the printer showing the highest resolution value is selected. The process is then executed for demanding creation of proxy printer data from the proxy printer data conversion unit, the created proxy printing file is sent via the network to the proxy printer, and the proxy printer executes the process to perform proxy printing. |
| US07760384B2 |
Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and control program for image processing apparatus
In an image processing apparatus, the image data to be recorded/output by an image recording means is specified by information stated on a mark sheet that is read from an image reading means. The image data to be printed/output is analyzed, the number of people in the photographic object in the image data is detected, and a thumbnail image of the image is printed together with a mark sheet having mark areas in which the number of prints of the image can be specified in correspondence to the number of people in the photographic object obtained by detecting the number of faces from the image data or by another method. The mark sheet is read by an image reading means, and an image of the number of prints corresponding to the number of people in the photographic object is printed. |
| US07760382B2 |
Image forming system with user authentication correlating user to department for accounting purposes
An input of a user ID is accepted upon executing a copying process and the accepted user ID is transmitted to a department-management server, whereby a department ID of a department to which the user belongs is inquired. Then, in case that the department-management server receives the user ID, the department ID is searched based upon the received user ID. In case that it is determined that the corresponding department ID is present and the copying process is allowed, the department ID is replied. An image forming apparatus receiving the department ID executes the copying process, counts the number of copies and registers the number of copies as associated with the department ID. |
| US07760368B2 |
Method and system for measuring patterned structures
A method and system are presented for determining a line profile in a patterned structure, aimed at controlling a process of manufacture of the structure. The patterned structure comprises a plurality of different layers, the pattern in the structure being formed by patterned regions and un-patterned regions. At least first and second measurements are carried out, each utilizing illumination of the structure with a broad wavelengths band of incident light directed on the structure at a certain angle of incidence, detection of spectral characteristics of light returned from the structure, and generation of measured data representative thereof. The measured data obtained with the first measurement is analyzed, and at least one parameter of the structure is thereby determined. Then, this determined parameter is utilized, while analyzing the measured data obtained with the second measurements enabling the determination of the profile of the structure. |
| US07760366B2 |
System for measuring the image quality of an optical imaging system
A measuring system for the optical measurement of an optical imaging system, which is provided to image a pattern arranged in an object surface of the imaging system in an image surface of the imaging system, comprises an object-side structure carrier having an object-side measuring structure, to be arranged on the object side of the imaging system; an image-side structure carrier having an image-side measuring structure, to be arranged on the image side of the imaging system; the object-side measuring structure and the image-side measuring structure being matched to each other in such a way that, when the object-side measuring structure is imaged onto the image-side measuring structure with the aid of the imaging system, a superposition pattern is produced; and a detector for the locally resolving acquisition of the superposition pattern. The imaging system is designed as an immersion system for imaging with the aid of an immersion liquid. A structure carrier to be arranged in the region of the immersion liquid is assigned a protective system in order to increase the resistance of the measuring structure to degradation caused by the immersion liquid. A measurement of immersion systems under immersion conditions is thereby possible without detrimental influence of the immersion liquid on the measuring accuracy. |
| US07760364B1 |
Systems and methods for near-field heterodyne spectroscopy
In a near-field heterodyne spectroscopy system, a near-field generation device receives the output of a pump beam source and is also made to vibrate or move at a frequency f to generate a modulated near-field beam having a near-field component. The outputs of the pump beam source and a probe beam source (optional) as well as the modulated near-field beam are directed to the same point on a sample. At least one of the outputs of the pump beam source and probe beam source is modulated at a frequency Ω. Thus, the reflected beam that results from the interaction with the region illuminated by the modulated near-field beam is modulated at frequencies Ω+f and Ω−f. Because the excitation is near-field, the electric field in the sample is evanescent and ensures a shallow probing depth as well as smaller lateral dimensions beyond diffraction limit. |
| US07760363B2 |
Method and apparatus for simultaneously acquiring interferograms and method for solving the phase information
A method and apparatus for simultaneously acquiring interferograms created with a plurality of different interference conditions are provided in the present invention. In the present invention, an object beam and a reference beam are used to interfere with each other and there are a plurality of sub-fields of interference simultaneously generated. All the sub-fields of interference can be simultaneously acquired by an image acquiring device with single shooting action so as to form the plurality of interferograms. Moreover, the present invention also provides a method for solving the phase information of the object beam from the interferograms formed by the foregoing said method. |
| US07760361B2 |
Surface plasmon detection using curved surface prism and reflecting member
A detection apparatus arranges a light source, a curved surface prism having a curved surface and a plane surface, a metal film placed on the plane surface of the prism to be held adjacently to a test sample, and a reflecting member for reflecting light such that light emitted by the light source enters the prism through the curved surface and is reflected by the metal film, then by the reflecting member, and again by the metal film. The detection apparatus is adapted to detect an optical change in the test sample by means of surface plasmon generated on the metal film. In the detection apparatus, divergent light is made to enter the prism through the curved surface to collimate the incident light by means of the curved surface. The apparatus can suppress the broadening of the resonant bandwidth so as to operate as a monitor with a higher degree of precision. |
| US07760356B2 |
Optical measuring device and method, and nanoparticle measuring method and device
The invention provides an optical measuring device capable of performing measuring using a transient diffraction grating by only adjusting probe light, and a nanoparticle measuring device using the same principle as the optical measuring device. An optical measuring device includes: a power supply 15; a container 11 that stores a sample; a pair of electrodes 13 and 14 that generate an electric force line distribution in which areas having high electric force line density and areas having low electric force line density are regularly arranged; a dielectrophoresis control unit 19 that controls the generation of a transient diffraction grating using dielectrophoresis of particles in the sample caused by applying the voltage to the pair of electrodes 13 and 14 and a variation in the transient diffraction grating due to the diffusion of the particles in the sample according to a variation in the applied voltage; a light source 16 emitting light to the transient diffraction grating; and a plurality of photodetectors 18 detecting diffracted light generated by the transient diffraction grating. In the optical measuring device, the particles are evaluated on the basis of a variation in the intensity of the diffracted light generated by the transient diffraction grating. Further, for example, the particle diameter of a nanoparticle is measured by the same principle as the optical measuring device uses. As a result, it is possible to increase the intensity of a signal and to improve the sensitivity and the S/N ratio, as compared to a dynamic scattering method. |
| US07760355B2 |
Focused droplet nebulizer for evaporative light scattering detector
A focused droplet nebulizer of the invention produces substantially uniform droplets of a predetermined size. Droplets are pushed out through a small outlet orifice by the contraction of a chamber. The droplets can be carried on a substantially non-divergent path in a drift tube. A piezo membrane micro pump acts in response to an electrical control signal to force a droplet out of the outlet orifice. The nebulizer can operate at frequencies permitting a stream of individual droplets of the predetermined size to be sent along the substantially non-divergent path in the drift tube in a preferred embodiment ELSD device. |
| US07760353B2 |
Spectral imaging of biofilms
A spectroscopic method and system to identify a biofilm of a microorganism. A sample containing a sample microorganism is irradiated with substantially monochromatic radiation. A Raman data set is obtained based on radiation scattered from the irradiated sample. A database is searched in accordance with the Raman data set in order to identify a known Raman data set from the database. The database contains a plurality of known Raman data sets where each known Raman data set is associated with a known sessile form of a corresponding known microorganism. A sessile form of the sample microorganism is identified based on the known Raman data set identified by the searching. |
| US07760351B2 |
Cytometer having fluid core stream position control
A cytometer having two or more chambers or regions in a containment structure of sheathing fluid that may be used to provide hydrodynamic focusing of another fluid having particles to be observed. The latter fluid may be a core stream which may have its lateral position in a flow or measurement channel affected by control of at least one of the parameters of the several segments of the sheathing fluid. The lateral position of the core stream may be aligned with a light source and detector for a count and observation of the particles. Electrical signals from the detector may be fed back to a processor which may control one or more parameters of the sheathing fluid in the various chambers or regions via pumps, valves, and flow and pressure sensors. This control of parameters may provide for the positioning of the core stream. This cytometer may be miniaturized. |
| US07760350B2 |
Glazing inspection
A method of inspecting a glazing for faults involves illuminating the glazing with light having a first wavelength to produce a bright-field image, and illuminating the glazing with light having a second wavelength to produce a dark-field image. The bright-field image and dark-field image are captured using a single image capture device. The bright-field and dark-field images may be focussed onto the image capture device by a common lens. In addition, a shadowgraph image may be recorded simultaneously. The inspection method provides an improved fault detection system for glazings, such as automotive glazings. |
| US07760347B2 |
Design-based method for grouping systematic defects in lithography pattern writing system
Methods and apparatus for categorizing defects on workpieces, such as semiconductor wafers and masks used in lithographically writing patterns into such wafers are provided. For some embodiments, by analyzing the layout in the neighborhood of the defect, and matching it to similar defected neighborhoods in different locations across the die, defects may be categorized by common structures in which they occur. |
| US07760344B2 |
Optical sampling apparatus
Provided is an optical sampling apparatus that samples light to be measured having a pulse waveform, including a sampling light output section that outputs a first sampling light and a second sampling light, both having pulse waveforms of a spectrum different from that of the light to be measured; a first sampling section that includes a first nonlinear optical medium, which causes a nonlinear optical effect by causing at least a portion of the light to be measured and the first sampling light to pass therethrough and outputs light generated by the nonlinear optical effect, and that outputs at least a portion of the light generated by the nonlinear optical effect as a first output light; and a second sampling section that includes a second nonlinear optical medium, which causes a nonlinear optical effect by causing at least a portion of the first output light and the second sampling light to pass therethrough with a temporal overlap in order to output light generated by the nonlinear optical effect, and that outputs at least a portion of the light generated by the nonlinear optical effect as a second output light. |
| US07760343B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining frequency-dependent Vπ of a Mach-Zehnder optical modulator
An apparatus for determining Vπ of an optical modulator includes an RF source that generates a variable power RF modulation signal for modulating an optical modulator. An optical detector detects a modulated optical signal generated by the optical modulator and generates an electrical detection signal in response to the detected modulated optical signal. An RF power meter measures an RF detection signal power to determine a minimum RF detection signal power, an RF modulation signal power corresponding to the minimum RF detection signal power being used to calculate Vπ of the optical modulator. |
| US07760341B2 |
Systems and methods for in-situ reflectivity degradation monitoring of optical collectors used in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography processes
Systems and methods for in-situ reflectivity degradation monitoring of optical collectors used in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography processes are described. In one embodiment, a method comprises providing a semiconductor lithography tool employing an EUV source optically coupled to a collector within a vacuum chamber, the collector providing an intermediate focus area, measuring a first signal at the EUV source, measuring a second signal at the intermediate focus area, comparing the first and second signals, and monitoring a reflectivity parameter of the collector based upon the comparison. In another embodiment, a method comprises emitting a signal from a non-EUV light source optically coupled to the collector, measuring a signal reflected by the collector, and monitoring a reflectivity parameter of the collector based upon a comparison between the emitted and measured signals. |
| US07760339B2 |
Optical air data systems and methods
Systems and methods for sensing air outside a moving aircraft are presented. In one embodiment, a system includes a laser for generating laser energy. The system also includes one or more transceivers for projecting the laser energy as laser radiation to the air. Subsequently, each transceiver receives laser energy as it is backscattered from the air. A computer processes signals from the transceivers to distinguish molecular scattered laser radiation from aerosol scattered laser radiation and determines one or more air parameters based on the scattered laser radiation. Such air parameters may include air speed, air pressure, air temperature and aircraft orientation angle, such as yaw, angle of attack and sideslip. |
| US07760333B2 |
Jamming device and method
A jamming device on an object for jamming a target seeker arranged to generate an image of its surroundings and extract targets from the image. A laser is arranged to emit laser radiation at the target seeker so that the laser radiation is projected on the image. A modulator is disposed in connection with the laser and is arranged to modulate the intensity pattern of the laser radiation with the intent of manipulating the image in order to make it more difficult for the target seeker to extract the object as a target. The invention also includes a jamming method. |
| US07760330B2 |
Illumination optical system and exposure apparatus
An illumination optical system that is used for an exposure apparatus that includes a mirror and exposes an object, illuminates a surface to be illuminated using light from a light source, and includes a filter member arranged at a position that substantially has a Fourier transform relationship with the surface to be illuminated, the filter member including a transmittance distribution preset to correct a non-uniformity of a transmittance distribution of the illumination optical system caused by the mirror. |
| US07760329B2 |
Optimized optical lithography illumination source for use during the manufacture of a semiconductor device
A method and structure for optimizing an optical lithography illumination source may include a shaped diffractive optical element (DOE) interposed between the illuminator and a lens during the exposure of a photoresist layer over a semiconductor wafer. The DOE may, in some instances, increase depth of focus, improve the normalized image log-slope, and improve pattern fidelity. The DOE is customized for the particular pattern to be exposed. Description and depiction of a specific DOE for a specific pattern is provided. Additionally, a pupilgram having a particular pattern, and methods for providing a light output which forms the pupilgram, are disclosed. |
| US07760327B2 |
Reflecting optical element with eccentric optical passageway
There is provided an optical element comprising an optical element body, a reflecting area and an optical passageway. The optical element body defines an axis of rotational symmetry. The reflecting area is disposed on the optical element body and adapted to be optically used in an exposure process. The optical passageway is arranged within the optical element body and allows light to pass the optical element body, the optical passageway being arranged eccentrically with respect to the axis of rotational symmetry. |
| US07760325B2 |
Exposure system and method for manufacturing device
An exposure system includes an exposure apparatus and a fluid supplying apparatus that supplies fluid to the exposure apparatus via flow channels. The fluid supplying apparatus includes a fluid sending unit, a heat exchanger, a first temperature sensor that measures the temperature of the fluid, a filter that removes unwanted substances in the fluid, and a heater disposed downstream of the filter in the fluid supplying apparatus for adjusting the temperature of the fluid. The exposure apparatus includes a second temperature sensor that measures the temperature of the fluid supplied from the fluid supplying apparatus. The heater adjusts the temperature of the fluid on the basis of the information on the temperature measured by the second temperature sensor. |
| US07760324B2 |
Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
An immersion lithographic projection apparatus includes a shutter member is employed to block a liquid supply system during substrate swap to ensure that liquid remains in contact with an element of the projection system during substrate swap. The shutter member is connected to a metrology frame which also supports the projection system. In this way the position of the shutter member is always known. |
| US07760322B2 |
Array substrate for liquid crystal display device having defect repair structure
An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a gate line and a first storage electrode on a substrate, a data line crossing the gate line to define a first pixel region, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a second storage electrode over the first storage electrode, a first pixel electrode in the first pixel region, the first pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and the second storage electrode, the second storage electrode including a first portion over the first storage electrode and a second portion in a second pixel region adjacent to the first pixel region, and a repair pattern for the first pixel region between the second storage electrode and a second pixel electrode in the second pixel region. |
| US07760319B2 |
Active-matrix liquid crystal display
A display device includes first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, video signal lines and scan lines on one of the substrates, and display electrodes connected to a video signal line through an active device. Pixel areas are defined by the video signal and scan signal lines, and each pixel area has the display electrode, a reference electrode and the active device. Display electrodes are arranged on the first substrate and reference electrodes are arranged the second substrate. A part of the reference electrodes have a plurality layers and is conductive. A sealing material is formed between the substrates and along a periphery thereof and include conductive beads. A connecting terminal is formed from an edge of the first substrate to under the sealing material, and is connected electrically to the reference electrodes thorough the sealing material. |
| US07760318B2 |
Method of manufacturing array substrate for liquid crystal display device with gate pad terminal acting as etching mask
A method of manufacturing an array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes forming a gate electrode, a gate line, and a gate pad on a substrate, forming a gate insulating layer on the gate electrode, the gate line, and the gate pad, forming an active layer on the gate insulating layer, forming an ohmic contact layer on the active layer, forming source and drain electrodes, a data line and a data pad on the ohmic contact layer, forming a pixel electrode, forming a gate pad terminal on the gate insulating layer, forming a data pad terminal covering the data pad, forming a passivation layer on the pixel electrode, the gate pad terminal and the data pad terminal, exposing the gate pad terminal and the gate pad by etching the passivation layer and the gate insulating layer, and exposing the data pad terminal by etching the passivation layer. |
| US07760308B2 |
In-plane switching mode liquid crystal display and fabricating method thereof
A liquid crystal display includes a pixel electrode connected with a thin film transistor and including at least one first pixel electrode portion and at least one second pixel electrode portion, a first angle between the first pixel electrode portion and the second pixel electrode portion being greater than 90 degrees, and a common electrode including at least one first common electrode portion and at least one second common electrode portion, a second angle between the first common electrode portion and the second common electrode portion is greater than 90 degrees, wherein the at least one first and second pixel electrode portions, and the at least one first and second common electrode portions define at least one domain. |
| US07760307B2 |
Mother glass for a liquid crystal display with passivation layer and barrier layer and method of fabricating liquid crystal display using the same
A mother glass for a liquid crystal display and a method of fabricating a liquid crystal display using the same are disclosed. The mother glass includes a plurality of cell areas where a plurality of thin films is formed on a substrate, a dummy area disposed outside the plurality of cell areas on the substrate, and a passivation layer. The passivation layer is coated on substantially an overall portion of the plurality of cell areas, and formed in a straight line-like band form along a transverse direction in the dummy area to isolate the cell areas from each other in a longitudinal direction. |
| US07760305B2 |
Liquid crystal display device with multiple alignment structures
A liquid crystal display device that includes a plurality of pixels, a first substrate and a second substrate, as well as a liquid crystal layer provided between the first and second substrates. A first alignment structure and a second alignment structure are formed on the first substrate, and a third alignment structure and a fourth alignment structure are formed on the second substrate, for controlling an alignment of the liquid crystal. At least one auxiliary alignment structure is also formed on the first substrate for controlling an alignment of liquid crystals. The first and second alignment structures extend linearly in different directions from each other in a pixel, and the third and fourth alignment structures extend parallel to the first and second alignment structures, respectively. Also, the auxiliary alignment structure extends substantially along an edge of the pixel. |
| US07760304B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus for the reduction of color in a white display
As means for providing wide viewing angle of a liquid crystal display device by changing the angle made by the alignment direction and the strip-shaped portions, a phase difference applied in the liquid crystal layer can be matched for every sub pixel area displaying each color. According to the aspect of the invention, by changing the angle made by the alignment direction of the alignment layer and the strip-shaped electrodes for every sub pixel area, the phase difference applied in the liquid crystal layer can be matched for wavelength region of displayed color in sub pixel area. Accordingly, the voltage applied between the pixel electrode and the common electrode when luminance becomes the maximum in each sub pixel area becomes equal and white display in which color is reduced can be performed. |
| US07760303B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates; first, second, third, and fourth sub-pixels defined on the first and second substrates; a first electric field distorting pattern on the first, second and third sub-pixels on the first substrate; a second electric field distorting pattern on the first, second and third sub-pixels on the second substrate; a third electric field distorting pattern on the fourth sub-pixel on the first substrate; and a fourth electric field distorting pattern on the fourth sub-pixel on the second substrate, wherein the first and second electric field distorting patterns are parallel to each other, and wherein the third and fourth electric field distorting patterns are parallel to each other at an angle that is different than that of the first and second distorting patterns. |
| US07760301B2 |
Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus
A liquid crystal device includes a pair of polarizing plates having a transmission axis; a display panel being disposed between the pair of polarizing plates and having a function of displaying an image; and a viewing angle control panel having a liquid crystal layer that is disposed at a position adjacent to one of the pair of polarizing plates between the pair of polarizing plates with liquid crystal molecules aligned in a predetermined direction and controlling a viewing angle of a display on the display panel, wherein the alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules of the viewing angle control panel is substantially parallel or perpendicular to a transmission axis of the one polarizing plate. |
| US07760299B2 |
Vertically aligned liquid crystal display device having an optimized viewing angle
A method of improving the viewing angle of a vertically-aligned liquid crystal display device is presented. The method involves designing a uniaxial compensation film to provide a retardation value of 200 nm or less for light having a wavelength of about 550 nm. Using this uniaxial compensation film, a display device can be built by obtaining a liquid crystal panel with liquid crystal molecules contained between glass substrates, coupling the uniaxial compensation film to at least one of the glass substrates, and coupling a polarization film and electrodes to the compensation film. Preferably, the uniaxial compensation film has a thickness less than or equal to 50 microns. Where there are multiple compensation films, the total thickness and the total retardation values should be considered. |
| US07760298B2 |
System for displaying images including a transflective liquid crystal display panel
A system for displaying images including a transflective liquid crystal display panel. The transflective liquid crystal display panel comprises a plurality of sub-pixels, each defined between two adjacent data lines and two adjacent scan lines. The sub-pixel comprises a transparent photoresistant layer on a color filter substrate, a reflective layer on an array substrate opposite and corresponding to the transparent photoresistant layer, a plurality of TFTs on the array substrate driving a plurality of sub-pixel areas sharing the reflective layer, and a liquid crystal layer between the color filter substrate and the array substrate. |
| US07760293B2 |
Optically compensatory film and polarizing plate and liquid crystal display using same
An optical film is provided and includes a transparent polymer film. The optical film satisfies specific relations of retardation values and has a glass transition temperature of 120° C. or higher. |
| US07760290B2 |
Multi-reflecting device and backlight unit and display device having multi-reflecting architecture
A multi-reflecting device includes a plurality of double reflecting surfaces formed serially on the rear of a light guide plate having a taper shape. A light incident upon the light guide plate is double-reflected, and progress in a desired direction. The multi-reflecting structure is applied to a backlight unit and a display device so that the backlight unit and the display device can be slimmer economically. |
| US07760287B2 |
Liquid crystal display device with revised mold corner
In the invention, a liquid crystal display device having a configuration for preventing breakage of a liquid crystal display panel when outer dimensions and thickness of a liquid crystal display device for cellular phones are reduced is disclosed. In the configuration of the invention, a liquid crystal display panel including a TFT substrate and a color filter substrate is mounted within a mold. In the part where a liquid crystal is sealed, the TFT substrate and the color filter substrate are laminated. However, a part of the TFT substrate only is mechanically weak against an external force from the backside of the mold. By forming holes in corners of the mold corresponding to the location of the TFT substrate only, deformation of the mold due to the external force from the backside of the mold does not affect the TFT substrate. Thereby, breakage of the TFT substrate can be prevented. |
| US07760286B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device includes a rear frame, a liquid crystal panel and a bezel. The liquid crystal panel is disposed on a front side of the rear frame. The bezel has a rectangular frame shape and holds the liquid crystal panel from a front side of the liquid crystal panel to fix the liquid crystal panel with respect to the rear frame. The bezel includes a pair of first support frames forming middle portions of long sides of the bezel and a pair of second support frames forming short sides of the bezel and end portions of the long sides of the bezel. The first and second support frames are fastened to the rear frame. |
| US07760285B2 |
Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device having the same
A backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device having the same are disclosed. The backlight unit includes a light source, a light guide plate guiding light emitted from the light source, an optical sheet arranged on the light guide plate, a mold frame receiving the light guide plate and the optical sheet, a printed circuit board (“PCB”) outlet in the mold frame, a printed circuit board (“PCB”) received in the PCB outlet, and a PCB adhesive sheet for adhering the PCB to the mold frame. |
| US07760282B2 |
Liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a pixel electrode having first and second sub-pixel electrodes; a first thin film transistor connected to the first sub-pixel electrode; a second thin film transistor connected to the second sub-pixel electrode; a first data line connected to the first thin film transistor; a second data line connected to the second thin film transistor; a gate line connected to the first and second thin film transistors and crossing the first and second data lines; and a blocking member overlapping at least one portion of the first sub-pixel electrode. |
| US07760279B2 |
Display panel and method of forming thereof
A panel a gate line on a first substrate, a gate insulating layer covering the gate line, a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer, a data line intersecting the gate line and including a source electrode and a drain electrode facing the source electrode on the semiconductor layer, a connection assistant separated from the data line, a passivation layer covering the semiconductor layer and including contact holes exposing the connection assistant and a pixel electrode including a plurality of sub-pixel electrodes and formed on the passivation layer. The sub-pixel electrodes are connected to the connection assistant through the contact holes, are electrically connected to each other through the connection assistant and at least one of the sub-pixel electrodes is electrically connected to the drain electrode. |
| US07760277B2 |
Active matrix LCD panel with first and second alignment layers having respectively plural first and second grooves that extend respectively along ten and one o'clock directions thereon when viewed from above
An exemplary active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) panel (20) includes a first substrate (400), a second substrate (600), and a liquid crystal layer (500) sandwiched between the two substrates. The second substrate includes gate lines that are parallel to each other, common lines that are alternate with and parallel to the gate lines, and data lines that are parallel to each other and crossing to the gate lines. The data lines cross the gate lines to define pixel regions. Each of the pixel regions includes a pixel electrode that is between the data lines, a first shielding metal line positioned at a side of the pixel electrode, a second shielding metal line positioned at another side of the pixel electrode. The second shielding metal line is connected to the common line. The first shielding metal line is an electrically floating body. |
| US07760270B2 |
Storage device, data processing apparatus, data processing method, program, storage medium, and data processing system
A video processor card stores tap generation information for determining a predetermined tap coefficient when the tap generation information is used together with tap generation information stored in another video processor card, and supplies a video processing interface with the tap generation information. The video processing interface generates the tap coefficient from the tap generation information of the one video processor card and the other video processor card loaded therein. The video processing interface extracts video data having a predictive tap used to predict a target pixel and video data having a class tap used to classify the target data, and class classifies the target data based on the class tap. The video processing interface determine the target pixel based on the tap coefficient and the predictive tap of the class of the target pixel. |
| US07760266B2 |
Digital camera
A rack is inserted to a longitudinal rack mounting groove formed in both right and left end neighborhood on the backside of an image pickup substrate with a plate spring sandwiched therebetween. A right and left pair of racks are engaged with a horizontal pinion shaft. The rack is pressed to a pinion shaft by a spring force, there is no backlash, and the image pickup substrate is also kept in a state with no looseness. The image pickup substrate moves in parallel with a correct horizontal posture being kept up or down by turning the pinion shaft. A horizontal rack is provided at an upper part on the backside of the image pickup substrate, and performs a right and left shift by operating a vertical pinion shaft which is engaged therewith. |
| US07760265B2 |
Shutter module for use in image sensor employing line scan and method for controlling the same
An image sensor shutter module for use in an image sensor outputting image data with scanning line by line and a method for controlling the same are provided. The method for controlling a shutter for use in an image sensor includes: opening electronic shutters for every imaging line; opening mechanical shutter after all of the electronic shutters of every imaging line are opened; closing the mechanical shutter after a predetermined exposure time passes; and sequentially carrying out reading line image data of every imaging line with respect to each imaging line. |
| US07760264B2 |
Method of obtaining an image
A method of creating an image 4 obtained from say a camera 1 to obtain a substantially linear representation of the brightness of the image includes, for each of a set of pixels (x, y) in a two dimensional array, calculating, in a computer 3, an estimate of the true image intensity (ixy) as a weighted average of n samples of the apparent image intensity (vn,xy). This is calculated as: i ^ xy = ∑ n ( w n , xy ( v n , xy - C KT n ) ) ∑ n w n , xy = 1 K ∑ n ( w n , xy ( v n , xy - C T n ) ) ∑ n w n , xy where vn,xy is the apparent intensity measured, Tn is the exposure time, K is the gain of the system, C is an offset and wn,xy is a weighting factor which is defined to maximize the signal to noise ratio and discard insignificant, that is saturated or near zero, values. Thereafter each of the values îxy is saved together with other data representing the image 4, before the image is output to a display 5 or to a printing device. |
| US07760263B2 |
Image photographing/reproducing system and method, photographing apparatus and image reproducing apparatus used in the image photographing/reproducing system and method as well as image reproducing method
The image photographing/reproducing system includes an photographing apparatus for photographing an image, first communication unit for transmitting and receiving information to and from second communication unit at a communication point installed in a predetermined region, information recording unit for recording at least one information of photographed frame information or photographed time information and first identification information of an image recording medium, and second identification information of the communication point, at least one information being transmitted and received between the first and second communication units and an image reproducing apparatus including photographed image acquiring unit, information acquiring unit for acquiring at least one information, data acquiring unit for determining a photographed place based on the second identification information and acquiring a predetermined image or document as composite data, image reproducing unit for reproducing the photographed image and data recording unit for recording the composite data in association with the reproduced image. |
| US07760254B2 |
Single plate-type color solid-state image sensing device
A color solid-state image sensing device including: a semiconductor substrate having a surface portion where high density impurity regions connected to signal reading circuits respectively are formed; a blue light detecting photodiode formed in a shallow portion of the semiconductor substrate; and a red light detecting photodiode formed in a deep portion of the semiconductor substrate, wherein connection regions which are provided so as to be continued to the photodiodes respectively and exposed to the surface of the semiconductor substrate are formed only in portions adjacent to the high density impurity regions so that electric charge accumulated in each photodiode can be transferred to corresponding one of the corresponding high density impurity regions. |
| US07760251B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention aims to provide a solid-state imaging device that enables miniaturization of camera while maintaining the level of electrostatic damage resistance in the solid-state imaging device, and includes: an imaging unit 100 that transfers signal charge generated by performing photoelectric conversion on incident light, converts the signal charge into an electric signal, and outputs the electric signal as an image signal; and a peripheral circuit portion 110 which includes: a signal electrode pad 111; a power supply electrode pad 112; and a protection circuit 113 that has diodes 320 and 330 placed in opposition, and that discharges static electricity entering from the exterior, to the power supply electrode pad 112. |
| US07760246B2 |
Method and device for adjusting white balance
A method and device for adjusting white balance are disclosed herein. The method may comprise generating data representative of an image with and without the use of a strobe. The contribution of the strobe and the contribution of ambient light are on the data are calculated. Based, in part, on the contributions of the ambient light and the strobe, a weight is calculated. The weight is applied to the data in order to adjust the white balance. |
| US07760244B2 |
Image generating apparatus and image generating method
To generate motion picture image data making full use of the characteristics of a photographed image such as a high resolution and a high rate fetching (high frame rate), an image pickup apparatus comprises a camera unit for photographing a subject at predetermined time intervals and generating image pickup data and an encoding unit for encoding the image pickup data as motion picture image data having an image rate which is based on the predetermined time intervals. An optimum motion picture stream is output by changing the output mode of the encoded motion picture image data output from the encoding unit according to the number of photographing pixels in the camera unit and the image rate. |
| US07760242B2 |
Information processing method and information processing apparatus
An information processing method includes steps of: acquiring arrangement information indicating the position or the position and orientation of an index arranged in a physical space; capturing an image in the physical space; detecting the index from the captured image; and calculating the position and/or orientation of a viewpoint of the captured image based on the arrangement information and the detected index. |
| US07760241B2 |
Image capturing apparatus
An image capturing apparatus capable of shooting still images during moving image shooting generates an alternate frame image corresponding to a moving image frame dropped when acquiring a still image when performing still image shooting during moving image shooting, using the obtained still image. At this point, white balance control values are respectively set for the still image and the alternate frame image. The still image and the alternate frame image are developed using the set white balance control values. |
