| Document | Document Title |
|---|---|
| US07830610B2 |
Lens, lens unit, and imaging device using the same
A lens is provided which is configured so that the dimensional accuracy of the lens surface can be evaluated easily and accurately, and the control of the accuracy of the lens can be easily performed. The lens comprises a lens effective part having lens surfaces formed around an optical axis as the center and an edge part in a doughnut shape as viewed in a plan view, which is extended along the outer periphery of the lens effective part. The edge part and the lens effective part are molded simultaneously, and annular indices around the optical axis as the center, with which the dimensional accuracy of the lens surfaces can be detected, are formed on both the surfaces of the edge part. |
| US07830609B2 |
Laser light beam coupling apparatus
Plural collimator lenses are arranged corresponding to plural laser light sources to collimate light beams emitted from the laser light sources into substantially parallel light beams, respectively. A condenser lens focuses the substantially parallel light beams. A coupling optical element, on which light beams focused by the condenser lens are incident, couples the light beams into a single light beam. The laser light sources are arranged such that a longitudinal direction of an emitting region of each of the laser light sources is coincident with a radial direction of the condenser lens. |
| US07830607B2 |
Display device, display method and head-up display
A display device includes: an image projection section configured to project a light flux including an image toward a head of a viewer; an imaging section configured to image a picture of the viewer; a control section configured to control a projection area and a projection position of the light flux by controlling the image projection section on the basis of the picture; and a target eye detection section configured to detect a one-eye served as a target of the projection position of both eyes of the viewer on the basis of the picture. |
| US07830599B2 |
Projection-type display apparatus and display method thereof
A projection-type display apparatus and a display method thereof are disclosed, the projection-type display apparatus including a coated portion which is formed on a surface of a substrate, and which scans a video onto a screen, and a patterned portion which is formed on another surface of the substrate in a serrated pattern, wherein the serrated pattern is formed on the substrate according to the surface area of the patterned portion and the depth of the serrated pattern. A serrated pattern is formed on a substrate forming a reflective portion to reflect a video on a screen, so the cooling surface area of the substrate is increased, thereby compensating for distortions in video scanned onto the screen. |
| US07830598B2 |
Microscope stage and microscope observing unit
A microscope stage capable of always heating the entire culture vessel even when the culture vessel is moved in two-dimensional directions, and allowing an object lens and a condenser even in a high-power microscope to approach an object of observation such as a cell until they come into focus. A heating unit (58) faces a well plate (37) on a drive base (49) even when the drive base (49) is driven to any position in two-dimensional directions. Therefore, all the cells A in the small compartments (45) of the well plate (37) are always heated. Since the microscope stage (25) is constituted such that a lower-side base (71) houses an upper-side base (73) and a fixed base (47) in recessed portions, its thickness is considerably small. Accordingly, an object lens (5) and a condenser (3) can approach close to the cells A. Therefore, it is possible for high-power object lens (5) and condenser (3) to focus on the cells A. |
| US07830596B1 |
Fiber-or rod-based optical source featuring a large-core, rare-earth-doped photonic-crystal device for generation of narrow-bandwidth high-power pulsed radiation and associated method
A method and apparatus use a photonic-crystal fiber having a very large core while maintaining a single transverse mode. In some fiber lasers and amplifiers having large cores problems exist related to energy being generated at multiple-modes (i.e., polygamy), and of mode hopping (i.e., promiscuity) due to limited control of energy levels and fluctuations. The problems of multiple-modes and mode hopping result from the use of large-diameter waveguides, and are addressed by the invention. This is especially true in lasers using large amounts of energy (i.e., lasers in the one-megawatt or more range). By using multiple small waveguides in parallel, large amounts of energy can be passed through a laser, but with better control such that the aforementioned problems can be reduced. An additional advantage is that the polarization of the light can be maintained better than by using a single fiber core. |
| US07830594B2 |
Method and apparatus for electro-optical and all-optical beam steering, self-deflection and electro-optic routing
An apparatus for all-optical deflection of an incident optical signal beam, the apparatus comprising: a photorefractive semiconductor crystal; and an electric field source, for applying an electric field across the crystal either through electrodes or by positioning the crystal at a place where an electric field is present. In another embodiment of the invention a second optical beam source, for illuminating the crystal with a background optical beam. The apparatus is used for steering the signal beam, lensing it or for other applications. |
| US07830593B2 |
Image display device
An image display device 10, having two substrates 11 and 12, at least one of which is transparent; and display particles 21 and 22 enclosed in the powder form between the substrates, the display particles being moved under an electric field generated between the substrates so that an image is displayed, wherein metal oxide fine particles 1 surface-treated with at least one processing agent selected from the group consisting of silane-coupling agents and silicone oils are adhered to at least one substrate surface 20a and/or 20b of the surfaces in contact with the display particles in a gap 18 between the substrates. |
| US07830592B1 |
Display devices having micro-reflectors
The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a brightness enhancement structure comprising micro-reflectors. The process comprises forming an array of micro-structures by embossing; and depositing a metal layer over the surface of the micro-structures. The present invention also relates to a process for manufacturing a display device comprising micro-reflectors. The present invention further relates to a display device comprising micro-reflectors. |
| US07830589B2 |
Device and method for modifying actuation voltage thresholds of a deformable membrane in an interferometric modulator
By varying the spacing between a partially-reflective, partially-transmissive surface and a highly reflective surface positioned behind the partially-reflective, partially-transmissive surface, an interferometric modulator selectively creates constructive and/or destructive interference between light waves reflecting off the two surfaces. The spacing can be varied by applying a voltage to create electrostatic attraction between the two surfaces, which causes one or both surfaces to deform and move closer together. In the absence of such attraction, the surfaces are in a relaxed position, where they are farther apart from one another. A actuation voltage is needed to create sufficient electrostatic attraction to cause a surface to deform. The actuation voltage can be modified by implanting ions in a dielectric layer attached to one or both surfaces. Upon the application of a voltage, the ions create a baseline level of repulsion or attraction between the two surfaces, which thus require more or less voltage, respectively, to cause a surface to deform. The degree of ion implantation can be chosen to set the actuation voltage as desired, or the surfaces can be made to deform at a given voltage by appropriately selecting the degree of ion implantation. |
| US07830583B2 |
Electro-optical element including IMI coatings
An electrochromic element comprises a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a second substrate in spaced-apart relationship to the first substrate and having a third surface facing the second surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface, and an electrochromic medium located between the first and second substrates, wherein the electrochromic medium has a light transmittance that is variable upon application of an electric field thereto. The electrochromic element further comprises a transparent electrode layer covering at least a portion of at least a select one of the first surface, the second surface, the third surface, and the fourth surface, wherein the transparent electrode layer comprises an insulator/metal/insulator stack. The materials utilized to construct the insulator/metal/insulator stack are selected to optimize optical and physical properties of the electrochromic element such as reflectivity, color, electrical switch stability, and environmental durability. |
| US07830575B2 |
Optical scanner with improved scan time
A method and apparatus is provided for scanning an object, featuring scanning an incident beam in a substantially curved scan pattern; and moving an object at a predetermined rate along an axis substantially orthogonal to a plane of the curved scan pattern so that a two dimensional image can be formed by successive passes of a circularly scanned spot. In particular, a laser beam scans around an objective lens at a fixed radius RL with a fixed input angle θd. When scanned in this manner, the laser beam before the objective lens forms a “cone” of directions (so herein it is referred to as a “conical scan”). Scanning in this fashion produces the curved scan pattern at the object (substrate). By moving the object (substrate) at the predetermined rate along the axis orthogonal to the plane of the curved scan pattern, the two dimensional image can be formed by successive passes of the circularly scanned spot. |
| US07830572B2 |
Holographic storage system based on common path interferometry
The present invention relates to a holographic storage system, and more specifically to a holographic storage system using a phase spatial light modulator.According to the invention a holographic storage system with a phase SLM for imprinting a 2-dimensional phase data pattern onto an object beam includes a common path interferometer for converting the phase data pattern of the object beam into an intensity data pattern. |
| US07830569B2 |
Multilevel halftone screen and sets thereof
A three-dimensional halftone screen is provided that is suited for multilevel printing. The three-dimensional halftone screen includes a plurality of planes each corresponding to one or more input intensity levels of an input RIPped pixel. Within the planes are screen dots, each associated with one or more output exposure intensity values representing an intensity of an exposure dot corresponding to the input RIPped pixel. |
| US07830568B2 |
Color processing apparatus and color processing method
An output color is calculated from a fundamental stimulus value and a spectral support coefficient which indicate an input color using a calculation unit for calculating an output color corresponding to the input fundamental stimulus value and the input spectral support coefficient using a table whose inputs are a fundamental stimulus value and a spectral support coefficient. The interval of grid points of the table are uneven regarding the spectral support coefficient, and the interval in the vicinity whose relevant spectral support coefficient is zero is small as compared with the interval in the vicinity whose spectral support coefficient has a great absolute value. |
| US07830559B2 |
Information processing device
An information processing device may include a first frame provided with a scanner for reading information recorded on a medium, a second frame which faces the first frame across a traveling path and is provided with a pressing member for pressing the medium toward a reading face of the scanner, a support plate which supports the pressing member and whose one end is axially supported with the second frame to be movable between a locked position where the pressing member is protruded in the traveling path and an open position where a reading face of the scanner is exposed, a locking part for locking the support plate to the second frame at the locked position, and a half lock preventing mechanism for preventing a half-lock state when the support plate is locked to the second frame. |
| US07830557B2 |
System and method for testing information-embedded region printing
A method for testing a printing system for printing information-embedded regions includes transmitting a test sheet data file to a print service provider. The test sheet data file includes a plurality of complete or incomplete information-embedded regions. A sample printed using the test sheet data file is received from the print service provider. The printed sample is evaluated, and a record of the evaluation is created. The evaluation record is stored. |
| US07830555B2 |
Image formation apparatus, image forming method and storage medium for storing program
An image formation apparatus includes a visible image data generation section that acquires content data of a print object and generates image data of a visible image containing the content, an invisible image data generation section that generates image data of a code image describing predetermined code information, the code image being an invisible image that can be hardly recognized by eyes of a human being, and a print image data generation section that generates print image data by superposing the invisible image data onto the visible image data, a part of the invisible image data being changed to be printed as a visible image. |
| US07830554B2 |
Fiducial artifact detection and compensation algorithm
Defects in an image forming system may give rise to scratched fiducials, missing fiducial regions, or other defects in an image that can run parallel to the process direction. The present disclosure provides for a fiducial compensation method and system for detecting defects thereby allowing spatial tone reproduction curves to be calculated and applied to a digital image in order to eliminate printed streaks due to a photoreceptor's non-uniformities. |
| US07830548B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating color toning curves
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that generates a set of color-toning curves which can be used for color toning (or casting) a monochrome or color image. During operation, the system receives a first set of color-toning parameters for shadow regions, a second set of color-toning parameters for highlight regions, and an invariance property which needs to be maintained during color toning. The color-toning parameters specify the color that is to be applied to the shadows and highlights. Next, the system computes a set of color-toning-curve values and a set of color-toning-curve slopes using the first set of color-toning parameters, the second set of color-toning parameters, and the invariance property. The system then generates the set of color-toning curves using the set of color-toning-curve values and the set of color-toning-curve slopes. An important aspect of the present invention is that it can generate the color-toning curves simply based on the user specified color tones for the shadow and highlight regions. |
| US07830546B2 |
System for distributing and controlling color reproduction at multiple sites
The system provides for controlling color reproduction of input color image data in a network having nodes (or sites). The system distributes the input color image data from one of the nodes to other nodes, and provides data structures in the network. The system has means for providing color calibration data at each node characterizing output colors (colorants) of the rendering device of the node, and means for producing at each node, responsive to the color calibration data of the rendering device of the node, information for transforming the input color image data into output color image data at the rendering device of the node. The rendering device of each node renders a color reproduction responsive to the output color image data, wherein colors displayed in the reproduction at the rendering device of each node appear substantially the same within the output colors attainable by the rendering devices. |
| US07830545B2 |
Optical unit and image forming apparatus
At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an optical unit adapted to irradiate image exposure light to an image carrier comprises a frame containing optical parts arranged therein and having an opening, and a cover adapted to cover the opening. The cover can be fixed by fixing members to the frame at three points in a first plane including the opening. The cover can further be fixed by fixing members to the frame at a second plane positioned on the frame and being adjacent to the first plane and at a third plane positioned on the frame and being not parallel to the second plane. Thus, an optical unit can be obtained which has high rigidity while, when the cover is attached to the opening, maintaining satisfactory flatness of the cover in a plane including the opening. |
| US07830544B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing program and recording medium
An image processing apparatus which creates and delivers an image file whose layer can be managed comprises a first image data acquisition unit which acquires first image data, a second image data acquisition unit which acquires second image data, receiving unit for receiving a delivery destination of the created image file, a determination unit which determines whether the first image data and the second image data are stored in the same layer or the different layers, depending on the delivery destination received by the receiving unit, an image file creation unit which creates the image file in which the first image data and the second image data are stored in the same layer or the different layers, based on a result of the determination of the determination unit, and transmitting unit for transmitting the image file to the delivery destination received by the receiving unit. |
| US07830541B2 |
Method and system for providing secure facsimile transmission confirmation
A method for providing a secure fax confirmation page from a facsimile capable device having a user interface includes receiving documents, in the form of a fax job, to be transmitted by the facsimile capable device. After receipt of a recipient's fax number, a determination is made as to whether secure fax confirmation has been selected from the user interface. A passcode is received prior to scanning of the documents. The interface displays a fax job list, which identifies whether a secure fax confirmation page is associated with individual fax jobs. Upon selection of a confirmation page by the operator, the facsimile capable device prints a secure fax confirmation page. |
| US07830540B2 |
Communication apparatus
A communication system including a transmission apparatus configured to transmit output data and a reception apparatus configured to receive the output data. The reception apparatus includes an output unit configured to execute an outputting procedure based on the output data, an abnormal state notification unit configured to transmit abnormal state notification data to the transmission apparatus, and a retransmission requesting unit configured to transmit retransmission request data if the outputting procedures is not executed normally. Further, the transmission apparatus is provided with an output data transmitting unit configured to transmit the output data to the reception apparatus, a transmission terminating unit configured to terminate transmission of the output data if the abnormal state notification data is received from the reception apparatus, and an output data retransmitting unit configure to transmit the output data requested by the retransmission requesting unit to the reception apparatus when the retransmission request data is received. |
| US07830535B2 |
Information-embedding apparatus, medium for storing information-embedding program, information-embedding system, information-reading apparatus, medium for storing information-reading program, and information-reading system
An information-embedding apparatus includes a first embedding unit that embeds first information into data to be printed, in accordance with a first embedding mode that allows a printing apparatus to print the embedded first information and that can be selected in accordance with the printing apparatus; a second embedding unit that embeds second information that specifies the first embedding mode, into the data to be printed, in accordance with a second embedding mode that allows the printing apparatus to print the embedded second information and that is fixed irrespective of the printing apparatus; and an instruction unit that instructs the printing apparatus to print the data to be printed in which the first information and the second information have been embedded by the first embedding unit and the second embedding unit. |
| US07830526B2 |
Method and apparatus for optical frequency measurement
A method and an apparatus for optical frequency measurement, using one or two frequency-stabilized mode-locked laser combs operating at different repetition rates to mix with a laser under measurement (LUM) respectively so as to generate two beat frequencies. The ordinal comb number where the beat frequency is generated is determined by measuring the ordinal comb number difference where the two beat frequencies are generated at different repetition rates so as to obtain the frequency of the LUM. The ordinal comb number difference is measured by using a dispersion device to offer an approximate ordinal comb number or by operating a mode-locked laser at three different repetition rates. |
| US07830524B2 |
Optical tomograph using a plurality of wavelength-swept light beams
An optical tomograph is equipped with: a light source unit for emitting a plurality of light beams, the wavelengths of which are swept within different predetermined wavelength bands respectively with the same period; light divider which divides each light beam into a measuring light beam and a reference light beam; light beam combiner which combines reflected light beams, which are the measuring light beams reflected by a measurement target when the measuring light beams are irradiated thereon, with a reference light. An interference light detector detects an interference light beam, which is formed by the reflected light beam and the reference light combined by the light beam combiner, for each of the light beams as an interference signal. A tomographic image processor generates a tomographic image of the measurement target employing the plurality of interference signals detected by the interference light detector. |
| US07830523B2 |
Nondestructive inspection of a structure including the analysis of cavity electromagnetic field response
Nondestructive inspection (NDI) on a structure having a cavity includes exciting the structure with electromagnetic radiation and analyzing the cavity's electromagnetic field response to detect a state change of the structure. |
| US07830521B2 |
Detection apparatus, detection method, and optically transparent member
Provided are a detection apparatus, a detection method and an optically transparent member, which can detect a decrease in a precision. A convolution is performed by a convolution portion 80 contained in an image processing portion 38, to acquire the distribution information indicating the light intensity distribution of a light beam, which is totally reflected at the interface and which is incident at a plurality of angles to an dielectric block 52 so as to be totally reflected at the interface of the dielectric block 52. A spatial frequency resolution is performed on the light intensity distribution indicated by the distribution information acquired, by a detection precision evaluating portion 86 contained in the image processing portion 38, to thereby derive the light intensity distribution of each spatial frequency of the light beam. The precision is detected by comparing the light intensity distribution derived, with a threshold value predetermined for each spatial frequency. |
| US07830520B2 |
Optical measurement device for trace liquid sample
In a spectrophotometer for measuring transmitted light of a trace liquid sample, four sample holders 12 are provided on a disk-like sample plate 11 while spaced apart by 90 degrees. The sample plate 11 is driven to rotate so that each of the sample holders 12 is sequentially moved to a sample supply position U1, a measuring position U2, a wiping position U3 and a waiting position U4. At the sample supply position U1, a trace amount of the liquid sample is dropped into a groove of the sample holder 12. Then at the measuring position U2, a window plate 22 is lowered onto the groove so as to determine the optical path length. Next, measurement of the transmitted light is performed. Further, while the sample holder 12 moves from the measuring position U2 to the waiting position U4, the liquid sample is absorbed and removed by contact with a cleaning pad 26. The liquid sample attached to the window plate 22 is wiped out by another pad. Since the operation to wipe off the measured sample is automatically performed, it is possible to improve the throughput of the measurement. |
| US07830517B2 |
Flow schemes for enhanced light-target interaction in fluidic channels
An embodiment is a fluidic channel to enhance light-target interaction. A first channel portion receives a first excitation light, an analyte flow, and a sheath flow. The analyte flow and the first excitation light are separated while in the first channel portion. The sheath flow flows on two sides or surrounds the analyte flow. A second channel portion has a first redirection structure to redirect the analyte flow by the sheath flow into the first excitation light at a first detection area. |
| US07830514B2 |
Color measurement systems and methods addressing effects of ultra-violet light
Systems and methods are provided to address the potential impact of lighting conditions/light sources on color measurement and/or color matching, particularly as such light variation relates to UV levels. The systems and methods generally include a UV visualizer that is adapted to establish and/or compare UV profiles for individual substrates/samples, e.g., print materials, under various illuminating conditions. According to the disclosure, it is possible to determine both (i) how a sample (e.g., a printing material) responds to UV light, and (ii) the amount of UV light under which the sample is viewed without the need to measure the excitation pattern of the sample/paper or the spectra of the illuminating light. In this way, a true color reading and/or color match may be achieved. Color corrections may be implemented that necessarily address the level of color brightener, if any, in the substrate or paper to be printed upon. |
| US07830513B2 |
Optical interrogation system and microplate position correction method
An optical interrogation system and method are described herein that are capable of detecting and correcting a positional misalignment of a label independent detection (LID) microplate so that the LID microplate can be properly interrogated after being removed from and then re-inserted back into a microplate holder/XY translation stage. |
| US07830512B2 |
System and method for controlling intensity of a beam of electromagnetic radiation in ellipsometers and polarimeters
An ellipsometer or polarimeter system and method for controlling intensity of an electromagnetic beam over a spectrum of wavelengths by applying control (P2) and beam (P) polarizers, optionally in combination with an intervening and control compensator (C). |
| US07830509B1 |
Particle size variation monitoring in a fluid
A method continuously monitors variations in the size of particles present in a fluid on a real time basis. The method includes passing one or more optical signal through the fluid such as engine oil. The variation (attenuation or enhancement) in the intensity of the optical signal is continuously measured with respect to time. In an embodiment, the method enables monitoring of the amount, size and onset of particle agglomeration using single or multiple wavelengths as interrogating optical signal(s). An exemplary embodiment is provided for monitoring of the amount, size and onset of soot particle agglomeration in engine oil using single or multiple wavelengths as interrogating optical signal(s). |
| US07830506B2 |
Method for high spatial resolution examination of samples
A method for high spatial resolution examination of a sample, the sample to be examined including a substance that can be repeatedly converted from a first state into a second state, the first and the second states differing from one another in at least one optical property. The method includes: a) bringing the substance into the first state by means of a switching signal in a sample region to be recorded, b)inducing the second state by means of an optical signal, spatially delimited subregions being specifically excluded within the sample region to be recorded, c) reading out the remaining first states, and d) steps a) to c) are repeated, the optical signal being displaced upon each repetition in order to scan the sample, wherein the individual steps a) to d) are carried out in a sequence adapted to the respective measuring situation. |
| US07830503B2 |
Flowthrough cell of the flowing spectrophotomatic analysis
A transparent tube is used as the fluid pathway of a flowthrough cell, which not only makes sure the fluid can retain the stable laminar state without micro-bubble existing, but also can avoid the turbulent state and the micro-bubbles that produce the negative peak and the interference peak. Utilizing the transparent property of the pipe wall, the outer wall of both ends of the optical pathway is made to be a smooth plane and forms a single unit planar light inlet window with the pipe. The cell does not need to be furnished with a glass window or a quartz glass window any more. This design has solved the leakage and dead angle problems. The invention not only simplifies the structure but also increases the precision. |
| US07830502B2 |
Substrate inspection device and substrate inspection method
A substrate inspection method includes the following steps. Substrates are sequentially moved while an optical system including a light-projecting system and a light-receiving system are moved in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of each substrate, so as to change the scanned area of each substrate which is scanned with an inspection light having a specific width in the direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the substrate from the light-projecting system; data of the inspected defects of the substrates in the scanned areas are stored for each scanned area; and the stored data of the defects of the substrates in the scanned areas are updated with newly inspected data of the defects of the substrates in the same scanned areas for each substrate, and defect data of one substrate are produced based on the data of the defects of the substrates in a plurality of scanned areas. |
| US07830495B2 |
Lithographic apparatus and position sensor
A lithographic apparatus having a stationary magnet motor to drive a support such as a substrate support or a patterning device support, may be provided with a measurement system to measure a position of the support in question, e.g., to provide a safety system to prevent a collision of the support with another part. The measurement system may be configured to measure a magnetic field strength of an alternating magnetic field generated by the magnet assembly of the stationary magnet motor, and/or measure generation of eddy currents in a metallic layer shielding the magnet assembly in combination with an inductance measurement of an electromagnet generating the alternating magnetic field causing the eddy currents, and/or measure light using an optical position sensitive sensor such as a CCD metric or linear photodiode positioned in a light plane emitted by an emitter. |
| US07830491B2 |
Sealant dispensing apparatus and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device using the same
A sealant dispensing apparatus and a method for manufacturing an LCD device using the same is disclosed, to decrease manufacturing time of an LCD device with low manufacturing cost, wherein the sealant dispensing apparatus comprises a roll; a sealant-receiving cavity formed inside the roll; a sealant outlet connected with the sealant-receiving cavity; and a sealant inlet connected with the sealant-receiving cavity. |
| US07830490B2 |
Liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display comprises a lower substrate, multiple seal patterns formed on the lower substrate and including spacers and sealant, and an upper substrate sealed by the multiple seal patterns. Spacers of one seal pattern, formed on wiring, of the multiple seal patterns comprise conductive spacers so that conductivity is improved while a cell gap between two substrates is stably maintained by sealing the substrates using a conductive seal pattern and a seal pattern for maintaining the gap. Furthermore, the liquid crystal display is capable of maintaining a cell gap between the two substrates more stably by forming black matrices on a front surface of the substrate in a pixel region of the liquid crystal display, thereby relieving a bump on the upper substrate. |
| US07830488B2 |
Liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a gate line formed on the first substrate; a data line intersecting the gate line; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and to the data line; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin firm transistor, including first and second sub-electrodes, and overlapping with a portion of the data line; a storage electrode line formed on the first substrate, disposed between the first and second sub-electrodes, and including an overlapped portion with the pixel electrode; a second substrate arranged facing the first substrate; a common electrode formed on the second substrate and including a cutout corresponding to the first and second sub-electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer formed between the common electrode and the pixel electrode. |
| US07830487B2 |
Liquid crystal display with pixel electrodes having interdigitated portions
Provided is a liquid crystal display that includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to and facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first substrate includes a common electrode, the second substrate includes gate lines disposed on an insulating plate, first and second data lines insulated from and intersecting the gate lines and receiving complementary data signals, a first thin film transistor connected to the first data line, a second thin film transistor connected to the second data line, a first pixel electrode connected to an output terminal of the first thin film transistor, and a second pixel electrode connected to an output terminal of the second thin film transistor, the first pixel electrode has two or more interconnected sub-pixel electrodes, the second pixel electrode has two or more interconnected sub-pixel electrodes, and the sub-pixel electrodes of the first pixel electrode are interdigitated with the sub-pixel electrodes of the second pixel electrode. |
| US07830482B2 |
Method for manufacturing a transflective liquid crystal display panel comprising forming a first alignment film having different alignments in the transmissive and reflective regions and forming a second alignment film with a single alignment
A method for manufacturing a transflective LCD panel having a transmissive region and a reflective region includes steps of providing an upper substrate and a lower substrate in parallel, forming a first alignment film on the upper substrate, forming a reflective layer on the reflective region of the lower substrate, forming an first insulating layer to cover the reflective layer and the lower substrate, forming a second insulating layer to cover the first insulating layer, forming positive and negative driving electrodes wrapped in the second insulating layer, forming a coplanar second alignment film to cover the second insulating layer, packaging the upper substrate and the lower substrate, and filling liquid crystal molecules. |
| US07830481B2 |
Liquid crystal display device with retardations of optical films and liquid crystal layer
A first polarizer and a second polarizer have respective absorption axes extending approximately perpendicularly to each other, and a first retardation plate and a third retardation plate have respective slow axes extending approximately perpendicularly to each other. The first retardation plate and the third retardation plate have respective retardations that are approximately equal to each other, and have respective Nz coefficients that are approximately equal to each other. A second retardation plate and a liquid crystal layer in a transmissive display area have a slow axis and an orientation axis, respectively, extending approximately perpendicularly to each other. The second retardation plate and the liquid crystal layer in the transmissive display area have respective retardations that are approximately equal to each other. |
| US07830477B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device includes; a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate and having a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer, the first substrate including; a plurality of pixels, a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode, a color filter including a first sub color filter, a second sub color filter and a third sub color filter, each sub color filter including a different color, and a shield electrode receiving a common voltage and disposed substantially parallel to the data line along a boundary between adjacent pixels on the color filter, wherein the color filter disposed below the shield electrode comprises a convex region which protrudes toward the second substrate, the plurality of pixels comprise a first pixel having the first sub color filter, a second pixel having the second sub color filter and a third pixel having the third sub color filter, and the third sub color filter forms the convex region. |
| US07830473B2 |
Laser apparatus
The present invention comprises: a laser light source 101 operable to output a laser light; an optical component 114 operable to couple, to an optical fiber 126, the laser light outputted from the laser light source 101; an actuator 118 operable to hold the optical component 114; a photoreceiver 503 operable to monitor the laser light outputted from the optical fiber; and a control device 117 operable to drive the actuator 118 in accordance with a result of the monitoring by the photoreceiver 503, thereby controlling a position of the optical component 114. |
| US07830470B2 |
Backlight module
The present invention discloses a backlight module. The backlight module of the present invention includes a frame, a flexible circuit board, a light emitting unit, and a light guide plate. The frame has a bottom surface, an inner sidewall adjacent and perpendicular to the bottom surface, and a protrusion unit. Protrusion unit protrudes from the inner sidewall and is parallel to the bottom surface. The flexible circuit board is disposed beneath the protrusion unit and electrically connected to the light emitting unit. The light guide plate is disposed on the bottom surface and is adjacent to the light emitting unit. Furthermore, the protrusion unit is disposed at the corner of the two adjacent inner sidewalls of the frame, and a substrate presses the protrusion unit which further presses the flexible circuit board, and thus the flexible circuit board and the light emitting unit connected thereto can be fixed in the frame. |
| US07830468B2 |
Mounting frame combination structure of liquid crystal display device
A mounting frame combination structure is disclosed, for decreasing a profile thickness of an LCD device, which includes a main support accommodating an LCD panel which may display a picture image or other information, and a backlight provided below the LCD panel; a sash provided above the main support, for retaining the LCD panel and the main support from a front side; a bottom cover provided below the main support and supporting the backlight; and, a mounting frame positioned between the side surfaces of the bottom cover and joined thereto by a fastener. In case a step-difference portion is formed in an outer surface of the sash, the mounting frame is fastened to the main support. |
| US07830467B2 |
Electrodes located at storage capacitor wiring in active matrix substrate
An active matrix substrate includes a thin film transistor, a scanning signal line, and a data signal line disposed on the substrate. A gate electrode of the transistor is connected to the scanning signal line, a source electrode thereof is connected to the data signal line, and a drain electrode thereof is connected to a pixel electrode; and an upper electrode is disposed so as to oppose a storage capacitor wiring pattern at least via an insulating layer. Within a pixel region, the upper electrode includes three divided electrodes in a region opposing the storage capacitor wiring pattern, and a central divided electrode of the three divided electrodes has the smallest area. |
| US07830461B2 |
Light sensitive display
A light sensitive display. |
| US07830458B2 |
Method and system for scanning video carrier channels of a television
In a television having a memory storing a plurality of central frequencies of channels, a method for scanning a single video carrier channel includes: (A) entering a channel; (B) providing a frequency correction, which is set to zero in initialization; (C) reading a central frequency of the channel from the memory as a target frequency of the channel; (D) determining if a TV channel exists at the target frequency; recording the target frequency as a frequency of the channel when the TV channel exists, and otherwise executing step (E); (E) adding a predetermined frequency difference to the frequency correction to thereby obtain an updated frequency correction; (F) setting the target frequency to a value of the central frequency plus or minus the updated frequency correction when the updated frequency correction is not greater than a predetermined frequency bound, and executing step (D). |
| US07830453B2 |
Method of converting digital broadcast contents and digital broadcast terminal having function of the same
A method of converting digital broadcast contents and digital broadcast terminal having a function of the same are disclosed, by which music in compliance with a user's taste can be inserted as a background music by separating an audio signal of digital broadcast contents and by which a text can be displayed as a caption on a screen of the terminal in a manner of converting a voice recognized from a separated audio signal to the text. In converting digital broadcast contents including a video signal and an audio signal received via a digital broadcast network in a digital broadcast terminal, the present invention includes a step (a) of extracting the audio signal and the video signal for a specific section of the digital broadcast contents and a step (b) of synthesizing the extracted video signal with prescribed audio data. |
| US07830451B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided for enhancing the picture quality of images by extracting additional information from non-standard signals without an error. A signal determination unit receives an image signal including an image interval containing an image and an additional information interval containing additional information regarding the image. A determination is made as to whether the additional information exists in the additional information interval. An additional information extractor extracts and outputs the additional information from the additional information interval, if the signal determination unit determines that the additional information exists in the additional information interval. |
| US07830447B2 |
Imaging apparatus including a plurality of image pickup elements
An imaging apparatus comprising a spectroscopy section for splitting a beam of object light; a first image pickup element and a second image pickup element for converting one of the object light split by the spectroscopy section to image data; a moving picture imaging control section for imaging a moving picture of the object using one image pickup element of the first image pickup element or the second image pickup element; a first still-image photographing control section for photographing a still image of the object using the first image pickup element and the second image pickup element; and a first recording control section for generating single still-image data by synthesizing still-image data acquired by the first image pickup element and still-image data acquired by the second image pickup element according to the first still-image photographing control section and for recording the generated single still-image data to a record section. |
| US07830445B2 |
Image-pickup apparatus and focus control method for the same
An image-pickup apparatus is disclosed which can prevent focus control from being performed on the basis of incorrect information on an object distance externally measured. The image-pickup apparatus includes a first detector which produces first information corresponding to a contrast state of a picked-up image, a second detector which receives light from an object to detect second information corresponding to a distance to the object, and a controller which performs focus control by using the first information and the second information. The controller performs the focus control by using the first information without using the second information when a light-receiving luminance level in the second detector is lower than a first value. |
| US07830444B2 |
Image capturing apparatus
The present invention further improves foreign substance removal performance when removing foreign substances such as dust that adhere to the surface of an optical element disposed in front of an image sensor. The image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor that performs photo-electric conversion of an optical image of an object formed by a photographing optical system, an optical element disposed between the photographing optical system and the image sensor, a shutter disposed between the photographing optical system and the optical element and having shutter curtains capable of traveling between an open state and a closed state, a first vibration device that causes the optical element to vibrate, a second vibration device that causes the shutter curtains to vibrate, and a control device that controls operations of the first vibration device and second vibration device. |
| US07830443B2 |
Dual mode image engine
An image reader capable of operating in two modes for imaging a target is described. It includes an image sensor, a free-space objective lens system and an optically encoded lens system each adapted to direct light reflected from the target onto the image sensor, and a processor for processing signals from the image sensor. In one mode, the processor processes signals produced by light from the free-space objective lens system and in the other mode, the processor processes signals produced by light from the optically encoded lens system. To achieve this, the two lens systems may direct light to two different areas on the image sensor, or the lens systems may be selectively controlled to direct light from one or other of the systems onto the image sensor. |
| US07830442B2 |
Compact economical lidar system
A lidar pulse is time resolved in ways that avoid costly, fragile, bulky, high-voltage vacuum devices—and also costly, awkward optical remappers or pushbroom layouts—to provide preferably 3D volumetric imaging from a single pulse, or full-3D volumetric movies. Delay lines or programmed circuits generate time-resolution sweep signals, ideally digital. Preferably, discrete 2D photodiode and transimpedance-amplifier arrays replace a continuous 1D streak-tube cathode. For each pixel a memory-element array forms range bins. An intermediate optical buffer with low, well-controlled capacitance avoids corruption of input signal by these memories. |
| US07830441B2 |
Image pickup apparatus and controlling method thereof
In order to display help information at the time when each of a self-timer button, an illumination button, AE lock button and the like is operated, an image pickup apparatus displays help information with understandable wording by the use of simple terms in consideration of the possibility that the user is not proficient in camera operations in the case that the apparatus operates in a full-automatic mode or a photographing mode of an image zone, and displays help information with concise and easily recognizable wording inclusive of technical terms in accordance with necessity in consideration of the possibility that the user is proficient in camera operations to a certain extent in the case that the apparatus operates in a photographing mode of a creative zone. |
| US07830440B2 |
Interline CCD implementation of hybrid two color per pixel architecture
An image sensor includes at least first and second photo-sensitive regions; a color filter array having at least two different colors that selectively absorb specific bands of wavelengths, and the two colors respectively span portions of predetermined photo-sensitive regions; and wherein the two photo sensitive regions are doped so that electrons that are released at two different depths in the substrate are collected in two separate regions of the photo sensitive regions so that, when wavelengths of light pass through the color filter array, light is absorbed by the photo sensitive regions which photo sensitive regions consequently releases electrons at two different depths of the photo sensitive regions and are stored in first and second separate regions; at least two charge-coupled devices adjacent the first photo sensitive regions; and a first transfer gate associated with the first photo sensitive region that selectively passes charge at first and second levels which, when at the first level, causes the charge stored in the first region to be passed to one of its associated charge-coupled devices, and when the transfer gate is at the second level, charge stored in the second region is passed to one of the associated charge-coupled devices. |
| US07830435B2 |
Image sensor and image capture system with extended dynamic range
An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels; a color filter pattern spanning at least a portion of the pixels, wherein the color filter pattern forms a color filter kernel having colors in a predetermined arrangement; and a mechanism for controlling integration time of the pixels, wherein the integration time of the plurality of pixels is spatially variant in a pattern that is correlated with the color filter array kernel. |
| US07830433B2 |
Amplification type solid state imaging device
An amplification type solid state imaging device in use includes at least a light-receiving portion 10 formed by arranging on a semiconductor substrate 7 one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally a plurality of pixels that convert incident light to signal charge and output electric signals corresponding to the amount of the signal charge, a reader for reading out sequentially the electric signals from the respective pixels, a noise rejection circuit 11 for suppressing spurious signals for the electric signals read out by the reader, and a first light-shielding layer 1 positioned on the upper part of the light-receiving portion 10 so as to restrict entry of light into parts other than photoelectric conversion portions 10a of the pixels. Furthermore, a second light-shielding layer 2 for restricting entry of light into the noise rejection circuit 11 is provided on the upper part of the noise rejection circuit 11. |
| US07830423B2 |
Method and apparatus providing imager noise reduction using parallel input arithmetic mean modules
Noise correction values are generated through the calculation of pixel offset values and average pixel output values during a calibration procedure. For each read calibration row, an average pixel output value is determined for a plurality of pixel output values. An offset value for each of the plurality of pixel outputs is generated by finding the difference between each of the plurality of pixel outputs and the calculated average pixel output value. An offset value for an entire row of pixel outputs may also be calculated by finding the average pixel output value for a plurality of optically black pixels in the imager row. The average pixel output value for the optically black pixel values may be refined by discarding pixel values outside a threshold window and substituting the average pixel output value and calculate a new average pixel value. |
| US07830422B2 |
Lens apparatus, image-pickup apparatus, and image-pickup system
Lens apparatuses are disclosed capable of smooth image-pickup operation by facilitating operations of functions provided separately between the lens apparatus and the image-pickup apparatus. The lens apparatus, which is detachably mounted on an image-pickup apparatus, comprises a controller which outputs a signal for controlling a function provided in the image-pickup apparatus in response to operation of a first operating member. The other lens apparatus comprises a controller which outputs a signal for controlling a first function provided in the lens apparatus in response to operation of a second operating member in a case where a first operating member is in a first state and outputs a signal for controlling a second function provided in the image-pickup apparatus in response to operation of the second operating member in a case where the first operating member is in a second state. |
| US07830421B2 |
Reproducing apparatus
An apparatus reproduces moving image data from a recording medium on which moving image data of a plurality of scenes are recorded. The apparatus includes a memory to store a plurality of representative image data representing representative images of the plurality of scenes. The apparatus generates a list screen for the representative images using the representative image data stored on the memory and displays the generated list screen on a display device. The apparatus controls the reproduction of moving image data recorded on the recording medium according to a user instruction, generates representative image data based on the reproduced moving image data and stores the generated representative image data on the memory. |
| US07830419B2 |
Digital camera, gain-computing device and method
To determine a more appropriate WB gain. A first image data, which is obtained by way of photographing essentially the same subject as that of a main image intended by a user without firing a strobe light for preliminary illumination, and a second image data, which is obtained by way of photographing the same while firing the strobe light for preliminary illumination, are captured. Subsequently, a typical value of each of blocks constituting the first and second image data and the type of a light source of the same are acquired as block information. The thus-acquired pieces of block information about the first and second image data are compared with each other, to thus acquire the tendency of a color change in subject before and after preliminary illumination. An environment light source is estimated on the basis of the obtained tendency of a color change. |
| US07830400B2 |
Display unit
A display unit has an image presentation section 10 for receiving a plurality of monomedia data and presentation style data describing a presentation style of a frame of each of the individual monomedia data, for generating scaling/combining control information 111 for combining the individual monomedia data, and for generating a composite video frame 103 by combining the individual monomedia data; an image enhancing section 20 for obtaining a correction target region of designated monomedia data in the composite video frame 103 in response to the scaling/combining control information 111, for generating correction data by obtaining interframe difference in the correction target region, and for generating a display video frame 104 by carrying out image enhancing processing of the correction target region in response to the correction data generated; and an image display section 30 for displaying the display video frame 104. |
| US07830399B2 |
System and method for manipulating digital images
A method for manipulating a digital image includes identifying an image for processing at a local client computer, sending the image to a remote server, manipulating either locally or remotely parameters associated with the image without modifying the image itself, capturing state information defining a state of the manipulations at a predefined time and selecting a previous state at the request of the user, and synchronizing the local client computer and the remote server including updating metadata for one of the local client computer and the remote server using metadata of the other. |
| US07830397B2 |
Rendering multiple clear rectangles using a pre-rendered depth buffer
According to some embodiments, systems, methods, apparatus, computer program code and means are provided to set a first depth value associated with a plurality of pixels of a video image comprising a plurality of planes, create a first clear rectangle with respect to the first depth value, color render the pixels that are not associated with the first clear rectangle, and render the plurality of planes. |
| US07830395B2 |
Virtualization of graphics resources
Graphics resources are virtualized through an interface between graphics hardware and graphics clients. The interface allocates the graphics resources across multiple graphics clients, processes commands for access to the graphics resources from the graphics clients, and resolves conflicts for the graphics resources among the clients. |
| US07830391B2 |
Checkerboard buffer using two-dimensional buffer pages
Methods and apparatus for storing and retrieving data using two-dimensional arrays. In one implementation, a checkerboard buffer page system includes: a data source, providing data elements in a first order; a data destination, receiving data elements in a second order; memory devices having memory pages, data elements stored and retrieved in parallel to and from the memory devices; each buffer page having entries along a first dimension corresponding to the first order and along a second dimension corresponding to the second order, data elements stored in the first order and retrieved in the second order, at least one memory page stores data elements in multiple locations according to the first and second orders, at least two data elements consecutive in the first order are stored in parallel to the memory devices, and where at least two data elements consecutive in the second order are retrieved in parallel from the memories. |
| US07830383B1 |
Determining related stocks based on postings of messages
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium provide a financial Web site to display, based on a user-selected stock, a plurality of user-selectable elements associated with a respective plurality of stocks that are determined to be related to the user-selected stock. Each stock of the plurality of stocks is determined to be related to the user-selected stock based on a respective correlation between postings of messages for the stock and the user-selected stock. Each respective correlation is between a respective time series of an aggregate level of messaging for its respective stock and a time series of an aggregate level of messaging for the user-selected stock. Each of the plurality of user-selectable elements is user-selectable to retrieve information from a message board associated with its respective one of the plurality of stocks. |
| US07830382B2 |
Method and apparatus for automated graphing of trends in massive, real-world databases
A method and apparatus for leveraging the inherent massiveness of real-world data sets to solve the problems typically associated with graphing the data is provided. Three particular areas of concern are as follows: a high likelihood of containing instances of bad or corrupted data that could distort the graph; little or no documentation about the type of each variable; and the presence of arbitrarily encoded missing or special values. One embodiment of the invention provides a methodology for automatically selecting a graphing range with minimal scale distortion. Another embodiment of the invention provides a methodology for automatically choosing an appropriate graphing style. Another embodiment of the invention provides a methodology for automatically detecting and filtering special values in data. |
| US07830378B2 |
Medical image processing apparatus and medical image processing method
A medical image processing apparatus of the invention comprises: a three-dimensional model estimating section that estimates a three-dimensional model of body tissues based on a two-dimensional image of an image of the body tissues inside a body cavity inputted from a medical image pickup apparatus; a voxel detecting section that detects one voxel existing on a nearest side in a view direction of the medical image pickup apparatus among the voxels included in the three-dimensional model; and a raised shape detecting section that acquires one curved surface including the one voxel to detect a position with gradient variation on the one curved surface and to determine whether or not body tissues with a locally raised shape exist in the position in the three-dimensional model. |
| US07830377B1 |
Systems and methods for using a single tool for the creation and modification of solids and surfaces
Systems and methods for creating and editing 3D solids and surfaces in an intuitive manner are described. A single tool infers the most-likely correct action based on its context to a particular geometry case. The single modification tool predicts a user's intended modification, and performs the predicted modification without recording related history information. The method includes receiving a selection of the at least one CAD object. The method also includes the tool automatically predicting the user's intended type of modification to the at least one CAD object based on the type of the at least one CAD object and the at least one CAD object's relationships with the geometry of at least one surrounding CAD object. The tool can performing multiple types of modifications, and the modification is selected from the multiple types of modifications, without explicit commands from the user directing the type of modification to be performed. |
| US07830375B2 |
Constraint schemes for computer simulation of cloth and other materials
Constraint schemes for use in the computer simulation and animation of cloth, clothing and other materials helps to prevent clothing from excessive stretching, bunching up in unwanted areas, or “passing through” rigid objects during collisions. Several types of constraint systems are employed, including the use of skinned vertices as constraints and axial constraints. In these schemes cloth simulated vertices are generated for the material using a cloth simulation technique, and skinned vertices are generated for the material using a skin simulation technique. One or more of the cloth simulated vertices are compared to the corresponding skinned vertices. The cloth simulated vertices are modified if they deviate from the corresponding skinned vertices by more than a certain amount. Vertical constraints are also employed, which involve generating a first set of vertices for the material using a cloth simulation technique, comparing a vertical component of each of the first set of vertices to a lower limit for each of the first set of vertices, and for each vertical component that falls below the lower limit, modifying the vertical component to be equal to the lower limit. |
| US07830371B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof
A liquid crystal display and a method of driving the same is capable of for preventing a difference in brightness from occurring between horizontal line blocks. A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel having liquid crystal cells arranged in a matrix pattern; at least one integrated circuit for driving the liquid crystal display panel; a supply line commonly connected to the at least one integrated circuit for applying drive signals to the at least one integrated circuit; and a signal-limiting part formed at an input terminal of the supply line, wherein the supply line has a higher resistance than the sum of the line resistances of the entire supply line. |
| US07830369B2 |
Video signal processing apparatus, video displaying apparatus and high resolution method for video signal
A video signal processing apparatus, for achieving high resolution of a video signal, in particular, the video signal of moving pictures, preferably, comprises a motion estimation portion (101) for estimating a sampling phase difference with using video data on an input video frame as a reference and each video data on other input video frame, a motion compensation/up-rate portion (115) for compensating motion of the video data of the each input video frame with using information of said sampling phase difference, as well as, to increase the number of pixels to n times, a phase shift portion (116) for shifting the video data of each of the video frames, the pixel number of which is increased, by a predetermined amount, a coefficient determining portion, which is configured to determine a coefficient with using information of said sampling phase difference; and an aliasing component removal portion (117) for removing (n−1) pieces of aliasing components, by adding each of video data in front and back of said phase shifting after multiplying them by said coefficient, thereby to provide an output. |
| US07830367B2 |
Touch panel and protective panel for display window of electronic device using the same
A touch panel is capable of obtaining a stable connection resistance without requiring fitting accuracy at the time of the connection to an external terminal, and a protective panel for a display window of an electronic device using the same. The analog type touch panel includes a touch side substrate and a non-touch side substrate each having resistive films provided on opposed inner surfaces thereof.Through-holes are formed at the periphery of the non-touch side substrate. A connecting part for electrically connecting electrodes of the resistive films to an external terminal includes a conductive paste is injected into the through-holes and a rivet is inserted into each of the through-holes from the lower surface side so that a head of the rivet 14 forms flat connecting electrodes for connection to the external terminal on the lower surface of the non-touch side substrate. |
| US07830366B2 |
Touch panel
