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| US07813114B2 |
Universal attachment for computer peripheral equipment
A mounting device for computer peripheral equipment. Preferably included are two spring arms, friction boots mounted on the ends of the spring arms, a non-skid pad and a rotating platform. The rotating platform ensures that the non-skid pad can be positioned between a first position, where the pad and friction boots cooperate to grip computer display bezels over a first range of bezel thicknesses and a second position, where the pad and friction boots cooperated to grip computer display bezels over a second range of bezel thicknesses. Also, the pad and friction boots are preferably dimensioned so as to render the entire mounting device self-standing when desired. |
| US07813111B2 |
Electronics enclosure and associated mounting apparatus
An enclosure is arranged for housing electronics associated with a luminaire and includes a first member including a mounting interface arranged to couple the first member to the luminaire and a second member mechanically coupled to the first member. The mounting interface facilitates provisionally coupling the first member to the luminaire and securing the enclosure to the luminaire. A corresponding mounting apparatus for securing an enclosure to a luminaire includes a mounting member having an opening and configured to be secured to a surface of a luminaire and a neck portion extending from the enclosure and configured to pass through the opening. The neck portion includes a neck opening that is configured to allow wiring to be routed from the electronics to the luminaire. The neck portion and the mounting member may include respective complementary surfaces to provide a mounting interface for provisionally coupling the enclosure to the luminaire. |
| US07813110B1 |
Electrical enclosures having configurable panel layouts
An electrical enclosure for circuit breakers includes a busbar with a plurality of apertures equidistantly positioned along a length of the busbar so that insulating inserts and corresponding busbar connectors can be attached to the busbar to receive variously sized circuit breakers having different widths equal to an integer multiple of the center-to-center distance between the equidistantly positioned apertures. |
| US07813109B2 |
Switchgear
Switchgear having a vacuum-insulated switchgear 2 comprising switches having at least breaking and disconnecting functions, each placed in a unit, and solid-insulated bus bars 12 for electrically connecting the switches in each unit; an air-insulated switchgear 1 comprising switches having at least breaking and disconnecting functions, each placed in a unit, and air-insulated bus bars for electrically connecting the switches in each unit; and_the vacuum-insulated switchgear 2 and the air-insulated switchgear 1 are installed side-by-side, wherein the vacuum-insulated switchgear 2 and the air-insulated switchgear 1 are electrically connected through flexible conductors 17 which are provided between the solid-insulated bus bars 12 and the air-insulated bus bars. |
| US07813098B2 |
Method and apparatus for an in-rush current limiting circuit
An in-rush current limiting circuit is disclosed. An apparatus according to aspects of the present invention includes a power switch having a first, second and third terminals. A capacitor having a first terminal and a second terminal is also included. The second terminal of the capacitor is coupled to the first terminal of a current source. The second terminal of the current source is coupled to a second input terminal of the in-rush current limit circuit. A power switch is also included. The first terminal of the power switch is coupled to the anode of a diode. The cathode of the diode is connected to the first terminal of the current source. The second terminal of the power switch is coupled to a second input terminal of the in-rush current limit circuit. The third terminal of the power switch is coupled to be responsive to a voltage across the current source circuit in response to a rate of change of voltage between first and second terminals of the power switch. |
| US07813097B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting an error in a power signal
An error detection apparatus for detecting an error in a power signal output by an external device switchable by a switching signal has a comparing unit for comparing the power signal with a reference signal to yield a comparison signal, a switching unit for providing the switching signal dependent on a control signal with the switching unit being designed to disregard the control signal and to ensure that the external device is switched off upon provision of a triggering signal to the switching unit, and a triggering unit for providing the triggering signal depending on the control signal and the comparison signal. Alternatively, the error detection apparatus has an influencing unit for influencing the power signal, such that the power signal fulfils a predetermined relationship to a reference signal in the case of an occurrence of the error, whereas the relationship is not fulfilled in the absence of the error. |
| US07813096B2 |
Power supply controller
A second forcing shutoff operation is performed for a power MOSFET 15 and the like, if a time when a load current (or a sense current Is) passing on a power supply line L exceeds a first threshold current Ia reaches a first reference time. On the other hand, the count value of a fuse time counter 71 is cleared to be “zero” so that the shutoff operation for the power MOSFET 15 and the like is not performed, if a normal state, in which neither an overcurrent nor a fuse current has occurred, continues for a second reference time without the first reference time being reached. |
| US07813093B2 |
Output driver with overvoltage protection
An output driver in an integrated circuit includes a driver circuit operable by a power supply voltage and coupled to an output pad, and a driver power conditioner configured to generate a fractional pad voltage in response to a voltage on the output pad and to provide the fractional pad voltage to at least one transistor of the driver circuit as a protected supply voltage in response to an absence of the power supply voltage. |
| US07813091B2 |
Leakage current detector interrupter with continuous duty relay
An LCDI device comprising a first switching element coupled to a second switching element. A shield conductor coupled to the first switching element form a system that monitors output conductors of the device for faults. The second switching element is coupled to a relay that electrically connects input conductors of the device to output conductors of the device when the relay is energized by the second switching element. When a fault occurs, the first switching element generates a signal to the second switching element which de-energizes the relay causing said relay to electrically disconnect the input conductors from the output conductors. |
| US07813088B2 |
Magnetoresistance effect device
A magnetoresistance effect device has a fixed ferromagnetism layer, a free ferromagnetism layer, and a barrier layer sandwiched by these ferromagnetic layers. It is constituted so that CoFeB whose amount of addition of boron B (b: atomic %) is 21%≦b≦23% may be used for the free ferromagnetism layer. In the magnetic resistance effect element, a magnetostrictive constant does not change steeply near the magnetostrictive constant zero. A MR ratio is maintained to be high. |
| US07813086B2 |
Thin film magnetic head comprising metal layer and having improved asymmetry characteristic and method of producing the same
Producing a thin film magnetic head includes forming a pair of openings in a predetermined region of a TMR layer formed on a lower magnetic shield layer; forming a pair of bias-applying layers in the pair of openings so that an upper surface thereof is located above an upper surface of the TMR layer; laminating a metal layer that covers the upper surface of a portion located between the pair of bias-applying layers in the TMR layer and the upper surface of the pair of bias-applying layers; forming a resist layer across the upper surface of a portion located above the pair of bias-applying layers in the metal layer and the upper surface of a portion located above the TMR layer in the metal layer; and etching a part of the TMR layer and a part of the pair of bias-applying layers with the resist layer being as a mask. |
| US07813083B2 |
Disk drive load arm structure having a strain sensor and method of its fabrication
A load arm for a disk drive may include a base section that has an opening for receiving a spindle of a voice coil motor. The base section may have hinge arms that extend from the base section and terminate in tab portions. An arm section may be affixed to the tabs of the hinge arms of the base section such as by spot welding. A head suspension assembly may be affixed to a distal end of the arm section such as by spot welding. A sensor may be provided on a hinge arm of the base section. The sensor may comprise a piezoelectric polymer sensing element and an electrode formed over the piezoelectric polymer sensing element. |
| US07813082B2 |
Head suspension flexure with inline lead portions positioned at a level between levels of first and second surfaces of the spring metal layer
An integrated lead head suspension flexure including a plurality of integrated leads each including at least one lead portion unbacked by the flexure spring metal layer and configured to be substantially inline with the general plane of the spring metal layer. The leads are disposed on a dielectric layer including an unbacked dielectric layer portion having a surface positioned between the major surfaces of the spring metal layer. |
| US07813078B1 |
Disk drive load/unload ramp with integrated air features
A disk drive (310) is disclosed that uses an integral load/unload ramp (350) with one or more integrated air features. In one embodiment, the load/unload ramp (350) includes a body (352), a plurality of head load/unload sections (354) for head parking operations, a plurality of air dams (370) for affecting the airflow on at least part of the primary data storage surfaces of the data storage disks (318) used by the disk drive (310), and a plurality of disk extenders (380) for affecting the airflow at the perimeter (320) of the various data storage disks (318). There is no joint of any kind between the body (352) and any of the head load/unload sections (354), between the body (352) and any of the air dams (370), or between the body (352) and any of the disk extenders (380). |
| US07813077B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for detecting a periodic sequence of servo signals
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for detecting a periodic sequence. A value detector module detects a plurality of values of a periodic sequence. In one embodiment, a transformation module transforms the plurality of values into transformed values. A confinement module confines the values to a limited set of confined values. A correlation module correlates the confined values with a plurality of instances of the periodic sequence. In addition, a selection module selects an instance of the periodic sequence with the highest correlation to the confined values as an observed periodic sequence. |
| US07813069B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling motion of storage media
A method of controlling relative motion of a data storage medium on which data is stored in data groups comprising tracks extending across the storage medium and a rotatable transducer for reading data from the storage medium includes determining from the data groups a start reread data group at which a data reread process is to start following detection of a read error condition in a preceding data read process. The method also includes obtaining a reread track reference value for use in controlling that relative motion during the data reread process using a track reference value difference stored in at least one track of at least one data group that is to be reread during the data reread process and a track reference value that was used in controlling that relative rotation during the preceding data read process. |
| US07813066B2 |
Magnetic recording and reproduction method, recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus and magnetic recording medium
A magnetic recording and reproduction method includes the steps of recording a plurality of tracks which make a unit for a signal process for data detection by means of a recording head on a magnetic recording medium, and reproducing signals of the plural tracks by a plural number of times in different positional relationships to the tracks by means of a reproduction head which can reproduce a signal across the plural tracks of the magnetic recording medium, collecting the reproduction signals in the unit and performing a signal process for the unit to produce reproduction signals for the individual tracks. |
| US07813062B2 |
Apparatus for assembling lens group
An exemplary apparatus for assembling a lens group comprise a lens tray, a plurality of cylindrical holes and a plurality of guiding grooves. The lens tray has a first surface and an inner side surface in each hole. The cylindrical holes are defined in the first surface for receiving a plurality of optical elements therein. The guiding grooves are defined in each inner side surface and exposed at the first surface, each groove communicats with the corresponding hole for allowing air to flow therethrough. |
| US07813060B1 |
Combination pocket mirror and magnifier
A combination illuminated magnifier and mirror device comprises a compact and low-profile case of a resilient material, a separate magnifying assembly, a separate mirror assembly, a release mechanism for releasing both assemblies, and an illuminating device for viewing ease. Both magnifying and mirror assemblies are separately functional from each other; however the combination thereof provides the greatest benefit to the user. Accessories for the present invention are anticipated and may include a tool slot for tweezers and an exterior flashlight. |
| US07813056B2 |
Imaging lens and camera system including the same lens
An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side: a first lens having a negative refractive power with a concave surface on an image side thereof; a second lens with at least one aspherical surface; an aperture stop; and a third lens having a positive refractive power with at least one aspherical surface, wherein the first lens is formed of an optical glass whose Abbe number is 40 or more, the second lens is formed of a plastic whose Abbe number is 40 or less, and the third lens is formed of a plastic whose Abbe number is 50 or more, and wherein assuming that a point, where a light ray which constitutes an outermost light ray in light rays which enter an image plane intersects a lens surface, constitutes an effective aperture terminating edge, the second lens is such that an intersection point between an object side surface and an optical axis lies closer to an image forming side of the imaging lens than an effective aperture terminating edge of the object side surface does. |
| US07813055B2 |
Light receiver and Fresnel lens used therein
A light receiver comprises a Fresnel lens for collecting light signals, and a light receiving element disposed closer to the Fresnel lens than the focal point of the Fresnel lens for receiving the light signals collected by the Fresnel lens. The Fresnel lens comprises a lens surface group having a plurality of lens surfaces, and a back cut surface group having a plurality of back cut surfaces connecting the lens surfaces. The back cut surfaces are inclined with respect to the center axis of the Fresnel lens. Thus, the light receiver has a high light collection efficiency of light signals incident within a certain acceptance angle. |
| US07813054B2 |
Optical elements with saddle shaped structures for diffusing or shaping light
Optical elements for efficiently diffusing or shaping light have substrates with saddle shaped structures on their surfaces which provide substantially uniform light along a predefined angular range. Each saddle shaped structure defines an aperture of a lens, where the outer boundary of such aperture, when viewed normal to surface, may be of one of more different shapes, such as square or rectangular, circular, hexagonal, oval, or other geometric or arbitrary shape which may represent a full saddle shape or a subset region thereof. A plurality of saddle shaped structures may be arranged periodically or randomly along the surface. An optical element with a saddle shaped structure is referred to as a saddle lens, and optical elements with different shaped saddle shaped structures provide different types of saddle lenses. |
| US07813052B2 |
Variable power optical system and image-recording device
A variable power optical system composed of a first optical part, a second optical part, and a third optical part, with the first optical part being movable with respect to the second and third optical parts to change the focal length of the entire system. The first optical part is movably held between the second optical part and the third optical part. The first optical part moves in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis over a distance between the position on the optical system of the entire system and the position of retraction from the optical axis of the entire system. |
| US07813050B1 |
Zoom lens and image capturing module using same
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having negative refractive power, a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, a fifth lens group having positive refractive power, and a sixth lens group having positive refractive power. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditions: (1) 2560. TT is a distance from the object side of the first lens group to the image side of the sixth lens group, fw is a shortest focal length of the zoom lens, BFL is a distance from the image side of the sixth lens group to the imaging sensor, and V1, V2, V5, V6 are Abbe numbers of the first, second, fifth, and sixth lens group, respectively. |
| US07813049B2 |
Optical element
An optical element includes a container including first and second end face walls, a side face wall, and an accommodating chamber inside the walls; first and second liquids enclosed in the chamber; a first electrode provided on a surface of the first end face wall; a second electrode provided on a surface of the second end face wall; an insulating film provided on a surface of the second electrode; and a unit configured to apply a voltage. The shape of an interface between the liquids is changed by a voltage application, and a light transmission path, the center of which is a virtual axis passing through the end face walls in the thickness direction of the container, is formed in a portion of the second liquid. An opening having a diameter the same as or larger than the maximum diameter of the transmission path is provided in the first electrode. |
| US07813046B2 |
Wavelength monitored and stabilized source
Methods and apparatus for sampling techniques can constantly monitor a spectral output from a broadband source in order to control a central wavelength of interrogation light supplied by the source for input to a sensor. A first portion of light output from the broadband source passes through a controller module for spectral analysis and referencing to provide measurements that can be used as feedback to actively modify a second portion of the light from the source. This modified second portion thereby controls the central wavelength to ensure accurate determination of sensor response signals received at a receiver. |
| US07813044B1 |
Micro-lens enhanced element
A micro-lens enhanced element comprises a substrate bearing sequences of printed image elements, each sequence containing image elements from more than one image. A transparent spacer layer is coated over the interlaced image strips. Lenticular lenses are fashioned over each sequence of image elements by deposition of a transparent layer of low surface energy polydimethyl siloxane based material and ablation of the same to create strips of material adhesive to a polymeric lens forming material between consecutive sequences of printed image elements. During deposition of a liquid lens forming material, the liquid withdraws from the liquid adhesive low surface energy strips to form a meniscus, thereby providing lenticular lenses. The transparent low surface energy material comprises a near infrared dye with low absorption in the visible range of the spectrum to render the material both transparent and ablateable by infrared laser. |
| US07813038B2 |
Light-scattering film, polarizing plate and image display
A light-scattering film is provided and includes a transparent support having thereon at least a light-scattering layer. When substantially parallel light is incident on a surface of the film at an incident angle of 5°, the reflectance for an angle θ in the light-receiving part measured in a plane containing the film normal line and the incident direction is R(θ), the value obtained by normalizing R(θ) by the reflectance of regular reflection is Rrel(θ), and the value calculated from the maximum variation |dRrel(θ)/dθ|max for the angle θ is a scattering coefficient A (formula 1), the reflection coefficient B (formula 2) calculated from the scattering coefficient A and the 5° specular reflectance Rs is from 2.0 to 5.0. Scattering coefficient A=1/(10×|dRrel(θ)/dθ|max) (Formula 1) Reflection coefficient B=2.2×log 10(Rs)−7.5×log 10(A)+5.9 (Formula 2) |
| US07813036B2 |
Optical properties restoration apparatus, the restoration method, and an optical system used in the apparatus
An optical system includes a fluoride compound and has surfaces facing and exposed to plasma installed in an optical equipment which has an inner zone where the plasma exists. A 2 nm-20 nm protective film of a highly plasma-resistant material is formed on the surface of the fluoride compound that is exposed to the plasma. |
| US07813028B2 |
Manufacturing method for stress compensated X-Y gimbaled MEMS mirror array
A wafer-level manufacturing method produces stress compensated x-y gimbaled comb-driven MEMS mirror arrays using two SOI wafers and a single carrier wafer. MEMS structures such as comb drives, springs, and optical surfaces are formed by processing front substrate layer surfaces of the SOI wafers, bonding together the processed surfaces, and removing the unprocessed SOI layers to expose second surfaces of the front substrate layers for further wafer-level processing. The bonded SOI wafers are mounted to a surface of the carrier wafer that has been separately processed. Processing wafer surfaces may include formation of a stress compensation layer to counteract physical effects of MEMS mirrors to be formed in a subsequent step. The method may form multi-layered conductive spring structures for the mirrors, each spring having a first conducting layer for energizing a comb drive, a second conducting layer imparting a restoring force, and an insulating layer between the first and second conducting layers. |
| US07813027B2 |
Pixel based gobo record control format
A special record format used for commanding light pattern shapes and addressable light pattern shape generator. The command format includes a first part which commands a specified gobo and second parts which command the characteristics of that gobo. The gobo is formed by making a default gobo based on the type and modifying that default gobo to fit the characteristics. |
| US07813020B2 |
Hydrodynamic bearing unit, and optical deflector, optical scanner and image forming apparatus using the same
A hydrodynamic bearing unit using oil includes a shaft to be driven, a bearing member configured to support the shaft in a non-contact manner through a bearing gap by a hydrodynamic pressure of the oil, which is generated in the bearing gap while the shaft relatively rotate with respect to the bearing member, a housing configured to house the bearing member and having an opening at one end thereof, another end thereof being enclosed, a sealing member configured to seal a part of the opening of the housing, a channel configured to communicate a space formed between the shaft, the bearing member and the housing with an outside air, and a pressing member configured to press and fix the bearing member on the housing. At least one open part configured to release an air bubble contained in the housing is provided between the bearing member and the sealing member. |
| US07813018B2 |
Method and apparatus for recording one-step, full-color, full-parallax, holographic stereograms
Holographic stereograms and holographic optical elements are printed using computer rendered images of three-dimensional computer models or using computer processed images. A coherent beam is split into object and reference beams that interfere with each other at an elemental hologram on a holographic recording material. A voxel-control lens placed in the path of the object beam and in close proximity to the holographic recording material can be used to control the resolution of a holographic stereogram. Interchangable band-limited diffusers and reference-beam masking plates can assist exposure of the elemental hologram and avoid exposing portions of the holographic recording material that are not part of the elemental hologram. |
| US07813013B2 |
Hexagonal site line scanning method and system
A scanning technique for imaging sites in an array includes illuminating or irradiating sites in lines of the array, and collecting returned radiation from the sites for imaging. The sites are sequentially scanned by means of confocally directed radiation lines from source optics. The orientation of the radiation lines with respect to the lines of sites in the array is such that the distance between nearest edges of sites in adjacent lines is greater than lines through those edges in a direction parallel to the radiation lines used for scanning. The resulting system experiences less crosstalk and a greater ability to distinguish between neighboring sites in resulting images. |
| US07813009B2 |
Image scanning device and image forming apparatus
A disclosed image scanning device includes a scanning unit configured to scan a document, and a white standard plate facing the scanning unit and configured to provide a white standard at the time of scanning the original. The white standard plate includes a guide plate having a plate-like shape fabricated by performing press work, where the guide plate faces the scanning unit; and a reinforcing member having a U-shape with bent ends fabricated by performing press work, where the bent ends are welded onto a back side of the guide plate. |
| US07813006B2 |
Enhancement of glossmark images at low and high densities with selective application of clear toner
The present invention relates to expanding the range of image densities over which the manipulation of differential gloss as may be inherent in halftoned images may be achieved. By selectively applying halftones with anisotropic structure characteristics which are significantly different in orientation while remaining identical in density, a gloss image may be superimposed within an image without the need for special toners or paper. This technique may be enhanced across low and high density areas by application of clear toner to expand the range of image densities over which a desired glossmark image will bear an effect. |
| US07813003B2 |
Method and apparatus of color conversion
A method and an apparatus of color-space conversion are provided herein. When adjustment of saturation and/or hue is performed on a RGB color signal, pixel luminance will be influenced to some extent. In the conversion method of the present invention, luminance compensation will be performed after global or local adjustment to keep the pixel luminance from being influenced by the color-space conversion. The luminance compensation method is to adjust a compensation value according to a ratio of an adjusted pixel luminance to an original pixel luminance. |
| US07813001B2 |
Color image processing method, color image processor and storage medium
A color image processing method, which is adapted to convert a first color signal including a solid color signal to a second color signal including a solid color signal, includes: determining a device independent color signal on a color coordinate in a color system from the first color signal; determining a solid color signal of the second color signal having the minimum or substantially minimum color difference from the solid color signal of the first color signal; and determining a color signal other than the solid color signal of the second color signal to be calorimetrically equal to the device independent color signal from the device independent color signal and the solid color signal of the second color signal. |
| US07813000B2 |
Device color characterization profile format
A color characterization profile format and data structure are provided for allowing a color management solution to convert colors into or out of a color space. The color characterization profile format contains a color management measurement data portion and a container that is configured to provide digital rights management capabilities over the color characterization profile format. The container can include linked and embedded objects and extensible markup language. Further, the container can be an advanced systems format container. The container can be configured to perform different functions, including enabling private data extensions, operating interface description language, storing a rendering intent separate from the color management measurement data portion, the ability to be edited by a text editor application, operability across a plurality of operating platforms, and preventing a user from tampering with the color characterization profile format. |
| US07812998B2 |
Method of making an animated flipbook
The present invention is directed towards method of making an animated flipbook by printing individual images captured from video footage on sheets of paper, with more than one image printed on each sheet of paper in a predetermined order. The sheets of paper are cut into rows of images, stacked chronologically, and cut into individual flipbook pages. The flipbook pages are stacked chronologically and bound together. |
| US07812996B2 |
Information processing apparatus and method for deleting blank pages while maintaining page order
The present invention makes it possible to obtain output results consistent with a user's intentions without the front and back sides of the pages getting out of order by not performing output only when both the front and back are blank when performing a blank page save. As a result, print data is input and a sheet management table for each page is produced. Then, when a sheet management table is generated in which print data for both the front and the back of a single printing sheet does not exist, that sheet management table is deleted. |
| US07812987B2 |
System for composition and transmission of an e-mail message
A system for composition and transmission of an e-mail message to a recipient address via a computer system is provided. The system comprises: a printer for printing an e-mail form onto a substrate, the printed form comprising graphic e-mailing information and coded data; and an optically imaging pen configured for sensing the coded data, generating interaction data using the sensed coded data, and transmitting the interaction data to the computer system. The interaction data represents interaction between the pen and the form. |
| US07812985B2 |
System and method for rerouting of document processing jobs
A system and method for selective rerouting of document processing jobs is provided. A printer driver first converts electronic document data is into a device compatible format and assigned a unique document ID. The printer driver then determines a set of network devices, such as document processing devices, that are participating in the performance of received document processing jobs. The converted document data is then divided into portions and one or more portions are then sent to each of the participating network devices. One of the devices is then selected as the output device, whereupon the output device broadcasts/multicasts a request for processed data portions from each of the other network devices. The received portions are then recombined, and released for further processing in accordance with the received document processing job. |
| US07812982B2 |
Network printing system for proxy printing
Desired application data can be printed in a desired printing condition even if a computer being used does not have appropriate application software or a printer driver installed therein. Each of proxy printing transmission units sends proxy printing request information comprising the application data to be printed and printing setting information as the printing condition to a network. Each of proxy printing judgment and processing units receives the proxy printing request information from the network, and compares the proxy printing request information with proxy printing enabling information comprising the type of application software and printing enabling setting information in a printer driver installed in a corresponding one of computers. If the proxy printing enabling information matches the proxy printing request information, the application data are sent to the computer having the match and converted into PDL data that are printed from a corresponding printer. |
| US07812981B2 |
Image processing apparatus
In order to provide a more user-friendly image processing apparatus, the present invention provides an image processing apparatus that is able to obtain information stored in a contactless IC tag embedded in the document paper, for example, and search for related information based on the obtained information, and display the related information on a display screen like the liquid crystal display panel in the control panel. |
| US07812976B2 |
Graphical user interface for directing multiple feature programming in a production system
A method for utilizing a graphical user interface for concurrent programming of multiple feature operations to a single production job in a controller for a production system includes presenting options on the user interface for the selection of job properties or queue properties, with queue properties defined as default values for the virtual device to which the job will be submitted and job properties defined as job feature selection options. The job feature selection options may be hidden or displayed to enable the selection of valid job feature combinations only. Toggle controls are utilized for job feature options whose operation is limited by previously selected job feature options. The application of any valid combination of selected job feature options on the completed production job is illustrated on a dynamic graphic. |
| US07812975B2 |
Prescanning in image printing/reading apparatus
An image printing/reading apparatus in which a reference white board for prescanning can be prevented from being soiled with ink, and the influence of stray light from a paper discharge port can be reduced. A commonality of a print sheet path for conveyance of print sheet and a document path for conveyance of document is at least partially realized as a common path. A reading unit is provided with a reference white board for shading correction used upon execution of prescanning. Upon execution of document reading, the reading unit and the reference white board are moved to a document reading position. On the other hand, upon execution of prescanning, the reading unit and the reference white board are moved to a retreat position where the influence of ambient light is reduced. Further, upon printing, the reading unit and the reference white board are also moved to the retreat position for preventing the reference white board from being soiled with ink. |
| US07812974B2 |
Image processing apparatus for arranging content onto a reduced number of output pages
A storing unit stores document information received from an OS through an AP processing unit. A character size information extracting unit extracts representation character size information that represents a maximum size of characters whose accumulated number reaches a predetermined ratio of a total number of characters included in the document information. A resolution information extracting unit extracts resolution information. A page number deciding unit decides an arranged page number serving as the number of logical pages from the representation character size information and the resolution information. A page arranging unit converts the document information stored in the storing unit into the logical pages and arranges them to a physical page based on the logical pages and the arranged page number. The inputted document information divided into a plurality of logical pages is converted into image information consisting of physical pages of the number smaller than the number of logical pages. |
| US07812973B2 |
Print data transmission to imager of print data for downloadable font in data transmitting sequence reflecting differences in page sequence between original pages and print pages
A print management apparatus is disclosed which includes a print-data producing device that produces print data based on original data, and which allows a downloading of font data from the print management apparatus to an image forming apparatus. The print management apparatus further includes: a sequence modifier modifying a sequence in which the print management apparatus outputs the print data to the image forming apparatus, from an original sequence in which original pages represented by the original data are arranged, into a printing sequence in which print pages printed by the image forming apparatus are arranged; and a redundant-range detector detecting a redundant range over which an identical downloadable font is redundantly used within the print pages arranged in the printing sequence. The print-data producing device outputs the print data to the image forming apparatus in the printing sequence, without a redundant output of at least one portion of data identical to the font data previously outputted to the image forming apparatus. |
| US07812969B2 |
Three-dimensional shape measuring apparatus
A three-dimensional shape measuring apparatus includes a measuring section and a data integrating section. The measuring section has three-dimensional measurement dimensions, and measures a three-dimensional shape of a measurement object in a non-contact state. The measuring section measures a three-dimensional shape of a part of the measurement object multiple times by shifting the measurement dimensions to obtain multiple measurement data. The measurement dimensions are shifted in such a manner that at least portions of consecutive measurement dimensions by the shifting are lapped one over the other. The data integrating section integrates the multiple measurement data to obtain the three-dimensional shape of the measurement object. The data integrating section executes the data integration, using reliability information attributed to the respective measurement data. |
| US07812968B2 |
Fringe projection system and method for a probe using a coherent fiber bundle
A probe is presented that includes a light source, a coherent fiber bundle, and a pattern selector. The pattern selector is disposed between the light source and the proximal end of the coherent fiber bundle. The pattern selector includes at least one patterned zone through which light from the light source passes to project at least one fringe set onto a surface. Each of the at least one fringe sets has a structured-light pattern. The probe further includes an imager for obtaining at least one image of the surface and a processing unit that is configured to perform phase-shift analysis on the at least one image. A method for projecting a plurality of fringe sets suitable for phase-shift analysis on a surface using a probe is presented. |
| US07812967B2 |
Microscopy method and microscope
The present invention provides a microscopy method and a microscope, which enable microscopic observation of desired information of a specimen with an extremely high S/N ratio in a short period of time without increasing intensity of a light sources. The method of the invention is characterized in that it comprises: a simultaneous irradiation step of irradiating a specimen with first and second electromagnetic rays having different wave length with the rays overlapping at least partly each other; and a simultaneous irradiation visualization step of visualizing a spatial distribution of a refractive index variation caused by the irradiation of the first electromagnetic ray as a phase contrast image of the second electromagnetic ray having passed through the specimen in the region of the specimen to which the overlapped the first and the second electromagnetic rays are irradiated. |
| US07812965B2 |
Multiple-degree of freedom interferometer with compensation for gas effects
The disclosure features multiple degree-of-freedom interferometers (e.g., non-dispersive interferometers) for monitoring linear and angular (e.g., pitch and/or yaw) displacements of a measurement object with compensation for variations in the optical properties of a gas in the interferometer measurement (and/or reference) beam paths. The disclosure also features interferometry systems that feature an array of interferometers (e.g., including one or more multiple degree-of-freedom interferometer), each configured to provide different information about variations in the optical properties of the gas in the system. Multiple degree-of-freedom interferometers are also referred to as multi-axis interferometers. |
| US07812963B2 |
Interferometry method for ellipsometry, reflectometry, and scatterometry measurements, including characterization of thin film structures
A method including: imaging test light emerging from a test object over a range of angles to interfere with reference light on a detector, wherein the test and reference light are derived from a common source; for each of the angles, simultaneously varying an optical path length difference from the source to the detector between interfering portions of the test and reference light at a rate that depends on the angle at which the test light emerges from the test object; and determining an angle-dependence of an optical property of the test object based on the interference between the test and reference light as the optical path length difference is varied for each of the angles. |
| US07812962B2 |
Polarization mode dispersion measurement using an improved fixed analyzer method
A device for performing polarization mode dispersion (PMD) measurements of an optical fiber is disclosed. The PMD measurement device employs a fixed analyzer method, and includes a tunable Fabry-Perot inferometer as the wavelength-selective element and an optical bandpass filter for spectrum calibration. A novel scanning algorithm, which performs multiple scans at different velocities, enables accurate PMD measurements, even of moving optical cable. The tunable Fabry-Perot interferometer is able to scan over a wide wavelength range and yet have a narrow linewidth, such that a wide range of PMD values can be measured. |
| US07812961B2 |
Method, apparatus, and program for processing tomographic images
Image quality of tomographic images obtained by optical tomographic measurement is improved. Spatial frequency processes are administered on a tomographic image, with the frequency processing properties (high frequency gain) in the scanning direction of a measuring light beam set to be lower than the frequency processing properties (high frequency gain) in the direction of the optical axis of the measuring light beam. For example, a smoothing process that removes high frequency components is administered to the tomographic image only in the scanning direction. Alternatively, a sharpening process that emphasizes high frequency components is administered to the tomographic image only in the direction of the optical axis. As a further alternative, a smoothing process that removes high frequency components is administered to the tomographic image in the scanning direction, then a sharpening process that emphasizes high frequency components is administered to the tomographic image in the direction of the optical axis. |
| US07812958B2 |
Interferential spectroscopy detector and camera
An interferential spectroscopy detector including a waveguide having an input side and a mirror on an opposite side, and means for detecting electromagnetic rays delivering an electric signal as a function of local intensity of an electromagnetic wave, detection being produced between an input side and the mirror. |
| US07812957B2 |
Light measurement apparatus measuring two-dimensional physical properties of a sample
A measurement apparatus includes a dielectric block, a thin film layer formed on the dielectric block and brought into contact with a sample, a light source for generating a light beam, an optical incident system for causing the light beam to enter the dielectric block so that the light beam is totally reflected at the interface between the dielectric block and the thin film, and a two-dimensional light detection means for detecting the intensity of the light beam totally reflected at the interface. A predetermined pattern is formed within a region irradiated with the light beam on the dielectric block. The measurement apparatus includes a correction means for correcting an output from the two-dimensional light detection means, based on the pattern, so that an object on the face of the dielectric block is similar to the object detected by the two-dimensional detection means. |
| US07812955B2 |
Sample analysis apparatus and analysis method
A light beam irradiating optical system is associated with a dielectric material member having a surface, on which a thin film layer has been formed, a sample being brought into contact with a surface of the thin film layer. The light beam irradiating optical system produces and irradiates a light beam to an interface between the dielectric material member and the thin film layer. The light beam is constituted of light beam components, which have various different incidence angles with respect to the interface, and which have intensities varying in accordance with the incidence angles. A single measuring detector for outputting a signal representing an intensity of an entire area of received light is secured and located so as to receive the light beam having been reflected from the interface. |