| US07760236B2 |
Printing system for installation in a vehicle
Provided is a printing system for installation in a vehicle for providing hard-copies from a digital camera. The printing system includes a wireless communications subsystem for receiving wireless image information from a camera, and a layout engine with rasterization and page compression modules linked to a printer controller. The printer controller controls a printer having a chassis with a top cover defining an access opening for receiving a cartridge, said opening closed off by a spring-biased flap, and a printhead housed in the chassis. The printer also includes a printed circuit board (PCB) mounted in the chassis with control circuitry linking the controller to the printer controller to control the printhead. |
| US07760231B2 |
Animated display calibration method and apparatus
A method for adjusting properties of a display includes displaying a first pluge image on the display to a user, wherein the display includes a plurality of locations, wherein the first pluge image comprises a first plurality of output values associated with the plurality of locations, thereafter displaying a second pluge image on the display to the user, wherein the second pluge image comprises a second plurality of output values associated with the plurality of locations, wherein the first plurality of output values are different from the second plurality of output values, and receiving a display adjustment input from the user, wherein the display adjustment input from the user is in response to the user viewing the first pluge image on the display and in response to the second pluge image on the display. |
| US07760230B2 |
Method for automatically reducing stored data in a surveillance system
A method of managing video data storage in a video surveillance system is disclosed. The disclosed methods extend the amount of calendar time for which video and image data can be stored on a storage device. The disclosed methods apply decision criteria, such as rules, configuration data and preferences, to support intelligent automatic reduction of stored surveillance data such that images and video data of most interest are maintained while less important data is deleted, compressed or archived. |
| US07760228B2 |
Light scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus
A light scanning apparatus has a base member, a first engagement portion that engages with a bearing member having a bearing portion of a rotary shaft that rotates a rotational polygon mirror to thereby position the bearing member, a second engagement portion that engages with a bearing member having a bearing portion of a rotary shaft that rotates a rotational polygon mirror to thereby position the bearing member, and a positioning portion in which the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are integrally formed, the positioning portion being provided on the base member. With this structure, a common base member can be used in optical units, and even when rotational polygon mirrors are supported on different surfaces of the base members of optical units, a difference in precision of support can be made small. |
| US07760225B2 |
Image forming apparatus, optical writing device, and housing molding method providing simple structure
An image forming apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image carrier, and an optical writing device including at least one light source, at least one aperture, at least one light shield, a light deflector, an image forming lens, and a housing. The aperture adjusts a light beam generated by the light source into a reference shape. The light shield shields an optical path formed between the light source and the aperture by the light beam. The light deflector deflects the light beam to scan in a main scanning direction. The image forming lens focuses the deflected light beam to scan on the surface of the electrostatic latent image carrier to form an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the electrostatic latent image carrier. The housing contains the light source, the light deflector, and the image forming lens. The housing is integrally molded with the aperture and the light shield. |
| US07760224B2 |
Exposure device and image forming apparatus with supporting member for focusing lens and light emitting element array
An exposure device includes a substrate on which a light emitting element array is provided, a focusing lens that focuses light emitted by the light emitting element array, a supporting member that supports the substrate and the focusing lens. The supporting member has a contact surface. A base is provided for forcing the substrate against the contact surface of the supporting member. The base has a first engaging portion that engages a second engaging portion formed on an inner wall of the supporting member. The base is mounted to the supporting member by the engagement of the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion. |
| US07760221B2 |
Optical disk image drawing method
An optical disk image drawing method includes: rotating the optical disk by a spindle motor; reading a predetermined information recorded on a track of a data recording layer; detecting a predetermined position on the track based on the read predetermined information; measuring a position of the spindle motor in a rotating direction using the detected predetermined position as a reference position; changing a focus position of the laser beam to the image drawing layer; starting forming the visible image on the image drawing layer from a predetermined position of the spindle motor in the rotating direction relative to the reference position based on the measured position of the spindle motor in the rotating direction; and sequentially moving an optical pick-up in the radial direction synchronously with the rotation of the spindle motor to proceed to form the visible image. |
| US07760213B2 |
Contrast adjusting circuitry and video display apparatus using same
With the aim of offering a video display technique by which stable and high contrast video images are reproduced, contrast adjusting circuitry is constructed. The contrast adjusting circuitry detects a maximum picture level (MPL) and an average picture level (APL) of luminance signals for a predetermined period, determines one of the predefined luminance regions within which the MPL falls and one of the predefined luminance regions within which the APL falls, and, based on the thus determined luminance regions of both MPL and APL, carries out a contrast adjustment of video images by changing the gain of luminance signals and color depth correction by changing the gain of color signals. |
| US07760212B2 |
Method of driving plasma display panel and apparatus thereof
Disclosed is a method of driving a plasma display panel and an apparatus thereof enabling to manage digital signal for driving a plasma display panel. The apparatus for driving a plasma display panel has a PDP driving unit which supplies the plasma display panel with the video signal outputted from a scan converter after revision and controls the sustain discharge period of sub-field to adjust contrast and brightness of a picture. |
| US07760210B2 |
White-based power savings
Described herein are power conservation techniques that reduce power consumption for an electronics device including a display. The techniques divide video information for display into white and non-white video information. The white video information is altered such that the alteration decreases the amount of power required to display the white video information. The altered white video information and non-white video information are then visually output together. White-based power conservation as described herein may be performed while a person uses the electronics device, which reduces power consumption continually during usage. |
| US07760209B2 |
Video format conversion using 3D graphics pipeline of a GPU
Video conversion using a 3D graphics pipeline of a graphical processing unit (GPU) is disclosed. A plurality of video data formatted in a first video format is accessed from a memory unit. Moreover, the plurality of video data is converted from the first video format to a second video format using a 3D graphics pipeline of the GPU. The plurality of video data formatted in the second video format is sent to the memory unit. The 3D graphics pipeline applies a filtering technique. In an embodiment, the filtering technique is an interpolation technique. |
| US07760206B2 |
Processor task and data management
Task and data management systems methods and apparatus are disclosed. A processor event that requires more memory space than is available in a local storage of a co-processor is divided into two or more segments. Each segment has a segment size that is less than or the same as an amount of memory space available in the local storage. The segments are processed with one or more co-processors to produce two or more corresponding outputs. |
| US07760204B2 |
Computer readable medium for modifying an animation wire
An animation wireframe is modified with three-dimensional (3D) range and color data having a corresponding shape surface. The animation wireframe is vertically scaled based on distances between consecutive features within the 3D range and color data and corresponding distances within the generic animation wireframe. For each animation wireframe point, the location of the animation wireframe point is adjusted to coincide with a point on the shape surface. The shape surface point lies along a scaling line connecting the animation wireframe point, the shape surface point and an origin point. The scaling line is within a horizontal point. |
| US07760202B2 |
System and method for generating pixel values for pixels in an image using strictly deterministic methodologies for generating sample points
A computer graphics system generates pixel values for pixels in an image of objects in a scene, using strictly-deterministic low-discrepancy sequences, illustratively Halton sequences, as sample points for evaluating integrals which are used to simulate a number of computer graphic techniques. The computer graphics system uses the low-discrepancy sequence to ensure that the sample points are evenly distributed over a respective region or time interval, thereby reducing error in the image which can result from clumping of such sample points which can occur in the Monte Carlo technique. In particular, the invention facilitates the generation of images of improved quality when using the same number of sample points at the same computational cost as in the Monte Carlo technique. |
| US07760195B2 |
Writing instrument that calculates grade
A writing instrument for use by a grader comprises an elongate, tubular housing, a writing component secured within the housing and operative to make marks on a surface, and a calculation assembly comprised of electronic components. The calculation assembly is retained within the housing and includes a plurality of data entry devices for entering data used to calculate a grade, the data entry devices being accessible by the grader through an exterior surface of the housing; a processing device programmed to receive data from the plurality of data entry devices and calculate the grade based on the entered data by performing division; and a display component for displaying to the grader the grade calculated by the processing device. A method of grading comprises using the writing instrument. |
| US07760194B2 |
Ultrasonic coordinate input apparatus and method
An ultrasonic coordinate input apparatus includes: a transmitter that transmits ultrasonic wave; and a receiver that has a function of detecting a position indicated by the transmitter, based on an ultrasonic signal received from the transmitter, while synchronizing with the transmitter. In this ultrasonic coordinate input apparatus, the transmitter is connected to the receiver with a communication line that enables bi-directional communication between the transmitter and the receiver. |
| US07760193B2 |
Durable top surface for interactive display
An interactive display that is resistant to liquid spills and vandalism. An interactive display includes a display chassis that has a chassis top support. A tamper proof and liquid resistant display surface can be attached to the chassis top support with a plurality of fasteners, so that the top is readily removable and thus, easily replaced if scratched or otherwise damaged. When attached to the display chassis, the display surface forms a continuous, gap-free top surface that prevents liquid from entering the display chassis. |
| US07760190B2 |
Remote controller with touchpad for receiving handwritten input functions
A remote controller comprises a touchpad having a handwriting region to be operated to generate an input signal, a driver coupled with the touchpad, and a microcontroller coupled with the driver to respond to the input signal to generate a control signal for a controlled apparatus, so as to give a command to the controlled apparatus, or to name a file or to search a file on the controlled apparatus. On the touchpad, several key patterns may be provided or one or more regions may be arranged, to provide various input functions of key mode, mouse mode, scroll mode or graphic mode. |
| US07760189B2 |
Touchpad diagonal scrolling
A method and system for providing diagonal scrolling on a touchpad of a device is disclosed. The method and system comprises determining if at least one finger is in contact with the touchpad, and entering a diagonal scroll mode if more than one finger is in contact with the touchpad. A system and method in accordance with the present invention allows the user to initiate a diagonal scroll at any location on a touchpad by using two fingers, thereby greatly enhancing the functions of the touchpad and allowing the user to manipulate computer programs from the touchpad much more efficiently and easily. The present invention supports diagonal scrolling on a touchpad and does not require a precise location for vertical or horizontal scrolling, since the entire touchpad area/surface can be used. |
| US07760185B2 |
Optical pointing device
An optical pointing device is provided. The optical pointing device includes: a base plate; a circuit board disposed on one side of the base plate, and having a light source irradiating light and a sensor receiving a light reflected from a working surface; an optical structure disposed between the base plate and the circuit board and having a light path guiding the light irradiated from the light source to the sensor; and a light blocking mean disposed on the light path to block the light path when the base plate is separated from a predetermined position. |
| US07760181B2 |
Method for driving active matrix type display device
Appropriate image quality is maintained when a display device is powered on or when a signal is applied. After a power supply is stabilized, a pixel select gate driver section scans all pixel circuits. A final illumination on/off driver outputs illumination on/off gate signals. In this case, a start pulse for an illumination on/off shift register is started when or after an output enable signal for an illumination on/off gate signal output control circuit is output. This prevents the illumination on/off gate signals, serving as scan signals, from being improperly supplied to the pixel circuits. |
| US07760179B2 |
Liquid crystal panel having the dual data lines, data driver, liquid crystal display device having the same and driving method thereof
A liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of gate lines; a plurality of first data lines and a plurality of second data lines crossing the gate lines; and a plurality of pixels defined by crossings of a plurality of gate lines with a plurality of first data lines and a plurality of second data lines, wherein each of the pixels includes: a first thin film transistor connected to a gate line and one of the first data line; a second thin film transistor connected to one of the gate lines and one of the second data lines; and a liquid crystal cell connected to the first and second thin film transistors that drive the liquid crystal cell using a potential difference between first and second data voltages supplied to the one of the first data lines and the one of the second data lines. |
| US07760178B2 |
Display driver
A liquid crystal display is provided with: a tap adjustment register for adjusting a gray scale level to a gray scale voltage in intermediate portions close to the end portions of the gamma characteristic; and a partial-voltage-ratio adjustment register for adjusting a ratio of a gray scale voltage among a plurality of gray scale levels in the intermediate portions close to the end portions of the gamma characteristic, in addition to an amplitude adjustment register for adjusting an amplitude of a gamma characteristic which determines a relation between gray scale levels and gray scale voltages or brightness levels on a display panel; a gradient adjustment register for adjusting a gradient of intermediate portions of the gamma characteristic while fixing end portions of the gamma characteristic; and a fine adjustment register for finely adjusting the intermediate portions of the gamma characteristic for each gray scale level. |
| US07760176B2 |
Method and apparatus for time-divisional display panel drive
A method is provided for driving a display device including first to p-th pixels associated with different colors with p being integers equal to or more than three. The method is composed of a step of time-divisionally driving the first to p-th pixels. In the time-divisionally driving, the pixel associated with the color exhibiting the lowest spectral luminous efficacy among the colors is firstly driven. |
| US07760174B2 |
Apparatus and method for driving small-sized LCD device
An apparatus and method for driving a small-sized or low-powered liquid crystal display (LCD) device are provided to reduce the amount of energy consumed in driving the LCD device while displaying a high-quality moving image on a small-sized LCD panel without distortion such as tailing or blurriness, where the apparatus includes a compensation unit, a storage unit, an output unit, and a control unit. |
| US07760170B2 |
Light emitting device with at least one scan line connecting two scan drivers
An organic electroluminescent device having an improved display quality without pectination is provided. The organic electroluminescent device comprises a plurality of the cathode electrode layers comprising a plurality of first cathode electrode layers, wherein one end of each first cathode electrode layer is connected to one of the scan lines extending in the first direction; a plurality of second cathode electrode layers, wherein one end of each second cathode electrode layer is connected to one of the scan lines extending in the second direction; and at least one third cathode electrode layer, wherein one end of each third cathode electrode layer is connected to one of the scan lines extending in the first direction, and the other end of each third cathode electrode layer is connected to one of the scan lines extending in the second direction. |
| US07760167B2 |
Display apparatus and electronic device
A display apparatus includes a pixel array section and a drive section that drives the pixel array section. The pixel array section includes first scanning lines and second scanning lines arranged in rows, signals lines arranged in columns, matrix pixels that are provided at a position where the first scanning lines, the second scanning lines, and the signal lines cross, a power line that supplies power to each of the pixels, and an earth line. The drive section includes a first scanner that sequentially line scans the pixels per each row by sequentially supplying a first control signal to each of the first scanning lines, a second scanner that sequentially supplies a second control signal to each of the second scanning lines in conjunction with the sequential line scanning, and a signal selector that supplies video signals to the columns of signal lines in conjunction with the sequential line scanning. |
| US07760164B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display device and driving method thereof
An organic light emitting diode display device. A first capacitor is coupled between a gate of a first transistor and a first voltage source, and a second transistor is coupled between the gate of the first transistor and a second voltage source. A third transistor is coupled between the first voltage source and the gate of the first transistor, and a fourth transistor is coupled to a data line. A second capacitor stores the data voltage from the fourth transistor, and is for determining a gate-source voltage of the first transistor. The threshold voltage compensator compensates a threshold voltage of the third transistor together with the second capacitor, and the fifth transistor transmits a current of a drain of the first transistor to the organic light emitting diode. A photoelectric transformation element transmits a current corresponding to a light emitted by the organic light emitting diode to the second capacitor. |
| US07760163B2 |
Electro-optical device, drive circuit, driving method, and electronic apparatus
A drive circuit of an electro-optical device comprising electro-optical elements of which each gray scale is controlled in accordance with a data signal output to a data line includes a reference current that generates unit generating reference current and a signal output unit that generates the data signal corresponding to a current value of the reference current generated by the reference current generating unit on the basis of gray-scale data and outputs the generated data signal to the data line. The reference current generating unit performs a refresh operation of setting the current value of the reference current to a predetermined value plural times. |
| US07760162B2 |
Unit circuit, electronic circuit, electronic apparatus, electro-optic apparatus, driving method, and electronic equipment which can compensate for variations in characteristics of transistors to drive current-type driven elements
The invention compensates for variations of a driving transistor Tr1. The invention provides a pixel circuit including a current-type driven element L, a driving transistor Tr1 to control the amount of electrical current to be supplied to the driven element, a capacitor element C connected to the gate of the driving transistor, a switching transistor Tr3 connected to the gate of the driving transistor, a switching transistor Tr1, a scanning line S connected to the gate of the switching transistor Tr3, a data line D connected to the source or the drain of the switching transistor Tr3, and a power-supply line V connected to a signal line via the switching transistor Tr3. A diode-connected compensating transistor Tr4 is disposed between the power-supply line V and the switching transistor Tr3. |
| US07760160B2 |
Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof
Embodiments of the present invention may relate to a plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof, to reduce the magnitude of noise. The driving method may include applying a ramp-down waveform decreasing to a first voltage to a plurality of scan electrodes, applying a ramp-up waveform increasing from the first voltage to a second voltage gradually with a gradient to the scan electrodes, and applying a scan pulse decreasing from the second voltage to a third voltage to the scan electrodes. |
| US07760158B2 |
Method and apparatus of driving a plasma display panel
The present invention relates to a plasma display panel, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for driving a plasma display panel. According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of driving a plasma display panel, including the steps of selecting an operating mode based on the degree in which a data moves, and controlling differently at least one of an arrangement of sub-fields disposed within one frame period and the number of sustain pulses according to the selected operating mode. According to the method and apparatus of driving the plasma display panel of the present invention, it is thus possible to increase the picture quality when displaying data of different media such as a PC data or a TV data, power consumption can be reduced, and it is possible to extend the lifespan of a plasma display panel. |
| US07760157B2 |
Enhanced ZScreen modulator techniques
A method and system for use in conjunction with a push-pull liquid crystal modulator system for creating circularly polarized light of alternating handedness is provided. The method and system comprise a pair of surface mode liquid crystal cells and a driver electrically coupled to the cells. The driver is configured to move an electrical charge using a quenching pulse comprising a relatively brief voltage spike at a beginning of a waveform period. Multiple additional improvements are provided, including reducing the thickness of the LC gap (the distance between cell electrode plates), creating a charge connection or wiring connection to the cell electrodes, employing anti-reflection coating technology, thinner ITO and ITO index matched to the LC material, bonding all possible air to material surfaces, using superior glass, employing more efficient polarizers, and reducing projector blanking time. |
| US07760154B2 |
Antenna apparatus
There is provided with an antenna apparatus, including: a finite ground plate; a plurality of conductor plates arranged along and on both sides of a first gap line or a second gap line that intersect with the first gap line; a plurality of first linear conductive elements configured to connect the finite ground plate with each of the conductor plates; and an antenna element configured to have second and third linear conductive elements arranged in the first gap line and a feeding point that is placed between adjacent ends of the second and third linear conductive elements for supplying electric power from the ends, wherein the feeding point is positioned in an intersection area of the first gap line and the second gap line. |
| US07760153B2 |
Linear motor powered lift actuator
A lift actuator for supporting a radar antenna array and for selectively moving the antenna array between a retracted position and an erected operational position, said actuator includes a first linear induction driver movable along a first member and a second linear induction driver movable along a second member. The first and second members each have a distal and a proximal ends. The second member is pivotably connected at said proximal end to the first driver. A third rigid member is connected to the second driver. The third member has a distal end adapted to pivotably connect to a radar antenna array. The radar antenna array is constrained in the direction of the first member. |
| US07760148B2 |
Radio communication system and communication method therefor
A radio communication system for performing radio communication between a first antenna and a second antenna is provided. Each of the first and second antennas includes a plurality of antenna elements for forming polarization planes orthogonal to each other in three-axial directions. The first and second antennas are arranged so that the polarization planes formed by the antenna elements of the first antenna are respectively opposed to the polarization planes formed by the antenna elements of the second antenna. The communication between the first antenna and the second antenna is performed by using three independent polarized waves. |
| US07760146B2 |
Internal digital TV antennas for hand-held telecommunications device
An antenna structure comprises an unbalanced antenna for receiving digital video broadcasting signals. The antenna is dimensioned to fit within an electronic device, such as a mobile phone. The unbalanced antenna has a radiative element and a feed line connected to a matching circuit so as to achieve two or more resonances within a DVB-H frequency range, such as 470 to 702 MHz. The physical length of the radiative element is always smaller than λ/4 at the frequencies of interest (470-702 MHz), but the electrical length can be smaller or substantially equal to λ/4. The matching circuit can comprise one or more LC resonators depending on the number of resonances. The resonators can be series or parallel connected between the feed line and RF circuitry for processing the broadcasting signals. The antenna can be tuned to other bands above the DVB-H frequencies for use as a diversity or MIMO antenna. |
| US07760139B1 |
GPS based attitude reference system
A method for determining the attitude of a stabilized platform having three or more antennae includes, for each antenna, front-end processing a GPS signal received, the front-end processing including down-converting a GPS source signal by heterodyning and direct sampling, then sampling the down-converted signal. For each antenna the GPS signal is acquired by faster-than-real-time correlating the down-converted signal with each of a number of stored codes and correlating with each of a number of Doppler frequencies. The correlation is repeated for a smaller range of Doppler frequencies, and for smaller intervals of code phases. The down converted signal is then stripped of its codes, and the phases of the resulting signals from each antenna are subtracted, providing the phase differences between antennas, which are converted into attitude angles. |
| US07760137B2 |
Portable position determining device
A position determining device is disclosed comprising a satellite navigation receiver for automatically providing computed position information, when the device has changed its position relative to a predetermined location, to a paging transmitter for transmission to a paging receiver for readout of the computed position information. The readout may be in the form of coordinates and may be accompanied by a message or alarm. The device may be configured as a portable unit of small size and economical manufacture. |
| US07760135B2 |
Robust pulse deinterleaving
Systems and methods are presented for associating time slices of a received signal with previously encountered time slices. A parameter determination component determines at least one parameter for each received time slice. A content addressable memory stores a plurality of parameter values associated with the previously encountered time slices. The content addressable memory is searchable such that the determined at least one parameter for each received time slice can be compared to the stored plurality of parameter values to provide a memory output. An emitter matching component associates a given received time slice with one of a plurality of emitters according to the memory output. |
| US07760134B2 |
Radar apparatus and method of measuring azimuth angle of target
A radar apparatus capable of determining the position of targets at a high accuracy even when plural objects of an identical relative velocity are present in a detection view field of the radar, using signal processing of obtaining an effect which is similar with that of virtually increasing the number of antennas along the moving direction of the radar by determining the change of intensity of reception signals using data in the past in which an identical antenna was positioned at a slightly different place (T1) and data at present (T1+ΔT) as a unit data set. |
| US07760132B1 |
Method and system of three-dimensional positional finding
The present invention is an RF system and methods for finding a target T in three dimensional space configured to have a transponder disposed on the target T, a monitoring unit configured as a transceiver for determining or monitoring the location of the target T and an RF wireless communication system configured with a processor to repeatedly determine position, communication and other values between the transponder and monitoring unit and so as to generate a measured distance between units in three dimensional space by determining the measured distance of the target T by a spherical virtual triangulation relationship when successive values of said position information has a predetermined logical relationship relative to said previous values between said monitoring unit and transponder and/or slave unit disposed on the target T. |
| US07760125B2 |
A/D conversion circuit for use with low-potential and high-potential power supplies
An A/D conversion circuit including a plurality of resistor elements connected in series between a low-potential power supply and a high-potential power supply. The A/D conversion circuit includes a plurality of comparators that compare a reference voltage divided by each of the resistor elements with an analog input voltage, the comparators having a sample-and-hold function for holding a sampled analog input voltage. The plurality of comparators also include a high-order bit comparator and a low-order bit comparator having different sampling sources. The high-order bit comparator may be configured to compare the analog input voltage and one of the reference voltages to obtain a determination result. The low-order bit comparator may old the analog voltage from the time that the low-order bit comparator retrieves the analog input voltage until the low-order bit comparator performs comparison. |
| US07760119B2 |
Waveform generator and test apparatus
The purpose is to provide a waveform generator that generates signals with a frequency lower than the minimum sampling frequency of the DAC.In the waveform generator 10, the clock generator 106 generates a clock signal 140. The frequency divider 112 divides the frequency of the clock signal 140 and generates the frequency-divided clock signal 144. The reader 118 provides an address signal at the period of frequency-divided clock signal 144 for the waveform memory 120 and reads the pattern data from the waveform memory 120 into the DAC 130. The DAC 130 converts the data provided from the waveform generator 120 at the period of clock signal 140 into an analog value and outputs a waveform of arbitrary shape. |
| US07760114B2 |
System and a method for generating an interleaved output during a decoding of a data block
A method for generating an interleaved output during a decoding of a data block, the method includes: (i) selecting, in response to a row indicator, a row register and a multiplication factor to provide a selected row register and a selected multiplication factor; wherein the selected multiplication factor is responsive to a size of the data block; (ii) multiplying a value stored in the selected row register by the selected multiplication factor to provide an intermediate result; (iii) performing a modulo P operation on the intermediate result to provide a permutated result; wherein the permutated result and the value stored in the selected row register are adjacent elements of the same permutation; wherein P is responsive to a size of the data block; (iv) writing the permutated result to the selected row register; and (v) outputting a data block element that is selected in response to the permutated result. |
| US07760110B1 |
Method and system for vehicular communications and information reporting
A method for vehicular communications and information reporting. First and second wireless Internet connections between respective first and second vehicles and a web-server are provided. First and second event information is transmitted, to the web-server, from the first and second vehicles. The first and second event information relates to the same event in visual range, respectively, of occupants of the first and second vehicles. The web server may transmit, to the first and second vehicles, confirmed event information derived from the first and second event information. |
| US07760103B2 |
Multi-stage system for verification of container contents
A multi-stage process utilizing one or more radiation sensors on a distributed network for the detection and identification of radiation, explosives, and special materials within a shipping container. The sensors are configured as nodes on the network. The system collects radiation data from one or more nodes and compares the collected data to one or more stored spectral images representing one or more isotopes to identify one or more isotopes present. The identified one or more isotopes present are corresponded to possible materials or goods that they represent. The possible materials or goods are compared with the manifest relating to the container to confirm the identity of materials or goods contained in the container or to detect and/or identify unauthorized materials or goods in the container. For shielded materials, explosives and other types of material detection, a neutron pulse device could be incorporated into the system. |
| US07760101B2 |
Method of reducing sensor corrosion in absorbent articles
Methods of reducing sensor corrosion include providing a monitor adapted to electrically connect with a wetness sensor integrated with an absorbent article. The wetness sensor has a first conductor and a second conductor and the monitor includes programming instructions that, when the monitor is attached and activated, repetitively execute a sequence of steps that includes applying voltage to the first conductor; measuring the potential across the conductors; and discontinuing the voltage to the first conductor. The instructions may also repetitively execute a sequence of steps that includes alternatively applying voltage to the first and second conductors and/or grounding the first conductor and/or second conductors after discontinuing voltage. |
| US07760097B2 |
Interrogator and interrogation system employing the same
The present invention is directed to an interrogator, method of discerning metal and radio frequency identification (RFID) objects, and an interrogation system employing the same. In one embodiment, the interrogator includes a metal sensing subsystem configured to provide a first signal having a signature representing a presence of a metal object, and a RFID sensing subsystem configured to provide a second signal having a signature representing a presence of a RFID object. The interrogator also includes a control and processing subsystem configured to discern a presence of at least one of the metal and RFID objects from one of the first and second signals. |
| US07760096B2 |
Radio frequency identification (RFID) tag encryption method and system using broadcast encryption (BE) scheme
A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag encryption method and system using a broadcast encryption (BE) scheme are provided by encrypting an ID of an RFID tag, storing the encrypted ID in a server and the RFID tag, and storing information relating to a reader authorized to read out the RFID tag in the server so that the reader can read out the RFID tag by decrypting the encrypted ID based on the encrypted ID information read from the RFID tag and the reader information. When readers read out ID data from the RFID tag, a privileged reader can read the data. Thus, it is possible to block unintended information leakage to the readers. In addition, user usability can be enhanced since an attacker cannot perform an access lock on the RFID tag. |
| US07760094B1 |
RFID systems and methods for optical fiber network deployment and maintenance
An optical-fiber-network (OFN) radio-frequency identification (RFID) system for deploying and/or maintaining an OFN. The system includes a plurality of OFN components, and at least one RFID tag that includes RFID tag data that has at least one property of the OFN component associated with the RFID tag. The RFID tag data is written to and read from the RFID tags prior, during or after deploying the OFN components. An OFN-component-data database unit is used to store and process the RFID tag data. This allows for different maps of the OFN to be made, such as an inventory map and a maintenance map. The OFN-RFID system allows for automated operations and management of OFN components by service personnel, and provides for faster and more accurate OFN system deployment and maintenance. |
| US07760093B2 |
RFID interface and applications thereof
A radio frequency identification (RFID) interface includes first coil, a plurality of coils, and a control module. The first coil is associated with an RFID tag and the plurality of coils is associated with an RFID reader. Each of the plurality of coils has a different orientation with respect to at least one axis of a multi-dimensional axis system. The control module is coupled to enable at least one of the plurality of coils based on electro-magnetic coupling between the first coil and the least one of the plurality of coils. |
| US07760092B1 |
Discreet information system
A pioneering information system providing improved acquisition, communication, and management of mobile element-related information, preferably through embedded manufacturing. Information modules, utilizing communications elements and information operations elements, are positioned proximate to the mobile element. The communications elements utilize discreet sensors and receivers; as well as discreet transmitters for transmitting the mobile element-related information. The information operations elements utilize discreet processors and data storage elements to process and manage the mobile element-related information. Carriers may be used to more effectively position the information modules proximate to the mobile elements. |
| US07760089B2 |
Microwave direction of travel detector by parallel sampling
A microwave direction of travel detector and method of detecting the direction of an intruder in a protected region. The microwave direction of travel detector transmits and receives, by a microwave transceiver a microwave signal directed toward a protected area. The microwave return signal is modulated by a moving target to produce a Doppler signal. The received Doppler signal is amplified by a chain of amplifiers having two or more amplifiers coupled to the microwave transceiver. A controller monitors the output of each chain of the amplifiers. The microwave sensor is configured for parallel sampling an amplified Doppler signal output from each amplifiers having a low signal output and each successive chain of the amplifiers a successively higher signal output. The controller determines if there is a direction of travel motion from the intruder and sends an alarm. |
| US07760088B2 |
Intrusion detection sensor
According to an embodiment, an intrusion detection sensor includes a microwave sensor (120) that transmits microwaves toward a detection area, receives the microwaves reflected by an object present in the detection area, and outputs a reflected wave reception intensity signal according to the received intensity; a direction variable antenna device (110); a scanning measurement means (131) that provides an instruction to scan the transmission/reception direction to the direction variable antenna device (110) to determine a relationship with the output of the reflected wave reception intensity signal; a detection target object presence determination means (132) that determines whether or not a detection target object is present based on the determined relationship; and an alarm signal output control means (133) that outputs an alarm signal when it is determined that a detection target object is present. |
| US07760084B2 |
Redundant monitoring