The touch panel of the present invention has a thermally color-changing portion in the vicinity of a connecting portion which is to be bonded by heat. It can be easily checked whether the heat press has been performed at a predetermined temperature when the wiring board is connected to the top and bottom substrates, based on the degree of coloring of the thermally color-changing portion. This allows the touch panel to be manufactured simply and to ensure reliable electrical contact and separation. |
| US07830365B2 |
Sensors
A sensor includes a rectangular conductive sheet. Electrical connectors are connected at each corner of the sheet. A number of non-conductive features, e.g. apertures, are formed in this sheet. In one embodiment, V-shaped features extend from near the corners of the sheet towards the centre of the sheet and then turn towards an adjacent corner. Smaller V-shaped features reside in the area between the larger features and the closest edge of the sheet. In another embodiment, a spider web formation of conductive tracks or paths is provided. This provides hardware correction of pincushion error. It reduces or eliminates the need for software correction of pincushion error. |
| US07830363B2 |
Shape-changeable mouse
A shape-changeable mouse includes a first housing, a second housing and a connecting member. Via the connecting member, the first housing is connected with the second housing. The second housing is rotated with respect to the first housing to change the shape of the mouse. |
| US07830360B2 |
Inertial sensing input apparatus and method
An inertial sensing input apparatus is disclosed, which includes: an accelerometer module, capable of detecting accelerations with respect to a Cartesian coordinate system of X-, Y-, and Z-axes; and a gyroscope, used for detecting a rotation measured with respect to the Z-axis. By the aforesaid input apparatus, an input method can be provided which comprises steps of: (a) defining base signals with respect to each of such sensing elements; (b) detecting and determining whether Z-axis accelerations are varying; (c) enabling the input apparatus to enter a surface (2D) operating mode while no acceleration varying is detected along the Z axis; (d) enabling the input apparatus to enter a space (3D) operating mode while acceleration varying is detected along the Z axis. |
| US07830359B2 |
Foot-based interface for interacting with a computer
Methods and systems for using a foot-based interface to interact with a computer are described. An application program from a plurality of application programs is executed on an operating system of a personal computer. The application program is configured to receive user input via a foot-based interface. Further, user input is received from the foot-based interface and mapped into a command. Moreover, the command controls an application program function. Also, the command is executed and an output corresponding to the execution of the command is generated. Additionally, the output is displayed to the user. |
| US07830357B2 |
Image display device and image display system
An image display device and an image display system which can establish visible light communication without interfering with an image displayed at a predetermined frame rate are provided. A controller 12 controls a spatial light modulator in accordance with an image signal to display the image, and also modulates an intensity of a visible light output from a backlight 13 with a frequency higher than the frame rate of the image signal to have the visible light output from the backlight 13 carry additional information. A light receiver 15 receives the visible light and demodulates to extract the additional information. An additional information generator 16 outputs the additional information. |
| US07830349B2 |
Gate driving apparatus
A gate driving apparatus for driving a pixel array on a panel. The apparatus includes a driver chip having a first transistor with a gate coupled to receive a Nth gate driving signal, a source coupled to receive a first voltage and a drain coupled to a Nth scan line of the pixel array, and a driving circuit formed on the panel, providing a second voltage to the Nth scan line when the first transistor in the driver chip is turned off by the Nth gate driving signal and providing the first voltage to the Nth scan line when the first transistor is turned on by the Nth gate driving signal. |
| US07830339B2 |
Image display apparatus
An image display apparatus includes a rear plate having electron-emitting devices, a face plate having light-emitting regions, a spacer arranged between the rear plate and the face plate, and a drive circuit having a correction circuit which corrects input image data. A quantity of light emitted from an object light-emitting region depends on the quantity of electrons coming from a corresponding object electron-emitting device and coming from peripheral light-emitting regions of the object light-emitting region, and the quantity of light emitted from the object light-emitting region decreases when at least some of the emitted electrons are blocked by the spacer. The correction circuit includes a first circuit that calculates a value equivalent to the decrease in the quantity of light emitted from the object light-emitting region due to the blocked electrons, a second circuit that calculates a correction value by multiplying the value equivalent to the decrease in the quantity of light by an adjustment gain value that complies with a color of the object light-emitting region, and a third circuit that adds the correction value to the input image data of the object electron-emitting device. |
| US07830336B2 |
Driver device of plasma display panel
An output buffer circuit constituted by a totem-pole circuit where two NchMOS transistors are cascade-connected, and the connection point of the two MOS transistors are connected to a data electrode of a display cell, improves the power recovery rate of a driver device of a PDP. A level shift circuit includes a CMOS circuit and drives the output buffer circuit. An electric charge recovery circuit connected to a power supply of the output buffer circuit recovers and reuses electric charges remaining on the data electrode after the discharge of the display cells. A power supply control circuit controls so that the power supply voltage of the level shift circuit is higher than the sum of the power supply voltage of the output buffer circuit and the threshold voltage of the MOS transistors for a period of time during a recovery/reuse cycle of the electric charge recovery circuit. |
| US07830332B2 |
Multi-display driving circuit and method of driving display panels
A multi-display (e.g., dual-display) driving circuit includes a first display driving circuit configured to receive a first display signal and a second display signal from an external source (e.g., CPU) through a first interface, and to drive a first display panel in response to the first display signal and to output the second display signal through a second interface of the first display driving circuit. The second display signal is transmitted via the second interface to a second driving circuit configured to drive a second display panel. Therefore, the complexity of the wiring (e.g., through a hinge of a folding phone, and between a CPU and first and second displays) of the multi-display device may be reduced, and the electromagnetic interference (EMI) characteristics of the multi-display device may be enhanced. |
| US07830330B2 |
Antenna configuration
Regarding an antenna configuration (1) preferably provided for a telecommunication device and comprising a first resonator structure (6) and second resonator structure (RS) being capacitive coupled with the first resonator structure (6) it is suggested to provide the antenna configuration (1) with a control electrode (2) and a switching stage (3), said control electrode (2) by means of the switching stage (3) being switchably connected to ground (G) and said switching stage (3) enabling to change capacitive coupling of the two resonator structures (6, RS) and thus to change the resonance frequency of the antenna configuration (1) and making possible to switch between a first frequency range and a second frequency range for enhancing the bandwidth and achieving improved matching of the antenna configuration (1). |
| US07830328B2 |
Antenna feeding network
An antenna feeding network, including at least one antenna feeding line, each antenna feeding line comprising a coaxial line having a central inner conductor and a surrounding outer conductor.Present invention is characterized in that the outer conductor (4) is made of an elongated tubular compartment (5) having an elongated opening (6) along one side of the compartment (5), and that the inner conductor (3) is suspended within the tubular compartment (5) by means of dielectric support means (7). |
| US07830327B2 |
Low cost antenna design for wireless communications
A low cost and multi-featured antenna is disclosed. The antenna employs a radiating element mounted to a ground plane and having first and second branches spaced above the ground plane forming a generally L shaped planar radiating structure. The antenna can be either linear or circular polarization, and can be either single band or dual band, and only one feeding port is needed to obtain circular polarization. The antenna can be easily applied to various frequency bands. |
| US07830325B2 |
Mobile wireless communications device including an electrically conductive director element and related methods
A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the PCB, and an antenna connected to the transceiver and carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may further include at least one director element for directing a beam pattern of the antenna. More particularly, the at least one director element may include an electrically conductive main branch carried by the portable housing, and an electrically conductive connector portion extending between the main branch and the PCB. |
| US07830324B2 |
Electronic entity having a magnetic antenna
An electronic entity includes an electronic circuit (21) having at least one first terminal (22) and a second terminal (24) to which an antenna is connected. The antenna includes a conducting element (26) electrically connected to the first terminal (22) of the electronic circuit (21) and includes a resonator (28) insulated from the conducting element (26) at the antenna, electrically connected to the second terminal (24) of the electronic circuit (21) and coupled to the conducting element (26). |
| US07830315B2 |
Antenna apparatus and radio communicating apparatus
The present invention relates to an antenna apparatus capable of multifrequency resonance and realizes downsizing and multifrequency resonance. The present invention relates to an antenna apparatus capable of multifrequency resonance or a radio communicating apparatus (e.g., portable phone) including the antenna apparatus; toward a feed element connected to and supplied with electricity from a feeding unit of a circuit substrate (printed circuit substrate), a non-feed element is disposed with over the circuit substrate or outside the circuit substrate; and the feed side or the open side of the feed element is electromagnetically coupled to the non-feed element to enable resonance in the frequency band of the non-feed element in addition to resonance in the frequency band of the feed element. |
| US07830313B2 |
Mobile radio apparatus with enhanced antenna characteristics
A mobile radio apparatus using a circuit board in a cabinet as an antenna and being capable of providing a good antenna characteristic when the mobile radio apparatus is closed for entering a portable mode is provided. In a mobile radio apparatus, an upper circuit board is housed in an upper cabinet, a lower circuit board is housed in a lower cabinet, the upper and lower circuit boards and are electrically connected, an antenna section is housed in an upper part of the lower cabinet, a feeding section for supplying power to the antenna section is housed in the lower cabinet, and in a portable mode with the upper cabinet and the lower cabinet stacked on each other, the feeding section is connected to the antenna section and in a conversation mode in which the joint whole length is grown as the upper cabinet and the lower cabinet are changed in the mutual position, the feeding section is connected to the upper circuit board through the antenna section and a connection member. |
| US07830311B2 |
Wireless IC device and electronic device
A wireless IC device includes a wireless IC chip for processing a transmission/reception signal, a printed wiring circuit board on which the wireless IC chip is mounted, a ground electrode disposed on the circuit board, and a substantially loop-shaped electrode that is electrically conducted to the wireless IC chip and disposed on the circuit board so as to be coupled to the ground electrode by an electromagnetic field. The ground electrode is coupled to the wireless IC chip via the substantially loop-shaped electrode to transmit/receive a radio frequency signal. A feeder circuit board including a resonant circuit and/or a matching circuit may be interposed between the wireless IC chip and the substantially loop-shaped electrode. |
| US07830309B2 |
Location system
A portable location device for use in a location system, the device comprising a transmitter for transmitting ultra-wideband signals, a receiver for receiving non-ultra-wideband signals and a control unit coupled to the receiver for controlling the operation of the device in dependence on the received non-ultra-wideband signals. |
| US07830304B2 |
Locating satellites
A system and method of locating the position of a satellite or a user using a satellite positioning system. The system and method includes receiving, at a terminal, satellite positioning data for at least one specified time period over a communications channel. In addition, the system includes storing, at the terminal, the satellite positioning data for the at least one specified time period. Responsive to an event at a later time, the system generally calculates, at the terminal, the satellite position at the later time based only on the satellite positioning data for the at least one specified time period. |
| US07830299B2 |
Radar system for manmade device detection and discrimination from clutter
A radar system for detecting the presence of threat providing electronic manmade devices placed in a given area of operation comprising: a radar transmitter for transmitting a radar signal designated as a probe signal to the given area of operation to cause said threat providing devices to produce anomalous energy signals, a radar receiver for receiving a reflected radar signal from said area of operation including said anomalous energy signals, designated as Target Anomalous Response (TAR) signals, a circuit responsive to the received signal for processing the signal to detect the (TAR) anomalous energy signals indicative of a threat producing device. |
| US07830298B2 |
Motorcycle communication system with radar detector, and mounting assemblies therefor
A communication system for use with a motorcycle includes a main unit that has a detector and a transmitter that transmits an alert signal upon the detection of a radar or laser by the detector. The system further includes either a visual indicator or an audio indicator. The visual indicator has a receiver that receives the alert signal from the transmitter, and a display which provides a visual display of the alert signal. The audio indicator has a receiver that receives the alert signal from the transmitter, and a speaker which emits an auditory response of the alert signal. The system can further include a mounting assembly having a connector that is removably connected to a part of a motorcycle, a support bracket to which the main unit is removably coupled, and a link that pivotably couples the support bracket and the connector. |
| US07830297B1 |
System and method for detecting and de-interleaving radar emitters using snapshots of varying lengths
A method of classifying radar emitters includes the steps of: (a) receiving pulses from multiple radar emitters over a plurality of consecutive first time intervals; (b) identifying pulses in each of the plurality of consecutive first time intervals corresponding to one or more first pulse trains using a first algorithm and de-interleaving the identified pulses from the plurality of first time intervals; (c) associating received pulses not identified and de-interleaved using the first algorithm with a plurality of consecutive second time intervals; and (d) identifying further pulses in each of the plurality of consecutive second time intervals corresponding to one or more second pulse trains using a second algorithm different from the first algorithm and de-interleaving the identified further pulses from the pulses associated with the plurality of consecutive second time intervals. Each consecutive second time interval is formed from two or more consecutive first time intervals. |
| US07830296B2 |
Anechoic structures for absorbing electromagnetic interference in a communications module
A communications module includes an interior configuration designed to intercept, disrupt, and scatter EMI produced by the module during operation. The interior configuration may include an anechoic structure that includes a plurality of anechoic elements positioned proximate EMI-producing components within the module. The anechoic elements may form truncated pyramids, columns having rounded tops, cones, or other shapes. The anechoic elements may be uniform or non-uniform in size, length, or shape and can be arranged in a periodic, non-periodic, or random pattern. In some embodiments, the anechoic elements may include cast zinc metal, Nickel, and/or radiation absorbent material, such as a mixture of iron and carbon. In operation, EMI impinging on the anechoic elements is scattered by their surfaces until absorbed by the elements or other structures of the module, thereby preventing the EMI from exiting the module. |
| US07830295B2 |
A/D converter
In an A/D converter, three capacitors are connected to a comparator. The A/D converter also includes three switching circuits that each input a first reference voltage, a second reference voltage, and a third reference voltage in the three capacitors. A control circuit selects at least two of the three switching circuits during a charging period of stray capacitance of each of the capacitors. The control circuit turns on one of the switching devices in the selected switching circuits simultaneously, and during a comparing period by the comparator, selects one of the three capacitors for each comparison, and selects another capacitor in the next comparison. |
| US07830293B2 |
Method of cyclically converting an analog signal to a multi-bit digital signal and converter for performing the method
Method and arrangement for cyclically AD converting an analog signal with a sampler capacitance and an integrator capacitance, comprising the steps of generating a difference signal multiplied by the ratio of said capacitances from the analog signal and a reference signal, deriving a digital bit from said difference signal, doubling the difference signal multiplied by said ratio, shifting said doubled signal by the reference signal multiplied by said ratio and using the shifted signal as difference signal multiplied by said ratio for the next cycle. |
| US07830290B2 |
Switched capacitor digital-to-analog converter
A switched capacitor digital-to-analog converter (SC-DAC) is provided. The SC-DAC of the present invention can eliminate an influence of a reference voltage source caused by a signal dependent loading at each clock cycle, so as to completely solve a harmonic distortion of an analog output signal converted by a conventional SC-DAC. In addition, when the SC-DAC of the present invention has a plurality of converting channels, since the reference voltage source is not influenced by the effect of signal dependent loading of any converting channel, so that each converting channel can be regarded to have a separate state, and thus the purpose of channel separation can be achieved. |
| US07830288B2 |
Fast, efficient reference networks for providing low-impedance reference signals to signal processing systems
Reference network embodiments are provided for use in pipelined signal converter systems. The network embodiments are fast and power efficient and they generate low-impedance reference signals through the use of at least one output transistor, a diode-coupled transistor coupled to the output transistor, and a controller. The controller is configured to provide a backgate voltage to the diode-coupled transistor to thereby establish a substantially-constant output current. The controller is further configured to provide a gate voltage to the output transistor to establish a reference voltage. |
| US07830287B1 |
Analog to digital converter having digital correction logic that utilizes a dither signal to correct a digital code
An analog to digital converter is provided. The converter comprises a dither gain generator, a first stage, an adder, a second stage, and a digital error correction logic. The dither gain generator generates a dither gain. The first stage receives a first voltage to generate a first digital code and a second voltage. The adder is coupled to the first stage and adds the dither voltage to the second voltage to generate a third voltage. The second stage receives the third voltage to generate a second digital code. The digital error correction logic receives and corrects the first digital code and the second digital code to generate a digital code corresponding to the first voltage. |
| US07830285B2 |
Circuit with calibration circuit portion
In an embodiment, a circuit is disclosed comprising a circuit portion coupled to a terminal and a calibration circuit portion coupled to said terminal. |
| US07830282B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of synchronization blocks configured to sequentially synchronize a plurality of input signals swinging in a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) region with multi-phase clock signals to output a plurality of output signals swinging in a current mode logic (CML) region, a plurality of first swing region converting blocks configured to convert the plurality of output signals to a plurality of converted output signals swinging in the CMOS region, a serialization block configured to serialize a plurality of converted output signals, thereby outputting a serialized signal swinging in the CML region, and a second swing region converting block configured to convert the serialized signal to a serialized output signal swinging in the CMOS region. |
| US07830280B2 |
Semiconductor devices, a system including semiconductor devices and methods thereof
Semiconductor devices, a system including said semiconductor devices and methods thereof are provided. An example semiconductor device may receive data scheduled for transmission, scramble an order of bits within the received data, the scrambled order arranged in accordance with a given pseudo-random sequence. The received data may be balanced such that a difference between a first number of the bits within the received data equal to a first logic level and a second number of bits within the received data equal to a second logic level is below a threshold. The balanced and scrambled received data may then be transmitted. The example semiconductor device may perform the scrambling and balancing operations in any order. Likewise, on a receiving end, another semiconductor device may decode the original data by unscrambling and unbalancing the transmitted data. The unscrambling and unbalancing operations may be performed in an order based upon the order in which the transmitted data is scrambled and balanced. |
| US07830279B2 |
Apparatus for inputting characters and method thereof
An apparatus for inputting characters and method thereof are disclosed, by which a character can be inputted at high speed in a manner of implementing a new character set and by which a character can be inputted at high speed using a new character set and a rotatable moving key. The present invention includes an input unit comprising a plurality of roller type keys, each generating a rotation-associated keying signal or a pressing-associated keying signal and a plurality of selection keys, each generating the pressing-associated keying signal and a controller performing a character set search by a character set unit according to the rotation-associated keying signal, the controller performing a character input according to the pressing-associated keying signal. |
| US07830278B2 |
Sensor arrangement for the precise detection of relative movements between an encoder and a sensor
A sensor arrangement and a method for the precise detection of relative movements between an encoder and a sensor, including an encoder, which has an incremental scale having a plurality of scale subdivisions (λ), and a sensor which is magnetically coupled to the encoder via an air gap and includes at least two magnetic field sensor elements (SE1, SE2) which are arranged offset with respect to one another by a defined distance (Δx) in the direction of the relative movement, the magnetic field sensor element output signals (V1, V2) having been shifted relative to one another by a relative-speed-dependent time difference with regard to the detection of a scale subdivision (λ) or a defined part of a scale subdivision (N,S), the sensor having a signal processing circuit which comprises an interface module which generates a sensor output signal (IS3,IS4) including at least one speed signal based upon the time difference. |
| US07830275B2 |
Device for displaying other ship targets
An apparatus for displaying other ship targets is provided that displays the positions and detailed information concerning substantially all vessels present in a predetermined region around the own ship in a manner that is easy to grasp for the operator. A display screen includes Graphical Position Display Area 11, Target List Display Area 12 and Vessel Detail Information Display Area 13. A selected vessel of interest is displayed on Graphical Position Display Area 11 with Icon 102, and non-selected vessels are displayed by Icons 103 thereby making it possible to tell them apart. In conjunction with this, a portion of Target List Display Area 12 corresponding to the selected vessel is subjected to Emphasized Display 121, and the detailed information about the selected vessel is displayed in Vessel Detail Information Display Area 13. Here, when the operator switches the selected vessel in Graphical Position Display Area 11 or Target List Display Area 12, the display of the three areas changes in accordance with this operation, such that the selected vessel is subject to emphasized display and detailed display. |
| US07830272B2 |
Remote display chain for multiple user interface applications
A multi-master serial bus that connects multiple utility monitoring devices with multiple remote electronic display units. The display units include an I2C microprocessor with an integrated LCD controller for controlling an LCD display and a set of buttons for changing what is displayed on the LCD display. They also include an I/O to I2C driver for sending button key presses to the remote monitoring device, which communicates the requested data to be displayed back to the display unit via the multi-master serial bus. Each remote electronic display unit has a unique address assigned to it, and when a user input is detected on the I2C bus by the utility monitoring device, the controller in the utility monitoring device sends monitored data to the detected address for display on the remote electronic display unit. |
| US07830271B2 |
Audio coordinated visual indicator
An audio-coordinated visual indicator device reducing vehicle operator distraction associated with using a communications device during vehicle operation. The visual indicator being placed within the operator's field of view and provides a synchronized visual display associated with the output from the communication device. Providing an apparent visual anchor for the incoming sound freeing up the operator's mental resources, reduces distraction and allows greater attention to be placed on operation. Comprising of a receiver; a visual indicator connected to an output of the receiver having an attribute that varies according to the received signal from the communication device. |
| US07830270B1 |
Vehicle security alarm system and associated method
A vehicle alarm system for notifying a caregiver when a child is seated inside an existing vehicle may include a portable controller carried by the caregiver and a stationary controlled situated within the vehicle. The stationary controller may include a fluctuating threshold operating parameter updating mechanism as well as an emergency signal emitting mechanism. The updating mechanism compares the occupant's body temperature with the maximum and minimum temperature thresholds. Such threshold depends on the air temperature inside the vehicle. If the body temperature is above or below such save limits, the updating mechanism notifies the emergency signal emitting mechanism which relays the information to the portable controller. The emergency signal emitting mechanism also includes sensors that activate the system when the vehicle ignition is turned off. Further, emergency signal emitting mechanism produces an alert signal if the seatbelts remain locked, signifying a remaining occupant in a parked vehicle. |
| US07830269B2 |
Health monitoring for power converter capacitors
A method for detecting a performance degradation of a capacitor in a power converter is disclosed. The method includes monitoring a voltage across the capacitor, detecting the performance degradation of the capacitor based on the monitored voltage, and generating a warning signal after detecting the performance degradation of the capacitor. A power converter is including at least one capacitor and a processor operably coupled to the at least one capacitor for monitoring a voltage across the at least one capacitor is also disclosed. The processor is configured for detecting a performance degradation of the capacitor based, at least in part, on the monitored voltage, and for generating a warning signal after detecting the performance degradation of the at least one capacitor. |
| US07830268B1 |
High liquid alarm system
A high liquid alarm system for use in detecting the presence of water and oil in water present in a confined space is disclosed. In one implementation, the system includes an optical sensor capable of detecting water at a certain level, a sensing device capable of differentiating oil and water, and an alarm indicator. The sensors are in communication with an indicator which is capable of providing alert signals. The optical sensor is configured to activate a second alarm in the indicator when water is detected at about a predetermined level and the sensing device is configured to trigger a first alarm when oil in water is detected at about the predetermined level. The sensors can also be interconnected such that the sensing device is activated upon detection of water by the optical sensor, reducing the power consumption of the system. |
| US07830267B2 |
Rain sensor embedded on printed circuit board
A system and/or method for sensing the presence of moisture (e.g., rain) and/or other material(s) on a window such as a vehicle window (e.g., vehicle windshield, sunroof or backlite). In certain example embodiments, a plurality of sensing capacitors are supported by a window such as a vehicle windshield, the capacitors each having a different field and/or pattern. A sensing circuit outputs an analog signal that is based on and/or related to the capacitances of one or more of the sensing capacitors. In certain example embodiments, a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) mountable in or on a vehicle window is provided. First and second sensing circuits are formed on opposing sides of the flexible PCB, with each said sensing circuit comprising a plurality of different fractal structures. A ground plane is located between the first and second sensing circuits, with the ground plane being arranged so as to decouple the first and second capacitor arrays and to shield the first capacitor array from fields emanating from the second capacitor array and vice versa. The electronic device is configured to detect moisture on an exterior surface of the vehicle window, humidity on an interior surface of the vehicle window, and EMI. |
| US07830264B2 |
Removable electronic tag housing assembly
The present invention provides a removable electronic tag housing. The housing includes a base for supporting the electronic tag. A cover is removably attachable to the base and defines between the cover and the base a passageway for accommodating an elongate member. The base includes a deflectable latch for locking engagement with the cover. The cover includes an access opening adjacent the latch for insertion of a removal tool thereinto to release the latch permitting detachment of the cover from the base. |
| US07830262B1 |
Adjusting communication parameters while inventorying RFID tags
RFID reader systems, readers, components, software and methods are provided for inventorying RFID tags. In some embodiments, a population of RFID tags begins being inventoried using a first set of communication parameters, and then continues using a second set of communication parameters. This way, some RFID tags can be inventoried faster, without missing tags that require a longer time to read. |
| US07830257B2 |
Long-range cattle identification system