| US07812954B2 |
Information processing apparatus and method of selecting type of ambient light therefor
An information processing apparatus includes a unit configured to acquire spectral data of ambient light to be estimated, a unit configured to receive spectral data and ambient light type information of a plurality of reference ambient light conditions, a comparison unit configured to compare the spectral data of the ambient light to be estimated with the spectral data of the plurality of reference ambient light conditions, and an estimation unit configured to estimate an ambient light type of the spectral data of the ambient light to be estimated from the ambient light type information of the reference ambient light based on a result of comparison provided by the comparison unit. |
| US07812951B2 |
Color sensors using polarimetric techniques
Embodiments include an apparatus including a color sensor including a transmitter portion and a receiver portion, the transmitter portion including a light source operable to generate and transmit a light having a particular range of wavelengths, the receiver portion including a first detector operable to receive a first portion of the light emitted from the transmitter portion and to measure a luminance of the received first portion of the emitted light, and a second detector including a polarization filter, the second detector operable to receive a second portion of the light emitted from the transmitter after the second portion has passed through the polarization filter, and operable to measure a pure color of the received second portion of transmitted light. |
| US07812949B2 |
Spectrometer with cylindrical lens for astigmatism correction and demagnification
A spectrometer which in one embodiment including a dispersive element and a concave element. The dispersive element may be a flat or concave grating which receives light and reflects the light in different collimated wavelengths. The concave element being located downstream from the dispersive element and arranged to reflect and focus the light toward a detector. The reflected light from the concave element including astigmatism. A cylindrical lens positioned between the concave element and the detector and configured to simultaneously correct the astigmatism and demagnify the light across the detector. In one embodiment the cylindrical lens varies in thickness progressively along its length. |
| US07812948B2 |
Different-kind-of-object detector employing plane spectrometer
A detector for detecting a different kind of object among objects being carried with high resolution using a plane spectrometer irradiates near-infrared ray and performs plane spectroscopy for a reflected light. The detector also detects spectral data of the reflected light and performs preprocessing for averaging and standardizing the spectral data. Then wavelength axis averaging, Lagrangian interpolation and spatial axis averaging are performed. Conversion of first-order/second-order differentiation, smoothing and calculation of the main component score on the basis of previously obtained loading vector data is also performed. Then performing judgment of a different kind of object is performed. |
| US07812943B2 |
Zeroeth order imaging
A method of imaging critical dimensions by measuring the zeroeth order of diffracted light. The method involves providing a target, directing light onto the target so as to cause the target to diffract the light. The zeroeth order of the diffracted light is collected and analyzed to determine structural features of the target. The target can be an article of manufacture, such as a semiconductor device, or a separate target that is provided or fabricated on an article of manufacture. One of at least the wavelength and the angle at which the light is directed onto the target can be scanned. The target can fill all or only a portion of the field of view. |
| US07812938B2 |
Integrated chemical separation light scattering device
An integrated chemical separation device includes a single device body, a chemical separation unit configured to separate a chemical from a fluid, a Raman sensor substrate comprising one or more surfaces configured to be adsorbed by molecules of the chemical from the fluid, and a Raman scattering spectrometer unit that can emit a laser beam to illuminate the Raman sensor substrate and to detect the chemical from the light scattered from the Raman sensor substrate. The chemical separation unit, the Raman sensor substrate, and the Raman scattering spectrometer unit are held in or mounted to the single device body. |
| US07812936B2 |
Fingerprint imaging system
A fingerprint imaging system configured to capture an image of a friction ridge pattern of a subject (e.g., a fingerprint, a palm print, a hand print, a footprint, etc.). The system may include one or more components that reduce the impact of ambient light on the performance of the system. In some implementations, the system may reduce the impact of ambient light without requiring additional power (e.g., to generate an increased amount of radiation) and without including “external” hoods and/or covers designed to block ambient light prior to the ambient light entering system. Instead, the system may reduce the impact of ambient light on performance by blocking ambient light internally within the system along an optical path of radiation used to electronically capture an image of the friction ridge pattern. |
| US07812931B2 |
Distance measurement method and device and vehicle equipped with said device
A method for measuring the distance of an object is provided that includes irradiating a plurality of light beams having predetermined wavelengths and then in a first round, picking up an image under irradiation of the plurality of light beams and in another round picking up the image without irradiation using a camera. The difference of the image between the first and other round is fed to an observation region part and to an irradiation angle computing part and then the distance to the object is computed. |
| US07812925B2 |
Exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method
A lithographic projection apparatus includes an illumination system that conditions a radiation beam, a support structure that holds a patterning device, the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern. a substrate table that holds a substrate, and a projection system that projects the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate. In addition, a liquid supply system provides a liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate, the liquid supply system having a member. A liquid seal device forms a liquid seal between the member and the substrate. |
| US07812924B2 |
Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
An immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed which includes a liquid supply system having an inlet configured to supply a liquid to a space between a projection system of the lithographic apparatus and a substrate and an outlet configured to remove at least part of the liquid, the liquid supply system configured to rotate the inlet, the outlet, or both, about an axis substantially perpendicular to an exposure plane of the substrate. |
| US07812919B2 |
Cholesteric liquid crystal light modulators
This invention relates to a method of fabrication of liquid crystal light modulating devises having electrically tunable spectral wavelength and more particularly, to a cholesteric liquid crystal display with electrically switchable colors. The cholesteric light modulators may be fabricated by applying a plurality of layers to maximize the light modulation. It also features a polymer composite or polymer-network stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal with electrically switchable Bragg reflected wavelength within a predetermined range of spectral wavelength. |
| US07812909B2 |
Liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display includes a first insulating substrate, a pixel electrode disposed on the first insulating substrate, a second insulating substrate facing the first insulating substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second insulating substrate without patterning, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second insulating substrates. The pixel electrode is divided into a plurality of domains that include a plurality of microelectrodes arranged substantially parallel to each other and are connected through a connecting pattern. The connecting pattern is formed by connecting the end of microelectrodes of each domain to the side of microelectrodes of adjacent domains. |
| US07812903B2 |
Liquid crystal display enhanced in particular by elimination of harmful effects on the edges of addressed zones
The invention concerns a liquid crystal display device comprising two substrates (10, 20) provided with respective electrodes (12, 22) and located on either side of a layer of liquid crystal molecules (30) and means defining two stable states for the liquid crystal molecules, in the absence of an electric field. The invention is characterized in that it further comprises a mask (100) including transparent areas (130) allowing through only the design of the areas to be visualized and opaque areas (110) covering the rest of the surface of the display and among others the zones not addressed by the electrodes (12, 22) and, in that the electrodes (12, 22) are configured such that their edges are located in zones outside the transparent areas (120) of the mask (100), in that each electrode block (28) consists of the assembly of interconnected elementary areas through multiplexing and of intermediate zones located beneath the opaque areas (110) of the mask (100), and that on at least one of the substrates (10, 20), the electrodes are formed of blocks (28) which cover the entire surface of the substrate except the intermediate zones (281) of small width required for providing electrical insulation between the blocks. |
| US07812900B2 |
Providing light guide elements in a backlight module
A backlight module comprises a light guide plate and at least two light sources. The light guide plate is divided into at least two regions made up of a substrate and a plurality of elongate light guide elements disposed on a surface of the substrate and located in the regions. The light sources respectively correspond to the regions of the light guide plate to provide the elongate light guide elements in the regions with light. |
| US07812898B2 |
Light source module, illuminating apparatus and liquid crystal display
A light source module including an optical plate and at least one light emitting device is provided. The optical plate includes a heat dissipation core plate and at least one electric circuit layer disposed thereon. The light emitting device is disposed on the optical plate and electrically connected to the electric circuit layer. The light source module has the advantages of simple structure and low cost. An illuminating apparatus including the light source module is also provided to generate a uniform light source. The display quality of a liquid crystal display can further be improved by including the illuminating apparatus to serve as a backlight source of the liquid crystal display. |
| US07812897B2 |
Method for making prism sheet
A method for making a prism sheet includes: providing a cutting device comprising a cutter, a table plate, and a control unit, the table plate controlled to move up and down by the control unit, and the cutter having a blade rotatable; providing a mold insert preform on the table plate, the mold insert preform having a flat surface; moving the cutter to etch the flat surface of the mold insert preform along a first direction, and simultaneously driving the table plate to move up and down by the control unit in a first predetermined manner to form first elongated depressions in the flat surface; moving the cutter to etch the flat surface of the mold insert preform along a second direction to form second elongated depressions in the flat surface, thereby forming a mold insert; using the mold insert to form the prism sheet by injection molding method. |
| US07812896B2 |
Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof
A liquid crystal display includes a gate driver, a data driver and a pixel matrix. The gate driver is for outputting a plurality of gate signals successively. The data driver is for providing a plurality of data signals. The pixel matrix includes a number of pixels. Each pixel includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a voltage coupling device. The voltage coupling device is coupled between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel such that pixel voltages of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel are different and have relevant variation. |
| US07812893B2 |
Active matrix substrate where a portion of the storage capacitor wiring or the scanning signal line overlaps with the drain lead-out wiring connected to the drain electrode of a thin film transistor and display device having such an active matrix substrate
An active matrix substrate suppresses reduction in production yield and increase in production steps and simultaneously permits both sufficient securing of a storage capacity and improvement of an aperture ratio of a pixel. The active matrix substrate is an active matrix substrate and includes a thin film transistor disposed at an intersection of a scanning signal line with a data signal line on a substrate, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode connected to the scanning signal line, a source electrode connected to the data signal line, and a drain electrode connected to a drain lead-out wiring; a storage capacitor upper electrode connected to the drain lead-out wiring and a pixel electrode; and a storage capacitor wiring overlapping with the storage capacitor upper electrode through an insulating film, wherein the storage capacitor wiring has an extending portion overlapping with the drain lead-out wiring through the insulating film. |
| US07812892B2 |
Car audio/video system having a tilt button for controlling tilt motion of a front panel
Disclosed herein is a car audio/video (A/V) system in which both a rear panel informing a user of a variety of operational statuses of the car A/V system and a front panel having a TFT-LCD panel are installed in a 1-DIN-sized casing, thus improving the efficiency of usage of a limited space. The car A/V system includes a rear panel provided with a first display unit; a front panel provided with a plurality of key input elements and a second display unit; and a control means for executing an operation corresponding to a specified command signal input by manipulating the key input elements. In the car A/V system, both the front panel and the rear panel are installed in the front of a 1-DIN (Deutsches Institut füur Normung)-sized casing of the system such that the front panel is placed in front of the rear panel and both the front panel and the rear panel are tilted as directed by the control means and are opened forward from the front of the casing. |
| US07812886B2 |
AV synchronization system
In synchronization of a conventional AV system, when a stream as the master stops, a system clock cannot be corrected for synchronization. Since the correction is consistently performed even when an error is small, overhead of correction is large. On the other hand, when an error is large, sharp correction causes a feeling that something wrong. In the present invention, when the stream as the master stops, previously registering the degree of priority regarding the master, consideration of a corrected period or a previous error for the system clock, or transmitting a stream containing information regarding the master can allow for other process to serves as the master. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a method for synchronization with maintaining correction of the system clock. When a corrected error is large, gradual correction or reference can provide a system with normal feeling. Furthermore, when an error of correction is small, omission of correction or reference can provide a system with less overhead. |
| US07812885B2 |
Position and time sensitive closed captioning
Closed captioning information is provided regarding the location of a speaker, and when the text is spoken. An audio/video signal includes a video data and the closed captioning information. The closed captioning information includes a time index, a closed captioning text, and positioning information. The positioning information indicates a position within a frame of the video data, and is associated with the closed captioning text for a given time index. The position corresponds to the speaker who is speaking the associated closed captioning text. A decoder device decodes the closed captioning information to determine the position of the speaker within the video data, and the time index to correlate the closed captioning text and positioning information to a specific frame of video data. The video data is preferably scaled to provide a less than full screen video. The scaled video is appropriately positioned on a display screen and talk bubbles, which provide a visual link between the closed captioning text and the speaker, are preferably displayed off the scaled video. Alternatively, the video is not scaled and the talk bubbles are superimposed on the fall screen video in a blended fashion. |
| US07812883B2 |
Image pickup apparatus having audio output unit
An image pickup apparatus, such as a digital camera, includes a barrel, an optical viewfinder, an audio output unit, such as a speaker, and a light emitting unit, such as a strobe light. The barrel includes an image pickup element and a lens. The audio output unit is arranged in a space surrounded by the barrel, the optical viewfinder, and the light emitting unit. |
| US07812882B2 |
Camera lens shuttering mechanism
A camera lens shuttering mechanism includes an image conducting unit disposed within a shutter housing when the camera is in a closed position so that the camera cannot record images. When moved to an open position, the shutter housing does not block the image conducting unit from imaging objects. The image conducting unit may be one or more lenses or one or more mirrors that reflect images to one or more lenses. When in the closed position, it is apparent to users that the camera is unable to transmit images. |
| US07812879B2 |
Self-triggering CMOS image sensor
An image sensor and method for using the image sensor to capture an image are disclosed. The image sensor includes an imaging array, a first block amplifier and a controller. A first plurality of pixels in the imaging array includes pixels having a photodiode connected to a first node by a gate transistor, a reset transistor connected between the first node and a reset node, a pixel amplifier having an input connected to the first node and an output, and an output gate for connecting the pixel amplifier output to an output bus. The sensor has a monitoring mode and an image capture mode. In the monitoring mode the reset node is connected to the first block amplifier whose output is monitored and used to trigger the image capture mode when the output exceeds a predetermined threshold. |
| US07812878B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus
A solid-state imaging device with a multi-pixel sharing structure, wherein the area of each photoelectric conversion element can be secured independent of a reduction in area of each pixel. A solid-state imaging device including photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a two-dimensional array and voltage conversion elements for converting charge produced by photoelectric conversion through the corresponding photoelectric conversion elements into voltage. |
| US07812869B2 |
Configurable pixel array system and method
Present embodiments relate to techniques for capturing images. One embodiment may include an image sensor, comprising a substrate, a first pixel cell array disposed on the substrate, a first photographic lens arranged to focus light onto the first pixel cell array, a second pixel cell array disposed on the substrate, a second photographic lens arranged to focus light onto the second pixel cell array, and an image coordination circuit configured to coordinate the first array and lens with the second array and lens to provide an image. The first pixel cell array and the first photographic lens may be configured to cooperate to capture a first image of a scene, and the second pixel cell array and the second photographic lens may be configured to cooperate to capture a second image of the scene. |
| US07812858B2 |
Camera handling system
A test handler is controlled by a tester to transport, select, focus and test miniature digital camera modules. The modules are loaded onto a transport tray and moved on a conveyer to a robot. The robot selects the untested modules from the tray an alternately places the modules into two test stations. A first test station focuses and tests a first module while the second test station is loaded with a second module, thus burying the handling time for the modules within the test time. The robot returns tested modules to the transport tray, and when all modules on the tray are tested, moves the tray out of the test handler. A second tray with untested modules is positioned at the robot while the tested modules of the first tray are being focus fixed and sorted into part number bins. The overlap of operations buries handling time within the focus and test time so that the limitation of total test time is depending on focus and test operations. |
| US07812856B2 |
Providing multiple perspectives of a venue activity to electronic wireless hand held devices
Methods and systems for providing multiple perspectives of a venue activity to electronic hand held devices are disclosed. A system for providing venue-based data to venue-based wireless hand held device can include at least one processor for processing data captured by at least one venue-based video camera for transmission to remote wireless hand held devices and at least one transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the data to a the remote wireless hand held devices. Wireless hand held devices include a display screen for displaying received venue video data. A method for transmitting venue-based data to hand held devices includes steps of capturing video images from at least one perspective of a venue-based activity using at least one video camera, processing the video images into venue-based data formatted for transmission and use by at least one hand held device and transmitting the venue-based data to at least one hand held device. Hand held devices receive venue-based data, process the data for display on a display screen associated with hand held devices, and display processed data on the display screen, thereby enabling users of the hand held devices to view at least one perspective of venue-based data through the hand held devices. |
| US07812855B2 |
Glassbreak noise detector and video positioning locator
A glass break detector is provided with microphones for detecting glass breaking, and microphones for detecting noise, and generating a noise output once a noise is detected. The noise output triggers a video camera to record in the area of the glass break detector. Also, a security apparatus is provided, having a video dome, a video camera provided in the video dome, and one or more microphones provided on an outside surface of the video dome. If a noise is detected by the one or more microphones, the video camera points to a direction of the noise by determining the time of arrival of the noise, and the camera begins to record. |
| US07812854B1 |
Digital rights management for mobile devices
Methods and systems are provided for digital rights management for mobile devices. An account is maintained for a subscriber. The account is associated with a mobile video player (MVP) and a digital video recorder (DVR). The MVP is served by a wireless carrier, and the DVR is connected to a packet-data network. A first content request is received from the MVP. The first content request identifies requested content and includes an identifier of the MVP that was added to the first content request by the wireless carrier to verify that the MVP sent the first content request. The identifier of the MVP is used to identify the account. A second content request, which identifies the requested content, is sent to the DVR. The requested content is received from the DVR, and then sent to the MVP via the wireless carrier, for receipt and playing by the MVP for the subscriber. |
| US07812852B2 |
Method and system for zoomable attachment handling on a portable electronic device
A method for viewing a full image of a server stored original attachment on a portable electronic device including: building a graph structure within the server representing a map of the original image, downloading and displaying a re-sized image from the server to the portable electronic device, the original image exceeding an image size limit of the portable electronic device indicative of screen size of the portable electronic device, dividing the original image into four individual quadrants and calculating width and height parameters of the four individual quadrants, sending a request from the portable electronic device to the server to enlarge the image displayed on the device based on the width and height parameters, the request including the image size limit, retrieving and traversing the graph structure within the server to locate a separate image component constructed for the image size limit, collecting image binary data from the separate image component and modifying the image binary data based on the width and height parameters to create the full image of the original image, downloading each of the four resized quadrants to the attachment viewer and assembling the resized quadrants to display the full image of the original image on the portable electronic device. |
| US07812848B2 |
Memory device, display control driver with the same, and display apparatus using display control driver
A memory device includes a memory and a control circuit. The memory includes cells arranged in a matrix of rows and columns. The cells are grouped into banks, and each of the banks contains at least one column of the cells. The control circuit instructs a read operation in units of rows and a write operation in units of cells, and inhibits the read operation in units of the banks when the write operation is carried out to a specific one of the cells of a specific one of the banks. |
| US07812845B2 |
PC-based computing system employing a silicon chip implementing parallelized GPU-driven pipelines cores supporting multiple modes of parallelization dynamically controlled while running a graphics application
A PC-based computing system employing a silicon chip implementing parallelized GPU-driven pipelines cores supporting multiple modes of parallelization dynamically controlled while running a graphics application. The PC-based computing system includes system memory for storing software graphics applications, software drivers and graphics libraries, and an operating system (OS), stored in the system memory, and a central processing unit (CPU), for executing the OS, graphics applications, drivers and graphics libraries. The system also includes a CPU/memory interface module and a CPU bus. The routing unit (i) routes the stream of geometrical data and graphic commands from the graphics application to one or more of the GPU-driven pipeline cores, and (ii) routes pixel data output from one or more of GPU-driven pipeline cores during the composition of frames of pixel data corresponding to final images for display on the display surface. The control unit accepts commands from the software multi-pipe drivers, and controls components within the silicon chip, including the routing unit. The profiling unit profiles the performance of the GPU-driven pipeline cores and feeds back performance data to the software multi-pipe drivers, for dynamically determining and controlling the mode of parallelization during the generation of each frame of pixel data, while running a graphics application. |
| US07812844B2 |
PC-based computing system employing a silicon chip having a routing unit and a control unit for parallelizing multiple GPU-driven pipeline cores according to the object division mode of parallel operation during the running of a graphics application
A PC-based computing system employing a silicon chip having a routing unit and a control unit for parallelizing multiple GPU-driven pipeline cores according to an object division mode of parallel operation, during the running of a graphics application. The PC-based computing system includes system memory for storing software graphics applications, software drivers and graphics libraries, and an operating system (OS), stored in the system memory, and a central processing unit (CPU), for executing the OS, graphics applications, drivers and graphics libraries. The system also includes a CPU/memory interface module, a CPU bus, a silicon chip of monolithic construction interfaced with the CPU/memory interface module by way of the CPU bus. The routing unit (i) routes the stream of geometrical data and graphic commands from the graphics application to one or more of the GPU-driven pipeline cores, and (ii) routes pixel data output from one or more of GPU-driven pipeline cores during the composition of frames of pixel data corresponding to final images for display on the display surface. The control unit accepts commands from the software multi-pipe drivers, and controls components within the silicon chip, including the routing unit. |
| US07812842B2 |
Mobile motion capture cameras
A system for capturing motion comprises: a motion capture volume configured to include at least one moving object having markers defining a plurality of points on the at least one moving object; at least one mobile motion capture camera, the at least one mobile motion capture camera configured to be moveable within the motion capture volume; and a motion capture processor coupled to the at least one mobile motion capture camera to produce a digital representation of movement of the at least one moving object. |
| US07812840B2 |
Scene modifier representation generation apparatus and scene modifier representation generation method
There are provided a scene modifier generation device and a scene modifier generation method capable of improving expressive power of animation when automatically generating a modifier concerning a scene used in computer graphics from an inputted text sentence. A scene modifier as a modification expression concerning a scene of computer graphics is stored together with the application condition. It is possible to automatically generate a unique scene modifier appropriate for a scene according to an agentive in the scenario, a meaning of the operation, and a component of a scene modifier contained in the scenario including an adverb. |
| US07812839B2 |
Method for creating 3-D curved suface by using corresponding curves in a plurality of images
Provided is a method for creating a 3-D curved surface by using corresponding curves in a plurality of images. The method includes performing an NURBS fitting curve with respect to one image in a plurality of images having camera calibration and extracted camera parameter by using control points designated in a curve characterizing a subject shape. When the curve fitting is performed with respect to the curve that commonly exists in more than two images, a 3-D curve is created by using a camera calibration information, or a 3-D curved surface is created by creating a plurality of 3-D curves or straight lines. Therefore, a 3-D curved surface model can be easily and quickly created by simplifying a complex modeling process for an actual object modeling into an actual image-based modeling process. |
| US07812838B1 |
Typed data graph visualization system in three dimensions
A visualization system presents inter-connected three-dimensional models representing components of a data graph to a user on a display. A visualization graph is created from the association of a user-specified data graph, which may not include graphical information, to three-dimensional models through a type graph. Arrangement of three-dimensional models into discrete units is determined from local relations between components of the data graph. |
| US07812836B2 |
Display apparatus and power control method thereof
A display apparatus and a power control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a power supplying part; a Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) receiving part which decodes a TMDS signal input from an external signal source; a controller which controls the power supplying part to supply driving power to the TMDS receiving part when a clock signal of the TMDS signal is received. The power control method includes cutting off driving power to a Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) receiving part when the display apparatus enters a power-saving mode; determining whether a clock signal is detected in a TMDS signal; and supplying driving power to the TMDS receiving part if it is determined that the clock signal is detected. |
| US07812835B2 |
Display apparatus and control method thereof
A display apparatus having a monitor functional mode and a network functional mode, includes a first voltage switching part that controls a first operation voltage; a second voltage switching part that controls a second operation voltage; a voltage drop converting part that generates and supplies a third operation voltage; and a controlling part that controls at least one of the first voltage switching part and the second voltage switching part depending on a functional mode, and controls the voltage drop converting part to maintain a work file related to the network functional mode if the monitor functional mode is selected. |
| US07812831B2 |
Input and output device and terminal device
A lenticular lens is provided in front of a liquid crystal panel composed of a plurality of pixels. In this case, the lenticular lens is arranged so that one cylindrical lens corresponds to two pixels adjacent to each other. Then, light rays outgoing from two pixels are refracted by this one cylindrical lens and intersect with each other at a point positioned on the surface of a tablet, and then reach the right eye and the left eye of a user, respectively. |
| US07812829B2 |
Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition
A method of generating a signal comprising providing a capacitive touch sensor pad including a matrix of X and Y conductors, developing capacitance profiles in one of an X direction and a Y direction from the matrix of X and Y conductors, determining an occurrence of a single gesture through an examination of the capacitance profiles, the single gesture including an application of at least two objects on the capacitive touch sensor pad, and generating a signal indicating the occurrence of the single gesture. |
| US07812826B2 |
Portable electronic device with multi-touch input
A portable communication device with multi-touch input detects one or more multi-touch contacts and motions and performs one or more operations on an object based on the one or more multi-touch contacts and/or motions. The object has a resolution that is less than a pre-determined threshold when the operation is performed on the object, and the object has a resolution that is greater than the pre-determined threshold at other times. |
| US07812825B2 |
Capacitance touch slider
A device for detecting the position of a human finger or other object on a touch-sensitive scrolling pad. Dual independent oscillators may be used to generate two pulse trains at frequencies dependent upon the capacitance of two conductors resulting from the position of the finger on the conductors. The pulses from each oscillator may be counted over a time interval. A ratio-metric measurement may be taken by calculating the ratio of the two counts, and a sum may also be calculated. The ratio of the two counts relates to finger position on the device, and their sum relates to finger pressure upon the device. |
| US07812823B2 |
User interface and means for controlling same
A user interface for communication equipment facilitating communication via the Internet and preferably providing other audio/video services and including a monitor or TV screen (S) for display of a user interface. The user interface comprises display of symbols (1, 2, 3, 4) resembling the keys of a keypad, each symbol including one icon symbolizing an associated service and also at least a number or symbol (e.g. 0-9;*,#) as associated with the keys of a keyboard and/or a short descriptive text for associated service. User input identified as the number/symbol displayed results in display of at least one further screen image related to chosen alternative. At least the first displayed screen (S) includes preferably at least one additional group of symbols (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) resembling keys, extending as a vertical and/or horizontal row of keys, each key symbol preferably only including an icon and/or a short descriptive text, said group(s) preferably related to services for control and setting of parameters related to the communication equipment used. |
| US07812822B2 |
Opto-mechanical pointing devices that track the movement of rollers positioned at the base of the pointing devices
Each opto-mechanical pointing device includes a housing having a base that two or more rollers extend beyond to make contact with a surface. An optical module that includes a light source and a detector track the motion of the opto-mechanical pointing device directly or indirectly. Light reflecting off markings positioned opposite of each detector is used to determine the speed and distance traveled by an opto-electrical pointing device. Alternatively, the speed and distance traveled by an opto-electrical pointing device is determined by monitoring the tilt or rotation of the opto-mechanical pointing device with respect to the surface beneath the pointing device. |
| US07812819B2 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
An information processing apparatus includes a first display control unit configured to display information on a display screen, a detection unit configured to detect the operation direction and an operation amount of a direction inputting operation, a scroll control unit configured to scroll the information displayed on the display screen in the operation direction detected by the detection unit, and a second display control unit configured to control the display of information so that the higher the operation amount detected by the detection unit, the wider a display area becomes in the operation direction detected by the detection unit. |
| US07812818B2 |
Inertial sensing method and system
An inertial sensing method is disclosed, which is capable of detecting tilting of an inertial sensing apparatus with respect to a specific level surface while using the detection for defining/controlling movements of a cursor displayed on a display, In a preferred aspect, as it is capable of acting as an hand-held input device, a swing of a hand holding the inertial sensing apparatus can be detected thereby and is used for controlling a page change of a display. Operationally, a micro inertial sensing module of the aforesaid inertial sensing apparatus detects changes of gravity caused by tilts of the inertial sensing apparatus and then generates inclination signals accordingly while enabling a wireless transmitter to send the same to a micro processing unit where the inclination signals are filtered and then compared with predefined datum signals so as to enable a cursor control circuit to define/control movements of a cursor displayed on a display according to the comparison. In addition, an effect of vibration measured along an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system of X-, Y-, and Z-axes defining the inertial sensing apparatus can be eliminated by the use of variations of signals measured along other axes of the Cartesian coordinate system. Preferably, by using two Y-axis accelerometers of the micro inertial sensing module to measure a difference of centrifugal forces detected respectively thereby, the adverse affection of centrifugal forces exerting upon the Y-axis can be eliminated. |
| US07812816B2 |
Powerless signal generation for use in conjunction with a powerless position determination device
A reflector and a powerless signal generator mechanism are incorporated into a single powerless pointing device. A light source generates a light signal, and the reflector incorporated within the powerless pointing device reflects the light signal back to a image collection system of a computer. Image data is generated, and is used to generate position data relating to the position of the reflector. The position is correlated to a position on a graphical user interface. A user action activates the powerless signal generator mechanism, generating a signal. The signal can be, for example, in the form of a sound pulse having one or more predetermined frequencies or an RF signal generated by a piezo-electric transducer. |
| US07812813B2 |
ePaper stamp
A method and apparatus are provided for stamping a piece of ePaper. A grid is positioned within a selected distance to a first side of the piece of ePaper. A grounding pin conductively connects a conductive backing plate located on a second side of the piece of ePaper. The grounding pin completes a voltage path from the grid through the piece of ePaper to the conductive backing plate. A voltage is supplied to the grid and supplying the voltage to the grid changes the appearance of the piece of ePaper to form a stamped image. |
| US07812809B2 |
Display device and a method thereof
The display device includes a backlight unit including a field sequential light source operated using a sequential partition method and an optical shutter using an electrowetting phenomenon disposed on a light emitting surface of the backlight unit and switching light outputted from the backlight unit. |
| US07812806B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and method of driving the same
A liquid crystal display device with low power consumption is provided by using a driver circuit and a pixel that have novel circuit structures. In a liquid crystal display device using n (n is a natural number and satisfies n≧2) bit digital video signals to display an image, n×m (m is a natural number) memory circuits and n×k (k is a natural number) non-volatile memory circuits are provided in each pixel, thereby giving the device a function of storing m frames of digital video signals in the memory circuits and a function of storing k frames of digital video signals in the non-volatile memory circuits. Once stored in the memory circuits, the digital video signals are repeatedly read out for every new frame to display a still image, so that driving of a source signal line driver circuit can be stopped during still image display. Moreover, digital video signals stored in the non-volatile memory circuits are kept stored after power supply is shut off and hence the image of the stored data can immediately be displayed next time the display device is turned on. |
| US07812805B2 |
Driver circuit and display device
To provide a driver circuit that enables reduction in the number of elements formed through a high-voltage process and in chip size. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a driver circuit for inversion-driving a liquid crystal display panel, including: a positive-polarity line transmitting a positive display signal relative to a common electrode signal; a negative-polarity line transmitting a negative display signal relative to the common electrode signal; a dot inversion switch circuit switching the positive-polarity line and the negative-polarity line from each other to be connected with a source line; a charge recovery circuit connected with the positive-polarity line through a positive charge recovery switch and connected with the negative-polarity line through a negative charge recovery switch; and a common short circuit connecting the positive-polarity line and the negative-polarity line with a common electrode. |
| US07812802B2 |
Liquid crystal display overdrive accuracy adjustment device and method
An overdrive accuracy adjustment device and method for use in a liquid crystal display panel is presented. According to a current grayscale value of a pixel in an awaiting to be displayed image and a previous grayscale value of the corresponding pixel in an already-displayed image, the corresponding overdrive grayscale value is found from a look-up table. In order to more efficiently use the limited storage capacity of the look-up table as well as improve the accuracy of the overdrive, in accordance with the physical characteristics of the liquid crystal display panel in particular (in particular to the grayscale values which often require the overdrive), the gap size between the current grayscale values and/or the gap size between the previous grayscale values may be adjusted in the look-up table, without having to increase the quantity of the overdrive grayscale values stored in the look-up table. |
| US07812797B2 |
Organic light emitting device
An organic light emitting device includes first and second sub pixels. The first sub pixel includes at least one first sub pixel that emits a light of original colors, and the second sub pixel includes at least one second sub pixel that emits a light of complementary colors, wherein a specific sub pixel is selected from the first and second sub pixels and a light emitting efficiency of a remaining sub pixels are adjusted according to a light emitting efficiency of a selected sub pixel from among the first and second sub pixels, so that the OLED displays a white color when each sub pixel emits a maximum amount of light. |
| US07812796B2 |
Pixel circuit of organic light emitting display