Methods, mediums, systems, and devices for redundant monitoring are disclosed. One method of providing redundancy in an environmental monitoring device includes combining a first sensor, one or more redundant sensors, and a plurality of control logic components; monitoring a selected environmental condition using the plurality of sensors; measuring the selected environmental condition using the plurality of sensors each reporting to a particular control logic component among the plurality of control logic components, each of the plurality of control logic components monitoring a sequence of such measurements; and correlating corresponding monitored measurements from the sequence of measurements of each of the plurality of control logic components and determining whether a difference exists between the corresponding monitored measurements of each of the plurality of control logic components. |
| US07760077B2 |
Establishing and securing a unique wireless RF link between a tractor and a trailer using a wired connection
Communications between a tractor and trailer are established and secured using a wired connection between the physically connected tractor and trailer. Wireless ID or authentication information is communicated between tractor and trailer using the wired connection. Thereafter, a wireless, secure RF communication link may be established between the tractor and trailer using the ID/authentication information. Further, wireless messages may be encrypted between tractor and trailer using the identification/authentication information received over the wired connection. |
| US07760074B2 |
Diagnosing a radio frequency identification reader
The illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for testing a radio frequency identification reader. The radio frequency identification reader transmits a test signal to a diagnostic tag during a diagnostic period. Responsive to receiving a return signal from the diagnostic tag, the radio frequency identification reader compares the return signal with an expected return signal to form a comparison. The radio frequency identification reader identifies an operational status for the radio frequency identification reader using the comparison. |
| US07760067B2 |
Resistive current limiter
According to a first aspect the present invention relates to a fault current limiter formed by a conductor tape (11, 41, 51, 61, 71) coated with a high temperature superconductor and having at least one mounting element (12, 42, 52, 62, 72) which is essentially holding the conductor tape solely on one or more edge regions in such a way that the principal surfaces of the tape cannot get in touch with the mounting element.According to a second aspect the present invention relates to a fault current limiter formed by a conductor tape coated with a high temperature superconductor and comprising at least one mounting element (23, 24) which is contacting the conductor tape on one or on both major surfaces in an electrically conducting manner such that the conductor tape (21) in its normal conducting state is electrically shunted by the mounting element (23) in the contact region. |
| US07760065B2 |
MEMS device with bi-directional element
The present invention provides a bi-directional microelectromechanical element, a microelectromechanical switch including the bi-directional element, and a method to reduce mechanical creep in the bi-directional element. In one embodiment, the bi-directional microelectromechanical element includes a cold beam having a free end and a first end connected to a cold beam anchor. The cold beam anchor is attached to a substrate. A first beam pair is coupled to the cold beam by a free end tether and is configured to elongate when heated thereby to a greater temperature than a temperature of the cold beam. A second beam pair is located on an opposing side of the cold beam from the first beam pair and is coupled to the first beam pair and the cold beam by the free end tether. The second beam pair is configured to elongate when heated thereby to the greater temperature. |
| US07760062B2 |
Inductor and electric power supply using it
An inductor embedded in a printed wiring board includes a conductor extending in the thickness direction of a printed circuit board and a magnetic body that is in contact with the conductor with no gap therebetween. For example, the magnetic body is composed of ferrite having a cylindrical tubular shape. The conductor is composed of a copper film formed by plating on an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical tubular ferrite. The inductor is inserted in the thickness direction of the printed wiring board. |
| US07760058B2 |
System and method for producing a spatial force
An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties correspond to a desired spatial force function where spatial forces between field emission structures correspond to relative alignment, separation distance, and the spatial force function. |
| US07760057B2 |
Electrical switching device comprising magnetic adjusting elements
An electrical switching device, especially a high-frequency switching device, comprising an elongate electrical switching element, a contact end of which is disposed between two opposite contact elements that are transversally spaced apart from each other. The switching element can be selectively moved perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction thereof towards one or the other opposite contact element by two adjusting elements that are located on both sides next to the switching element. In order to eliminate or at least reduce frictional processes and the risk of the electrical contact being damaged by abrasion, the switching element is made at least in part of magnetic material while the adjusting elements are formed by two magnet assemblies, the magnetic force of one magnet assembly or the other magnet assembly being selectively reducible or increasable. |
| US07760056B2 |
Electromagnetic switch for use in starter
The electromagnetic switch for use in a starter includes a solenoid including an excitation coil and a plunger, and an energization terminal through which a current is supplied to the excitation coil from an external battery. The excitation coil generating, when applied with the current, a magnetic attraction force to move the plunger in order to close a main contact of the starter to thereby energize a motor of the starter. The energization terminal is constituted by a male terminal having a plate-like shape and insert-molded in the mold cover, and a female terminal fixed to a coil bobbin of the excitation coil and connected with a lead wire of the excitation coil, the female terminal being provided with a fitting section to which the male terminal is fitted so that the male and female terminals are electrically connected to each other. |
| US07760050B2 |
Dielectric filter having tapered input/output electrodes
A dielectric filter having inner-conductor holes penetrating through a dielectric block from a first surface to a second surface thereof. An outer conductor and input/output electrodes are formed on an outer surface of the dielectric block. A side of each of the input/output electrodes facing the first surface is substantially in parallel to the first surface, and an intersection of a side facing the second surface and a side facing a sixth surface is tapered. With such a configuration, an attenuation characteristic at an attenuation band is improved by making the attenuation characteristic less likely to receive an influence of a TE mode. |
| US07760047B2 |
Coupling element for electromagnetic coupling of at least two conductors of a transmission line
A coupling element is disclosed for electromagnetic coupling of at least two conductors of a transmission line, wherein the coupling element is arranged between a first conductor and a second conductor of the transmission line and has at least one discrete component. The coupling element can have at least one first branch embodied as a transmission line segment that is associated with the first conductor, and a second branch embodied as a transmission line segment that is associated with the second conductor. The at least one discrete component can thereby be provided for connecting the first branch to the second branch. |
| US07760039B2 |
Crystal oscillator emulator
A crystal oscillator emulator integrated circuit comprises a first temperature sensor that senses a first temperature of the integrated circuit. Memory stores calibration parameters and selects at least one of the calibration parameters based on the first temperature. A semiconductor oscillator generates an output signal having a frequency that is based on the calibration parameters. A heater adjusts the first temperature to a predetermined temperature. A disabling circuit disables the heater after the calibration parameters are stored in the memory. |
| US07760035B2 |
Noise-generating device and method
The invention relates to the field of devices intended to generate a noise of high amplitude having specific spectral characteristics. It concerns a transmission device mainly comprising a transducer, means for synthesizing a digital noise sequence x′(n) and power sources. According to the invention, the device also comprises means such that according to the value, at each time t, of the synthesized noise sequence, the transducer is supplied by one or more noise sources placed in series, the overall voltage reflecting the value of the digital noise sequence. The transition times between two supply values are synchronous with the basic clock of means which synthesize x′(n). The invention also relates to a method for iteratively synthesizing, under spectral constraint, a noise having a power spectral density corresponding to a given template. The invention applies in particular to the submarine acoustic noise generators on board small-size autonomous craft. It can also apply to the production of scramblers in mobile telephony. |
| US07760031B2 |
Method for reducing inter modulation distortion products of a combined carrier wave using phase alignment of the carrier components
A method is provided for reducing inter modulation distortion products using multi-carrier phase alignment of the type where a combined carrier signal is generated from the combined output carried waves of a plurality of numerically controlled oscillators in which the frequency of the carrier wave can be altered by changing an input value into the oscillator. In particular the initial phase of the output carrier waves is adjusted so that the peak amplitude of the combined carrier signal is minimized so that compression of the higher amplitude portions of the combined signal is reduced. |
| US07760028B2 |
Transformer circuit
A BALUN circuit (20) for low voltage operation for receiving single ended input signal at an input terminal (24) and providing a differential output signal across a pair of output terminals (OUT+, OUT−) is disclosed. The BALUN circuit (20) comprises a first branch including an input terminal (24) for receiving a single ended input voltage signal (RFin), a transistor (Q1), a resistance (R1) (28), a resistance (RL), and an output terminal (OUT+). A second branch includes a transistor (Q3), a resistance (RL) and an output terminal (OUT−). An operational amplifier (26) maintains current flowing through the resistances RL in the first and second branches substantially equal to each other, in dependence upon the output voltage signal across the output terminals (OUT+, OUT−). |
| US07760027B2 |
Power amplifier output voltage reduction method
An apparatus and method are provided for reducing the output voltage in a power amplifier. The power amplifier contains a power supply, an amplifier stage, an impedance matching circuit, and a voltage reduction unit connected between the power supply and the amplifier stage. A power amplifier device within the amplifier stage has a gain bandwidth that covers multiple frequency bands. The output voltage of the power amplifier device is a composite voltage that contains fundamental and harmonic components that lie within the gain bandwidth. The voltage reduction unit reduces the supply voltage of the power amplifier device such that the composite output voltage is less than the breakdown voltage in the power amplifier device. The impedance matching circuit is coupled to the power amplifier device output and provides impedance matching for output signals of the fundamental and harmonic frequencies. |
| US07760025B2 |
Multi-primary distributed active transformer amplifier power supply and control
An integrated power combiner is disclosed. The power combiner includes a first circular geometry primary winding having one or more inductive elements, such as an active winding with one or more driver stages. A circular geometry secondary winding is disposed adjacent to the first primary winding, such as an active winding with one or more driver stages. A second circular geometry primary winding is disposed adjacent to the secondary winding and has one or more inductive elements. One or more connections are provided between one or more of the inductive elements of the first circular geometry primary winding and one or more of the inductive elements of the second circular geometry primary winding. |
| US07760022B2 |
Amplifier circuit
Power consumption of current sources in an amplifier circuit is reduced even during amplifier operation while keeping linearity of an output signal. The amplifier circuit is suitable for use in a signal generator that provides an output signal previously set by a user and having a known level. Positive and negative current sources receive an input voltage Vi depending on an output voltage Vo. An output resistor derives the output voltage Vo from currents provided by the positive and negative current sources. A variable bias generation circuit produces positive and negative bias voltages applied to the positive and negative current sources wherein the positive and negative bias voltages are set while the linearity of the output voltage is maintains using the known output level information. |
| US07760021B2 |
Variable gain amplifier
The present invention relates to a variable gain amplifier. The variable gain amplifier in an ultrasound includes an attenuator. The attenuator includes resistor strings each having a plurality of resistors connected in series to each other and a gain control unit. The gain control unit has tap inputs taken from a plurality of junctions between a first resistor string receiving a first input signal and a second resistor string receiving a second input signal. The gain control unit is configured to provide an attenuated differential input signal based on the tap inputs. The variable gain amplifier includes an amplifying unit having a feedback amplifying section configured to amplify the attenuated differential input signal to output a first amplified signal and a clipping amplifying section configured to amplify the first amplified signal to output a second amplified signal that falls within a predetermined voltage range. |
| US07760020B2 |
Amplifier device
An electronic circuit arrangement is provided which comprises an input terminal configured to input an input signal to be amplified and an output terminal configured to output the amplified input signal as an output signal. A signal path is defined between the input terminal and the output terminal. An amplifier unit having an amplifier gain is provided and being configured to amplify the input signal and for generating the output signal. A variation of an operational current of the amplifier unit is configured to provide a variation of the amplifier gain. The amplifier unit is arranged within the signal path. Furthermore a gain control unit is configured to control the gain of the amplifier unit by adjusting the operational current of the amplifier unit. The gain control unit is arranged outside the signal path. |
| US07760016B2 |
Anti-pop circuits and methods for audio amplifiers using variable resistors
Anti-pop circuits are provided for an audio amplifier that uses a power supply voltage and a ground voltage to drive a load with an audio signal that is centered about a virtual analog ground. These anti-pop circuits include a variable resistor and a capacitor that are connected to the audio amplifier to provide a low pass filter. The variable resistor has resistance that varies in response to a voltage level of the virtual analog ground, such as a difference between a voltage level of the power supply voltage and the voltage level of the virtual analog ground. The variable resistor may be a field effect transistor having a gate that is responsive to the differences between the voltage level of the power supply voltage and the voltage level of the virtual analog ground. The capacitor may be a field effect transistor, as well. Related methods are also described. |
| US07760008B2 |
Digital trimming in a microelectronic device
Digital trimming logic is included in a microelectronic device of a type that produces an output signal in response to an input signal and a threshold signal. Trimming logic values are produced in response to a clock signal that is applied to the device in a trimming mode. The clock signal can be applied to a device pin that is used in normal operation to provide an output signal, thus allowing the pin to serve a dual function. The trimming logic changes the trimming logic value in response to the clock signal until the trimming logic value reaches a trim value at which the threshold signal is substantially equal to the input signal. The trimming logic then stores the trim value in a non-volatile memory and enters a locked mode in which further trimming is prevented and the device is ready for normal operation. |
| US07760004B2 |
Clamp networks to insure operation of integrated circuit chips
Clamp networks are provided to insure successful operation of a variety of electronic circuits that are realized in the form of integrated circuit chips. These networks are especially suited for use in chips in which on-chip circuits generate a voltage to bias the chip substrate relative to the chip ground. The clamp networks are configured to drive a current between the chip ground and the chip substrate whenever the chip substrate begins to rise above the chip ground during turn on of the chip input voltage. The clamp networks thus insure that the chip substrate is properly biased when the input voltage has been established and that the chip, therefore, functions as intended. |
| US07759996B2 |
Storage elements using nanotube switching elements
Data storage circuits and components of such circuits constructed using nanotube switching elements. The storage circuits may be stand-alone devices or cells incorporated into other devices or circuits. The data storage circuits include or can be used in latches, master-slave flip-flops, digital logic circuits, memory devices and other circuits. In one aspect of the invention, a master-slave flip-flop is constructed using one or more nanotube switching element-based storage devices. The master storage element or the slave storage element or both may be constructed using nanotube switching elements, for example, using two nanotube switching element-based inverters. The storage elements may be volatile or non-volatile. An equilibration device is provided for protecting the stored data from fluctuations on the inputs. Input buffers and output buffers for data storage circuits of the invention may also be constructed using nanotube switching elements. |
| US07759993B2 |
Accumulated phase-to-digital conversion in digital phase locked loops
Techniques for converting an accumulated phase of a signal into a digital value in a digital phase-locked loop (DPLL). In an exemplary embodiment, a signal is coupled to a divide-by-N module that divides the frequency of the signal down by a divider ratio N. The divided signal is input to a delta phase-to-digital converter, which measures the phase difference between a rising edge of the divided signal and a rising edge of a reference signal. The accumulated divider ratios and the measured phase differences are combined to give an accumulated digital phase. Further techniques for varying the divider ratio N using a sigma-to-delta modulator are disclosed. |
| US07759990B2 |
Clock switching circuit
A clock switching circuit comprises PLL circuits into which external clocks CLKT, CLKB are respectively input, a multiplexer for selecting and outputting either an output PLB of one PLL circuit or an inverted signal of an output PLT of the other PLL circuit, and a clock control circuit for subjecting the multiplexer to switching control on the basis of a Lock determination signal that is asynchronous with CLKB and PLB. When the Lock determination signal is input into the clock control circuit, the clock control circuit switches the output of the multiplexer in synchronization with an offset clock PLQB that is offset from the phase of PLB by a predetermined value. |
| US07759984B2 |
Comparing circuit and infrared receiver
A comparing circuit of the present invention includes: a charging and discharging circuit to charge a capacitor with charging current and discharge the capacitor with discharging current alternately in response to a switch of an input pulse signal; a comparator circuit to compare a capacitor-voltage (Csig) of the capacitor with a first threshold voltage (Vth1) and the capacitor-voltage (Csig) with a second threshold voltage (Vth2), which is higher than the first threshold voltage, to generate a pulse signal responsive to a result of this comparison, and to supply an output-signal generating circuit with the pulse signal to switch a level of an output pulse-signal; and a logical operation circuit to adjust a value of the charging current and a value of the discharging current by generating a signal that is based on the pulse signal and is to adjust the value of the charging current and the value of the discharging current of the charging and discharging circuit and supplying the charging and discharging circuit with the signal thus generated. This configuration makes it possible for the comparing circuit to maintain capability of preventing errors, and at the same time, improve in capability of outputting a pulse having a same period as that of an input pulse having a short pause period. |
| US07759982B2 |
Current detection circuit
There is provided a current detection circuit capable of preventing an excessive voltage from being applied to an input terminal of a differential amplifier, without resulting in reduction in current detection accuracy. The current detection circuit includes a power MOSFET 1 (a first semiconductor switching device), a sense MOSFET 2 (a second semiconductor switching device), a differential amplifier 3, a Zener diode 33 (a first voltage clamp device), a Zener diode 34 (a second voltage clamp device), an MOSFET 6 (a variable resistance device), a depletion type MOSFET 31 (a first MOSFET), and a depletion type MOSFET 32 (a second MOSFET). |
| US07759981B2 |
Amplifying circuit of semiconductor integrated circuit
An amplifying circuit of a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a data amplifier that outputs an up-signal and a down-signal amplified according to a comparison result between an up-data signal and a down-data signal in response to a control signal. The data amplifier repeats an operation of amplifying the up-signal and the down-signal according to the comparison result between the up-signal and the down-signal to be fed back to the data amplifier. |
| US07759979B2 |
Gate driving circuit
A gate driving circuit includes a first output buffer unit region, a level shifter region and a low voltage circuit region. The first output buffer unit region is formed on a plane and is utilized for setting a first output buffer unit. The level shifter region is formed on the plane for setting a level shifter, and includes a vertical region and a horizontal region connected to the vertical region. The vertical region and the first output buffer unit region are aligned in a horizontal direction of the plane. The horizontal region is beneath the vertical region and the first output buffer unit region. The low voltage circuit region is formed on the plane for setting a low voltage circuit, and is beneath the horizontal region. The low voltage circuit region and the horizontal region are aligned in a vertical direction of the plane. |
| US07759977B1 |
Buffering circuit
A buffering circuit includes: a first transistor having a gate terminal coupled to an input signal for buffering the input signal to generate an output signal under an operating current, a second transistor cascoded with the first transistor for generating the operating current for the first transistor according to a control signal at a gate terminal of the second transistor, and a control circuit having a first terminal coupled to the gate terminal of the first transistor and a second terminal coupled to a reference source. The control circuit adjusts the control signal according to the input signal and the reference source, wherein when a voltage level of the input signal varies, the control circuit is arranged to adjust a voltage level of the control signal such that the adjusted voltage level of the control signal varies inversely proportional to the varied voltage level of the input signal. |
| US07759976B2 |
Level shift circuit
A level shift circuit determining a logic value while preventing load capacitance from increasing. A voltage detector detects the states of first and second voltages and generates first and second detection signals. A first logic unit generates a first control signal having a level that is in accordance with an input signal or a level of a third voltage in response to the first detection signal. A second logic unit generates a second control signal having a level that is in accordance with the first control signal or a level of the second voltage in response to the second detection signal. A level converter generates an output signal based on the first and second control signals and clamps the output signal at a fixed level when an abnormality occurs in the first voltage. |
| US07759975B2 |
Interface device and information processing system
A first converter circuit converts a state signal, whose level is constant or slowly varies during a predetermine period of time, into a pulse signal to allow the signal to propagate across an electrically insulating area. A second converter circuit converts the pulse signal, which has propagated through an insulating circuit, into the original state signal or a signal having the same characteristics as the original state signal. |
| US07759974B1 |
Pipelined unidirectional programmable interconnect in an integrated circuit
Integrated circuits (ICs) having pipelined unidirectional programmable interconnect structures are provided. Substantially similar logic blocks in an IC each include at least one storage element driving an output of the logic block. The IC also includes programmable routing structures, each of which includes at least one storage element unidirectionally driving an output of the routing structure without traversing any pass gates. Each routing structure has at least one unidirectional output that drives another of the routing structures or one of the logic blocks. Each logic block has at least one output that drives an input of a programmable routing structure. The logic blocks and the programmable routing structures may be interconnected by unidirectional data lines organized as multi-bit busses coupled to multi-bit ports of the logic blocks and routing structures. Each routing structure may include a handshake circuit coupled to control all bits in one of the multi-bit busses. |
| US07759972B1 |
Integrated circuit architectures with heterogeneous high-speed serial interface circuitry
An integrated circuit device such as a programmable logic device (“PLD”) includes a plurality of blocks of legacy circuitry. These legacy blocks leave at least one corner of the device unoccupied by such legacy circuitry. This at least one corner is used for relatively newly developed circuitry so as to simplify and speed the design of relatively new circuitry, to avoid having to significantly redesign any of the legacy circuitry to give the device the capabilities of the new circuitry, etc. The relatively newly developed circuitry may be high-speed serial data signal interface (“HSSI”) circuitry that is capable of operating at serial data rates faster than any legacy HSSI circuitry on the device. |
| US07759971B2 |
Single via structured IC device
A configurable logic array may include a multiplicity of logic components, which may contain customizable look-up tables, and layers of fixed metal segments all of which may be customizable using a single custom via layer. The integrated circuit containing the configurable logic array may also include a multiplicity of customizable register files, customizable RAM blocks; a ROM block with customizable contents; or test logic with customizable test options and configurations to separately test logic and the PLLs. |
| US07759970B2 |
Hardware and software programmable fuses for memory repair
The present invention relates to a system and method for increasing the manufacturing yield of a plurality of memory cells used in cell arrays. A programmable fuse, having both hardware and software elements, is used with the plurality of memory cells to indicate that at least one memory cell is unusable and should be shifted out of operation. The software programmable element includes a programmable register adapted to shift in an appropriate value indicating that at least one of the memory cells is flawed. The hardware element includes a fuse gated with the programmable register. Shifting is indicated either by software programmable fuse or hard fuse. Soft fuse registers may be chained together forming a shift register. |
| US07759967B2 |
General purpose pin mapping for a general purpose application specific integrated circuit (ASIC)
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The ASIC includes a plurality of functional units. Each functional unit may include a plurality of connections. The ASIC may also include a plurality of input and/or output pins configured to couple the ASIC to a circuit board. A programmable client may be associated with each pin, and each programmable client may be programmed to selectively connect the pin with which it is associated to one of the plurality of connections of one of the plurality of functional units. In various embodiments, the programmable client may be embodied as a multiplexer or a crossbar switch. Further, the programmable client may be programmed using any of boot firmware, hardware jumpers, and/or non-volatile programming registers. |
| US07759966B2 |
Methods and systems for evaluating permanent magnet motors
A method for evaluating a permanent magnet motor, which includes a rotor with a plurality of magnets mounted thereon, and a stator with a plurality of windings in proximity to the rotor and coupled to an inverter, includes spinning the motor such that a voltage is induced in the windings of the stator and the inverter; measuring the voltage on the inverter; calculating the voltage constant from the motor from the measured voltage; comparing the voltage constant to accepted voltage constants; and identifying the motor as not acceptable if the voltage constant is outside of a range of the accepted voltage constants. |
| US07759965B2 |
Systems and methods to evaluate permanent magnet motors
Methods and systems for evaluating a permanent magnet motor are provided. The method includes the steps of spinning a rotor of the permanent magnet motor; determining a total harmonic distortion of the permanent magnet motor; and comparing the determined total harmonic distortion of the permanent magnet motor with a baseline total harmonic distortion. |
| US07759964B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method determining voltage, current, and power in a switching regulator
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for measuring voltage, current, and power in a power supply. The apparatus consists of a voltage measuring module which measures the peak voltage through an inductor in a switching power supply stage of the power supply for a portion of the switching period. A current measuring module measures the peak current in the switching power supply stage for a portion of the switching period. The measured currents and voltages are proportional to the voltage and current at a point in the power supply where a power measurement is desired. The voltage and current values are multiplied along with a constant to provide an accurate measure of the power at a point in the power supply. The constant generally includes a combination of a calibration constant, an RMS conversion factor, a voltage conversion factor, and a current conversion factor. |
| US07759963B2 |
Method for determining threshold voltage variation using a device array
A method of measuring threshold voltage variation using a device array provides accurate threshold voltage distribution values for process verification and improvement. The characterization array imposes a fixed drain-source voltage and a constant channel current at individual devices within the array. Another circuit senses the source voltage of the individual device within the array. The statistical distribution of the threshold voltage is determined directly from the source voltage distribution by offsetting each source voltage by a value determined by completely characterizing one or more devices within the array. The resulting methodology avoids the necessity of otherwise characterizing each device within the array, thus reducing measurement time dramatically. |
| US07759960B2 |
Integrated circuit testing methods using well bias modification
Methods for testing a semiconductor circuit (10) including testing the circuit and modifying a well bias (14, 18) of the circuit during testing. The methods improve the resolution of voltage-based and IDDQ testing and diagnosis by modifying well bias during testing. In addition, the methods provide more efficient stresses during stress testing. The methods apply to ICs where the semiconductor well (wells and/or substrates) are wired separately from the chip VDD and GND, allowing for external control (40) of the well potentials during test. In general, the methods rely on using the well bias to change transistor threshold voltages. |
| US07759959B2 |
Voltage sensing device and associated method
A transformer circuit is disclosed that minimizes the temperature dependence of an output voltage. A first embodiment of the present invention includes a primary winding coupled to received a voltage to be sensed and a center-tapped secondary winding coupled at a center point to first voltage output terminal. The center-tapped secondary winding includes a first secondary winding and a second secondary winding, the secondary windings being coupled through a bridge circuit to a second voltage output terminal. |
| US07759953B2 |
Active wafer probe
A probe suitable for probing a semiconductor wafer that includes an active circuit. The probe may include a flexible interconnection between the active circuit and a support structure. The probe may impose a relatively low capacitance on the device under test. |
| US07759951B2 |
Semiconductor testing device with elastomer interposer
A novel device for testing semiconductor chips is disclosed. A benefit with all the embodiments described herein is that the device may experience zero (or near zero) nascent force. The device may be comprised of a printed circuit board (PCB) that has at least one PCB piercing structure, a probe contactor substrate that has at least one substrate piercing structure, wherein the substrate piercing structure is electrically connected to a probe contactor, and an interposer that has at least one electrical via made of a conductive elastomer. When the PCB piercing structure and the substrate piercing structure pierce the elastomer, the PCB becomes electrically connected to the probe contactor. Instead of the piercing structure, the PCB or the probe contractor substrate may be adhered to the elastomer by an adhesive, such that the PCB becomes electrically connected to the probe contactor. The PCB piercing structure and the substrate piercing structure may include a flying lead wire, soldered pins or pressed pins. The adhesives may include, but are not limited to, screenable conductive surface mount adhesives. Finally, a diagnostic computer may be electrically connected to the PCB to assist in testing the semiconductor chips. |
| US07759950B2 |
Electronic component device testing apparatus
An electronic component device testing apparatus includes first contacts arrayed so that first ends of the first contacts positionally correspond to electrode pads arrayed on a surface of an electronic component device; base electrodes in contact with second ends of the first contacts; and one or more second contacts each being in contact with one of the first contacts at a position which is between the first end and the second end of the one of the first contacts and closer to the first end of the one of the first contacts. |
| US07759948B2 |
Disposable total dissolved solids meter and methods of use thereof
A disposable meter for testing the level of total dissolved solids in a water source and a method of testing the concentration of total dissolved solids are herein disclosed. The disposable meter may include a body with at least water resistant properties, a first indicator, the energization of which is indicative of a threshold level measured total dissolved solids, a pair of electrodes wherein energization passing between the pair of electrodes completes a circuit, and circuitry disposed within the body connected to the first indicator and the pair of electrodes. The circuitry may be configured to commence energization to pass between the pair of electrodes, measure the conductivity of the water between the pair of electrodes, and energize the first indicator if the measured conductivity value exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The method of testing the concentration of total dissolved solids present in a water supply may include projecting a current between a first electrode and a second electrode, measuring the conductivity of the water between the electrodes, comparing the measured conductivity to a plurality of threshold values, and energizing an indicator in a matter that is correlated to the highest threshold value met by the measured conductivity. |
| US07759947B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining the moisture of a running material web
In a method for determining the moisture of a running material web, in particular a paper web or paperboard web, the material web is scanned by way of a sensor including a microwave resonator, the resonance response of the microwave resonator is investigated, and the moisture in the material web is established in the light of this resonance response while taking account of the distance between the microwave resonator and the material web. Also disclosed is a corresponding apparatus for determining the moisture. |
| US07759939B2 |
Sensor for locating metallic objects and method for evaluating measurement signal of such a sensor
A sensor for locating metallic objects, in particular a metal sensor for building materials, includes at least one transmission coil and at least one reception conductor loop system that are inductively coupled to one another. The reception conductor loop system is made up of conductor structures on a printed circuit board. A second reception conductor loop system can be provided, which is situated coaxial to the first reception conductor loop system in a common first plane with it on the printed circuit board. The sensor preferably operates in a frequency range between 1 kHz and 10 kHz. |
| US07759938B2 |
Apparatus and method for varying magnetic field strength in magnetic resonance measurements
Apparatus and method for varying field strength in a magnetic resonance system while keeping a relatively uniform magnetic field distribution. In an embodiment, a two-pole, generally u-shaped magnet assembly generates a static and uniform magnetic field. The magnet assembly includes two facing magnet poles separated by an air gap. Holes may be formed with the magnet poles. The field control rods may be placed at a pre-determined distance into these holes and symmetrically or asymmetrically moved across each magnet poles in a controlled manner to change the magnetic field strength while keeping the uniform magnetic field distribution. Maximum magnetic field strength may occur when the rods are removed. Minimum magnetic field strength may occur when the rods are fully inserted. |
| US07759932B2 |
Magnetic field response sensor for conductive media
A magnetic field response sensor comprises an inductor placed at a fixed separation distance from a conductive surface to address the low RF transmissivity of conductive surfaces. The minimum distance for separation is determined by the sensor response. The inductor should be separated from the conductive surface so that the response amplitude exceeds noise level by a recommended 10 dB. An embodiment for closed cavity measurements comprises a capacitor internal to said cavity and an inductor mounted external to the cavity and at a fixed distance from the cavity's wall. An additional embodiment includes a closed cavity configuration wherein multiple sensors and corresponding antenna are positioned inside the cavity, with the antenna and inductors maintained at a fixed distance from the cavity's wall. |
| US07759931B2 |
Device for measuring magnetic impedance
The present invention relates to a magnetic impedance measurement device comprising an apply coil for generating an alternate magnetic field of variable frequency, a power source for the apply coil, at least one magnetic sensor means comprising a pair of magnetic sensors for detecting orthogonal vector components of a magnetic field generated from a test object, the vector components being parallel to the face of the apply coil, a measurement means for the magnetic sensor for measuring a detected signal from said magnetic sensor mean, the measurement means being located at a distance from the face of the apply coil and facing the test object, a lock-in amplifier circuit for detecting from an output of the measurement means a signal having the same frequency as the frequency of the apply coil and an analysis means for analyzing intensity and phase changes of an output of the magnetic sensor means with the use of an output signal of the lock-in amplifier circuit. |
| US07759930B2 |
Actuator with a non-contact position sensor
An actuator having a fixed part, a movable part movable with respect to the fixed part in a travelling direction, and a non-contact position sensor connected to the movable part to read the position of the movable part. The position sensor has a reading device connected to the fixed part and having a ferromagnetic core; and a magnetic cursor, which is integrated in the movable part, is defined by a magnetized portion of the movable part, and is so magnetized as to locally saturate the ferromagnetic core at the magnetic cursor. |
| US07759926B2 |
Dynamic phase offset measurement
In one embodiment, a method is provided for measuring a dynamic phase offset between a PLL's input clock and the PLL's feedback input clock, wherein the input clock is spread spectrum modulated in a spread spectrum mode and is not modulated in a static mode. The method includes: in the spread spectrum mode, measuring phase jitter between the input clock and the feedback input clock to form a spread spectrum phase jitter measurement; in the static mode, measuring phase jitter between the input clock and the feedback input clock to form a static phase jitter measurement; and comparing the spread spectrum phase jitter measurement to the static phase jitter measurement to determine the dynamic phase offset. |