A long-range cattle identification system used to monitor a plurality of animals. The system uses a plurality of electronic information tags that are attachable to animals. The electronic information tags transmit and receive electronic information with at least one other electronic information tag. The electronic information tags are spatially disposed so that one electronic information tag can transmit and receive at least one other electronic information tag's individual electronic information to form a mesh network. The system includes a communication device that can communicate with at least one electronic information tag and receive information from that tag. The communication device can also receive the information contained in all the other electronic information tags in the mesh network through the at least one electronic information tag. |
| US07830256B2 |
Method and system for setup of, and communication with, an RFID middleware server from an enterprise resource planning system server
A method of configuring a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) middleware server is provided. The method includes calling a server form, using an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, from an ERP server. The method also includes identifying at least one RFID middleware server using the server form, and configuring one or more processes, using the server form, to run on the at least one identified RFID server. The one or more configured processes are transmitted from the ERP server to the RFID middleware server in order to configure the RFID middleware server. |
| US07830252B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing an ASIC controlled alarm unit
The present invention is an ASIC-controlled alarm unit. The ASIC circuit performs all the necessary control functions to provide audible and visual signaling when used with external horn and strobe circuits. |
| US07830246B2 |
Occupant sensor and method for seat belt or other monitoring
An occupant sensor with a complex arrangement of antenna or a simple single antenna determines a charge or discharge characteristic of the antenna. By determining the change in voltage or current of the antenna as a function of time, any occupant may be detected or characterized. The sensor restricts air bag activation or is used for another purpose. The same or different occupant sensor is used for seat belt warnings. A seat belt latch sensor determines whether a seat belt is being used. The occupant sensor determines whether the seat belt should be used. A driver is warned when a seat belt should be used by an occupant, but is not. |
| US07830244B2 |
Back warning system and method for vehicle
A back warning system and method for a vehicle are provided. The system includes an electronic system and a plurality of sensor units. When the vehicle is backed, the electronic system transmits a sensor drive message and then generates a warning based on a received warning level. The sensor units are driven when receiving the sensor drive message, sense a distance from a rear obstacle, and transmit a warning level corresponding to the sensed distance to the electronic system. |
| US07830238B2 |
Electromagnetic current limiter device
An electromagnetic current limiter device comprising at least one ferromagnetic core having a central opening; at least one winding of electric conducting material wound on the core; a portion of said winding passing through said opening; an input terminal for receiving alternating current for supplying said alternating current to said winding; an output terminal for supplying current limited current to an external load; and a plurality of predetermined aligned magnetic domains defined in said core for limiting the current to said output terminal. |
| US07830231B2 |
Trip actuator including a thermoplastic bushing, and trip unit and electrical switching apparatus including the same
A circuit breaker includes separable contacts, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the contacts, and a trip unit cooperating with the operating mechanism to trip open the contacts. The trip unit includes a sensor structured to sense current flowing through the contacts, a processor structured to output a trip signal responsive to the sensed current, and a trip actuator. The trip actuator includes a housing including a recess, a coil within the recess, the coil having an opening therethrough, a magnet within the recess, a thermoplastic bushing including a conduit therethrough, the thermoplastic bushing being coupled to the housing, and an armature disposable within the opening of the coil and slidably disposed within the conduit of the thermoplastic bushing. The magnet attracts the armature toward the housing. A spring biases the armature away from the housing, in order to cause the operating mechanism to trip open the contacts. |
| US07830230B2 |
Handle arm and undervoltage release and circuit interrupter incorporating the same
A handle arm assembly is for a circuit interrupter including an undervoltage release mechanism having a reset mechanism. The handle arm assembly includes a body portion rotatable through an arc between an on position, an off position, and a reset position beyond the off position and an arm portion projecting laterally from the body portion out of the plane of the arc through which the body portion rotates. The body portion and the arm portion are formed from a single piece of material wherein the body portion and the arm portion are different portions of the single piece of material. The arm portion is structured to engage the reset mechanism in a manner such that arcuate movement of the arm portion as the body portion moves to the off position is translated into actuation of the reset mechanism. |
| US07830226B2 |
Film bulk acoustic resonator filter and duplexer
A film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) filter and a duplexer are disclosed. At least one series resonator is positioned between an input port for inputting a frequency signal and an output port for outputting a frequency signal, at least two shunt resonators respectively positioned between the input and output ports and a ground, a first trimming inductor connects the at least two shunt resonators and the ground, and a second trimming inductor is positioned between the at least two shunt resonators. |
| US07830225B2 |
Electric signal splitters
The present invention is an electronic signal continuity device comprising an electrically conductive case having a volume, an input port and at least two output ports. The continuity device further includes a printed circuit board (PCB) in electrical communication with the input port and the output ports. The PCB is operably configured to split an electronic signal received at the input port to the output ports. Additionally, the PCB is disposed within the volume of the electrically conductive case. Further, the PCB includes an orifice and a plurality of electronic components, wherein one of the plurality of electronic components is disposed in the orifice. The case further includes a first portion and a second portion opposing the first major portion, wherein one of the two output ports and the input port are disposed on the first portion, and one of the two output ports is disposed on the second portion. |
| US07830220B2 |
Modulator arrangement and method for signal modulation
A modulator arrangement includes a power amplifier which receives a carrier signal and has a current control input and a voltage supply input. The modulator arrangement further includes a supply voltage modulator having an output coupled to the voltage supply input and an input coupled to the data input and a bias current modulator with an output coupled to the current control input and an input coupled to the data input. A control unit is provided which has a power control output coupled to the supply voltage modulator and to the bias current modulator to control the supply voltage modulator and the bias current modulator depending on a power control signal. |
| US07830219B2 |
Variable pulse-width modulation with zero D.C. average in each period
Pulse-width modulation (PWM) finds wide use in many applications including motor control, communication systems, music synthesizers, power supplies, class-D and digital amplifiers, among others. The Fourier series expansion of each period of a pulse waveform includes an additive term that is a function of the pulse width in that period. As the pulse width is varied, this additive term varies, which can be problematic in many applications. In an embodiment, a single-pulse per period pulse width modulated waveform comprising a zero d.c. term in each period regardless of pulse width is generated. In various realizations these waveforms may be generated by electronic circuitry without the use of capacitive coupling or may be generated by algorithms. Further aspects include “through-zero” pulse width modulation and zero-centered asymmetric triangle waveforms and use in instrumentation for measurement of a phase angle of an exogenous system or phenomena. |
| US07830213B2 |
Signal generator, signal generation method, and RF communication system using the same
A signal generator, a signal generation method, and a communication system using the same are provided. The signal generator includes a plurality of nonlinear elements which are connected in a ring; and a signal distributor which is arranged in the ring to form a closed loop, feeds part of a signal to one of the plurality of the nonlinear elements, and outputs signal generated by one of the plurality of nonlinear elements. The method includes arranging a plurality of nonlinear elements connected in a ring; inputting a signal to one of the nonlinear elements; amplifying the signal; receiving the amplified signal and generating a harmonic component of a frequency; clipping the signal; and feeding part of the signal back to one of the nonlinear elements and outputting a remainder of the signal. The system includes a chaotic signal generator; a signal distributor; a modulator; and a transmission circuit. |
| US07830211B2 |
Input inductive network for sample and hold amplifiers in high speed data converters
An input inductor or input inductive network is used to improve the performance of circuits working in discrete time domain, especially a sample and hold circuit. Input series inductors resonate with the capacitance at the input of the sample and hold at high frequencies to extend its bandwidth. At high frequencies, the inductors act as high impedance chokes between the termination resistor and the capacitors and thus also improve the input reflection of the chip. |
| US07830207B2 |
Amplifier circuit
A differential amplifier circuit 110 composed of an inverter is connected to the power supply voltage VCC and the ground voltage GND through a NMOS transistor 142 and a PMOS transistor 144 respectively. The NMOS transistor 142 is connected to the control signal terminal PS, and the PMOS transistor 144 is connected to control signal terminal PS through an inverter 150. The NMOS transistor 142 and the PMOS transistor 144 are controlled such that they can be simultaneously cut off by a control signal from the control signal terminal PS. In this way, the power consumption of the amplifier is reduced. |
| US07830204B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device
A semiconductor integrated circuit device for fast and low power operations, comprising a plurality of circuit blocks of a chip, each of which has a plurality of states with different power consumption values. A power management circuit determines the state of each of the circuit blocks so as not to exceed a maximum power consumption value of the semiconductor integrated circuit device by considering the power consumption of each circuit block and by each state transition in each circuit block. The maximum power consumption value may be preset or adjustable after fabrication. |
| US07830201B2 |
Internal voltage control device capable of reducing current consumption and semiconductor memory device using the same
An internal voltage control apparatus capable of reducing current consumption and a semiconductor memory device using the same includes an enable signal generating unit for generating an enable signal in response to an active signal and an internal voltage driving unit driven by the active signal and the enable signal, wherein the internal voltage driving unit drives an internal voltage by comparing the internal voltage and a reference voltage and then generating first and second driving signals, and wherein the enable signal generating unit receives the second driving signal and then determines enablement of the enable signal. |
| US07830199B2 |
Dynamically-driven deep n-well circuit
A circuit includes an NMOS transistor having a drain and a source, a p-well containing the drain and the source, an n-well under the p-well, and a first well switch configured to selectively connect the n-well to a predetermined voltage in response to an enable phase of a first switching signal. The first well switch can be configured to connect the n-well to the predetermined voltage during the enable phase of the first switching signal and to electrically float the n-well during a non-enable phase of the first switching signal. |
| US07830195B2 |
Self-test design methodology and technique for root-gated clocking structure
In a method of generating clock signals for a level-sensitive scan design latch, at least one test input signal is transmitted to a plurality of splitter leaves. Once the test input signal is stabilized at each of the splitter leaves, generating a shaped oscillator clock signal having a predetermined pattern of pulses from a central root is generated. At the plurality of splitter leaves, the test input signal is logically combined with the shaped oscillator clock signal, thereby generating a first latch clock signal and a second latch clock signal. The logically combining action includes applying a delay of less than one clock cycle to the shaped oscillator clock signal to generate a delayed oscillator clock signal; logically combining the delayed oscillator clock signal with a second signal so as to generate the first latch clock signal; and logically combining the shaped oscillator clock signal with a third signal so as to generate the second latch clock signal. |
| US07830194B2 |
Centralizing the lock point of a synchronous circuit
A system and method to establish the lock point of a digital synchronous circuit (e.g., a DLL) at the center of or close to the center of its delay line is disclosed. The synchronous circuit is configured to selectively use either a reference clock or its inverted version as the clock signal input to the delay line based on a relationship among the phases of the reference clock, the inverted reference clock, and a feedback clock (generated at the output of the delay line). A delayed version of the feedback clock may be used during determination of the phase relationship. The selective use of the opposite phase of the reference clock for the input of the delay line results in centralization of the lock point for most cases as well as improvement in the tuning range and the time to establish the initial lock, without requiring an additional delay line. |
| US07830193B2 |
Time-delay buffer
A time-delay buffer having a CMOS inverter and a capacitor is disclosed. The CMOS inverter of the time-delay buffer has a silicide layer partially disposed on the transistor gate of the CMOS and a non-silicide region lain in between the silicide layers. Therefore, the time-delay buffer of the present invention has a resistance therein, and results in a period of time delayed in the circuit. |
| US07830185B2 |
Duty cycle correction (DCC) circuit and delayed locked loop (DLL) circuit using the same
A duty cycle correction (DCC) circuit and a delayed locked loop (DLL) circuit using the same are disclosed. The DCC circuit is operated by an enable signal which is enabled when the DLL is locked. The duty cycle correction (DCC) circuit includes a clock input unit and a duty cycle mixing unit. The clock input unit receives the enable signal and first and second clock input signals having opposite phases, generates an inverting signal of the first clock input signal, and when the enable signal is enabled, generates first and second internal clock signals, based on the first and second clock input signals and the inverting signal. The duty cycle mixing unit mixes a phase of the first internal clock signal with a phase of the second internal clock signal. |
| US07830180B2 |
Noise protector
A noise protector includes a first noise control block for NORing an input signal and a first trimmed input signal and providing an output; a second noise control block for NANDing the input signal and a second trimmed input signal and providing an output; and an output signal generation block for outputting an output signal removed of noise in response to the outputs of the first noise control block and the second noise control block. |
| US07830178B2 |
Dynamic circuit
The dynamic circuit includes: a dynamic node; an evaluation circuit for changing the charged state of the dynamic node according to a result of logic evaluation for a plurality of input signals; a control circuit for outputting a control signal of which the logic level changes according to the result of logic evaluation performed by a replica of the evaluation circuit; and an initialization circuit for receiving the control signal from the control circuit and an external control signal, to control start and stop of initialization of the dynamic node according to the control signals. |
| US07830177B2 |
Low power output driver
A low power output driver includes one of a regulated reduced voltage source that receives a supply voltage and outputs a regulated reduced voltage that is a lower voltage than the supply voltage. The driver also includes a first driver input that receives a first logic signal, a second driver input that receives a second logic signal, a first driver output that outputs a first output signal and a second driver output that outputs a second output signal. The driver includes first, second, third and fourth n-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) that are cross-connected between the reduced voltage and the first and second driver outputs or a constant voltage internal ground. When the second input is high, the second NMOS and the third NMOS are gated on, the second driver output is raised to the reduced voltage and the first driver output is pulled down to the constant voltage ground. |
| US07830174B2 |
Input/output circuit
An input/output circuit operable in input and output modes and including an input/output terminal, pull-up and pull-down output transistors, and first and second logic circuits operated in accordance with data and an enable signal. A control circuit maintains the pull-up output transistor in an inactivated state regardless of the voltage applied to the input/output terminal in the input mode. A switch circuit disconnects the first logic circuit from a power supply when an input signal having voltage higher than the power supply voltage of the power supply is input to the input/output terminal in the input mode. A back gate control circuit supplies back gates of P-channel MOS transistors in the first logic circuit and the switch circuit with back gate voltage having the same voltage as the input signal when the input signal is input in the input mode. |
| US07830171B1 |
Method and apparatus for initializing an integrated circuit
Method and apparatus for initializing an integrated circuit are described. A static memory includes an array of memory cells having control lines coupled to a column select component and data lines coupled to a register component. The static memory is formed in one or more first process layers of the integrated circuit. A non-volatile memory includes an array of non-volatile memory cells disposed between column electrodes and row electrodes. The non-volatile memory is formed in one or more second process layers of the integrated circuit disposed above the one or more first process layers. An interface circuit is configured to couple the column select component to the column electrodes and the register component to the row electrodes. |
| US07830169B2 |
Semiconductor device
There is provided a current amount adjusting section adjusting a current amount flowing through a power supply line supplying power to an internal circuit which includes a circuit operating based on a clock signal and a ratio of consumed charge amounts by the current flowing at a rising edge of the clock signal and by the current flowing at a falling edge of the clock signal so that noise generated in the power supply line may be restrained. |
| US07830165B2 |
System and method for detecting single event latchup in integrated circuits
A method for testing an integrated circuit for potential latchup sites includes applying a voltage to the integrated circuit, measuring a current through the integrated circuit, applying at least one radiation beam to at least one area of the integrated circuit, and detecting an occurrence of a latchup by detecting an increase of the current through the integrated circuit upon applying the at least one radiation beam to the at least one area of the integrated circuit. |
| US07830162B2 |
Vertical probe and methods of fabricating and bonding the same
Disclosed is a vertical probe and methods of fabricating and bonding the same. The probe is comprised of a contactor equipped with two tips, a connector electrically linking with a measuring terminal of a measurement system, And a bump connecting the contactor to the connector and buffing physical stress to the contactor. |
| US07830160B2 |
Capacitive position sensor
A capacitive touch sensor is provided having sensing path for setting a color parameter to a desired value within a range, the color parameter being color hue, color saturation or color temperature. The sensor includes a sensing element having a sensing path, a terminal connecting the sensing element to a sensing channel, and a processor configured to interpret a signal indicative of a capacitance of the terminal. The processor has a first mode configured to set a parameter to a desired value. The desired value is related to a first position of an object sensed along the sensing path and a range of parameter values mapped to a length of the sensing path. A second mode adjusts the parameter based on a displacement of the object along the sensing path. |
| US07830159B1 |
Capacitor mismatch measurement method for switched capacitor circuits
A method for calibrating a capacitor mismatch error between a sampling capacitor and a feedback capacitor in a switched capacitor circuit includes sampling a fixed input voltage onto the sampling capacitor during a sampling phase of the switched capacitor circuit; placing the switched capacitor circuit in a hold/amplification phase of the switched capacitor circuit; providing a pair of level shift voltages alternately to the first plate of the sampling capacitor; generating a pair of output voltages at an output terminal of an amplifier where the pair of output voltages are a function of the sampled fixed input voltage, amplified by the amplifier and level shifted by the pair of level shift voltages and the pair of output voltages resemble output voltages in normal operation of the switched capacitor circuit; and comparing the pair of output voltages with respective corresponding ideal output voltages values to determine the capacitor mismatch error. |
| US07830157B2 |
Pulsed capacitance measuring circuits and methods
Capacitance measuring circuits and methods apply electrical charge pulses to ramp voltage signals across a voltage threshold, and use the number of pulses to determine the capacitance. Capacitances at multiple locations can be measured by storing a pulse counter value in a register associated with each voltage signal channel as that voltage signal crosses the threshold. Effects of electrode resistance on the capacitance measurements can be mitigated by using charge pulses to ramp the voltage signals and waiting for signal quiescence between pulses. |
| US07830146B2 |
NMR solenoidal coil for RF field homogeneity
An NMR signal acquisition device that can increase the magnetic field homogeneity in a high frequency magnetic field by one of the following. (a) Current paths each having a different inductance are provided to adjust the diversion ratio of the current, (b) A current path branch point is provided in an intermediate part of the winding of a solenoidal coil so that there are more current paths in the intermediate part of the winding than in the current paths connected to the feeding points at both ends, (c) The radiuses of current paths are adjusted, (d) Winding pitches in the axis direction are adjusted, (e) Current path widths are adjusted, and (f) The solenoidal coil has both positive direction current paths and negative direction current paths. |
| US07830142B2 |
Tuning fork magnetometer
Apparatus comprises a tuning fork having first and second tines, a first magnet disposed on the first tine, and a second magnet disposed on the second tine. In one embodiment the magnets comprise permanent magnets; in another they comprise electromagnets. In a preferred embodiment the magnets have magnetic moments oriented essentially parallel to the axis of the tines and anti-parallel to one another. In operation, the apparatus is made to oscillate at or near its resonant frequency, and in the presence of a magnetic field a parameter of the oscillation (e.g., its frequency, phase or amplitude) is altered in a fashion that allows the magnitude or direction of the magnetic field to be determined. In a preferred embodiment, the tuning fork is disposed within a vacuum enclosure, which increases the Q of the apparatus. |
| US07830141B2 |
Film thickness measuring apparatus and film thickness measuring method
Coil is made to be disposed with gap opposed to the surface of wafer, and wafer stage is made to move in X and Y direction and R and θ direction. When supplying an alternating current to coil with the frequency swept by impedance analyzer, the magnetic field made to be induced in coil will operate on the conductive film of wafer. By changing a parameter (a frequency or an angle) influencing the skin effect of the conductive film and giving the parameter to coil, the state where a magnetic field is not made to penetrate relatively the film of wafer and the state where the magnetic field is made to penetrate relatively the film can be formed. From the variation of various values corresponding to the eddy current induced based on the change of state influenced by the skin effect of the conductive film, the film thickness of wafer can be measured with sufficient accuracy. |
| US07830140B2 |
Eddy current system and method for estimating material properties of parts
A method of inspecting a test part is provided. The method includes positioning an eddy current probe on a surface of the test part and scanning the test part using the eddy current probe to generate a first signal corresponding to a no lift-off condition of the test part. The method further includes positioning the eddy current probe at a pre-determined distance from the surface of the test part and scanning the test part using the eddy current probe positioned at the pre-determined distance from the test part to generate a second signal corresponding to a lift-off condition of the test part. The method also includes processing the first and second signals to estimate an electrical conductivity of the test part. |
| US07830132B2 |
Output ripple control circuit and method for a PWM system
An output ripple control circuit and method for a PWM system uses a hysteresis threshold to clamp the output ripple of the PWM system such that the output ripple will not vary with the dc level of the output voltage, and therefore the output ripple control may be combined into any main loop technologies. |
| US07830127B2 |
Doubly-controlled asynchronous generator
An electric power generator system or a motor comprising a doubly-fed asynchronous generator or motor comprising a stator and a rotor, a transformer having a first winding and a second winding, the first winding having a first end and a second end; and wherein the stator and the transformer are connectable in series with an electric power distribution grid. |
| US07830125B2 |
Anti-swell protection circuit for battery cells
The present invention provides a protection circuit and method for preventing a battery from swelling in one embodiment. The protection circuit includes: a voltage monitoring circuit that monitors a voltage across the battery; a control circuit that receives voltage information from the voltage monitoring circuit; and a discharge circuit that turns on to discharge the battery upon receiving a signal from the control circuit. The control circuit includes: a timer that sets predetermined time periods; a signaling section that outputs the signal to the discharge circuit after a first predetermined time period if the voltage stays above a first predetermined voltage threshold without charging or discharging to a load for the first predetermined time period; a sleep mode applying section that applies a sleep mode when the voltage falls below a second predetermined voltage threshold; and a load disconnecting section that disconnects the load if a wake-up command is not issued during the sleep mode for a third predetermined time period. Alternatively, the protection circuit may include a swell monitoring device that monitors a swell associated with the battery; a control circuit that receives swell information from the swell monitoring device; and a discharge circuit that turns on to discharge the battery upon receiving a signal from the control circuit. |
| US07830118B2 |
Battery recovery system
A battery includes at least one rechargeable battery cell that is operable to store energy. An electronics unit is coupled to the at least one rechargeable battery cell, wherein the electronics unit is operable to control an operating condition of the battery, and wherein the electronics unit is inoperable when the energy stored in the at least one rechargeable battery cell is insufficient to operate the electronics unit. A detector component is coupled to the electronics unit and operable to determine that the electronics unit is inoperable. A charge discharge component is coupled to the at least one rechargeable battery cell, wherein in response to the electronics unit being operable, the charge discharge component is operable to provide a charge to the at least one rechargeable battery cell through a first charge path. A trickle charge component is coupled to the detector component and the at least one rechargeable battery cell, wherein in response to the detector component determining that the electronics unit is inoperable, the trickle charge component is operable to provide a charge to the at least one rechargeable battery cell, through a second charge path that bypasses the electronics unit, that is sufficient to charge the at least one rechargeable battery cell such that the electronics unit becomes operable. |
| US07830109B2 |
Method of setting the origin of a linear motor
A movable member is moved in a preset direction in a linear motor. A characteristic-change position-detecting unit detects a position where the magnetic characteristic of the magnets has abruptly changed. The position detected is used as an origin-setting reference position. A reference position for the absolute position of the magnetic linear encoder is set based on the reference position. |
| US07830107B2 |
Safety device for power window
A safety device for power window comprises a storage unit for storing the pulse width change rate of continuous pulses detected by a pulse width detector during a window glass raising operation at a reference timing, a calculation unit for calculating the pulse width change rate of continuous pulses detected by the pulse width detector during a window glass raising operation at an operational timing and a control unit for comparing the stored value of a pulse width change rate with the calculated value of a pulse width change rate and driving a motor for raising/lowering window glass in a window opening direction when a total of differences between the both pulse change rates exceeds an allowable value. |
| US07830106B2 |
Controller for motor
A controller for a motor that can set an induced voltage constant of a motor of a double rotor type according to an operational state of the motor and expand the controllable range of the motor. The controller may include a command calculator that calculates a command value of the induced voltage constant of a motor based on the output voltage of a direct-current power supply, the number of revolutions Nm of the motor and a torque command in such a manner that the magnitude of a vector sum of a d-axis current and a q-axis current that have to be supplied in order to produce the torque according to the torque command is minimized, and a phase difference controller that calculates a command value of a rotor phase difference according to the command value and outputs the command value to an actuator to change the rotor phase difference. |
| US07830105B2 |
Electrical machine
Embedding electrical machines in gas turbine engines has particular advantages by avoiding the need to provide mechanical connections. However, electrical machines such as switched reluctance electrical machines require relatively large electrical capacitors to accommodate and filter voltage variations in the phases of the electrical machine. Generally, the electrical machine will have a motoring period or generating period with a spacer period between. By injecting electrical current as electrical power in the spacer period, there is limited effect upon net torque within the electrical machine or electrical power generation. However, such stored electrical power in an inductive winding element of the electrical machine augments power pulses provided by a power source incorporating an electrical capacitor. In such circumstances, a smaller sized electrical capacitor can be used. |
| US07830104B2 |
Brushless motor