A pixel circuit includes a first transistor transmitting a reference signal or a data signal in response to a selection signal applied through a scan line, second and third transistors inputting a reference current in response to a control signal applied through a control line, a first capacitor storing a voltage compensated by the input reference current to compensate for the data signal received from the first transistor, a second capacitor storing the compensated data signal by the first capacitor, a fourth transistor receiving the compensated data signal to generate a driving current, a fifth transistor transmitting the driving current in response to the control signal applied through the control line, and an organic light emitting diode receiving the driving current from the fifth transistor to emit light. |
| US07812795B2 |
Modulation of common voltage and method for controlling AMOLED panel
A control circuit for use in an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) panel comprising a memory unit and a voltage control unit is provided. The operating time of the AMOLED panel is counted and saved by the memory unit. According to the memory unit's information, the voltage control unit decides a common voltage. The purpose of the present invention is to reduce the common voltage when the turn-on time of the AMOLED panel is increased so that the increase in the voltage difference between the two terminals of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) of the AMOLED panel may be compensated. Thus, the present invention may provide a stable driving current for the OLED and a stable picture definition for the AMOLED panel. |
| US07812792B2 |
Electron emission display device and control method of the same
An electron emission display device and a control method of the same. The electron emission display device includes a display region having a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines; a plurality of pixels arranged in regions defined by the scanning lines and the data lines; a data driving unit for transmitting a data signal to the data lines; a scanning driving unit for transmitting a scanning signal to the scanning lines; and a controlling unit for identifying display data for indicating a brightness displayed by the pixels, and correcting the input data input into the pixels using compensation coefficients corresponding to the pixels. In this electron emission device, the input data is corrected in the controlling unit by multiplying the compensation coefficients by the input data. |
| US07812791B2 |
Electron emission display and driving method thereof
An electron emission display and a driving method thereof adjust a brightness differently according to a brightness of a frame in order to reduce power consumption and prevent a gradual failure from occurring, and easily recognize a change of the brightness. A pixel portion receives a data signal and a scan signal, and displays an image. A data driver generates the data signal using video data and transfers the data signal to the pixel portion. A scan driver transfers the scan signal to the pixel portion. A timing controller transfers a drive signal to drive the data driver and the scan driver, to the data driver and the scan driver. A data processor generates a control signal corresponding to frame data obtained by summing a value of video data inputted during one frame. A power supply section generates a drive voltage and transfers the drive voltage to the pixel portion, the data driver, the scan driver, the timing controller, and the data processor. A brightness of the pixel portion is changed according to the control signal, and a change amount of the brightness is changed according to a hysteresis curve. |
| US07812789B2 |
Plasma display apparatus and method of driving the same
A method of driving a plasma display apparatus is disclosed. The method includes supplying a data signal to a discharge cell during a-th to b-th subfields, arranged in increasing order of gray level weight, of an n-th frame, and supplying a data signal to the discharge cell during a (b+1)-th subfield of an (n+1)-th frame. The number of sustain signals assigned in the a-th to b-th subfields of the n-th frame is less than the number of sustain signals assigned in the (b+1)-th subfield of the (n+1)-th frame. The number of sustain signals assigned in a (b+1)-th subfield of the n-th frame is less than the number of sustain signals assigned in the (b+1)-th subfield of the (n+1)-th frame. |
| US07812787B2 |
Light emitting display and driving method thereof
A light emitting display device having features of enhanced aperture ratio, yield, and volumetric efficiency of panel space that may be enhanced. The light emitting display device includes—a first driver and a second driver. The first driver sequentially generates selection signals to be applied to selection signal lines of a first group of pixels in each of first and second fields, and sequentially generates first and second light emission control signals to be applied to the first group of pixels in the first and second fields, respectively. The second driver sequentially generates selection signals to be applied to selection signal lines of a second group of pixels in each of the first and second fields, and sequentially generates first and second light emission control signals to be applied to the second group of pixels in the first and second fields, respectively. |
| US07812784B2 |
Headrest mounted entertainment system
In certain embodiments, a mobile video system is provided that includes a first entertainment system mountable in a first headrest of a vehicle. The first entertainment system includes a first input having a structure and a first output having a structure. The mobile video system also includes a second entertainment system mountable in a second headrest of a vehicle. The second entertainment system includes a second input and a second output. The second input has a structure the same as the structure of the first input and the second output has a structure the same as the structure of the first output. The mobile video system also includes an adapter configured to couple the first input with the second output and the second input with the first output. |
| US07812781B2 |
Matching device and antenna matching circuit
A battery portion (BAT) or another type of voltage shift portion is provided for shifting a control voltage (V2) in a direction which causes the anode potential of a variable-capacitance diode (VD) to be a negative potential and superimposes its battery voltage (Vb) on the control voltage (V2). Specifically, the battery portion (BAT) is inserted in a direction which causes the control voltage (V2) to be decreased and operates such that [control voltage (V2)−battery voltage (Vb)] is applied to the anode terminal of the variable-capacitance diode (VD). Then, the voltage applied to the variable-capacitance diode (VD) is [control voltage (V2)−control voltage (V1)−battery voltage (Vb)]. Thus, the variable capacitance range of the variable-capacitance diode (VD) is increased. |
| US07812779B2 |
RFID transceiver sensitivity focusing system
Shielding of a particular material and geometry is interposed between a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) antenna transceiver and a zone to be monitored by the antenna. The shielding has an aperture therein that to some extent defines a degree of focusing of the radio frequency (“RF”) field associated with the antenna. RFID tags having appropriate RFID circuitry are only detected by the antenna when they pass within the focused RF field. The shielding is formed of a thin metalized plastic material, such as film used in forming anti-static material for storage of sensitive electronics. One particular formulation is primarily polyethylene film with an aluminum coating or layer thereon. |
| US07812773B2 |
Mobile wireless communications device antenna assembly with antenna element and floating director element on flexible substrate and related methods
A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a circuit board carried by the portable housing and having a ground plane thereon, wireless communications circuitry carried by the circuit board, and an antenna assembly carried by the housing. More particularly, the antenna assembly may include a flexible substrate, an electrically conductive antenna element on the flexible substrate and connected to the wireless communications circuitry and the ground plane, and a floating, electrically conductive director element on the flexible substrate for directing a beam pattern of the antenna element. |
| US07812772B2 |
Antenna, and associated method, for a multi-band radio device
Antenna apparatus, and an associated method, for a mobile station, or other radio device. A folded conducting strip is formed upon multiple sides of a cube-shaped, or other three-dimensional substrate of small dimensions. The conducting strip exhibits resonance at multiple frequencies, such as at frequencies encompassing the 800/900/1800/1900/2200 MHz frequencies. Because of the positioning of the conducting strip upon the multiple sides of the substrate, a conducting strip of increase length is provided while permitting the dimensional requirements of the antenna structure to be small. Multiple antennas are able to be positioned at the radio device to provide for multiple-input, multiple-output radio operation. |
| US07812770B2 |
Mobile wireless communications device including an electrically conductive, electrically floating element and related methods
A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing having a surface, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB. The device may further include an antenna connected to the transceiver, and at least one electrically floating, electrically conductive, antenna beam shaping element secured to the surface of the portable housing for directing a beam pattern of the antenna. |
| US07812766B2 |
Locating a mobile station and applications therefor
A location system is disclosed for wireless telecommunication infrastructures. The system is an end-to-end solution having one or more location systems for outputting requested locations of hand sets or mobile stations (MS) based on, e.g., AMPS, NAMPS, CDMA or TDMA communication standards, for processing both local mobile station location requests and more global mobile station location requests via, e.g., Internet communication between a distributed network of location systems. The system uses a plurality of mobile station locating technologies including those based on: (1) two-way TOA and TDOA; (2) home base stations and (3) distributed antenna provisioning. Further, the system can be modularly configured for use in location signaling environments ranging from urban, dense urban, suburban, rural, mountain to low traffic or isolated roadways. The system is useful for 911 emergency calls, tracking, routing, people and animal location including applications for confinement to and exclusion from certain areas. |
| US07812762B2 |
Relative inter-vehicle position calculation apparatus, transmission apparatus and program for same
An on-board communication equipment on each of two vehicles receives a radio wave from two or more GPS satellites, and determines a carrier wave phase of the received radio wave. Then, the on-board communication equipment on one vehicle receives, from the other vehicle, information on the carrier wave phase observed in the other vehicle. Further, the on-board communication equipment calculates a relative position of a self vehicle relative to the other vehicle by a Carrier-Phase DGPS positioning based on a difference between two carrier wave phases (e.g., single difference, double difference or the like), that is, one from the self vehicle and one from the other vehicle, both having the same observation time, from among the available carrier wave phases. |
| US07812759B2 |
Radar apparatus for detection position information of a target by receiving reflection signals reflected by the target with a plurality of reception antennas
A radar apparatus includes a DBF process portion for grouping reception signals over plural channels into plural groups and performing DBF on each group, a summing portion for summing amplitudes or power of frequency components obtained by the DBF performed by the DBF process portion on each group, a peak detecting portion for detecting a peak frequency of a signal of the electric wave reflected by a target from results of the summation at the summing portion, a distance/speed calculating portion for calculating the distance and speed of the target based on the peak frequency, and an angle calculating portion for extracting a frequency component of the peak frequency detected by the peak detecting portion to calculate the angle of the electric wave reflected by the target. Thus, the amount of DBF calculation can be reduced, and a highly accurate positional information of the target can be obtained. |
| US07812758B2 |
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging system
One embodiment of the invention includes a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system. The system comprises a radar transmitter configured to transmit a combined signal, the combined signal comprising a first signal that is a modulated SAR radar signal and a second signal that is a modulated signal. The system also comprises at least one radar receiver configured to receive a reflected combined signal that comprises a reflected first signal and a reflected second signal, and to demodulate the reflected first and second signals. The reflected first and second signals can correspond to the first and second signals having been reflected from a target. The system further comprises a radar image processor configured to generate a radar image of the target based on signal parameters associated with the reflected first signal and based on information comprised within the reflected second signal. |
| US07812757B1 |
Hybrid analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with binary-weighted-capacitor sampling array and a sub-sampling charge-redistributing array for sub-voltage generation
A hybrid Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) has a binary-weighted capacitor array and a sub-voltage capacitor array that are coupled together by a coupling capacitor. The sub-voltage capacitor array uses a minimum capacitor size that matches the minimum capacitor size of the binary-weighted capacitor array. The coupling capacitor is double the minimum size and reduces a voltage effect on a charge sharing line by half. Second coupling capacitors in the sub-voltage capacitor array each reduce the voltage effect by half, so that first, second, and third sub-voltage capacitors in the sub-voltage capacitor array produce ½, ¼, and ⅛ voltage swings using the minimum size capacitance. Only MSB capacitors in the binary-weighted capacitor array sample the analog input voltage. During conversion, MSB's from a Successive-Approximation-Register (SAR) are applied to binary-weighted capacitors while LSB's are applied to sub-voltage capacitors. The total capacitance is reduced by applying the LSB's only to the sub-voltage capacitor array. |
| US07812756B2 |
Pipeline A/D converter and digital camera
In each of a plurality of stages, an input analog signal is quantized, so that a digital signal corresponding to each part of bits is generated. ADA conversion portion generates an analog reference signal based on the digital signal, and a remainder operation portion performs addition/subtraction and amplification by a predetermined factor with respect to the input analog signal. Then, the signal thus obtained is supplied to a subsequent stage. The DA conversion portion in the first stage where A/D conversion of a plurality of bits is performed includes primary voltage supply portions capable of outputting a reference voltage at one of a plurality of levels, and an auxiliary voltage supply portion capable of outputting a reference voltage at an auxiliary level different from the above-described level. The respective voltage supply portions selectively output the reference voltages based on a digital signal generated by an AD conversion portion. Based on a combination of the output reference voltages, the analog reference signal in accordance with the digital signal is generated. It is possible to reduce power consumption while suppressing an increase in the area of an element. |
| US07812751B2 |
Method and device for digital-to-analog conversion with filtering
The invention relates to a device and a method for converting a digital signal having a plurality of data-bits into a filtered analog signal. A device according to the invention includes a delay element arranged to produce one or more differently delayed version of the digital signal and a digital-to-analog conversion circuitry arranged to convert the digital signal and the one or more differently delayed, and possibly differently scaled, versions of the digital signal into analog signals and to produce the filtered analog signal as a combination of the analog signals. Therefore, the device constitutes not only a digital-to-analog-converter but also a finite impulse response filter. |
| US07812747B2 |
System and method for common mode calibration in an analog to digital converter
A conversion circuit increases a gain of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) preamplifier by minimizing a common mode offset voltage between an input signal and a reference signal. The feedback controller circuit calibrates an input common mode voltage to mitigate a common mode offset voltage. Reduction of the common mode offset voltage increases the gain of the ADC preamplifier. In an example, the method is executed during a hold phase of a track-and-hold circuit that transmits the input signal to the ADC. |
| US07812745B2 |
Coding apparatus, decoding apparatus, amplitude adjustment apparatus, recorded information reader, signal processing apparatus and storage system
A general purpose of the present invention is to improve a DC-free property with a further reduced circuit scale while satisfying a run-length limit. An RLL/DC-free coding unit coding includes a first RLL coding unit, a first signal processing unit, a second RLL coding unit, and a DC component removal coding unit. The first RLL coding unit generates a first coded sequence by subjecting a digital signal sequence outputted from a scrambler to run-length limited coding. The first signal processing unit performs a predetermined signal processing on the digital signal sequence without changing the number of a plurality of bits contained in the digital signal sequence outputted from the scrambler 302. The second RLL coding unit generates a second coded sequence by subjecting the digital signal sequence, which is outputted from the first signal processing unit and on which the predetermined signal processing has been performed by the signal processing unit, to run-length limited coding. |
| US07812744B2 |
Method for error handling
In a method for error handling in transmission of a datum over a communications system, at least two data words consisting of bits are generated for the datum in accordance with a predefined coding rule, and one of the generated data words is selected taking into consideration a running digital sum formed over the corresponding data word, and the running digital sum of the selected data word is used for the formation of a first running digital sum. The selected data word is converted into a code data word, and a bit of the data word is in each case assigned a two-bit string with two different single-bit values. The code data word and the first running digital sum are transmitted. The received code data word is examined to ascertain whether an erroneous two-bit string exists, in which case the error is corrected using the first running digital sum. |
| US07812743B2 |
Information additive code generator and decoder for communication systems
An encoder uses an input file of data and a key to produce an output symbol. An output symbol with key I is generated by determining a weight, W(I), for the output symbol to be generated, selecting W(I) of the input symbols associated with the output symbol according to a function of I, and generating the output symbol's value B(I) from a predetermined value function F(I) of the selected W(I) input symbols. An encoder can be called repeatedly to generate multiple output symbols. The output symbols are generally independent of each other, and an unbounded number (subject to the resolution of I) can be generated, if needed. A decoder receives some or all of the output symbols generated. The number of output symbols needed to decode an input file is equal to, or slightly greater than, the number of input symbols comprising the file, assuming that input symbols and output symbols represent the same number of bits of data. |
| US07812736B2 |
Machine tool probe
A probe has internal circuitry capable of operating in a plurality of different modes, for example a variety of filter modes and turn off modes. A switch on the probe sends an input to a controller which is arranged to set the mode in response to operation of the switch. The switch may be a push button which is operated externally of the probe by means of an actuator in the form of a plunger. The probe has a workpiece-contacting stylus mounted on a seat from which it is deflectable. The stylus and the seat may comprise the switch. An indicator, e.g., an LED, indicates the mode in response to an output from the controller. The controller outputs a plurality of indications of different modes in a sequence and a mode is selected by operating the switch once the desired mode is indicated. |
| US07812733B2 |
Container power sensing system and method
An automated and/or remote method for identifying and/or changing the source of power for these generator sets, which may apply to any environment where there are alternative sources of power available which must be managed remotely (such as for other powered containers not used for refrigeration transport). |
| US07812727B2 |
Wireless tag determination method, wireless tag determination system, reader control device, and storage medium
A system and method for determining a failed wireless tag includes capturing images of articles having wireless tags, recognizing an image including wireless tags from among captured images calculating a number of wireless tags and distance information from the reader to each wireless tag based on the recognized image including wireless tags; changing a read range of the reader based on a location wireless tag having a predetermined distance information from the reader; and changing the read range of the reader when a number of wireless tags read by the reader and a number of wireless tags calculated do not match and determining a failed wireless tag based on the changed read range and distance information calculated. |
| US07812713B2 |
Device for measuring speed, particularly for cycles
Device for measuring speed of a cycle having a frame, at least one wheel, a fastening axle about which the wheel is adapted to rotate, and a nut adapted to be threaded upon a threaded portion of the axle. The device includes a mechanism for detecting the rotation of the wheel, the device including a fixed sensor mounted on a portion of the cycle frame, adapted to detect the passing of an associated movable sensor element fixed for movement to the wheel, as well as a signal processor for processing the signal generated by the fixed sensor. At least one of, or both, the fixed sensor and the signal processor are housed in a casing fixed to the nut of the fastening axle for the wheel. The casing is fixed to an arm extending radially from the nut. |
| US07812712B2 |
Method and system for controlling a vehicle given to a third party
A method and system for controlling a vehicle given to a third party. The system includes a system controller; a mode-indicating device coupled to the system controller; and an authenticator coupled to the system controller. Here, the system controller is adapted to communicate a driving restriction to the vehicle upon an activation of the mode-indicating device by an authorized driver and until a deactivation of the mode-indicating device by the authorized driver, the system controller is adapted to restrict the activation and the deactivation of the mode-indicating device unless the authorized driver has been authenticated by the authenticator, and the driving restriction includes a limit selected from the group consisting of a limit in number of starts, a limit in speed, a limit in acceleration, a limit in number of minutes, a limit in distance, a limit in gears, a limit in locations, and combinations thereof. |
| US07812711B2 |
Passenger vehicle safety and monitoring system and method
A passenger vehicle safety system is provided which comprises a violation system, a warning system or an inside system. The violation system collects evidence of traffic violation occurring in a vicinity of a passenger vehicle. The warning system provides a warning to individuals outside and in the vicinity of the passenger vehicle. The intra-vehicle system collects images of persons inside, or in the vicinity of, the passenger vehicle, so as to allow the passenger vehicle's driver or one or more individuals located at a remote location, some distance from the passenger, to monitor activity in and around the passenger vehicle. Information captured by the inside system can be viewed in real time, as the information is being collected, or some time later, or both. |
| US07812709B2 |
Office communication system
An office communication system provides intra-office communication within a medical or dental office, for example. The system includes a door or wall unit, a table or desk unit, and a wearable or portable unit. The door and desk units are configured to transmit and receive both infrared and radio frequency type wireless signals. The portable unit may include an infrared light transmitter configured to transmit infrared light encoded with a unique address or identifier. The system operates to non-obtrusively notify office personnel whether a practitioner has entered or is presently within a particular exam room of the office, even if a door of the exam room is closed. |
| US07812705B1 |
High temperature thermistor probe
In one embodiment, a thermistor probe includes a probe body, a high temperature NTC semiconductor thermistor attached to the probe body, and at least two conductive leads attached to the high temperature NTC semiconductor thermistor. |
| US07812703B2 |
MEMS device using NiMn alloy and method of manufacture
A material for forming a conductive structure for a MEMS device is described, which is an alloy containing about 0.01% manganese and the remainder nickel. Data shows that the alloy possesses advantageous mechanical and electrical properties. In particular, the sheet resistance of the alloy is actually lower than the sheet resistance of the pure metal. In addition, the alloy may have superior creep and higher recrystallization temperature than the pure metal. It is hypothesized that these advantageous material properties are a result of the larger grain structure existing in the NiMn alloy film compared to the pure nickel metal film. These properties may make the alloy appropriate for applications such as MEMS thermal electrical switches for telecommunications applications. |
| US07812702B2 |
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. |
| US07812700B2 |
Surface-mounted choke coil
In a choke coil adapted to be surface-mounted on a board, a drum core including a core rod, and a circular first flange provided on a lower end of the core rod. A coil is wound around the core rod. Each of a pair of electrodes is electrically connected to an associated one end of the coil, and includes a first part provided on a lower face of the first flange adapted to oppose a connection land on the board and a second part provided on a side face of the first flange. The second part of each of the electrodes is adapted to hold a solder fillet together with the land. In a case where a hypothetic square circumscribing an outer periphery of the first flange is defined, the second part is located within the square and on a line connecting diagonal corners of the square. |
| US07812699B2 |
Oil cooling system, particularly for transformers feeding traction electric motors, transformer with said system and method for determining the cooling fluid flow in a cooling system
An oil cooling system, which may be employed for transformers feeding traction electric motors and for oil in a high viscosity condition, includes a first heat exchanger between a heat generating source to cooling oil that is connected by delivery and return ducts to a second heat exchanger cooling the oil by transmitting the heat absorbed at the first heat exchanger to an environment having a lower temperature than the cooling oil. The oil cooling system also includes devices flowing the cooling oil from the first to the second heat exchanger and vice versa, and devices monitoring oil flow in the circuit, for example by indicating operating conditions of the cooling system and/or by performing safety operations when the heat generating source becomes overheated. |
| US07812693B1 |
Lowpass-bandstop common mode filter for differential lines carrying high rate digital signals
The present invention provides a novel structure that can be used to make a common mode filter. Only the common mode will be attenuated and the differential mode will not be attenuated. This structure can be implemented in a number of ways, a specific embodiment using strip-line and slot-line junctions is very compact and well-suited to use with multilayer PCBs, and does not require any extra components. It can be designed to attenuate certain discrete frequencies, by designing the poles of the transfer function to be at these frequencies. |
| US07812691B1 |
Functionally graded coatings for lead wires in medical implantable hermetic feedthrough assemblies
A feedthrough filter capacitor assembly is described. The feedthrough filter capacitor assembly comprises an outer ferrule hermetically sealed to an insulator of a dielectric material seated within the ferrule. The insulative material is also hermetically sealed to at least one lead wire. Instead of being made of platinum or platinum/iridium, the lead wire comprises a core of a non-noble metal supporting a functionally graded coating. The metal core has an inner layer of the same the non-noble metal of the core and an outer layer of a noble metal. A gradient transition zone exists between the non-noble metal and the outer noble metal. Consequently, lead wires having all the beneficial attributes of platinum and platinum/iridium wire can be built into hermetic feedthroughs, but at a significantly reduced cost. In a preferred form, a filter capacitor is mounted on the insulator and electrically connected to the lead wires and to the ferrule to prevent unwanted EMI signals from traveling along the wires and entering the interior of the medical device. |
| US07812690B2 |
Compact power-agile filter, particularly for radiocommunication system amplification module
The invention relates to a compact power-agile filter. The filter is a capacitance-weight filter comprising two electromagnetically-coupled oscillating circuits. Each oscillating circuit comprises capacitance weights. Each capacitance weight is controlled by signals. The filter comprises at least one motherboard and one daughterboard which are physically separate. The daughterboard comprises the capacitance weights, the motherboard comprises all the oscillating circuits. In particular, the invention applies to the power filter included in a radiocommunication system amplification module. For example, the invention can be used by a radiocommunication system that can be programmed by software means adapting to a range of signals extending over a wide frequency band. |
| US07812684B2 |
Communication apparatus
A communication apparatus has a local oscillator which performs phase modulation based on a phase component of a baseband signal and outputs a phase modulated signal, a controlling circuit which is supplied with an integer portion included in an amplitude component of the baseband signal and generates and outputs a controlling signal based on a size of the integer portion, a subtractor which is supplied with the integer portion and the controlling signal, subtracts a value of the controlling signal from the integer portion, and outputs a result, a MASH (Multi-stAge-noise-Shaping) circuit which is a second-order delta-sigma modulation means supplied with a fractional portion of the amplitude component, an order of the MASH circuit being switchable between a first order and a second order based on the controlling signal, and an amplifier which sets a voltage value based on an output of the MASH circuit and an output of the subtractor, multiplies the voltage value and the phase modulated signal, and outputs a result. |
| US07812680B1 |
MEMS resonator-based signal modulation
Disclosed herein are devices and methods for generating a modulated signal with a MEMS resonator, or microresonator. A bias, or polarization, voltage for activating the MEMS resonator is determined by a control signal, or input voltage, indicative of information to be carried by the modulated signal. In some cases, the MEMS resonator may be driven by an oscillator circuit to facilitate operation of the MEMS resonator. The control signal may include an amplitude modulated voltage or a digital data stream such that output signals of the MEMS resonator or oscillator circuit may carry information via frequency modulation, such as frequency shift keying modulation. |
| US07812679B2 |
Multi-band frequency generation method and apparatus
A frequency generation unit (FGU) 100 includes a plurality of selectable voltage controlled oscillators (110) whose output frequencies are chosen in relationship with a predetermined intermediate frequency (IF) and frequency divider value (M) to provide multi-band frequency generation capability in a single communication device. A programmable reference divider (104), phase detector (174) and programmable charge pump (106) take an incoming reference frequency (120) and generate a charge pump output (124) to optimize the in-band phase noise in the FGU 100. A fixed loop filter (108) filters the charge pump output (124) to generate a control voltage (126) for the selectable VCOs (110). The desired frequency band is selected and enabled using control logic (128). |
| US07812677B2 |
Synthesizer characterization in real time
A frequency synthesizer includes a phase locked loop (PLL) for generating a desired frequency. The PLL includes two loop filters. A characterization circuit is included, which is configured to receive a digital word for characterizing the PLL and provide a pre-charge value for pre-charging one of the loop filters to generate the desired frequency. A successive approximation analog to digital (A/D) converter is coupled between the loop filters and the characterization circuit, for providing both (a) the digital word to the characterization circuit, and (b) the pre-charge value to the selected loop filter. The digital word includes n-bits ranging in values from a most significant bit (MSB) to a least significant bit (LSB), and the pre-charge value is formed by the n-bits. The successive approximation A/D converter includes a successive approximation register (SAR) for forming the digital word, and a digital to analog (D/A) converter for forming the pre-charge value. The successive approximation A/D converter includes a comparator for comparing (a) a value corresponding to a loop filter voltage with (b) an analog value formed by a bit of the digital word. |
| US07812674B2 |
Common centroid electrostatic discharge protection for integrated circuit devices
A method of protecting a circuit design implemented within an integrated circuit (IC) from electrostatic discharge (ESD) can include positioning a device array pair comprising first and second device arrays on the IC to share a common centroid, wherein the first and second device arrays are matched. An ESD diode array pair comprising first and second ESD diode arrays can be positioned on the IC adjacent to a first perimeter encompassing the first and second device arrays, wherein the first and second ESD diode arrays share the common centroid and are matched. A cathode terminal of each ESD diode of the first ESD diode array can be coupled to an input of the first device array, and a cathode terminal of each ESD diode of the second ESD diode array can be coupled to an input of the second device array. |
| US07812673B1 |
Amplifier having input/output cells with discrete gain steps
An amplifier has an input section with one or more input cells and an output section with one or more output cells. Either the input section or the output section includes at least two cells that may be selected to provide discrete gain settings. A loop amplifier is configured in a feedback arrangement with the input section. The input and output sections may have multiple selectable cells to provide coarse and fine gain steps. The gain of the loop amplifier may be coordinated with the gain of the input section to provide constant bandwidth operation. |
| US07812672B2 |
Low noise amplifier having improved linearity
Embodiments of the present general inventive concept include a low noise amplifier and method with an improved linearity while reducing a noise disadvantage (e.g., increase). One embodiment of a low noise amplifier can include a first transistor to receive an input signal at a control terminal thereof, a second transistor having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the first transistor, an envelope detector to output a control signal corresponding to a characteristic of the input signal and an envelope amplifier to amplify the control signal to be applied to a control terminal of the second transistor. |
| US07812671B2 |
Transformer and structure thereof and power amplifier
A transformer and a structure thereof and a power amplifier are provided. The transformer includes a first inductor to a fourth inductor, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor. A first terminal of the first inductor receives a first signal. A first terminal of the second inductor is coupled to the first terminal of the first inductor. A first terminal of the third inductor receives a second signal, and a second terminal of the third inductor is coupled to a second terminal of the first inductor. A first terminal of the fourth inductor is coupled to the first terminal of the third inductor. The first capacitor is coupled between the first terminal of the first inductor and the first terminal of the third inductor. The second capacitor is coupled between a second terminal of the second inductor and a second terminal of the forth inductor. |
| US07812666B2 |
Low delay corrector
A low delay corrector (LDC) unit includes a non-linear function generator and a filter. The nonlinear function generator receives a first signal and outputs a second signal in dependence on the first signal and a transfer function of the nonlinear function generator. The filter is fed in dependence on the second signal output by the nonlinear function generator. The first signal received by the nonlinear function generator is derived in dependence on an input signal provided to an input of the LDC unit and an output of the filter. An output of the LDC unit is derived in dependence on the first signal received by the nonlinear function generator and the second signal output by the nonlinear function generator. |
| US07812664B1 |
Method of and circuit for suppressing noise in a circuit
A method of suppressing noise in a circuit is disclosed. The method comprises providing a supply voltage to a first terminal of the circuit; providing a ground voltage to a second terminal of the circuit; providing a clock signal to the circuit; and actively decoupling noise from at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal of the circuit by actively decoupling noise synchronously with the clock signal. A circuit for suppressing noise in a circuit is also disclosed. |
| US07812663B2 |
Bandgap voltage reference circuit
A bandgap voltage reference circuit includes an operational amplifier, a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a first resistor, a second resistor, a first diode, a second diode, and a divider. The first transistor, the second transistor, and the third transistor form current mirrors. The reference current of the current mirrors is generated according to the first diode, the second diode, and the first resistor. The reference voltage of the voltage reference circuit is output from the first end of the second resistor. The divider is coupled to the second end of the second resistor so that the reference voltage of the voltage reference circuit can be reduced. |
| US07812658B2 |
Clock generation circuit
A clock generation circuit, which includes a reference clock delay circuit including a number M of delay units connected in series, and configured to delay a reference clock by L cycles; and an oscillation circuit including a number N of delay units connected in series, and configured to generate an oscillation clock according to the following Equation, tOS = 2 N × DD = 2 N × L × tCLK M where each delay unit is configured to delay an input signal by a reference delay amount DD, tOS is a period of the oscillation clock, and tCLK is the reference clock. |
| US07812655B2 |
Delay-locked loop control
This invention relates to devices, a chip, a method and a computer-readable medium for controlling operation of a delay-locked loop. A delay-locked loop unit is adapted to trigger generation of first-type edges of a target signal. A main control unit is adapted to control operation of the delay-locked loop unit in a way that the delay-locked loop unit is turned on before generation of each first-type edge of the target signal and turned off after generation of each first-type edge. |
| US07812653B2 |
Power supply noise rejection in PLL or DLL circuits
A phase controller can be part of a phase-locked loop (PLL) or a delay-locked loop (DLL). The phase controller includes first and second regulators. The first regulator provides power supply noise rejection while the second regulator provides phase and frequency lock. |
| US07812652B2 |
Locked loops, bias generators, charge pumps and methods for generating control voltages
Locked loops, bias generators, charge pumps and methods for generating control voltages are disclosed, such as a bias generator that generates bias voltages for use by a clock signal generator, such as a voltage controlled delay line, in a locked loop having a phase detector and a charge pump. The charge pump can either charge or discharge a capacitor as a function of a signal from the phase detector to generate a control voltage. The bias generator can receive the control voltage from the capacitor, and it generates bias voltages corresponding thereto. A portion of the bias generator can have a topography that is substantially the same as at least a portion of the topography of the charge pump. As a result, it can cause the charge pump to charge the capacitor at the same rate that it discharges the capacitor over a relatively wide range of control voltages. The charge pump and the bias generator can also include circuitry for limiting the charging of the capacitor when the control voltage is relatively low. |
| US07812644B2 |
Digital frequency detector and digital phase locked loop using the digital frequency detector
A digital frequency detector and a digital phase locked loop (PLL) are provided. The digital frequency detector includes a first conversion unit which outputs a first frequency as first frequency information of a digital type using a first ring oscillator that operates in a high-level period of the first frequency, a second conversion unit which outputs a second frequency as second frequency information of a digital type using a second ring oscillator that operates in a high-level period of the second frequency, and an operation unit which outputs a digital frequency for the first frequency by calculating a ratio of the first frequency information to the second frequency information. |
| US07812643B2 |
Implementing CML multiplexer load balancing
A method and current mode logic (CML) multiplexer circuit for implementing load balancing, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. CML multiplexer circuit includes first and second differential transistor pairs receiving a first differential input signal and a second differential input signal. The respective transistors of the first and second differential transistor pairs are connected to respective differential signal first and second outputs. CML multiplexer circuit includes load balancing third and fourth differential transistor pairs receiving the first differential input signal and the second differential input signal. The respective transistors of the load balancing third and fourth differential transistor pairs are connected to the opposite differential signal outputs as the first and second differential transistor pairs and the select devices are turned off, matching the source impedance of the unselected first or second differential transistor pair. |
| US07812640B2 |
Bridge design for SD and MMC data buses
A circuit with bi-directional signal transmission, including a first signal source, for generating a first signal comprising one bit per clock cycle during a first plurality of clock cycles, a second signal source, for generating a second signal including one bit per clock cycle during a second plurality of clock cycles, a first buffer, coupled with the first signal source, that outputs the first signal when the first buffer is enabled, a second buffer, coupled with the second signal source, that outputs the second signal when the second buffer is enabled, and a plurality of logical gates, coupled with the first signal source, the second signal source, the first buffer and the second buffer, that control enablement of the first buffer and the second buffer, such that (i) at any given clock cycle at least one of the first buffer and the second buffer is disabled, and (ii) when the first buffer and said the buffer are both disabled, subsequent generation of a ‘0’ bit in the first signal or the second signal causes enablement of the first buffer or the second buffer, respectively. |
| US07812639B2 |
Extending drive capability in integrated circuits utilizing programmable-voltage output circuits
An integrated circuit (IC) includes an output driver circuit portion that is electrically configurable, via a configuration input, to operate in either a first mode or a second mode corresponding to an indication of a condition of the IC, such as a supply voltage indication, the first mode and the second mode having different drive characteristics. A configuration interface circuit portion as part of the improved IC is adapted to selectively override the configuration input to configure operation of the output driver circuit portion in either the first mode or the second mode based on a drive strength control input, regardless of the condition of the IC. |