| US07759925B2 |
Signal analyzer and method for signal analysis
A signal analyzer repetitively memorizes waveform data of a signal under test to detect peaks P1-P6 of the waveform data. Waveform widths of the waveform data at a mask reference level, or a predetermined level down from the respective peaks, are evaluated as mask reference widths and then masks of the respective peaks are set using the mask reference level and mask reference widths. Hence the masks are automatically set, so a user can easily obtain time domain data and/or frequency domain data including characterizing portions in the signal under test. |
| US07759922B2 |
Method and apparatus to provide temporary peak power from a switching regulator
Various techniques directed to providing temporary peak power from a switching regulator are disclosed. In one aspect, a switching regulator includes a switch that is to be coupled between a power supply input and an energy transfer element of the power supply. A controller is coupled to be responsive to a feedback signal to be received from an output of the power supply. The controller is coupled to switch the switch in response to the feedback signal to regulate the output of the power supply. An oscillator is coupled to provide an oscillating signal to the controller to determine a maximum switching frequency of the switch. The oscillating signal is coupled to oscillate at a first frequency under a first moderate load condition at the power supply output. The oscillating signal is coupled to oscillate at a second frequency under a second peak load condition at the power supply output. |
| US07759920B2 |
Switching regulator and semiconductor device having the same
A switching regulator and a semiconductor device having the same are disclosed, the switching regulator being capable of preventing turn-ON of a switching transistor when the connection between a control circuit controlling the operation of the switching transistor and ground potential is cut off. The switching regulator includes, for example, an NMOS transistor that is turned OFF to decrease the gate voltage of the switching transistor to turn off the switching transistor to be electrically non-conducting when the connection between a first ground terminal and ground potential is cut off by, for example, the disconnection between the first ground terminal and the ground line of the printed circuit board. |
| US07759913B2 |
Apparatus and methods for controlling operation of a single-phase voltage regulator in a three-phase power system
Provided are methods for controlling operation of a voltage regulator of a single-phase of a three-phase power system to regulate a measured voltage. One of the methods includes recording a first elapsed time between detecting a first excursion of the measured voltage from an in-band area to an out-of-band area, and a first return of the measured voltage to the in-band area. The method also includes recording a second elapsed time period (dip period) between detecting the first return and a second excursion of the measured voltage from the in-band area to an out-of-band area. If the second elapsed time period is less than a predetermined dip time period, causing a tap position change of the voltage regulator upon expiration of a countdown period initiated upon detecting the first excursion, thereby adjusting the measured voltage to the in-band area while allowing a voltage drop of limited length. |
| US07759912B2 |
Adaptive compensation scheme for LC circuits in feedback loops
A method for providing adaptive compensation for an electrical circuit where the electrical circuit includes an inductor-capacitor network connected in a feedback loop being compensated by a first compensation capacitance value and a second compensation capacitance value defining the frequency locations of two compensation zeros includes: measuring the inductance value of the inductor; when the inductance value is greater than a first threshold value, increasing the first and second compensation capacitance values so that the frequency locations of the two compensation zeros are adjusted for compensating the poles introduced by the first inductor and the first capacitor; and when the inductance value is less than the first threshold value, decreasing the first and second compensation capacitance values so that the frequency locations of the two compensation zeros are adjusted for compensating the poles introduced by the first inductor and the first capacitor. |
| US07759910B2 |
System for transmission of electric power
A high voltage AC transmission cable system for transmitting power between two points, each connected to one or more power networks, and a method to operate the system. At least one transformer is arranged at each end of the AC transmission cable, wherein at least one of the transformers is arranged to operate the transformer at a voltage whereby losses due to reactive power transport and dielectric losses are minimized. The AC cable is run at a variable voltage regulated such that the voltage is a function of the load for the transmission cable. This operating voltage is not necessarily the same as the nominal voltages in the connection points. A control and communication system and a graphical user interface for carrying out the method are also provided. |
| US07759909B2 |
Generator control circuit
A generator control circuit is disclosed. One embodiment provides a first active switching circuit configured to connect a first terminal of an excitation coil either to a first or to a second terminal of a voltage source, a second active switching circuit configured to connect a second terminal of the excitation coil either to the first or to the second terminal of the voltage source, and a generator controller to set the duty cycle of the active switching circuit to rapidly control the current through the excitation coil to an excitation coil current setpoint. |
| US07759908B2 |
Electronic device identification system
An electronic device identification system includes a rectifier bridge for providing an output DC voltage of fixed polarity from an input DC voltage of a corresponding or reverse polarity. The system further includes an identification component coupled across an input to the rectifier bridge. This enables identification of the identification component value via electrical detection circuitry applied to the input to the rectifier bridge. |
| US07759907B2 |
Battery charging and discharging by using a bi-directional transistor
A battery charger for an electronic device receives current limited power from an external power source, such as a Universal Serial Bus power interface. The battery charger can linearly regulate a charging current to an internal battery and limit the charging current so as not to demand current in excess of what the external power source can provide. A bi-directional pass element coupled between a system power terminal and the internal battery controls the charging current and effectively isolates the internal battery from a system load during charging of the battery while providing a low impedance path from the internal battery to the system load during discharging of the battery. |
| US07759903B2 |
Battery voltage measurement circuit, battery voltage measurement method, and battery electric control unit
A voltage between both terminals of each unit battery is amplified by a differential amplifier and is then converted by a converter into a predetermined physical quantity that corresponds to the voltage between both terminals of the unit battery. The converted physical quantity is then level-shifted by a detection circuit and is converted into a voltage on a reference potential of the lowest electric potential of the battery assembly. A control unit sequentially selects the converted voltages by a multiplexer, generates serial digital signals by an A/D conversion, and then transmits the serial digital signals to a control operation unit via an isolation buffer circuit. It is, therefore, possible to provide a battery voltage measurement circuit capable of measuring a voltage of each of unit batteries constituting a battery assembly with high accuracy by using a common measurement circuit in a relatively simple and inexpensive configuration. |
| US07759901B2 |
Battery monitoring system
A system for the monitoring of the state of a battery used in a vehicle and to which electrical elements comprising at least one electrical consumer and/or at least one electrical generator are connected comprises means for the detection of the battery voltage, means for the extraction of voltage frequency components from the detected battery voltage at different frequencies, means for the detection of the current flowing out of or into the battery, means for the extraction of current frequency components from the detected battery current at the same frequencies at which the voltage frequency components were extracted, means for the determination of internal impedances of the battery from the voltage frequency components and current frequency components extracted at a respective frequency, means for the storage of predetermined relationships between the internal impedance and the battery state for each of the respective frequencies and means for the determination of the battery state from the determined internal impedances and the predetermined relationships. In this connection, means are provided for the monitoring of the state of at least some of the electrical elements as well as means in order to select the time for a respective voltage and current detection in dependence on the detected state of the electrical elements and/or to fix the conditions for a respective voltage and current detection. |
| US07759899B2 |
Battery pack, and assembly of battery pack and motor-driven tool or charger
A battery pack has a housing, a battery cell containing part which is provided in the housing and contains battery cells, a plurality of first terminals which are electrically connected to the battery cell containing part, a plurality of second terminals through which control signals for controlling at least one of charge and discharge of the battery cells contained in the battery cell containing part are transmitted. The first and second terminals can be pressure fitted to corresponding terminals of the body of the apparatus. The first and second terminals are so constructed that when the housing has been attached to the body of the apparatus, fitting pressure exerted on the first terminals is higher than fitting pressure exerted on the second terminals. |
| US07759895B2 |
Numerical controller and synchronous control method using numerical controller
A conveyer for transporting a box and a conveyer for transporting a bottle are driven along a follow-up target axis and a follow-up axis, respectively. The follow-up axis is accelerated from a synchronization start position, and, when the follow-up axis velocity catches up with the conveyer, performs the constant velocity operation. An advanced operation, performed by an asynchronous axis (moving the bottle closer to the box), is started before synchronization completes, and is completed when synchronization completes, then immediately an operation by a synchronous axis (follow-up target axis or follow-up axis) is started (insertion operation). The point of time when the advanced operation is started is determined by processing of the numerical controller, as a point of time when the time required for the follow-up axis in the current status to reach the synchronization completion status becomes the same as the time required for the advanced operation (preset). |
| US07759891B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting abnormal conditions of a motor
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for accurately detecting abnormal conditions of a motor. A ΔTc/Tj detector detects a difference (ΔTc) between an environment temperature and a temperature of a field-effect transistor (FET) which turns on and off electric power supplied to a DC motor. A diagnosis control unit detects abnormal conditions such as a motor lock and a short circuit of the DC motor based upon the obtained difference. When the motor lock has been detected, the diagnosis control unit controls a pulse width modulation (PWM) control unit and a PWM oscillator (PWMOSC) and makes a frequency and duty cycle of a PWM signal lower. When the short circuit has been detected, the diagnosis control unit controls a gate driver and turns off the FET. |
| US07759883B2 |
Dual-rotary-coupling, internal-waveguide linac for IORT
Electromedical apparatus for intraoperative radiotherapy via a linac. It includes an arm in which, at an extremity thereof, an oscillator is assembled which generates electromagnetic waves, and which supports, at an opposite extremity thereof, a radiating head in which a linac is assembled, emitting at its output an electron beam, supplied by the oscillator through a guiding structure. The apparatus includes a first and a second rotary couplings, respectively including a fixed portion and a mobile portion, endowed with sensors of the angular position of the mobile portions, which support the radiating head on the arm in roll and pitch motion. The guiding structure includes three separate rigid waveguides, of which one at the output of the oscillator and one of input to the linac, and an intermediate one therebetween, which connects them, with the heads of which they are respectively connected through the first and the second rotary couplings. |
| US07759881B1 |
LED lighting system with a multiple mode current control dimming strategy
A light emitting diode (LED) lighting system includes a controller to control current in one or more LEDs in response to a dimming level input. The LED lighting system implements a dimming strategy having two modes of operation that allow the LED lighting system to dim the LEDs using an active value of an LED current less than a full value LED current while maintaining continuous conduction mode operation. In an active value varying mode of operation, the controller varies an active value of the LED current for a first set of dimming levels. In an active value, duty cycle modulation mode of operation, the controller duty cycle modulates an active value of the LED current for a second set of dimming levels. In at least one embodiment, the active value of the LED current varies from a full active value to an intermediate active value as dimming levels decrease. |
| US07759880B2 |
Combined ballast for fluorescent lamp and light emitting diode and method of driving same
A circuit or combined ballast for driving a fluorescent lamp and at least one light emitting diode (LED) includes an integrated driver circuit having an alternating current (AC) circuit that includes at least one ballast coil for driving the fluorescent lamp and a direct current circuit for driving the LED having a secondary winding inductively coupled with the fluorescent lamp ballast coil for driving the LED. A method of driving a lamp assembly includes at least one fluorescent lamp and at least one light emitting diode (LED) and a combined driver circuit for supplying both the fluorescent lamp and the LED. The combined driver circuit supplies high voltage AC supply to a first portion of the driver circuit to the fluorescent lamp, supplies low voltage DC supply in a second portion of the driver circuit to the LED, and provides a secondary winding in the second portion of the driver circuit that is inductively coupled with a ballast coil in the first portion of the driver circuit that drives the fluorescent lamp. |
| US07759877B2 |
Driving system for electronic device and current balancing circuit thereof
A driving system, includes: a power supply unit for providing a first current and a second current; a first transformer having a primary side coupled to the power supply unit and a secondary side coupled to a first current balancing circuit for driving a plurality of first lamps; a second transformer having a primary side coupled to the power supply unit and a secondary side coupled to a second current balancing circuit for driving a plurality of second lamps; a balancing control circuit coupled to the power supply unit for balancing the first and the second current so that the first current and the second current are substantially equal. |
| US07759874B2 |
Apparatus for effecting plasma chemical vapor deposition (PCVD)
The present invention relates to an apparatus for carrying out a plasma chemical vapor deposition process by which one or more layers of doped or undoped silica can be deposited on the interior of an elongated glass substrate tube. The present invention further relates to a method for manufacturing an optical fiber using such an apparatus. |
| US07759873B2 |
Electronic lamp identification system
An identification system for a light radiation source (103) having a control circuit (107) for communicating with an identification circuit (108) associated with the light radiation source, wherein the identification circuit is arranged for storing data relating to the light radiation source. During operation, the control circuit communicates with the identification circuit via a signal path comprising at least a portion of a first electric wire (112) provided for energizing the light radiation source such that it is used as a first transmitting antenna for communicating with the identification circuit. The operation of the light radiation source is controlled in dependence on the data retrieved from the identification circuit. Depending on the result of the identification, operation of the light radiation source can be authorized or prevented, thus blocking the use of an incorrect radiation source for a given application. |
| US07759869B2 |
Plasma display panel
A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate, a rear substrate, a phosphor layer and a barrier rib between the front and rear substrates, and a discharge gas filled between the front and rear substrates. The phosphor layer includes a phosphor material and an additive material. The additive material includes at least one of magnesium oxide (MgO), zinc oxide (ZnO), silicon oxide (SiO2), titanium oxide (TiO2), yttrium oxide (Y2O3), aluminum oxide (Al2O3), lanthanum oxide (La2O3), europium oxide (EuO), cobalt oxide, iron oxide, or CNT (carbon nano tube). A pressure of the discharge gas lies substantially in a range between 400 torr and 500 torr. |
| US07759868B2 |
Plasma display panel including a crystalline magnesium oxide layer and method of manufacturing same
A crystalline magnesium oxide layer is placed facing the discharge space between a front glass substrate and a back glass substrate. The crystalline magnesium oxide layer contains crystal powder having particle-size distribution in which a crystal of a predetermined particle diameter or larger is included at a predetermined ratio or higher, of powder of a magnesium oxide crystal causing a cathode-luminescence emission having a peak within a wavelength range of 200 nm to 300 nm upon excitation by an electron beam. |
| US07759864B2 |
Organic electroluminescent display device comprising moisture preventing sealing structure
An organic electroluminescent display (OELD) device includes first and second substrates facing each other and having a display region and a non-display region on a periphery of the display region, an organic electroluminescent diode in the display region of the first substrate, a protrusion formed with a first thickness and a first width in the non-display region of the first substrate, a groove formed with a first depth and a second width in the non-display region of the second substrate, wherein the protrusion is inserted into the groove, a seal pattern formed between the protrusion and the groove. |
| US07759859B2 |
Light emitting device and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention is intended to stabilize a luminance and prevent a degradation during use in a display device of an active matrix driving system that arranges TFTs in matrix, by completely repairing a defective portion through application of a reverse voltage and repairing a short-circuit or leak area of a light emitting device. A light emitting device with a pixel structure of an active matrix driving system having TFTs arranged at each pixel has a feature that a reverse voltage is applied to the light emitting element without passing through the TFT is disclosed. The present invention provides a pixel structure capable of attaining the feature and a method of manufacturing the same. |
| US07759857B2 |
Active-matrix display with electrooptic elements having lower bilayer electrodes
In this display, an upper electrical insulation layer covers the active matrix; each electrooptic element comprises a lower supply electrode that is applied to this insulation layer. According to the invention, this lower electrode includes an organic conducting layer applied directly to said insulation layer and a metal layer covering the organic conducting layer.Such a structure makes it possible to optimize both planarization and light extraction by an optical cavity effect thereby improving the performance of the display. |
| US07759845B2 |
Piezoelectric substance element, liquid discharge head utilizing the same and optical element
An optical element satisfactory in transparency and characteristics as an optical modulation element, and a piezoelectric substance element satisfactory in precision and reproducibility as a fine element such as MEMS can be provided. The piezoelectric substance element includes, on a substrate, at least a first electrode, a piezoelectric substance film and a second electrode. The piezoelectric substance film does not contain a layer-structured boundary plane; the crystal phase constituting the piezoelectric substance film comprises at least two of a tetragonal, a rhombohedral, a pseudocubic, an orthorhombic and a monoclinic; and the piezoelectric substance film includes, in a portion in which a change in the composition is within a range of ±2%, a portion where a proportion of the different crystal phases changes gradually in a thickness direction of the film. |
| US07759842B2 |
Method and apparatus for air-coupled transducer
An air-coupled transducer includes a ultrasonic transducer body having a radiation end with a backing fixture at the radiation end. There is a flexible backplate conformingly fit to the backing fixture and a thin membrane (preferably a metallized polymer) conformingly fit to the flexible backplate. In one embodiment, the backing fixture is spherically curved and the flexible backplate is spherically curved. The flexible backplate is preferably patterned with pits or depressions. |
| US07759837B2 |
Rotating electrical machine
Stator claw poles are disposed at a stator core at a position facing opposite a rotor so as to alternately range from the two sides along the axial direction. With a plurality of magnetic poles thus formed, the distance by which the gap between the front end portions of the stator claw poles and the stator outer circumference ranges is increased, which, in turn, reduces the reactance guided to a stator coil. It is ensured that the magnetic reluctance manifesting between the front end portions of the stator claw poles and an enclosing member that holds the stator core, facing opposite the centers of the claw poles along the circumferential direction, is greater than the magnetic reluctance manifesting between the front portions and the stator core enclosing member facing opposite the front end portions. |
| US07759836B2 |
Coil module for a stator of an electric motor, stator, electric motor, circulation pump and method of manufacturing a stator
A coil module for a stator of an electric motor comprising a coil holder, a coil that is disposed on the coil holder, a first web and a second web is provided, wherein situated between the first web and the second web are a first coil portion and a second coil portion for contacting with a motor circuit. |
| US07759832B2 |
Fan
A fan includes a frame, a stator, a rotor and a magnetic member. The frame comprises a base. The stator is connected to the frame. The rotor has a shaft. The magnetic member, corresponding to the shaft, is disposed on the base to attract the shaft. The magnetic member and the shaft are spaced apart with the base disposed therebetween. The magnetic member may be disposed outside or inside the frame or on the stator. |
| US07759831B2 |
Switching device, generator-motor apparatus using switching device, drive system including generator-motor apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium on which a program for directing computer to perform control of generator-motor apparatus is recorded
A generator-motor apparatus includes a control circuit, an alternator, electrode plates, and switching devices. The electrodes plates have a substantial horseshoe shape, and are provided on an end surface of the alternator so as to surround a rotating shaft of the alternator. Each of the switching devices is formed by sandwiching a MOS transistor between two electrodes, and has a can structure for sealing the internal space of the switching device using a resin. The switching devices are directly attached to the electrode plate by means of soldering, and the switching devices are directly attached to the electrode plate by means of soldering. The control circuit controls the switching devices. The switching devices drive the alternator as an electric motor or an electric power generator. |
| US07759825B2 |
Rechargeable battery with a fuse
In a rechargeable battery with a fuse for guarding against external short circuits, to make it possible to design the rechargeable battery independently of the possibly high normal continuous current, it is proposed that a signal connection existing between the rechargeable battery and a device provided for drawing current be utilized. To that end, a switch is provided, which is connected parallel to the fuse and which responds to certain electrical signals of the device. The signals can be delivered to the switch via the signal connection, so that the switch bypasses the fuse, once the signal connection is established and the aforementioned signals occur. |
| US07759816B2 |
Cigarette lighter adapter device that interfaces with an external device via a port interface
A CLA device comprises a CLA plug that is insertable into an external CLA socket, for example, a DC CLA socket inside a vehicle. The CLA device has a housing coupled to the CLA plug, for example, by integration or via a tethered wire, with the housing having a support surface. A port interface connector in the CLA device engages with a complementary port interface connector of an external device at a cantilevered support point when the external device is attached to the CLA device. |
| US07759814B2 |
Device for converting wave energy
Device for absorption of wave energy, comprising a floating body (2) adapted to move as a result of influence from waves, and energy transmission means transmitting movement of the floating body to a generator, characterized by that it further comprises an immersed vessel (32), the upper part thereof containing gas and lower part thereof containing water, where the interior of the vessel (32) has pressure communication with the surrounding water, so that the volume of the gas in the vessel (32) depends on the pressure surrounding the vessel and thus affects the weight of the vessel (32) and its contents, the vessel (32) having such a connection to the rest of the device that it moves mainly vertically and in anti-phase in relation to the vertical movement of the floating body (2) when waves moves past the device, where the vessel (32) is connected to energy transmitting means for transmitting its movement to a generator. |
| US07759812B2 |
Integrated power plant that utilizes renewable and alternative energy sources
A large pressure differential is created between the leading face of the rotor blade and the trailing face of the rotor blade during the power cycle which creates a large amount of force that rotates the rotor blade about the central shaft. In some embodiments, gaps are provided between the inside edge of the rotor blade and a stationary shaft which vents wind collected by the rotor blade during certain portions of the rotation cycle. The vented wind increases the pressure on the trailing face of the rotor blades during the return cycle to further assist in the efficiency of this system. In addition, an integrated power plant is disclosed that provides a source of renewable energy in the form of a cross-flow wind turbine that includes solar cells mounted on south facing surfaces of the stators. The stators can be used to store liquids and fuels generated by the renewable energy sources. Electrical power generated by the renewable energy sources can be used in a desalination process to generate pure drinking water that can be stored in the stator devices. Electrical energy generated by the renewable energy sources can be used in an electrolysis device to generate oxygen and hydrogen gases. The oxygen and hydrogen gases can be used to operate a fuel cell to generate electricity when needed. The hydrogen can also be used to operate a hydrogen engine that runs an auxiliary generator to supply auxiliary electrical power when needed. A biofuel engine, propane gas engine, natural gas engine, or diesel engine can also be used to run the auxiliary generator. Mechanical power from the wind turbine can be used to run mechanical pumps to pump water to a reservoir at a higher elevation, which can then be used to run a water turbine that is connected to the auxiliary generator to generate electrical power when needed. |
| US07759810B2 |
System and method for emergency shutdown of an internal combustion engine
A method and system for rapidly shutting down an engine uses a rotating machine coupled to the engine as a dynamometer for stopping the engine. The rotating machine is controlled adaptively to maximize the power absorbed from the engine, thereby minimizing the amount of time needed to stop the engine. |
| US07759808B2 |
Semiconductor substrate including first and second recognition marks and method for manufacturing semiconductor device
The present invention includes a first recognition mark which is arranged in a frame part of a perimeter of an implementation region having a plurality of semiconductor chips implemented therein so that the position of the semiconductor substrate can be macroscopically detected by using a recognition camera, and a second recognition mark which is formed into a smaller shape than the first recognition mark so that the position of the dividing line can be microscopically detected by using a recognition camera. The second recognition mark is arranged so that its center line is positioned on a line that extends from a dicing line, and has a pattern shape which is formed so as to be linearly symmetric with respect to the center line. This pattern shape is formed so that the ratio of a length occupying a direction parallel to the dicing line is larger than that occupying a direction perpendicular to the dicing line, and includes a flow region for promoting the flow of an etchant for forming the pattern shape. |
| US07759806B2 |
Integrated circuit package system with multiple device units
An integrated circuit package system comprising forming a first device unit, having a first external interconnect, and a second device unit, having a second external interconnect, in an array configuration; mounting an integrated circuit die over the first device unit; connecting the integrated circuit die and the first external interconnect; and encapsulating the integrated circuit die, the first device unit, and the second device unit with both the first external interconnect and the second external interconnect partially exposed. |
| US07759795B2 |
Printed circuit board having reliable bump interconnection structure, method of fabricating the same, and semiconductor package using the same
Provided is a printed circuit board having a bump interconnection structure that improves reliability between interconnection layers. Also provided is a method of fabricating the printed circuit board and semiconductor package using the printed circuit board. According to one embodiment, the printed circuit board includes a plurality of bumps formed on a resin layer between a first interconnection layer and a second interconnection layer. The second interconnection layer includes insertion holes corresponding to upper portions of the bumps so that the upper portions of the bumps protrude from the second interconnection layer. The upper portion of at least one of the bumps includes a rivet portion having a diameter greater that the diameter of the corresponding insertion hole to reliably interconnect the first and second interconnection layers. |
| US07759794B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device 100 has a BGA substrate 110, a semiconductor chip 101, a bump 106 and an underfill 108 filling the periphery of the bump. An interlayer dielectric 104 in the semiconductor chip 101 contains a low dielectric constant film. The bump 106 is comprised of a lead-free solder. The underfill 108 is comprised of a resin material having an elastic modulus of 150 MPa to 800 MPa both inclusive, and a linear expansion coefficient of the BGA substrate 110 in an in-plane direction of the substrate is less than 14 ppm/° C. |
| US07759793B2 |
Semiconductor device having elastic solder bump to prevent disconnection
Regarding a semiconductor device, especially the present invention suppresses disconnection of the connection structure concerned in the semiconductor device which has the electric and mechanical connection structure using solder, and aims at improving connection reliability. And to achieve the above objects, the semiconductor device has the solder bump which electrically connects a semiconductor chip and a package substrate, the under-filling resin with which it filled up between the semiconductor chip and the package substrate, and a solder ball which electrically connects a package substrate with the outside, and the solder bump's elastic modulus is made lower than the elastic modulus of a solder ball. |
| US07759784B2 |
3D circuit module, multilayer 3D circuit module formed thereof, mobile terminal device using the circuit modules and method for manufacturing the circuit modules
A 3D circuit module which is highly reliable, easily layered and able to mount electronic components in high density is obtained by providing a support member having a frame in the periphery thereof and a recess; a coating layer for coating the frame and filling in the recess, the coating layer being made of resin material which is adhesive and has a softening temperature lower than the softening temperature of the support member; a wiring pattern formed on the coating layer, the wiring pattern including a first land on the frame, a second land on the recess, and a wiring part for connecting between the first land and the second land; and an electronic component having a projecting electrode formed on a side thereof, the electronic component being bonded to the coating layer and accommodated in the recess, with the projecting electrode connected to the second land. |
| US07759780B2 |
Microelectronic package with wear resistant coating
A microelectronic package is provided. The microelectronic package includes a semiconductor substrate and a die having a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the bottom surface of the die is coupled to the semiconductor substrate. The microelectronic package also includes a nanomaterial layer disposed on the top surface of the die. |
| US07759779B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
The invention enhances moisture resistance between a supporting body and an adhesive layer to enhance the reliability of a semiconductor device. A semiconductor device of the invention has a first insulation film formed on a semiconductor element, a first wiring formed on the first insulation film, a supporting body formed on the semiconductor element with an adhesive layer being interposed therebetween, a third insulation film covering the back surface of the semiconductor element onto the side surface thereof and the side surface of the adhesive layer, a second wiring connected to the first wiring and extending onto the back surface of the semiconductor element with the third insulation film being interposed therebetween, and a protection film formed on the second wiring. |
| US07759776B2 |
Space transformer having multi-layer pad structures
Pad structures and methods for forming such pad structures are provided. For the pad structure, the first conductive material layer has a first hardness over about 200 kg/mm2. The second conductive material layer is over the first conductive material layer and has a second hardness over about 80 kg/mm2. For the method of forming the pad structure, a plurality of first conductive material layers is formed within each of a plurality of openings of a substrate. The substrate has a plurality of openings therein. The first conductive material layers are formed within each of the openings of the substrate. The first conductive material layers substantially have a round top surface. The second conductive material layers are formed and substantially conformal over the first conductive material layers. The second conductive material layers cover a major portion of the round top surface of the first conductive material layers. |
| US07759773B2 |
Semiconductor wafer structure with balanced reflectance and absorption characteristics for rapid thermal anneal uniformity
Disclosed are embodiments of semiconductor wafer structures and associated methods of forming the structures with balanced reflectance and absorption characteristics. The reflectance and absorption characteristics are balanced by manipulating thin film interferences. Specifically, thin film interferences are manipulated by selectively varying the thicknesses of the different films. Alternatively, reflectance and absorption characteristics can be balanced by incorporating an additional reflectance layer into the wafer structure above the substrate. |
| US07759772B2 |
Method to form Si-containing SOI and underlying substrate with different orientations
A method of forming a hybrid SOI substrate comprising an upper Si-containing layer and a lower Si-containing layer, wherein the upper Si-containing layer and the lower Si-containing layer have different crystallographic orientations. In accordance with the present invention, the buried insulating region may be located within one of the Si-containing layers or through an interface located between the two Si-containing layers. |
| US07759767B2 |
Pinched poly fuse
An electrical fuse has a region of a first conductivity type in a continuous type polysilicon of a second conductivity type that is opposite the first conductivity type. In one embodiment of the invention the PN junction between the region and the poly fuse is reverse biased. |
| US07759762B2 |
Semiconductor device formed on (111) surface of a Si crystal and fabrication process thereof
A semiconductor device includes a Si crystal having a crystal surface in the vicinity of a (111) surface, and an insulation film formed on said crystal surface, at least a part of said insulation film comprising a Si oxide film containing Kr or a Si nitride film containing Ar or Kr. |
| US07759756B2 |
Dual-pixel full color CMOS imager
A dual-pixel full color complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) imager is provided, along with an associated fabrication process. Two stand-alone pixels are used for three-color detection. The first pixel is a single photodiode, and the second pixel has two photodiodes built in a stacked structure. The two photodiode stack includes an n doped substrate, a bottom photodiode, and a top photodiode. The bottom photodiode has a bottom p doped layer overlying the substrate and a bottom n doped layer cathode overlying the bottom p doped layer. The top photodiode has a top p doped layer overlying the bottom n doped layer and a top n doped layer cathode overlying the top p doped layer. The single photodiode includes the n doped substrate, a p doped layer overlying the substrate, and an n doped layer cathode overlying the p doped layer. |
| US07759750B2 |
Magnetic memory cell and random access memory
To provide a highly-reliable, low-power-consumption nonvolatile memory. A magnetization reversal of a ferromagnetic free layer is accomplished with a spin transfer torque in a state where an appropriate magnetic field is applied in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the magnetic easy axis of the ferromagnetic free layer of the tunnel magnetoresistance device that the magnetic memory cell includes. Preferably, the magnetic field is applied in a direction forming an angle of 45° with the direction perpendicular to the film plane. |
| US07759746B2 |
Semiconductor device with gate dielectric containing aluminum and mixed rare earth elements
A semiconductor device, such as a transistor or capacitor, is provided. The device includes a substrate, a gate dielectric over the substrate, and a conductive gate electrode film over the gate dielectric. The gate dielectric includes a mixed rare earth aluminum oxide, nitride or oxynitride film containing aluminum and at least two different rare earth metal elements. |
| US07759745B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A drain (7) includes a lightly-doped shallow impurity region (7a) aligned with a control gate (5), and a heavily-doped deep impurity region (7b) aligned with a sidewall film (8) and doped with impurities at a concentration higher than that of the lightly-doped shallow impurity region (7a). The lightly-doped shallow impurity region (7a) leads to improvement of the short-channel effect and programming efficiency. A drain contact hole forming portion (70) is provided to the heavily-doped impurity region (7b) to reduce the contact resistance at the drain (7). |
| US07759743B2 |
Semiconductor memory device having layout area reduced
A metal supplying an N well voltage is provided in a first metal interconnection layer. The metal is electrically coupled to an active layer provided in an N well region by shared contacts so that the N well voltage is supplied to the N well region. A metal supplying a P well voltage is provided in a third metal interconnection layer. The metal supplying the N well voltage is formed using a metal in the first metal interconnection layer and thus does not require a piling region to the underlayer, and only a piling region to the underlayer of the metal for the P well voltage needs to be secured. Therefore, the length in the Y direction of a power feed cell can be reduced thereby reducing the layout area of the power feed cell. |
| US07759735B2 |
Display device provided with semiconductor element and manufacturing method thereof, and electronic device installed with display device provided with semiconductor element
According to one feature of the invention, a region of an insulating film surface at least overlapped with a part of a gate electrode or wiring is coated with an organic agent; a fluid in which conductive fine particles are dispersed in an organic solvent is discharged by a droplet discharging method in the insulating film surface ranging from a region where the organic agent is coated and left to a region where the organic agent is not coated. The organic agent is coated to improve wettability of the fluid in the insulating film surface, and one of each ends of the source electrode and the drain electrode adjacent to each other by interposing the curve therebetween is formed by being curved in a concave and the other end is formed by being curved in a convex. |