The brushless motor includes a coil array, a magnet array, a magnetic sensor, a drive control circuit for driving the coil array, and a temperature sensor for detecting a detection target temperature associated with either the coil temperature or the driving element temperature. The drive control circuit reduces the effective value of driving voltage supplied to the coil array when coil temperature detected by the temperature sensor has exceeded a prescribed threshold value. |
| US07830099B2 |
System for driving a plurality of lamps
A system for driving a plurality of lamps comprises a lamp module, an inverter circuit providing currents to the lamp module, an interface for conveying the currents, a splitter, a balance unit, and a fault detecting circuit. The splitter receives the currents provided by the inverter circuit through the interface and distributing the currents to the plurality of lamps. The balance unit balances the currents provided to the plurality of lamps in the lamp module. The fault detecting circuit detects and reports a condition of at least one of the lamps by detecting signals generated from the inverter circuit. The fault detecting circuit receives the signal from a point in the system, such that the fault detecting circuit can detects the signals before the signal undergoes the distributing by the splitter. |
| US07830097B2 |
Semiconductor circuit for driving light emitting diode, and light emitting diode driving apparatus
A light emitting diode drives a semiconductor circuit in order to drive a light emitting diode that emits light by applying the output voltage of the rectifier circuit. The light emitting diode includes a switching element connected between the light emitting diode and the ground potential. An input voltage detection circuit detects the output voltage of the rectifier circuit to output a light emitting signal or a extinction signal. A current detection circuit detects the current flowing into the switching element. A control circuit intermittently controls on/off of the switching element at a predetermined oscillating frequency based on the output signal of the current detection circuit while the input voltage detection circuit is outputting the light emitting signal. |
| US07830094B2 |
Driver arrangement for LED lamps
A driver arrangement for LED light sources includes a transformer having primary and secondary winding connections. A first electronic switch (SW1) controls current flow through the primary winding, and a sensing resistor is coupled to the primary winding to produce a current sensing signal. A second electronic switch (SW2) is sensitive to the sensing signal to switch off SW1 as current flow through the primary winding reaches a given threshold. SW1 is thus alternatively turned-on and off in alternating turn-on and switch-off phases to power the LED light source via the secondary winding. SW1 is a field effect transistor, preferably a MOSFET. The transformer is SELV-rated. The sensing resistor may be a variable resistor to adjust the duration of the on/off phases to permit controlled dimming. |
| US07830093B2 |
System and method for reducing flicker of compact gas discharge lamps at low lamp light output level
A method for assembling a lamp fixture incorporates a ballast and a compact gas discharge lamp into the fixture. A comparator circuit, clamp circuit, and control circuit are assembled into the ballast such that the comparator circuit compares a measured value of a lamp parameter to a threshold value and provides a signal indicative of the comparison; the clamp circuit receives the clamp signal and provides a clamp signal in accordance therewith; and the control circuit, in accordance with the clamp signal, controls the lamp such that the light level of the lamp can be lowered without perceptible flicker. |
| US07830091B2 |
Plasma display panel
A plasma display panel includes a front panel and a rear panel. The front panel includes a front substrate and a display electrode. The rear panel includes a rear substrate, a barrier rib, a data electrode, and a phosphor layer. The rear substrate is arranged while facing the front substrate to form a discharge space between the front panel and the rear substrate. The barrier rib is formed at the rear substrate to partition the discharge space, the data electrode is formed while intersecting the display electrode, and the phosphor layer is formed between the barrier ribs. The barrier rib is formed at the divided areas separately in a direction parallel to the data electrode, and the barrier ribs formed at the divided areas separately have different properties among the plurality of areas. A large-screen plasma display panel having a high-resolution display quality is easily realized by the above configuration. |
| US07830084B2 |
Display panel
A display panel including a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes: a light emitting element; a pixel circuit having a driving transistor connected to the light emitting element in series; a data line to which a data current is supplied through the pixel circuit; a scanning line for selecting the pixel circuit; a first insulation film to cover the data line; and a second insulation film made of a material different from the first insulation film, to cover the data line and the first insulation film, wherein the following expression is satisfied. C total 20 ≦ ɛ 0 ɛ a ɛ b ɛ a D b + ɛ b D a ≦ C total 5 Ctotal: parasitic capacitance of whole path to data line through pixel circuit; ∈0: vacuum dielectric constant; ∈a: relative dielectric constant of first insulation film; Da: first insulation film thickness; ∈b: relative dielectric constant of second insulation film; Db: second insulation film thickness. |
| US07830082B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display with porous insulation film containing SiO
An active matrix type organic light emitting diode display serving as a bottom emission type device coupling out emission of an organic electroluminescence layer from a substrate where thin film transistors are formed or as a top emission type device coupling out the emission on the opposite side to the substrate. In a suitable layer (102, 106, 107) in each device, an insulating film containing SiO is formed. The insulating film is porous with nano pores in the film. The porous insulating film is controlled as to film density, film refractive index, nano pore diameter in film, average nano pore diameter in film and maximum nano pore diameter in film so that the refractive index is lower than that of a transparent electrode or a transparent substrate of the display holding the organic electroluminescence layer therebetween, and nano pores are present in the film. Light scattering effect can be obtained so that emission from the organic electroluminescence layer (110) can be coupled out to the outside efficiently. |
| US07830079B2 |
Light emitting device having a package formed with fibrous fillers
A light emitting device includes a package having a recessed portion defined by a bottom surface and a side surface and a light emitting element mounted on the bottom surface of the recessed portion, in which the package has fibrous fillers, and at least some of the fillers are projected outwards through the side surface and coated with a reflection film made of metal. |
| US07830078B2 |
Field emission backlight module and color display device having the same
A field emission backlight module has a field emission structure with cathode and anode provided on the same plane, so that electrons directly penetrate an independently provided fluorescent powder layer to produce light. The light is emitted uniformly without the need of the conventional optical membrane. Since the light produced by the fluorescent powder layer is not blocked by the anode, the problem of charge accumulation on the fluorescent powder layer is avoided, and it is not necessary to use expensive light-transmittable conducting glass as the anode. With the cathode and the anode located at the same plane, it is not necessary to use a precision spacer to adjust the distance between the cathode and the anode, enabling the module to be manufactured at reduced cost and high good yield. When the color sequential displaying method is adopted, expensive color filters required in the conventional LCD may be omitted. |
| US07830075B2 |
Reflector for transmission of a desired band of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
A cool light source includes a reflector having a band-reject reflective coating and an underlying absorptive coating. The cool light source also includes a window with a band-pass transmission function that is substantially complimentary to the band-reject reflective coating. |
| US07830074B2 |
Integrated quartz oscillator on an active electronic substrate
An oscillator having a quartz resonator, and a base wafer containing active electronics, wherein the quartz resonator is bonded directly to the base wafer and subsequently hermetically capped. |
| US07830073B2 |
Perovskite oxide, electric element, piezoelectric actuator and liquid discharge system
A perovskite oxide is represented by a general formula ABO3 A represents at least one kind of metal element forming an A site, B represents at least one kind of metal element forming a B site. The B site includes at least one kind of metal element B1 selected from an element group consisting of the IV group elements and at least one kind of metal element B2 selected from an element group consisting of the V and VI group elements, and at least a part of the metal element B2 is of the 0 to +4 valence. |
| US07830072B2 |
Electromechanical rotation converter and a method for generating electrical energy using an electromechanical rotation converter
An electromechanical rotation converter having at least one fastening element, an oscillating element, a connecting element and an electromechanical conversion device. The fastening element is designed to fasten the rotation converter to a rotating body. The connecting element forms a movable connection between the fastening element and the oscillating element, and the movement of the oscillating element drives the electromechanical converter. The connection between the fastening element and the oscillating element is such that the center of mass of the oscillating element follows a curved path in such a way that the path describes the perimeter of a surface, the normal to the surface being at an angle to the axis of rotation that is less than 90 degrees and greater than 0 degrees. |
| US07830071B2 |
Power harvesting apparatus, system and method
The present invention relates to an apparatus system and method for power harvesting on roads and highways using piezoelectric generator. The invention is to provide a system and a method for power harvesting comprising a plurality of piezoelectric devices embedded in a road and configured to produce electrical power when a vehicle traverses their locations. The system includes a power conditioning unit and electrical conductors connecting said piezoelectric to said power conditioning unit. Harvested energy may be used locally in proximity to the energy generation location, stored for later use or transferred to be used in remote location. |
| US07830067B2 |
Elastic boundary wave device
An elastic boundary wave device includes a first medium with piezoelectricity, an electrode exciting an elastic wave and provided on the first medium, a second medium made of a different material from the first medium and provided on the first medium to cover the electrode, and a sound absorbing portion provided on the second medium. |
| US07830065B2 |
Solid state electric generator
A solid-state electrical generator including at least one permanent magnet, magnetically coupled to a ferromagnetic core provided with at least one hole penetrating its volume; the hole(s) and magnet(s) being placed such that the hole(s) penetrating the ferromagnetic core's volume intercept flux from the permanent magnet(s) coupled into the ferromagnetic core. A first wire coil is wound around the ferromagnetic core for the purpose of moving the coupled permanent magnet flux within the ferromagnetic core. A second wire is routed through the hole(s) penetrating the volume of the ferromagnetic core, for the purpose of intercepting this moving magnetic flux, thereby inducing an output electromotive force. A changing voltage applied to the first wire coil causes coupled permanent magnet flux to move within the core relative to the hole(s) penetrating the core volume, thus inducing electromotive force along wire(s) passing through the hole(s) in the ferromagnetic core. The mechanical action of an electrical generator is thereby synthesized without use of moving parts. |
| US07830061B2 |
Electric motor stator and permanent magnet-type electric motor using the same
An electric motor stator according to the present invention includes two resin insulation components, each resin insulation component including a long side portion, facing a side face of the teeth section, and two short side portions, extending from respective ends of the long side portion and facing respective end faces of the laminated core in a lamination direction. The laminated core is clamped by the two resin insulation components from a direction along surfaces of the electromagnetic steel plates, and fitting portions of the two short side portions of each of the two resin insulation components are used to fit the two resin insulation components to each other. |
| US07830054B2 |
Spindle motor and fabricating method thereof
A spindle motor, obtaining more accurate shaft perpendicularity and more convenient assembling process, is disclosed, the spindle motor includes: a rotor; a bearing housing into which the rotor is inserted; a base plate fixing the bearing housing; a housing guide fixed to the base plate, the housing guide having at least one vertical portion guiding an outer surface of the bearing housing; a printed circuit board mounted on the base plate; and a stator coupled to an outer surface of the bearing housing and supplied with power from the printed circuit board. |
| US07830053B2 |
Motor
A motor includes a stator core that forms a magnetic path and has a plurality of tooth parts along a circumferential direction; a tooth provided in each tooth part to wind a coil there around; and an extension part alternated with the tooth part along a circumferential direction of the stator core, convexly extending to an inner radial direction. |
| US07830052B2 |
Electric machine having electrically conductive member and associated insulation assembly and related methods
An electric machine includes a shaft and a rotor carried by the shaft and having a rotor body, a plurality of rotor windings carried by the rotor body, and a retaining ring surrounding the rotor windings adjacent an end of the rotor body. An electrically conductive stud extends radially outwardly from the shaft adjacent the end of the rotor body. An electrically conductive member includes a first end section coupled to the electrically conductive stud and having a loop shape, a second end section coupled to a corresponding one of the rotor windings, and an intermediate section between the first and second end sections. An insulation assembly is between the shaft and the retaining ring and surrounding the intermediate section to define at least one gap with adjacent portions thereof. |
| US07830048B2 |
Micro motor
The present invention relates to a micro motor including a hub, a rib structure, an inner ring, an outer ring and at least two micro actuators, in which a top edge of the hub is projected outwardly to form a top lid, a plurality of bumps are provided between the rib structure and the top lid, and protruded limiting parts are disposed between the wall of the inner hole of the rib structure and the outer periphery of the hub so that the rib structure is in point contact with the hub and the top lid. Therefore, when the micro actuators drive the rib structure, the inner ring and the outer ring to rotate, mutual abrasion among those parts can be reduced to prolong the lifespan of the micro motor. |
| US07830041B2 |
Automatically standby power cut-off plug socket
An electric socket is provided. The socket includes a power saving circuit determining operation status of an electronic apparatus or plural electronic apparatus connected to another electric socket according to a load signal to control to supply or automatically interrupt power. It is possible to control power according to operating status of the connected electronic apparatus and to control power supplied to the electronic apparatus connected to a home network. After time has elapsed when the electronic apparatus is not used, power is automatically interrupted so that undesired power consumption due to standby power can be prevented and costs thereof are significantly saved. The electronic apparatus is prevented from accident load inputted from the exterior so that the lifespan of the electronic apparatus can be elongated and user convenience is remarkably improved. |
| US07830040B2 |
Coiled transmission line pulse generators
Methods and apparatus are provided for fabricating and constructing solid dielectric “Coiled Transmission Line” pulse generators in radial or axial coiled geometries. The pour and cure fabrication process enables a wide variety of geometries and form factors. The volume between the conductors is filled with liquid blends of monomers, polymers, oligomers, and/or cross-linkers and dielectric powders; and then cured to form high field strength and high dielectric constant solid dielectric transmission lines that intrinsically produce ideal rectangular high voltage pulses when charged and switched into matched impedance loads. Voltage levels may be increased by Marx and/or Blumlein principles incorporating spark gap or, preferentially, solid state switches (such as optically triggered thyristors) which produce reliable, high repetition rate operation. Moreover, these Marxed pulse generators can be DC charged and do not require additional pulse forming circuitry, pulse forming lines, transformers, or an a high voltage spark gap output switch. The apparatus accommodates a wide range of voltages, impedances, pulse durations, pulse repetition rates, and duty cycles. The resulting mobile or flight platform friendly cylindrical geometric configuration is much more compact, light-weight, and robust than conventional linear geometries, or pulse generators constructed from conventional components. Installing additional circuitry may accommodate optional pulse shape improvements. The Coiled Transmission Lines can also be connected in parallel to decrease the impedance, or in series to increase the pulse length. |
| US07830039B2 |
Systems and circuits with multirange and localized detection of valid power
Methods and systems for automatically and/or locally adjusting power-valid detection. In one class of embodiments, local power-on-reset circuits are included in individual power islands; in another class of embodiments, the power-on-reset circuit is automatically reprogrammed, depending on the detected interface voltage level, to use the same circuitry for power-valid detection in either case. |
| US07830038B2 |
Single chip solution for solar-based systems
In one embodiment there is provided a power management system for managing the power from solar panels and rechargeable batteries to power a system that includes DC loads and AC loads. The power management system includes a DC-DC converter in communication with the solar panels, a first switch positioned to control power from the DC-DC converter, to and from the rechargeable batteries, and to the DC loads and AC loads, and when in response to a power requirement from the system being equal to or less than a solar panel power provided by the solar panels, the first switch automatically set, by the power management system, to supply the system with only the solar panel power, and wherein any excess solar panel power not consumed by the system is at the same time automatically directed to recharge the rechargeable battery. |
| US07830037B2 |
Grid stabilising system
The invention provides control of an electric load receiving power from a grid. The frequency of the grid is detected and used to determine a stress level on the grid. A high frequency detection is indicative of too little a load for the electrical power being supplied to the grid and, therefore, a low stress condition. A high stress condition may exist if there is too much load for the power being supplied to the grid. Adjustment of the power consumption of the load is prevented if the high and/or low stress states is determined. If a critical high or low stress condition is determined, the load is either prevented from consuming power completely or the load is set to a maximum power consumption state, respectively. The benefits of the invention are increased if the device is combined with a load controller which operates to control power consumption based on grid frequency and a variable, which, for the particular load, is to be kept within controlled limits. |
| US07830035B2 |
Power supply unit
The power supply unit has a sample-and-hold circuit that samples a voltage supplied from a power source to a load according to a sample timing signal and holds the voltage as an output set value for the DC/DC converter. The unit supplies a load with an output from the DC/DC converter controlled so that an output voltage of a power source becomes an output set value of the DC/DC converter when the voltage of the power source drops. Since a voltage corresponding to the voltage of the power source before the voltage drop is set to the output set value of the DC/DC converter, a stable power supply unit is obtained in which the difference is always small between the voltage of the power source in normal times and the output voltage from the DC/DC converter when the voltage of the power source temporarily fluctuates. |
| US07830034B2 |
Connecting structure of component in wire harness
A connecting structure of a component in a wire harness includes a relay box connected to a circuit at a power supply side and a circuit at a headlamp side, and a control unit connected to the relay box. A connecting section of the relay box is configured to be selectively connected to either one of a headlamp control device and a relay for turning on and off low beam or high beam. Both of the headlamp control device and the relay have terminals of the same shape. |
| US07830029B2 |
Method for operating a wind park
A wind park system is disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment comprises at least one wind power installation having a generator for the delivery of electrical power to an electrical network, characterized in that the power delivered to the network by the wind park is regulated or adjusted in dependence on the network frequency of the electrical network. |
| US07830028B2 |
Semiconductor test structures
Different types of test structures are formed during semiconductor processing. One type of test structure comprises features that are aligned with one another and that are formed from different layers. Other types of test structures comprise features formed from respective layers that are not aligned with other test structure features. The different types of test structures are formed with a single mask that is used in a manner that also allows alignment marks to be formed which do not interfere with one another as subsequent layers are patterned. The different types of test structures can provide insight into performance characteristics of different types of devices as the semiconductor process proceeds. |
| US07830027B2 |
Level realignment following an epitaxy step
The invention relates to inter-level realignment after a stage of epitaxy on a face (31) of a substrate (30), comprising the production of at least one initial guide mark (32) on the face of the substrate, this initial guide mark being designed so as to be transferred, during epitaxy, onto the surface of the epitaxied layer (36). The initial guide mark (32) is produced in such a way that, during epitaxy, its edges create growth defects that propagate as far as the surface of the epitaxied layer (36) to provide a transferred guide mark (37) on the surface of the epitaxied layer (36) reproducing the shape of the initial guide mark (32) and in alignment with the initial guide mark. |
| US07830022B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package is disclosed. One embodiment provides a semiconductor package singulated from a wafer includes a chip defining an active surface, a back side opposite the active surface, and peripheral sides extending between the active surface and the back side; a contact pad disposed on the active surface; and a metallization layer extending from the contact pad onto a portion of the peripheral sides of the chip. |
| US07830017B2 |
Wafer level chip scale package, method of manufacturing the same, and semiconductor chip module including the wafer level chip scale package
Provided are a wafer level chip scale package in which a redistribution process is applied at a wafer level, a manufacturing method thereof, and a semiconductor chip module including the wafer level chip scale package. The wafer level chip scale package includes a semiconductor chip having a bonding pad, a first insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor chip so as to expose the bonding pad, a redistribution line disposed on the exposed bonding pad and the first insulating layer, a sacrificial layer disposed below a redistribution pad of the redistribution line, a second insulating layer disposed on the redistribution line so as to expose the redistribution pad and including a crack inducement hole disposed beside the sacrificial layer, and an external connection terminal attached to the redistribution pad. |
| US07830016B2 |
Seed layer for reduced resistance tungsten film
Briefly, a memory device comprising a beta phase tungsten seed layer is disclosed. |
| US07830014B2 |
Method for fabricating semiconductor device and semiconductor device
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a plurality of lower interconnections at intervals in a first insulating film; removing a portion of the first insulating film located between the lower interconnections, thereby forming an interconnection-to-interconnection gap; forming a second insulating film over the first insulating film in which the lower interconnections and the interconnection-to-interconnection gap are formed such that an air gap is formed out of the interconnection-to-interconnection gap; and forming, in the second insulating film, a connection portion connected to one of the lower interconnections and an upper interconnection connected to the connection portion. The connection portion is formed to be connected to one of the lower interconnections not adjacent to the air gap. |
| US07830013B2 |
Material for forming adhesion reinforcing layer, adhesion reinforcing layer, semiconductor device, and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention aims at providing: a material for forming an adhesion reinforcing layer which can reinforce the adhesion between a low dielectric constant film, especially a low dielectric constant film containing an inorganic material, and other members; an adhesion reinforcing layer formed by the said material and exhibits superior adhesion; a fast and highly reliable semiconductor device having the adhesion reinforcing layer; and a manufacturing method thereof. The material for forming an adhesion reinforcing layer contains at least any one of organoalkoxysilane having a basic functional group, a basic additive and organoalkoxysilane. The adhesion reinforcing layer is formed by the said material. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes a process for forming a low dielectric constant film and, at least before or after the process for forming a low dielectric constant film, a process for forming an adhesion reinforcing layer with the said material. |
| US07830003B2 |
Mechanical isolation for MEMS devices
A device according to the present invention includes a MEMS device supported on a first side of a die. A first side of an isolator is attached to the first side of the die. A package is attached to the first side of the isolator, with at least one electrically conductive attachment device attaching the die to the isolator and attaching the isolator to the package. The isolator may include isolation structures and a receptacle. |
| US07829998B2 |
Semiconductor wafer having through-hole vias on saw streets with backside redistribution layer
A semiconductor wafer contains a plurality of die with contact pads disposed on a first surface of each die. Metal vias are formed in trenches in the saw street guides and are surrounded by organic material. Traces connect the contact pads and metal vias. The metal vias can be half-circle vias or full-circle vias. The metal vias are surrounded by organic material. Redistribution layers (RDL) are formed on a second surface of the die opposite the first surface. The RDL and THV provide expanded interconnect flexibility to adjacent die. Repassivation layers are formed between the RDL on the second surface of the die for electrical isolation. The die are stackable and can be placed in a semiconductor package with other die. The RDL provide electrical interconnect to the adjacent die. Bond wires and solder bumps also provide electrical connection to the semiconductor die. |
| US07829988B2 |
Stacking quad pre-molded component packages, systems using the same, and methods of making the same
Pre-molded component packages that may be as thin as a leadframe for a semiconductor die, systems using the same, and methods of making the same are disclosed. The leads of an exemplary package are exposed at both surfaces at the leadframe. The packages may be stacked upon one another and electrically coupled at the exposed portions of their leads. |
| US07829985B2 |
BGA package having half-etched bonding pad and cut plating line and method of fabricating same
A ball grid array (BGA) package having a half-etched bonding pad and a cut plating line and a method of fabricating the same. In the BGA package, the plating line is cut to form a predetermined uneven bonding pad using half-etching, thereby increasing the contact area between the bonding pad and a solder ball. The BGA package includes a first external layer having a first circuit pattern and a wire bonding pad pattern wherein a chip is connected to a wire bonding pad using wire bonding. A second external layer includes a second circuit pattern, a cut plating line pattern, and a half-etched uneven solder ball pad pattern. In the second external layer, another chip is mounted on a solder ball pad. An insulating layer having a through hole interposed between the first and second external layers and electrically connects the first and second external layers therethrough. |
| US07829984B2 |
Integrated circuit package system stackable devices
An integrated circuit package system includes: providing a finger lead having a side with an outward exposed area and an inward exposed area separated by a lead cavity; positioning a chip adjacent the finger lead and connected to the finger lead; and a stack encapsulant encapsulating the chip and the finger lead with the outward exposed area and the inward exposed area of the finger lead substantially exposed. |
| US07829983B2 |
Semiconductor device
There is provided a semiconductor device adopting, as a layout of pads connected to an external package on an LSI, a zigzag pad layout in which the pads are arranged shifted alternately, which can avoid occurrences of short-circuiting of wires, an increase in chip size due to avoidance of short-circuiting, propagation of power supply or GND noise due to reduction in IO cell interval, and signal transmission delay difference due to displacement of pad positions. In a semiconductor device wherein plural pads on a semiconductor element which are connected to function terminals on an external package are arranged in two lines along the periphery of the semiconductor element, an arrangement order of the plural pads on the semiconductor element is different from an arrangement order of the function terminals on the external package. |
| US07829964B2 |
Magnetic memory element utilizing spin transfer switching
A magnetic memory element utilizing spin transfer switching includes a pinned layer, a tunneling barrier layer and a free layer structure. The tunneling barrier layer is disposed on the pinned layer. The free layer structure includes a composite free layer. The composite free layer includes a first free layer, an insert layer and a second free layer. The first free layer is disposed on the tunneling barrier layer and has a first spin polarization factor and a first saturation magnetization. The insert layer is disposed on the first free layer. The second free layer is disposed on the insert layer and has a second spin polarization factor smaller than the first spin polarization factor and a second saturation magnetization smaller than the first saturation magnetization. Magnetization vectors of the first free layer and the second free layer are arranged as parallel-coupled. |
| US07829963B2 |
TMR device with Hf based seed layer
A MTJ structure is disclosed in which the seed layer is made of a lower Ta layer, a middle Hf layer, and an upper NiFe or NiFeX layer where X is Co, Cr, or Cu. Optionally, Zr, Cr, HfZr, or HfCr may be employed as the middle layer and materials having FCC structures such as CoFe and Cu may be used as the upper layer. As a result, the overlying layers in a TMR sensor will be smoother and less pin dispersion is observed. The Hex/Hc ratio is increased relative to that for a MTJ having a conventional Ta/Ru seed layer configuration. The trilayer seed configuration is especially effective when an IrMn AFM layer is grown thereon and thereby reduces Hin between the overlying pinned layer and free layer. Ni content in the NiFe or NiFeX middle layer is above 30 atomic % and preferably >80 atomic %. |