| US07812638B2 |
Input output device for mixed-voltage tolerant
An input output device coupled between a core circuit and a pad and including an output cell, an input cell, and a pre-driver. The output cell includes an output stage and a voltage level converter. The output stage includes a first transistor and a second transistor connected to the first transistor in serial between a first supply voltage and a second voltage. The voltage level converter generates a first gate voltage to the first transistor according to the first voltage and a data signal. When the first supply voltage is increased, the first gate voltage is increased. When the data signal is at a high level, the first transistor is turned on. The input cell includes a pull unit and a first N-type transistor. The pre-driver turns off the first and the second transistors. |
| US07812637B2 |
Level shifter
Input transistors have sources which are connected to a first input reference node and gates to which a pair of input signals are input. Input-side voltage relaxing transistors have sources connected to drains of the pair of input transistors and gates connected to a second input reference node. Output-side voltage relaxing transistors have sources connected to output nodes, gates connected to a first output reference node, and drains connected to drains of the input-side voltage relaxing transistors. First and second inverter circuits are in correspondence with the output nodes, and are connected between second and third output reference nodes. Each of the first and second inverter circuits also supplies a voltage at one of the second and third output reference nodes to its corresponding one of the output nodes, depending on a voltage at its non-corresponding one of the output nodes. |
| US07812636B2 |
Method and device for generating pseudo-random binary data
A device for generating k-bit parallel pseudo-random data includes “n” registers, from the first through the n-th registers (“n” is an integer not less than 3), and “k” exclusive-OR gates, from the first through the k-th exclusive-OR gates (“k” is an integer not less than 2). An output of the m-th register is input to the (m+k)th register (“m” is an integer between 1 and (n−k)). Outputs of the first through the (k−1)th exclusive-OR gates are respectively input to the second through the k-th exclusive-OR gates. An output of the first register is input to the first exclusive-OR gate. The outputs of the first through the k-th exclusive-OR gates are respectively input to the k-th through the first registers. Outputs of “k” registers, from the (n−k+1)th through the n-th registers are respectively input to the k-th through the first exclusive-OR gates, and also extracted as the k-bit parallel pseudo-random data. |
| US07812634B1 |
Programmable logic device transceiver architectures that facilitate using various numbers of transceiver channels together
Transceiver circuitry on a programmable logic device integrated circuit (“PLD”) is preferably provided in a plurality of identical or at least similar modules. Each module preferably includes a plurality of transceiver channels and a clock source unit. Clock distribution circuitry is provided for distributing the signal of a module's clock source to all of the transceiver channels in that module, and also selectively beyond that module to other modules. |
| US07812632B2 |
Apparatus for on-die termination of semiconductor memory and method of operating the same
The apparatus for on-die termination of a semiconductor memory includes a first ODT (On-Die Termination) voltage generating unit that outputs a first line voltage by calibrating an input voltage with a resistance ratio according to a first code having at least two bits; a first code calibrating unit that counts the first code according to the result of a comparison between the first line voltage and a reference voltage, stops the code count when the first code reaches a maximum value or a minimum value, and stores a code value based on a final count; a second ODT voltage generating unit that outputs a second line voltage by calibrating an input voltage with a resistance ratio according to the first code and a second code having at least two bits; and a second code calibrating unit that counts the second code according to the result of a comparison between the second line voltage and the reference voltage, stops the code count when the second code reaches the maximum value or the minimum value, and stores a code value based on a final count. |
| US07812627B2 |
Test device
A test device includes a movable mounting table having a temperature controlling mechanism therein; a probe card provided with a plurality of probes positioned above the mounting table; and a first temperature control unit for controlling the temperature controlling mechanism so that a target object on the mounting table can be heated to a predetermined temperature to test electrical characteristics of the target object. The mounting table is provided with a heater facing a plurality of probes protruding from the mounting table in the high-temperature test on the target object. |
| US07812625B2 |
Chip test apparatus and probe card circuit
A circuit in probe card, which includes a signal line, a detection probe and a plurality of switch modules. A plurality of test response signals form a plurality of chips to be tested are transmitted on the signal line. The detection probe is coupled to the signal line for receiving the test response signals from the tested chips. In addition, each of the switch modules is respectively coupled to the signal line and the probes to selectively transmit the test response signals from the chips to the signal line such that the chips are able to be tested without disruption caused by an electrical short. |
| US07812624B1 |
Testing method for LED module
A testing method for a LED module and its associated elements includes the steps of: providing a LED module on which a plurality of light-emitting diodes is arranged; providing an integration detector, and mounting it above the LED module; providing an electrically conducting means having a plurality of conductive terminals and an electronic signal connector electrically connected to the conductive terminals; electrically connecting the light-emitting diodes with the conductive terminals; using the electronic signal connector to change the ON/OFF states of the electrical signals of the light-emitting diodes and the conductive terminals; and detecting the photo-electrical properties of each light-emitting diode via the integration detector. |
| US07812623B2 |
Transparent conductive film roll and production method thereof, touch panel using the same, and non-contact surface resistance measuring device
A transparent conductive film roll which has a transparent conductive layer on at least one surface thereof and has an excellent distribution uniformity of surface resistance in longitudinal and lateral directions thereof wherein the distribution uniformity D of surface resistance defined by the following expression (1) is 0.2 or less when the surface resistance of the transparent conductive layer is measured at a total of 33 points within the film roll, and therefore, is suitable especially for a large panel, D=(Rmax−Rmin)/(Rmax+Rmin) (1) where Rmax and Rmin represent the maximum and minimum values of 33 surface resistance measurement values. |
| US07812621B2 |
Measuring apparatus and method for measuring a surface capacitance of an insulating film
A measuring unit applies a dc voltage causing an inversion layer to be formed on an interface between a semiconductor substrate and an insulating film to the semiconductor substrate while changing a change speed of a level of the dc voltage, and measures a current flowing through the insulating film. An arithmetic unit obtains a straight line showing a relationship between the current flowing through the insulating film and the change speed of the dc voltage on the basis of a relationship between the current measured by the measuring unit and the dc voltage, and calculates a slope of the obtained straight line as surface capacitance of the insulating film. The arithmetic unit calculates permittivity of the insulating film on the basis of the calculated surface capacitance, an area of contact between a probe and the insulating film and a thickness of the insulating film. |
| US07812614B2 |
Electron capture detector and nonradiative electron capture detector
It is intended to realize measuring of trace organic components and to render qualitative procedure efficient through imparting of selectivity. Penning gas and dopant gas are ionized in a space isolated from discharge part with the use of metastable helium obtained by direct-current glow discharge, and with the use of thus obtained plasma, the efficiency of ionization of components to be measured is enhanced, so that intensified ion current can be obtained. Further, through selection of dopant gas and Penning gas, selectivity can be imparted. Thus, not only can measuring of trace organic components be performed but also selectivity can be imparted. |
| US07812613B2 |
System and method for monitoring electrolyte levels in a battery
A measuring device is used in conjunction with a programmable controller for monitoring electrolyte levels in the battery. According to one implementation, the measuring device is located in a battery and is configured to detect when the electrolyte level in the battery falls below a particular level. The controller is in electrical communication with the electrolyte detection device. The controller is configured to: (i) receive a signal from the electrolyte level detection device indicating when the electrolyte level in the battery has fallen below the particular level; (ii) introduce a wait-period after the signal is received; and (iii) enable an indicator to indicate that the electrolyte level in the battery should be refilled when the wait-period expires. |
| US07812609B2 |
Antennas for deep induction array tools with increased sensitivities
Improved receiver antennas are disclosed for long offset tensor induction army logging tools. The disclosed antennas include a bobbin which accommodates a ferromagnetic core. The outer surface of the bobbin is wrapped around a binding so that winding is thicker or includes more turns towards a center of the bobbin and is thinner or includes less turns towards the outer ends of the bobbin. The result is that the primary winding with a curved or parabolic profile that enhances the effective magnetic permeability and magnetic moment of the antenna. A secondary winding may also be utilized for flux feedback compensation. The elimination of winding turns towards the ends of the magnetic coil result in reduced DC resistance and the reduction in parasitic capacitance of the antennas. The disclosed antennas may be used in x-y-z receiver arrays. |
| US07812607B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging system, apparatus and associated methods
In one aspect, a magnet comprising a pair of pole supports spaced apart from one another and extending in a generally horizontal direction. The magnet includes a pair of flux return members extending between the pole supports so as to define a frame, each of the flux return members including a first columnar section that extends parallel to the polar axis and a second columnar section that extends perpendicular to the polar axis and projects towards the pole. In another aspect, a magnetic resonance imaging system comprises a ferromagnetic frame that is operative to support an upper pole member and a lower pole member along a vertical polar axis such that a gap is defined between the upper and lower pole members and an access floor that is isolated from the ferromagnetic frame and pole members for providing access to the gap. |
| US07812605B2 |
Test object for nuclear spin tomographs
A phantom for examination in nuclear spin tomographs comprises at least one test body for abstract imitation of a human or animal body part, and also means for supplying the test body with a liquid during the examination by nuclear spin tomography. Another phantom for examination in nuclear spin tomographs comprises at least one abstract imitation of a human or animal body part, of which at least one abstract imitation is adapted to be an at least partially flexible test body, and a flexible layer surrounding the partially flexible test body to imitate a lipid layer. Methods for producing test bodies include molding the test bodies from plastic material. |
| US07812603B2 |
Method for determining local deviations of a main magnetic field of a magnetic resonance device
The invention relates to a method for the determination of local deviations of a main magnetic field of a magnetic resonance device from a setpoint value, comprising: loading of a first image data record of an examination region recorded by means of the magnetic resonance device with a first frequency encoding gradient; loading of a second image data record of the same examination region recorded by means of the magnetic resonance device with a second frequency encoding gradient, with the first and the second frequency encoding gradient being different; reception of a transformation displacement field as the end result of a recording of the first and the second image data record; calculation of local deviations of the main magnetic field from a setpoint value on the basis of the calculated transformation displacement field; and display or storage of the calculated local deviations of the main magnetic field. |
| US07812595B2 |
Electronic device identifying method
There is provided a device identifying method for identifying an electronic device including therein an actual operation circuit and a test circuit having a plurality of test elements provided therein, where the actual operation circuit operates during an actual operation of the electronic device and the test circuit operates during a test of the electronic device. The device identifying method includes measuring electrical characteristics of a plurality of test elements, storing identification information of an electronic device by storing the measured electrical characteristics of the respective test elements, obtaining identification information of a certain electronic device by measuring electrical characteristics of a plurality of test elements provided in the certain electronic device in order to identify the certain electronic device, comparing the identification information obtained in the identification information obtaining with the identification information stored in the identification information storing, and, when the obtained identification information matches the stored identification information, judging that the certain electronic device is the same as the electronic device associated with the stored identification information. |
| US07812591B1 |
High-speed signal detect for serial interface
More accurate signal detection circuitry in serial interfaces, particularly on a programmable integrated circuit device, such as a PLD, includes a high-speed, high-resolution, high-bandwidth comparator, along with digital filtering, to reduce the effect of process, temperature or supply variations. The comparator is used to compare a direct input signal with a programmable reference voltage, and, in a preferred embodiment, can detect the signal level within 8 mV accuracy. The output of the comparator may then be digitally filtered. Preferably, both a high-pass digital filter and a low-pass analog filter may be used to eliminate glitches and low-frequency noise. Preferably, the digital filters are programmable to adjust the sensitivity to noise. The filtered output is then latched and output to indicate receipt or loss of signal. This signal detect circuitry can operate reliably at data rates as high as 7 Gbps. |
| US07812590B2 |
Method for detection of the presence of a load and drive circuit
Methods and apparatuses for detection of a presence of a load. A method may include, for example, applying and subsequently removing a supply voltage across the pair of nodes, comparing an electrical potential at one of the pair of nodes at a time after the supply voltage is removed with a reference value, and generating a signal having a value that depends upon an outcome of the comparison. |
| US07812587B2 |
LED drive circuit
An LED driving circuit can improve characteristics. A first current increasing circuit 10i4 is constituted of a first slow regulating unit 10i41 and a post-stage first supplying circuit 10i43 and, from a point in time of output switching of a first comparator 10i2, that is, when a set temperature exceeding a reference potential Va is attained, gradually increases a temperature compensated current IT1 (ΔI1) and thereby suppresses the lowering of emission output. Here, by gradually increasing the temperature compensated current IT1 by making use of charging/discharging functions of a capacitor, etc., that is, by increasing the temperature compensated current IT1 over a longer time than a pulse width that a photodetecting element, onto which light from an LED 11 is made incident, can respond within, pulse width distortion and jitter can be suppressed. |
| US07812586B2 |
One cycle control PFC circuit with dynamic gain modulation
A one cycle control power factor correction control circuit in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes a first input operable to receive a signal indicative of an input voltage to the voltage converter, a second input operable to receive a signal indicative of an inductor current in an inductor of the voltage converter and an amplifier operable to amplify the signal indicative of the inductor current, wherein a gain of the amplifier is based on the signal indicative of the input voltage. |
| US07812583B2 |
Management of regulator-induced switching noise for sampled systems
A system includes a sampler to sample an input voltage and a switching regulator. The switching regulator is adapted to regulate a switching operation of the regulator in response to the sampling by the sampler. |
| US07812578B2 |
DC-DC converter
A DC-DC converter includes a series circuit of a main switch and a choke coil and an output capacitor connected to one end of the series circuit and outputs a DC voltage from the one end of the series circuit. A first MOS transistor is connected in parallel to the series circuit and a second MOS transistor is connected in parallel to the output capacitor. A control circuit controls the gate voltages of the first MOS transistor and/or the second MOS transistor so that the first MOS transistor and/or the second MOS transistor outputs a changed target output voltage, whereby the output voltage is made equal to the target voltage at high speed. |
| US07812576B2 |
Power factor control systems and methods
A boost converter comprises an inductance that receives an input signal. A switch controls current supplied via the inductance to a load. A power factor control module comprises a mode control module that selects an operating mode of the boost converter and a switch control module that switches the switch at a frequency. The frequency is equal to a first frequency when the mode control module selects a continuous mode and equal to a second frequency when the mode control module selects a discontinuous mode. The first frequency is greater than the second frequency. |
| US07812568B2 |
Voltage detecting circuit
A voltage detecting circuit comprises: an operational amplifier whose one input terminal is applied with a first reference voltage; a first capacitor whose one end is connected to the other input terminal of the operational amplifier; a second capacitor whose one end is connected to an output terminal of the operational amplifier, and whose other end is connected to the other input terminal of the operational amplifier; a switch circuit for applying a first voltage and a second voltage sequentially to the other end of the first capacitor; and a discharging circuit for discharging the second capacitor before the second voltage is applied to the other end of the first capacitor, a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage being detected based on a voltage at the output terminal of the operational amplifier after the second voltage is applied to the other end of the first capacitor. |
| US07812567B2 |
Battery charger stand set for motor vehicle
A battery charger stand set includes a battery charger stand, which has a top receiving open chamber and an electric charging circuit module disposed at one end of the top receiving open chamber and electrically connectable to the electric power circuit of a motor vehicle, a cell phone adapter insertable into the top receiving open chamber of the battery charger stand for electrically connecting a cell phone (PDA) to the electric charging circuit module of the battery charger stand, and a bluetooth transmitter receiver device insertable into the top receiving open chamber of the battery charger stand and electrically connectable to the electric charging circuit module for communication with an external cell phone (PDA) by means of bluetooth wireless communication technology. |
| US07812561B2 |
Device for controlling a movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, and piece of furniture
A device for controlling the movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, using a drive unit by means of which a first furniture part can be moved in a driven manner relative to a second furniture part via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the first furniture part, in which case the monitoring unit is designed such that, after starting up, the monitoring unit operates in accordance with a monitoring program for monitoring the movement of the first furniture part, with selection means being provided by means of which an alternative selection program can be activated, instead of the monitoring program, in order to monitor the movement of the first furniture part. The invention also relates to a piece of furniture including the device. |
| US07812559B2 |
Windshield controller for motorcycle
A windshield controller for a motorcycle includes a receiver which receives a signal transmitted from a portable communication device; a start permission device which judges whether or not to permit start of an engine based on the signal received by the receiver; and a control device which controllably drives a movable windscreen disposed on a cowling at a front portion of a vehicle body, wherein the control device judges whether or not the portable communication device is away from the vehicle body based on the signal received by the receiver, and when it is judged that the portable communication device is away from the vehicle body, the control device controls to move the movable windscreen to a standby position. |
| US07812555B2 |
Electric powertrain system having bidirectional DC generator
An electric powertrain for use with an engine and a traction device is disclosed. The electric powertrain has a DC motor/generator operable to receive at least a portion of a first mechanical output from the engine and produce a DC power output. The DC motor/generator is also operable to receive DC power and produce a second mechanical output. The electric powertrain further has a drivetrain operable to receive the DC power output and use the DC power output to drive the traction device. The drivetrain is also operable to generate DC power when the traction device is operated in a dynamic braking mode. |
| US07812553B2 |
LED lighting device and method for controlling the same based on temperature changes
A Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting device capable of correcting changes in a wavelength of light output from an LED element caused by changes in temperature, and a method for controlling the same are provided. The lighting device includes a temperature-current converter which generates a current command value to correct change in a wavelength of output light based on temperature information indicating temperature of the light source, and a light source driver which receives the current command value, adjusts amplitude of a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal, and controls a driving electric current of the light source according to the adjusted PWM signal. |
| US07812550B2 |
LED replacement for low voltage lamps
The LED replacement for low voltage lamps has a plurality of LED lights disposed in a housing capped by a multifaceted reflector to provide lighting having comparable lighting characteristics to non-LED sourced low voltage lamps. Power conditioning solid state circuitry is disposed in the housing and provides the LED lights with a regulated excitation voltage source. The power conditioning circuitry has at least one ceramic capacitor in parallel with output leads of a power supply for the lamp. A zener diode pair having anodes connected together is disposed in parallel with the ceramic capacitor. The power conditioning circuitry is disposed in advance of a voltage rectifier and filter bank, whose output is provided to a voltage regulator that provides regulated DC voltage to the LED light sources. Output of the voltage regulator is modulated by thermal protection circuitry that throttles the LEDs off responsive to lamp overheating. |
| US07812536B2 |
Sealed opposed discharge plasma display panel
A plasma display panel including a front substrate, a rear substrate and intermediate barrier ribs defining discharge cells and having sustain electrodes located within the intermediate barrier ribs. A space is located between the front substrate and the rear substrate and includes an emissive area and a non-emissive area about emissive area. The emissive area has a fluorescent layer within. In the non-emissive area, an epoxy compound seals the emissive area from the outside, thus improving the sealing efficiency of the plasma display panel. |
| US07812532B2 |
Photomultiplier tube, radiation detecting device, and photomultiplier tube manufacturing method
A vacuum vessel is configured by hermetically joining a faceplate to one end of a side tube and a stem to the other end via a tubular member. A photocathode, a focusing electrode, dynodes, a drawing electrode, and anodes are arranged within the vacuum vessel. The dynodes and the anodes have a plurality of channels in association with each other. Each electrode has cutout portions that overlap in a stacking direction, and supporting pins and lead pins are arranged in the cutout portions. A bridge is provided in a concave section arranged between unit anodes, and the bridge is cut off after the anode plate is placed on stem pins. Effective areas of each electrode and the anode are secured sufficiently, thereby allowing electrons to be detected efficiently. |
| US07812522B2 |
Aluminum oxide and aluminum oxynitride layers for use with phosphors for electroluminescent displays
A novel laminate is provided to improve the operating stability of thioaluminate based phosphors used in ac thick film dielectric electroluminescent displays. The novel structure comprises a rare earth activated alkaline earth thioaluminate phosphor thin film layer and an aluminum oxide or aluminum oxynitride layer provided directly adjacent and in contact with the bottom of the phosphor thin film layer. The invention is particularly applicable to phosphors used in electroluminescent displays that employ thick dielectric layers subject to high processing temperatures to form and activate the phosphor films. |
| US07812520B2 |
Full color display based on organic light-emitting device
The conventional light-emitting element formed by an electroluminescent material has a problem due to poor color purity of light emission. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a high luminance and high efficiency light-emitting device formed by an organic compound material. The invention provides a light-emitting device in which an organic compound layer that emits light having an emission peak with a half-band width of at most 10 nm upon applying current is interposed between a pair of electrodes is provided. The variation of emission peak intensity depending on a current density can be sorted by two linear regions with different gradients. A region of a sharp gradient is at a higher current density side compared to a region of a slow gradient. TFTs are provided to each pixel in order to perform active matrix driving. |
| US07812515B2 |
Light-emitting element and display device using same
A self light emitting display device having high level of the external coupling efficiency and high grade image presentation as no optical cross-talk or blur can be obtained by a new light-emitting element. The device is constructed as follows. A plurality of picture elements, each of which picture elements has an organic layer composing light emitting areas, a transparent electrode and a reflective electrodes, are formed on a substrate. Between the picture elements, a bank which has a tilted reflective surface is formed so that the light emitting area is surrounded by the bank wherein the transparent optical waveguide layer is formed as optically isolated for each of the picture elements. |
| US07812513B2 |
Field emission cathode and planar light source using the same
An exemplary field emission cathode includes an electrically conductive layer and an electron-emitting member formed thereon. The electron-emitting member includes an electron-emitting material configured for emitting electrons and a getter material configured for collecting outgassed materials. An exemplary planar light source includes an anode and a cathode spaced apart from the anode. The anode includes a first electrically conductive layer and a fluorescent layer formed on an inner surface of the first electrically conductive layer. The cathode includes a second electrically conductive layer and an electron-emitting member formed on an inner surface of the second electrically conductive layer which faces toward the fluorescent layer. The electron-emitting member includes an electron-emitting material and a getter material. |
| US07812511B2 |
Field emission illumination device
A field emission illumination device includes a sealed tubular body, an anode layer, a fluorescence layer and an electron emitting cathode electrode. The sealed tubular body has a light-permeable portion and the anode is formed on an inner surface of the light-permeable portion of the tubular body. The fluorescence layer is formed on the anode layer. The electron emitting cathode is positioned in the tubular body and includes at least one carbon nanotube yarn. In the illuminating process the energy in the field emission illumination device only undergoes transformation from electric energy to luminous energy, so the efficiency of the energy transformation is increased. |
| US07812509B2 |
Spark plug
A spark plug (10) includes a plug body (51), a center electrode (52), a ground electrode (53) and injection control side poles (61, 62, 63). The ground electrode has an end portion (53a) opposing the end of the center electrode in a direction indicated by arrow A parallel to the axis of the plug body. A tip (53b) of the ground electrode and a tip (60a) of the injection control side poles (61, 62, 63) are positioned in substantially the same plane (71) perpendicular to the axis (C). The ground electrode (53) and the injection control side poles (61, 62, 63) are arranged at substantially regular intervals around the center electrode (52). |
| US07812502B2 |
Shell type actuator
A micromechanical resonator is formed on a substrate. The resonator has a partial spherical shell clamped on an outside portion of the shell to the substrate. In other embodiments, a flat disc or other shape may be used. Movement is induced in a selected portion of the disc, inducing easily detectible out-of-plane motion. A laser is used in one embodiment to heat the selected portion of the disc and induce the motion. The motion may be detected by capacitive or interferometric techniques. |
| US07812497B2 |
Armature, dynamo-electric machine and manufacturing method of armature
A total number of windings in an armature is an even number. The windings are divided into a first winding group and a second winding group. The windings of the first winding group are arranged one after another at generally equal angular intervals without overlapping with each other. The windings of the second winding group are arranged one after another at generally equal angular intervals without overlapping with each other and are wound separately from the windings of the first winding group. |
| US07812490B2 |
Electric motor with two opposite independent shafts
An electric motor with two independent output shafts connected to the rotor by coupling means working in one sense of rotation only, e.g. by means of freewheel clutches. The first freewheel works in one sense of rotation while the second freewheel works in the opposite sense. Two operating devices can be powered by the motor, simply by switching the sense of rotation; an example of use is a combined pump-compressor machine. Various embodiments are disclosed, some of them obtainable as a simple and low-cost modification of an existing motor or motor-pump assembly. |
| US07812489B2 |
Motor
The present invention provides a motor that enables a lead of a coil to be appropriately led through holes, while allowing the lead of the coil to be fixed without contacting a wall surface of the hole in a base. Cuts 14b are formed in an insulating sheet or a printed circuit board 14; the cuts 14b extend substantially radially or spirally from a lead lead-out portion 14a as a center. Thus, even if an end of the lead 7a abuts against an area located outside the lead lead-out portion 14a, the abutting area and a nearby area located in the vicinity of the abutting area are pushed open along the cuts 14b extending from the lead lead-out portion 14a and guide the end of the lead 7a toward the lead lead-out portion 14a. The end of the lead 7a is thus appropriately guided into the lead lead-out portion 14a. |
| US07812488B2 |
Electronically commutated external rotor motor with a circuit board
An electronically commutated motor (ECM 21) has reduced vulnerability to Electro-Static Discharge (ESD). The motor has an internal stator (50) and an external rotor (22) equipped with a permanent magnet (28), which rotor is separated by an air gap from the internal stator (50). The rotor has a shaft (34) on which a magnetic yoke element (24) is mounted. A leakage flux region on an end face (27) of the magnet (28) actuates a Hall sensor (48) located adjacent a first aperture (48′) in a circuit board (46) supporting electronic control components. In order to prevent static discharges from passing through the first aperture (48′) and endangering the electronic components, the circuit board (46) is formed with a second aperture (43) on whose edge is provided at least one electrical conductor (95′, 95″), connected to ground (112), to which any charge that builds up during operation can harmlessly discharge. |
| US07812484B2 |
Permanent magnet for motor, motor housing, and motor device
To improve resistance of a motor device against an organic solvent and to suppress degradation in performance of the motor device with time.In a motor device, an excitation magnet is formed using a hollow-cylinder shaped anisotropic bonded magnet 13. This bonded magnet 13 is press-fitted in a housing 12 and is held. The bonded magnet 13 is formed of a hollow-cylinder shaped anisotropic rare earth bonded magnet which is obtained by compounding an anisotropic rare earth magnet powder with a phenol-novolac type epoxy resin, followed by molding. The anisotropic rare earth bonded magnet 13 is press-fitted along an inner peripheral portion of the housing 12, and on an exposed surface layer of the anisotropic rare earth bonded magnet press-fitted in the housing, a coating layer is formed by an infiltration treatment using a polyamide-imide-based resin. |
| US07812473B2 |
Auxiliary component control for use with a lawn and garden tractor
A controller including a controller input coupled to an engine magneto for monitoring tractor engine operation by monitoring a change in magneto signal thereby determining if the engine is running. A power output circuit coupled to an output from the controller draws current from a tractor battery for powering an auxiliary component when the tractor engine is running and disrupts power to the auxiliary component when the tractor engine is not running to conserve battery life. |
| US07812472B2 |
Power generating skin structure and power generation system therefor
A skin structure has a skin and a power generation system attached to the skin. The power generation system has a turbine, one or more tubes fluidly coupled to the turbine, and a generator configured to generate electrical power in response to motion of the turbine. The skin structure may form a portion of an outer covering of a stationary structure, such as a building, or an outer covering of a manned or unmanned vehicle, such as a ground or aerial motor vehicle or a marine or submarine motor vehicle. |
| US07812471B2 |
Method of operating a wind power station
When planning and setting up wind power installations, the visual detractions to be expected due to the wind power installation on the environment play an increasingly important part in approval and acceptance. The shadow casting caused by the wind power installation on the adjoining properties is often perceived by the residents as being very troublesome. A wind power installation is provided to improve regulation of shadow casting. That is achieved by a method of operating a wind power installation by detecting a first light intensity in a region of direct light irradiation and detecting a second light intensity in a shadowed region. The wind power installation is shut down if the difference between the first light intensity and the second light intensity is greater than a predetermined value. |
| US07812469B2 |
Battery current detection apparatus incorporated in system which regulates vehicle engine speed and electric generator output voltage during engine idling
A vehicle system that includes an engine control apparatus which regulates engine idling speed incorporates a battery current detection apparatus which acquires information expressing the value of field current of an engine-driven electric generator and detects a condition of high electrical load as occurrence of a battery discharge current exceeding a threshold value, and responds to that condition by notifying the engine control apparatus of a higher value of field current of the electric generator than the actual value, to thereby effect a rapid increase in engine speed and so rapidly increase the output power of the electric generator. |
| US07812467B1 |
Smart alternator load control
A smart alternator control circuit and method is provided limiting alternator load on an internal combustion engine. |
| US07812461B2 |
Method and apparatus providing integrated circuit having redistribution layer with recessed connectors
A method of making a semiconductor die includes forming a trench around a conductive stud extending from the first side to a second side of a substrate to expose a portion of the stud and then forming a conductive layer inside the trench and in electrical contact with the stud. |
| US07812460B2 |
Packaging substrate and method for fabricating the same
A packaging substrate and a method for fabricating the same are proposed, including: providing a substrate body having a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the first surface has a plurality of flip-chip solder pads and wire bonding pads and the second surface has a plurality of solder ball pads; forming a first and a second solder mask layers on the first and second surfaces respectively and forming openings in the first and second solder mask layers to expose the flip-chip solder pads, the wire bonding pads and the solder ball pads; forming first bumps on the flip-chip solder pads; and forming an electroless Ni/Pd/Au layer on the first bumps and the wire bonding pads by electroless plating, wherein the electroless Ni/Pd/Au layer has a thickness tolerance capable of meeting evenness requirements for fine pitch applications. |
| US07812456B2 |
Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device having redistribution interconnects in the WPP technology and improved reliability, wherein the redistribution interconnects have first patterns and second patterns which are electrically separated from each other within the plane of the semiconductor substrate, the first patterns electrically coupled to the multi-layer interconnects and the floating second patterns are coexistent within the plane of the semiconductor substrate, and the occupation ratio of the total of the first patterns and the second patterns within the plane of the semiconductor substrate, that is, the occupation ratio of the redistribution interconnects is 35 to 60%. |
| US07812455B2 |
Interconnect in low-k interlayer dielectrics
A method for forming deep lithographic interconnects between a first metal and a second metal is provided. The method comprises depositing a first insulator layer on a semiconductor substrate; etching the first insulator layer at a selected location to provide at least a first via to the semiconductor substrate; depositing the first metal on the semiconductor substrate to form at least a first metal contact plug in the first via in contact with the semiconductor substrate; treating the semiconductor substrate with an in-situ plasma of a nitrogen containing gas wherein the plasma forms a nitride layer of the first metal at least capping a top surface of the first metal plug in the first via; and forming a second metal contact to the metal nitride layer capping at least the top surface of the first metal plug. |
| US07812453B2 |
Semiconductor device
The present invention proposes a dummy metal fill structure which makes it possible to reduce variations in transistor characteristics as much as possible even if mask misalignment occurs, as well as to ensure the intended planarizing effect of the metal CMP process. The dummy metal fill formed above the gate electrode extends in the gate length direction with both ends thereof protruding from a region corresponding to the gate electrode. Even if a mask for forming a wiring layer is misaligned and the position of the dummy metal fill is misaligned from an intended position, the shape of the dummy metal fill within a region of the gate electrode is kept symmetric with respect to the center of the gate electrode. |
| US07812452B2 |
Semiconductor device having barrier layer comprised of dissimilar materials, and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate; a capacitor having a lower electrode formed on said semiconductor substrate, a capacity insulating film formed on said lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on said capacity insulating film; contact holes formed on said upper electrode and said lower electrode; a barrier layer containing oxygen, formed inside said contact holes; and a conductive layer which fills said contact holes in which said barrier layer is formed on the inside. |
| US07812449B2 |
Integrated circuit package system with redistribution layer
An integrated circuit package system includes: providing a base device; attaching a base interconnect to the base device; applying an encapsulant over the base device and the base interconnect; and forming a re-routing film over the encapsulant, the base device, and the base interconnect for connectivity without a substrate. |
| US07812448B2 |
Electronic device including a conductive stud over a bonding pad region
An electronic device can include an interconnect level (16) including a bonding pad region (110). An insulating layer (18) can overlie the interconnect level (16) and include an opening (112, 24) over the bonding pad region (110). In one embodiment, a conductive stud (34) can lie within the opening (112, 24) and can be substantially encapsulated. In another embodiment, the electronic device can include a barrier layer (22) lying along a side and a bottom of the opening (112, 24) and a conductive stud (34) lying within the opening (112, 24). The conductive stud (34) can substantially fill the opening (112, 24). A majority of the conductive stud (34) can lie within the opening (112, 24). In still another embodiment, a process for forming an electronic device can include forming a conductive stud (34) within the opening (112, 24) wherein the conductive stud (34) lies substantially completely within the opening (112, 24). The process can also include forming a second barrier layer (52) overlying the conductive stud (34). |
| US07812445B2 |
Semiconductor memory module having an oblique memory chip
Provided is a semiconductor memory module allowing a filling member formed between a module substrate and memory chips mounted on the module substrate to completely fill the space between the module substrate and the memory chips. According to embodiments of the present invention, the semiconductor memory module includes a module substrate having at least one memory chip mounted on the substrate such that its edges are oblique to major and minor axes bisecting the module substrate. The oblique orientation allows for an improved opening between memory chips formed on the substrate so that the filling member may be properly formed between the module substrate and the memory chips to prevent voids where the filling member is not formed. |
| US07812441B2 |
Schottky diode with improved surge capability
An SiC Schottky diode die or a Si Schottky diode die is mounted with its epitaxial anode surface connected to the best heat sink surface in the device package. This produces a substantial increase in the surge current capability of the device. |
| US07812431B2 |
Leadframe with die pad and leads corresponding thereto
A leadframe includes a die pad and a plurality of leads corresponding to the die pad. The die pad for supporting a die is formed with a plurality of sides, each of the sides having at least one recess portion and at least one protrusion portion. The leads are substantially coplanar to the die pad. The leads include a plurality of first leads and a plurality of second leads. The first leads extend into the recess portions respectively, and the second leads are aligned with the protrusion portions. The length of the first leads is greater than that of the second leads. The length of wires electrically connecting the die to the leads or the die pad can be adjusted by the sides of the leadframe with the recess portion and the protrusion portion having a dimension corresponding to the leads, so as to save the manufacture cost of the leadframe. |