| US07759733B2 |
Power semiconductor device and method for producing the same
A power semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor substrate; a second semiconductor layer; a plurality of third semiconductor pillar regions and a plurality of fourth semiconductor pillar regions that are provided in an upper layer of the second semiconductor layer and alternatively arranged along a direction parallel to an upper surface of the first semiconductor substrate; a first main electrode; and a second main electrode. A concentration of first-conductivity-type impurity in a connective portion between the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor pillar regions is lower than concentrations of first-conductivity-type impurity in portions of both sides of the connective portion in a direction from the second semiconductor layer to the third semiconductor pillar regions. |
| US07759731B2 |
Lateral trench MOSFET with direct trench polysilicon contact and method of forming the same
A lateral trench MOSFET includes a trench containing a device segment and a gate bus segment. The gate bus segment of the trench is contacted by a conductive plug formed in a dielectric layer overlying the substrate, thereby avoiding the need for the conventional surface polysilicon bridge layer. The conductive plug is formed in a substantially vertical hole in the dielectric layer. The gate bus segment may be wider than the device segment of the trench. A method includes forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) while the conductive material in the trench is etched. |
| US07759726B2 |
Non-volatile memory device, non-volatile memory cell thereof and method of fabricating the same
The present invention disclosed a non-volatile memory device and fabricating method thereof. The structure of non-volatile memory device at least comprises a substrate, several dielectric strips, several bit lines, a dielectrically stacking multi-layer, and several word lines. The substrate has several recesses. The dielectric strips are formed on the substrate, and each of the recess is interposed between two adjacent dielectric strips. The bit lines are respectively formed on the dielectric strips. The dielectrically stacking multi-layer comprising a charge-trapping layer is disposed on the bit lines and the recesses. The word lines are formed on the dielectrically stacking multi-layer and intersecting to the bit lines. When a voltage is applied to the bit lines, a plurality of inversion regions are respectively generated on the substrate. |
| US07759719B2 |
Electrically alterable memory cell
A nonvolatile memory cell is provided. The cell has a charge filter, a tunneling gate, a ballistic gate, a charge storage layer, a source, and a drain with a channel defined between the source and drain. The charge filter permits transporting of charge carriers of one polarity type from the tunneling gate through the blocking material and the ballistic gate to the charge storage layer while blocking the transport of charge carriers of an opposite polarity from the ballistic gate to the tunneling gate. Further embodiments of the present invention provide a cell having a charge filter, a supplier gate, a tunneling gate, a ballistic gate, a source, a drain, a channel, and a charge storage layer. The present invention further provides an energy band engineering method permitting the memory cell be operated without suffering from disturbs, from dielectric breakdown, from impact ionization, and from undesirable RC effects. |
| US07759714B2 |
Semiconductor device
A high-speed and low-voltage DRAM memory cell capable of operating at 1 V or less and an array peripheral circuit are provided. A DRAM cell is comprised of a memory cell transistor and planar capacitor which utilize a FD-SOI MOST structure. Since there is no junction leakage current, loss of stored charge is eliminated, and the low-voltage operation can be realized. Further, a gate and a well in a cross-coupled type sense amplifier using FD-SOI MOSTs are connected. By this means, a threshold value dynamically changes and high-speed sensing operation can be realized. |
| US07759712B2 |
Solid-state imaging device, solid-state imaging apparatus and methods for manufacturing the same
To arrange diffusion-inhibitory films 5a, 5b, and 5c for inhibiting the diffusion of a wiring material absent in a region on or above a light receiving unit 2, the diffusion-inhibitory films 5a, 5b, and 5c formed on a region above the light receiving unit 2 are selectively removed. Alternatively, the diffusion-inhibitory films are arranged only on top surfaces of wirings 4a, 4b, and 4c, and only a passivation film 12 and interlayer insulating films 3a, 3b, and 3c are arranged in the region on or above the light receiving unit 2. Thus, with less interface between different insulation films and less reflection of incident light in an incident region, the incident light 13 highly efficiently passes through these insulating films and comes into the light receiving unit 2. The light receiving unit 2 can thereby receive a sufficient quantity of the incident light 13. |
| US07759709B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus
A solid-state imaging device includes: an imaging region including a plurality of light-receiving parts; a first transfer section provided on the imaging region and transferring, in a first direction, signals generated by the light-receiving parts; a second transfer section provided at a first side of the imaging region and transferring, in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the signals transferred from the first transfer section; an output circuit for outputting the signals; and bonding pads provided at the first side of the imaging region with the second transfer section sandwiched between the imaging region and the bonding pads. The bonding pads are arranged in a plurality of rows each extending in the second direction. Each of the bonding pads in one of the rows at least partially overlaps one of the bonding pads in another one of the rows when viewed in the first direction. |
| US07759708B2 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus
A solid-state imaging apparatus is provided. The solid-state imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device, an α-ray shielding layer formed so as to cover at least an imaging area of the solid-state imaging device and a cover glass provided above the α-ray shielding layer. |
| US07759706B2 |
Solid-state imaging device having impurities with different diffusion coefficients
The present invention provides a solid-state imaging device having an array of unit pixels, each unit pixel including a photoelectric conversion element and an amplifier transistor for amplifying a signal corresponding to charge obtained by photoelectric conversion through the photoelectric conversion element and outputting the resultant signal. The amplifier transistor includes a buried channel MOS transistor. According to the present invention, 1/f noise can be basically reduced. |
| US07759700B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes: a first group-III nitride semiconductor layer formed on a substrate; a second group-III nitride semiconductor layer made of a single layer or two or more layers, formed on the first group-III nitride semiconductor layer, and acting as a barrier layer; a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode formed on the second group-III nitride semiconductor layer, the gate electrode controlling a current flowing between the source and drain electrodes; and a heat radiation film with high thermal conductivity which covers, as a surface passivation film, the entire surface other than a bonding pad. |
| US07759699B2 |
III-nitride enhancement mode devices
A III-nitride power semiconductor device that includes a nitrogen polar active heterojunction having a two-dimensional electron gas and including a first III-nitride semiconductor body by one band gap and a second III-nitride body having another band gap over the first III-nitride semiconductor body, a gate arrangement, a gate barrier under the gate arrangement thereof, a first power electrode and a second power electrode, and a method for fabricating the device. |
| US07759695B2 |
Single-chip common-drain JFET device and its applications
A single-chip common-drain JFET device comprises a drain, two gates and two source arranged such that two common-drain JFETs are formed therewith. Due to the two JFETs merged within a single chip, no wire bonding connection is needed therebetween, thereby without parasitic inductance and resistance caused by bonding wire, and therefore improving the performance and reducing the package cost. The single-chip common-drain JFET device may be applied in buck converter, boost converter, inverting converter, switch, and two-step DC-to-DC converter to improve their performance and efficiency. Alternative single-chip common-drain JFET devices are also provided for current sense or proportional current generation. |
| US07759694B2 |
Nitride semiconductor light-emitting device
In a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device having an active layer between an n-type nitride semiconductor layer and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer, the active layer has a multiple quantum well structure including a plurality of InxGa1-xN (0 |
| US07759692B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device
A silver-plated metal member region on which a light emitting element is disposed, an extraction electrode having a copper plate pattern, and a convex resin portion separating the metal member region into a plurality of sections are provided on the bottom surface of a concave portion in a package of a semiconductor light emitting device. A covering resin is partially formed on the metal member region and a sealing resin is placed to cover the metal member region, the covering resin and the convex resin portion. According to this configuration, the area of contact is decreased between the sealing resin and the metal member region having the light emitting element placed thereon, to thereby prevent the light emitting element from falling off and being displaced from the metal member region, with the result that a semiconductor light emitting device of high reliability can be provided. |
| US07759686B2 |
Light emitting device
A light emitting device is provided, which uses alternating current drive as a method of driving the light emitting device, and in which light emission is always obtained when voltages having different polarities are alternately applied, and a method of manufacturing the light emitting device is also provided. A first light emitting element made from an anode, an organic compound layer, and a cathode, and a second electrode made from an anode, an organic compound layer, and a cathode are formed. The light emitting elements are formed sandwiching the same organic compound layer. The anode of the first light emitting element and the anode of the second light emitting element, and the cathode of the first light emitting element and the cathode of the second light emitting element, are formed on opposite sides of the organic compound layer, respectively, thus sandwiching the organic compound layer. Note that voltages having an inverse polarity are applied alternately by the alternating current drive, and therefore light can always be emitted by any one of the first light emitting element or the second light emitting element. |
| US07759685B2 |
Multifaced microdevice system array
A multisurfaced microdevice system array is produced from a wafer formed of semiconductor substrate material. Sensing, controlling and actuating microdevices are fabricated at specific location on both sides of the wafer, and the wafer is diced. Each die thus created is then formed into a multisurfaced, multifaced structure having outer and inner faces. The multifaced structure and the microdevices form a standardized microdevice system, and cooperatively combined microdevice systems form a microdevice system array. Communication of energy and data to and between microdevices on each and other microdevice systems of the microdevice system array is provided by energy transferring devices including electric conductors for transferring electric energy, ultrasound emitters and receivers for transferring acoustic energy, and electromagnetic energy emitters and receivers for transferring electromagnetic energy. |
| US07759678B2 |
Diode employing with carbon nanotube
A diode includes an organic composite plate, a pressing element, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The organic composite plate has a plurality of carbon nanotubes uniformly distributed therein and includes a first portion and a second portion opposite to the first portion. The pressing element is disposed on the first portion of the organic composite plate. The first and second electrodes are electrically connected to the first and second portions of the organic composite plate, respectively. The diode employed with the carbon nanotubes has a changeable characteristic, such as voltage, current, via controlling the pressure applied by the pressing element. |
| US07759676B2 |
Thin film transistor array panel having groups of proximately located thin film transistors and manufacturing method thereof
A thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate with a plurality of gate lines and data lines crossing each other, wherein the gate lines and the data lines define pixel groups each including a plurality of pixels, and a plurality of thin film transistors are connected to the gate lines and the data lines and include an organic semiconductor, wherein the thin film transistors from adjacent pixels of different pixel groups are disposed proximate to one another. |
| US07759673B2 |
Data recording system and method for using same
A storage layer is arranged facing an array of micro-tips. The storage layer includes a plurality of insulated conductive dots designed to store electric charges. Each micro-tip includes a high-permittivity element integral to a transistor channel connecting a source and a drain. The channel has a conductance able to be modified by the electric field created by the charge of the dot arranged facing the high-permittivity element. The system can include an actuator for relative displacement of the storage layer with respect to the micro-tips. The system can include an array of electrodes able to cause displacement of the charges from one dot to the other. |
| US07759671B2 |
Light emitting device package
A light emitting device package including an light emitting device and at least one magnetic source is provided. The light emitting device includes a first doped type layer, a second doped type layer, and a light emitting layer. The light emitting layer is located between the first doped type layer and the second doped type layer. The magnetic source is disposed beside the light emitting device for applying a magnetic field to the light emitting device. |
| US07759667B2 |
Phase change memory device including resistant material
A phase change memory device includes a lower electrode provided on a substrate, an interlayer insulating layer including a contact hole exposing the lower electrode, and covering the substrate, a resistant material pattern filling the contact hole, a phase change pattern interposed between the resistant material pattern and the interlayer insulating layer, and extending between the resistant material pattern and the lower electrode, wherein the resistant material pattern has a higher resistance than the phase change pattern, and an upper electrode in contact with the phase change pattern, the upper electrode being electrically connected to the lower electrode through the phase change pattern. |
| US07759666B2 |
3D R/W cell with reduced reverse leakage
A nonvolatile memory device includes a semiconductor diode steering element, and a semiconductor read/write switching element. |
| US07759663B1 |
Self-shading electrodes for debris suppression in an EUV source
A radiation source having self-shading electrodes is disclosed. Debris originating from the electrodes is reduced. The path from the electrodes to the EUV optics is blocked by part of the electrodes themselves (termed self-shading). This may significantly reduce the amount of electrode-generated debris. |
| US07759656B1 |
Dual air particle sample cassette and methods for using same
An assembly for holding a microscopy sample for storage, observation, manipulation, characterization and/or study of the sample using a microscopy instrument is provided. The assembly includes mating first and second parts having faces between which a microscopy sample, including a TEM grid mounted sample, is secured. A spring is used to provide compression between the faces. A rotatable member such as a threaded screw is operable to draw the parts apart from one another. An annular wall functions to protect microscopy samples held in the assembly from damage. |
| US07759655B2 |
Pulsed ion source for quadrupole mass spectrometer and method
A variable duty cycle ion source assembly is coupled to a continuous beam mass spectrometer. The duty cycle can be adjusted based on previous scan data or real time sampling of ion intensities during mass analysis. This provides the ability to dynamically control the total number of ions formed, mass analyzed and detected for each ion mass of interest. A reflection mechanism that provides a variable duty cycle, enables electrons to be reflected through an ion volume multiple times before atoms or molecules are ionized in the ion volume, thereby providing for dynamic control of the ion population. |
| US07759654B2 |
Apparatus for generating corona discharges
The invention relates to an apparatus for generating corona discharges, comprising a first assembly, which first assembly is built up of at least one corona discharge space and at least one discharge electrode disposed in the corona discharge space, as well as a high voltage source, an output of which is connected to the at least one discharge electrode. The object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for generating corona discharges as referred to in the introduction, which apparatus is capable of controlling more corona discharge spaces, using the standard parts and components, and which is also suitable for high power levels, therefore. According to the invention, the apparatus comprises at least one further assembly, which at least one further assembly is likewise built up of at least one corona discharge space and at least one discharge electrode disposed in the corona discharge space, which at least one discharge electrodes of the respective assemblies are electrically interconnected by means of a switching element. |
| US07759652B2 |
Electron lens and charged particle beam apparatus
The present invention provides a compact electron lens causing little aberration, and a charged particle beam apparatus such as a scanning electron microscope that is super compact and offers a high resolution. An upper magnetic pole and a sample-side magnetic pole are magnetically coupled to the respective poles of a permanent magnet that is made of a highly strong magnetic material such as a rare-earth cobalt system or a neodymium-iron-boron system, that is axially symmetrical, and that has a hole in the center thereof. An inner gap is created on the side of a center axis. Thus, a magnetic lens is formed axially. Moreover, a semi-stationary magnetic path that shields an outside magnetic field and has the magnetic reluctance thereof regulated is disposed outside. The sample-side magnetic pole and magnetic path defines a region where magnetic reluctance is the highest outside the permanent magnet. A space defined by the permanent magnet, upper magnetic pole, sample-die magnetic pole, and semi-stationary magnetic path is filled with a filling made of a non-magnetic material. Thus, an objective lens is constructed. |
| US07759651B2 |
Optical radiation sensor system and method for measuring radiation transmittance of a fluid
A process for measuring transmittance of a fluid with first and second radiation wavelengths includes (i) positioning a polychromatic radiation source and a polychromatic radiation sensor in a spaced relationship to define a first thickness of fluid; (ii) detecting a first radiation intensity corresponding to the first wavelength at the first thickness; (iii) detecting a second radiation intensity corresponding to the second wavelength at the first thickness; (iv) altering the first thickness to define a second thickness; (v) detecting a third radiation intensity corresponding to the first wavelength at the second thickness; (vi) detecting a fourth radiation intensity corresponding to the second wavelength at the second thickness; and (vii) calculating radiation transmittance of the fluid in the radiation field from the first radiation intensity, the second radiation intensity, the third radiation intensity and the fourth radiation intensity. |
| US07759649B2 |
Multi-stage system for verification of container contents
A multi-stage process utilizes one or more sensors, including radiation sensors, on a distributed network for the detection and identification of radiation, explosives, and unauthorized hazardous materials within a shipping container. The sensors can be configured as nodes on the network. The system collects data, such as radiation data, from one or more sensors. The system spectrally analyzes the collected radiation data. The system identifies one or more isotopes based on the spectrally analyzed radiation data. A central monitoring station can monitor radiation data received from the sensors. Communication of sensor data can be done using TCP/IP communication over the network. |
| US07759648B2 |
Magnetically retained interchangeable collimators for scintillation cameras
A grid suitable for being positioned and held in relation to a detector has positive positioning means and at least one magnet for holding the grid. |
| US07759642B2 |
Pattern invariant focusing of a charged particle beam
A method for focusing a scanning microscope, including scanning a primary charged particle beam across first sites of a reference die of a wafer, detecting a secondary beam emitted from the sites, and computing first focus scores for the sites based on the secondary beam. The method includes scanning the primary beam across second sites of a given die of the wafer while modulating a focal depth of the primary beam, the reference die and the given die having congruent layouts, the second sites corresponding vectorially in location with the first sites, and detecting the secondary beam emitted from the second sites in response to the primary beam. The method also includes computing second focus scores for the second sites based on the detected secondary beam emitted therefrom, and determining an exact focus of the primary beam for the second sites using the first and the second focus scores. |
| US07759640B2 |
Mass spectrometer
In a mass spectrometer for carrying out mass analysis while microscopically observing a two-dimensional area of a sample 15, the observation position for selecting a target portion while observing an image of the sample 15 captured with a CCD camera 23 is separated from the analysis position for carrying out the mass analysis of the sample 15 by delivering laser light from the laser-delivering unit 20 onto the sample 15. The sample 15 is placed on a stage 13, which can be precisely moved between the observation position and the analysis position by a stage-driving mechanism 30. An observation optical system 24 can be set close to the sample 15 at the observation position, without impeding the flight of the ions generated from the sample 15 during the analysis or interfering with a laser-condensing optical system 22. Thus, the spatial resolution for observation is improved without deteriorating the ion-detecting efficiency. |
| US07759633B2 |
Optical sensor for monitoring electrical current or power
The present invention provides an optical sensor for monitoring current or power in a monitored element of a device such as a bridge-wire or hot-wire of electro-explosive devices. The optical sensor comprises an optical sensor made of semiconductor material. The semiconductor material comprises an absorption edge which is sensitive to a temperature variation. The semiconductor material is for placing in thermal contact with the monitored element of the device, whereby, when the current or power varies in the monitored element, it causes a variation in temperature in the semiconductor element and hence a spectral shift of the absorption edge which can be measured and which is representative of current and power variation. |
| US07759632B2 |
Motion detection apparatus and entertainment system having a pulse counting unit
There are provided an infrared light emitting diode 42 operable to emit light in a predetermined cycle; a phototransistor 44 operable to receive light which is emitted by the infrared light emitting diode 42 and reflected from a retroreflective sheet 40 of the operation article 3, and output a light reception signal “Sp”; and a highpass filter unit 116 operable to pass a high frequency component of the light reception signal “Sp”, output the high frequency component as a light reception signal “Ss” and operable to generate a reference voltage. The highpass filter unit 116 supplies the reference voltage to a node to which the light reception signal “Ss” is output, and the processor 110 counts the number of pulses included in the light reception signal “Ss”, and calculates the speed of the operation article 3. |
| US07759627B2 |
Display device
A display device according to an embodiment of the invention includes a display panel, a drive circuit that drives the display panel, an illuminating unit that illuminates the display panel, a photosensing section Ls having an ambient light photosensor Ts that senses the brightness of ambient light and a capacitor Cw that is charged with a predetermined reference voltage via a first switch S1, an ambient light photosensor reading section Re1 that reads a value sensed by the photosensing section, and a controller that controls the illuminating unit according to an output of the ambient light photosensor reading section. The ambient light photosensor reading section is provided with a noise avoidance unit that avoids erroneous sensing in the photosensing section induced as a result of noise generated when the drive circuit operates. Thanks to such structure, a display device is provided in which sensing of ambient light is free from the effects of noise arising from the parasitic capacitance formed between the electrodes and wiring of the ambient light photosensor and the display panel. |
| US07759624B2 |
Image data generating device and light receiving device
An image data generating device has a photoelectric sensor including an array of pixel generating units, each of which has one photoelectric conversion element and one floating diffusion. The photoelectric sensor includes a matrix of pixel sets, each of which includes a matrix of pixel generating units on two rows and two columns. To generate plane image data, the image data generating device finds a pixel value on a pixel basis from an output value for each pixel generating unit. To generate distance image data, the image data generating device finds a distance to a subject for each pixel set from an output value for each pixel generating unit belonging to the pixel set and calculates a pixel value per pixel set. |
| US07759622B2 |
Methods and apparatus for regulating the drive currents of a plurality of light emitters
In one embodiment, ones of a plurality of drive currents are modulated in accordance with ones of a plurality of unique modulation sequences. The modulated drive currents are then applied to a plurality of light emitters. Thereafter, a stream of optical measurements is obtained from a photosensor that is positioned to sense the aggregate light emitted by the light emitters. The stream of optical measurements is then correlated with the modulation sequences to extract optical responses to each of the plurality of drive currents. Finally, each drive current is regulated based on its relationship to its corresponding optical response. Related apparatus, and other methods for regulating the drive currents of a plurality of light emitters, is also disclosed. |
| US07759617B2 |
Gas range and method for using the same
A gas range includes a gas cooktop including a plurality of gas cooktop burners, and an oven coupled to the gas cooktop. The oven includes an oven cavity comprising a top portion, a bottom portion, a rear portion coupled to the top and bottom portions, a first side portion, and a second side portion, the first and second side portions coupled to the top, bottom, and rear portions respectively, at least one gas oven burner positioned proximate to the bottom portion within the oven cavity; and a first electrical heating element positioned proximate the top portion within the oven cavity. |
| US07759613B2 |
Reflowing apparatus and reflowing method
A reflowing apparatus for mounting parts on a printed wiring board, has a fixed heating portion for blowing the hot air to the printed wiring board, and a moving heating portion for locally varying the temperature of the hot air blown by the fixed heating portion to the printed wiring board. |
| US07759610B2 |
Heating assembly comprising a PTC element, in particular for a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a heating assembly comprising at least one PTC element, in particular for a motor vehicle. According to the invention, the PTC element (2) is positioned between metal sheets (3, 4), which are used to make electrical contact, said sheets (3, 4) and the PTC element (2) are bonded by means of an adhesive (5) and the adhesive (5) has a minimum specific electrical resistance of 50 ohms×cm and a maximum specific electrical resistance of 500 ohms×cm. In addition, solder can be used as an alternative to the adhesive (5). |
| US07759608B2 |
Slat for laser-cutting machine table
The invention relates to the general field of cutting machines using a laser beam; it relates more particularly to a system of slats for a laser-cutting machine table. These slats (8) each consist of a trough (9) containing a plurality of juxtaposed inserts (10) arranged parallel or substantially parallel to one another, each insert (10) taking the form of a folded thin sheet-metal plate comprising at least two parts connected along a fold line, a first part arranged substantially parallel to the direction of incidence of the laser beam and constituting a support strip whose free upper edge forms a support element for the product (4) to be cut, and a second part which is inclined with respect to the direction of incidence of the laser beam and constitutes an oblique strip for deflecting the laser beam (3). |
| US07759604B2 |
Method for high-precision fixing of a miniaturized component on a support plate
The invention relates to a method for high-precision fixing of a miniaturized component (1), in particular having a microoptical element (2), on a predetermined fixing section (3) of a support plate (4) by a solder joint. The support plate is formed throughout from a metallic material and has a cut-out region (10) which encloses the fixing section (3), is bridged by at least one connecting web (9) of the support plate (4), keeps the heat transfer from the fixing section (3) to the remaining support plate low and compensates lateral thermal expansions of the fixing section (3). Solder material (8) is applied on the top of the fixing section (3). The method comprises in particular the steps: arrangement of the component (1) above the fixing section (3), the solder material (8) and the base (7) of the component (1) being present in opposite positions without contact and forming a space. Supply of electromagnetic radiation (12) to the bottom (6) of the fixing section (3) for melting the solder material (8′) so that, as a result of drop formation and optionally as a result of lowering of the component (1) the space fills with molten solder material (8′) for mutual fixing. Waiting for the mutual fixing by resolidification of the molten solder material (8′). |
| US07759603B2 |
Method and device for combined laser-arc welding with control of laser unit according to welding torch
A method for combined laser-arc welding and a device for combined laser-arc welding uses a device for controlling a laser unit for producing a laser beam according to a welding torch for producing an arc in order to optimize the energy balance and to adapt the combined laser-arc welding process to the respective conditions. The device for controlling the laser unit is connected with a detector that detects the arc voltage or the arc current. The laser output is adapted to the arc output and is controlled by a closed control circuit. |
| US07759602B2 |
Laser processing head
A laser processing head comprises nozzle-holding means (5) for holding a nozzle in which a nozzle hole (11) is formed; condensing optical system-holding means (3) for holding a condensing optical system (2), the condensing optical system-holding means being slidably arranged in the nozzle-holding means while maintaining sealing, moving means (6) for slide-moving the nozzle-holding means and the condensing optical system-holding means relative to each other; gas-feeding means (13, 19) for feeding a gas into a laser processing head chamber (8) formed between the condensing optical system of the condensing optical system-holding means and the nozzle hole of the nozzle-holding means; passages (31) formed in the nozzle-holding means to communicate the laser processing head chamber with the exterior of the nozzle-holding means; slide members (33) that slide in the passages while maintaining sealing; and coupling means (35) for coupling the slide members to the condensing optical system-holding means. Therefore, the condensing optical system-holding means or the nozzle-holding means can be moved with a small force without providing an annular gas sub-chamber. |
| US07759599B2 |
Interchangeable plasma nozzle interface
The present invention provides a standard interface for providing mechanical location, mechanical orientation, electrical connections, and water chamber seals for the exchange of a variety of plasma forming nozzles each associated with a specific plasma plume characteristic. The flexibility of the nozzle attachment is improved over prior designs by providing a standard exterior nozzle configuration and nozzle clamping assembly on the plasma gun so that multiple nozzles configurations (giving different plasma flow properties) can easily be used with the same devices. The joining of the nozzle to the receptacle forms a channel for cooling liquid to flow from the plasma gun through the nozzle to a return path in the plasma gun and creates an electrical contact between the plasma gun and the nozzle. |
| US07759597B2 |
Method for manufacturing a gas generator
For manufacturing a gas generator (1), a tubular body (10) having an opening (14) in a circumferential wall (12) and a housing part (16) having an attachment end (26) are provided. The geometry of a proximate rim (20) of the opening (14) and that of the attachment end (26) are coordinated such that a first contact region encircling the opening (14) and a second contact region on the attachment end (26), which is circumferentially closed, are formed. The housing part (16) is placed onto the tubular body (10) such that the first contact region is in contact with the second contact region. Then the body (10) and the housing part (16) are joined to each other by capacitor discharge welding. |
| US07759584B2 |
Electronic part equipped unit
An electronic part equipped unit includes a case body that includes a first recess portion for containing an electronic part and a second recess portion for containing a relay terminal which is connected to the electronic part, a wire side terminal to which a middle portion of a wire is attached, and a cover member to which the wire side terminal is attached. The wire side terminal is brought into contact with the relay terminal when the cover member to which the wire side terminal is attached is fitted to the second recess portion of the case body. A positioning rib for restricting the relay terminal is provided on a bottom portion of the second recess portion of the cover body. The wire side terminal has a rib contact portion. A projection amount of the positioning rib is set so that the rib contact portion is brought into contact with the positioning rib when the cover member is fitted to the second recess portion of the case body in a state that the wire side terminal is not completely attached to the cover member. |
| US07759580B2 |
Halogen-free flame retardant composition for cable covering material and cable for railway vehicles using the same
Disclosed are a composition for a cable-covering material used in railway vehicles, and a cable for railway vehicles using the same. The present invention provides the halogen-free flame retardant composition including 100 parts by weight of a base resin including ethylene-vinylacetate copolymers; 60 to 250 parts by weight of mixed metal hydroxide as a halogen-free flame; 1 to 30 parts by weight of a flame-retardance auxiliary; 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a silane-based coupling agent; 0.5 to 8 parts by weight of a cross-linking formulation; and 3 to 15 parts by weight of a cross-linking agent. The composition according to the present invention may be used in the cable-covering material for railway vehicles under the extreme conditions because it has excellent properties such as resistance against dynamic pressure at high temperature and durability, as well as low smoke and flame retardance upon its combustion. |
| US07759579B2 |
Monomolecular carbon-based film for enhancing electrical power transmission
Power cable shields having a monomolecular carbon-based film are placed around electrical power lines to reduce power losses and enhance transmission of electricity. The shield may be a solid metal tube or a material wrapped around a power cable. The monomolecular carbon-based film is deposited on the shield, for example, using a reactor that includes a bed of silica coupled to a diesel engine to produce a stream of dehydrated hydroxyl radicals that become hydrated due to reactions of supercritical water and muon methyl radicals. A shielded electrical power includes a shield positioned around and fully enclosing the power line to prevent atmospheric loss of electrical power. An existing power line can be retrofitted by placing one or more surface treated sleeves around the existing power line. Periodically spaced apart magnets can be positioned within the electrical wire shield to further boost power and voltage through the electrical power line. |
| US07759576B1 |
Low voltage mounting device for direct mounting of low voltage components to drywall
A low voltage mounting device for installing low voltage components on a wall or ceiling. The low voltage mounting device includes a round frame member and a plurality of wings that are rotatable with respect to the frame member. The rotatable wings are fixed on the end of fasteners that extend through the frame member and are rotatable with respect thereto. An outward extending flange on the frame member enables flush mounting to the wall or ceiling surface. A low voltage component may be mounted directly to the frame member. The low voltage mounting device enables direct installation to the drywall and does not require mounting to a stud or other frame member. |
| US07759571B2 |
Transcending extensions of classical south Asian musical instruments
South Asia's unique musical instruments and raag systems have provided many rich treasures to Western music. This invention melds Western-music technologies with the innovations, timbre, playing techniques, and performance environments of South Asian musical instruments and traditions. Sitars, Dilrubas, and Esraj may be provided with multi-channel signal processing and pitch change for individual strings, additional playing strings, keyboards, strumpads, percussion interfaces, controls for timbre and stage environment control, synthesizer interfaces, pickups for brass strings, resonant and twang processors, and spatial sound distribution. Bows may include sensors measuring the bow's physical activity or direct finger manipulation. Tabla and baya may be replaced with touch pads capable of recognizing relevant hand contact modalities and positions. Touch pads may be comprised of pressure sensor arrays that recognize traditional bols and permit other generalizations and deeper levels of sonic control. Sounds may be synthesized or processed from acoustic instrument sample playback. |
| US07759565B2 |
Wrestplanks
A wrestplank for use in a stringed instrument including first and second median working plies stacked in between first and second outer working plies. Each working ply defines a direction of grain. The working plies collectively define a tuning pin hole configured to securely receive a tuning pin, whereby the tuning pin is substantially surrounded by and in engagement with end wood of the working plies. The directions of grain of the outer working plies are oriented substantially parallel with respect to a longitudinal axis defined by the wrestplank. The grain direction of the first median working ply is oriented at an angle of between about 60° and about 75° with respect to the longitudinal axis, and the grain direction of the second median working ply is oriented at an angle of between about 105° and about 120° with respect to the longitudinal axis. |
| US07759562B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011073
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011073. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011073, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011073 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011073. |
| US07759560B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV625071
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV625071. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV625071, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV625071 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV625071 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV625071. |
| US07759554B1 |
Soybean variety XB31S08
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB31S08. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB31S08, to the plants of soybean XB31S08 to plant parts of soybean variety XB31S08 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB31S08 with another soybean plant, using XB31S08 as either the male or the female parent. |
| US07759548B2 |
Polyunsaturated fatty acid production in heterologous organisms using PUFA polyketide synthase systems
Disclosed are novel acyl-CoA synthetases and novel acyltransferases, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, recombinant nucleic acid molecules and recombinant host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules, genetically modified organisms (microorganisms and plants) comprising the same, and methods of making and using the same. Also disclosed are genetically modified organisms (e.g., plants, microorganisms) that have been genetically modified to express a PKS-like system for the production of PUFAs (a PUFA PKS system or PUFA synthase), wherein the organisms have been modified to express an acyl-CoA synthetase, to express an acyl transferase, to delete or inactivate a fatty acid synthase (FAS) expressed by the organism, to reduce competition for malonyl CoA with the PUFA synthase or to increase the level of malonyl CoA in the organism, and in one aspect, to inhibit KASII or KASIII. Additional modifications, and methods to make and use such organisms, in addition to PUFAs and oils obtained from such organisms, are disclosed, alone with various products including such PUFAs and oils. |