| US07829961B2 |
MEMS microphone package and method thereof
A MEMS microphone package includes a carrier, an application specific IC, an encapsulant and a microphone chip. The application specific IC and the microphone chip are respectively disposed on first and second surfaces of the carrier, and the application specific IC and the microphone chip are electrically connected to the carrier. The encapsulant includes first and second encapsulants, the first encapsulant is formed on the first surface to seal the application specific IC, the second encapsulant is formed on the second surface to become a cavity and the microphone chip is located at the cavity. Because the application specific IC and the microphone chip are disposed on the first and second surfaces of the carrier, respectively, the second encapsulant surrounds the microphone chip, and the first and second encapsulants are formed at the same time, it can increase the structural strength of package and reduce the process. |
| US07829956B2 |
SRAM semiconductor device with a compressive stress-inducing insulating film and a tensile stress-inducing insulating film
Both a compressive-stress-applying insulating film and a tensile-stress-applying insulating film cover an N-type MIS transistor formed at an SRAM access region of a semiconductor substrate. On the other hand, a tensile-stress-applying insulating film covers an N-type MIS transistor formed at an SRAM drive region of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US07829952B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing the same
A memory cell of an SRAM has two drive MISFETs and two vertical MISFETs. The p channel vertical MISFETs are formed above the n channel drive MISFETs. The vertical MISFETs respectively mainly include a laminate formed of a lower semiconductor layer, intermediate semiconductor layer and upper semiconductor layer laminated in this sequence, a gate insulating film of silicon oxide formed on the surface of the side wall of the laminate, and a gate electrode formed so as to cover the side wall of the laminate. The vertical MISFETs are perfect depletion type MISFETs. |
| US07829949B2 |
High-K dielectric metal gate device structure
A metal gate/high-k dielectric semiconductor device provides an NMOS gate structure and a PMOS gate structure formed on a semiconductor substrate. The NMOS gate structure includes a high-k gate dielectric treated with a dopant impurity such as La and the high-k gate dielectric material of the PMOS gate structure is deficient of this dopant impurity and further includes a work function tuning layer over the high-k gate dielectric. |
| US07829944B2 |
High-voltage vertical transistor with a multi-layered extended drain structure
A high-voltage transistor with a low specific on-state resistance and that supports high voltage in the off-state includes one or more source regions disposed adjacent to a multi-layered extended drain structure which comprises extended drift regions separated from field plate members by one or more dielectric layers. With the field plate members at the lowest circuit potential, the transistor supports high voltages applied to the drain in the off-state. The layered structure may be fabricated in a variety of orientations. A MOSFET structure may be incorporated into the device adjacent to the source region, or, alternatively, the MOSFET structure may be omitted to produce a high-voltage transistor structure having a stand-alone drift region. |
| US07829942B2 |
Static semiconductor memory device
A first transfer transistor includes a first diffusion layer connected to a first bit line, and a second diffusion layer connected to a first storage node, the first diffusion layer is provided in a substrate, the second diffusion layer is provided in a bottom part of a recess provided in the substrate, a channel region of the first transfer transistor is offset with respect to the second diffusion layer toward the first storage node, and the offset part functions as a resistor. |
| US07829936B2 |
Split charge storage node inner spacer process
Methods of forming a memory cell containing two split sub-lithographic charge storage nodes on a semiconductor substrate are provided. The methods can involve forming two split sub-lithographic charge storage nodes by using spacer formation techniques. By removing exposed portions of a first poly layer while leaving portions of the first poly layer protected by the spacers, the method can provide two split sub-lithographic first poly gates. Further, by removing exposed portions of a charge storage layer while leaving portions of the charge storage layer protected by the two split sub-lithographic first poly gates, the method can provide two split, narrow portions of the charge storage layer, which subsequently form two split sub-lithographic charge storage nodes. |
| US07829935B2 |
Semiconductor memory, semiconductor memory system using the memory, and method for manufacturing quantum dot used in semiconductor memory
A semiconductor memory has a composite floating structure in which quantum dots composed of Si and coated with a Si oxide thin film are deposited on an insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate, quantum dots coated with a high-dielectric insulating film are deposited on the quantum dots, and quantum dots composed of Si and coated with a high-dielectric insulating film are further deposited. Each of the quantum dots includes a core layer and a clad layer which covers the core layer. The electron occupied level in the core layer is lower than that in the clad layer. |
| US07829934B2 |
Flash memory device having resistivity measurement pattern and method of forming the same
A flash memory device has a resistivity measurement pattern and method of forming the same. A trench is formed in an isolation film in a Self-Aligned Floating Gate (SAFG) scheme. The trench is buried to form a resistivity measurement floating gate. This allows the resistivity of the floating gate to be measured even in the SAFG scheme. Contacts for resistivity measurement are directly connected to the resistivity measurement floating gate. Therefore, variation in resistivity measurement values, which is incurred by the parasitic interface, can be reduced. |
| US07829931B2 |
Nonvolatile memory devices having control electrodes configured to inhibit parasitic coupling capacitance
Non-volatile memory devices include a substrate with first and second semiconductor active regions therein. These active regions are separated from each other by a trench isolation region, which has a recess therein that extends along its length. First and second floating gate electrodes are provided. These first and second floating gate electrodes extend on the first and second semiconductor active regions, respectively. A control electrode is provided that extends between the first and second floating gate electrodes and into the recess in the trench isolation region. The recess in the trench isolation region is sufficiently deep so that the control electrode, which extends into the recess, operates to reduce (e.g., block) a parasitic coupling capacitance between the first and second floating gate electrodes. |
| US07829930B2 |
Semiconductor device with ion movement control
A technique that can realize high integration even for multilayered three-dimensional structures at low costs by improving the performance of the semiconductor device having recording or switching functions by employing a device structure that enables high precision controlling of the movement of ions in the solid electrolyte. The semiconductor element of the device is formed as follows; two or more layers are deposited with different components respectively between a pair of electrodes disposed separately in the vertical (z-axis) direction, then a pulse voltage is applied between those electrodes to form a conductive path. The resistance value of the path changes according to an information signal. Furthermore, a region is formed at a middle part of the conductive path. The region is used to accumulate a component that improves the conductivity of the path, thereby enabling the resistance value (rate) to response currently to the information signal. More preferably, an electrode should also be formed at least in either the x-axis or y-axis direction to apply a control voltage to the electrode. |
| US07829929B2 |
Non-volatile memory device and non-volatile semiconductor integrated circuit device, including the same
A non-volatile memory device has improved operating characteristics. The non-volatile memory device includes an active region; a wordline formed on the active region to cross the active region; and a charge trapping layer interposed between the active region and the wordline, wherein a cross region of the active region and the wordline includes an overlap region in which the charge trapping layer is disposed and a non-overlap region in which the charge trapping layer is not disposed. |
| US07829928B2 |
Semiconductor structure of a high side driver and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor structure of a high side driver and method for manufacturing the same is disclosed. The semiconductor of a high side driver includes an ion-doped junction and an isolation layer formed on the ion-doped junction. The ion-doped junction has a number of ion-doped deep wells, and the ion-doped deep wells are separated but partially linked with each other. |
| US07829923B2 |
Magnetic tunnel junction and method of fabrication
In a particular embodiment, a method of forming a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device includes applying a dielectric layer to a surface, applying a metal layer to the dielectric layer, and adding a cap layer on the dielectric layer. The method also includes forming a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack such that an electrode of the MTJ stack is disposed on the metal layer and the cap layer contacts a side portion of the metal layer. An adjustable depth to via may connect a top electrode of the MTJ stack to a top metal. |
| US07829918B2 |
Field effect transistor based sensor
The invention discloses a FET based sensor. The FET based sensor according to an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate, an InN material layer, a source terminal and a drain terminal. The InN material layer is formed over the substrate and has an upper surface. The upper surface thereon provides an analyte sensing region. The InN material layer serves as a current channel between the source terminal and the drain terminal. Thereby, ions adsorbed by the analyte sensing region induce a variation of a current flowing through the current channel, and the variation is further interpreted as a characteristic of the analyte. |
| US07829916B2 |
Transistor with a germanium-based channel encased by a gate electrode and method for producing one such transistor
Source and drain electrodes are each formed by an alternation of first and second layers made from a germanium and silicon compound. The first layers have a germanium concentration comprised between 0% and 10% and the second layers have a germanium concentration comprised between 10% and 50%. At least one channel connects two second layers respectively of the source electrode and drain electrode. The method comprises etching of source and drain zones, connected by a narrow zone, in a stack of layers. Then superficial thermal oxidation of said stack is performed so a to oxidize the silicon of the germanium and silicon compound having a germanium concentration comprised between 10% and 50% and to condense the germanium Ge. The oxidized silicon of the narrow zone is removed and a gate dielectric and a gate are deposited on the condensed germanium of the narrow zone. |
| US07829914B2 |
Nitride semiconductor light-emitting device comprising a buffer layer including a plurality of layers having different lattice constants and method for manufacturing the same
There are provided a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same. The nitride semiconductor light-emitting device includes a buffer layer on a sapphire substrate, wherein the buffer layer includes a plurality of layers having different lattice constants, a first n-type nitride semiconductor layer on the buffer layer, an active layer on the first n-type nitride semiconductor layer, and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer on the active layer. |
| US07829910B2 |
Light emitting device and method of fabricating light emitting device
Each second electrode formed on a second main surface of a compound semiconductor layer of a light emitting device has an alloyed contact layer disposed contacting the second main surface, aimed at reducing contact resistance with the compound semiconductor layer, and a solder layer connecting the alloyed contact layer to the conductive support. The solder layer forms therein a Sn-base solder layer disposed on the alloyed contact layer side having a melting point lower than the alloyed contact layer, and a Au—Sn-base solder layer disposed contacting the Sn-base solder layer opposed to the alloyed contact layer side, containing total Au and Sn of 80% or more, and having a melting point higher than the Sn-base solder layer. This configuration can provide excellent reliability of bonding between the Au—Sn-base solder layer and the alloyed contact layer, and consequently less causative of delamination of the Au—Sn-base solder layer. |
| US07829909B2 |
Light emitting diodes and fabrication methods thereof
A light emitting diode (LED) may be disclosed. The LED may include a light-emitting side. The LED may also include a first electrode disposed on the light-emitting side. The LED may also include a second electrode. The LED may also include a semiconductor element disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The LED may also include a metal support element disposed between the semiconductor element and the second electrode. The metal support element may be configured to provide structural support for the LED. |
| US07829907B2 |
Organic light emitting element and method of manufacturing the same
The present invention relates to an organic light emitting element comprising: a first light emitting unit comprising a light emitting layer between a pair of electrodes; and a second light emitting unit comprising a light emitting layer between a pair of electrodes. In the organic light emitting element, one electrode of the two pairs of electrodes which is positioned on the outermost side has light reflective properties, and the other electrodes have light transmission properties, while a light-transmitting insulating layer is provided between the first and second light emitting units. The insulating layer is formed in a thickness to prevent light emitted by the light emitting layer of the light emitting unit without the light reflective electrode from interfering with other lights, or formed to have properties of scattering the emitted light. Thus, the interference between the lights emitted by the light emitting layers and the other lights is reduced, so that in the organic light emitting element, the angular dependence of light emission spectrum is small, making it possible to adjust color. |
| US07829905B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device
A semiconductor light emitting device for emission of light having a predetermined bandwidth in a primary direction of emission includes a light generating region for the generation of light; and a 1-dimensional photonic crystal structure having a photonic bandgap covering at least a segment of said bandwidth. The 1-dimensional photonic crystal structure is located such that upon incident of light from the light generating region, light having a wavelength within the bandgap of the 1-dimensional photonic crystal structure is reflected in the primary direction of emission. |
| US07829902B2 |
Quantum photonic imagers and methods of fabrication thereof
Emissive quantum photonic imagers comprised of a spatial array of digitally addressable multicolor pixels. Each pixel is a vertical stack of multiple semiconductor laser diodes, each of which can generate laser light of a different color. Within each multicolor pixel, the light generated from the stack of diodes is emitted perpendicular to the plane of the imager device via a plurality of vertical waveguides that are coupled to the optical confinement regions of each of the multiple laser diodes comprising the imager device. Each of the laser diodes comprising a single pixel is individually addressable, enabling each pixel to simultaneously emit any combination of the colors associated with the laser diodes at any required on/off duty cycle for each color. Each individual multicolor pixel can simultaneously emit the required colors and brightness values by controlling the on/off duty cycles of their respective laser diodes. |
| US07829897B2 |
Array substrate of liquid crystal display device having thin film transistor on color filter and method of fabricating the same
An array substrate of a liquid crystal display device having a color filter on a gate metal layer, and a data metal layer formed on the color filter. First a gate insulating layer is formed on the gate metal layer to protect and a second gate insulating layer is formed on the color filter layer. Gate lines and gate electrodes are formed in direct contact with the substrate, and color filters are formed on the gate electrodes. To protect gate lines in the patterning process of color filters, a first gate insulating layer is formed on the gate lines and electrodes. Therefore, a high aperture ratio may be enhanced, and the manufacturing yield may be increased. |
| US07829892B2 |
Integrated circuit including a gate electrode
An integrated circuit including a gate electrode is disclosed. One embodiment provides a transistor including a first source/drain electrode and a second source/drain electrode. A channel is arranged between the first and the second source/drain electrode in a semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode is arranged adjacent the channel layer and is electrically insulated from the channel layer. A semiconductor substrate electrode is provided on a rear side. The gate electrode encloses the channel layer at least two opposite sides. |
| US07829890B2 |
Organic light emitting display device and method of fabricating the same
An organic light emitting display device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The organic light emitting display device includes a substrate, a first electrode formed on the substrate, an inorganic pixel defining layer formed on the first electrode and having an opening exposing at least a portion of the first electrode, an organic layer disposed on the first electrode and having at least an organic emission layer, and a second electrode formed on the organic layer. |
| US07829889B2 |
Method and semiconductor structure for monitoring etch characteristics during fabrication of vias of interconnect structures
By forming a trench-like test opening above a respective test metal region during the etch process for forming via openings in a dielectric layer stack of sophisticated metallization structures of semiconductor devices, the difference in etch rate in the respective openings may be used for generating a corresponding variation of electrical characteristics of the test metal region. Consequently, by means of the electrical characteristics, respective variations of the etch process may be identified. |
| US07829885B2 |
Organic memory devices and methods of fabricating such devices
Disclosed herein are organic memory devices and methods for fabricating such devices. The organic memory devices comprise a first electrode, a second electrode and an organic active layer extending between the first and second electrodes wherein the organic active layer is formed from one or more electrically conductive organic materials that contain heteroatoms and which are configured in such a manner as that the heteroatoms are available for linking or complexing metal atoms within the organic active layer. The metal ions may then be reduced to form metal filaments within the organic active layer to form a low resistance state and the metal filaments may, in turn, be oxidized to form a high resistance state and thereby function as memory devices. |
| US07829884B2 |
Non-volatile ferroelectric thin film device using an organic ambipolar semiconductor and method for processing such a device
A non-volatile ferroelectric memory device is proposed which comprises a combination of an organic ferroelectric polymer with an organic ambipolar semiconductor. The devices of the present invention are compatible with—and fully exploit the benefits of polymers, i.e. solution processing, low-cost, low temperature layer deposition and compatibility with flexible substrates. |
| US07829883B2 |
Vertical carbon nanotube field effect transistors and arrays
Carbon nanotube field effect transistors, arrays of carbon nanotube field effect transistors, device structures, and arrays of device structures. A stacked device structure includes a gate electrode layer and catalyst pads each coupled electrically with a source/drain contact. The gate electrode layer is divided into multiple gate electrodes and at least one semiconducting carbon nanotube is synthesized by a chemical vapor deposition process on each of the catalyst pads. The gate electrode has a sidewall covered by a gate dielectric and at least one semiconducting carbon nanotube adjacent to the sidewall of the gate electrode. Source/drain contacts are electrically coupled with opposite ends of the semiconducting carbon nanotube to complete the device structure. Multiple device structures may be configured either as a memory circuit or as a logic circuit. |
| US07829882B2 |
Nitride semiconductor light emitting device
The invention provides a highly reliable nitride semiconductor light emitting device improved in electrostatic discharge withstand voltage. In the light emitting device, an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer are sequentially formed on a substrate. The active layer features a multiple quantum well structure including a plurality of multiple quantum barrier layers and quantum well layers. At least one of the quantum barrier layers has a band-gap modulated multilayer structure. |
| US07829880B2 |
Quantum dot semiconductor device
A quantum dot semiconductor device includes an active layer having a plurality of quantum dot layers each including a composite quantum dot formed by stacking a plurality of quantum dots and a side barrier layer formed in contact with a side face of the composite quantum dot. The stack number of the quantum dots and the magnitude of strain of the side barrier layer from which each of the quantum dot layers is formed are set so that a gain spectrum of the active layer has a flat gain bandwidth corresponding to a shift amount of the gain spectrum within a desired operation temperature range. |
| US07829871B2 |
Sheet beam-type testing apparatus
An electron beam apparatus such as a sheet beam based testing apparatus has an electron-optical system for irradiating an object under testing with a primary electron beam from an electron beam source, and projecting an image of a secondary electron beam emitted by the irradiation of the primary electron beam, and a detector for detecting the secondary electron beam image projected by the electron-optical system; specifically, the electron beam apparatus comprises beam generating means 2004 for irradiating an electron beam having a particular width, a primary electron-optical system 2001 for leading the beam to reach the surface of a substrate 2006 under testing, a secondary electron-optical system 2002 for trapping secondary electrons generated from the substrate 2006 and introducing them into an image processing system 2015, a stage 2003 for transportably holding the substrate 2006 with a continuous degree of freedom equal to at least one, a testing chamber for the substrate 2006, a substrate transport mechanism for transporting the substrate 2006 into and out of the testing chamber, an image processing analyzer 2015 for detecting defects on the substrate 2006, a vibration isolating mechanism for the testing chamber, a vacuum system for holding the testing chamber at a vacuum, and a control system 2017 for displaying or storing positions of defects on the substrate 2006. |
| US07829870B2 |
Method and apparatus for in-situ sample preparation
An apparatus for in-situ specimen preparation is described. The apparatus includes an ion beam column 21 including at least: an liquid metal alloy ion source 56 including a first element for providing a light ion species with a mass of 10 g/mol to 60 g/mol and a second element for providing a heavy ions species with a mass of 150 g/mol or higher, a mass separator 58 for selectively separating the light ion species and the heavy ion species, and a focusing element for focusing the ion beam on a specimen. The apparatus further includes a specimen-beam-tilt unit for tilting the ion beam with respect to the specimen. |
| US07829869B2 |
Method and apparatus for checking documents of value
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for recognizing forged documents of value, wherein the documents of value are illuminated with clocked excitation light of a light source. Within the bright phase of the excitation light a first luminescence intensity is detected, within the dark phase a second luminescence intensity. Because of the afterglow of the light pulses there is a residual fluorescence, which distorts the luminescence intensity in the dark phase. By linking the second luminescence intensity with the first luminescence intensity, e.g. by subtracting a scaled first luminescence intensity, a corrected second luminescence intensity is determined, which substantially corresponds to the phosphorescence signal of the document of value. |
| US07829866B2 |
Broad energy-range ribbon ion beam collimation using a variable-gradient dipole
A method and apparatus satisfying growing demands for improving the intensity of implanting ions that impact a semiconductor wafer as it passes under an ion beam. The method and apparatus are directed to the design and combination together of novel magnetic ion-optical transport elements for implantation purposes for combating the disruptive effects of ion-beam induced space-charge forces. The design of the novel optical elements makes possible: (1) Focusing of a ribbon ion beam as the beam passes through uniform or non-uniform magnetic fields; (2) Reduction of the losses of ions comprising a d.c. ribbon beam to the magnetic poles when a ribbon beam is deflected by a magnetic field. |
| US07829865B2 |
Electrostatic deflector
An electrostatic deflector that can be manufactured easily and very accurately without using a member for positioning is provided. After multiple slits 81d to 88d have been formed in the same direction as that of the bus bar of an approximately conical electrode material 100 whose large-diameter section is formed with flange portions 81a to 88a for installation on an insulator 90, each of the flange portions is coupled with the insulator 90, then the electrode material 100 is cut along extension lines of the slits 81d to 88d, and thus, multiple electrode members electrically isolated from one another are formed. |
| US07829863B2 |
Electron beam irradiation device
An electron beam irradiation device of the present invention includes: a projector 8 for generating a two-dimensional light pattern 13; a microchannel plate 11 for (i) generating an electron beam array based on the light pattern 13 having entered, (ii) amplifying the electron beam array, and (iii) emitting the electron beam array as an amplified electron beam array 14; and an electron beam lens section 12 for converging the amplified electron beam array 14. This electron beam irradiation device is capable of manufacturing a semiconductor device whose performance is improved through a finer processing by means of irradiation using an electron beam. Further, the electron beam irradiation device allows cost reduction, because the device allows collective irradiation using a two dimensional pattern. |
| US07829862B2 |
Radiation sensor device and fluid treatment system containing same
The invention relates to a radiation sensor device comprising a housing and a plurality of radiation sensor modules secured to the housing. Each radiation sensor module comprises a radiation sensor arranged to detect radiation incident on the radiation source module. Preferably, each radiation sensor module contains an entire so-called optical train to allow for calibration of the detector (e.g., photodiodes, photoresistors and the like) without disassembling all the components of the module. |
| US07829860B2 |
Photon counting imaging detector system
An imaging detector system includes a radiation detector having a plurality of pixels for generating a plurality of detection signals in response to radiation. Each of the pixels is used to generate a corresponding one of the detection signals. The imaging detector system includes a plurality of photon counting channels. Each photon counting channel is coupled to a corresponding one of the pixels to receive and process the corresponding one of the detection signals. Each photon integrating channel is coupled to a corresponding one of the pixels to receive and process the corresponding one of the detection signals. An image processor receives outputs from the photon counting channels and the photon integrating channels, wherein the image processor is adapted to generate an image using the received outputs. |
| US07829858B2 |
Radiation detecting apparatus, and radiation image pickup system
In a radiation detecting apparatus of the invention, plural pixels are arranged, and the pixel has a conversion element converting a radiation into an electric signal and a switching element connected to the conversion element. The conversion element includes a first electrode disposed on a first surface of an insulating substrate, a second electrode disposed on the first electrode, and a semiconductor layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode is made of a light-transmitting conductive material which transmits light emitted from a light source, and the first electrode is formed form a light transmitting electroconductive material transmitting light emitted form a light source disposed on a second surface of the insulating substrate opposite to the first surface. The switching element has a light shielding member which prevents incidence of the light from the light source to the switching element. |
| US07829851B2 |
Method and apparatus for collisional activation of polypeptide ions
A method and apparatus for identification of activating ions by collisions is described. The method uses a plurality of linear ion taps and a plurality of sources of ions and a mass measuring device. A first source is operated to dispense first ions into first trap, where the ions may be kinetically cooled. A second source is operated to dispense second ions into the first trap, where the first and the second ions are stored. Ions in the first trap are ejected so as to enter a second trap, where the ions are stored prior to mass spectrometry. The apparatus may use quadrupole rods to form the ion traps, and the voltage and pressure differences between the first and second traps are controllable values. |
| US07829849B2 |
Mass spectrometer
A device (6) for separating ions according to differences in their ion mobility as a function of electric field strength is disclosed. The device (6) comprises an upper electrode (7a), a lower electrode (7b) and a plurality of intermediate electrodes (8). An asymmetric voltage waveform is applied to the upper electrode (7a) and a DC compensating voltage is applied to the lower electrode (7b). |
| US07829847B2 |
Electrospray emitter and method of using same
The present invention relates to electrospray emitters that have a rigid substrate layer, a second layer, a channel formed in one of the rigid substrate layer and an exit orifice in flow communication with the channel. The second layer is attached to the first layer. The exit orifice is capable of holding an electric charge. The electrospray emitter may be used with such devices as a mass spectrometer, a colloidal thruster or an ion mobility device. Additionally, it may be used to coat a surface. |
| US07829841B2 |
Mass spectrometer
A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an ion mobility spectrometer or separator (4) and an ion guide (6) arranged downstream of the ion mobility spectrometer or separator (4). A plurality of axial potential wells are created in the ion guide (6) so that ions received from the ion mobility spectrometer or separator (4) become confined in separate axial potential wells. The potential wells maintain the fidelity and/or composition of ions received from the ion mobility spectrometer or separator (4). The potential wells are translated along the length of the ion guide (6). |
| US07829840B2 |
Developing unit, process cartridge, and image forming device
A developing unit includes a developer agitating member having a plurality of vanes that are disposed in a developer containing chamber and that are rotatable about an axis parallel to an axis of a supply roller. Each of the vanes has a peripheral edge, and a trailing end of the peripheral edge in a vane rotation direction is located more inside than a leading end of the peripheral edge. |
| US07829836B2 |
Digital signal input device and method of controlling the same having a switching element that controls a period of applying direct-current voltage to a charging circuit