| US07812430B2 |
Leadframe and semiconductor package having downset baffle paddles
A lead frame with downset baffle paddles and a semiconductor package utilizing the same are revealed. The lead frame primarily comprises a plurality of leads formed on a first plane, a baffle paddle formed on a second plane in parallel, and an internal tie bar formed between the first plane and the second plane. The internal tie bar has at least two or more windings such as “S” shaped to flexibly connect the baffle paddle to an adjacent one of the leads. Therefore, the internal tie bar can reduce the shifting and twisting of the connected lead during the formation of the downset of the baffle paddle. |
| US07812429B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same
A wire short-circuit defect during molding is prevented. A semiconductor device has a tab, a plurality of leads arranged around the tab, a semiconductor chip mounted over the tab, a plurality of wires electrically connecting the electrode pads of the semiconductor chip with the leads, and a molded body in which the semiconductor chip is resin molded. By further stepwise shortening the chip-side tip end portions of the leads as the first edge or side of the principal surface of the semiconductor chip goes away from the middle portion toward the both end portions thereof, and shortening the tip end portions of those of first leads corresponding to the middle portion of the first edge or side of the principal surface which are adjacent to second leads located closer to the both end portions of the first edge or side, the distances between second wires connected to the second leads and the tip end portions of the first leads adjacent to the second leads can be increased. As a result, it is possible to prevent the wire short-circuit defect even when wire sweep occurs due to the flow resistance of a mold resin. |
| US07812427B2 |
Soft switching semiconductor component with high robustness and low switching losses
A semiconductor component includes a semiconductor body and a second semiconductor zone of a first conductivity type that serves as a rear side emitter. The second semiconductor zone is preceded by a plurality of third semiconductor zones of a second conductivity type that is opposite to the first conductivity type. The third semiconductor zones are spaced apart from one another in a lateral direction. In addition, provided within the semiconductor body is a field stop zone spaced apart from the second semiconductor zone, thereby reducing an electric field in the direction toward the second semiconductor zone. |
| US07812426B2 |
TSV-enabled twisted pair
A through-silicon via (TSV) enabled twisted pair is provided. A pair of complementary conductive lines is provided as a twisted pair. Each of the conductive lines of the twisted pair is formed by alternating conductive sections on opposing sides of a substrate. The alternating conductive sections are electrically coupled by at least in part a TSV. The conductive lines overlap or are entwined such the point at which the conductive lines cross, the conductive lines are on opposing sides of the substrate. The conductive lines are weaved in this manner for the length of the conductive trace. |
| US07812417B2 |
Electret capacitor type composite sensor
To provide a small, thin and light-weighted composite sensor which can also detect light together with sound, vibration, pressure or acceleration by a single sensor.An electret capacitor type composite sensor is constituted by a casing 11, an electrode 12, a hole portion (which is a sound hole and also a light introduction hole) 22, a spacer 31, a vibration plate 41 having light transmissibility, a vibration plate ring 42, a printed board 6 and a semiconductor element 61. Further, a photoelectric conversion portion having a function of photoelectric effect is provided at a portion of the surface of the semiconductor element 61, light is conducted to the photoelectric conversion portion via the hole portion 22 and the vibration plate 41 having light transmissibility, and an electric signal generated by the photoelectromotive force is taken out independently from an electric signal generated by the change of the electrostatic capacitance of the electret capacitor. |
| US07812416B2 |
Methods and apparatus having an integrated circuit attached to fused silica
Disclosed are methods for attaching an integrated circuit to a substrate, and in particular, a fused silica substrate, along with apparatus fabricated using the methods. Exemplary apparatus comprises a glass substrate, a metallic layer disposed on the substrate, and an integrated circuit eutectically bonded to the glass substrate via the metallic layer. The integrated circuit and fused silica substrate form part of a hermetic sensor. In an exemplary sensor, a first trench is formed in a first substrate. A second trench that is deeper than the first trench is formed in the first substrate. A first plurality of electrodes are formed in the first trench. An integrated circuit is attached to the first substrate within the second trench using a solder preform. The integrated circuit may be attached to the first substrate by depositing a Cr/Au film onto either the integrated circuit or first substrate, depositing a Cr/Ni/Au film onto either the first substrate or integrated circuit, placing the an Au/Sn solder preform onto the Cr/Ni/Au film, positioning the integrated circuit on top of the soldered preform so that it contacts the Cr/Au film, and heating the assembly. |
| US07812409B2 |
Trench MOSFET with cell layout, ruggedness, truncated corners
A trenched semiconductor power device that includes a trenched gate disposed in an extended continuous trench surrounding a plurality of transistor cells wherein the layout of the trenched gate surrounding the transistor cells as closed cells having truncated corners or rounded corners. In an exemplary embodiment, the closed cells further includes a contact metal to contact a source and a body regions wherein the contact metal the trenched gate surrounding the transistor cell have a uniform space between them. In another exemplary embodiment, the semiconductor power device further includes a contact dopant region disposed below the contact metal to enhance an electrical contact between the metal contact and the source region and the body region, and the contact dopant region having substantially circular shape to achieve a uniform space between the contact dopant region and the trenched gate surrounding the closed cells. |
| US07812405B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a first interlayer insulating film formed above a semiconductor substrate, a first source line formed on the first interlayer insulating film, a second interlayer insulating film formed on the first source line, a plurality of bit lines formed on the second interlayer insulating film so as to extend in a direction, the bit lines being arranged at same width and same width, a third interlayer insulating film formed above the bit lines, a second source line formed on the third interlayer insulating film, and a source shunt line formed between the second and third interlayer insulating films, the source shunt line electrically connecting the first and second source lines to each other, the source shunt line being located between the bit lines so as to extend in the same direction as the bit lines, the source shunt line including a width same as the bit lines. |
| US07812404B2 |
Nonvolatile memory cell comprising a diode and a resistance-switching material
In a novel nonvolatile memory cell formed above a substrate, a diode is paired with a reversible resistance-switching material, preferably a metal oxide or nitride such as, for example, NixOy, NbxOy, TixOy, HFxOy, AlxOy, MgxOy, CoxOy, CrxOy, VxOy, ZnxOy, ZrxOy, BxNy, and AlxNy. In preferred embodiments, the diode is formed as a vertical pillar disposed between conductors. Multiple memory levels can be stacked to form a monolithic three dimensional memory array. In some embodiments, the diode comprises germanium or a germanium alloy, which can be deposited and crystallized at relatively low temperatures, allowing use of aluminum or copper in the conductors. The memory cell of the present invention can be used as a rewriteable memory cell or a one-time-programmable memory cell, and can store two or more data states. |
| US07812401B2 |
MOS device and process having low resistance silicide interface using additional source/drain implant
An integrated circuit (IC) includes a semiconductor substrate, a least one MOS transistor formed in or on the substrate, the MOS transistor including a source and drain doped with a first dopant type having a channel region of a second dopant type interposed between, and a gate electrode and a gate insulator over the channel region. A silicide layer forming a low resistance contact is at an interface region at a surface portion of the source and drain. At the interface region a chemical concentration of the first dopant is at least 5×1020 cm−3. Silicide interfaces according to the invention provide MOS transistor with a low silicide interface resistance, low pipe density, with an acceptably small impact on short channel behavior. |
| US07812400B2 |
Gate strip with reduced thickness
A semiconductor structure with reduced inter-diffusion is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate; a first well region in the semiconductor substrate; a second well region in the semiconductor substrate; an insulating region between and adjoining the first and the second well regions; a gate dielectric layer on the first and the second well regions; and a gate electrode strip on the gate dielectric and extending from over the first well region to over the second well region. The gate electrode strip includes a first portion over the first well region, a second portion over the second well region, and a third portion over the insulating region. A thickness of the third portion is substantially less than the thicknesses of the first and the second portions. |
| US07812399B2 |
Semiconductor device comprising multi-layer rectangular gate electrode surrounded on four sides by sidewall spacer and implantation regions
The present invention provides a semiconductor device which includes a gate electrode shaped in the form of an approximately quadrangular prism, including a laminated body of a gate oxide layer, a gate polysilicon layer and a gate silicon nitride layer provided in a first conduction type substrate, a second conduction type implantation region provided in a region outside the gate electrode, a sidewall that exposes a top face of the gate electrode and is formed by laminating a sidewall mask oxide layer covering side surfaces, an electron storage nitride layer and a sidewall silicon oxide layer, and a source/drain diffusion layer provided in the first conduction type substrate exposed from the gate electrode and the sidewall. |
| US07812397B2 |
Ultra thin channel (UTC) MOSFET structure formed on BOX regions having different depths and different thicknesses beneath the UTC and source/drain regions and method of manufacture thereof
A MOSFET structure includes a planar semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric and a gate. A UT SOI channel extends to a first depth below the top surface of the substrate and is self-aligned to and is laterally coextensive with the gate. Source-drain regions, extend to a second depth greater than the first depth below the top surface, and are self-aligned to the UT channel region. A BOX1 region extends across the entire structure, and vertically from the second depth to a third depth below the top surface. An upper portion of a BOX2 region under the UT channel region is self-aligned to and is laterally coextensive with the gate, and extends vertically from the first depth to a third depth below the top surface, and where the third depth is greater than the second depth. |
| US07812395B2 |
Semiconductor-on-diamond devices and methods of forming
The present invention provides semiconductor-on-diamond devices, and methods for the formation thereof. In one aspect, a mold is provided which has an interface surface configured to inversely match a configuration intended for the device surface of a diamond layer. An adynamic diamond layer is then deposited upon the diamond interface surface of the mold, and a substrate is joined to the growth surface of the adynamic diamond layer. At least a portion of the mold can then be removed to expose the device surface of the diamond which has received a shape which inversely corresponds to the configuration of the mold's diamond interface surface. The mold can be formed of a suitable semiconductor material which is thinned to produce a final device. Optionally, a semiconductor material can be coupled to the diamond layer subsequent to removal of the mold. |
| US07812394B2 |
CMOS transistor junction regions formed by a CVD etching and deposition sequence
This invention adds to the art of replacement source-drain cMOS transistors. Processes may involve etching a recess in the substrate material using one equipment set, then performing deposition in another. Disclosed is a method to perform the etch and subsequent deposition in the same reactor without atmospheric exposure. In-situ etching of the source-drain recess for replacement source-drain applications provides several advantages over state of the art ex-situ etching. Transistor drive current is improved by: (1) Eliminating contamination of the silicon-epilayer interface when the as-etched surface is exposed to atmosphere and (2) Precise control over the shape of the etch recess. Deposition may be done by a variety of techniques including selective and non-selective methods. In the case of blanket deposition, a measure to avoid amorphous deposition in performance critical regions is also presented. |
| US07812392B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a second first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer provided on a major surface of the first first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer; a third second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer being adjacent to the second first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, provided on the major surface of the first first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and forming a periodic array structure in combination with the second first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer in a horizontal direction generally parallel to the major surface of the first first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and a sixth semiconductor layer located outside and adjacent to the periodic array structure of the second first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer and the third second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, provided on the major surface of the first first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and having a lower impurity concentration than the periodic array structure. The amount of impurity in the outermost semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type or the second conductivity type adjacent to the sixth semiconductor layer in the periodic array structure is generally half the amount of impurity in the second first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer or the third second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer inside the outermost semiconductor layer. |
| US07812387B2 |
Trench capacitor
A trench capacitor with an isolation collar in a semiconductor substrate where the substrate adjacent to the isolation collar is free of dopants caused by auto-doping. The method of fabricating the trench capacitor includes the steps of forming a trench in the semiconductor substrate; depositing a dielectric layer on a sidewall of the trench; filling the trench with a first layer of undoped polysilicon; etching away the first layer of undoped polysilicon and the dielectric layer from an upper section of the trench whereby the semiconductor substrate is exposed at the sidewall in the upper section of the trench; forming an isolation collar layer on the sidewall in the upper section of the trench; and filling the trench with a second layer of doped polysilicon. |
| US07812381B2 |
Image sensor with light receiving region having different potential energy according to wavelength of light and electronic product employing the same
There is provided a CMOS image sensor and an electronic product using the same. The CMOS image sensor includes a plurality of pixels for embodying colors having different wavelengths. Each of pixels includes a buried barrier layer disposed in a semiconductor substrate and having a barrier potential energy of a conduction band thereof at an equilibrium state, a first layer disposed at a main surface of the semiconductor substrate separated from the buried barrier layer in a vertical direction and having a first potential energy of a conduction band thereof at the equilibrium state, and a second layer disposed between the first region and the buried barrier layer having a second potential energy of a conduction band thereof at the equilibrium state. The second potential energy is higher than the first potential energy and the barrier potential energy and a thickness of the second layer is thicker as the wavelength is longer. |
| US07812379B2 |
SOI devices
Silicon on insulator (SOI) devices and methods for fabricating the same are provided. An exemplary embodiment of a SOI device comprises a substrate. A first insulating layer is formed over the substrate. A plurality of semiconductor islands is formed over the first insulating layer, wherein the semiconductor islands are isolated from each other. A second insulating layer is formed over the first insulating layer, protruding over the semiconductor islands and surrounding thereof. At least one recess is formed in a portion of the second insulating layer adjacent to a pair of the semiconductor islands. A first dielectric layer is formed on a portion of each of the semiconductor islands. A conductive layer is formed over the first dielectric layer and over the second insulating layer exposed by the recess. A pair of source/drain regions is oppositely formed in portions of each of the semiconductor islands not covered by the first dielectric layer and the conductive layer. |
| US07812376B2 |
Nanotube based nonvolatile memory device and a method of fabricating and operating the same
Provided are a nonvolatile memory device and methods of fabricating and operating the same. The memory device may include a substrate, at least a first and a second electrode on the substrate to be spaced a distance from each other, a conductive nanotube between the first and second electrodes and selectively coming into contact with the first electrode or the second electrode due to an electrostatic force and a support supporting the conductive nanotube. The memory device may be an erasable nonvolatile memory device which may retain information even when no power is supplied and may ensure relatively high operating speed and relatively high integration density. Because the memory device writes and erases information in units of bits, the memory device may be applied to a large number of fields. |
| US07812375B2 |
Non-volatile memory device and method of fabricating the same
In the non-volatile memory device, a first isolation layer is formed to have a plurality of depressions each having a predetermined depth from an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. A fin type first active region is defined by the first isolation layer and has one or more inflected portions at its sidewalls exposed from the first isolation layer, where the first active region is divided into an upper part and a lower part by the inflected portions and a width of the upper part is narrower than that of the lower part. A tunneling insulation layer is formed on the first active region. A storage node layer is formed on the tunneling insulation layer. Also, a blocking insulation layer is formed on the storage node layer, and a control gate electrode is formed on the blocking insulation layer. |
| US07812370B2 |
Tunnel field-effect transistor with narrow band-gap channel and strong gate coupling
A semiconductor device and the methods of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a low energy band-gap layer comprising a semiconductor material; a gate dielectric on the low energy band-gap layer; a gate electrode over the gate dielectric; a first source/drain region adjacent the gate dielectric, wherein the first source/drain region is of a first conductivity type; and a second source/drain region adjacent the gate dielectric. The second source/drain region is of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type. The low energy band-gap layer is located between the first and the second source/drain regions. |
| US07812368B2 |
High speed diode
The invention relates to a high-speed diode comprising a semiconductor body (1), in which a heavily n-doped zone (8), a weakly n-doped zone (7) and a weakly p-doped zone (6) are arranged successively in a vertical direction (v), between which a pn load junction (4) is formed. A number of heavily p-doped islands (51-57) spaced apart from one another are arranged in the weakly p-doped zone (6). In this case, it is provided that the cross-sectional area density of the heavily p-doped islands (51-57) is smaller in a first area region (100) near to the edge than in a second area region (200) remote from the edge. |
| US07812364B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device
A semiconductor light emitting device has an outer lead disposed along an outer wall of a mold resin portion perpendicular to a light-emitting plane of a light emitting diode. An outer lead is also disposed at an outer wall of the mold resin portion parallel to and opposite to the light-emitting plane. The outer wall of the resin mold where the outer lead is disposed is taken as a mount face. Each outer wall of the mold resin portion constituting a mount face includes at least one outer lead for an anode and a cathode. According to the present configuration, there is provided a semiconductor light emitting device that allows selection of side-emission mounting or top-emission mounting with the same components on a mount substrate. |
| US07812358B2 |
Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device is provided in a light-emitting element with a bonding wire that is a fine metallic wire formed mainly of gold or copper and coated at least partly with a substance capable of heightening a reflection coefficient of a wavelength of light emitted from the light-emitting element. |
| US07812352B2 |
Thin film transistor array substrate
A TFT array substrate is disclosed. In the pixel structure of the TFT array substrate, patterned transparent conductive layers are disposed under a first metal layer (M1) and a second metal layer (M2) and most areas of the M1 and M2 are substituted by the patterned transparent conductive layers. So, the pixel structure has high aperture ratio and large storage capacitance. Besides, a scan bonding pad on the TFT array substrate includes a first patterned transparent conductive layer (T1), the M1 and a third patterned transparent conductive layer (T3). The M1 is disposed on the T1, and the T3 is electrically connected to the T1 via a contact hole in the M1. So, the contact resistance of the scan bonding pad is small. The data bonding pad on the TFT array substrate has similar design. Moreover, fabricating methods of TFT array substrates are also provided. |
| US07812351B2 |
Thin film semiconductor device and its manufacturing method
A semiconductor thin film is formed having a lateral growth region which is a collection of columnar or needle-like crystals extending generally parallel with a substrate. The semiconductor thin film is illuminated with laser light or strong light having equivalent energy. As a result, adjacent columnar or needle-like crystals are joined together to form a region having substantially no grain boundaries, i.e., a monodomain region which can substantially be regarded as a single crystal. A semiconductor device is formed by using the monodomain region as an active layer. |
| US07812349B2 |
Display apparatus
An image display apparatus includes a display unit and a voltage source, with the display unit having display devices and pixel circuits. Each of the pixel circuits is provided with a drive transistor which has a first primary electrode connected to one terminal of each of the display devices, a second primary electrode connected to a first common electrode, and a control electrode for controlling by an electric potential the magnitude of a drive current supplied to the display devices. In addition, and a control transistor has a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the control electrode and the first primary electrode, respectively, and a gate electrode to which a signal switching between an on-state and an off-state is supplied, with an electric potential of the control electrode being set up at the on-state. The voltage source can adjust a voltage applied between the first common electrode and a second common electrode with another terminal of the display device being connected thereto. |
| US07812345B2 |
Organic EL display panel
The present invention relates to an organic EL display panel having an organic light emitting layer having a uniform film thickness. The organic EL display panel of the present invention includes: a substrate; linear banks placed on the substrate and defining a linear region on the substrate; and at least two organic EL elements aligned in a row each linear region, and, each of the organic EL elements includes: an anode placed on the substrate; a hole injection layer formed with an metallic oxide and placed on the anode; an organic light emitting layer placed on the hole injection layer; and a cathode placed on the organic light emitting layer. The hole injection layer is concavely curved or convexly curved, the hole injection layer is partly placed under the banks; and the organic light emitting layer is formed by applying an organic light emitting material in the linear region. |
| US07812344B2 |
Thin film transistor
A thin film transistor is provided. The thin film transistor includes a gate, at least one inorganic material layer, at least one dielectric layer, a source, a drain and an active layer. The gate is disposed on the substrate. The inorganic material layer covers the gate. The dielectric layer including at least one organic material covers the substrate and has an opening exposing the inorganic material layer on the gate. The source and the drain are disposed on the dielectric layer and a part of the inorganic layer exposed by the opening respectively. A channel region exists between the source and the drain. The active layer is disposed on the channel region. |
| US07812340B2 |
Strained-silicon-on-insulator single-and double-gate MOSFET and method for forming the same
A method of forming a semiconductor structure (and the resulting structure), includes straining a free-standing semiconductor, and fixing the strained, free-standing semiconductor to a substrate. |
| US07812337B2 |
Nitride semiconductor light emitting device and fabrication method thereof
A nitride semiconductor light emitting device includes a first nitride semiconductor layer, a first Al-doped nitride semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer, an activation layer formed on the first Al-doped nitride semiconductor buffer layer, and a second nitride semiconductor layer formed on the activation layer. Another nitride semiconductor light emitting device includes a first nitride semiconductor layer, an activation layer formed on the first nitride semiconductor layer, a second Al-doped nitride semiconductor buffer layer formed on the activation layer, and a second nitride semiconductor layer formed on the second Al-doped nitride semiconductor buffer layer. Still another nitride semiconductor light emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer, a first Al-doped nitride semiconductor buffer layer formed on the first nitride semiconductor layer, an activation layer formed on the first Al-doped nitride semiconductor buffer layer, a second Al-doped nitride semiconductor buffer layer formed on the activation layer, and a second nitride semiconductor layer formed on the second Al-doped nitride semiconductor buffer layer. |
| US07812336B2 |
Levitating substrate being charged by a non-volatile device and powered by a charged capacitor or bonding wire
At least one non-volatile device is coupled to a first Coulomb island. The floating gates of these non-volatile devices are connected to the island and can charge the Coulomb islands. One device can charge the island positively while a second device can be used to charge the island negatively. The Coulomb island can have a small probe opening where a charge can be introduced by using mechanical means such as an external probe or a MEMS switch. A fully charged capacitor formed in a first substrate can provide additional energy to a levitated substrate if the first substrate is connected to the levitated substrate. Bonding wires can be attached to a substrate that is attached to a mother substrate. Then, Coulomb forces can levitate the substrate from the mother substrate and the bonding wires can provide a source of power to the levitated substrate. |
| US07812333B2 |
Integrated circuit including resistivity changing material having a planarized surface
An integrated circuit includes a first electrode and a first resistivity changing material coupled to the first electrode. The first resistivity changing material has a planarized surface. The integrated circuit includes a second resistivity changing material contacting the planarized surface of the first resistivity changing material and a second electrode coupled to the second resistivity changing material. A cross-sectional width of the first resistivity changing material is less than a cross-sectional width of the second resistivity changing material. |
| US07812326B2 |
Treatment station for particle therapy
A treatment station for particle bombardment of a patient is provided. The treatment station includes an apparatus for adaptation of at least one particle beam parameter of a particle beam of a particle therapy installation. The treatment station operates in at least two operating modes, with the treatment station being operable in a first operating mode with a first particle type and in a second operating mode with a second particle type. The apparatus has at least one first beamforming element, which is held by a holding unit. The beamforming element is designed for adaptation of the particle beam parameter. The holding unit positions of the first beamforming element as a function of the operating mode, such that the first beamforming element can be arranged in the particle beam in the first operating mode, and cannot be arranged in the particle beam in the second operating mode. |
| US07812322B2 |
Radiation-shielding assemblies and methods
The invention relates to the handling of radioactive material. For instance, a radiation shield of the invention may include a body having a cavity therein for receiving radioactive material. An opening to the cavity may be defined in the body. A base may be releasably attachable to the body (generally toward the opening) to at least partially enclose the radioactive material in the cavity. In the case that the radiation shield includes a plurality of interchangeable bases, one of the bases may have at least one of a shorter length and a lighter weight than another of the bases. The base(s) may be designed to enclose more than one size and/or shape of container in the cavity. The base(s) may include a hand grip to facilitate manual gripping of the radiation shield. The base(s) may include a guard to reduce exposure to radiation from manual handling of the radiation shield. |
| US07812321B2 |
Techniques for providing a multimode ion source
Techniques for providing a multimode ion source are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for ion implantation comprising an ion source that operates in multiple modes such that a first mode is an arc-discharge mode and a second mode is an RF mode. |
| US07812311B2 |
Method and apparatus for two-dimensional spectroscopy
Preferred embodiments of the invention provide for methods and systems of 2D spectroscopy using ultrafast, first light and second light beams and a CCD array detector. A cylindrically-focused second light beam interrogates a target that is optically interactive with a frequency-dispersed excitation (first light) pulse, whereupon the second light beam is frequency-dispersed at right angle orientation to its line of focus, so that the horizontal dimension encodes the spatial location of the second light pulse and the first light frequency, while the vertical dimension encodes the second light frequency. Differential spectra of the first and second light pulses result in a 2D frequency-frequency surface equivalent to double-resonance spectroscopy. Because the first light frequency is spatially encoded in the sample, an entire surface can be acquired in a single interaction of the first and second light pulses. |
| US07812308B2 |
Mass spectrometer
In a liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer having an ionization interface capable of simultaneously performing ionization operations by ESI and APCI, a spray nozzle 22 for spraying a liquid sample given form a liquid chromatograph section as charged droplets, and a corona discharger 25 for ionizing mobile phase solvent molecules are placed in the same ionization chamber 21. The same voltages are applied to both the spray nozzle and the corona discharger from a single high-voltage power supply 41. The electrical power's value of the heater 27 of the heated dry gas supplier for drying the charged droplets generated in the spray nozzle 22 are set to be suitable for the ionization according to APCI. Consequently, the labor for the circuit design and the number of the parts are reduced. At the same time, the parameter setting items for the user are decreased, which leads to enhanced operability. |
| US07812303B2 |
Method and system for creating an image using quantum properties of light based upon spatial information from a second light beam which does not illuminate the subject
A preferred embodiment comprises a method and system for generating an image of a subject or area comprising a processor; at least one incoherent light source which illuminates the subject or area; a first receiver for receiving light reflected from the subject or area operatively connected to the processor; a second receiver for receiving light from at least one incoherent light source operatively connected to the processor; the first receiver collecting the amount of light reflected from the subject and transmit a value at specific intervals of time; the second receiver comprising a second detector which detects and transmits spatial information regarding the incoherent light source independent of any data concerning the subject at specific intervals of time; wherein the processor correlates the value transmitted by the first receiver with the spatial information derived from the second receiver at correlating intervals of time to create an image of the subject or area. Alternatively, sound or quantum particles may replace the incoherent light source. |
| US07812301B2 |
Solid-state imaging device, method of driving solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus
A solid-state imaging device, includes: a pixel array area including an unit pixel having a photoelectric conversion element and a transfer gate; a first supply voltage control means for supplying a first control voltage to a control electrode of the transfer gate; a second supply voltage control means for sequentially supplying one or plural second control voltages having a voltage value different from the first control voltage to the control electrode; a third supply voltage control means for supplying a third control voltage having the same voltage value as the second control voltages once or plural times prior to one or plural supplies of the second control voltages; a first driving means for reading signal charges from the transfer gate when the first control voltage is supplied; and a second driving means for reading signal charges from the transfer gate once and more when the second control voltage is sequentially applied. |
| US07812299B2 |
Image sensor having two-dimensionally arrayed pixels, focus detecting device using the sensor, and imaging system including the sensor
Pixels are two-dimensionally arrayed, each of the pixels having a first photoelectric conversion section which is divided into a plurality of regions to perform photoelectric conversions and a second photoelectric conversion section whose outer periphery is surrounded with the plurality of regions of the first photoelectric conversion section and which is divided into a plurality of regions to perform photoelectric conversion. In addition, micro-optical systems are arrayed so as to correspond to the pixels, the micro-optical systems guiding light of an object to the pixels. A division manner of the plurality of regions of the first photoelectric conversion section is different from a division manner of the plurality of regions of the second photoelectric conversion section. |
| US07812297B2 |
Integrated synchronized optical sampling and control element
An optical sampling and control element for use with a luminaire exhibiting a cycle and a frame, the optical sampling and control element being constituted of a color sensor in optical communication with the luminaire; and a sampler connected to the outputs of the color sensor, the sampler comprising an integrator arranged to integrate the outputs of the color sensor over a predetermined period less than the frame. |
| US07812290B2 |
Resonator for medical device
A resonator device including an induction coil, a conductive member positioned adjacent the induction coil, and a dielectric layer between at least a portion of the induction coil and the conductive member to form a capacitor structure. In one embodiment, the conductive member can be a stent. In an alternative embodiment, the conductive member can be a conductive film. In an additional embodiment, the dielectric layer can have a dielectric constant that changes in a predetermined fashion between at least a portion of the induction coil and the conductive member to allow for a uniform current distribution in the resonator device. The dielectric layer can also include a flexible elongate body. |
| US07812288B2 |
Sensor device for a heating device
A sensor for a sensor device on a cooking hob is provided with contacts on a support, an electronic circuit for signal processing and a resistance track for temperature measurement. The sensor is arranged in a tubular metallic housing above a radiant heater of the cooking hob. The metallic housing is operated as an electromagnetic pan recognition sensor. The functions of temperature measurement and pan recognition can be combined in one sensor device as a module. A good transmission of sensor signals can be achieved as a result of the physical proximity of the sensor signal processor to the sensor by placing them on the same support. |
| US07812281B2 |
Method for generating optically perceptible laser-induced cracks in brittle material
The invention is directed to a method for generating optically perceptible laser-induced cracks in brittle material, wherein a laser beam, followed by a coolant jet, is guided relative to the surface of the brittle material in order to advance a crack trail into the material starting from an initial crack, and wherein a marking agent which penetrates into the crack during the formation of the crack so as to make the latter visible is mixed with the coolant. |
| US07812280B2 |
Method and apparatus for laser micromachining a conical surface
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for micromachining a conical surface. In one embodiment, such a system may include a rotating platform for receiving a long line of laser illumination, a mask having a predetermined pattern comprising a sector of a planar ring, the mask being positioned on the rotating platform, a workpiece stage having a rotational axis for rotating a removably-affixed workpiece comprising a conical surface, wherein the sector comprises the planar image of the conical surface, an excimer laser for producing a laser beam, a homogenizer for homogenizing the laser beam in at least a single direction, at least one condenser lens, a turning mirror and at least one projection lens. |
| US07812279B2 |
Welding flash protection apparatus
A welding flash protection apparatus for use with a welding machine with gas shielding is disclosed, the apparatus providing for delay of the welding flash thereby preventing the typically inherent fraction of a second delay between flash and lens darkening, hence protecting the eyes. The apparatus provides a complete helmet or apparatus components for fitment to an existing helmet. The apparatus provides a unique transmitter antenna mount for the shielding gas tank. |
| US07812276B2 |
Electrical switching apparatus, and arc chute and arc member therefor
An arc member is provided for an electrical switching apparatus. The electrical switching apparatus includes an operating mechanism for opening and closing separable contacts, and an arc chute disposed proximate the separable contacts to attract an arc generated thereby. The separable contacts include a stationary contact and a movable contact. The stationary contact has an edge, which is disposed in a plane. The arc member includes an arc element disposed between the stationary contact and the arc chute. The arc element has first and second portions and first and second arc attractors. The first arc attractor extends outwardly from the first portion toward the plane of the edge of the stationary contact to draw the arc from the separable contacts to the arc member. The second arc attractors, which are disposed on the second portion of the arc element, direct the arc into the arc chute. |
| US07812274B2 |
Rotary knob for a motor vehicle
A rotary knob is for operating a motor vehicle by rotation of the rotary knob, the rotary knob having an at least partially transparent display layer which rotates along in response to an angular movement of the rotary knob, and a controllable light source for displaying changeable information on the display layer. |
| US07812270B2 |
Multi-directional detect switch
A multi-directional detect switch (100) includes an insulative housing (5), a number of fixed terminals (4) embedded in the insulative housing, a moveable contact (2), and an actuator (1) positioned on the moveable contact. The fixed terminals include a pair of fixed grounding terminals (44) and a number of fixed periphery terminals (411-414). The moveable contact contacts with the fixed grounding terminal and has a number of periphery beams (21). When the actuator is operated obliquely, one or two periphery beams of the moveable contact is depressed by the actuator for contacting with corresponding one or two fixed periphery terminals, to thereby electrically connect the fixed periphery terminals with the fixed grounding terminal. |
| US07812267B2 |
Weighing apparatus having rotating weigh platform and vertical force minimizing system
A weighing apparatus having a weighing system, a drive system, and a vertical force minimizing system. The weighing system may include a load receiving surface and a plurality of load cells. The drive system produces rotation of the load receiving surface about its vertical axis. The vertical force minimizing system minimizes the amount of vertical force that is applied to the load cells through the drive system, while simultaneously transmitting forces in the transverse direction to provide for rotational movement of the load receiving surface. |
| US07812264B2 |
Functional element-mounted module and a method for producing the same
A functional element-mounted module can be decreased in size and requires no costly and special members for a light transition member. A substrate is used, on which an optical functional element having an optical function part and bonding pads therearound is mounted by wire bonding, with an upper face of the element upward. A bank to dam a liquid sealing resin is provided around the optical functional element on the substrate, and the liquid sealing resin is dropped and filled between the optical functional element and the bank such that the bonding pads and partial gold wires for the wire bonding are exposed. A package-component member having a hole corresponding to the optical functional element is abutted to the bank such that the hole is opposed to the function part of the functional element. Thereby, the package-component member is contacted to the liquid sealing resin. The package-component member is fixed to the substrate by curing the liquid sealing resin, and the bank is cut away. |
| US07812262B2 |
Multilayer printed circuit board
The objective of present invention is to provide an electroplating solution capable of forming the upper face of a via-hole and the upper face of a conductor circuit in the same layer in approximately the same plane at the time of manufacturing a multilayer printed circuit board. The electroplating solution of the present invention is characterized by containing 50 to 300 g/L of copper sulfate, 30 to 200 g/L of sulfuric acid, 25 to 90 mg/L of chlorine ion, and 1 to 1000 mg/L of an additive comprising at least a leveling agent and a brightener. |
| US07812260B2 |
Electrical insulation tape with controlled bonding and resin impregnation properties
A mechanical interface for relieving stress between an outer layer and an inner insulating layer in a layered insulating tape structure surrounding an electrical conductor. The interface tape includes a porous non-woven carrier having opposing sides including a release region located at a first side and a non-release region located at an opposite second side. The release region is treated with a release material for substantially inhibiting adhesion between the first side and an adjacent outer surface. The non-release region is untreated by the release material for substantially facilitating adhesion between the second side and an adjacent inner surface. |