| US07759546B2 |
Methods for modifying plant endosperm
A method for controlling endosperm size and development in plants. The method employs nucleic acid constructs encoding proteins involved in genomic imprinting, in the production of transgenic plants. The nucleic acid constructs can be used in the production of transgenic plants to affect interspecific hybridisation. |
| US07759540B2 |
Absorbent articles containing absorbent cores having zoned absorbency and methods of making same
The present invention relates generally to an absorbent core for an absorbent article, and more particularly to an absorbent core having zoned absorbency due to specific placement of adhesives or specific lack of adhesive. Such absorbent cores provide the flexibility of creating precise zoning of particular properties throughout the core, and they provide improved comfort and fit. |
| US07759536B2 |
In-situ salt remediation and ground heating technology
A method for in-situ soil remediation is provided. Electrodes are placed below the ground surface extending horizontally. The electrodes are positioned such that a first electrode is positioned above a second electrode and the electrodes surround a region of soil containing contaminants. A plurality of electrodes can be placed in an upper plane corresponding with a plurality of electrodes placed in a lower plane. By passing a current between the electrodes contaminants are mobilized towards the electrodes where the contaminants can be extracted. The electrodes are constructed by boring substantially horizontal bore holes, inserting a well screen in the bore hole and packing an annulus formed between the well screen and the bore hole with electrically conductive particulate matter. |
| US07759534B2 |
Process and device for improved separation of paraxylene in a simulated moving bed
Process for separating paraxylene with a purity that is at least equal to 99.5% by weight from an aromatic feedstock F in a single adsorption stage in a simulated moving bed (SMB), comprising different numbers of beds, allocated to a zone 1 between the supply of the desorbent D and the draw-off of the extract E; a zone 2 between the draw-off of the extract E and the supply of the feedstock F; a zone 3 between the supply of the feedstock and the draw-off of the raffinate R; a zone 4 between the draw-off of the raffinate R and the supply of the desorbent D, wherein an SMB of 12 adsorbent beds has bed configuration (2, 5, 3, 2), an SMB of 15 adsorbent beds has bed configuration (3, 6, 4 , 2), or an SMB of 19 adsorbent beds has bed configuration (4, 7, 6, 2), wherein the desorbent in this latter case is paradiethylbenzene. |
| US07759532B2 |
Refrigerant additive compositions containing perfluoropolyethers
The present invention relates to compositions and processes of using perfluoropolyether to maintain or improve the oil return, lubrication, cooling capacity, or energy efficiency of a refrigeration, air conditioning or heat transfer system. |
| US07759530B2 |
Moulded catalyst bodies and method for hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds
The invention relates to a method for hydrogenation of an organic compound comprising at least one carbonyl group, whereby the organic compound is brought into contact with a moulded body in the presence of hydrogen. Said body may be produced by a method in which (i) an oxidic material is prepared, comprising copper oxide, aluminum oxide, and at least one oxide of lanthanum, tungsten, molybdenum, titanium, or zirconium, followed by (ii) addition of powdered metallic copper, copper platelets, powdered cement, graphite, mixtures or a mixture thereof with graphite to the oxidic material and (iii) moulding the mixture from (ii) to give a moulded body, characterised in that the moulded body is in the form of catalyst tablets or catalyst extrudates with a diameter d and/or height h<2.5 mm, catalyst beads with a diameter d<2.5 mm or catalyst honeycomb with a cell diameter rz<2.5 mm. |
| US07759527B2 |
Microwave induced one pot process for the preparation of arylethenes
The invention entitled “A Microwave Induced One Pot Process for The Preparation of Arylethenes” provides a method for the preparation of commercially important 2- or 4-hydroxy substituted arylethenes like styrenes or stilbenes in one pot utilizing cheaper substrates in the form of 2- or 4-hydroxy substituted cinnamic acids and their derivatives as well as reagents in the form of base such as sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide, sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, potassium carbonate, ammonium acetate, imidazole, methylimidazole and the combination thereof, with or without solvent such as dimethylformamide, dimethylsulfoxide, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, acetonitrile, acetone, methyl imidazoles, ionic liquid, water and the like. The reaction time vary from 1 min-12 hrs and yield of the products from 49-76% depending upon the base, acid, substrate source of heating monomode or multimode microwave or conventional. It is important to mention that the presence of 2- or 4-hydroxy substitution at phenyl ring of cinnamic acids and their derivatives is essential requirements towards formation of corresponding arylethenes in one step. |
| US07759523B2 |
Catalysts containing tungstate for the synthesis of alkylmercaptane and method for the production thereof
The invention relates to a catalyst containing alkali tungstate for the synthesis of alkylmercaptanes from alkanols and hydrogen sulphide, in addition to a method for the production of said catalyst, wherein the molar ratio of alkali to tungstan is <2:1. |
| US07759522B2 |
Process for purification of phosphate esters
A crude phosphate ester product can be purified by first washing it with chelating agent composition (such as a dilute acidic solution) and then, preferably, water, drying the resulting product, and then treating the resulting product with an acid scavenger, as exemplified by an epoxy-containing compound, such as 3,4-epoxy cyclohexyl methyl-3,4-epoxy cyclohexyl carboxylate. |
| US07759516B2 |
Versatile oxidation byproduct purge process
Disclosed is a process and apparatus for treating a purge stream in a carboxylic acid production process. The process employs a purge process that allows for the separation of oxidation byproducts into benzoic acid and non-benzoic acid oxidation byproducts, thus providing flexibility in the treatment and use of such oxidation byproducts. |
| US07759514B2 |
Mu opioid receptor ligands: methods of use and synthesis
Novel compounds and compositions including those compounds, as well as methods of using and making the compounds are herein described. The compounds are useful in therapeutic applications, including modulation of disease or disease symptoms in a subject (e.g., mammal, human, dog, cat, horse). The compounds are useful as modulators of the mu opioid receptor (MOR) through their binding affinity with that receptor. |
| US07759513B2 |
Photolabile protective groups for improved processes to prepare oligonucleotide arrays
The present invention discloses novel and improved nucleosidic and nucleotidic compounds that are useful in the light-directed synthesis of oligonucleotides, as well as, methods and reagents for their preparation. These compounds are characterized by novel photolabile protective groups that are attached to either the 5′- or the 3′-hydroxyl group of a nucleoside moiety. The photolabile protective group is comprised of a 2-(2-nitrophenyl)-ethyoxycarbonyl skeleton with at least one substituent on the aromatic ring that is either an aryl, an aroyl, a heteroaryl or an alkoxycarbonyl group. The present invention includes the use of the aforementioned compounds in light-directed oligonucleotide synthesis, the respective assembly of nucleic acid microarrays and their application. |
| US07759512B2 |
Aqueous methods for making fluorinated sulfonate esters
Methods of making a fluorinated sulfonate ester include combining a perfluoroalkanesulfonyl halide and a fluorinated alcohol in water in the presence of hydroxide ion, and recovering at least a portion of the resultant fluorinated sulfonate ester. |
| US07759511B2 |
Liquid crystal composition comprising novel silicon containing compounds and liquid crystal display device using the same
Disclosed are a silicon-containing compound, a liquid crystal composition comprising the same compound, and a liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal layer prepared from the liquid crystal composition. The silicon-containing compound, which forms the liquid crystal composition, has low viscosity and high positive dielectric anisotropy. Therefore, it is possible to provide a liquid crystal display device, which has a fast response time and can be driven at a low voltage. |
| US07759503B2 |
Trisoxetane compound, process for producing the same, and optical waveguide using the same
The present invention relates to a trisoxetane compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein each of R1 and R3's represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atom(s); R2 represents a divalent aliphatic chained organic group having 0 to 16 carbon atom(s); and A represents a carbon atom or a trivalent organic group derived from a cycloalkane having 3 to 12 carbon atoms; a process for producing the same; and an optical waveguide including the same. |
| US07759502B2 |
Stilbene derivatives and their use for binding and imaging amyloid plaques
This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits. |
| US07759492B2 |
Enantioselective synthesis of 13-oxotricyclo[8.2.1.0.3,8] trideca-3(8),4,6-triene-5-carboxylates
An enantioselective route to compounds of formula I is disclosed: The compounds of formula I are key intermediates in the synthesis of compounds useful in treatment of Alzheimer's disease. |
| US07759491B2 |
Method for producing indazol-3-ylmethyl phosphonium salt
The present invention provides a method for producing an indazol-3-ylmethyl phosphonium salt represented by Formula (IV): [wherein X represents halogen, OSO2Ra (wherein Ra represents substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl or the like), or OC(═O)Rb (wherein Rb has the same meaning as the above Ra), or the like, and R1, R2 and R3 may be the same or different and each represents substituted or unsubstituted aryl or the like] or a salt thereof, which comprises reacting a compound represented by Formula (I): a compound represented by Formula (II): H—X (II) (wherein X has the same meaning as defined above), and a compound represented by Formula (III): (wherein R1, R2 and R3 have the same meanings as defined above, respectively), and the like. |
| US07759490B2 |
Phosphorescent Osmium (II) complexes and uses thereof
There is disclosed herein phosphorescent compounds, uses thereof, and devices including organic light emitting diode (OLEDs) including such compounds.Compounds of interest include: wherein A is Os or Ru The anionic chelating chromophores N^N, which are formed by connecting one pentagonal ring structure containing at least two nitrogen atoms to a hexagonal pyridine type of fragment via a direct carbon-carbon linkage.L is a neutral donor ligand; the typical example includes carbonyl, pyridine, phosphine, arsine and isocyanide; two neutral L's can also combine to produce the so-called chelating ligand such as 2,2′-bipyridine, 1,10-phenanthroline and N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand, or bidentate phosphorous ligands such as 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane, 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene.L can occupy either cis or trans orientation.When L occupies the trans position, the preferred structure contains both the hexagonal fragment of N^N as well as its pentagonal fragment located at the trans position respect to their counterparts of the second N^N chromophore.When L occupies the cis position, the preferred structure consists of the pentagonal unit of N^N chromophores residing opposite to the L. X,1 X2 and X3 independently are C or N; when X2 is N, R1 is omitted, when X3 is N, R2 is omitted, R1 is H, C1-C8 alkyl, C1-C8 substituted phenyl or C1-C4 perfluoroalkyl, R2 is H, F or cyano substituent, X4 is either C or N; X4 may locate at any position of the hexagonal ring, when X4 is N and R3 and R4 are not linked to X4, R3 is H, methyl or C1-C3 small alkyl, R4 is H, methyl or C1-C3 small alkyl, or R3 and R4 together form an additional conjugated unit with structure |
| US07759488B2 |
Monoazole ligand platinum analogs
Disclosed herein are novel platinum-based analogs with a single substituted azole ligand: RN═NR7, wherein the RN═NR7 functional group is covalently bonded to the platinum through nitrogen of NR7. The analogs also have nitrogen donor ligands capable of forming hydrogen bonds with the bases in DNA or RNA, and one or more leaving groups which can be displaced by water, hydroxide ions or other nucleophiles, which is thought to form active species in vivo, and then, form cross-linked complexes between nucleic acid strands, principally between purines in DNA (or RNA), i.e., at the Guanine or Adenine bases, thereof. These platinum analogs may also be more easily transported into tumor cells, due to their increased lipophilicity and are likely to be useful as anti-neoplastic agents, and in modulating or interfering with the synthesis or replication or transcription of DNA or translation or function of RNA in vitro or in vivo, as they are potentially capable of forming a platinum coordinate complex with an intact or nascent DNA or RNA and thereby interfering with cellular synthesis, transcription or replication of nucleic acid polynucleotides. |
| US07759481B2 |
Solid state forms of 5-azacytidine and processes for preparation thereof
The present invention provides novel crystalline forms of 5-deazacytidine, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these novel forms. The invention also provides methods for the preparation of the novel forms and compositions. |
| US07759472B2 |
Combination therapy for the treatment of ocular neovascular disorders
The invention features methods for treating a patient diagnosed with, or at risk of developing, a neovascular disorder by administering a PDGF antagonist and a VEGF antagonist to the patient. The invention also features a pharmaceutical composition containing a PDGF antagonist and a VEGF antagonist for the treatment or prevention of a neovascular disorder. |
| US07759470B2 |
Labeling reagent
The current invention restates substituted indole nucleosides as both terminal as well as internal building blocks of labeled oligonucleotide probes for the detection, analysis and quantitation of nucleic acids. The substituent comprises a linker and a detectable group or a linker and a reactive group for post synthesis coupling. These modified nucleosides grant access to a wide application area. These new substituted indole nucleosides can be used as labeling reagents for the facile preparation of e.g. optimized hybridization probes, Taqman-probes, or molecular beacon probes. |
| US07759468B1 |
Bioactive peptide-based probes
A method for preparing a site-specific peptide probe, wherein the peptide is specific to a receptor, includes modifying a marker to include a tether molecule and covalently binding the tether molecule to the peptide. The present invention also provides a labeled probe, comprising a peptide specific for a receptor and a marker. The marker is modified to include a tether molecule capable of covalently binding to the peptide. The peptide is typically derived from a bacteriophage or is a synthetic analog or derivative of the peptide. The receptor will typically be found on a surface of a bacterial cell. The method and probe of the invention are suitable for a rapid assay for a bacteria in a complex mixture. |
| US07759467B2 |
Enhanced mediated DNA transfer
A method to increase the efficiency of transduction of hematopoietic and other cells by retroviruses includes infecting the cells in the presence of fibronectin or fibronectin fragments. The fibronectin and fibronectin fragments significantly enhance retroviral-mediated gene transfer into the cells, particularly hematopoietic cells including committed progenitors and primitive hematopoietic stem cells. The invention also provides improved methods for somatic gene therapy capitalizing on enhanced gene transfer, hematopoietic cellular populations, and novel constructs for enhancing retroviral-mediated DNA transfer into cells and their use. |
| US07759462B2 |
Host receptor for pathogenic bacteria
A polypeptide, called Tir (for translocated intimin receptor, which is secreted by attaching and effacing pathogens, such as the enteropathogenic (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) E. coli. These bacterial pathogens inserts their own receptors into mammalian cell surfaces, to which the bacterial pathogen then adheres to trigger additional host signaling events and actin nucleation. Diagnosis of disease caused by pathogenic E. coli can be performed by the use of antibodies which bind to Tir to detect the protein or the use of nucleic acid probes for detection of nucleic acids encoding Tir polypeptide. Isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding Tir polypeptide, Tir peptides, a recombinant method for producing recombinant Tir, antibodies which bind to Tir, and a kit for the detection of Tir-producing E. coli are provided. A method of immunizing a host with Tir to induce a protective immune response to Tir or a second polypeptide of interst is also provided. A method for screening for compounds which interfere with the binding of bacterial pathogens to their receptors is further provided. |
| US07759454B2 |
Process for preparing amides based on polyetheramines and (meth)acrylic acid
The invention provides a process for preparing amides from polyetheramines and (meth)acrylic acid or the corresponding anhydrides, the energy source used being microwaves. |
| US07759452B2 |
Aspartic ester functional compounds
A functional aspartate prepared by A) reacting an aziridine with a Michael-acceptor molecule to form an aziridinyl aspartate, and B) reacting the aziridinyl aspartate with an active hydrogen containing compound to form the functional aspartate. The functional aspartate can be used in adhesive, sealant or coating compositions that also include an isocyanate functional material. The composition can be used in a method of bonding a first substrate to a second substrate that includes applying a coating of the above-identified adhesive composition to at least one surface of the first substrate or the second substrate, and contacting a surface of the first substrate with a surface of the second substrate, where at least on of the contacting surfaces has the coating applied thereto. The composition can also be used to coat substrates. |
| US07759451B2 |
Fumaric diester copolymer
A novel fumaric diester copolymer suitable for used in an optical material having excellent heat resistance and transparency is provided. The fumaric diester copolymer comprises a specific fumaric diester residue, and at least one (meth)acrylic ester residue unit selected from a specific (meth)acrylic ester residue unit having an oxetanyl group and a specific (meth)acrylic ester residue unit having a tetrahydrofurfuryl group, and has a number average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 500,000. |
| US07759439B2 |
Use of a combination chain transfer and activating agent to control molecular weight and optical density of Pd catalyzed norbornene polymers
A method of controlling the molecular weight of poly(cyclic)olefin (norbornene-type) polymers and activating the polymerization thereof with a single material is provided. Such method include adding a chain transfer/activating agent to a mixture of monomer(s), catalyst, solvent and an optional cocatalyst and polymerizing the mixture to form a polymer. It is shown that the amount of chain transfer/activating agent in the mixture can serve to control the molecular weight of the resulting polymer, its percent conversion or both, and in some embodiments the optical density of the resulting polymer. |
| US07759437B2 |
Norbornene derivative, norbornene polymer produced by ring-opening (co)polymerization, and process for producing the polymer by ring-opening (co)polymerization
The norbornene derivative of the present invention is represented by the following formula (Im). According to the present invention, a novel norbornene derivative that is useful as a precursor monomer for preparing a cycloolefin polymer exhibiting excellent transparency, heat resistance and low-water absorption properties and having been freely controlled in the birefringence properties and the wavelength dispersion properties can be provided. According to the present invention, further, a norbornene ring-opened (co)polymer having excellent transparency and heat resistance, exhibiting high solubility in organic solvents and having specific birefringence properties and wavelength dependence, and a process for preparing the ring-opened (co)polymer can be provided. |
| US07759435B2 |
Adducts and curable compositions using same
The present invention relates to novel adducts useful for improving the toughness and curable compositions using such toughening adducts. In a particular aspect, the present invention relates to novel toughening adducts and thermosetting resin formulations having improved fracture toughness using those toughening adducts. |
| US07759428B1 |
Conjugated heteroaryl-containing polymers
Provided are polymers having pheneylenevinylene units and heteroarylene vinylene units, and methods for making and using the same. Additionally, there are provided heteroarylenevinylene polymers. The polymers are useful in organic electronic devices. |
| US07759427B2 |
Elastomeric compound
An elastomeric compound comprises 20-80 parts per hundred cross-linkable materials of liquid elastomer. The liquid elastomer has a complex dynamic viscosity less than 5 McP (5,000 N*s/m2) at a temperature between 20° C. and the maximum flow temperature TF, and the elastomeric compound the elastomeric material has a complex dynamic viscosity of less than 5 McP (5,000 N*s/m2) for at least 2 minutes at a maximum flow temperature TF. |
| US07759424B2 |
Radiation curable modified, unsaturated, amorphous polyesters
The invention relates to a radiation-curable adhesion-promoting composition comprising modified unsaturated amorphous polyesters and a process for preparing it and also provides for the use thereof in radiation-curable systems. |
| US07759423B2 |
Polymer polyols with ultra-high solids contents
The present invention relates to ultra-high solids content polymer polyols which have good filterability while maintaining a reasonable viscosity, and to a process for the preparation of these ultra-high solids contents polymer polyols. These polymer polyols comprise the free-radical polymerization product of (A) a base polyol, (B) a pre-formed stabilizer, (C) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, (D) at least one free-radical polymerization initiator, and (E) at least one chain transfer agent. The solids contents varies from 60% to about 85% by weight. |
| US07759421B2 |
Heat-stable soft resinous sheet articles and compositions therefor
A soft resinous sheet article having both flexibility and heat-stable, is prepared from a composition containing a matrix and a filler (C) comprising at least one of a metal carbonate and a metal hydroxide, having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 30 μm and showing a decomposition temperature of 250° C. or higher, the matrix containing an acrylic copolymer (A) containing at least one carboxyl group as a functional group and having a molecular weight of 800 to 20000 and an acid value (AV) of 20 to 150; and a compound (B) containing two or more glycidyl groups in its molecule and having a weight per epoxide of 80 to 400. This article is used to for example thermal interface materials, thermal conductive sheet, thermally conductive polymer, heat conductive sheet, heat dissipative sheet and heat transfer material. |
| US07759419B2 |
Corrosion resistant coatings
A coating composition comprising an effective corrosion-inhibiting amount of a rare earth compound, a neutral to slightly acidic generating extender or an acidic generating extender, or combinations thereof is provided. In one embodiment, the corrosion-inhibiting components are combined with other components such as extenders, amino acids and amino acid derivatives, gelatin and gelatin derivatives, organic-based exchange resins, and combinations thereof, to enhance the corrosion resistance of the resultant coating film. The coating compositions have good adhesion to substrates such as metals, including aluminum and aluminum alloys. |
| US07759418B2 |
Flame retardant resin composition
A flame retardant composition comprising a specific phenolic-based resin (A) and a specific phosphor compound (B) can be suitably used for a resin and can provide a resin composition which is excellent in flame retardancy, thermal resistance, moisture resistance, extrusion workability, demolding availability, thermal stability, impact resistance, mechanical properties and the like. |
| US07759416B2 |
Method for producing a work, jointing and surfacing compound for structural elements and its method of preparation
The invention relates to a sealant compound comprising, in weight percent relative to the compound total volume: 40-60% of mineral filler whose diameter d50 ranges from 5 to 20 microns, 5-10% of hydrophobic expanded perlite whose diameter d50 ranges from 20 to 100 microns and 4-20% of binder. A method for preparing the inventive compound is also disclosed. Said invention also relates to producing a work provided with joints made of pointing and/or surfacing compound by applying said compound and/or pointing and surfacing by applying the compound which is characterised in that the compound is applied by airless process. According to the inventive method, said sealant compound is embodied such as described in the invention. |
| US07759415B2 |
Method to make an article comprising polymer concentrate
This invention relates to a method to make an article comprising the steps of combining a semi-amorphous polymer having a heat of fusion of less than 70 J/g with a plasticizer and optionally one or more additives, to produce a polymer concentrate, combining the polymer concentrate with one or more final materials to produce an article precursor; and forming the article at least partially from the article precursor, wherein the polymer concentrate preferably shows no visible phase separation as demonstrated by the polymer concentrate having no visually detectable loss of the plasticizer after a portion of the polymer concentrate is aged on an absorbent surface for 24 hours at 25° C. An article produced by the method is also disclosed. |
| US07759410B2 |
Rubber composition for sidewall and tire having a sidewall using same
There is provided a rubber composition for a sidewall, use of which makes it possible to consider an effect on environment, prepare for decrease in petroleum supply in future and further improve tear strength, flex crack growth resistance and weather resistance. The rubber composition comprises 15 to 120 parts by weight of a white filler and 5 to 50 parts by weight of graphite having an average particle diameter of 3 to 50 μm on the basis of 100 parts by weight of a rubber component comprising a natural rubber in an amount of not less than 30% by weight. |
| US07759407B2 |
Composition for adhering materials together
The present invention is directed to a composition of adhering together first and second materials. The composition features a multi-functional reactive compound that includes a backbone group and first and second functional groups; a cross-linker, and a catalyst. The first functional group is responsive to a first actinic energy to form cross-linked molecules and to adhere a subset of the cross-linked molecules to the first material. The second functional group is responsive to a second actinic energy, differing from the first actinic energy to adhere to the second material. |
| US07759404B2 |
Inherently open-celled polypropylene foam with large cell size
Foam a polymer blend of (a) a high melt strength polypropylene (HMS PP); (b) a linear or substantially linear polypropylene that has a melting point within ten degrees Celsius of (a), a melt flow rate that is significantly different than (a) and that is miscible with (a); and, optionally, (c) a polyethylene that is immiscible with (a) produces a polymeric foam having an average cell size of at least four millimeters and that has an inherent open-celled content of at least 40 percent. The HMS PP makes up 60 weight percent (wt %) or more and 90 wt % or less of the total combined weight of (a) and (b). Component (c) makes up 60 wt % or less of the total polymer blend weight. |
| US07759402B2 |
Use of grafted polyethersiloxane copolymers for improving the low-temperature stability of antifoams in aqueous dispersions
The object of the present invention is to provide antifoams which have a good antifoam effect in aqueous dispersions of polymeric organic substances, cause no wetting defects when these dispersions are applied to a surface and at the same time retain their antifoam activity even after prolonged storage at temperatures down to the freezing point. |
| US07759401B2 |
Nanoporous and microporous solvogels and nanolatexes by microemulsion polymerization
The present invention relates to microemulsions of immiscible fluids stabilized by reactive ionic liquid surfactant wherein the ionic liquid surfactant has a melting point less than 80° C. The invention also relates to composite materials comprising a copolymer of ethylenically reactive species, wherein one of the species is a reactive ionic liquid surfactant having a melting point less than 80° C., and wherein the material also comprises non-reactive Class I fluid. The invention further relates to methods for synthesizing the composite materials comprising preparing a microemulsion of immiscible Class I fluid and Class II fluid stabilized by reactive ionic liquid surfactant wherein the ionic liquid surfactant has a melting point less than 80° C., and polymerizing the microemulsion to form a composite material. |
| US07759391B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition comprising thiacremonone for treating colon cancer
The present invention relates to an anti-cancer composition, which comprises a sulfur-containing compound thiacremonone as an active ingredient. The active ingredient induces the death of cancer cells by apoptosis through the action of specific inhibition of the activity of NF-κB. The composition can be effectively used in the treatment or prevention of cancer. |
| US07759390B2 |
Inhibitors of CCR9 activity
Compounds of formula I, wherein one of R1 and R2 is thienyl which is substituted by halogen and the other of R1 and R2 is substituted phenyl, wherein the substituents are as defined in the claims, with the proviso that the phenyl group is substituted by at least a cyano, carboxy or (C1-4)alkyloxycarbonyl group, are inhibitors of CCR9 activity and useful for therapeutic treatment. |
| US07759385B2 |
4-substituted 1-aminocyclohexane compounds for utilization as ORL1-receptor and mu-opiate receptor ligands
The invention relates to 4-substituted 1-aminocyclohexane corresponding to formula (I) to a method for the production thereof, to pharmaceutical formulations containing these compounds and to the utilization of 4-substituted 1-aminocyclohexane compounds for the production of pharmaceutical formulations and related methods of treatment. |
| US07759381B2 |
1-aryl-5-alkyl pyrazole derivative compounds, processes of making and methods of using thereof
Provided are 1-aryl-5-alkyl pyrazole compounds, of formula (I): wherein: R1 is hydrogen, cyano, halogen, R8, formyl, —C(O)R8, —C(O)OR8, —C(O)NR9R10, or —C(S)NH2; R2 is R8 or —S(O)mR11; R3 is methyl, ethyl or C1-C4 haloalkyl; R4, R5 and R7 are independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, cyano or nitro; R6 is halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyloxy, cyano, nitro, —C(O)R12, —S(O)nR12 or SF5; Z is a nitrogen atom or C—R13; R8 is alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl or halocycloalkyl; R9 is hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl or alkoxy; R10 is hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl or alkoxy; R11 is alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkynyl or cycloalkyl; R12 is alkyl or haloalkyl; R13 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy or haloalkoxy; m is 0, 1 or 2; and n is 0, 1 or 2; or a salt thereof, the method of making compounds of formula (I) and the use of these compounds against ectoparasites, endoparasites and pests. |
| US07759374B2 |
Synthesis of epothilones, intermediates thereto and analogues thereof
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein. The present invention additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and provides methods of treating cancer comprising administering a compound of formula (I). |
| US07759372B2 |
Nitrogen-containing heteroaryl compounds having inhibitory activity against HIV integrase
A compound of the formula (I): wherein Z4, Z5 and Z9 each is independently carbon atom or nitrogen atom; Y is hydroxy, mercapto or amino; RA is a group of the formula: (wherein C ring is nitrogen-containing heteroaryl) has an inhibitory activity against integrase. |
| US07759371B2 |
Thiadiazoline derivative
(wherein R1 and R4 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkenyl, or the like; R5 represents a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or the like; R2 represents —C(═W)R6 or the like; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, —C(═WA)R6A, or the like) Antitumor agents which comprises a thiadiazoline derivative represented by the aforementioned general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient are provided. |
| US07759370B2 |
Sphingosine-1-phosphate (SIP) receptor agonists
The invention provides compounds formula I, their preparation, and their use as pharmaceutically active immunosuppressive agents for the treatment of autoimmune disorders, organ transplant rejection, disorders associated with an activated immune system, as well as other disorders modulated by lymphopenia or S1P receptors. |
| US07759367B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions and their uses
The present invention relates to compositions comprising 1,2-dihydropiridin-2-one compounds and an immunoregulatory or anti-inflammatory agent. The compositions are useful for the prevention or the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, for example demyelinating disorders. |
| US07759361B2 |
Azabicyclooctan-3-one derivatives and use thereof
Compounds of Formula (1) process for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. The use of compounds of formula (1) for hyperproliferative diseases, e.g. cancer as well as autoimmune diseases and heart disease. |
| US07759357B2 |
Phenylpyrimidine amines as IgE inhibitors
An amine, which is substituted by phenyl-substituted pyrimidin; and phenyl; and a third substituent and its use as an immunoglobulin E (IgE) inhibitor. |
| US07759356B2 |
Arylindenopyridines and arylindenopyrimidines and related therapeutic and prophylactic methods
This invention provides novel arylindenopyridines and arylindenopyrimidines of the formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and X are as defined above, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, useful for treating disorders ameliorated by antagonizing adenosine A2a receptors. This invention also provides therapeutic and prophylactic methods using the instant compounds and pharmaceutical compositions. |
| US07759354B2 |
Bicyclic guanidine derivatives as asparyl protease inhibitors, compositions, and uses thereof
The present application provides compounds of the Formula: and stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein U, W, R, R1, R2, R3 and R4 in each formula (when present) are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds and compositions to inhibit aspartyl protease, and to treat a variety of disease and indications including (but not limited) to cardiovascular disease and cognitive and neurodegenerative disease. The compounds of the present invention are disclosed for use alone or in combination with one or more additional active ingredients such as cholinesterase inhibitors and a muscarinic m1 agonist and/or m2 antagonists. |
| US07759353B2 |
Substituted spiro iminopyrimidinones as aspartyl protease inhibitors, compositions, and methods of treatment
Disclosed are certain substituted spiro iminopyrimidinones and other compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein U, W, A, R, R1, R2, R6a and R7, are as defined in the specification; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds and compositions to inhibit aspartyl protease, and to treat a variety of disease and indications including (but not limited) to cardiovascular disease and cognitive and neurodegenerative disease. The compounds of the present invention are disclosed for use alone or in combination with one or more additional active ingredients such as cholinesterase inhibitors and a muscarinic m1 agonist and/or m2 antagonists. |
| US07759352B2 |
Substituted imidazole-4-carboxamides as cholecystokinin-1 receptor modulators
Certain novel substituted imidazole 4-carboxamides are ligands of the human cholecystokinin receptor and, in particular, are selective ligands of the human cholecystokinin-1 receptor (CCK-1R). They are therefore useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the modulation of CCK-1R, such as obesity, and diabetes. |
| US07759348B2 |
Pyridazine derivatives and their use as therapeutic agents
Methods of treating an SCD-mediated skin disorder or condition in a mammal, preferably a human include administering to a mammal in need thereof a compound of formula (I): where x, y, W, V, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R6a, R7, R7a, R8, R8a, R9 and R9a are defined herein. |
| US07759346B2 |
[[2-(amino-3,4-dioxo-1-cyclobuten-1-yl)amino]alkyl]-acid derivatives for the treatment of pain
This invention provides a method of treating pain in a mammal that includes administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a pain treating effective amount of a compound of the formula (I): where R1 is H, alkyl or phenylalkyl; R2 is H, alkyl, alkenyl or phenylalkyl; or R1 and R2 taken together as Z are —CH2C—H2—, —CH2C(R6)(R7)CH2— or —CH2C(R8)(R9)—C(R10)(R11)CH2—, where R6, R8 and R10 are, independently, H, alkyl or hydroxyl and R7, R9 and R11 are, independently, H or alkyl; A is alkylene or alkenylene; X is CO2R3, P(O)(OR4)(OR5), 3,5-dioxo-1,2,4-oxadiazolidin-2-yl or 5-tetrazolyl in which R3, R4 and R5 are, independently, H or alkyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions for treating pain containing a pain treating effective amount of the compound of formula (I). |
| US07759344B2 |
Bis-aryl amide derivatives and methods of use
Selected compounds are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases, such as c-Met mediated diseases. The invention encompasses novel compounds, analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving, cancer and the like. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes. |
| US07759338B2 |
Soluble 1,4 benzodiazepine compounds and stable salts thereof
The present invention relates to novel chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic use. In particular, the present invention provides benzodiazepine derivatives and related compounds and methods of using benzodiazepine derivatives and related compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with the faulty regulation of the processes of programmed cell death, autoimmunity, inflammation, hyperproliferation, and the like. |
| US07759329B2 |
Method of treating human preeclampsia employing resibufagenin
A method of treating preeclampsia including administering a therapeutically effective dose of resibufagenin to a patient having preeclampsia. Effecting the determination of the presence of preeclampsia may be by determining whether there has been a substantial elevation in marinobufagenin which may be blood-derived or urine-derived and if such elevation does exist, concluding that preeclampsia does exist. The method may advantageously be practiced by employing urine, blood serum or blood plasma as the body specimen containing the protein in determining whether a patient has preeclampsia. In another embodiment, bufodienolide derivatives other than resibufagenin may be employed in lieu of thereof or in combination therewith. In another embodiment, resibufagenin analogues may be employed in the treatment of preeclampsia. |
| US07759327B2 |
Compositions containing zinc salts for coating medical articles
The present invention relates to methods and compositions which employ low concentrations of combinations of zinc salts and antimicrobial agents in coatings for medical articles. The coatings have an anti-irritant effect and inhibit transmission of infectious disease. |
| US07759325B2 |
Use of lecithin as a medication for the treatment of psoriasis
Methods and compositions for the prevention and treatment of recent and old dermatitis, especially psoriasis, using lecithin or a lecithin-rich extract. According to one embodiment, phospholipids constituting the lecithin are esterified by Omega 3-type polyunsaturated fatty acids, in particular by docosahexaensic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or by an alkyl glycerol. The lecithin can be of marine origin, extracted from a marine organisms such as fish, shrimp, krill, zooplankton, algae, and phytoplankton, which are advantageous in that their phospholipids, especially phosphatidylcholine, are naturally esterified by Omega 3 fatty acids, and essentially by DHA and EPA. |
| US07759320B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting expression of a gene from the Ebola
The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of a gene from the Ebola virus. |
| US07759318B1 |
Identification of novel pathways, genes and promoter motifs regulating adipogenesis
The present invention provides compounds, compositions, and methods for identification of motifs within regulatory regions of genes involved in adipogenesis and adipocyte differentiation. Compounds and compositions are provided for modulating expression of nuclear receptor/transcription factor-regulated genes. Methods for modulating the function of PPAR-γ as well as PPAR-γ-regulated gene promoters, and methods of using oligomeric compounds for diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as obesity and diabetes are also provided. |
| US07759314B2 |
Treatment of muscular dystrophies and related disorders
The invention provides, among other aspects, compositions and methods for treating, preventing, and diagnosing diseases or conditions associated with an abnormal level or activity of biglycan; diseases or conditions associated with an abnormal level or activity of collagen VI; disorders associated with an unstable cytoplasmic membrane, due, e.g., to an unstable dystrophin associated protein complex (DAPC); and disorders associated with abnormal synapses or neuromuscular junctions, including those resulting from an abnormal MuSK activation or acetylcholine receptor (AChR) aggregation. |