A digital signal input device has a first input terminal and a second input terminal, a charging circuit connected between the first input terminal and the second input terminal, and a digital signal detection unit that outputs a digital signal of a logical value corresponding to a level of a charging voltage to an internal circuit. A pulse control unit generates a pulse signal having a fixed period using designated pulse width and pulse period. A switching element is provided between the charging circuit and the first input terminal or the second input terminal, which controls a period of applying a DC voltage to the charging circuit using a pulse width of the pulse signal. |
| US07829835B2 |
Projection type image display apparatus having a projection lens and a photographing lens movable by a same drive section
Disclosed is a projection type image display apparatus including a projection section to output a projection light in which an image is attached through a projector lens and a photographing section to photograph a projected image projected by the projection section through a photographing lens, and the projected image which is projected on a screen by the projection section is obtained by the photographing section and a focus of the projected image is adjusted based on a photographing result of the image obtained by the photographing section, and the projector lens and the photographing lens are movable in a direction to change the focus of the projected image or a focus of the photographed image by a same drive section. |
| US07829834B2 |
Low-voltage image sensor having multiple gates between a photodiode and a diffusion node for suppressing dark current and method of driving transfer transistor thereof
Provided are a low-voltage image sensor and a method of driving a transfer transistor thereof, which are obtained by changing the structure and driving method of a typical transfer transistor of a 4-transistor CMOS transistor, and can eliminate the influence of a voltage or physical structure of a diffusion node on a reset or transfer operation of a photodiode. The image sensor includes a light receiving device for detecting light and a signal conversion unit for reading photocharge generated by the light receiving device to an external circuit. The signal conversion unit includes a transfer transistor including at least two gate electrodes. When the photocharge is transferred to a channel of a transfer gate electrode disposed closest to a photodiode, a transfer gate electrode disposed adjacent to a diffusion node remains turned off. |
| US07829829B2 |
Grid fin control system for a fluid-borne object
A grid fin control system for a fluid-borne body includes a nozzle extension, an optional stabilization device, and a plurality of grid fins. The grid fins are stowable folded against the nozzle extension and deployable to extend radially outwardly. |
| US07829824B2 |
Pressure pickup heating bar, in particular for a pressure pickup glow plug
A pressure pickup heating bar, in particular for a pressure pickup glow plug, having an electrical heating element (1) and a pressure sensor (3) onto which the pressure present at the heating bar (1) is transmitted. The heating bar has a support tube (2) which encompasses the heating element (1) on the outside with an axial pretension. A pressure sensor (3) is arranged between the heating element (1) and the support tube (2) and is subjected to pressure that is present on the heating bar. |
| US07829823B2 |
Heated food storage and display cabinet
A heated food storage and display cabinet (10) comprises an open fronted enclosed chamber (30) within which packs of food can be stored, the cabinet (10) including flow inducing means (52) and heater means (54) arranged in an upper region thereof, the flow inducing means being operable to draw air from an upper portion of the enclosed chamber (30), direct the air over the heater means (54) to heat the air and subsequently urge the heated air down the rear wall (18) of the chamber (30) and across the floor (22) of the chamber (30) towards the open front of the chamber (30), said heated air being subsequently directed upwardly and rearwardly across the open front of the chamber (30) by an airflow direction member (78) of the chamber (30) to provide a heated air curtain (70) across the open front of the chamber, wherein a portion of the heated air (64,68) passes into the chamber (30) as said heated air moves down the rear wall (18) and across the floor (22) so as to pass over and around packs of food stored therein. |
| US07829818B2 |
Ink jet head nozzle plate manufacturing method, ink jet head nozzle plate manufacturing apparatus, ink jet head nozzle plate, ink jet head, and ink jet recording apparatus
In an ink jet head nozzle plate manufacturing method, a laser beam is generated using a laser beam source. A direction of the laser beam is changed using a mirror that reflects the laser beam. The laser beam reflected by the mirror is condensed using micro-lenses arranged on a common plane. Nozzle openings are formed in a nozzle plate using the laser beam condensed by the micro-lenses. |
| US07829813B2 |
Touch sensor switch
A touch sensor switch for easily taking out an output of a touch sensor with high reliability. Push-type switching elements 2A, 2B, and 2C are mounted on a printed circuit board 1, a rubber dome 3 is provided with expanded portions 30A, 30B, and 30C for housing the switching elements 2A, 2B, and 2C, the switching elements 2A, 2B, and 2C are provided with conductive films 41A, 41B, and 41C on an outer surface and a lower face, conductive parts 31A, 31B, and 31C are provided at a conductive part such as an upper surface of the expanded portions 30A, 30B, and 30C of the rubber dome 3, or a wiring pattern of the printed circuit board 1, and the conductive films 41A, 41B, and 41C contact with the conductive parts 31A, 31B, and 31C constantly by a biasing force of the switching elements 2A, 2B, and 2C regardless the operation of switch knobs 4A, 4B, and 4C. |
| US07829802B2 |
Adjustable parallel-guiding mechanism for compact gravimetric measuring instruments
In a parallel-guiding mechanism, a stationary parallel leg surrounds a movable parallel leg. The movable parallel leg is connected to the stationary parallel leg and guided in vertical movement by first and second parallel-guiding elements, fastened respectively to the upper and lower end portions. The movable parallel leg can be connected to a load receiver and to a force-measuring cell through a force-transmitting connection in order to transmit the weighing load. Intermediate to, and connecting, the respective end portions is a tilt-adjustment feature, by which the end portions are tilt-adjusted relative to each other about at least one tilt axis to correct a corner load error. The tilt-adjustment feature is provided by at least one of: a pair of bending zones, a spherical joint and a ring-shaped constriction. |
| US07829801B2 |
Scale with removable housing
The scale may include a base supportable on a surface, a measuring mechanism supported by the base and operable to measure a characteristic of an object, the measuring mechanism including a measuring platform on which the object is supportable, and an indicator supported by the housing, the indicator being operable to provide feedback to a user relating to a measured characteristic of the object. In some aspects, the scale may include a housing supported by the base, the housing cooperating with the base to cover at least a portion of the measuring mechanism, and a connecting assembly operable to removably connect the housing to the base. In some aspects, the scale may include a resistance device coupled to at least one of the indicator and the measuring mechanism and operable to resist oscillation of the indicator at least one of during a measurement and after a measurement. In some aspects, the scale may include a cylinder supported by the housing, and a piston connected to the platform for movement with the platform, the piston engaging the cylinder to provide a piston and cylinder assembly, the assembly being operable to resist movement of the platform at least one of during a measurement and after a measurement. |
| US07829799B2 |
Method for manufacturing a miniaturized three-dimensional electric component
Manufacturing of miniaturised three-dimensional electric components are presented, as well as components manufactured by the methods. The manufacturing methods comprise micro-replication of at least one master structure, e.g. via a mould structure, in at least one polymer layer onto which layer at least one conductive path is provided. |
| US07829798B2 |
Electronic control unit and process of producing the same
An electronic control unit includes a printed wiring board (50), electronic components (51 to 53) mounted on the printed wiring board (50), and a synthetic resin coating (57) formed by injection molding to cover the printed wiring board (50) and the electronic component (51 to 53). The electronic components (51 to 53) are housed in a protective case (75) that can resist pressure and heat during the injection molding of the coating (57). Thus, in the electronic control unit, an electronic component is not damaged by formation of a coating by injection molding so that the electronic control unit can always function normally. |
| US07829797B2 |
Three channel raceway
A raceway system routes power and communication cabling in separate channels but terminates the power and communication cabling in a common center channel. The raceway system includes a base, outer walls and inner walls, one of the outer walls and one of the inner walls define a first outer channel, adjacent inner walls define a center channel and one of the outer walls and one of the inner walls define a second outer channel. The raceway system also includes a plurality of covers connected to the inner and outer walls to cover the channels. |
| US07829796B2 |
Circuit joining assembly materials for multi-layer lightning protection systems on composite aircraft
An exemplary embodiment provides a multi-layer circuit joining assembly material configured to repair multi-layer flex circuits deployed on or in a composite surface as a lightning protection system. The multi-layer circuit joining assembly material includes a first conductive layer having a first end portion, a second conductive layer having a second end portion, and a dielectric material between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. |
| US07829793B2 |
Additive disk drive suspension manufacturing using tie layers for vias and product thereof
An additive process disk drive suspension interconnect, and method therefor is provided. The interconnect has a metal grounding layer of typically stainless steel or copper metallized stainless steel, a metal conductive layer and an insulative layer between the metal grounding layer and the conductive metal layer. A circuit component such as a slider is electrically connected to the conductive layer along a grounding path from the circuit component and the conductive layer to the metal grounding layer through an aperture in the insulative layer. For improved electrical connection a tie layer is provided through the insulative layer onto the grounding layer in bonding relation with the ground layer. A conductor is deposited onto both the conductive metal layer and the tie layer in conductive metal layer and tie layer bonding relation, and the circuit component is thus bonded to the grounding layer by the conductor. |
| US07829792B2 |
Fire-resistant safety cable provided with a single insulating covering
A fire-resistant safety cable may include at least two electrical conductors separated from each other by at least one space. The cable may include a common insulating layer surrounding the at least two electrical conductors, the common insulating layer being formed from at least one polymeric material that is adapted to be converted, at least on a surface of the at least one polymeric material, to a ceramic state at high temperatures in a fire. The cable may include an outer jacket. The outer jacket may surround the common insulating layer. The cable may have, in cross-section, at least two substantially plane faces that are substantially parallel to a plane in which axes of the at least two electrical conductors lie. A process for manufacturing the cable may include feeding the at least two electrical conductors into an extrusion head and extruding the at least one polymeric material over them. |
| US07829790B2 |
Multi-function cable studs and methods of assembling the same
Cable assemblies comprising a cable (102), an integrally formed cable stud (IFCS) disposed around the cable, a securing member (502, 1100), and a crimp ring (508). The IFCS (108) includes tubular bodies (530, 532, 534) of different sizes horizontally aligned along a common central axis (550) and a flange (536). The flange is disposed between a first and a second one of the tubular bodies and extends outwardly therefrom. The securing member (e.g., a heat deformable tube) is disposed around a first portion of the cable having an exterior insulation material disposed thereon and the first tubular body so as to form a seal therebetween. The crimp ring is formed of a deformable material electrically and mechanically coupling a shielding material of the cable to a third one of the tubular bodies. |
| US07829789B2 |
Power feeding apparatus and harness wiring structure using the same
A power feeding apparatus includes: a wire harness which includes a first portion, a second portion, and a bended portion connected to the first portion and the second portion, the bended portion has a substantially U-shape; a first protector which supports the first portion; and a second protector which supports the second portion. The second protector includes a guide portion having an opening. The guide portion receives the second portion so as to lead-out the second portion from the opening. |
| US07829784B2 |
Solar battery and fabrication method thereof
A fabrication method of a solar battery includes at least an aluminum electrode formation step of applying, drying and baking aluminum paste on at least a portion of the back side of a solar cell to form an aluminum electrode, and a cooling step of cooling the solar cell having an aluminum electrode formed at an atmosphere temperature of not more than 10° C., after the aluminum electrode formation step. Accordingly, a solar battery having warping reduced without degrading the electric characteristics, reliability and appearance, and a fabrication method thereof are provided. |
| US07829783B2 |
Isolated metallic flexible back sheet for solar module encapsulation
Provided are novel back sheets for solar module encapsulation. According to various embodiments, the back sheets are ungrounded and flexible. In certain embodiments, the back sheets include an integrated flexible and electrically isolated moisture barrier and a seal around the edge of the moisture barrier. The electrically isolated moisture barrier may be a thin metallic sheet, e.g., an aluminum foil. The electrically isolated, flexible moisture barrier eliminates the need for grounding. |
| US07829778B2 |
Device and method for generating a note signal and device and method for outputting an output signal indicating a pitch class
A device for generating a note signal upon a manual input is described which comprises an operating means which is implemented to enable a user of the same, as an input, to define an input angle or an input angle range as the input signal, and a controller which is implemented to receive the input signal and to generate a note signal associated with a pitch class based on an assignment function and on the input signal. |
| US07829774B2 |
Guitar slide
A musical instrument slide including a body portion and a light source. The light source includes a switch for selective activation, enabling the slide body to emit light when activated. As the musician moves the slide across the strings as the instrument, such as a guitar, is played, a visual effect is created by the movement of the light. The body portion preferably is constructed of a material to pass light therethrough, and can be either wholly or partially clear or translucent, or a combination of both. Alternatively or in addition to the light source, the slide body can include an eccentric motor that causes the slide body to vibrate. This vibration, in turn, causes vibration of the guitar strings, or other string instrument, as the slide is positioned on the strings, or moved along the strings, by the musician. |
| US07829771B2 |
Rice cultivar C3GHi
A novel rice cultivar, designated C3GHi, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar C3GHi, to the plants of rice C3Ghi, which contain 2371 mg of cyanidin 3-glucoside pigment per 100 g of seeds, of which pigment content is much higher than an existing rice cultivar Heugjinju. |
| US07829765B2 |
Soybean cultivar S070156
A soybean cultivar designated S070156 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S070156, to the plants of soybean S070156, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S070156 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S070156 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety S070156, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S070156 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar S070156 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US07829764B1 |
Soybean variety XB28M08
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB28M08. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB28M08, to the plants of soybean XB28M08 to plant parts of soybean variety XB28M08 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB28M08 with another soybean plant, using XB28M08 as either the male or the female parent. |
| US07829763B2 |
Broccoli line M7028
Heat tolerant broccoli plants and seed produced therefrom are described. The heat tolerant broccoli plants are capable of producing a commercially acceptable broccoli head under heat stress growth conditions. The heat tolerant broccoli plants are exemplified by seeds deposited with the American Type Culture Collection and having ATCC Accession numbers: 203530, 203531, 203532, and 203533. |
| US07829760B2 |
Modulating myo-inositol catabolism in plants
Compositions and methods for modulating MIOX activity are provided. Such compositions include nucleotide sequences for novel MIOX sequences obtained from maize, amino acid sequences for the proteins encoded by the nucleotide sequences of the invention, and variants and fragments thereof. Methods of the invention involve introducing into a plant a nucleotide construct comprising a MIOX nucleotide sequence operably linked to a promoter that drives expression in a plant. Expression of the novel nucleotide sequences disclosed herein confers advantageous agronomic properties on a plant. Transformed plants, plant cells, and seeds are additionally provided. |
| US07829758B2 |
Modulation of plant cell number
The present invention relates to the use of the ANG4 gene, or a variant thereof, to modulate the cell number of a plant organ. Said modulation can be used to increase the plant biomass, or to adapt the plant architecture. |
| US07829748B1 |
Process for the manufacture of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene
The invention provides an economic process for the manufacture of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234ze) by a two stage process. A vapor phase hydrofluorination of 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFC-1233zd) into 1-chloro-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane (HCFC-244fa) and/or 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa) is conducted, followed by the thermal dehydrochlorination of HCFC-244fa and dehydro fluorination of HFC-245fa into HFO-1234ze in the presence of a catalyst which comprises one or more of alkali metal halides, alkaline earth metal halides, halogenated metal oxides, zero oxidation state metals, zinc halides, palladium halides, and activated carbon. |
| US07829742B2 |
Boronic acid aryl analogs
The present invention relates to novel boronic acid aryl derivatives which are useful as antitumor/anticancer agents. The present compounds, which are inexpensive to synthesize, exhibit unexpectedly good inhibitors of the growth of human breast cancer cells. The present invention also relates to the use of the novel boronic acid aryl derivatives to treat cancer. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the invention and methods of utilizing the inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment and prevention of cancer. |
| US07829740B2 |
Process for production of lactic acid and equipment for the production
A process for producing lactic acid according to the invention is characterized in that glycerin is subjected to a hydrothermal reaction under an alkaline condition at a temperature in the range of 150 to 400° C. and under pressure equal to or more than the saturated vapor pressure at the temperature. The glycerin produced from plant fats, animal fats or the like or pure product synthesized chemically or a discharge containing glycerin generated at the production of diesel fuel oil from fats, in which the fats are subjected to a transesterification with alcohol in the presence of an alkali catalyst in order to obtain fatty acid ester is preferably used as a starting material. |
| US07829736B2 |
Method for the production of cyclic phosphonic acid anhydrides
Method of performing condensation reactions, acylations or of preparing heterocycles comprising forming cyclic phosphonic anhydride of the formula (III) by a) reacting phosphonic acid derivatives of formula (I) with acetic anhydride at a temperature ranging between 30 and 150° C. while separating a mixture of ethanoic acid and acetic anhydride by means of distillation, b) then reactively distilling the oligomeric phosphonic acid anhydrides of formula (II) obtained in step a) and transforming the same into the corresponding cyclic trimeric phosphonic acid anhydrides of formula (III), wherein n represents a number between 0 and 300 while R represents allyl, aryl, or open-chain, cyclic, or branched C1 to C8 alkyl radicals, aryloxy, allyloxy, or alkoxy comprising open-chain, cyclic, or branched C1 to C8 alkyl radicals. Preferably the cyclic trimeric phosphonic acid anhydrides formed in step b) are immediately dissolved in an organic solvent that exhibits an inert behavior relative thereto. |
| US07829731B2 |
Methylhydroxylaminopropanol derivative and its use as intermediate for preparation of 3-methylamino-1-(2-thienyl)propan-1-OL
The present invention provides a methylhydroxylaminopropanol derivative and the methylhydroxylaminopropanol derivative of the present invention is used as an intermediate for preparation of 3-methylamino-1-(2-thienyl)propan-1-ol, which is an intermediate for preparation of (+)-(S)—N-methyl-3-methyl-3-(1-naphthyloxy)-3-(2-thienyl)propylamine oxalate. The present invention also provides a process for preparing 3-methylamino-1-(2-thienyl)propan-1-ol with higher yield and lower cost, wherein the methylhydroxylaminopropanol derivative is used as an intermediate. |
| US07829729B2 |
1-glycidyl-3,3-dinitroazetidine containing explosive moiety and preparation method thereof
Disclosed is a 1-glycidyl-3,3-dinitroazetidine(GDNAZ) of Formula I wherein dinitroazetidine group which is a high energy group having unit structure of explosive moiety is incorporated to a monomer, and the method thereof. By using the GDNAZ of the present invention in the synthesis of energetic binder for high-performance insensitive explosive, an energetic binder with enhanced thermal and storing stability and explosive power can be provided. |
| US07829724B2 |
Triazole derivatives as ghrelin analogue ligands of growth hormone secretagogue receptors
The present invention provides novel triazole derivatives as ghrelin analogue ligands of growth hormone secretagogue receptors according to formula (I) that are useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions in mammals, preferably humans, that are mediated by GHS receptors. The present invention further provides GHS receptor antagonists and agonists that can be used for modulation of these receptors and are useful for treating above conditions, in particular growth retardation, cachexia, short-, medium- and/or long term regulation of energy balance; short-, medium- and/or long term regulation (stimulation and/or inhibition) of food intake; adipogenesis, adiposity and/or obesity; body weight gain and/or reduction; diabetes, diabetes type I, diabetes type II, tumor cell proliferation; inflammation, inflammatory effects, gastric postoperative ileus, postoperative ileus and/or gastrectomy (ghrelin replacement therapy). |
| US07829720B2 |
Process for preparing atazanavir bisulfate and novel forms
A process is provided for preparing the HIV protease inhibitor atazanavir bisulfate wherein a solution of atazanavir free base is reacted with concentrated sulfuric acid in an amount to react with less than about 15% by weight of the free base, seeds of Form A crystals of atazanavir bisulfate are added to the reaction mixture, and as crystals of the bisulfate form, additional concentrated sulfuric acid is added in multiple stages at increasing rates according to a cubic equation, to effect formation of Form A crystals of atazanavir bisulfate. A process is also provided for preparing atazanavir bisulfate as Pattern C material. A novel form of atazanavir bisulfate is also provided which is Form E3 which is a highly crystalline triethanolate solvate of the bisulfate salt from ethanol. |
| US07829715B2 |
Method for producing solifenacin or salts thereof
There is provided a novel method for producing solifenacin or a salt thereof which is useful as a medicine, particularly a therapeutic agent and/or a preventive agent for a urinary organ system disease such as pollakiuria or urinary incontinence. Illustratively, there are provided (1) a method for producing solifenacin in which 2-(1H-Imidazolylcarbony1)-1-phenyltetrahydroisoquinoline is used as the starting material, (2) a method for producing solifenacin succinate in which (1RS)-phenyltetrahydroisoquinoline-carboxylic acid quinuclidinyl ester is used as the starting material, (3) a method for producing solifenacin in which a lower alkyl quinuclidinyl carbonate is used as the starting material and (4) a method for producing solifenacin in which phenyltetrahydroisoquinoline-carboxylic acid secondary lower alkyl or tertiary lower alkyl ester is used as the starting material and allowed to react with an alkali metal lower alkoxide. |
| US07829707B2 |
Pyrrolo [3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-one derivatives and their use in therapy
There are disclosed novel compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R12, L, X and Y are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; together with processes for their preparation, compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The compounds are inhibitors of the enzyme MPO and are thereby particularly useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of neuroinflammatory disorders, cardiovascular disorders and respiratory disorders. |
| US07829702B2 |
Racemic separation of 2,6-trans-dimethymorpholine
A process for preparing optically active trans-2,6-dimethylmorpholine by (i) reacting racemic trans-2,6-dimethylmorpholine with D-mandelic acid, (ii) removing the salt formed from D-mandelic acid and one enantiomer of trans-2,6-dimethylmorpholine from the other enantiomer of trans-2,6-dimethylmorpholine and (iii) isolating the desired optically active trans-2,6-dimethylmorpholine. |
| US07829695B2 |
Specific GRP78 expression-inhibition RNAi sequence, medicine thereof and method thereof
The present invention discloses a specific GRP78 expression-inhibition RNAi sequence, a medicine thereof and a method thereof, wherein an RNAi sequence 5′-AAGGATGGTTAATGATGCTGAGAA-3′ complementary to GRP78 forms a special hair-pin structure inside cancer cells to specifically and effectively inhibit GRP78 expression and then inhibit the canceration process, including the growth, migration, invasion, and metastasis of cancer. |
| US07829694B2 |
Treatment of neurodegenerative disease through intracranial delivery of siRNA
The present invention provides devices, small interfering RNA, and methods for treating a neurodegenerative disorder comprising the steps of surgically implanting a catheter so that a discharge portion of the catheter lies adjacent to a predetermined infusion site in a brain, and discharging through the discharge portion of the catheter a predetermined dosage of at least one substance capable of inhibiting production of at least one neurodegenerative protein. The present invention also provides valuable small interfering RNA vectors, and methods for treating neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, and/or dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy. |
| US07829693B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting expression of a target gene
The present invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) having a nucleotide sequence which is substantially identical to at least a part of a target gene and which is no more than 49, preferably less than 25, nucleotides in length, and which comprises a complementary (antisense) RNA strand having a 1 to 4 nucleotide overhang at the 3′-end and a blunt 5′-end. The invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the dsRNA and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The pharmaceutical compositions are useful for inhibiting the expression of a target gene, as well as for treating diseases caused by expression of the target gene, at low dosages (i.e., less than 5 milligrams, preferably less than 25 micrograms, per kg body weight per day). The invention also relates to methods for inhibiting the expression of a target gene, as well as methods for treating diseases caused by the expression of the gene. |
| US07829692B2 |
Primer composition and a kit useful for the identification of phyllanthus
The present invention relates to an oligonucleotide primer set useful for the identification of Phyllanthus at species level, and more particularly, it relates to an oligonucleotide primer set useful for the identification of Phyllanthus species selected from the group of 4 specific primer sets and also the invention is directed to a kit useful for the identification of different species of Phyllanthus from a mixture. |
| US07829690B2 |
Regulatory DNA elements from Agrobacterium vitis S4
Non-coding regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from a nopaline synthase gene and vitopine synthase gene of Agrobacterium vitis are useful for expressing transgenes in plants. |
| US07829689B2 |
Regulation of translation of heterologously expressed genes
The present invention pertains to a method of expressing a protein of interest, preferably a heterologous protein, in preferably a plant. In a preferred embodiment said plant is a doubled haploid homozygous transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plant silenced for Ntp303. Furthermore, the invention relates to said plant with or without nucleic acid constructs according to the invention. Propagation, harvest and tissue material of said transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plant is also a part of the invention. |
| US07829688B2 |
Peptides of CaV2.2 that inhibit pain
The present invention relates to peptides of CaV2.2 and their use in the treatment of pain. The sequence of the peptides is derived from the C-terminus of CaV2.2. and is believed to inhibit the interaction of CaV2.2 with Mint1-PDZ1. The invention is related to use of this peptide to treat pain and to use of this peptide in binding reaction with int-PDZ to screen for small molecules that can inhibit pain. |
| US07829685B2 |
Regulation of kinase, regulated in COPD kinase (RC kinase)
Reagents which regulate human RC Kinase activity and reagents which bind to human RC Kinase gene products can be used to regulate this protein for therapeutic effects. Such regulation is particularly useful for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, cancer, and diseases in which cell signaling is defective. |
| US07829684B2 |
Methods for producing soluble membrane-spanning proteins
Methods for producing membrane-spanning polypeptides in high yields, with native conformation, and/or in soluble form include solubilizing in non-ionic or zwitterionic detergents, as well as use of promoters and expression vectors for expressing high yields of membrane-spanning polypeptides in bacterial cells. Mutated promoters provide tight control of membrane-spanning polypeptides in bacterial cell hosts. |
| US07829679B2 |
Mucin-type glycoprotein and use thereof
Provided is a novel mucin-type glycoprotein and a method for producing the same. Specifically, a mucin-type glycoprotein having a repeat structure including 3 to 2000 repeating units each having an amino acid sequence represented by the formula I: Val-Xaa-Glu-Thr-Thr-Ala-Ala-Pro [wherein Xaa represents Val or Ile] (SEQ ID NO: 1), wherein one or more amino acid residues in the structure are bound to a sugar chain of one or more monosaccharides. Also provided is a composition containing the novel mucin-type glycoprotein. Further provided is a molecular weight marker containing the novel mucin-type glycoprotein. |
| US07829677B2 |
Antibodies that recognize hyperproliferative cells and methods of making and using same
The invention relates to antibodies that bind to antigens, such as antigens associated with hyperproliferating cells, and methods of treating hyperproliferative disorders. The invention antibodies are useful for treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as neoplasia. |
| US07829664B2 |
Modified nucleotide sequence encoding glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), nucleic acid construct comprising same for production of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), human cells comprising said construct and insulin-producing constructs, and methods of use thereof