| US07812256B2 |
Housing assembly for electronic device
A housing assembly (10) for use in a portable electronic device, includes base (14) and a decorative element (12). The base (14) has a securing portion (144) protruding therefrom; The decorative element (12) has a securing groove (126) corresponding to the securing portion (144) and the cross-sectional area of the securing groove (126) being smaller than the cross-sectional area of the securing portion (144); When the decorative element (12) is pressed toward the base (14), the decorative element (12) may be elastically deformed due to the pressing force, and the cross-sectional area of the securing groove (126) is enlarged so the securing portion (144) can be pushed in the securing groove (126); and when the pressing force is removed, the securing groove (126) begins trying to shrink to its original state so that the securing portion (144) is press-fit within the securing groove (126) to mount the decorative element (12) on the base (14). |
| US07812255B2 |
Electrical junction box with fastener knockout feature and method
A Chicago-style plenum-type electrical junction box provides an air impermeable barrier between a box support structure and a junction enclosure. The junction box includes a base plate and a peripheral wall, the peripheral wall extending from the base plate such that the base plate and peripheral wall define the junction enclosure. The base plate preferably includes a series of fastener knockouts so as to provide an air impermeable barrier. The fastener knockouts are selectively removable for exposing a series of fastener-receiving apertures. The fastener-receiving apertures receive a series of fasteners for sealing the fastener-receiving apertures when fastening the junction box to the box support structure thereby providing an air tight barrier between the box support structure and the junction enclosure. |
| US07812252B2 |
Dye sensitized solar cell and method for manufacturing dye sensitized solar cell
The present invention provides a dye sensitized solar cell comprising an n-type semiconductor electrode containing a dye, an opposed electrode, and a gel electrolyte arranged between the n-type semiconductor and the opposed electrode and containing a gelling agent and an electrolyte that contains iodine, wherein the gelling agent contains a compound including an N-containing group and at least one atomic group selected from a group consisting of a sulfonic group and a carboxylic group. |
| US07812251B2 |
Photosensitizing transition metal complex and its use for photovoltaic cell
A photosensitizing transition metal complex of the formula (Ia) MLY1, (Ib) MLX3 (Ic) MLY2X, (Id) MLY3X or (Ie) MLY4X in which M is a transition metal selected from ruthenium, osmium, iron, rhenium and technetium, preferably ruthenium or osmium. X is a co-ligand independently selected from NCS—, Cl—, Br—, I—, CN—, H2O; pyridine unsubstituted or substituted by at least one group selected from vinyl, primary, secondary or tertiary amine, OH and C1-30 alkyl, preferably NSC and CN—; L is a tridentate polypyridine ligand, carrying at least one carboxylic, phosphoric acid or a chelating group and one substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstituted alkylamide group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms or substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 7 to 50 carbon atoms. A dye-sensitized electrode includes a substrate having an electrically conductive surface, an oxide semiconductor film formed on the conductive surface, and the above sensitizer of formula (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), (Id) or (Ie) as specified above, supported on the film. A solar cell includes the above electrode, a counter electrode, and an electrolyte deposited there between. |
| US07812250B2 |
Trench process and structure for backside contact solar cells with polysilicon doped regions
A solar cell includes polysilicon P-type and N-type doped regions on a backside of a substrate, such as a silicon wafer. A trench structure separates the P-type doped region from the N-type doped region. Each of the P-type and N-type doped regions may be formed over a thin dielectric layer. The trench structure may include a textured surface for increased solar radiation collection. Among other advantages, the resulting structure increases efficiency by providing isolation between adjacent P-type and N-type doped regions, thereby preventing recombination in a space charge region where the doped regions would have touched. |
| US07812242B2 |
Electronic musical instruments
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to providing a musical tone control device for carrying out appropriate control in user-performed operations. A pitch parameter value PB set by a pitch bend wheel may be loaded and a determination may be made whether the pitch parameter value PB is within a specified range. If the pitch parameter value PB is within the specified range, a time t may advance by 1, and a determination may be made whether the time t has reached t1. If the time t has reached t1, an amplitude value from a low frequency oscillator (LFO) table corresponding to the time t may be read out from the LFO table. The vibrato value VI may be calculated by multiplying the amplitude value and the vibrato depth. The pitch parameter value PB and the vibrato value VI may be added and transmitted to the sound source. |
| US07812241B2 |
Methods and systems for identifying similar songs
Methods and systems for identifying similar songs are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, methods for identifying similar songs are provided, the methods comprising: identifying beats in at least a portion of a song; generating beat-level descriptors of the at least a portion of the song corresponding to the beats; comparing the beat-level descriptors to other beat-level descriptors corresponding to a plurality of songs. In accordance with some embodiments, systems for identifying similar songs are provided, the systems comprising: a digital processing device that: identifies beats in at least a portion of a song; generates beat-level descriptors of the at least a portion of the song corresponding to the beats; and compares the beat-level descriptors to other beat-level descriptors corresponding to a plurality of songs. |
| US07812240B2 |
Fragment search apparatus and method
Analysis section divides waveform data of a given music piece into waveform data of a plurality of fragments and divides the waveform data of each of the fragments into one or more events of sound, and obtains a character value indicative of a character of the waveform data pertaining to each of the divided events. Storage section stores respective music piece data and music piece composing data of one or more music pieces. The music piece composing data include a character value indicative of a character of the waveform data pertaining to each of the events of each of the fragments. Search section searches (or retrieves) for, from among the stored music piece composing data, one event or a plurality of successive events having a character value of a high degree of similarity to one or more events included in a designated fragment. |
| US07812239B2 |
Music piece processing apparatus and method
Storage section has stored therein music piece data sets of a plurality of music pieces, each of the music piece data sets including respective tone data of a plurality of fragments of the music piece and respective character values indicative of musical characters of the fragments. Each of the fragments of a selected main music piece is selected as a main fragment, and each one, other than the selected main fragment, of a plurality of fragments of two or more music pieces is selected as a sub fragment. A similarity index value indicative of a degree of similarity between the character value of the main fragment and the character value of the specified sub fragment is calculated. For each of the main fragments, a sub fragment presenting a similarity index value that satisfies a predetermined selection condition is selected for processing the tone data of the main music piece. |
| US07812230B1 |
Inbred maize line PHDTD
A novel inbred maize variety designated PHDTD and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize variety PHDTD with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHDTD through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the inbred variety PHDTD or a trait conversion of PHDTD with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from inbred maize variety PHDTD, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from inbred maize variety PHDTD and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods. |
| US07812221B2 |
Wheat with altered branching enzyme activity and starch and starch containing products derived therefrom
Wheat having a reduced level of SBEIIa activity, that may have a relative high amylose content. Wheat having a mutant SBEIIa gene in the A genome. The wheat might additionally have reduced levels of SBEIIb activity. The wheat grain of this invention can be of a non-shrunken phenotype despite a lesion in the amylopectin synthesis pathway, and may also have a high relative amylose content. |
| US07812218B2 |
Polynucleotides and polypeptides involved in plant fiber development and methods of using same
Isolated polynucleotides are provided. Each of the isolated polynucleotides comprise a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 26, 106, 107, 109, 110, 112, 114, 115, 118, 119, 122, 123, 124, 126, 95 or 96, wherein the polypeptide is capable of regulating cotton fiber development. Also provided are methods of using such polynucleotides for improving fiber quality and/or yield of a fiber producing plant, as well as methods of using such polynucleotides for producing plants having increased biomass/vigor/yield. |
| US07812214B2 |
Absorbent article featuring a laminated material with a low Poisson's Ratio
Disclosed is an absorbent article defining a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the absorbent article including an outercover, the outercover comprising a laminated material including two layers; an absorbent body disposed adjacent the outercover; and a graphic associated with the outercover, wherein the laminated material exhibits a Poisson's Ratio less than 1.0 at 4 percent longitudinal strain using ASTM-E132. The laminated material optimally exhibits a Poisson's Ratio less than 0.75 at 4 percent longitudinal strain using ASTM-E132. The laminated material more optimally exhibits a Poisson's Ratio less than 0.4 at 4 percent longitudinal strain using ASTM-E132. |
| US07812210B2 |
Refuse treatment plant
The invention relates to a refuse treatment plant (1) with a closed construction, which permits the aerobic degradation of organic material, for example in refuse comprising biodegradable fractions. The refuse treatment plant (1) comprises a bay (5) with an aeration and deaeration installation. At least one refuse treatment chamber (16), which is connected to the bay (5) via an opening (7) in the bay wall, is located on at least one external face of the bay wall (6). The refuse treatment chamber (16) is configured by a cover tarpaulin (30), which is provided with a raising and lowering device (20), is water-and particle-tight but permeable to air and water vapour. The cover tarpaulin (30) comprises an edge (32), which is attached to the bay wall (6) and to the ground (50) in a rigid and airtight manner by means of a fixing device (50). The raising and lowering device (20) can be configured with the aid of a pneumatic support structure (22) consisting of inflatable tubes (23). The cover tarpaulin (30) is raised for the respective charging and discharging process of the refuse treatment chamber (16), so that refuse can be transported into or out of the bay (5) through the opening (7) in the bay wall. The raising and lowering device (20) is lowered for the duration of the aerobic treatment process, in such a way that the cover tarpaulin (30) lies directly on the refuse to be treated. |
| US07812209B2 |
Method for solidifying and stabilizing a concentrated aqueous sodium hydroxide solution
The present invention relates to a process for the solidification and stabilization of concentrated aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, characterized in that the following steps are carried out:a) a hydraulic binder containing blast furnace slag is mixed with said sodium hydroxide solution, in the presence of at least one additional source of calcium ions and/or magnesium ions and/or silica, to form a slurry, andb) the slurry is left to set to a solid product.The invention further relates to the solid product obtained by carrying out the process of the invention. The invention can be applied to the treatment of sodium hydroxide solutions that are radioactive or contaminated by other pollutants. |
| US07812207B2 |
Membrane separation processes and systems for enhanced permeant recovery
Membrane separation processes and systems are disclosed that pass a portion of the feed (102) to the permeate side of the membrane (104) to reduce membrane surface area and thus provide economically attractive processes and systems for treating large volume refinery and chemical process streams. |
| US07812205B2 |
Layered zeolitic catalyst for improved linearity in detergent alkylation
A process is disclosed wherein a layered catalyst is used for the alkylation of benzene with a substantially linear olefin. The layered catalyst allows for shifting the operating conditions to increase the alkylation of benzene, while reducing the amount of isomerization of the alkyl group. This is important for increasing the quality of the alkylbenzene by increasing the linearity of the alkylbenzene. |
| US07812199B2 |
Hydroxyl compounds and compositions for cholesterol management and related uses
The present invention relates to novel hydroxyl compounds, compositions comprising hydroxyl compounds, and methods useful for treating and preventing a variety of diseases and conditions such as, but not limited to aging, Alzheimer's Disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, a disorder of glucose metabolism, dyslipidemia, dyslipoproteinemia, hypertension, impotence, inflammation, insulin resistance, lipid elimination in bile, obesity, oxysterol elimination in bile, pancreatitis, pancreatitius, Parkinson's disease, a peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-associated disorder, phospholipid elimination in bile, renal disease, septicemia, metabolic syndrome disorders (e.g., Syndrome X), thrombotic disorder. Compounds and methods of the invention can also be used to modulate C reactive protein or enhance bile production in a patient. In certain embodiments, the compounds, compositions, and methods of the invention are useful in combination therapy with other therapeutics, such as hypocholesterolemic and hypoglycemic agents. |
| US07812197B2 |
Method for the preparation of therapeutically valuable triphenylbutene derivatives
The present invention concerns a method for the preparation of therapeutically valuable triphenylbutene derivatives, especially ospemifene or fispemifene. |
| US07812195B2 |
Cyclohexenyl butenones and fragrance compositions comprising them
The present invention relates to substituted cyclohexenyl butenones of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently selected from hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; and the total sum of carbon atoms is 11 to 15; as well as to a method for their production and to fragrance compositions and fragrance applications comprising them. |
| US07812189B2 |
Industrial process for production of high-purity diphenyl carbonate
According to the present invention, there are provided a high boiling point material separating column A and a diphenyl carbonate purifying column B each comprising a continuous multi-stage distillation column having specified structures, and there is provided a specific process that enables a high-purity diphenyl carbonate which is important as a raw material of a high-quality and high-performance polycarbonate to be produced stably for a prolonged period of time on an industrial scale of not less than 1 ton/hr from a reaction mixture containing the diphenyl carbonate using an apparatus in which these two continuous multi-stage distillation columns are connected together. |
| US07812186B2 |
Process for the production of derivatives of saturated carboxylic acids
A process for the production of carboxylic acids and their derivatives comprising the steps of: (c) reacting a derivative of an unsaturated fatty acid with an oxidizing compound in the presence of a catalyst capable of catalysing the reaction of oxidation of the double olefinic bond of the derivative of the unsaturated fatty acid so as to obtain as intermediate product of reaction a vicinal diol; and (d) reacting said intermediate compound with oxygen, or a compound containing oxygen, in the presence of a catalyst capable of catalysing the reaction of oxidation of the hydroxyl groups of the vicinal diol to carboxylic groups, characterized in that both of the steps (a) and (b) are carried out in the absence of added organic solvent and in that the water/diol ratio in the reaction of step (b) is less than 1:1. |
| US07812183B2 |
Benzopyran derivatives as potassium channel openers
The present invention is directed to novel benzopyran derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of disorders related to potassium channel. |
| US07812180B2 |
Electropolymerisable monomers that are soluble in aqueous solution and electroactive probes that can be obtained with such monomers
The invention relates to an electropolymerizable monomer, intended to be polymerized in aqueous solution, comprising a single electropolymerizable unit and an electron-donating group, characterized in that it also comprises at least one arm ionizable in aqueous solution. The invention also relates to the polymerization process, to the electroactive probe thus obtained and to the method for the detection of a target ligand in a biological sample. |
| US07812175B2 |
Process for production of 5-alkoxy-4-hydroxymethylpyrazole compound
The present invention relates to a process for producing a 5-alkoxy-4-hydroxymethylpyrazole compound represented by the general formula (3) which comprises reacting a pyrazole compound represented by the general formula (1) (wherein R1 is a substituent such as alkyl group, substituted or unsubstituted group or the like, and R2 is an electron withdrawing group) with a compound represented by the general formula (2) L-R3 (2) (wherein L is a leaving group and R3 is a substituent such as substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or the like) in the presence of a base and formaldehyde. |
| US07812173B2 |
Tetrahydro-1,8-dioxa-4a-aza-naphthalenes in coating applications
The present disclosure relates to the preparation and use of tetrahydro-1,8-dioxa-4a-aza-naphthalenes in low VOC coatings. |
| US07812170B2 |
Insecticides
Compounds of the formula (I) in which Z, is an oxygen atom; or a sulfur atom; Z2 is an oxygen atom; or a sulfur atom; R, is an aryl or heteroaryl group, which is unsubstituted or substituted; R2 is hydrogen; or an organic substituent; R3 is hydrogen; or an organic substituent; R4 is hydrogen; or an organic substituent; or R3 and R4, taken together, form, together with the nitrogen atom, to which they are attached, a ring, which is unsubstituted or substituted; R5 is hydrogen; or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group; or forms, taken together with R8 or with a monovalent substituent attached to that atom of R6, via which atom R6 is directly connected with the carbon atom, shown in the formula I, which carries R5, one additional bond; R6 and R7, taken together, form, together with the two carbon atoms, shown in the formula I, to which atoms they are attached, a bicyclic ring system, which ring system is carbocyclic or heterocyclic, which ring system is substituted, in the manner shown in the formula I, by the four substituents —N(R2)-C(═Z1)-R, —C(═Z2)-N(R3)-R4, R5 and R8, and which ring system is optionally further substituted; and R8 is hydrogen; or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group; or forms, taken together with R5 or with a monovalent substituent attached to that atom of R7, via which atom R7 is directly connected with the carbon atom, shown in the formula I, which carries R8, one additional bond, and, where appropriate, tautomers thereof, in each case in free form or in salt form, can be used as agrochemical active ingredients and can be prepared in a manner known per se. |
| US07812166B2 |
Kinase inhibitors
Compounds having the formula are useful for inhibiting protein tyrosine kinases. The present invention also discloses methods of making the compounds, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treatment using the compounds. |
| US07812165B2 |
6-substituted pyridoindolone derivatives, production and therapeutic use thereof
Compounds of formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5, have the meanings given in the description; pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds; and processes for preparing said compounds and methods of use thereof. |
| US07812161B2 |
Synthesis of GlyT-1 inhibitors
The present invention relates to a process for preparation of a compound of formula I wherein Het, R1, R2, R3, and n are as defined herein and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, which comprises reacting a compound of formula 21 with a compound of formula 8 to obtain a compound of formula 11 and coupling the compound of formula 11 in the presence of a coupling reagent or the corresponding acid halogenide with a compound of formula 15 to obtain a compound of formula I. |
| US07812156B2 |
Optical brightening agents
The instant invention relates to stilbene optical brightening agents which combine a high solubility in water while providing superior fluorescent whitening effects when applied to the surface of paper in either the size-press or in a pigmented coating composition and which show a reduced anionic charge. The instant optical brighteners may also be used for finishing of textiles. |
| US07812151B2 |
Low molecular weight polysaccharides having antithrombotic activity
Novel depolymerized-LMWepiK5-N,O-sulfates obtainable starting from a LMW-epiK5-N-sulfate prepared by nitrous depolymerization of an epiK5-N-sulfate or by C5-epimerization of a LMW-K5-N-sulfate obtained by nitrous depolymerization of a K5-N-sulfate. A process consists of submitting the starting depolymerized-LMW-epiK5-N-sulfate to four steps: a O-oversulfation, a partila O-desulfation, a 6-O-sulfation and a N-sulfation. The new depolymerized-LMWepiK5-N,O-sulfates present a di- or trisulfated 2,5-anhydromannitol unit at the reducing end of the majority of its chains, have a content of iduronic acid of 40-60%, a sulfation degree of from 2.3 to 2.9 and a mean molecular weight of from about 1,500 to about 12,000. They exhibit a good antithrombotic activity with a low pro-hemorrhagic risk. |
| US07812150B2 |
RNAi modulation of Aha and therapeutic uses thereof
The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of an Aha gene (Aha1 gene), comprising an antisense strand having a nucleotide sequence which is less that 30 nucleotides in length, generally 19-25 nucleotides in length, and which is substantially complementary to at least a part of an Aha gene. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the dsRNA together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, methods for treating diseases caused by Aha1 expression and the expression of an Aha gene using the pharmaceutical composition; and methods for inhibiting the expression of an Aha gene in a cell. |
| US07812149B2 |
2′-Fluoro substituted oligomeric compounds and compositions for use in gene modulations
Compositions comprising first and second oligomers are provided wherein at least a portion of the first oligomer is capable of hybridizing with at least a portion of the second oligomer, at least a portion of the first oligomer is complementary to and capable of hybridizing to a selected target nucleic acid, and at least one of the first or second oligomers includes a modified sugar and/or backbone modification. In some embodiments the modification is a 2′-F substituent group on a sugar moiety. Oligomer/protein compositions are also provided comprising an oligomer complementary to and capable of hybridizing to a selected target nucleic acid and at least one protein comprising at least a portion of an RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), wherein at least one nucleoside of the oligomer has a modified sugar and/or backbone modification. |
| US07812148B2 |
Vectors comprising CpG islands without position effect varigation and having increased expression
Polynucleotides and vectors comprising an expressible nucleic acid flanked by a 5′ extended methylation-free CpG island and a 3′ selectable marker element are disclosed. Such polynucleotides and vectors provide a means for obtaining high levels of expression of the flanked expressible nucleic acid. Preferred embodiments include combinations of 5′ extended methylation-free CpG islands and 3′ antibiotic resistance genes. |
| US07812147B2 |
Streptococcus uberis adhesion molecule
A polypeptide, designated as “Streptococcus uberis Adhesion Molecule” (SUAM), and fragments of SUAM, prevent internalization and adherence of Streptococcus uberis and other streptococcal pathogens to cells. The SUAM polypeptide and fragments may be used diagnostically and therapeutically. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the SUAM polypeptide and fragments are included in the invention. |
| US07812143B2 |
Biomarkers for cancer treatment
The present invention provides identification of a thirty-five gene set that predicts the anticancer activity of inhibitors of the RAF/MEK/MAPK pathway, methods of qualifying cancer status in a subject, methods of identifying an anti-tumor response in a subject, methods of monitoring the efficacy of a therapeutic drug in a subject, and methods of identifying an agent useful in the treatment of a cancer based on expression of the thirty-five gene set. |
| US07812141B2 |
Azo compounds
The present invention relates to novel dyestuffs of formula (I) wherein the substituents have the meanings defined in the claims, the production of such dyestuffs, the use of these dyestuffs and material dyed or printed by such dyestuffs. |
| US07812140B2 |
Colorant compounds
Disclosed is a compound of the formula and dimers thereof, wherein R, R′, X, (Y)m, and (Z)n are as defined herein. The compounds are useful as colorants, particularly in applications such as phase change inks. |
| US07812137B2 |
Db, the receptor for leptin, nucleic acids encoding the receptor, and uses thereof
The present invention relates to identification of a receptor for a satiety factor, which is involved in body weight homeostasis. Mutations in this receptor are associated with obese phenotypes. In particular, the present invention relates to identification and characterization of the receptor for leptin, including a naturally occurring soluble form of the receptor that is expected to modulate leptin activity, in particular to agonize leptin activity. The invention further relates to the nucleic acids encoding the receptor, and to methods for using the receptor, e.g., to identify leptin analogs, therapeutically, such as in gene therapy or in soluble form as an agonist or antagonist of leptin activity, or diagnostically. |
| US07812128B2 |
Gene overexpressed in cancer
Disclosed are a protein encoded by a gene having a nucleotide sequence represented by any of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 65 or a fragment thereof, an antibody recognizing the protein or antigen-binding fragment thereof, and a polynucleotide having a sequence comprising at least 12 consecutive nucleotides of a nucleotide sequence represented by any of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 65 or a nucleotide sequence complementary thereto. The gene and the protein of the invention is useful for diagnosing and treating cancer. |
| US07812126B2 |
DIRS1 polypeptides
Nucleic acids encoding mammalian, e.g., primate or rodent receptors, purified receptor proteins and fragments thereof. Antibodies, both polyclonal and monoclonal, are also provided. Methods of using the compositions for both diagnostic and therapeutic utilities are provided. |
| US07812122B2 |
Protein sweetener
Disclosed herein are sweet proteins that are variants of Brazzein, and nucleotide sequences capable of expressing them. Through a replacement of a tyrosine residue at the C terminus in the naturally occurring Brazzein sequence, or the insertion of two residues (at least one being isoleucine, glycine or proline) before the N terminus of wild type Brazzein, sweetness potency, the taste profile and sweetness strength are improved. |
| US07812114B2 |
Block copolymer by reacting alkylene oxide and glycidyl ether in presence of unsaturated monomer
Disclosed is a process for preparing copolymer dispersions made of alkylene oxides and glycidyl ethers according to formula (I) in which R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C4-alkyl radical, R2 and R4 are an alkyl or aryl radical having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R3 is an alkyl or aryl radical having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, which may also contain heteroatoms. A is an alkylene unit having 2 to 6 carbon atoms. In formula (1), x is a number from 0 to 10, y is a number from 0 to 10, n is a number from 0 to 100, k is a number from 1 to 100, R5 is an acid group or hydrogen, and m is a number from 1 to 500, with the proviso that (y+n) must be at least 1. |
| US07812112B2 |
Outdoor signs comprising polyester compositions formed from 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol
Described are outdoor signs comprising polyester compositions comprising polyesters which comprise (a) a dicarboxylic acid component having terephthalic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues or ester residues thereof; 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues. |
| US07812111B2 |
LCD films comprising polyester compositions formed from 2,2,4,4-tetramethy1-1,3-cyclobutanediol and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol
Described are LCD films or sheets comprising polyester compositions comprising polyesters which comprise (a) a dicarboxylic acid component having terephthalic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues or ester residues thereof; 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues. |
| US07812108B2 |
Hydrogenation and epoxidation of polymers made by controlled polymerization
The present invention discloses a process for synthesizing a hydrogenated polymer that comprises: (1) preparing a aqueous polymerization medium which is comprised of (a) at least one monomer, (b) a polymerization control agent, and an emulsifier, wherein the emulsifier is prepared in-situ within the aqueous polymerization medium; (2) initiating polymerization of said monomer within the aqueous polymerization medium to produce a latex of an unsaturated polymer; (3) treating the latex of the unsaturated polymer with (a) an oxidant selected from the group consisting of oxygen, air and hydroperoxides; (b) a reducing agent selected from the group consisting of hydrazine and hydrates of hydrazine; and (c) a metal ion activator to produce the hydrogenated polymer. |
| US07812100B2 |
Alkoxyamines containing unsaturated groups
The invention relates to new alkoxyamines suitable for hydrosilylation reactions, to siloxane modified alkoxamines and to siloxane modified polymers as well as to their use. The alkoxamines are compounds of formula (I) or (II) wherein A is a group capable of forming a stable free nitroxyl radical A. which is bound via its oxygen atom to the carbon atom; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently of one another are hydrogen, C.sub.1-C.sub.18-alkyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.8cycloalkyl or phenyl which are unsubstituted or substituted by NO.sub.2, halogen, amino, hydroxy, cyano, carboxy, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkoxy, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkylthio, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkylamino or di(C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkyl)amino; R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 independently of one another are hydrogen or C.sub.1-C.sub.18alkyl or phenyl; or R.sub.3 and R.sub.5 together with the linking group C.dbd.C form a 5 to 12 membered ring; R.sub.6 is X hydrogen or C.sub.1-C.sub.l8alkyl or phenyl; X is O, NH or NR.sub.7, wherein R.sub.7 is C.sub.1-C.sub.18alkyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.8cycloalkyl or phenyl; Y is a direct bond, C.sub.1-C.sub.30alkylene or C.sub.6-C.sub.12arylene. |
| US07812097B2 |
Binder comprising a crosslinked polyanhydride grafted with a lower molecular weight anhydride
An improved curable formaldehyde-free binding composition is provided. Such curable composition comprises the reaction product of a polyanhydride and a polyol crosslinker and a lower molecular weight anhydride. Initially, the polyanhydride is modified through reaction with a polyol (e.g., a glycol or an alkanolamine) and subsequently is grafted with the lower molecular weight anhydride (e.g., maleic anhydride) to form a water-soluble or water-dispersible curable reaction product. The composition is well suited for binding fibrous materials (e.g., a mat of glass fibers) or for bonding together non-fibrous materials. The binder composition displays an advantageous viscosity so as to facilitate a flowable application with ease combined with an adequately high molecular weight to satisfactorily undergo service as a binder following curing even when harsh environmental conditions (e.g., hot humid air) are encountered for a prolonged period of time. |
| US07812094B2 |
Polymer blend
The invention relates to a polymer blend suitable for the production of film, said polymer blend comprising at least (1) a multimodal high density polyethylene (HDPE) composition and (2) a low density polyethylene (LDPE) polymer, a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) polymer or a mixture of LDPE and LLDPE polymers, said HDPE composition comprising a multimodal HDPE polymer which contains at least a lower molecular weight (LMW) polyethylene component and a higher molecular weight (HMW) polyethylene component. |
| US07812091B2 |
Electrophoretic particles and production process thereof
Electrophoretic particles are constituted by pigment particles provided with a polymer chain connected with a polymerization initiation group at a surface of pigment particle. The resultant electrophoretic particles are excellent particle size uniformity and dispersibility. |
| US07812090B2 |
High performance aqueous coating compositions
Coating compositions for cementitious substrates may be made from a silane-functional multistage latex polymer. The compositions adhere well to cementitious substrates and resist crush damage such as may be caused by stacking coated substrate boards. |
| US07812083B2 |
Method for the preparation of dispersions of carbon nanotubes
The invention provides a method for the preparation of a suspension of de-agglomerated carbon nanotubes, comprising mixing agglomerated carbon nanotubes with a block copolymer. Further, a powder of de-agglomerated carbon nanotubes is provided, that can be easily redispersed to obtain a suspension of untangled carbon nanotubes. The invention also relates to the use of the provided materials in the preparation of composites, and in electronics. |
| US07812081B2 |
Methods of making a mixture for a PTFE membrane with inorganic materials, and compositions related thereto
Method for making a mixture used in the production of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane including porous inorganic materials. The mixture includes PTFE resin, a lubricating agent, and a porous inorganic material. The mixture may be further processed to form a PTFE membrane. |
| US07812073B2 |
Preparation method of small particle sized polybutadiene latex used for the production of ABS
A preparation method of small particle-sized polybutadiene latex used for the production of ABS is disclosed, which includes putting components comprising 34.00-45.00% by weight of the butadiene, 0-6.0% by weight of the second monomer, 52.11-63.13% by weight of the desalinized water, 0.12-0.22% by weight of the mercaptan(TDM), 0.80-2.60% by weight of the emulsifiers composed of potassium abietate and potassium oleate, into the same polymerization reactor, then heating the mixture of the components and stirring the same at a temperature range of 60-75° C. The reaction lasts for 9-12 hours and the conversion is higher than 97%. The method has the advantages such as higher conversion, shorter reaction period and lower latex viscosity. During the first stage of the reaction, more heat is released by increasing the reaction rate. When the conversion reaches 40-80%, the heat release rate of intermediate stage is depressed by decreasing the reaction temperature. When the conversion is higher than 80%, the reaction temperature reaches the highest. Thus, severe heat release is avoided. Moreover, the butadiene polymerization can be controlled steadily and the reaction period is shortened. |
| US07812068B2 |
Recording ink, inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus using the same
The invention provides a recording ink containing a colorant, a wetting agent, a surfactant, a penetrating agent, and water, wherein when the specified moisture evaporation rate of the recording ink is less than 30% the specified viscosity elevating rate of the recording ink is 10 or less; when the moisture evaporation rate is 30% to 50%, there is a point at which the viscosity elevating rate is more than 500; and when the moisture evaporation rate is less than 30%, the average particle diameter of the colorant in the recording ink is two times or less the initial average particle diameter of the colorant before the moisture evaporation test of the recording ink. |
| US07812067B2 |
Binders for pigmented ink formulations
Disclosed herein are inks including an aqueous vehicle; at least one encapsulant-dispersed pigment; and at least one block copolymer binder dispersed throughout the aqueous vehicle and having Structure I and comprising a hydrophobic block (A) and a hydrophilic block (B); |
| US07812064B2 |
Phase change ink compositions
A radiation curable phase change ink comprising a white colorant; a colorant dispersant; and an ink vehicle comprising at least one curable monomer; at least one gellant; optionally at least one photoinitiator; optionally at least one stabilizer; and optionally at least one wax. |
| US07812061B2 |
Process for the production of recycled polycarbonate as raw material for flame-retardant resin compositions and polycarbonate-base flame-retardant resin compositions
A method for manufacturing a recycled polycarbonate raw material for a flame retardant resin composition from discarded and/or recovered optical discs using a polycarbonate resin as a substrate material, and includes (a) a step to identify if 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane as a divalent phenol of the polycarbonate resin raw material is polymerized as the sole raw material in the polycarbonate resin as the substrate material of the discarded and/or recovered optical discs and (b) a step to remove impurities by a chemical treatment by separating only the discarded and/or recovered optical discs, wherein the polycarbonate resin is identified as polymerized by using 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane as the sole raw material. Accordingly, used optical discs using a PC resin as a substrate material and discarded optical discs as substandard articles in a manufacturing step can be reused as a raw material for a flame retardant polycarbonate resin composition by treating with a method at low cost and a low environmental load. |
| US07812058B2 |
Methods and compounds useful to induce apoptosis in cancer cells
The present invention provides a method for treating cancer in a mammal comprising contacting the cancer cells with a compound which is a apogossypol, derivative. |
| US07812052B2 |
Stable aqueous formulation of a platin derivative
Disclosed is a stable aqueous formulation of a platin derivative, particularly oxaliplatin. The selected stabilizing additive is effective even in very small concentrations. |
| US07812051B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions of β-lapachone and β-lapachone analogs with improved tumor targeting potential
The present invention relates to polymer-modified quinone-containing and carbonyl-containing therapeutic agents, including polymer-modified β-lapachone compounds, and methods of treating cancer by administering the polymer-modified therapeutic agents to a subject. Polymer-modification of therapeutic agents, such as β-lapachone compounds, provides effective transport of polymer-modified therapeutic agents to tumor cells or tumor tissues by exploiting the EPR effect in tumor tissues. |
| US07812050B2 |
Polymorphic form of fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy) phenoxathiin-10,10-dioxide
Provided herein is a new form of 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathin 10,10-dioxide, which demonstrates higher stability relative to other forms of 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathiin-10,10-dioxide. In particular, this new form affords less dosage critical administration of 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathin 10,10-dioxide relative to other forms. The new solid form of 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathiin-10,10-dioxide has been determined and is provided herein. This new solid form of 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathiin-10,10-dioxide can be characterized by any of a number of its properties, including, but not limited to, melting point, differential scanning calorimetry, infrared spectroscopic spectrum or portions thereof, solubility, methods and conditions under which this form is prepared, and/or precipitated from solution, and, when in crystalline form, the crystalline form can be characterized according to the diffraction pattern or portions thereof. |
| US07812048B2 |
Glucokinase activators and methods of using same
Compounds are provided which are activators of the enzyme glucokinase and thus are useful in treating diabetes and related diseases, which compounds have the structure where Q is and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A method for treating diabetes and related diseases employing the above compounds is also provided. |
| US07812044B2 |
Anticancer agents
Remedies/preventives for hormone-independent cancer, hormone-independent cancer cell proliferation inhibitors, apoptosis inducers for cancer cells, etc. each containing a compound having an angiotensin II antagonism, its prodrug or a salt thereof. Thus, excellent anticancer agents are provided. |
| US07812041B2 |
Heterocyclic NF-κB inhibitors
The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) and salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof, wherein R1 is independently hydrogen; alkyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkyloxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, arylalkyl or substituted arylalkyl; R2 is independently —NR3R4, R3 is independently alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylamine, —OH, —SH, alkylthio, hydroxyalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkyloxy, aryl or heteroaryl, R4 is independently alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylamine, alkylthio, hydroxyalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkyloxy, aryl or heteroaryl; R5 is independently H, COR6, CO2R6, SOR6, SO3R6, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, —NH2, alkylamine, —NR7COR6, halogen, —OH, —SH, alkylthio, hydroxyalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkyloxy, aryl or heteroaryl; R6 is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, —NH2, alkylamine, aryl or heteroaryl; R7 is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, —OH, —SH, alkylthio, hydroxyalkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl; p is 0, or 1; q is 0, or 1; X is CO, or SO2. |
| US07812040B2 |
Histamine-3 receptor antagonists
This invention is directed to a compound of the formula Ia or Ib, as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a pharmaceutical composition containing a compound of formula I, a method of treatment of a disorder or condition that may be treated by antagonizing histamine H3 receptors, the method comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a compound of formula I as described above, and a method of treatment of a disorder or condition selected from the group consisting of depression, mood disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, Alzheimer's disease, attention-deficit disorder (ADD), attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), psychotic disorders, sleep disorders, obesity, dizziness, epilepsy, motion sickness, respiratory diseases, allergy, allergy-induced airway responses, allergic rhinitis, nasal congestion, allergic congestion, congestion, hypotension, cardiovascular disease, diseases of the GI tract, hyper and hypo motility and acidic secretion of the gastro-intestinal tract, the method comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a compound of formula I as described above. |
| US07812039B2 |
Drugs for chronic pains
Nitro-oxyderivative compounds or salts thereof having the following general formula (I): A-(B)b0-(C)o0-N02 wherein: c0 is an integer and is 0 or 1, b0 is an integer and is 0 or 1, A=R-TI-, wherein R is the radical of an analgesic drug for the chronic pain, in particular for the neuropathic pain; B is such that its precursor is selected from aminoacids, hydroxyacids, polyalcohols, compounds containing at least one acid function; C is a bivalent radical containing an aliphatic, heterocyclic or aromatic radical. |
| US07812036B2 |
Androgens
The compounds of the subject invention have a structure according to formula I: wherein each of the substituents is given the definition as set forth in the specification and claims, or a salt or hydrate form thereof. |
| US07812034B2 |
Method of using protease inhibitors for the treatment of liposarcomas