| US07759312B2 |
Delivery of dry formulations of octreotide
Methods and devices are described for delivering octreotide to a patient, comprising implanting a controlled release composition for delivering octreotide, wherein the composition does not require hydration prior to implantation, and wherein the composition optionally comprises a release agent. |
| US07759308B2 |
Microparticles comprising somatostatin analogues
Disclosed are microparticles comprising a somatostatin analogue embedded in a biocompatible pharmacologically acceptable polymer matrix for a long acting release and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such microparticles. |
| US07759305B2 |
Polypeptide films and methods
Disclosed herein are polypeptide multilayer films wherein a therapeutic agent is covalently linked to a first layer polypeptide. An advantage of such attachment is that the linked therapeutic agent can be controllably released from the multilayer film into the environment of the film upon the addition of a suitable stimulus. An advantage of the disclosed films and methods is enablement of environmentally-stimulated release under specific conditions. |
| US07759304B2 |
Targeting complement factor H for treatment of diseases
The invention provides a CR2-FH molecule comprising a CR2 portion comprising CR2 protein or a fragment thereof and a FH portion comprising a factor H protein or a fragment thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a CR2-FH molecule. Also provided are methods of using the compositions for treatment diseases in which the alternative complement pathway is implicated, such as age-related macular degeneration, rheumatoid arthritis, and ischemia reperfusion. |
| US07759303B2 |
Method for improving solubility and folding efficiency of target proteins using RNA as molecular chaperone
Disclosed is a method for improving folding efficiency and solubility of a target protein linked to a RNA-binding protein by using RNA molecule as a molecular chaperone, wherein the RNA molecule interacts with the RNA-binding protein. More particularly, the present invention discloses method for improving folding efficiency and solubility of a target protein by transformation of a host cell with a expression vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding the target protein linked to an RNA-binding protein; culturing the transformed host cell in an appropriate culture medium under the condition that an RNA molecule either resident inside the host cell or provided by cotransformation of the host cell with polynucleotide encoding the RNA molecule interacts with the RNA-binding protein; and purifying the soluble protein from host cell lysate. The method of the present invention is very useful for production of soluble proteins for therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic applications. |
| US07759302B2 |
Peptidic sulfonamides
The invention relates to novel peptides which are biologically active as ligands of blood platelet integrin GPIIbIIIa and the αv integrins, preferably the avβs and αvβ3 integrin, having the formula (I): R1-Arg-X-Asp-Leu-Asp-Ser-Leu-Arg-R2 (I), in which R1 denotes H, acetyl or acyl and R2 denotes -Oh, OR3NH2, NHR3, N(R3)2 R3 denotes atkyl, aralkyl, aryl, Het and X denotes an amino acid of the formula (II), in which A denotes (CH2)n R4 denotes H, alkyl, aralkyl or aryl, and n denotes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, and the amino acid of the formula (II) is bonded to the adjacent Arg via a peptide bond of the α-amino group and to the α-amino group of the adjacent Asp via a peptide bond of the α-carboxyl group. |
| US07759300B2 |
Solidification matrix including a salt of a straight chain saturated mono-, di-, or tri- carboxylic acid
A solidification matrix includes a straight chain saturated carboxylic acid salt, sodium carbonate, and water. The straight chain saturated carboxylic acid salt is selected from a salt of a mono-, di-, or tri-carboxylic acid. The solidification matrix may be used, for example, in a solid detergent composition. |
| US07759299B2 |
Warewashing composition for use in automatic dishwashing machines
A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use composition having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and at least one of a source of calcium ion or a source of magnesium ion. The amounts of calcium ion or magnesium ion can be selected depending upon the hardness of the water of dilution. Methods for using a warewashing detergent composition are provided. |
| US07759298B2 |
Thickened composition and method for removing adhesive residue
The present invention includes a process using environmentally benign materials for the removal of adhesive residues from hard substrates, particularly vehicles, e.g., cars, trucks, buses, aerospace vehicles including airplanes, and the like. The invention uses an absorbable indicator (tracer) dye to aid in detection of remaining residues that may be in need of additional cleaning. The process uses a novel adhesive remover composition comprising a non-halogenated organic solvent, a non-abrasive thickening agent, a surfactant, glycerine, and an absorbable indicator dye. The invention provides a cost effective, safe, environmentally friendly adhesive remover composition specifically formulated for removal of, e.g., pressure sensitive adhesive residues from large areas of aircraft composite and aluminum surfaces, as well as others. |
| US07759296B2 |
Cationic polymers and fixative application therefor
This invention relates to cationic Cassia polymers and to their use in hair fixative applications. The cationic Cassia polymers demonstrate superior stiffness profiles and a high level of curl retention when subjected to high humidity conditions for extended periods of time. |
| US07759295B2 |
Lubricating compositions containing ashless catalytic antioxidant additives
The invention comprises lubricating compositions and hydraulic fluids containing substituted N,N′-diaryl-o-phenylenediamine compounds that impart good levels of oxidation inhibition in the lubricants and hydraulic fluids. |
| US07759289B2 |
Activated carbon, method for production thereof, polarizing electrode and electrical double layer capacitor
In activated carbon obtained by subjecting a carbonaceous material to an activation treatment, the overall content of alkali metals is set at 100 ppm or less, or the overall content of heavy metals is set at 20 ppm or less and the overall content of alkali metals is set at 200 ppm or less. In cases where such activated carbon is used as a raw material in electronic devices, the formation of dendrites by the reductive deposition of alkali metals or heavy metals tends not to occur, so that problems such as short-circuiting or the like tend not to arise, and a good rate of self-discharge retention is shown. |
| US07759287B2 |
Composition and method for fuel gas storage and release
A composition and method of storing and releasing fuel gas such as hydrogen, methane or natural gas is provided which utilizes lightly crosslinked high density polyethylene pellets. Fuel gas is stored by placing the pellets in a reaction chamber which is heated to a temperature slightly above the crystalline melting point of the pellets, followed by the introduction of fuel gas into the chamber. The fuel gas permeates the pellets and becomes contained therein upon cooling of the pellets under pressure. The fuel gas may be stored indefinitely in the pellets at ambient temperature. When release of the fuel gas is desired, the pellets are incrementally metered into a discharge chamber and are heated to a temperature above the crystalline melting point of the pellets under a pressure from about 5 to 200 psi such that the fuel gas is released from the pellets for use. The expended pellets may then be recycled for further fuel gas storage. |
| US07759281B2 |
Photocatalyst containing metallic ultrafine particles and process for producing said photocatalyst
There is disclosed a photocatalyst which comprises a substrate having a photocatalytic function and metallic nanocolloid particles that are supported on the substrate by the use of a metallic nanocolloid liquid substantially free from a protective colloid formation agent. A highly active photocatalyst containing metallic ultrafine particles is provided by bringing a substrate such as fine particles having a photocatalytic function into contact with a metallic nanocolloid liquid which is substantially free from a protective colloid formation agent, and which has favorable dispersion stability even if containing metallic nanocolloid particles in a relatively high concentration. Accordingly the photocatalyst containing metallic ultrafine particles can be produced at a low cost without being restricted on the place of production. |
| US07759279B2 |
Exhaust gas purifying catalyst and production method thereof
An exhaust gas purifying catalyst including: rhodium particles having catalytic activity; compound particles which are formed on peripheries of the rhodium particles and support the rhodium particles; and oxides which are formed on peripheries of the compound particles and suppress coagulation of the compounds. |
| US07759277B2 |
Fuel cell catalyst, process for preparation of the same, and membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell employing the catalyst
The present invention provides a catalyst having high activity and excellent stability, a process for preparation of the catalyst, a membrane electrode assembly, and a fuel cell. The catalyst of the present invention comprises an electronically conductive support and catalyst fine particles. The catalyst fine particles are supported on the support and are represented by the formula (1): PtuRuxGeyTz (1). In the formula, u, x, y and z mean 30 to 60 atm %, 20 to 50 atm %, 0.5 to 20 atm % and 0.5 to 40 atm %, respectively. When the element represented by T is Al, Si, Ni, W, Mo, V or C, the content of the T-element's atoms connected with oxygen bonds is not more than four times as large as that of the T-element's atoms connected with metal bonds on the basis of X-ray photoelectron spectrum (XPS) analysis. When the T-element is Ti, Hf, Sn, Ta, Zr or Nb, the content of the T-element's atoms connected with metal bonds is not more than twice as large as that of the T-element's atoms connected with oxygen bonds on the basis of XPS analysis. |
| US07759267B2 |
Lightweight composite thermoplastic sheets including reinforcing skins
A multi-layered fiber reinforced sheet for automotive vehicle interior structural components includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a permeable fiber reinforced thermoplastic core layer having a first surface and a second surface. The core layer includes a plurality of reinforcing fibers bonded together with a thermoplastic resin, and has a density of about 0.1 gm/cc to about 1.8 gm/cc. The multi-layered fiber reinforced sheet also includes at least one first reinforcing skin applied to the first surface of the core layer, and at least one second reinforcing skin applied to the second surface of the core layer. Each first and second reinforcing skin includes a matrix of reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin wherein the matrix of reinforcing fibers applied to the first surface are arranged in a bi-directional orientation and the matrix of reinforcing fibers applied to the second surface are arranged in a bi-directional orientation. |
| US07759265B2 |
Protective cover system including a corrosion inhibitor and method of inhibiting corrosion of a metallic object
A protective cover system for inhibiting corrosion of a metallic object. The protective cover system includes a cover for defining a microenvironment adjacent a metallic object and a corrosion inhibitor source for releasing one or more corrosion inhibitors into the microenvironment. |
| US07759262B2 |
Selective formation of dielectric etch stop layers
Methods to selectively form a dielectric etch stop layer over a patterned metal feature. Embodiments include a transistor incorporating such an etch stop layer over a gate electrode. In accordance with certain embodiments of the present invention, a metal is selectively formed on the surface of the gate electrode which is then converted to a silicide or germanicide. In other embodiments, the metal selectively formed on the gate electrode surface enables a catalytic growth of a silicon or germanium mesa over the gate electrode. At least a portion of the silicide, germanicide, silicon mesa or germanium mesa is then oxidized, nitridized, or carbonized to form a dielectric etch stop layer over the gate electrode only. |
| US07759261B2 |
Method for producing layers located on a hybrid circuit
A method for obtaining layers defined on a hybrid circuit. The hybrid circuit including a substrate and at least one elementary circuit that includes a first facet and a second facet, being hybridized via the second facet to a facet of the substrate. This facet of the substrate and each elementary circuit are coated with a first layer, the first layer is removed from the first facet of the elementary circuit, the first facet and the subsisting part of the first layer are coated with a second layer, and the subsisting part and the second layer covering it are removed. Such a method may, for example, find application to obtaining an antireflection or metal layer on a chip. |
| US07759259B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including heating a semiconductor substrate, has forming a cap film on a surface of said semiconductor substrate; selectively removing said cap film at least from an upper surface of an edge of said semiconductor substrate, a bevel surface of the edge of said semiconductor substrate and a side surface of the edge of said semiconductor substrate; selectively removing at least a device forming film formed on the upper surface of the edge of said semiconductor substrate, the bevel surface of the edge of said semiconductor substrate and the side surface of the edge of said semiconductor substrate; and heating said semiconductor substrate by irradiating said semiconductor substrate with light having a pulse width of 0.1 milliseconds to 100 milliseconds from a light source after removing said device forming film, wherein said cap film has a lower reflectance at a peak wavelength of said light than said semiconductor substrate. |
| US07759247B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device with a barrier layer and a metal layer
This invention provides a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof which can minimize deterioration of electric characteristics of the semiconductor device without increasing an etching process. In the semiconductor device of the invention, a pad electrode layer formed of a first barrier layer and an aluminum layer laminated thereon is formed on a top surface of a semiconductor substrate. A supporting substrate is further attached on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate. A second barrier layer is formed on a back surface of the semiconductor substrate and in a via hole formed from the back surface of the semiconductor substrate to the first barrier layer. Furthermore, a re-distribution layer is formed in the via hole so as to completely fill the via hole or so as not to completely fill the via hole. A ball-shaped terminal is formed on the re-distribution layer. |
| US07759242B2 |
Method of fabricating an integrated circuit
A method of fabricating an integrated circuit, including the steps of forming a first mask layer in the form of a hard mask layer including a plurality of first openings and a second mask layer with at least one second opening which at least partially overlaps with one of the first openings, wherein the at least one second opening is generated lithographically; and at least two neighboring first openings are distanced from each other with a center to center pitch smaller than the resolution limit of the lithography used for generating the second opening. |
| US07759240B2 |
Use of palladium in IC manufacturing with conductive polymer bump
An apparatus and a method for forming a substrate having a palladium metal layer over at least one contact point of the substrate and having a flexible conductive polymer bump, preferably a two-stage epoxy, on the palladium plated contact point, are provided. The present invention also relates to assemblies comprising one or more of these substrates. |
| US07759234B2 |
Method for fabricating semiconductor device with recess gate
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a sacrificial layer having a stack structure of a first insulation layer, a first conductive layer and a second insulation layer over a substrate, forming a recess by etching the sacrificial layer and the substrate, forming a gate insulation layer over a recess surface, filling a second conductive layer in the recess and between etched sacrificial layers, forming a gate electrode metal layer, a gate hard mask layer and a gate mask pattern over a resultant substrate, etching layers formed below the gate mask pattern by using the gate mask pattern until the first conductive layer is exposed, thereby forming an initial gate pattern, forming a capping layer on a sidewall and a top portion of the initial gate pattern, and etching an exposed portion by using the capping layer as a mask until the first insulation layer is exposed, thereby forming a final gate pattern. |
| US07759228B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. In the method, a substrate is prepared, which includes a buried oxide film and a SiGe layer formed on the buried oxide film. Then, heat treatment is performed on the substrate at a temperature equal to or lower than a first temperature, to form a protective oxide film on a surface of the SiGe layer. Next, the substrate having the protective oxide film is heated in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to a second temperature higher than the first temperature. Further, heat treatment is performed on the substrate thus heated, in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature equal to or higher than the second temperature, to form oxide the SiGe layer, make the SiGe layer thinner and increasing Ge concentration in the SiGe layer, thus forming a SiGe layer having the increased Ge concentration. |
| US07759224B2 |
Fabrication method of semiconductor integrated circuit device
A technique capable of stably releasing chips from a dicing tape, includes grinding a back surface of a semiconductor wafer, while adhering a pressure sensitive adhesive tape to a circuit forming surface of the semiconductor wafer formed with an integrated circuit, to achieve a predetermined thickness and forcibly oxidizing the back surface of the semiconductor wafer. Then, the pressure sensitive adhesive tape adhered to the circuit forming surface of the semiconductor wafer is released, and a dicing tape is adhered to the back surface of the semiconductor wafer. Further, the semiconductor wafer is divided by dicing it into individual chips, and then the back surface of the chip is pressed by way of the dicing tape, thereby releasing the chips from the dicing tape. |
| US07759222B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating a solid-state imaging device comprises: a step of forming a photodiode protection insulation film 6a; a step of forming a dummy protection insulation film 6c corresponding to the photodiode protection insulation film 6a both in the peripheral circuit region 1b and the scribe lane region 1c; and a step of forming an interlayer insulation film 9 for covering all three regions of a pixel region 1a in which pixels and the photodiode protection insulation film 6a are formed, a peripheral circuit region 1b in which a driving circuit and the dummy protection insulation film 6c are formed, and a scribe lane region 1c in which the dummy protection insulation film 6c is formed, wherein the dummy protection insulation film 6c causes an average height of a surface of the interlayer insulation film 9 included in each of the peripheral circuit region 1b and the scribe lane region 1c to be close to an average height of a surface of the interlayer insulation film 9 included in the pixel region 1a, before a CMP is performed on an entirety of the surface thereof. |
| US07759221B2 |
Methods for packaging microelectronic devices and microelectronic devices formed using such methods
Methods for packaging microelectronic devices and microelectronic devices formed using such methods are disclosed herein. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a method for packaging a microelectronic device that includes coupling an active side of a microelectronic die to a surface of a support member. The microelectronic die can have a backside opposite the active side, a peripheral side extending at least part way between the active side and the backside, and at least one through-wafer interconnect. The method can further include applying an encapsulant to cover a portion of the surface of the support member so that a portion of the encapsulant is laterally adjacent to the peripheral side, removing material from a backside of the microelectronic die to expose a portion of at least one through-wafer interconnect, and applying a redistribution structure to the backside of the microelectronic die. |
| US07759214B2 |
Semiconductor including STI and method for manufacturing the same
Provided is a semiconductor device and method of making, incorporating a trench having rounded edges. According to an embodiment, a pad oxide layer, nitride layer, and TEOS layer are sequentially formed on a substrate. The TEOS layer, nitride layer, and pad oxide layer are dry-etched using a photosensitive layer pattern as a mask. After removing the photosensitive layer pattern, a trench is formed by dry-etching the substrate using the etched TEOS layer, nitride layer, and pad oxide layer as a mask. A portion of the pad oxide layer is pullback-etched, resulting in a first rounding of the trench. A portion of the etched nitride layer is pullback-etched and a portion of the etched TEOS layer is pullback-etched. The upper corner of the trench of the substrate is dry-etched using the pullback-etched TEOS layer, nitride layer, and pad oxide layer as a mask, resulting in a second rounding of the trench. |
| US07759212B2 |
System-in-package having integrated passive devices and method therefor
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device involves providing a substrate, forming a first passivation layer over the substrate, and forming an integrated passive circuit over the substrate. The integrated passive circuit can include inductors, capacitors, and resistors. A second passivation layer is formed over the integrated passive circuit. System components are mounted to the second passivation layer and electrically connect to the second conductive layer. A mold compound is formed over the integrated passive circuit. A coefficient of thermal expansion of the mold compound is approximately equal to a coefficient of thermal expansion of the system component. The substrate is removed. An opening is etched into the first passivation layer and solder bumps are deposited over the opening in the first passivation layer to electrically connect to the integrated passive circuit. A metal layer can be formed over the molding compound or first passivation layer for shielding. |
| US07759208B1 |
Low temperature ion implantation for improved silicide contacts
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method that cools a substrate to a temperature below 10° C. and then implants ions into the substrate while the temperature of the substrate is below 10° C. The implanting causes damage to a first depth of the substrate to create an amorphized region in the substrate. The method forms a layer of metal on the substrate and heats the substrate until the metal reacts with the substrate and forms a silicide region within the amorphized region of the substrate. The depth of the silicide region is at least as deep as the first depth. |
| US07759207B2 |
Integrated circuit system employing stress memorization transfer
An integrated circuit system that includes: providing a gate and a spacer formed over a substrate; performing an implant that amorphizes the gate and a source/drain region defined by the spacer; removing the spacer; depositing a stress memorization layer over the integrated circuit system; and transferring a stress from the stress memorization layer to the gate and the source/drain region. |
| US07759205B1 |
Methods for fabricating semiconductor devices minimizing under-oxide regrowth
Methods for producing a semiconductor device are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes the steps of: (i) fabricating a partially-completed semiconductor device including a substrate, a source/drain region in the substrate, a gate stack overlaying the substrate, and a sidewall spacer adjacent the gate stack; (ii) utilizing an anisotropic etch to remove an upper portion of the sidewall spacer while leaving intact a lower portion of the sidewall spacer overlaying the substrate; (iii) implanting ions in the source/drain region; and (iv) annealing the semiconductor device to activate the implanted ions. The step of annealing is performed with the lower portion of the sidewall spacer intact to deter the ingress of oxygen into the substrate and minimize under-oxide regrowth proximate the gate stack. |
| US07759204B2 |
Process for high voltage superjunction termination
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having an active region and a termination region includes providing a semiconductor substrate having first and second main surfaces opposite to each other. The semiconductor substrate has an active region and a termination region surrounding the active region. The first main surface is oxidized. A first plurality of trenches and a first plurality of mesas are formed in the termination region. The first plurality of trenches in the termination region are filled with a dielectric material. A second plurality of trenches in the termination region. The second plurality of trenches are with the dielectric material. |
| US07759202B2 |
Method for forming semiconductor device with gates of different materials
A semiconductor device includes a first gate structure including a gate dielectric layer directly contacting the substrate, a bottom electrode on the gate dielectric layer and a top electrode on the bottom electrode, and a second gate structure including a gate dielectric layer directly contacting the substrate and a gate electrode on the gate dielectric layer. |
| US07759198B2 |
Method of forming semiconductor devices having a vertical channel transistor
Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device include forming a matrix of active pillars including a channel part on a substrate. Channel dopant regions are formed in the channel parts of the active pillars. Gate electrodes are formed on an outer surface of the channel parts that surround the channel dopant regions. The matrix of active pillars may be arranged in rows in a first direction and in columns in a second direction crossing the first direction on the substrate. |
| US07759196B2 |
Multi-bit non-volatile memory device, method of operating the same, and method of fabricating the same
A multi-bit non-volatile memory device and methods of operating and fabricating the same may be provided. The memory device may include a channel region formed in a semiconductor substrate, and a source and drain that form a Schottky contact with the channel region. Also, a central gate electrode may be located on a portion of the channel region, and first and second sidewall gate electrodes may be formed on the channel region along the outer sides of the central gate electrode. First and second storage nodes may be formed between the channel region and the sidewall gate electrodes. |
| US07759188B2 |
Method of fabricating vertical body-contacted SOI transistor
A method of fabricating a vertical field effect transistor (“FET”) is provided which includes a transistor body region and source and drain regions disposed in a single-crystal semiconductor-on-insulator (“SOI”) region of a substrate adjacent a sidewall of a trench. The substrate includes a buried insulator layer underlying the SOI region and a bulk region underlying the buried insulator layer. A buried strap conductively connects the SOI region to a lower node disposed below the SOI region and a body contact extends from the transistor body region to the bulk region of the substrate, the body contact being insulated from the buried strap. |
| US07759184B2 |
Laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device and method of forming the same
A transistor advantageously embodied in a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device having a gate located over a channel region recessed into a semiconductor substrate and a method of forming the same. In one embodiment, the laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device includes a source/drain having a lightly doped region located adjacent the channel region and a heavily doped region located adjacent the lightly doped region. The laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device further includes an oppositely doped well located under and within the channel region, and a doped region, located between the heavily doped region and the oppositely doped well, having a doping concentration profile less than a doping concentration profile of the heavily doped region. |
| US07759180B2 |
Display substrate and method of manufacturing the same
In a manufacturing method of a display substrate according to one or more embodiments, a plurality of thin films are patterned by using a photoresist film pattern having different thicknesses in each area on a substrate as etch masks. The photoresist film pattern may be etch-backed at least twice during the manufacturing process of the display substrate and may be used as the etch mask for patterns having shapes different from each other. Accordingly, the number of processes for manufacturing the mask patterns, which may be formed by a photolithography method in order to pattern the thin films formed on the substrate, may be reduced. |
| US07759179B2 |
Multi-gated, high-mobility, density improved devices
Disclosed herein are embodiments of an improved method of forming p-type and n-type MUGFETs with high mobility crystalline planes in high-density, chevron-patterned, CMOS devices. Specifically, semiconductor fins are formed in a chevron layout oriented along the centerline of a wafer. Gates are formed adjacent to the semiconductor fins such that they are approximately perpendicular to the centerline. Then, masked implant sequences are performed, during which halo and/or source/drain dopants are implanted into the sidewalls of the semiconductor fins on one side of the chevron layout and then into the sidewalls of the semiconductor fins on the opposite side of the chevron layout. The implant direction used during these implant sequences is substantially orthogonal to the gates in order to avoid mask shadowing, which can obstruct dopant implantation when separation between the semiconductor fins in the chevron layout is scaled (i.e., when device density is increased). |
| US07759178B2 |
Thin film transistor substrate and fabrication thereof
A thin film transistor substrate having a semiconductor layer including a low concentration region and a source region/drain region adjacent to the low concentration region at both sides of a channel region made of polysilicon; a gate insulating layer and a conductive layer on the substrate the conductive layer patterned to form a gate electrode. |
| US07759177B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention is provided including the steps of forming a first conductive layer over a substrate; forming a second conductive layer containing a conductive particle and resin over the first conductive layer; and increasing an area where the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are in contact with each other by irradiating the second conductive layer with a laser beam. By including the step of laser beam irradiation, the portion where the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are in contact with each other can be increased and defective electrical connection between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer can be improved. |
| US07759172B2 |
Method of forming a planar combined structure of a bipolar junction transistor and n-type and p-type metal semiconductor field-effect transistors and method for forming the same
A planar combined structure of a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and n-type/p-type metal semiconductor field-effect transistors (MESFETs) and a method for forming the structure. The n-type GaN MESFET is formed at the same time when an inversion region (an emitter region) of the GaN BJT is formed by an ion implantation or impurity diffusion method by using a particular mask design, while a p-type GaN region is at the same time is formed as the p-type GaN MESFET. Namely, the n-type channel of the n-type MESFET is formed by the ion implantation or impurity diffusion method when the BJT is formed with the same ion implantation or impurity diffusion method performed, while a region of the p-type GaN without being subject to the ion implantation or impurity diffusion method is formed as the p-type MESFET. As such, the BJT is formed currently with the n-type/p-type MESFETs on the same GaN crystal growth layer as a planar structure. |
| US07759170B2 |
Fabrication method of semiconductor package having heat dissipation device
A semiconductor package with a heat dissipating device and a fabrication method of the semiconductor package are provided. A chip is mounted on a substrate. The heat dissipating device is mounted on the chip, and includes an accommodating room, and a first opening and a second opening that communicate with the accommodating room. An encapsulant is formed between the heat dissipating device and the substrate to encapsulate the chip. A cutting process is performed to remove a non-electrical part of structure and expose the first and second openings from the encapsulant. A cooling fluid is received in the accommodating room to absorb and dissipate heat produced by the chip. The heat dissipating device covers the encapsulant and the chip to provide a maximum heat transfer area for the semiconductor package. |
| US07759169B2 |
Integrated circuit heat spreader stacking method
An integrated circuit heat spreader stacking system is provided including mounting an integrated circuit on a substrate, forming a heat spreader, forming a stacking stand-off for the heat spreader, and mounting a heat spreader over the integrated circuit. |
| US07759167B2 |
Method for embedding dies
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, involving forming a first flexible film on a rigid carrier substrate, attaching a die to the flexible film, so as to leave contacts on the die exposed, forming a wiring layer to contact the contacts of the die, and releasing the flexible film where the die is attached, from the carrier. An area of the first flexible film where the die is attached can have a lower adhesion to the rigid carrier substrate than other areas, so that releasing can involve cutting the first flexible film to release a part of the area of lower adhesion, and leaving an area of higher adhesion. A combined thickness of the die, the first flexible film and the wiring layer can be less than 150 μm, so that the device is bendable. Devices can be stacked. |
| US07759159B2 |
Variable resistance non-volatile memory cells and methods of fabricating same
Methods of fabricating integrated circuit memory cells and integrated circuit memory cells are disclosed. An integrated circuit memory cell can be fabricated by forming an ohmic layer on an upper surface of a conductive structure and extending away from the structure along at least a portion of a sidewall of an opening in an insulation layer. An electrode layer is formed on the ohmic layer. A variable resistivity material is formed on the insulation layer and electrically connected to the electrode layer. |
| US07759158B2 |
Scalable photovoltaic cell and solar panel manufacturing with improved wiring
A method and apparatus for fabricating large scale PV cell and solar module/panel is disclosed. The method includes designing a PV cell wiring scheme for a number of PV cells and patterning a plurality of features on a large size silicon sheet. A number of large scale silicon sheets, having a number of PV cells on each silicon sheet, can be bonded to a wiring plane to directly manufacture into a solar module/panel. Each PV cell on the solar module is then isolated. Methods of the invention greatly cut down the cost of solar module/panel manufacturing and PV cell assembly. |
| US07759157B2 |
Gate oxide film structure for a solid state image pick-up device
In a solid-state image pick-up device in which a photoelectric converting section formed on a semiconductor substrate and a gate oxide film of a transfer path of a charge coupled device (CCD) which is close to the photoelectric converting section are constituted by a laminated film comprising a silicon oxide film (SiO) and a silicon nitride film (SiN), the gas oxide film has a single layer structure in which at least an end on the photoelectric converting section side of the gate oxide film does not contain the silicon nitride film. |
| US07759156B2 |
Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same
An image sensor can include a first substrate, an insulating layer, a photodiode, and a via plug. A circuitry including an interconnection can be formed on the first substrate. The insulating layer is formed over the first substrate so that the insulating layer covers the interconnection. The photodiode is formed in a crystalline semiconductor layer and then bonded to the first substrate while contacting the insulating layer. The via plug is provided by removing portions of the photodiode and the insulating layer to expose an upper portion of the interconnection to form a via hole, and filling the via hole with a conductive metal. The via plug electrically connects the photodiode to the interconnection. |
| US07759153B2 |
Method of fabricating electric field sensor having electric field shield
A method of manufacturing an electric field sensor having an electric field shield. The method includes providing a substrate doped with a first impurity; forming a resistive tip having a resistance region doped with a low concentration of a second impurity at an apex of a protruding portion of the substrate, and first and second semiconductor electrode regions doped with a high concentration of the second impurity on both slopes of the protruding portion with the resistive region therebetween, wherein the second impurity has a polarity opposite to that of the first impurity; forming a dielectric layer on the resistive tip; forming a mask having a high aspect ratio on the dielectric layer; depositing a metal layer on the dielectric layer; and exposing the dielectric layer formed on the resistance region through the metal layer by removing the mask. |
| US07759149B2 |
Gallium nitride-based semiconductor stacked structure
A gallium-nitride-based semiconductor stacked structure includes a sapphire substrate; a low-temperature-deposited buffer layer which is composed of a Group III nitride material of AlXGaYN (0.5 |
| US07759146B2 |
Method of making high efficiency UV VLED on metal substrate
A method of fabricating ultraviolet (UV) vertical light-emitting diode (VLED) structures composed of AlInGaN or AlGaN with increased crystalline quality and a faster growth rate when compared to conventional AlInGaN or AlGaN LED structures is provided. This may be accomplished by forming a sacrificial GaN layer above a carrier substrate, and then depositing the light-emitting diode (LED) stack above the sacrificial GaN layer. The sacrificial GaN layer may then be removed in subsequent processing steps. |
| US07759144B2 |
Package for a semiconductor light emitting device
A semiconductor light emitting device package includes a substrate with a core and a copper layer overlying the core. The light emitting device is connected to the substrate directly or indirectly through a wiring substrate. The core of the substrate may be, for example, ceramic, Al2O3, AlN, alumina, silicon nitride, or a printed circuit board. The copper layer may be bonded to the core by a process such as direct bonding of copper or active metal brazing. |
| US07759139B2 |
Method for manufacturing silicon device
A method for manufacturing a silicon device includes steps of: forming a silicon layer 4a that indicates a second conductivity type on a first surface S1a of a silicon substrate 2a that indicates a first conductivity type; and exposing, after the step, a third surface S3a of the silicon layer 4a for a period of a minimum of 30 minutes and a maximum of 6 hours to an argon-containing atmosphere which is adjusted to temperatures of a minimum of 400° C. and a maximum of 900° C. and pressures of a minimum of 4 MPa and a maximum of 200 MPa. |
| US07759135B2 |
Method of forming a sensor node module
A method of manufacturing a sensor node module includes forming a protruding structure on a carrier. A sensor die is applied onto the protruding structure with an active sensing surface of the sensor die facing the carrier. The sensor die is encapsulated with mold material, wherein the protruding structure prevents the mold material from covering the active sensing surface. The carrier and the protruding structure are removed from the sensor die. |
| US07759134B2 |
Magnetostrictive ligand sensor
A magnetostrictive ligand sensor device (MLSD), system and method are provided having at least one magnetostrictive particle (MSP) to which is bound at least one binding element. The MSP may be dispersed in a sample containing a target ligand such that the target ligand binds thereto. A driver is also provided to emit a varying magnetic field such that the MSP produces a resonance response detectable by a measurement device configured to receive and detect changes in the resonance response that are due to alterations of the binding element. The MLSD and assays find use in identifying and quantitating ligands as well as chemicals and environmental conditions in a sample or patient. |
| US07759133B2 |
Method of detecting and/or quantifying a specific IgE antibody in a liquid sample
Methods of detecting and/or quantifying an IgE antibody present in a liquid sample. The IgE antibody is specific to a ligand in the form of an antigen, an antibody, or a hapten. These methods can be used for monitoring and evaluating the immunological status of a subject. |
| US07759132B2 |
Methods for performing microfluidic sampling
Methods for performing microfluidic sampling are provided. The method includes providing a substrate including an arrangement of first, second and third electrodes, wherein the second electrode is interposed between the first and third electrodes. The method additionally includes causing a fluid input to continuously flow to the first electrode and biasing the first, second and third electrodes to a first voltage to cause a portion of the fluid input to spread across the second and third electrodes. The method further includes biasing the second electrode to a second voltage different from the first voltage to form a droplet on the third electrode, the droplet being separate from the fluid input. |
| US07759129B2 |
Optical sensor for detecting chemical reaction activity