Liposarcomas are treated using HIV protease inhibitors, particularly nelfinavir. The protease inhibitors may be used alone or in combination with traditional cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or surgery. |
| US07812032B2 |
Crystalline forms of rapamycin analogs
A rapamycin analog composition includes a crystalline form of a rapamycin analog. The crystal can be a hydrate, dehydrate, solvate, or desolvate. The rapamycin analog can have a structure of Formula 1, which is optionally a prodrug, salt, derivative, or combination thereof: |
| US07812031B2 |
Pyrimidine derivatives as orexin receptor antagonists
The present invention relates to substituted pyrimidine compounds of formula I useful as orexin receptor antagonists. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds. |
| US07812029B1 |
Methods of treating or preventing autoimmune diseases with 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds
The present invention provides methods of treating or preventing autoimmune diseases with 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds, as well as methods of treating, preventing or ameliorating symptoms associated with such diseases. Specific examples of autoimmune diseases that can be treated or prevented with the compounds include rheumatoid arthritis and/or its associated symptoms, systemic lups erythematosis and/or its associated symptoms and multiple sclerosis and/or its associated symptoms. |
| US07812025B2 |
Brain/neuronal cell-protecting agent and therapeutic agent for sleep disorder
A compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof; and an agent for protecting a brain/neuronal cell or a therapeutic agent for sleep disorder comprising the compound or salt: wherein Z represents an oxygen or sulfur; R1 represents an aryl or heterocyclic group which may be substituted, provided that R1 is not a 3-ethyl-6-methoxy-2-methyl-5-naphthalen-1-yl group; R1a represents a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, a hydroxyl group or the like; R2 represents a piperidin-1,4-diyl or piperazin-1,4-diyl which may be substituted; R3 represents a bivalent group which is formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from a benzene ring or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent, provided that R3 is not a pyridazin-3,6-diyl; and R4 represents a group which is formed by removing one hydrogen atom from a benzene ring or 5- to 6-membered heterocyclic ring which may be substituted, provided that the substituent on the heterocyclic ring is not a phenylethyl group which may be substituted when Z is sulfur. |
| US07812024B2 |
Modulators of serotonin receptors
The present invention provides modulators of serotonin receptors, pharmaceutical compositions containing such modulators and methods for treating various diseases, conditions and disorders associated with modulation of serotonin receptors such as, for example: metabolic diseases, which includes but is not limited to obesity, diabetes, diabetic complications, atherosclerosis, impaired glucose tolerance and dyslipidemia; central nervous system diseases which includes but is not limited to, anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, sleep disorder, sexual disorder and social phobias; cephalic pain; migraine; and gastrointestinal disorders using such compounds and compositions. |
| US07812021B2 |
Pyrrolidine aryl-ether as NK3 receptor antagonists
The invention relates to a compound of general formula wherein Ar, R1, R2, R3, R4, n, o, p, s, X and are as defined herein or to a pharmaceutically active salt thereof, including all stereoisomeric forms, individual diastereoisomers and enantiomers of the compound of formula (I) as well as racemic and non-racemic mixtures thereof. The compounds are high potential NK-3 receptor antagonists for the treatment of depression, pain, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). |
| US07812019B2 |
Chromanylurea compounds that inhibit vanilloid receptor subtype 1 (VR1) receptor and uses thereof
Compounds that are antagonists of the VR1 receptor, having formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, or salt of a prodrug thereof, wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, R7, R8, R9, X, Y, Z, L, n, and m, are as defined herein, and are useful in disorders prevented or ameliorated by inhibiting the VR1 receptor. |
| US07812015B2 |
Prophylaxis and treatment of infectious diseases
The invention relates to the use of inhibitors of acid sphingomyelinase and/or of inhibitors of products of the reaction catalyzed by this enzyme, for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of infectious diseases and/or diseases which are influenced by infections during the course thereof. The cited products especially include ceramide. Preferrably neutralizing antibodies and/or antidepressants, especially tricyclic and/or tetracyclic antidepressants, are used as inhibitors. |
| US07812011B2 |
Steroid agonist for FXR
The invention relates to a FXR agonist of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or amino acid conjugates thereof. |
| US07812008B2 |
9-substituted tetracyclines
This invention provides compounds of Formula (I); or a tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof useful as antibacterial agents. |
| US07812007B2 |
Compositions of polysaccharides derived from heparin, their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them
Alkali and alkali-earth metal salts of polysaccharides derived from heparin, their method of preparation and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them. |
| US07812005B2 |
Glycosaminoglycans for treatment of emotional dysfunctions
The present invention relates to the use of glycosaminoglycan fractions having an average molecular weight of 2400 (±200) D for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions suitable for the treatment of emotional dysfunctions, especially depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, anxiety neurosis, agitation, confusion. |
| US07812003B2 |
Antisense microRNA and uses therefor
Provided herein are methods to suppress specificity protein (Sp) activity in a cell associated with a cell proliferative disease. The methods are effective to inhibit a microRNA in the cell using an antisense microRNA oligonucleotide which results in an increase in expression of a specificity protein (Sp) suppressor gene thereby inducing Sp degradation, apoptosis or growth arrest by releasing inhibitors of G2/M (Myt-1) or inhibition. Also provided are methods of treating a cancer using the antisense microRNA oligonucleotide. In addition the present invention provides antisense microRNA-27a oligonucleotides useful in the methods described herein. |
| US07812001B2 |
RNA aptamers and methods for identifying the same
RNA aptamers and methods for identifying the same are disclosed. The RNA aptamers selectively bind coagulation factors, E2F family members, Ang1 or Ang2, and therapeutic and other uses for the RNA aptamers are also disclosed. |
| US07812000B2 |
Modulation of immunostimulatory properties of oligonucleotide-based compounds by optimal presentation of 5′ ends
The invention relates to the therapeutic use of oligonucleotides as immunostimulatory agents in immunotherapy applications. More particularly, the invention provides immunomers for use in methods for generating an immune response or for treating a patient in need of immunostimulation. The immunomers of the invention comprise at least two oligonucleotides linked at their 3′ ends, internucleoside linkages or functionalized nucleobase or sugar to a non-nucleotidic linker, at least one of the oligonucleotides being an immunostimulatory oligonucleotide and having an accessible 5′ end. |
| US07811999B2 |
Use of lipid conjugates in the treatment of diseases
This invention provides a method of treating a subject suffering from an obstructive respiratory disease, including the step of administering to a subject a compound comprising a lipid or phospholipid moiety bound to a physiologically acceptable monomer, dimer, oligomer, or polymer, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a pharmaceutical product thereof, in an amount effective to treat the subject suffering from an obstructive respiratory disease. |
| US07811996B2 |
Methods and compositions for prevention and treatment of inflammatory disease, autoimmune disease, and transplant rejection
The invention provides compositions and methods for reducing one or more symptoms of an autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, and/or transplant rejection, by the administration to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a purified compound of any one of Formulae A-E. The invention's methods are useful for the prevention, amelioration, and treatment of autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, and/or transplant rejection. |
| US07811993B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating melanoma
Novel BRAFV600E mutant peptides or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, that induce MHC Class I-dependent cytotoxic T cell responses in mammals are useful in prophylactic, diagnostic and therapeutic treatments for melanoma. Such compounds are also useful in drug development for non-peptide mimics of the compounds described herein and in the development of therapeutic or diagnostic antibodies. |
| US07811992B2 |
Anti-infarction molecules
Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating ischemia and molecules related to hibernation states. FPA molecules having the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2 can be used for as anti-infarction agents. |
| US07811985B2 |
Therapeutic fibrin-derived peptides and uses thereof
The invention relates to peptides having the general formula (I), or a salt or amide thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are either the same or different, wherein R1 and R2 are each selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon residue, said residue having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein Z1 is selected from the group consisting of histidine and proline, wherein Z2 is selected from the group consisting of an arginine and a peptide comprising an initial arginine and having from 2 to 30 amino acids. The invention also relates to methods using the peptides of the present invention in the treatment of inflammation. |
| US07811984B2 |
BV8 nucleic acids and polypeptides with mitogenic activity
The present invention provides methods of using Bv8 polypeptides to induce endothelial cell proliferation and to enhance endothelial cell survival. Also provided herein are methods of screening for modulators of Bv8 activity. Furthermore, methods of treatment using Bv8 polypeptides are provided. |
| US07811982B2 |
Compounds and methods for treating cancer
The present invention provides a method of treating cancer involving administering an insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1 receptor) agonist and an anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agent. Also provided are compounds for treating cancer comprising an IGF-1-receptor ligand coupled to an anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agent. Also provided are compounds for treating cancer comprising an insulin-receptor ligand coupled to an anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agent. |
| US07811981B2 |
Methods of and compositions for inhibiting the proliferation of mammalian cells
A method of preventing, inhibiting and/or reversing cell motility, actin filament assembly or disassembly, proliferation, colonization, differentiation, accumulation and/or development of abnormal cells in a subject is disclosed. The method is effected by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a ribonuclease of the T2 family having actin binding activity. |
| US07811973B2 |
Phage display technologies
The present invention provides novel technologies for producing and screening fusion proteins on the surface of filamentous phage. In particular, a single vector can be used for generating cell and phage libraries containing a given series of protein sequences fused to either one or other of two phage coat proteins. This approach simplifies and improves the efficiency of the subsequent phage display-based selection of protein-binding molecules having therapeutic or diagnostic utility, such as antibodies, peptides, or epitope-binding regions. |
| US07811970B2 |
Compositions for the control of plant pests
The present invention provides a composition comprising imidacloprid and metalaxyl. The compositions of the present invention find use as pesticides. |
| US07811965B2 |
Platinum-copper-nickel fuel cell catalyst
A composition for use as a catalyst in, for example, a fuel cell, the composition comprising platinum, copper, and nickel, wherein the concentration of platinum therein is greater than 50 atomic percent and less than 80 atomic percent, and further wherein the sum of the concentrations of platinum, copper and nickel is greater than 95 atomic percent. |
| US07811963B2 |
Elongated shaped particles use as a catalyst or support thereof
An elongated-shaped particle having two protrusions; each extending from and attached to a central position, wherein the central position is aligned along the longitudinal axis of the particle, the cross-section of the particle occupying the space encompassed by the outer edges of six circles around a central circle, in which each of the six circles touches two neighboring circles and two alternating circles are equidistant to the central circle and may be attached to the central circle, and the two circles adjacent to the two alternating circles (but not the common circle) touching the central circle, minus the space occupied by the four remaining outer circles and including four remaining interstitial regions. |
| US07811961B2 |
Methods and formulations for enhancing NH3 adsorption capacity of selective catalytic reduction catalysts
According to one embodiment of the present invention, an enhanced NH3 adsorbing automotive exhaust composition including a catalyst composition suitable for use in a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system and an acidified support composition for enhancing NH3 adsorption capacity of the automotive exhaust composition is disclosed. |
| US07811959B2 |
Metal oxide-carbon composite catalyst support and fuel cell comprising the same
A catalyst support for a fuel cell, having good hydrophilic property and electroconductivity, an anode including the same, and a fuel cell including the anode are provided. The catalyst support is composed of a metal oxide-carbon composite. |
| US07811954B2 |
Glass yarn for reinforcing organic and/or inorganic materials
The invention relates to glass reinforcement strands, the composition of which comprises the following constituents in the limits defined below, expressed as percentages by weight: 59 to 63% SiO2; 10 to 16% Al2O3; 16 to 23% CaO; 1 to 3.2% MgO; 0 to 2% Na2O+K2O+Li2O; 0 to 1% TiO2; 0.1 to 1.8% B2O3; 0 to 0.5% Li2O; 0 to 0.4% ZnO; 0 to 1% MnO; and 0 to 0.5% F. These strands have improved properties in terms of mechanical strength, acid resistance and high-temperature resistance for a low-cost composition. The invention also relates to a process for producing the said strands and to the composition allowing them to be produced. |
| US07811950B2 |
Dimensionally stable ply suitable for roofing webs or roof-sealing webs
A polyester filament nonwoven ply is suitable for roofing and roof-sealing webs and has a latent shrinkage force which counteracts drafting forces which may subsequently occur as the result of stresses or during thermal processing operations. The roofing webs thus remain dimensionally stable even when exposed to heat. The shrinkage force is obtained according to the claimed process by drafting the ply accordingly in a drafting mechanism arranged after a dryer. |
| US07811946B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
The present invention provides a semiconductor device having a coating film of a predetermined thickness provided along the circumference of a semiconductor light emitting element, and provide a method for easily manufacturing the semiconductor device.A semiconductor light emitting element 2 that emits blue light is mounted face down on the top face of a pedestal 1, and a coating film 3 containing a YAG fluorescent material 6 that emits yellow light is placed so as to cover the top face and side face of the semiconductor light emitting element 2 and the top face of the pedestal 1. With the semiconductor light emitting element 2 and other elements placed between a first film 8 and a second film 9, the films are laminated in vacuum, thereby to fasten the coating film 3 onto the semiconductor light emitting element 2. Then the first film 8 and the second film 9 are removed, the coating film 3 is trimmed and the pedestal 1 is diced, thereby to obtain the semiconductor device 100 having the coating film 3 of a predetermined thickness provided along the circumference of the semiconductor light emitting element 2. |
| US07811945B2 |
Selective plasma processing method
A selective plasma processing method, within a processing chamber of a plasma processing apparatus, acts oxygen-containing plasma on a target object having silicon and a silicon nitride layer to selectively oxidize the silicon with respect to the silicon nitride layer and to form a silicon oxide film. Further, the ratio of a thickness of a silicon oxynitride film formed within the silicon nitride layer to a thickness of the silicon oxide film formed by the oxidization is equal to or smaller than 20%. |
| US07811942B2 |
Tri-layer plasma etch resist rework
Exemplary embodiments provide a tri-layer resist (TLR) stack used in a photolithographic process, and methods for resist reworking by a single plasma etch process. The single plasma etch process can be used to remove one or more portions/layers of the TLR stack that needs to be reworked in a single process. The removed portions/layers can then be re-formed and resulting in a reworked TLR stack for subsequent photo-resist (PR) processing. The disclosed plasma-etch resist rework method can be a fast, simple, and cost effective process used in either single or dual damascene tri-layer patterning processes for the fabrication of, for example, sub 45-nm node semiconductor structures. |
| US07811933B2 |
CMOS-process-compatible programmable via device
Programmable via devices and methods for the fabrication thereof are provided. In one aspect, a programmable via device is provided comprising a substrate; a dielectric layer on the substrate; a heater on at least a portion of a side of the dielectric layer opposite the substrate; a first oxide layer over the side of the dielectric layer opposite the substrate and surrounding at least a portion of the heater; a first capping layer over a side of the first oxide layer opposite the dielectric layer; at least one programmable via extending through the first capping layer and the first oxide layer and in contact with the heater, the programmable via comprising at least one phase change material; a second capping layer over the programmable via; a second oxide layer over a side of the first capping layer opposite the first oxide layer; a pair of first conductive vias, each extending through the first and second oxide layers and the first capping layer, and in contact with the heater; and a second conductive via, located between the pair of first conductive vias, extending through the second oxide layer and in contact with the second capping layer. |
| US07811926B2 |
Multilayer hardmask scheme for damage-free dual damascene processing of SiCOH dielectrics
Interconnect structures possessing an organosilicate glass based material for 90 nm and beyond BEOL technologies in which a multilayer hardmask using a line-first approach are described. The interconnect structure of the invention achieves respective improved device/interconnect performance and affords a substantial dual damascene process window owing to the non-exposure of the OSG material to resist removal plasmas and because of the alternating inorganic/organic multilayer hardmask stack. The latter feature implies that for every inorganic layer that is being etched during a specific etch step, the corresponding pattern transfer layer in the field is organic and vice-versa. |
| US07811925B1 |
Capping before barrier-removal IC fabrication method
Methods of forming a capping layer on conductive lines in a semiconductor device may be characterized by the following operations: (a) providing a semiconductor substrate comprising a dielectric layer having (i) exposed conductive lines (e.g., copper lines) disposed therein, and (ii) an exposed barrier layer disposed thereon; and (b) depositing a capping layer material on at least the exposed conductive lines of the semiconductor substrate. In certain embodiments, the method may also involve removing at least a portion of a conductive layer (e.g., overburden) disposed over the barrier layer and conductive lines to expose the barrier layer. |
| US07811923B2 |
Integrated wafer processing system for integration of patternable dielectric materials
The present disclosure relates to an integrated wafer processing apparatus for fabricating semiconductor chips. This integrated wafer processing system combines the lithography patterning steps and irradiation curing steps of the patternable dielectric into one system. The patternable low-k material of the present disclosure also functions as a photoresist, i.e. is a photo-patternable low-k dielectric material. |
| US07811922B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: preparing a wiring board having a base substrate and wiring that is plated on surface with a plating metal; pressing a bump that is formed on the active side of the semiconductor chip against an end part of the wiring of the wiring board, thereby exfoliating the area surrounding the pressed portion of the wiring from the base substrate while keeping the end of the wiring bonded with the base substrate; melting the plating metal that is located on the end part of the wiring, thereby causing the plating metal and the bump to form an alloy that bonds the bump and the wiring and infiltrate the plating metal into a space between the wiring and the base substrate; and judging that the bump and the wiring are well bonded if the plating metal has infiltrated a space between the wiring and the base substrate so as to have an area, width or length of infiltration that exceeds a reference value. |
| US07811919B2 |
Methods of fabricating a BEOL wiring structure containing an on-chip inductor and an on-chip capacitor
Methods for fabricating a back-end-of-line (BEOL) wiring structure that includes an on-chip inductor and an on-chip capacitor, as well as methods for tuning and fabricating a resonator that includes the on-chip inductor and on-chip capacitor. The fabrication methods generally include forming the on-chip capacitor and on-chip inductor in different metallization levels of the BEOL wiring structure and laterally positioned to be substantially vertical alignment. The on-chip capacitor may serve as a Faraday shield for the on-chip inductor. Optionally, a Faraday shield may be fabricated either between the on-chip capacitor and the on-chip inductor, or between the on-chip capacitor and the substrate. The BEOL wiring structure may include at least one floating electrode capable of being selectively coupled with the directly-connected electrodes of the on-chip capacitor for tuning, during circuit operation, a resonance frequency of an LC resonator that further includes the on-chip inductor. |
| US07811917B2 |
Systems and methods for maintaining performance at a reduced power
Systems and methods are provided for maintaining performance of an integrated circuit at a reduced power. The systems and methods employ a performance monitor that generates a signal indicative of at least one performance characteristic of at least a portion of a critical path associated with the integrated circuit. The system further comprises a supply control that adjusts a supply voltage of the integrated circuit to maintain performance at a reduced power based on the signal. A temperature adjustment component can be provided to adjust the signal to compensate for temperature offsets associated with performance of the performance monitor relative to performance of the critical path over different operating temperatures. A performance measurement of the performance monitor can be determined based on the concurrent triggering of the performance monitor and the critical path. |
| US07811916B2 |
Method for isotropic doping of a non-planar surface exposed in a void
A method is described for isotropic or nearly isotropic shallow doping of a non-planar surface exposed in a void. The results of ion implantation, a common doping method, are inherently planar. Some fabrication methods and devices may require doping a surface of a non-planar feature exposed in a void, such as a trench. The feature is doped by flowing a gas which will provide the dopant over the exposed surfaces, or by exposing the surfaces to a plasma including the dopant. The feature may be a patterned feature, including a top surface and a sidewall. In a preferred embodiment, a semiconductor feature having a top surface and a sidewall is exposed in a trench formed in a dielectric, and a gas providing a p-type or n-type dopant is flowed in the trench, providing a p-type or n-type dopant to the semiconductor. |
| US07811913B2 |
Method of fabricating a low, dark-current germanium-on-silicon pin photo detector
A method of fabricating a low, dark-current germanium-on-silicon PIN photo detector includes preparing a P-type silicon wafer; implanting the P-type silicon wafer with boron ions; activating the boron ions to form a P+ region on the silicon wafer; forming a boron-doped germanium layer on the P+ silicon surface; depositing an intrinsic germanium layer on the boron-doped germanium layer; cyclic annealing, including a relatively high temperature first anneal step and a relatively low temperature second anneal step; repeating the first and second anneal steps for about twenty cycles, thereby forcing crystal defects to the P+ germanium layer; implanting ions in the surface of germanium layer to form an N+ germanium surface layer and a PIN diode; activating the N+ germanium surface layer by thermal anneal; and completing device according to known techniques to form a low dark-current germanium-on-silicon PIN photodetector. |
| US07811910B2 |
Manufacturing method of display device
In crystallization of a silicon film by annealing using a linear-shaped laser beam having a width of the short axis of the beam is ununiform, the profile (intensity distribution) of the laser beam is evaluated and the results are fed back to a condition of oscillating the laser beam or an optical condition for projecting the laser beam onto the silicon film, whereby a display device comprising a high-quality crystalline silicon film is manufactured. The energy distribution of the linear-shaped laser beam is determined by a detector type CCD camera which is moved stepwise in the directions in which its long axis and short axis extend, respectively, and a value obtained by dividing an accumulated intensity E in the long axis direction obtained by accumulating the detected signal in the direction parallel to the short axis by the square root of the width W of the short axis of the above linear-shaped laser beam in each position of the long axis: E/√{square root over ( )}(W), is determined in all the positions of a cross section of the linear-shaped laser beam to evaluate the above intensity distribution. |
| US07811909B2 |
Production of a hexagonal boron nitride crystal body capable of emitting out ultraviolet radiation
The invention has for its object to provide a process of synthesizing high-purity hBN crystal bodies on a robust substrate even under normal pressure.The inventive process of producing hexagonal boron nitride crystal bodies is characterized by comprising a preparation step of preparing a mixture of a boron nitride raw material and a metal solvent comprising a transition metal, a contact step of bringing a sapphire substrate in contact with the mixture, a heating step of heating the mixture, and a recrystallization step of recrystallizing at normal pressure a melt obtained in the heating step. It is also characterized by using as the metal solvent a transition metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ni, Co, and a combination thereof, and at least one substance selected from the group consisting of Cr, TiN and V without recourse to any sapphire substrate. |
| US07811908B2 |
Method of storing GaN substrate, stored substrate, and semiconductor device and method of its manufacture
Affords a method of storing GaN substrates from which semiconductor devices of favorable properties can be manufactured, the stored substrates, and semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the semiconductor devices. In the GaN substrate storing method, a GaN substrate (1) is stored in an atmosphere having an oxygen concentration of 18 vol. % or less, and/or a water-vapor concentration of 12 g/m3 or less. Surface roughness Ra of a first principal face on, and roughness Ra of a second principal face on, the GaN substrate stored by the storing method are brought to no more than 20 nm and to no more than 20 μm, respectively. In addition, the GaN substrates are rendered such that the principal faces form an off-axis angle with the (0001) plane of from 0.05° to 2° in the <1 100> direction, and from 0° to 1° in the <11 20> direction. |
| US07811907B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device and epitaxial growth equipment
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes steps of: forming a trench on a main surface of a silicon substrate; forming a first epitaxial film on the main surface and in the trench; and forming a second epitaxial film on the first epitaxial film. The step of forming the first epitaxial film has a first process condition with a first growth rate of the first epitaxial film. The step of forming the second epitaxial film has a second process condition with a second growth rate of the second epitaxial film. The second growth rate is larger than the first growth rate. |
| US07811903B2 |
Thin flip-chip method
Methods for thinning a bumped semiconductor wafer, as well as methods for producing flip-chips of very thin profiles, are disclosed. According to the methods of the present invention, a mold compound is interspersed between conductive bumps on the active face of a wafer to provide support and protection for the wafer structure both during and after a process of removing the wafer's inactive back side silicon surface. The mold compound also serves to preserve the integrity of the conductively bumped aspects of the wafer during subsequent processing and may, after the wafer is diced, act as all or part of an underfill material for flip-chip applications. |
| US07811900B2 |
Method and structure for fabricating solar cells using a thick layer transfer process
A photovoltaic cell device, e.g., solar cell, solar panel, and method of manufacture. The device has an optically transparent substrate comprises a first surface and a second surface. A first thickness of material (e.g., semiconductor material, single crystal material) having a first surface region and a second surface region is included. In a preferred embodiment, the surface region is overlying the first surface of the optically transparent substrate. The device has an optical coupling material provided between the first surface region of the thickness of material and the first surface of the optically transparent material. |
| US07811898B2 |
Method and device for bonding wafers
The invention relates to a method and a device (1) for bonding wafers (6, 9). Here at least one wafer surface is first wetted with a molecular dipolar compound, whereupon the wafers are brought into contact with each other. The bonding of the wafers then takes place by means of microwave irradiation. |
| US07811897B2 |
Method of forming trench isolation
A wet etching method of removing silicon from a substrate includes depositing a layer comprising silicon in elemental form over a substrate. The layer is exposed to an aqueous liquid etching solution comprising a hydroxide and a fluoride, and having a pH of at least 10, under conditions and for a period of time effective to etch the elemental silicon from the substrate. Wet etching can be employed in methods of forming trench isolation, and in other methods. Other aspects and implementations are contemplated. |
| US07811894B2 |
Bipolar junction transistor and manufacturing method thereof
An improved bipolar junction transistor and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The bipolar junction transistor includes: a buried layer and a high concentration N-type collector region in a P-type semiconductor substrate; a low concentration P-type base region in the semiconductor substrate above the buried layer; a first high concentration P-type base region along an edge of the low concentration P-type base region; a second high concentration P-type base region at a center of the low concentration P-type base region; a high concentration N-type emitter region between the first and second high concentration base regions; and insulating layer spacers between the high concentration base regions and the high concentration emitter regions. In the bipolar junction transistor, the emitter-base distance can be reduced using a trench and an insulating layer spacer. This may improve base voltage and high-speed response characteristics. |
| US07811893B2 |
Shallow trench isolation stress adjuster for MOS transistor
The present invention provides, in one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor (100). The method comprises forming an active area (105) in a substrate (115), wherein the active area (105) is bounded by an isolation structure (120). The method further includes placing at least one stress adjuster (130) adjacent the active area (105), wherein the stress adjuster (130) is positioned to modify a mobility of a majority carrier within a channel region (155) of the MOS transistor (100). Other embodiments of the present invention include a MOS transistor device (200) and a process (300) for constructing an integrated circuit. |
| US07811892B2 |
Multi-step annealing process
A method of fabricating a dielectric layer is described. A substrate is provided, and a dielectric layer is formed over the substrate. The dielectric layer is performed with a nitridation process. The dielectric layer is performed with a first annealing process. A first gas used in the first annealing process includes inert gas and oxygen. The first gas has a first partial pressure ratio of inert gas to oxygen. The dielectric layer is performed with the second annealing process. A second gas used in the second annealing includes inert gas and oxygen. The second gas has a second partial pressure ratio of inert gas to oxygen, and the second partial pressure ratio is smaller than the first partial pressure ratio. At least one annealing temperature of the two annealing processes is equal to or greater than 950° C. The invention improves uniformity of nitrogen dopants distributed in dielectric layer. |
| US07811887B2 |
Forming silicon trench isolation (STI) in semiconductor devices self-aligned to diffusion
Silicon trench isolation (STI) is formed between adjacent diffusions in a semiconductor device, such as between bitlines in a memory array. The STI may be self-aligned to the diffusions, and may prevent misaligned bitline (BL) contacts from contacting silicon outside of the corresponding bitlines. The bitline contacts may have sufficient overlap of the bitlines to ensure full coverage by the bitlines. Bitline oxides formed over buried bitlines may be used to self-align trenches of the STI to the bitlines. The STI trenches may be lined with a CMOS spacer, salicide blocking layer and/or a contact etch stop layer. STI may be formed after Poly-2 etch or after word line salicidation. The memory cells may be NVM devices such as NROM, SONOS, SANOS, MANOS, TANOS or Floating Gate (FG) devices. |
| US07811884B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
When single crystal semiconductor layers are transposed from a single crystal semiconductor substrate (a bond wafer), the single crystal semiconductor substrate is etched selectively (this step is also referred to as groove processing), and a plurality of single crystal semiconductor layers, which are being divided in size of manufactured semiconductor elements, are transposed to a different substrate (a base substrate). Thus, a plurality of island-shaped single crystal semiconductor layers (SOI layers) can be formed over the base substrate. Further, etching is performed on the single crystal semiconductor layers formed over the base substrate, and the shapes of the SOI layers are controlled precisely by being processed and modified. |
| US07811883B2 |
Method of forming a nanowire based non-volatile floating-gate memory
A non-volatile memory transistor with a nanocrystal-containing floating gate formed by nanowires is disclosed. The nanocrystals are formed by the growth of short nanowires over a crystalline program oxide. As a result, the nanocrystals are single-crystals of uniform size and single-crystal orientation. |
| US07811882B2 |
Hardmask manufacture in ferroelectric capacitors
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method comprises fabricating a ferroelectric capacitor. The capacitor's fabrication includes forming conductive and ferroelectric material layers on a semiconductor substrate, forming a hardmask layer on the conductive and ferroelectric material layers, forming an organic bottom antireflective coating layer on the hardmask layer, and, patterning the organic bottom antireflective coating layer. Seasoning in a hardmask etching chamber is substantially unaffected by the patterning. |
| US07811879B2 |
Process for PCM integration with poly-emitter BJT as access device
Techniques for forming a memory cell. An aspect of the invention includes forming FET gate stacks and sacrificial cell gate stacks over the substrate. Spacer layers are then formed around the FET gate stacks and around the sacrificial cell gate stacks. The sacrificial cell gate stacks are then removed such that the spacer layers around the sacrificial cell gate stacks are still intact. BJT cell stacks are then formed in the space between the spacer layers where the sacrificial cell gate stacks were formed and removed, the BJT cell stacks including an emitter layer. A phase change layer above the emitter contacts and an electrode above the phase change layer are then formed. |
| US07811877B2 |
Method of controlling metal silicide formation
Methods of processing silicon substrates to form metal silicide layers thereover having more uniform thicknesses are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of processing a substrate includes providing a substrate having a plurality of exposed regions comprising silicon, wherein at least two of the plurality of exposed regions have a different rate of formation of a metal silicide layer thereover; doping at least one of the exposed regions to control the rate of formation of a metal silicide layer thereover; and forming a metal silicide layer upon the exposed regions of the substrate, wherein the metal silicide layer has a reduced maximum thickness differential between the exposed regions. |
| US07811873B2 |
Method for fabricating MOS-FET
A method for fabricating MOS-FET using a SOI substrate includes a process of ion implantation of an impurity into a channel region in a SOI layer; and a process of channel-annealing in a non-oxidized atmosphere. In the ion implantation process, a concentration peak of the impurity is made to exist in the SOI layer. Moreover in the channel-annealing process, the impurity is distributed with a high concentration in the vicinity of the surface of the SOI layer under the following condition with the anneal temperature as T (K) and annealing time as t (minutes): 506×1000/T−490 |
| US07811870B2 |
Array substrate for liquid crystal display device and fabrication method thereof
Provided is a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a fabrication method thereof. An array substrate for the LCD includes a gate line formed on a substrate, and a gate electrode extending from the gate line; a data line intersected with the gate line, wherein the data line is configured with a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer and a data metal layer; a pixel electrode formed of a first transparent metal layer at a pixel which is defined by an intersection of the gate line and the data line; a source electrode extending from the data line, and a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode by a predetermined distance to expose a channel; and a second transparent metal layer pattern formed on the data line, the source electrode and the drain electrode, wherein the second transparent metal layer connects the drain electrode and the pixel electrode to each other. |
| US07811867B2 |
Method for manufacturing pixel structure
A method for manufacturing a pixel structure is provided. A gate and a gate insulating layer are sequentially formed on a substrate. A semiconductor layer and a second metal layer are sequentially formed on the gate insulating layer. The semiconductor layer and the second metal layer are patterned to form a channel layer, a source and a drain by using a patterned photoresist layer formed thereon, wherein the source and drain are disposed on a portion of the channel layer. The gate, channel, source and drain form a thin film transistor. A passivation layer is formed on the patterned photoresist layer, the gate insulating layer and the thin film transistor. Then, the patterned photoresist layer is removed, such that the passivation layer thereon is removed simultaneously to form a patterned passivation layer and the drain is exposed. A pixel electrode is formed on the patterned passivation layer and the drain. |
| US07811856B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes: mounting a semiconductor chip having an electrode on a wiring substrate having a base substrate and a wiring formed on the base substrate; forming a eutectic alloy by contacting the wiring with the electrode and by heating and pressurizing, and; forming the eutectic alloy so as a part of the eutectic alloy enters between the wiring and the base substrate. |
| US07811855B2 |
Method for producing a matrix for detecting electromagnetic radiation and method for replacing an elementary module of such a detection matrix
A method for producing a matrix of electromagnetic radiation detectors made up of a plurality of elementary detection modules mounted on an interconnection substrate. The method includes depositing on the interconnection substrate a predefined number of quantities of solder or hybridization material, intended to constitute hybridization bumps for the elementary modules, in at least a first array for the nominal hybridization, and at least one second array, with the deposits of solder or hybridization material of the second array being lower in volume than those of the first array, depositing a liquid flux on the interconnection substrate, mounting the elementary modules to be hybridized on the interconnection substrate, and raising the temperature of a chamber in which the various elements to be hybridized are positioned until reaching at least the melting point of the solder or hybridization material to join the modules and interconnection substrate together by reflow effect. |
| US07811851B2 |
Phase change memory structures
A phase change memory cell has a first electrode, a plurality of pillars, and a second electrode. The plurality of pillars are electrically coupled with the first electrode. Each of the pillars comprises a phase change material portion and a heater material portion. The second electrode is electrically coupled to each of the pillars. In some examples, the pillars have a width less than 20 nanometers. |
| US07811847B2 |
Optical semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
Because of a large lattice mismatch between a sapphire substrate and a group III-V compound semiconductor, a good crystal is difficult to grow. A high-quality AlN buffer growth structure A on a sapphire substrate includes a sapphire (0001) substrate 1, an AlN nucleation layer 3 formed on the sapphire substrate 1, a pulsed supplied AlN layer 5 formed on the AlN nucleation layer 3, and a continuous growth AlN layer 7 formed on the pulsed supplied AlN layer 5. Formed on the continuous growth AlN layer 7 is at least one set of a pulsed supplied AlN layer 11 and a continuous growth AlN layer 15. The AlN layer 3 is grown in an initial nucleation mode which is a first growth mode by using an NH3 pulsed supply method. The pulsed supplied AlN layer 5 is formed by using NH3 pulsed supply in a low growth mode which is a second growth mode that increases a grain size and reduces dislocations and therefore is capable of reducing dislocations and burying the nucleation layer 3. The continuous growth AlN layer 7 is a fast vertical growth mode that improves flatness and suppresses crack occurrences. As examples of the thickness of layers; the pulsed supplied AlN layer 5, 11 is 0.3 μm and the thickness of the continuous growth AlN layer 7, 15 is 1 μm, for example. Characteristics of conditions under which layers are grown are as follows. The AlN layer 3 is grown under a high temperature and a high pressure with a low V-III ratio (less N). The pulsed supplied AlN layer 5 is grown at a low temperature and a low pressure with a high V-III ratio (more N). The continuous AlN layer 7 is grown at a high temperature and a high pressure with a high V-III ratio (Al rich and less N) without using an NH3 pulsed supply AlN growth method. |
| US07811846B2 |
Semiconductor devices grown in spherical cavity arrays and its preparation method
A method for fabricating an array of semiconductor devices comprising the steps of providing a non-metallic substrate, placing a layer of spheres on said substrate, reducing diameter of the spheres, encapsulating the spheres in a matrix of rigid material, finishing an upper surface of said matrix to expose a portion of said spheres, removing the spheres to form an array of cavities within said matrix, and forming features in said cavities in contact with said substrate so as to form the device. |
| US07811845B2 |
Method for manufacturing high efficiency light-emitting diodes
A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device comprising the steps of cutting a light-emitting unit by a laser beam, and cleaning the light-emitting unit by an acid solution to remove by-products resulted from the laser cutting. |