The invention provides an optical sensor for detecting chemical reaction activity, including, e.g., enzyme activity and catalytic or reactive molecule activity. An optical sensor of the invention includes a porous photonic film that produces a predetermined spectral reflectance response. In preferred embodiments, the film has a chemical coating (such as a hydrophobic layer) within its pores with an affinity for the reaction product(s) of the catalytic or otherwise reactive analyte A coating can also act as a protective layer in preferred embodiment. A thin substrate susceptible to reaction by at least one analyte of interest is on the surface of the thin film to block pores of the thin film. A method of detecting chemical reaction activity of the invention exposes the optical sensor to an analyte of interest, such as an enzyme or otherwise catalytic or reactive molecule. The optical sensor is subjected to light and the reflectivity spectrum of the optical sensor is monitored for a change indicative of reaction activity. Monitoring can include observation for a visible change or data acquisition via instruments such as a spectrometer for monitoring for a change in interferometric reflectance spectra. |
| US07759115B2 |
Incubation and/or storage container system and method
A container assembly comprises a vessel for containing a biological medium, gametes and/or one or more embryo(s). The vessel has a CO2 permeable seal and a closure valve device for selective access. A buffer chamber for a CO2 enriched atmosphere cooperates with the vessel and is in communication with the CO2 permeable wall. Such a container assembly is particularly adapted for intravaginal use in which case the permeable seal prevents ingress of vaginal secretions. The buffer chamber mediates the aqueous pH in the vessel after the container assembly is removed from a CO2 enriched environment. |
| US07759107B2 |
Thermostable nucleic acid polymerase from Thermococcus gorgonarius
A purified thermostable enzyme is derived form the thermophilic archaebacterium Thermococcus gorgonarius. The enzyme can be native or recombinant, retains approximately 90% of its activity after incubation for two hours at 95° C. in the presence of stabilizing agents and possesses 3′-5′ proofreading exonuclease activity. Thermostable DNA polymerases are useful in many recombinant DNA techniques, especially nucleic acid amplification by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). |
| US07759104B2 |
Paramyxoviridae virus preparations
This document involves methods and materials related to obtaining Paramyxoviridae virus preparations. |
| US07759103B2 |
Extracellular serine protease
The present invention provides a DNA encoding a human Tumor Antigen Derived Gene-14 (TADG-14) protein selected from the group consisting of: (a) isolated DNA which encodes a TADG-14 protein; (b) isolated DNA which hybridizes to isolated DNA of (a) above and which encodes a TADG-14 protein; and (c) isolated DNA differing from the isolated DNAs of (a) and (b) above in codon sequence due to the degeneracy of the genetic code, and which encodes a TADG-14 protein. Also, provided is a vector capable of expressing the DNA of the present invention adapted for expression in a recombinant cell and regulatory elements necessary for expression of the DNA in the cell. |
| US07759100B2 |
Carboxin resistance gene for Flammulina velutipes
The present invention pertains to a polynucleotide sequence expressed in Flammulina velutipes against carboxin and the proteins encoded thereby. Also provided is the expression vector and host cell comprising the polynucleotides of the invention. |
| US07759097B2 |
Vector for transformation of Labyrinthulomycota
An object of the present invention is to provide a transformation system for Labyrinthulomycota that allows the elucidation of biosynthetic mechanisms of lipids such as PUFA and carotenoids as well as for the construction of a high production system and the design and development of novel functional lipid molecules by the control of the mechanisms. The present invention provides a vector for the transformation of Labyrinthulomycota with a transgene, which comprises at least (1) a nucleotide sequence which is homologous to a part of chromosomal DNA of Labyrinthulomycota and is capable of homologous recombination with the chromosomal DNA, (2) a selection marker gene having a promoter sequence located upstream and a terminator sequence located downstream, and (3) a cloning site for transgene insertion having a promoter sequence located upstream and a terminator sequence located downstream. |
| US07759093B2 |
Amylases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them
In one aspect, the invention is directed to polypeptides having an amylase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods for making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one aspect, the polypeptides of the invention can be used as amylases, for example, alpha amylases, to catalyze the hydrolysis of starch into sugars. In one aspect, the invention provides delayed release compositions comprising an desired ingredient coated by a latex polymer coating. |
| US07759090B2 |
Expression system for producing collagen
A DNA molecule consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, which encodes a collagenous (COL1) domain and a C-terminal noncollagenous (NC1) domain of type XXI collagen. Expression systems and methods for the expression of the DNA molecule are also provided. |
| US07759088B2 |
Stable biodegradable, high water absorbable γ-polyglutamic acid hydrogel by 3-dimensional cross-linking and its preparation method
The present invention relates to a method for the production of a stable biodegradable, high water absorbable γ-polyglutamic acid (γ-PGA) hydrogel by directly cross-linking (A) a γ-polyglutamic acid (γ-PGA), a γ-polyglutamate, or a mixture thereof, and optionally a polysaccharide containing a carboxylic and/or carboxylate group, an amino acid, or a mixture thereof; and/or (B) a microbial culture broth containing a γ-polyglutamic acid (γ-PGA), a γ-polyglutamate, or a mixture thereof, and optionally a polysaccharide containing a carboxylic and/or carboxylate group, an amino acid, or a mixture thereof, with a cross-linker comprising a compound having three or more functional groups or a mixture of a compound having three or more functional groups and a compound having two functional groups, wherein each of the functional groups can react with a carboxylic group (—COOH), carboxylate group (—COO−), aldehyde group (—CHO), hydroxyl (—OH), carbonyl group (—CO), sulfone group (—SO2), amino group (—NH2) or nitro group (—NO2), or a mixture thereof. The present invention further relates to a stable biodegradable, high water absorbable γ-polyglutamic acid (γ-PGA) hydrogel and its uses. |
| US07759087B1 |
Method of indefinite culture of hepatitis C virus
The invention discloses a method of maintaining hepatitis C virus (HCV) growing indefinitely in cell culture. The method includes providing a culture of cells susceptible to infection by HCV; introducing to the cell culture an inoculum containing an infective dose of HCV; contacting the inoculated cell culture with a growth medium containing an excess of uridine and cytidine; and changing spent growth medium with fresh growth medium containing the excess of uridine and cytidine on a predetermined schedule. |
| US07759086B2 |
Diagnostic method for chronic fatigue syndrome by measuring elastase
The present invention relates to methods and kits for the diagnosis and confirmation of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) by measuring elastase activity in a patient sample, preferably a PBMC sample. The assays of the invention can also be used to characterize CFS, to determine the disease stage, the disease progression, the efficiency of a therapeutic regime and/or to predict the recurrence of possible attacks. The assays of the invention advantageously allow CFS to be distinguished from other CICIDs like MS or RA. |
| US07759078B2 |
Diagnosis and treatment of cancer
A method of diagnosing cancer in a human patient comprising the steps of (i) obtaining a sample containing nucleic acid and/or protein from the patient; and (ii) determining whether the sample contains a level of hNe—Na voltage-gated Na+ channel nucleic acid or protein associated with cancer.A method of treating cancer comprising the step of administering to the patient an agent which selectively prevents the function of hNe—Na voltage-gated Na+ channel.A genetic construct comprising a nucleic acid encoding a molecule capable of preventing the function of hNe—Na voltage-gated Na+ channel expressed in a cell.The methods and compositions are particularly suited to prostate cancer. |
| US07759075B2 |
Molecules for the treatment of lung disease involving an immune reaction to connective tissue found in the lung
Various embodiments include methods for diagnosing and treating medical conditions that involve an autoimmune response to connective tissue such as collagen found in organs such as the lung. In one method pulmonary disease and disorders such as Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) are diagnosed by analyzing fluid or tissue samples obtained from a patient for evidence of an autoimmune response to various types of collagen including, for example, Type V. One type of assay for evidence of an autoimmune response to Type V collagen comprises the steps of obtaining a fluid or tissue sample from a patient, contacting at least a portion of the sample with antigen to anti-Type V collagen antibody and monitoring the mixture of sample and antigen for changes indicative of the presence of anti-Type V collagen in the sample. Another embodiment includes treating pulmonary diseases such as IPF by administering a therapeutically effective dose of epitopes of various collagens including Type V collagen. |
| US07759068B2 |
Use of substances for treating tumors
The present invention relates to the use of an active ingredient and to a method for the prevention or treatment of tumors, the diagnostic detection of disorders associated with these tumors, and pharmaceutical compositions and kits related thereto. |
| US07759065B2 |
Mass spectrometric methods for detecting mutations in a target nucleic acid
Fast and highly accurate mass spectrometry-based processes for detecting particular nucleic acid molecules and mutations in the molecules are provided. In some embodiments, a process comprises: amplifying one or more target nucleic acid molecules from a biological sample; ionizing and volatilizing the amplified product; and analyzing a product by mass spectrometry to determine an observed molecular mass of the product. |
| US07759064B2 |
Development of PCR primers and primer mixtures for amplification of cnp60 target sequences
We have developed the primer pair H1511 and H1261 as a replacement for primer pair H279/H280 for specific amplification of cpn60 universal target sequences in genomic DNA or in complex DNA mixtures, including those with high G+C content. |
| US07759061B2 |
2′-nitrobenzyl-modified ribonucleotides
This disclosure provides novel reversibly terminated ribonucleotides which can be used as a reagent for DNA sequencing reactions. Methods of sequencing nucleic acids using the disclosed nucleotides are also provided. |
| US07759059B2 |
Nucleic acid binding proteins
The application provides methods of designing zinc finger binding polypeptides for binding to particular target sequences comprising overlapping nucleotide quadruplets. |
| US07759058B2 |
Anti-microbial perfuming compositions
The present invention describes perfumes and perfuming compositions having an anti-microbial activity and containing effective amounts of certain perfuming ingredients which have an anti-microbial activity as evaluated by the Microbial Reduction Test. |
| US07759056B2 |
Nucleotide sequence encoding the dapC gene and process for the production of L-lysine
The invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide from coryneform bacteria containing at least one polynucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of a) polynucleotide which is at least 70% identical to a polynucleotide which encodes a polypeptide containing the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID no. 2, b) polynucleotide which encodes a polypeptide which contains an amino acid sequence which is at least 70% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID no. 2, c) polynucleotide which is complementary to the polynucleotides of a) or b), and d) polynucleotide containing at least 15 successive nucleotides of the polynucleotide sequences of a), b) or c), and to a process for the fermentative production of L-amino acids, in particular L-lysine. |
| US07759054B2 |
Method for detection of nitric oxide (NO)
The present invention relates to methods for detection of nitric oxide (NO) by measuring guanosine monophosphate (cGMP). |
| US07759048B2 |
Photosensitive resin composition and microlens formed with use thereof
A photosensitive resin composition according to the present invention includes: a copolymer having a repeating unit having a thermal crosslinking group; and a photosensitive agent. As such, the photosensitive resin composition according to the present invention can form a resin with improved heat resistance. Further, a microlens-forming photosensitive resin composition according to the present invention includes: a copolymer having a repeating unit having a thermal crosslinking group; and a photosensitive agent, the copolymer having a mass-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 30,000. As such, the microlens-forming photosensitive resin composition according to the present invention can form a resin with improved heat resistance. |
| US07759047B2 |
Resist protective film composition and patterning process
There is disclosed a resist protective film composition for forming a protective film on a photoresist film, comprising: at least a polymer including a repeating unit having one or more groups selected from a carboxyl group and α-trifluoromethyl alcohol groups; and an amine compound. There can be provided a resist protective film composition that makes it possible to provide more certainly rectangular and excellent patterns when a protective film is formed on a photoresist film. |
| US07759046B2 |
Antireflective coating compositions
The present invention discloses novel bottom anti-reflective coating compositions where a coating from the composition has an etch rate that can be regulated by the etch plate temperature. |
| US07759045B2 |
Chemically amplified positive resist composition
A chemically amplified positive resist composition comprising (A) a salt represented by the formula (I): A+−O3S—R (I) wherein R represents a 9,10-anthraquinonyl group which may be substituted with at least one group selected from the group consisting of a C1-C4 alkyl group, a C1-C4 alkoxy group and a hydroxyl group, and the C1-C4 alkyl group and the C1-C4 alkoxy group may be substituted, and A+ represents an organic counter cation, and (B) a resin which contains a structural unit which has an acid-labile group and which itself is insoluble or poorly soluble in an aqueous alkali solution but becomes soluble in an aqueous alkali solution by the action of an acid. |
| US07759037B2 |
Release agent, toner, and method for manufacturing same
There are provided a release agent capable of attaining a toner excellent in an anti-offset property and an anti-filming property, without detaching from a kneaded mass even in a case of granulating by heating a dispersion medium containing the kneaded mass, as well as a toner using the release agent and a manufacturing method thereof. A release agent containing a compatible site having compatibility with the binder resin and a releasing site chemically bonded with the compatible site and having the releasing ability is used as the release agent when preparing a kneaded mass by melt-kneading at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent, whereby detachment of the release agent from the kneaded mass can be prevented in producing particles of kneaded mass as the toner particles by mixing the kneaded mass to an aqueous medium prepared and heating and stirring them. |
| US07759036B2 |
Toner and production method thereof, image forming apparatus and image forming method, and process cartridge
The object of the invention is to provide a toner enabling excellent transferring properties, cleanability, and fixability and forming a high-precision image without substantially degraded image quality even after printed on a number of sheets of paper. The invention also provides the toner-production method, an image forming apparatus, an image forming method, and a process cartridge. To this end, the present invention provides a toner which comprises toner-base particles containing a binder resin and a filler, and inorganic fine particles, in which the filler is included in a filler-layer in the vicinity of surfaces of the toner-base particles, the number average particle diameter of the primary particles of the inorganic fine particles is 90 nm to 300 nm, and the average circularity of the toner is 0.95. |
| US07759028B2 |
Sub-resolution assist features
Systems and techniques relating to the layout and use of sub-resolution assist features. In one implementation, a mask includes a first feature and a second feature separated from each other by a gap and a sub-resolution assist feature bridging the gap between the first feature and the second feature. |
| US07759024B2 |
Controlling shape of a reticle with low friction film coating at backside
In an embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes a reticle having a frontside including a pattern to be imaged onto a semiconductor wafer, a thin film located over a backside of the reticle to form a global convex shape and to reduce friction when sliding on a chuck, and the chuck having a topside to which the backside of the reticle conforms. |
| US07759023B2 |
Hybrid mask and method of making same
A hybrid topography mask is designed for facilitating the fabrication of a semiconductor wafer. The hybrid mask includes a substrate having a light receiving surface. The light receiving surface defines a plane. Pluralities of pattern elements are etched into and out of the light receiving surface. Each of the plurality of pattern elements defines a pattern surface that is parallel to the light receiving surface. Pattern sides extend between the pattern elements and the light receiving surface. Each of the pattern sides extends perpendicularly between the light receiving surface and the pattern elements. The hybrid mask also includes a tapered sub-resolution assist element etched out of the light receiving surface to position the mask with respect to the semiconductor wafer. The tapered sub-resolution assist element is fabricated to avoid affecting any photoresist residue from the sub-resolution assist element's presence on the semiconductor wafer disposed adjacent the hybrid mask. |
| US07759020B2 |
Multi-color holographic optical traps
A method and system for providing multi-color holographic optical traps and patterns. The method and system employs a laser beam which interacts with a diffractive optical element with a hologram and for optics which acts to selectively pass or attenuate different light color wavelengths and to position the particular color light at selected different locations to form the different color holographic optical trap patterns and to use these patterns for various commercial purposes. |
| US07759016B2 |
Unit cell of flat solid oxide fuel cell and fuel cell stack comprising the same
A cell of a flat plate solid oxide fuel cell has a first electrode member of porous material having pores through which all of a fuel gas or air passes. An electrolyte film is on either a front or a back surface of the first electrode member. A second electrode member is on the electrolyte film and a separator film is on the other surface of the first electrode member. The first electrode member is either a fuel electrode or an air electrode and the second electrode member is the other. Part of the electrolyte film and/or part of the separator film form seal portions which cover side surfaces between the electrolyte film and the separator film and function as gas seal films. |
| US07759010B2 |
Pulsed coolant control for improved stack cold starting
A system and method for controlling the flow of a cooling fluid through a fuel cell stack during cold system start-up. A pump pumps the cooling fluid through the stack. At cold start-up, the pump is selectively turned on and off in a pulsed manner based on the temperature, cooling fluid volume, stack output power and other factors so that a minimal amount of the cold cooling fluid is introduced into the stack. By selectively controlling the duty cycle and the frequency of the pump pulsing, the reaction temperature will heat the cooling fluid, but the influence of the cold cooling fluid on the stack output power will be minimized. In an alternate embodiment, an electric heater is positioned in the inlet manifold, so that the cooling fluid is heated in the inlet manifold during the times that the pump is off. |
| US07759007B2 |
Cathode active material and lithium ion secondary battery
A lithium ion secondary battery is provided. The battery includes a positive electrode having at least a cathode active material and a binder, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, and a separator which are arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and in which an open circuit voltage per unit cell in a full charging state lies within (4.25V≦voltage≦6.00V). The cathode active material includes either a lithium-cobalt composite oxide expressed by a general formula: LiaCo1-xMexO2-b (Me denotes metal elements of at least one, two or more kinds selected from V, Cu, Zr, Zn, Mg, Al, and Fe; 0.9≦a≦1.1; 0≦x=0.3; and −0.1≦b≦0.1) or a lithium-cobalt-nickel-manganese oxide expressed by a general formula: LiaNi1-x-y-zCoxMnyMezO2-b (0.9≦a≦1.1; 0 |
| US07759006B2 |
Electrode active material for lithium secondary battery
Disclosed is a compound represented by the following formula 1. A lithium secondary battery using the same compound as electrode active material, preferably as cathode active material, is also disclosed. LiMP1-xAxO4 [Formula 1] wherein M is a transition metal, A is an element having an oxidation number of +4 or less and 0 |
| US07759005B2 |
Bipolar battery and vehicle that contains the batteries
The disclosure is directed to a bipolar battery that is constructed to improve battery performance by reducing distortions within electrode material of the bipolar battery. The bipolar battery includes multiple battery elements that each includes multiple unit batteries. Each unit battery contains a conductor having a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer. A collector is positioned between adjacent positive and negative electrode layers of adjacent unit batteries, and an accumulated thickness absorption member is used to separate collectors of adjacent battery elements. The bipolar battery may be used in a motor vehicle, such as an electric car. |
| US07759002B2 |
Low cost electrical terminals manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials
Electrical terminals are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resin host. The percentage by weight of the conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination thereof is between about 20% and 50% of the weight of the conductive loaded resin-based material. The micron conductive powders are formed from non-metals, such as carbon, graphite, that may also be metallic plated, or the like, or from metals such as stainless steel, nickel, copper, silver, that may also be metallic plated, or the like, or from a combination of non-metal, plated, or in combination with, metal powders. The micron conductor fibers preferably are of nickel plated carbon fiber, stainless steel fiber, copper fiber, silver fiber, aluminum fiber, or the like. |
| US07759000B2 |
Prismatic battery module and method for manufacturing the same
A prismatic battery module includes a prismatic battery case having a plurality of prismatic cell cases connected to one another through separation walls, a planar electroconductive connector forming part of the separation wall between the cell cases, an electrode plate group arranged in each cell case, and an electrolyte placed in each cell case. Lead portions of positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates of the electrode plate group are directly connected to the electroconductive connector. The prismatic battery module requires fewer connection points and provides shorter electrical communication paths, thereby reducing internal resistance. |
| US07758999B2 |
Secondary battery module
A secondary battery module comprises at least two battery cells laminated to a designated depth, in which an air guide block is interposed between leveled surfaces of the neighboring battery cells and a fixing block is interposed between protruded surfaces of the neighboring battery cells, the air guide blocks and the fixing blocks are fixed to each other using fasteners, and corresponding electrode terminals of the neighboring battery cells are interconnected in series by conductive and insulating connection members serving as bolts and nuts, thereby being conveniently installed in various industrial facilities and electric vehicles. |
| US07758997B2 |
Secondary battery
A secondary battery can prevent microscopic short circuit due to shedding of active material from an electrode and secure electric connection between the electrode and an electrode terminal. According to an example of means for preventing shedding of active material from a positive electrode 1 constituting a wound type electrode unit 7, a negative electrode side of a separator 3 is bent toward a center of the electrode unit 7. The negative electrode 2 having a flex substrate is provided with an electrode end portion 4′ with almost no active material. At least a part of the electrode end portion 4′ is exposed from the bent separator 3, and the exposed electrode end portion 4′ is electrically connected to a battery terminal or a battery case 8 directly or via a negative electrode collector plate 6. |
| US07758990B2 |
Fluid recycling apparatus and fuel cell system using the same
Fuel recycling apparatuses and fuel cell systems using the same are provided. The fluid recycling apparatus includes a porous member having first and second ends, a first electrode coupled to the first end of the porous member, a second electrode coupled to the second end of the porous member, and a power supplier for applying a constant voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. The porous member moves a liquid from the first end of the porous member to the second end of porous member and discharges a gas under the voltage applied by the power supplier. |
| US07758989B2 |
Modular fuel cell cassette spacers for forming a solid-oxide fuel cell stack
In a modular fuel cell cassette for forming a fuel cell stack, anode openings in the mounting plate and separator plate are separated and connected by modular spacer rings such that the cassette is incompressible at operating temperatures and compressive loads within the stack. The spacer rings are formed in modules wherein all of the rings required for all of the anode supply chimneys or all of the anode exhaust chimneys of any given cassette are ganged together and include a perimeter rail to which the rings are connected which automatically orients and positions the rings within the cassette during assembly thereof. The present invention eliminates the prior art need for individually positioning and spot welding each prior art ring in place prior to assembly of a prior art cassette. Two different structural embodiments for a spacer ring module are disclosed. |
| US07758986B2 |
Proton conductor, polymer electrolyte comprising the same and fuel cell employing the polymer electrolyte
A proton conductor includes a molecule with a hydroxy group arranged at a terminal end and an ether-based functional group arranged at an α-carbon position. The proton conductor may be used to impregnate a polymer matrix to form a polymer electrolyte. |
| US07758985B2 |
Fuel cell sensors and methods
Control systems, sensors and methods for controlling the fuel concentration in a fuel cell or a fuel cell stack are provided. In certain examples, the control system may be configured to detect a performance degradation, and the fuel concentration provided to the fuel cell may be adjusted in response to detection of the performance degradation. |
| US07758983B2 |
Fuel cell disassembly method and fuel cell
A process of disassembling a fuel cell 10 supplies a fluid to both a fuel gas conduit 6g and an oxidizing gas conduit 7g. Since outlets of the respective gas conduits 6g and 7g are shielded, the internal pressure or in-passage pressure of the respective gas conduits 6g and 7g gradually rises and eventually exceeds a specific in-passage pressure level for power generation of the fuel cell 10. The high in-passage pressure expands a gas diffusion electrode 4b of a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) 2 and a separator 6, which define the fuel gas conduit 6g, in opposite directions to make a clearance between the gas diffusion electrode 4b and the separator 6. Similarly the high in-passage pressure expands a gas diffusion electrode 5b of the MEA 2 and a separator 7, which define the oxidizing gas conduit 7g, in opposite directions to make a clearance between the gas diffusion electrode 5b and the separator 7. The supplied fluid then flows out through these clearances into seals between the separators 6 and 7 and the MEA 2. These flows raise the in-passage pressure and release the seals. |
| US07758976B2 |
cBN sintered body for high surface integrity machining and cBN sintered body cutting tool
In high efficiency cutting of very hard and hard-to-cut ferrous materials, compared with conventional cBN sintered body tools, the fatigue life of the machined part is improved and a longer lasting tool is provided by controlling the production of the affected layer by machining formed on the machined surface of the workpiece to be cut and by promoting residual of compression stress.The cBN sintered body related to the present invention has not less than 60% and not more than 95% of cBN components in volume, and has a thermal conductivity of 70 W/m·K or more; and the outermost surface thereof is coated with a heat resistant film comprising a compound of at least one element selected from 4a, 5a, 6a group elements and Al, and at least one element selected from C, N and O. |
| US07758971B2 |
Organic electroluminescent device
An organic electroluminescent device comprising: a pair of electrodes comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode; and a plurality of organic compound layers including a light emitting layer between the pair of electrodes, wherein at least one layer containing a metal complex having a tridentate or more ligand is provided between the light emitting layer and the negative electrode. |
| US07758969B2 |
Photosensitive composition, optical element using the same, and method for manufacturing the same
An optical element includes a supporting material, and a phase difference controlling functional layer provided on the supporting material and including a polymerized liquid crystal material cured to have a predetermined liquid crystal regularity. The phase difference controlling functional layer is formed by curing a photosensitive composition. The photosensitive composition includes at least a polymerizable liquid crystal material, a photopolymerization initiator, a crosslinking agent, an acid generator, and a solvent. The crosslinking agent is an alcohol having at least two alkylol groups thereon and undergoing electrophilic substitution onto an aromatic ring, or an alkoxy compound having at least two alkoxy groups thereon and undergoing electrophilic substitution onto an aromatic ring. |
| US07758967B2 |
Antirust treatment method for an aluminum die-cast part for vehicular lighting fixture, and an aluminum die-cast part for vehicular lighting fixture
An aluminum alloy-made part for a vehicular lighting fixture cast by the die-casting method and containing at least silicon is heated, whereby the silicon in the surface layer of the aluminum alloy-made part for a vehicular lighting fixture is oxidized to form a silicon oxide layer. By the heating treatment, the aluminum alloy-made part can achieve an antirust effect. |
| US07758960B2 |
Composite materials comprising PPTA and nanotubes
Disclosed is a composite material comprising PPTA (poly-p-phenyleneterephthalamide) and nanotubes having an aspect ratio of at least 100 and a cross-sectional diameter of 5 nm or less, the composite material containing up to 12 wt. % of nanotubes, obtainable by adding the nanotubes to sulfuric acid, decreasing the temperature to solidify the mixture, adding PPTA to the solid mixture, heating to above the solidifying point and mixing the mixture, and spinning, casting, or molding the mixture to the composite material. |
| US07758958B2 |
Pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet
A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has a high adhesiveness and an excellent terminal peeling resistance as well as exhibits extremely small diffusing amounts of formaldehyde and toluene. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet contains at least a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of a water-dispersion type acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive containing a water-dispersion type acrylic polymer and a tackifying resin-containing emulsion, wherein a diffusing amount of formaldehyde is less than 3 μg/m3 and a diffusing amount of toluene is 10 μg/g or less. As the tackifying resin-containing emulsion, a tackifying resin-containing emulsion prepared using substantially no organic solvents or a tackifying resin-containing emulsion prepared using a material other than aromatic hydrocarbon-based organic solvents can be suitably employed. |
| US07758955B2 |
Mineral insulation element and process for producing it
A mineral, aluminum-blown insulation element, in particular insulation slab, comprising calcium silicate hydrates as framework and blown pores surrounded by the framework, wherein more than 40% by volume, in particular more than 50% by volume, of the blown pores have a diameter of less than 1 mm and more than 75% by volume, in particular more than 85% by volume, of the blown pores have a diameter of less than 2 mm and the thermal conductivity λ10dr is preferably less than 0.045 W/mK. |
| US07758953B2 |
Sintered body, resin particles, and method for producing the same
An adsorptive body is provided which is high in water permeation and gas permeation and can adsorb, concentrate, separate and remove components present in extremely small amounts in a liquid or gas without causing the dissolution of impurities. The present invention relates to a sintered body comprising a mixture of: thermoplastic resin particles having no functional groups with adsorbability; and resin particles having functional groups with adsorbability bonded through graft polymer chains at the surface. |
| US07758952B2 |
Reinforced sterilising packaging material and packaging countering said material
The invention relates to a sterilizing packaging material for sterilizable medical devices, which is embodied in the form of a fibrous film containing polyamide fibers, wherein the basis weight of the film is less than 100 g/m2, a mean resistance to a tear propagation is equal to or greater than 1900 mN an a bacterial filtering efficiency BFE is equal or greater than 95%. A sterilizing packaging containing said material is also disclosed. |
| US07758948B2 |
Laminate support
A laminate support includes a layered elastic body structured by rigid plates, which have rigidity, and elastic plates, which have elasticity, being layered alternately in a predetermined layering direction, and a hollow portion is formed in the layered elastic body in the layering direction. A plastic fluid material structured by an elastic perfect plastic body (a non-hardening elastoplastic body) is placed-in the elastic body hollow portion of the layered elastic body. Further, a plurality of particle-shaped hard fillers, which are structured of a hard material which is considered to be a rigid body with respect to the plastic fluid material, are filled-in the plastic fluid material so as to be a predetermined volume fill rate. A laminate support, which can be disposed of or the like at a low cost and which can exhibit a large damping force, can be obtained. |
| US07758947B2 |
Web having apertures with convex sides
An apertured material comprising a web and a plurality of apertures in the web, each aperture having at least two vertices with a convex flap of the web spanning a pair of the vertices. |
| US07758944B1 |
Optical medium and method for making the same
Improved structures of optical medium are disclosed. According to one embodiment, multiple reflective layers are used. These reflective layers are in different materials. At least one of the reflective layers allowing a significant amount of a laser beam to transmit is used to protect another reflective layer with superior reflectivity from moisture on one side. An additional reflective layer may also be used to protect the high reflective layer from moisture on the other side. |
| US07758943B2 |
Organic dye for recording layer and high density optical recording medium using the same
A recording layer including a novel dye for a high density optical recording medium, employing short wavelength laser source with a wavelength not longer than 530 nm for recording high density information and reproduction/playback of the high density information recordings, is provided. The dye incorporated in the recording layer has the following general chemical structural formula (I): |
| US07758942B2 |
Ag base alloy thin film and sputtering target for forming Ag base alloy thin film
The present invention relates to an Ag alloy film. Particularly, it is preferably used as a reflective film or semi-transmissive reflective film for an optical information recording medium having high thermal conductivity/high reflectance/high durability in the field of optical information recording media, an electromagnetic-shielding film excellent in Ag aggregation resistance, and an optical reflective film on the back of a reflection type liquid crystal display device, or the like. The Ag alloy film of the present invention comprises an Ag base alloy containing Bi and/or Sb in a total amount of 0.005 to 10% (in terms of at %). Further, the present invention relates to a sputtering target used for the deposition of such an Ag alloy film. |
| US07758939B2 |
Adhesive laminates for rapid wound occlusion
Provided herein are protective laminate devices comprising a biocompatible non-adherent substance and a fast-setting adhesive and methods of use. Also provided is a dispenser for an adhesive tape. The protective laminate devices and methods may be used for wound closure. |
| US07758935B2 |
Organic electroluminescent transfer medium provided with pattern transfer layer, organic electroluminescent transfer object provided with pattern transfer layer, and process for producing organic electroluminescent device
There are provided an organic electroluminescent transfer medium, an organic electroluminescent transfer object, and a production process of an organic electroluminescent device using the organic electroluminescent transfer medium or the organic electroluminescent transfer object, in which a pattern can be transferred from an organic electroluminescent transfer medium onto an organic electroluminescent transfer object at a relatively low temperature in a simple manner. The organic electroluminescent transfer medium comprises at least a support, a release layer provided on the support, and an organic electroluminescent transfer layer provided on the release layer. A transfer surface, which is the surface of the organic electroluminescent transfer layer side, is formed of a pattern transfer layer capable of forming a pattern based on a difference in adhesiveness and/or wettability. |
| US07758928B2 |
Functionalisation of particles
This invention relates to a method of functionalizing a powdered substrate. The method comprises the following steps, which method comprises passing a gas into a means for forming excited and/or unstable gas species, typically an atmospheric pressure plasma or the like and treating the gas such that, upon leaving said means, the gas comprises excited and/or unstable gas species which are substantially free of electric charge. The gas comprising the excited and/or unstable gas species which are substantially free of electric charge is then used to treat a powdered substrate and a functionalizing precursor in a downstream region external to the means for forming excited and/or unstable gas, wherein neither the powdered substrate nor the functionalizing precursor have been subjected to steps (i) and (ii) and wherein said functionalizing precursor is introduced simultaneously with or subsequent to introduction of the powdered substrate. Preferably the method takes place in a fluidized bed. |
| US07758924B2 |
Preservative compositions for wood products
Preservative compositions for wood products are described. The compositions include at least one boron-containing material, such as but not limited to boric anhydride, and at least one silane-containing material, such as but not limited to methyltrichlorosilane. Optionally, at least one solvent, such as tetrahydrofuran, pentane, or water, may also be employed in the compositions. The compositions impart protection to the treated wood products, especially damage caused by exposure to water and insects. |
| US07758921B2 |
Method of fabricating electrode catalyst layers with directionally oriented carbon support for proton exchange membrane fuel cell
A method of making a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) having an anode and a cathode and a proton conductive membrane there between. A bundle of longitudinally aligned carbon nanotubes with a catalytically active transition metal incorporated in the nanotubes forms at least one portion of the MEA and is in contact with the membrane. A combination selected from one or more of a hydrocarbon and an organometallic compound containing an catalytically active transition metal and a nitrogen containing compound and an inert gas and a reducing gas is introduced into a first reaction zone maintained at a first reaction temperature for a time sufficient to vaporize material therein. The vaporized material is transmitted to a second reaction zone maintained at a second reaction temperature for a time sufficient to grow longitudinally aligned carbon nanotubes with a catalytically active transition metal incorporated throughout the nanotubes. The nanotubes are in contact with a portion of the MEA at production or being positioned in contact thereafter. Methods of forming a PEMFC are also disclosed. |
| US07758915B2 |
Low-emissivity coating having low solar reflectance
The invention provides low solar reflectance, low-emissivity coatings. The invention also provides a pane bearing a low solar reflectance, low-emissivity coating. Further, the invention provides an insulating glass unit comprising first and second panes held in a spaced-apart configuration, wherein the panes have confronting inner surfaces oriented toward a between-pane space and opposed outer surfaces oriented away from the between-pane space, and wherein one of these inner surfaces bears a low solar reflectance, low-emissivity coating. Also provided are methods of producing coated substrates. |