| US07811843B1 |
Method of manufacturing light-emitting diode
A method of manufacturing an LED includes the following steps: preparing an LED wafer including a substrate and an epitaxial layer formed on the substrate; cutting the epitaxial layer of the LED wafer into a plurality of LED dies with a gap defined between every two neighboring dies; filling an electrically insulating material in each gap between neighboring LED dies such that the neighboring LED dies are separated from each other by the insulating material; providing a circuit board having a layer of anisotropic conductive adhesive coated thereon; pressing the LED dies against the adhesive to bring the top surfaces of the LED dies into contact with the adhesive such that the LED dies each are electrically connected to the circuit board via the adhesive; and encapsulating the LED dies with a light penetrable material. |
| US07811841B2 |
Semiconductor composite device, method for manufacturing the semiconductor composite device, LED head that employs the semiconductor composite device, and image forming apparatus that employs the LED head
A semiconductor composite apparatus includes a semiconductor thin film and a metal layer formed on a substrate. The semiconductor thin film is bonded to the metal layer formed on the substrate. A region is formed between the semiconductor thin film and the metal surface, and contains an oxide of a metal that forms the metal surface. The metal surface is a surface of a metal layer provided on the substrate. The metal surface contains an element selected from the group consisting of Pd, Ni, Ge, Pt, Ti, Cr, and Au. The metal surface is coated with either a Pd layer or an Ni layer. |
| US07811831B2 |
Systems and methods for molecular recognition
Acoustic wave devices coated with a biolayer are described for the detection target bio-molecules. The acoustic wave device is connected in an oscillator circuit, and the frequency shift Δf resulting from a biomolecular event is recorded. Further described are the use of Rayleigh wave surface acoustic wave devices for vapor phase detection as well as quartz crystal microbalance devices for liquid phase measurements. A biofilm on the surface of the acoustic wave device comprises of a layer of antibodies raised against a specific target molecule or antigen. Signatures for detection events are presented in the form of frequency shifts Δf(t). |
| US07811823B2 |
Gene encoding an enzyme for catalyzing biosynthesis of lignan, and use thereof
The present invention provides an enzyme that catalyzes the reaction producing piperitol from pinoresinol, and a reaction producing sesamin from piperitol. The invention also provides a gene that encodes such enzyme. Further, the invention provides a vector and transformant including a gene encoding the enzyme, and a producing method of the protein using the transformant. |
| US07811821B2 |
Method of forming dendritic cells from embryonic stem cells
This invention relates to the culture of dendritic cells from human embryonic stem (ES) cells. Human ES cells are first cultured into hematopoietic cells by co-culture with stromal cells. The cells now differentiated into the hematopoietic lineage are then cultured with GM-CSF to create a culture of myeloid precursor cells. Culture of the myeloid precursor cells with the cytokines GM-CSF and IL-4 causes functional dendritic cells to be generated. The dendritic cells have a unique phenotype, as indicated by their combination of cell surface markers. |
| US07811818B2 |
Human liver engrafting cells isolated from adult liver tissue
A substantially enriched mammalian hepatic liver engrafting cell population is provided. Methods are provided for the isolation and culture of this liver engrafting cell. The progenitor cells are obtained from a variety of sources, including fetal and adult tissues. The cells are useful in transplantation, for experimental evaluation, and as a source of lineage and cell specific products, including mRNA species useful in identifying genes specifically expressed in these cells, and as targets for the discovery of factors or molecules that can affect them. |
| US07811811B2 |
Self-contained assay device for rapid detection of biohazardous agents
The invention relates to self-contained assay cassette for detecting a ligand in a sample. The assay cassette provides for turbulent flow and mixing of the sample with assay components, including receptors that bind to a ligand, optional microspheres capable of binding the receptors or to which other secondary receptors are attached, and liquid crystalline materials. The assay cassette also provides for laminar flow of the mixed sample into a detection chamber where complexes between a receptor, ligand, and optional microspheres, is detected as transmission of polarized light through the detection chambers. The invention also relates to methods for detecting a ligand in a sample using turbulent flow to mix the sample with assay components, including liquid crystalline materials, and laminar flow of the mixed sample such that the liquid crystalline material assumes an ordered conformation in absence of a ligand. |
| US07811810B2 |
Bioassay system including optical detection apparatuses, and method for detecting biomolecules
A bioassay system is disclosed. The bioassay system may include a plurality of optical detection apparatuses, each of which includes a substrate having a light detector, and a linker site formed over the light detector, the linker site being treated to affix the biomolecule to the linker site. The linker site is proximate to the light detector and is spaced apart from the light detector by a distance of less than or equal to 100 micrometers. The light detector collects light emitted from the biomolecule within a solid angle of greater than or equal to 0.8 SI steridian. The optical detection apparatus may further include an excitation light source formed over the substrate so as to provide a light source for exciting a fluorophore attached to the biomolecule. |
| US07811803B2 |
Methods and compositions for rapid purification of proteasomes and methods of use of components thereof
Disclosed are methods for rapidly and efficiently purifying proteasomes using fusion proteins having homology to ubiquitin. Also disclosed are methods for assessing aberrant cell growth utilizing fusion proteins have homology to ubiquitin and a signal producing moiety. |
| US07811800B2 |
Variant form of urate oxidase and use thereof
The present invention relates to genetically modified proteins with uricolytic activity. More specifically, the invention relates to proteins comprising truncated urate oxidases and methods for producing them, including PEGylated proteins comprising truncated urate oxidases. |
| US07811799B2 |
EGVI endoglucanase and nucleic acids encoding the same
The present invention provides a novel endoglucanase nucleic acid sequence, designated egl6, and the corresponding EGVI amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding EGVI, recombinant EGVI proteins and methods for producing the same. |
| US07811789B2 |
Polypeptides, polynucleotides and uses thereof
A recombinant polynucleotide encoding migrating stimulating factor (MSF) or variants or fragments or derivatives or fusions thereof or fusions of said variants or fragments or derivatives. Reagents are disclosed which can distinguish MSF and fibronectin, and which can distinguish polynucleotides which encode MSF or fibronectin. These reagents are believed to be useful in, for example, diagnosing cancer. MSF or variants or fragments or derivatives or fusions thereof, or fusions of said variants or fusions or derivatives, are useful in modulating cell migration and in wound healing. |
| US07811785B2 |
Anti-VEGF antibodies
Anti-VEGF antibodies and variants thereof, including those having high affinity for binding to VEGF, are disclosed. Also provided are methods of using phage display technology with naïve libraries to generate and select the anti-VEGF antibodies with desired binding and other biological activities. Further contemplated are uses of the antibodies in research, diagnostic and therapeutic applications. |
| US07811777B2 |
Methods of screening for agonists and antagonists of patched-2
The present invention relates to nucleotide sequences, including expressed sequence tags (ESTs), oligonucleotide probes, polypeptides, antibodies, vectors and host cells expressing, immunoadhesins, agonists and antagonists to patched-2. |
| US07811772B2 |
Apolipoprotein A-II isoform as a biomarker for prostate cancer
The present invention provides a protein-based biomarker, ApoA-II isoform, that is useful in determining prostate cancer status in a patient. In particular, the biomarker of this invention is useful to classify a biological sample as prostate cancer or non-prostate cancer. The ability of ApoA-II to detect disease in patients with a normal prostate-specific antigen (PSA) makes the biomarker of this invention useful in identifying indolent disease. The biomarker can be detected by SELDI mass spectrometry, HPLC, PAGE and Western blotting. |
| US07811771B2 |
Method for the functional determination of mannan-binding-lectin associated serine proteases (MASPs) and complexes thereof
This invention relates to the field of determining, assaying or quantifying activity of components of the complement system. More particularly, the invention relates to methods for detecting the presence or level of activity in a sample of mannan-binding-lectin associated serine proteases (MASPs) or complexes of such proteases with lectins and to detection of the particular lectins themselves. Provided is a method for determining the activity of a MASP in a sample, comprising incubating the sample with a pro-urokinase comprising at its activation site the consensus sequence Arg/Leu/Gly-Yyy-Arg/Lys-Ile/Leu/Val-Zzz-Gly-Gly cleavable by a MASP, wherein Yyy can be any amino acid and Zzz is preferably an aliphatic amino acid, and determining proteolytic activation of said pro-urokinase. |
| US07811769B2 |
Methods for aiding in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease by measuring amyloid-β peptide (x-≧41) and tau
This invention provides methods useful in aiding in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. The methods involve measuring the amount of amyloid-β peptide (x−≧41) in the cerebrospinal fluid of a patient. High levels of the peptide generally are inconsistent with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's. Low levels of the peptide are consistent with the disease and, with other tests, can provide a positive diagnosis. Other methods involve measuring the amounts of both Aβ(x−≧41) and tau. Low levels of Aβ(x−≧41) and high levels of tau are a positive indicator of Alzheimer's disease, while high levels of Aβ(x−≧41) and low levels of tau are a negative indication of Alzheimer's disease. |
| US07811766B2 |
Genetic identification and validation of Echinacea species
A method for identification and validation of Echinacea is disclosed. Primers are designed based on information analysis of sequences from a large number of Echinacea species to amplify certain segments of genomic DNA to identify the species. Primers and methods are also disclosed to amplify other plant species that are frequently found in adulterated herbal samples of Echinacea. |
| US07811763B2 |
Oligonucleotide probes for the genomic typifying of erythrocyte systems, methods and relative diagnostic kits
The invention relates to oligonucleotide probes for the genomic typifying of erythrocyte systems, relative methods and diagnostic kits. |
| US07811760B2 |
Vector and method for detecting the change in transcription amount
A vector includes an enhancer region derived from a transcriptional regulatory region of tyrosine hydroxylase gene wherein the enhancer region enhances transcription amount of a downstream gene in response to a test substance, a promoter which is functionally linked to downstream of the enhancer region, and a reporter gene which is functionally linked to downstream of the promoter. |
| US07811757B2 |
Methods for disease detection
The present invention provides methods for detecting disease by analysis of a patient sample to determine the integrity of nucleic acids in the sample. |
| US07811751B2 |
Analysing polynucleotide sequences
This invention provides an apparatus and method for analyzing a polynucleotide sequence, either an unknown sequence or a known sequence. A support carries an array of the whole or a chosen part of a complete set of oligonucleotides, which are capable of taking part in hybridization reactions. The polynucleotide sequence, or fragments thereof, are labeled and applied to the array under hybridizing conditions. Applications include analysis of known point mutations, genomic fingerprinting, linkage analysis, characterization of mRNAs, mRNA populations, and sequence determination. |
| US07811745B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of dummy line patterns arranged at a first pitch on an underlying region, forming first mask patterns having predetermined mask portions formed on long sides of the dummy line patterns, each of the first mask patterns having a closed-loop shape and surrounding each of the dummy line patterns, removing the dummy line patterns, forming a second mask pattern having a first pattern portion which covers end portions of the first mask patterns and inter-end portions each located between adjacent ones of the end portions, etching the underlying region using the first mask patterns and the second mask pattern as a mask to form trenches each located between adjacent ones of the predetermined mask portions, and filling the trenches with a predetermined material. |
| US07811744B2 |
Material for infrared laser ablated engraved flexographic printing plates
A non-photosensitive flexographic liquid or paste precursor comprising a mixture of acrylate oligomers and acrylic or methacrylate monomers, infrared absorbing material, fillers and heat decomposable peroxide, which when heated forms a non-thermoplastic elastomeric solid material in the form of a flexographic printing blank engravable by infrared laser ablation. |
| US07811736B2 |
Image fixing method
An image-fixing method for heat-fixing a toner image, by feeding an transfer medium carrying the toner image between a heating unit heated by an induction-heating process and a pressurizing unit placed to press against the heating unit, wherein the electric resistivity at least of the outermost layer of the heating unit is 10−7 Ωm or more and less than 10−2 Ωm, and the toner image is formed by using a toner containing an amorphous resin having an ionic concentration in the range of 10−5 to 10−3 mole/g as the binder resin. |
| US07811735B2 |
Toner, and image forming method, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge using the toner
A toner is provided including a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner has a displacement-load curve in which a maximum compression strength is from 0.65 to 1.0 mN and a slope of a line through an origin point and a first shoulder is not less than 1.1 mN/μm; along with an image forming method, an image forming apparatus, and a process cartridge using the toner. |
| US07811733B2 |
Electrostatic latent image toner, and manufacture thereof, and electrostatic image developer, and image forming method
An electrostatic latent image toner in which the quantity within the toner of alkyl carboxylate esters formed from a carboxylic acid containing from approximately 3 to 5 carbon atoms and an alkyl group containing from approximately 3 to 5 carbon atoms is no more than approximately 4 ppm. |
| US07811731B2 |
Photoconductive members
A photoconductive imaging member including at least a charge generating layer, a charge transport layer, and an overcoat layer. The overcoat layer includes a cured or substantially crosslinked product of at least a phenol compound and a charge transport compound. |
| US07811730B2 |
Imaging member
Disclosed is an imaging member comprising a conductive substrate, a photogenerating layer comprising a photogenerating material in contact with the substrate, a first charge transport layer in contact with the photogenerating layer, the first charge transport layer comprising a charge transport material and an organic phosphate or organic phosphonite antioxidant, and a second charge transport layer in contact with the first charge transport layer, the second charge transport layer comprising a charge transport material and a hydroquinone antioxidant, wherein the first charge transport layer is situated between the second charge transport layer and the photogenerating layer. |
| US07811728B2 |
Imaging members and process for preparing same
An imaging member including a substrate; thereover a charge generating layer; thereover a first charge transport layer comprising a small molecule charge transport material and a polymeric component selected from the group consisting of polyarylamine polyester, polyacylamine, and mixtures and combinations thereof; and a second charge transport layer disposed over the first charge transport layer, the second charge transport layer comprising a small molecule charge transport material and a binder, wherein the second charge transport layer is free of polyarylamine polyester and polyacylamine. |
| US07811725B2 |
Color filter substrate
A color filter substrate includes a transparent substrate, a first and second reflective layers, a spacer layer, and an interference layer. The spacer layer is interposed between the two reflective layers and includes a plurality of first, second and third regions that are distinguished from one another according to their respective thicknesses, where the first, second and third regions overlap red, green and blue pixel portions, respectively. An interference layer is formed on the second reflective layer at positions overlapping the red pixel portions. |
| US07811721B2 |
Mask for crystallizing silicon, apparatus having the mask and method of crystallizing with the mask
A mask for crystallizing silicon includes a first, a second, and a third pattern part arranged in a longitudinal direction, each of the first, second, and third pattern parts including a plurality of unit blocks for transmitting and blocking a portion of light. At least two of the first, second and third pattern parts have a corresponding pattern to each other. Advantageously, scans using the aforementioned mask effectively remove a boundary on the silicon formed by the difference in the amount of laser beam irradiation received by the silicon, thereby improving electronic characteristics of the silicon. |
| US07811713B2 |
Thermal control of cathode inlet air flow for a fuel cell system
A method and apparatus for thermal control of air flow in a fuel cell system, capable of accurately controlling the temperature of the air stream entering the water vapor transfer unit, maintaining a desired temperature set-point, and minimizing the time required for the air stream to reach the optimum operating temperature. |
| US07811710B2 |
Redox shuttle for rechargeable lithium-ion cell
A redox chemical shuttle comprising an aromatic compound substituted with at least one tertiary carbon organic group and at least one alkoxy group (for example, 2,5-di-tert-butyl-1,4-dimethoxybenzene) provides repeated overcharge protection in rechargeable lithium-ion cells. |
| US07811709B2 |
Negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary battery, process of producing the negative electrode, and nonaqueous secondary battery
A negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell includes a current collector an, formed on a surface or both surfaces thereof, an active material structure containing an electroconductive material with a low capability of forming a compound with lithium, and the active material structure includes 5% to 80% by weight of active material particles containing a material having a high capability for forming a compound with lithium. The active material structure can include an active material layer containing the active material particles and a surface-covering layer on the active material layer. |
| US07811706B2 |
Battery
A battery capable of improving the energy density and cycle characteristics is provided. A cathode active material layer contains a complex oxide containing Li and Co as a cathode active material. An anode active material layer contains a CoSnC containing material containing Sn, Co, and C as an element, in which the content of C is from 16.8 wt % to 24.8 wt %, and the ratio of Co to the total of Sn and Co is from 30 wt % to 45 wt % as an anode active material. The surface density ratio of the cathode active material layer to the anode active material layer (surface density of the cathode active material layer/surface density of the anode active material layer) is from 2.77 to 3.90. |
| US07811702B2 |
Microbattery comprising through-connections and production method thereof
A microbattery has a support having a front face, a rear face, first and second current collectors arranged on the front face. A stack including a cathode and an anode separated by an electrolyte is arranged on the current collectors. The anode and cathode respectively contact the first and second current collectors. A protective layer covers the stack. The microbattery has connections in contact with the first and second current collectors, passing through the support from the front face to the rear face. The stack substantially covers of the front face of the support. A method for producing the mircobattery includes etching cavities, in the front face of the support, having a depth that is smaller than the thickness of the support, filing of the cavities with a conducting material and removing a layer of the rear face of the support to uncover the conducting material in the cavities. |
| US07811701B2 |
Battery assembly
A battery pack includes multiple power bus lines connecting a quantity of cell strings in parallel, wherein each cell string includes multiple cells connected in series. The battery pack further has multiple conductors providing electrical communication between the cell strings such that a cell in one cell string is connected in parallel with a cell in other battery strings. |
| US07811700B2 |
Separator-electrode unit for lithium-ion batteries, method for the production and use thereof in lithium batteries
The separator-electrode units comprise a porous electrode which is useful as a positive electrode (cathode) or negative electrode (anode) in a lithium battery and a separator layer applied to this electrode and are characterized in that the separator-electrode units comprise a purely inorganic separator layer which comprises at least two fractions of metal oxide particles which differ from each other in their average particle size and/or in the metal. More particularly, the separator layer comprises metal oxide particles having an average particle size (Dg) which is greater than the average pore size (d) of the pores of the porous positive electrode that are bonded together by metal oxide particles having a particle size (Dk) which is smaller than the pores of the porous electrode. |
| US07811698B2 |
Battery cover assembly for portable electronic device
A battery cover assembly includes a battery cover (20), a housing (10), and a locking member (30). The battery cover has a receiving hole (16) defined therein. The receiving hole is located proximate one end of the battery cover. The housing has a locking groove (184) defined in one end thereof. The locking member has an operating portion (32) and a latching tab (34). The operating portion is rotatably mounted in the receiving hole of the battery cover. The latching tab extends from one side of the operating portion. The latching tab is configured so as to be releasably lockable in the locking groove of the housing. |
| US07811697B2 |
Cylindrical lithium ion secondary battery
A cylindrical lithium ion secondary battery includes a center pin fabricated with an inexpensive material and having a coating layer formed on the outer surface of the center pin. The cylindrical lithium ion secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having the center pin inserted through the center of the electrode. A case is provided for housing the electrode assembly and an electrolyte. A cap assembly seals the case. The center pin includes a body formed from a metallic material and a coating layer is formed on the outer surface of the body. |
| US07811696B2 |
Lithium secondary battery and method for producing the same
In a lithium secondary battery of the present invention, the positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer carried on the positive electrode current collector, the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer carried on the negative electrode current collector, a heat-resistant layer is formed on the negative electrode, and an insulating tape is attached onto at least a part of the exposed portion of the positive electrode current collector that is opposite to the end of the negative electrode active material layer. Thus, by forming the heat-resistant layer on the negative electrode and attaching the insulating tape onto a part of the exposed portion of the positive electrode current collector, it is possible to efficiently provide a lithium secondary battery exhibiting high safety. |
| US07811692B2 |
Micro-machined fuel cells
An improved fuel cell is described. The invention addresses the problem of mechanical failure in thin electrolytes. One embodiment varies the thickness of the electrolyte and positions at least either the anode or cathode in the recessed region to provide a short travel distance for ions traveling from the anode to the cathode or from the cathode to the anode. A second embodiment uses a uniquely shaped manifold cover to allow close positioning of the anode to the cathode. Using the described structures results in a substantial improvement in fuel cell reliability and performance. |
| US07811690B2 |
Proton exchange membrane fuel cell
A power generator comprising a hydrogen generator and a fuel cell stack having an anode exposed to hydrogen from the hydrogen generator and a cathode exposed to an ambient environment. Hydrophobic and hydrophilic layers are used to promote flow of water away from the cathode. A diffusion path thus separates the fuel cell cathode from the hydrogen generator. In one embodiment, water vapor generated from the fuel cell substantially matches water used by the hydrogen generator to generate hydrogen. |
| US07811688B2 |
Hydrogen odorants and odorant selection method
The present invention provides a method for evaluating the properties of hydrogen to improve the safety of hydrogen fuel, and provides a method for selecting proper odorants for hydrogen. Odorized hydrogen containing suitable odorants in appropriate concentrations with hydrogen are also provided. |
| US07811685B2 |
Siloxane polymerization in wallboard
Polymerization of siloxane is improved using a gypsum-based slurry that includes stucco, Class C fly ash, magnesium oxide and an emulsion of siloxane and water. This slurry is used in a method of making water-resistant gypsum articles that includes making an emulsion of siloxane and water, then combining the slurry with a dry mixture of stucco, magnesium oxide and Class C fly ash. The slurry is then shaped as desired and the stucco is allowed to set and the siloxane polymerizes.The resulting product is useful for making a water-resistant gypsum panel having a core that includes interwoven matrices of calcium sulfate dihydrate crystals and a silicone resin, where the interwoven matrices have dispersed throughout them a catalyst comprising magnesium oxide and components from a Class C fly ash. |
| US07811677B2 |
Light emitting element and light emitting device
It is an object of the present invention to obtain an organometallic complex that is capable of converting an excited triplet state into luminescence, a light-emitting element that can be driven for a long time, is high in luminous efficiency, and has a favorable long lifetime, and a light-emitting device using the light-emitting element. The present invention provides a light-emitting element that has a pair of electrodes (an anode and a cathode) and a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes, where the light-emitting layer includes an organometallic complex represented by the following general formula (5) and one of a compound that has a larger energy gap than the organometallic complex and a compound that has a larger ionization potential and a smaller electron affinity than the organometallic complex, and provides a light-emitting device using the light-emitting device. |
| US07811676B2 |
Electroluminescent materials and devices
An improved electroluminescent device has a layer of a first electroluminescent metal complex or organo metallic complex and a layer of a second metal complex or organo metallic complex in which the band gap of the metal in the second electroluminescent metal complex or organo metallic complex is larger than the band gap of the metal in the first electroluminescent metal complex or organo metallic complex. |
| US07811671B2 |
Impact-modified polyamide film
Films made from impact-modified polyamide. |
| US07811670B2 |
Coating compositions exhibiting corrosion resistance properties, related coated substrates, and methods
Coating compositions are disclosed that include corrosion resisting particles such that the coating composition can exhibit corrosion resistance properties. Also disclosed are substrates at least partially coated with a coating deposited from such a composition and multi-component composite coatings, wherein at least one coating later is deposited from such a coating composition. Methods and apparatus for making ultrafine solid particles are also disclosed. |
| US07811669B2 |
Gas barrier laminated film and process for producing the same
There are provided a gas barrier laminated film, which is transparent while possessing excellent gas barrier properties and, at the same time, has excellent impact resistance, and a process for producing the same. The gas barrier laminated film comprises a base material, a vapor deposited film of an inorganic oxide provided on the base material, and a gas barrier coating film provided on the vapor deposited film. The gas barrier laminated film is characterized in that the base material on its side where the vapor deposited film is provided, has been subjected to pretreatment or primer coating treatment, and the gas barrier coating film has been formed by coating a gas barrier coating liquid onto the inorganic oxide film and then heating the coating. |
| US07811668B2 |
Epoxy resin with increased flexural impact strength and breaking extension
Epoxy resins comprising deagglomerated barium sulphate with an average particle size of less than 0.5 μM feature increased flexural impact strength and breaking extension. Epoxy resins of this kind can be used as, for example, composite material or binders in watercraft construction, in wind turbines, in pipes, for containers or in aircraft construction, in particular in composite materials comprising glass fibre or carbon fibre. |
| US07811666B2 |
Multiple function, self-repairing composites with special adhesives
A system for self-repairing matrices such as concrete or cementitous matrices, polymeric matrices, and/or fibrous matrices, including laminates thereof. The system includes repair agents retained in and/or on vessels, such as hollow fibers, within the matrix. Upon impact, the vessel rupture, releasing the chemicals. For multi-layer laminates, the systems provides a total dynamic energetic circulation system that functions as an in situ fluidic system in at least one layer or area. The energy from the impact ruptures the vessels to release the chemical(s), and mixes the chemical(s) and pushes the chemical(s) and/or resulting compound through the matrix. The repair agents can withstand high temperatures, such as the heat of processing of many laminates, e.g., 250-350° F. |
| US07811662B2 |
Process for applying material to a component, a fiber and a fiber mat
Short fibers in a solder or a welding material often do not have the desired strength.The invention uses fiber mats (13) which have been introduced onto a surface (10) or into a recess (7) of a metallic component. |
| US07811659B2 |
High optical purity copolymer film
The invention relates to a high optical purity toughened copolymer film or coating. The copolymer is a graft or block copolymer, preferably acrylic, preferably produced by a controlled radical polymerization having an extremely low degree of particulate contamination and excellent optical properties. The film or coating is preferably formed by solvent-casting on a temporary substrate or solvent-coating on a permanent substrate. |
| US07811658B2 |
Housing with a soft surface
A housing with a soft surface device (100) includes a substrate (10), a primer coating (20) formed on a surface of the substrate, a decorative coating (30) formed on the primer coating, and a top coating (40) formed on the decorative coating and configured for protecting the decorative coating. The primer coating is made of a first resin paint containing a polyamide component. The decorative coating is made of a second resin paint. The top coating is made of a third resin paint. Both the second resin paint and the third resin paint contain an isocyanate polymer and/or reaction products of the isocyanate polymer with hydroxyl groups. A method for making a housing is also provided. |
| US07811654B2 |
Gate-processed moldings
In gate-processed moldings fabricated by cutting off a gate 5 formed on resin moldings 1 during molding of the resin moldings 1, an introducing section 4 for cutting off the gate is formed thereon. |
| US07811653B2 |
Extrusion molded article for automobiles
An extrusion molded article for automobiles, having a body portion (1) and a hollow sealing portion (11), where the body portion (1) comprises a core (2) made of a resin having a U-shaped cross-section extending in a longitudinal direction and a covering layer (3) surrounding and covering the core partly or entirely, and the hollow sealing portion (11) is bonded integrally with an outer surface (4) of the body portion, characterized in that the covering layer (3) is made of a thermoplastic elastomer composition having a tensile elongation at break of at least 350%, as determined according to JIS K6251, and a change in 100% modulus of at most 40%, wherein the change in 100% modulus=[(100% modulus at 23° C.-100% modulus at 80° C.)/100% modulus at 23° C.]×100, and the 100% modulus is a stress at 100% elongation, as determined according to JIS K6251, and the hollow sealing portion (11) is made of a thermoplastic elastomer composition having a tensile elongation at break of at least 250%, as determined according to JIS K6251, and a compression set of 35% or less, as determined at 25% compression, 70° C., 200 hours. |
| US07811652B2 |
Formed article of cordierite and method for manufacturing the formed article
A formed article is made of cordierite. The cordierite has a plurality of domains and a plurality of crystal grains placed in each domain to form a domain structure. The crystal grains in each domain are substantially aligned in the same direction, and an average size of the domains ranges from 40 μm to 150 μm. The article of cordierite is formed in a honeycomb structure having a plurality of cell walls arranged in a honeycomb form, and a plurality of cells divided by the cell walls are formed. The article of cordierite has a porosity ranging from 36% to 38%, a coefficient of linear thermal expansion equal to or lower than 0.2×106/K and a mechanical strength equal to or higher than 60×106 Pa. |
| US07811648B2 |
Reduced ply separation tail seal
Easy starting rolls of perforated tissue product which have a reduced tendency to ply separate are formed with an adhesively secured doubled over tail tab folded against the roll. The strength and location of the bonds are controlled by controlling the penetration of the adhesive into the tissue. The dry tensile strength of the projecting folded over tail tab exceeds 400 g/3″ and the caliper thereof exceeds one mil The adhesive bonds are spaced away from lines of perforation joining sheets in the initial sheets of the roll. |
| US07811644B2 |
Insulated beverage or food container
An insulating beverage cup is produced with an air containing film layer disposed on an inner surface of a food or beverage paper stock. The air containing film layer is extruded or laminated to the paper stock. An additional extruded or laminated layer is applied between the air containing film layer and paper stock layer. The insulating coating layer decreases the energy transfer between the beverage and the user's hands allowing the user to hold onto the cup for an extended period of time without causing user discomfort or pain. The exterior surface of the beverage cup remains highly printable and predisposed to high quality graphics. |
| US07811643B2 |
Inkjet recording sheet
Provided is an inkjet recording sheet. The inkjet recording sheet includes a support film comprising homopolypropylene, a propylene-ethylene random copolymer, a propylene-ethylene block copolymer, high-density polyethylene, and polystyrene, a primer layer having larger elongation than the support film and comprising a hydroxyl group-containing polyolefin resin, and an ink absorbing layer. The inkjet recording sheet has substantially the same texture as real photo paper and excellent image quality. When a matte-finish surface is used as a recording surface, a non-glossy treatment effect can be obtained. Therefore, various kinds of consumer's desires can be satisfied. In addition, since the inkjet recording sheet has an appropriate stiffness range, no paper jamming occurs upon continuous printing, substantially the same texture as real photo paper and excellent image quality are ensured. Further, when a matte-finish surface is used as a recording surface, a non-glossy treatment effect can be obtained even when a separate matte paper is not used. In this way, diverse change in an image texture enables to satisfy various kinds of consumer's desires without additional increase of a manufacturing cost. |
| US07811641B2 |
Method of forming carbon nanotubes, field emission display device having carbon nanotubes formed through the method, and method of manufacturing field emission display device
There are provided a method of forming carbon nano tubes, a field emission display device having the carbon nanotubes formed using the method, and a method of manufacturing the field emission display device. The method of forming carbon nanotubes includes forming a catalytic metal layer on a substrate, forming an insulation layer on the catalytic metal layer, and forming carbon nanotubes on the insulation layer. |
| US07811627B2 |
Papermaking fabrics with contaminant resistant nanoparticle coating and method of in situ application
A papermaking fabric is treated by applying a nanoparticle type coating to improve their resistance to contamination by foreign matter in the papermaking system. The coating is applied during fabric manufacture and cured during heat setting. Alternatively, the coating applied or renewed by utilizing an existing shower or locating a spray boom or other suitable coating application device in the dryer section to apply the coating to the fabric in a controlled, uniform manner. Prior to application of the coating, the fabric is first thoroughly cleaned such as by showering or spraying, and then dried. Following controlled application of the coating, any excess material is removed by a suitable means, such as by vacuum, and the remaining coating on the fabric is then cured, either by utilizing the ambient heat of the dryer section or by a portable bank of heaters. In this manner, the fabric does not have to be removed from the machine in order to apply or renew the contaminant resistant coating. |
| US07811625B2 |
Method for manufacturing electron-emitting device
There is provided an electron-emitting device of a field emission type, with which the spot size of an electron beam is small, an electron emission area is large, highly efficient electron emission is possible with a low voltage, and the manufacturing process is easy. The electron-emitting device includes a layer 2 which is electrically connected to a cathode electrode 5, and a plurality of particles 3 which contains a material having a resistivity lower than that of a material constituting the layer 2, and is wherein a density of particles 3 in the layer 2 is 1×1014/cm3 or more and 5×1018/cm3 or less. |
| US07811619B2 |
Green tea beverage and method of making same
This invention relates to a process for producing a green tea flavor by extracting it from green tea leaves with water cooler than 10° C., and also to a beverage with the flavor obtained by the process and added therein. This invention also relates to a process for producing a dried green tea polyphenol by subjecting green tea leaves to a first extraction with water cooler than 10° C. and then to a second extraction with warm water of 50° C. or higher, and drying an extract of the second extraction, and also with a process for producing a beverage by adding a green tea polyphenol obtained by the process. |
| US07811618B2 |
Method for reducing asparagine in food products
A method for reducing the amount of asparagine, a pre-cursor of acrylamide, in food products that are thermally processed. This invention permits the production of foods having significantly reduced levels of acrylamide. The method relies on contacting a potato feed such as potato slices containing asparagine, an acrylamide pre-cursor, with a leaching solution to extract asparagine out of the potato feed. Thermally processing the leached potatoes will result in a potato product having a lower level of acrylamide than a non-leached, thermally processed potato product. |
| US07811615B2 |
Corrugated knife fixture with variable pitch and amplitude
A cut vegetable product such as a wedge-cut potato includes a pair of cut surfaces oriented generally at an acute angle, and each extending and diverging from a common tip toward a heel. Each of the cut surfaces defines a generally wave-shaped configuration with a wave pitch and a wave amplitude. At least one and preferably both of the wave pitch and wave amplitude increases progressively from the common tip toward the heel. |
| US07811614B2 |
Gum slab package having insertable product retention member
A package assembly encloses a plurality of individual elongate consumable products. The package assembly includes a plurality of products aligned in a side-by-side array. The package housing encloses the array of product. The package housing has front and back walls for supporting the products therebetween and a closeable cover for closing a product dispensing opening. The package housing further includes a frictional product retention member insertably supported within the package for frictionally retaining the array of product within the package. |
| US07811610B2 |
Anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical compositions for reducing inflammation and the treatment or prevention of gastric toxicity
The invention provides hops (Humulus lupulus) extracts or derivatives thereof for use in treating a patient prophylactically and/or therapeutically for ulcerogenic-type disorders of the stomach and/or intestines. The ulcerogenic disorders can be of the type chemically induced, environmentally-induced, infection-induced, and/or stress-induced. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an active amount of hops extracts or derivatives thereof, in combination with an analgesic compound and/or an anti-inflammatory compound. The invention further provides for use of hops extracts or derivatives thereof, significantly reducing and/or therapeutically treating ulcerogenic-type disorders of the stomach and/or intestines. |
| US07811609B2 |
Use of metal compounds to treat gastrointestinal infections
Cobalt salts have been found to be particularly effective against H. pylori and may therefore be used to treat gastrointenstinal infection with this bacteria. The cobalt salts have the advantage of showing a good degree of selectivity for H. pylori over other Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria. Treatment with the cobalt salts may be carried out at the same time as conventional treatment with an antibiotic and/or a proton pump inhibitor. |
| US07811607B2 |
Autologous fibrin sealant and method for making the same
The present relates to an autologous bioadhesive sealant composition or fibrin glue prepared by a two-phase method, wherein all of the blood components for the bioadhesive sealant are derived from a patient to whom the bioadhesive sealant will be applied. A platelet rich plasma and a platelet poor plasma are formed by centrifuging a quantity of anticoagulated whole blood that was previously drawn from the patient. In one embodiment, the platelet rich plasma is divided into two portions. In phase one, a compound that reverses the effect of the anticoagulant is added to the first portion and a clot is allowed to form. The clot is then triturated, and the resulting serum containing autologous thrombin is collected. In phase two, the serum obtained from phase one is mixed with the second portion of the platelet rich plasma to form the bioadhesive sealant of the present invention. |
| US07811605B2 |
Method of formation of shape-retentive aggregates of gel particles and their uses
The present invention relates to a method of forming shape-retentive aggregates of gel particles in which the aggregates are held together by non-covalent bond physical forces such as, without limitation, hydrophobic-hydrophilic interactions and hydrogen bonds. The method comprises introducing a suspension of gel particles in a polar liquid at a selected concentration, wherein the gel particles have an absolute zeta potential, into a medium in which the absolute zeta potential of the gel particles is decreased, resulting in the gel particles coalescing into the claimed shape-retentive aggregate. This invention also relates to uses of the method of formation of the shape-retentive aggregates of gel particles. |
| US07811604B1 |
Non-effervescent, orally disintegrating solid pharmaceutical dosage forms comprising clozapine and methods of making and using the same
The present invention is directed to non-effervescent, orally disintegrating dosage forms comprising free base clozapine that are substantially free of acids, water-soluble polymers, taste-masking polymers, and coatings, and methods of making and using the same. |