An isolated chimeric GLP-1 nucleic acid sequence encoding a human pro-insulin leader, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), and a furin cleavable site between the human pro-insulin leader sequence and the GLP-1 is provided. Also provided is an isolated modified chimeric GLP-1 nucleic acid sequence encoding a human pro-insulin leader, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), and a furin cleavable site between the human pro-insulin leader sequence and the GLP-1. Recombinant expression vectors comprising the chimeric GLP-1 nucleic acid sequences, which produce GLP-1 constitutively are provided, as are human cells transfected with such an expression vector in combination with an expression vector comprising a proinsulin nucleic acid sequence and an expression vector comprising a furin and a glucose-regulatable TGF-alpha promoter. Methods of producing human GLP-1 constitutively are provided as are method of producing GLP-1 and insulin or in a glucose-dependent manner using such transfected cells. Methods of treating a subject having Type II diabetes and methods of treating a subject prone to hyperglycemia or suffering from hyperglycemia are provided in which transfected cells produce human GLP-1 and insulin in a glucose-dependent manner. Also provided are methods of reducing weight in a subject by implanting into the subject transfected cells which produce human GLP-1 and insulin in a glucose-dependent manner. |
| US07829659B2 |
Methods of modifying polypeptides comprising non-natural amino acids
The invention provides compositions and methods of identifying, modifying and producing modified target molecules, including therapeutic molecules by modification with non-natural amino acids. Certain aspects of the invention include methods of adding a chemical moiety to a target molecule, and the compositions resulting therefrom. Certain aspects of the invention also relate to kits for identifying, modifying and producing modified target molecules described herein. |
| US07829658B2 |
Mono-, oligo- and polymers of thienothiazole
The invention relates to novel mono-, oligo- and polymeric compounds comprising thienothiazole groups, to their use as semiconductors or charge transport materials, in optical, electro-optical or electronic devices, and to optical, electro-optical or electronic devices comprising the novel compounds. |
| US07829657B2 |
Polycationically charged polymer and the use of the same as a carrier for nucleic acid
Disclosed is a composition for the delivery of nucleic acid to target cells or tissues, which comprises a polycationically charged polymer as a carrier of nucleic acid. The polycationically charged polymer is a polymer which may comprise a charged polymer segment having a main chain based on poly(amino acid), polysaccharide, polyester, polyether, polyurethane or vinyl polymer and having, as a side chain, a group of formula —NH—(CH2)a—(NH(CH2)2)e—NH2 (wherein a and e independently denote an integer of 1 to 5) which is connected to the main chain either directly or via a linker. The disclosed composition has low toxicity, and has a high efficiency in introducing nucleic acid into cells. |
| US07829656B2 |
Solid phase polymerization catalyst system
The invention is a method for making condensation polymers, such as polyethylene terephthalate polyester. The method includes introducing a catalyst system, which includes a coordination catalyst component and an acid component, to a polycondensation reaction. |
| US07829653B2 |
Horizontal trayed reactor
A horizontal trayed reactor operable to facilitate a chemical reaction in a reaction medium flowing therethrough. The reactor can include a plurality of vertically spaced trays disposed within the horizontally elongated vessel shell. The reaction medium can flow in generally opposite directions on vertically adjacent trays so that the reaction medium flows generally back-and-forth through the reactor. |
| US07829648B2 |
Silicone gel composition
Provided is a silicone gel composition including (A) an organopolysiloxane containing at least one alkenyl group bonded to a silicon atom within each molecule, represented by an average composition formula: RaR1bSiO(4-a-b)/2 (wherein, each R group represents, independently, an alkenyl group, each R1 group represents, independently, an unsubstituted or substituted monovalent hydrocarbon group that contains no aliphatic unsaturated bonds, a represents a positive number from 0.0001 to 0.2, b represents a positive number from 1.7 to 2.2, and a+b represents a number within a range from 1.9 to 2.4), (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least two hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms within each molecule, and (C) a platinum-based catalyst. Also provided is the silicone gel composition stated above, in which a penetration value of a cured product of this composition, as defined in JIS K2220, is within a range from 20 to 200. The silicone gel composition generates a silicone gel cured product which displays a low elastic modulus and low stress, and suffers no oil bleeding over time. |
| US07829644B2 |
Gel-forming reagents and uses thereof for preparing microarrays
New gel-forming reagents including monomers and cross-linkers, which can be applied to gel-drop microarray manufacturing by using co-polymerization approaches are disclosed. Compositions for the preparation of co-polymerization mixtures with new gel-forming monomers and cross-linker reagents are described herein. New co-polymerization compositions and cross-linkers with variable length linker groups between unsaturated C═C bonds that participate in the formation of gel networks are disclosed. |
| US07829642B2 |
Polymerization catalyst composition for polymerization of isoprene compound
3,4-isoprene-based polymer having high isotacticity can be produced by polymerizing an isoprene compound using a complex represented by the general formula (A) and a catalyst activator: wherein R1 and R2 independently represent an alkyl group, a cyclohexyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group; R3 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an aliphatic, aromatic or cyclic amino group, a phosphino group, a boryl group, an alkylthio or arylthio group, or an alkoxy or aryloxy group; M represents a rare earth element selected from Sc, Y, and La to Lu with promethium (Pm) excluded; Q1 and Q2 independently represent a monoanionic ligand; L represents a neutral Lewis base; and w represents an integer of 0 to 3. |
| US07829641B2 |
Process for the preparation of multimodal polyethylene resins
A two-stage cascade polymerization process for the production of multimodal polyethylene film resins with improved bubble stability is provided. The process comprises polymerizing ethylene or a mixture of ethylene and a C4-8 α-olefin in two reactors arranged in series using a mixed single-site catalyst comprised of a bridged and a non-bridged indenoindolyl transition metal complex to form a multimodal polyethylene resin comprised of a lower molecular weight, higher density component and a higher molecular weight, lower density component. |
| US07829639B2 |
Composition for conductive layers in electronic devices
A composition for conductive materials comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (A1): wherein: R1 is the same or different and each independently represents a C2-C8 straight-chain alkyl group; R2 is the same or different and each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group; Y represents a group containing at least one substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring, or substituted or unsubstituted heterocyle; and X1 is the same or different and each represents a substituent represented by the following general formula (A2): wherein n1 is an integer of from 2 to 8. |
| US07829636B2 |
Polymers for bitumen modification & other uses
The embodiments herein relate to a method of synthesizing new improved reactive terpolymer, S-MMA-X (styrene/modified maleic anhydride/X) wherein X is any type of polymers. The method involves synthesizing styrene-modified maleic anhydride complex (SMMA) with the ability to react with all kinds of polymers to produce new reactive terpolymer with formation of nano particles inside them. The nanoparticle formations improve the physio-chemical, thermal and mechanical properties of the newly formed reactive terpolymer when compared to natural rubber, their derivatives, EPDM or other known polymer etc. Depending on the property of the end product polymers produced by the invention, the end use can be varied. In one embodiment, the polymer X is natural rubber (NR) and the end product terpolymer is used as bitumen modifier. In another embodiment, the polymer X is ethylene-propylene diene monomer (EPDM) and the end product terpolymer behaves like a smart particle and absorbs oil and water contaminants. |
| US07829634B2 |
Scorch-delaying composition
The invention relates to scorch prevention and, more specifically, to a composition which comprises a nitroxide and at least one organic peroxide and which can be used to delay scorching prior to crosslinking of thermoplastic compositions and/or elastomers. The invention also relates to a crosslinkable composition and to a crosslinking method. |
| US07829633B2 |
Method for the production of a packaging made of thermoformable film having high thermal stability and a vapour barrier
A process for producing packaging composed of thermoformable film composed of thermoplastic polyolefins provides the thermoforming of the film at temperatures in the range from 70 to 170° C., thus giving packaging which has a high heat distortion temperature in the range from 60 to 200° C. and which has a high water-vapor barrier. The thermoformable film comprises an amount in the range from 5 to 100% by weight of COC with a glass transition temperature Tg in the range from 65 to 200° C. |
| US07829629B2 |
Flame retardant polymer composition
A polymer composition includes a rubber modified vinyl resin, a polyphenylene ether resin, a cyclic alkyl phosphate compound, and an aromatic phosphate ester. In some embodiments, the cyclic alkyl phosphate compound is able to impart good flame retardancy to the composition and thermal resistance to the polymer composition. |
| US07829628B2 |
Colorant concentrates for thermoplastic biofiber composites
Color concentrates for thermoplastic biofiber composites are disclosed. The concentrates employ three factors to achieve concentrated delivery of color to the processing machine and excellent and substantially uniform dispersion of color in the processing machine: melt flow of the concentrate exceeding at least 4 g/10 min. using ASTM D-1238; pellet size of the concentrate such that at least 50 pellets weigh less than one gram; and weight percent of the colorant ingredients in the concentrate exceeding at least 30 weight percent. |
| US07829626B2 |
Aqueous compositions comprising polymeric duller particle
The present invention provides aqueous matte coating compositions comprising a binder component B) and a polymeric duller component A) composed of particles of one or more multi-stage copolymer or single stage crosslinked (co)polymer, e.g. crosslinked t-butyl (meth)acrylate, the duller component particles A) having an average diameter of 1-20 μm. Components A) and B) are compatible. Preferably, the duller component A) is acrylic; more preferably, components A) and B) are acrylic. The aqueous compositions provide matte coatings having haptic or feel (soft touch) properties, film and appearance properties, including burnish resistance and low color loss. |
| US07829625B2 |
Phase-separated dielectric structure fabrication process
A process for fabricating an electronic device including: depositing a layer comprising a semiconductor; liquid depositing a dielectric composition comprising a lower-k dielectric material, a higher-k dielectric material, and a liquid, wherein the lower-k dielectric material and the higher-k dielectric material are not phase separated prior to the liquid depositing; and causing phase separation of the lower-k dielectric material and the higher-k dielectric material to form a phase-separated dielectric structure wherein the lower-k dielectric material is in a higher concentration than the higher-k dielectric material in a region of the dielectric structure closest to the layer comprising the semiconductor, wherein the depositing the layer comprising the semiconductor is prior to the liquid depositing the dielectric composition or subsequent to the causing phase separation. |
| US07829623B2 |
Thermoplastic vulcanizates having improved fabricability
A TPV composition having improved fabricability and surface appearance is achieved by a process for preparing a thermoplastic vulcanizate composition having a dispersed, cross-linked rubber phase in a continuous thermoplastic polypropylene phase comprising: a) providing into melt processing equipment at least the following components; i) at least one thermoplastic polypropylene homopolymer or copolymer having a melt temperature greater than 120° C.; ii) 6-12 wt. %, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic vulcanizate composition, at least one propylene copolymer having from 7 to 30 wt. % ethylene, based upon the weight of the random propylene copolymer, and a melting point less than 120° C.; iii) at least one cross-linkable rubber, where, if including an ethylene copolymer rubber, said copolymer rubber having equal to or more than 40 wt. % the total copolymer rubber weight; b) melt processing the blend of i), ii), and iii) of a); c) dynamically vulcanizing the cross-linkable rubber iii) in the presence of the thermoplastic i) and random copolymer ii); and d) removing a thermoplastic vulcanizate product of c) from the melt processing equipment, wherein the dispersed, cross-linked rubber phase of the product thermoplastic vulcanizate d) consists of particles having an effective diameter not greater than 2 millimicrons. |
| US07829619B2 |
Flame-retardant filler for plastics
The invention relates to a flame-retardant filler based on aluminium hydroxide, its use in polymers and a method for its production, in which aluminium hydroxide in the form of bayerite or a bayerite/gibbsite mixture is modified under pressure at temperatures of at least 170° C. in the presence of water and crystal growth regulator, the aluminium hydroxide used as starting material having an average particle size d50 from 0.1 to 4 μm. |
| US07829609B2 |
Composition, article and their production method, and film and its production method
A composition comprising an organic crystal having a minor axis length of from 3 to 100 nm and a major axis length of from 10 to 2,000 nm and a matrix material, wherein the organic crystal satisfies that (1) a surfactant is adsorbed on the organic crystal, (2) an inorganic ion is adsorbed on the organic crystal, (3) silicon oxide, titanium oxide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, barium oxide or hydroxyapatite is bonded with the organic crystal, or (4) the organic crystal is modified with a group represented by the following formula (1): wherein L1 represents —O—, —S—, —CO— or others, n is 0 to 4, and R1 represents an organic group. |
| US07829604B2 |
Golf ball
The invention provides a golf ball composed of a hot-molded material obtained by vulcanizing a rubber composition made primarily of a base rubber and an unsaturated carboxylic acid or salt thereof, wherein the rubber composition additionally includes a vulcanized rubber powder from which soluble ingredients have been removed by liquid washing. The golf ball of the invention is able to increase the hardness (deflection) of the core and has an excellent durability, in addition to which it effectively re-uses vulcanized rubber powder that is a waste material and so is industrially beneficial by lowering manufacturing costs and reducing the burden on the environment. |
| US07829602B2 |
Process and apparatus for converting natural gas to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons using microchannel process technology
The disclosed invention relates to a process and apparatus for converting natural gas to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons. The process includes steam reforming to form synthesis gas followed by a Fischer-Tropsch reaction to convert the synthesis gas to the high molecular weight hydrocarbons. The reforming and Fischer-Tropsch reactions are conducted in microchannel reactors. The higher molecular weight hydrocarbons may be further treated to form hydrocarbon products such as middle distillate fuels, lubricating oils, and the like. The apparatus includes vessels containing SMR microchannel reactors and Fischer-Tropsch microchannel reactors. A composition comprising a mixture of olefins and paraffins is disclosed. |
| US07829600B1 |
Alkenyl succinic acid anhydride half ester emulsifier
The present invention relates to a starch emulsifier product prepared by sufficiently solubilizing a starch and subsequently sufficiently derivatizing the sufficiently solubilized starch product, in one embodiment by reacting the sufficiently solubilized starch with an alkenyl succinic anhydride. Such starch emulsifier products are useful as emulsifying and/or encapsulating agents, particularly in systems where high load and retention of the active ingredient, low surface oil exposure, and excellent oxidation resistance is desired. |
| US07829596B2 |
Methods of treatment
A method of treating weight loss due to underlying disease in a patient, the method comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of an agent which reduces sympathetic nervous system activity. A method of treating weight loss due to underlying disease in a patient, the method comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of any one or more of the following: a compound which inhibits the effect of aldosterone such as an aldosterone antagonist; a chymase inhibitor; a cathepsin B inhibitor; a β receptor blocker; an imidazoline receptor antagonist; a centrally acting α receptor antagonist; a peripherally acting α receptor antagonist; a ganglion blocking agent; a drug that has an effect on cardiovascular reflexes and thereby reduces SNS activity such as an opiate; scopolamine; an endothelin receptor antagonist; and a xanthine oxidize inhibitor. The methods are particularly useful in treating cardiac cachexia. |
| US07829592B2 |
Catechol protected levodopa diester prodrugs, compositions, and methods of use
Catechol protected levodopa diester prodrugs pharmaceutical, compositions comprising catechol protected levodopa diester prodrugs, and methods of using such prodrugs and pharmaceutical compositions for treating diseases such as Parkinson's disease are provided. |
| US07829591B2 |
Flavanone compound and uses thereof
Each of an antioxidant, an antimicrobial agent, an antitumor agent, a food and beverage product, cosmetics, a quasi-drug and a pharmaceutical of the present invention contains a new flavanone compound represented by the following structural formula: Alternatively, each of an antioxidant, an antimicrobial agent, an antitumor agent, a food and beverage product, cosmetics, a quasi-drug and a pharmaceutical of the present invention contains at least one flavanone compound selected from the group consisting of nymphaeol-A, nymphaeol-B, and nymphaeol-C. |
| US07829584B2 |
Pyridines and pyridine N-oxides as modulators of thrombin
The present invention describes compounds of Formula I: wherein W, X, Y, Z, and Q are defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the prophylaxis, or treatment of diseases and conditions related to thrombin activity in a mammal. |
| US07829582B2 |
Piperidinyl substituted pyrrolidinones as inhibitors of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1
The present invention discloses novel compounds of Formula I: having 11β-HSD type 1 antagonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, as well as methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, metabolic syndrome, and other conditions associated with 11β-HSD type 1 activity. |
| US07829570B2 |
Substituted 4-amino isoxazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidines as kinase inhibitors
The present application is directed to compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined herein, which are useful as kinase inhibitors. |
| US07829565B2 |
Indole derivatives as serotonin reuptake inhibitors
Compounds of the formula (I), the use thereof for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases associated with the serotonin receptor and/or serotonin reuptake, in particular for the preparation of a medicament as anxiolytic, antidepressant, neuroleptic and/or antihypertonic and/or for positively influencing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), sleeping disorders, tardive dyskinesia, learning disorders, age-dependent memory disorders, eating disorders, such as bulimia, and/or sexual dysfunctions. The compounds bind to the 5-HT1A receptor. |
| US07829563B2 |
Aminoamides as orexin antagonists
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, n, and R1 to R8 are as defined herein and to pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salts, optically pure enantiomers, racemates or diastereomeric mixtures thereof. These compounds are orexin receptor antagonists and may be useful in the treatment of disorders, in which orexin pathways are involved, like sleep disorders. |
| US07829560B2 |
1,4-disubstituted naphthalenes as inhibitors of P38 MAP kinase
1,4 disubstituted napthylenes, of formula (I), are disclosed. These compounds may be useful in treating cell-proliferative diseases. |
| US07829559B2 |
Substituted pyrazole sigma receptor antagonists
The invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the sigma receptor, and more particularly to pyrazole derivatives of formula (I) and to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use therapy and prophylaxis, in particular for the treatment of psychosis or pain. |
| US07829555B1 |
Drug targeting
The invention provides a method of targeting a drug to areas of hypoxic and/or ischemic tissue within the body in which the desired drug species is linked to a non-cytotoxic bioreductive carrier. Also provided by the invention are novel bioreductive conjugates comprising a non-cytotoxic bioreductive moiety with linked-thereto at least one therapeutic agent. The compounds of the invention are particularly suitable for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other arthritic conditions, diabetes, atherosclerosis, stroke, sepsis, Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders, cancer, kidney disease, digestive diseases, liver disease, chronic periodontitis or ischemia following tissue transplantation. |
| US07829553B2 |
Nitric oxide-releasing polymers
This invention relates to compositions comprising carbon-based diazeniumdiolates attached to hydrophobic polymers that releases nitric oxide (NO). The carbon-based diazeniumdiolated polymers release NO spontaneously under physiological conditions without subsequent nitrosamine formation. The present invention also relates to methods of preparing the carbon-based diazeniumdiolated polymers, compositions comprising such polymers, methods of using such compositions, and devices employing such polymer compositions. |
| US07829548B2 |
Compounds useful in the treatment of HIV
There is provided inter alia use of 2′,3′-dideoxy-3′-hydroxymethylcytidine or a prodrug or salt thereof in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of HIV infection wherein the reverse transcriptase of the HIV bears at least one mutation that allows an obligate chain terminating nucleoside- or nucleotide phosphate to be excised from the nascent DNA strand by ATP- or pyrophosphate-mediated excision. |
| US07829545B2 |
Method of treating bladder and lower urinary tract syndromes
The present invention relates to bladder and lower urinary tract syndromes, particularly, irrative symptoms, and to a method of treating same using α1d-adrenergic receptor (α1dAR) antagonists. The invention further relates to a method of screening compounds for their ability to serve as α1dAR selective antagonists. |
| US07829541B2 |
Compounds and methods for reducing undesired toxicity of chemotherapeutic agents
Novel compositions and formulations are disclosed that have use as toxicity-reducing agents for various chemotherapeutic agents and as treatment for certain diseases and conditions. The compositions of matter are amino acid and peptide heteroconjugated disulfides of 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate sodium. |
| US07829539B2 |
Compounds and methods for reducing undesired toxicity of chemotherapeutic agents
Novel compositions and formulations are disclosed that have use as toxicity-reducing agents for various chemotherapeutic agents and as treatment for certain diseases and conditions. The compositions of matter are amino acid and peptide heteroconjugated disulfides of 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate sodium. |
| US07829537B2 |
Receptor associated protein (RAP) conjugates
The present invention is directed to a methods and compositions for receptor mediated drug delivery, particularly across the blood-brain barrier. |
| US07829533B2 |
Cyclosporin analog formulations
The present invention relates to formulations containing cyclosporin analogs that are structurally similar to cyclosporin A, in particular isomeric mixtures of cyclosporin analogs that are structurally similar to cyclosporin A. The formulations form stable microemulsion preconcentrates and may provide superior drug bioavailability and/or may reduce one or more adverse effects associated with the administration of cyclosporin. Also disclosed are methods for using and preparing the formulations. |
| US07829531B2 |
Drug conjugates and their use for treating cancer, an autoimmune disease or an infectious disease
Drug-Linker-Ligand Conjugates are disclosed in which a Drug is linked to a Ligand via a peptide-based Linker unit. In one embodiment, the Ligand is an Antibody. Drug-Linker compounds and Drug compounds are also disclosed. Methods for treating cancer, an autoimmune disease or an infectious disease using the compounds and compositions of the invention are also disclosed. |
| US07829529B2 |
Use of factor VIIa or a tissue factor antagonist for regulating gene expression and cell migration or chemotaxis
The present invention relates to use of FVII and/or FVIIa and/or another TF agonist and/or FVIIai and/or another TF antagonist in therapeutic treatment of pathological conditions that can be related to cell migration or treated by specific regulation of cell migration or chemotaxis. |
| US07829522B2 |
Odorizing mixture for an odorless gas fuel
Composition which can be used in particular as odorant for a gaseous fuel, more particularly natural gas, comprising: from 0.1 to 49.9% of an alkyl sulphide (I) of formula: R1—S—R2 in which R1 and R2, which are identical or different, represent: an alkyl radical comprising from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; or R1 and R2, taken with the sulphur atom to which they are attached, represent a saturated or unsaturated ring comprising from 3 to 5 carbon atoms which is optionally substituted by a C1-C4 alkyl or C1-C4 alkenyl radical; from 50 to 99.8% of an alkyl acrylate (II), the alkyl radical of which comprises from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, preferably from 1 to 8; from 0.001 to 0.1 part by weight of a compound (III) which inhibits the polymerization of the alkyl acrylate (II). |
| US07829521B2 |
Surfactant composition method for production thereof and cosmetic comprising said composition
The invention relates to surfactant compositions made from esters or amides of the betaine glycine, produced by reaction of the glycine betaine with a sulphonic acid and an alcohol or a fatty-chain amine derived from vegetable oils. The invention further relates to a cosmetic comprising said surfactant composition, in particular, liquid soap, bath foam, shower gel or shampoo. |
| US07829520B1 |
Aqueous based chemical and biological warfare decontaminating system for extreme temperature applications
The current invention encompasses a microemulsion having environmentally safe components, the microemulsion exhibiting optical clarity and stability over a wide range of temperatures. The microemulsion also forms a part of a decontaminant solution for treating chemical and biological contaminant agents, the solution preferably containing peroxycarboxylic acids generated from solids as the primary decontamination agent. The solution is a single phase emulsion that is both stable and effective over a broad range of temperatures, the range extending well below 0° C. There is also disclosed a microemulsion decontaminate solution having components that stabilize the included solid and peroxycarboxylic acids. |
| US07829517B2 |
Detergent composition comprising non-ionic detersive surfactant mixture and reactive dye mixture
The present invention relates to a solid laundry detergent composition comprising non-ionic detersive surfactant and reactive dye. |
| US07829516B2 |
Warewashing composition comprising a Zn/Al corrosion inhibitor for use in automatic dishwashing machines
A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use composition having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. The relative amounts of the source of zinc ion and the source of aluminum ion can be controlled to reduce visible filming when the warewashing detergent composition is used in the presence of hard water. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided. |
| US07829515B2 |
Method of signalling temperature and/or benefit agent release using bar composition comprising thermochromic pigment or dye
The invention relates to method of signaling temperature and/or benefit agent release using bar compositions comprising thermochromatic pigment or dye. In a preferred embodiment, the pigment is introduced in the form of a separate domain (e.g., separate chips) which separate chip or chips is combined with a surfactant-containing chips to form the final bar. |
| US07829513B2 |
Organic cleaning composition
An organic cleaning composition includes effective amounts of citric acid, acetic acid and malic acid. The acids are mixed into a carrier. Optionally glycerin and soybean oil may also be added to the mixture. Preferably the acids are mixed with water wherein the water is about ninety-six point five percent (96.5%) to about ninety-seven point five percent (97.5%) by weight of the mixture. |
| US07829510B2 |
Sand aggregating reagents, modified sands, and methods for making and using same
A composition for treating solid materials is disclosed, where the treating compositions coats surfaces or portions of surfaces of the solid materials changing an aggregation or agglomeration propensity of the materials. Treated solid materials are also disclosed. The methods and treated materials are ideally suited for oil field applications. |
| US07829508B2 |
Methods and compositions of controlling the rheology of a diutan-containing well treatment fluid at high temperatures
The invention provides a method for treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, the method comprising the steps of formulating a treatment fluid and introducing the treatment fluid through the wellbore. The treatment fluid comprises water; diutan; and a sufficient amount of salt to increase the density of the treatment fluid to at least 8.5 lb/gal, wherein at least 50% by weight of the salt is selected from the group consisting of: bromide salts, non-bromide salts having a higher salting-in effect than bromide according to the Hofmeister series as measured by the salt's effect on the cloud point of poly(ethylene oxide) that has a molecular weight of 4×106, and any combination in any proportion thereof. The invention also provides a treatment fluid for use in a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, the treatment fluid comprising: water; diutan; and a sufficient amount of salt to increase the density of the treatment fluid to at least 8.5 lb/gal, wherein at least 50% by weight of the salt is selected from the group consisting of: bromide salts, non-bromide salts having a higher salting-in effect than bromide according to the Hofmeister series as measured by the salt's effect on the cloud point of poly(ethylene oxide) that has a molecular weight of 4.106, and any combination in any proportion thereof. |
| US07829504B2 |
Carbon nanotube binding peptides
Peptides have been generated that have binding affinity to carbon nanostructures and particularly carbon nanotubes. Peptides of or the invention are generally about twelve amino acids in length. Methods for generating carbon nanotube binding peptides are also disclosed. |
| US07829503B2 |
Methods of identifying compounds that target tRNA splicing endonuclease and uses of said compounds as anti-fungal agents
The present invention relates to a method for screening and identifying compounds that modulate the activity of a fungal tRNA splicing endonuclease. In particular, the invention provides assays for the identification of compounds that inhibit or reduce the activity of a fungal tRNA splicing endonuclease. The methods of the present invention provide a simple, sensitive assay for high-throughput screening of libraries of compounds to identify pharmaceutical leads useful for preventing, treating, managing and/or ameliorating a fungal infection or fungal infestation or one or more symptoms thereof. |
| US07829500B2 |
Plant-activating agent
The present invention provides a plant-activating agent for improving the activity of plants efficiently without a chemical injury onto the plant. The plant-activating agent is selected from the group consisting of (1) an organic acid derivative which is derived from the organic acid having two functional groups and wherein at least one of the above-mentioned functional groups is bonded to a group containing 1 to 30 carbon atoms; (2) a compound represented by the formula (II): RCOO(AO)nX1 (II) wherein R represents an alkyl or alkenyl group having 11 to 29 carbon atoms; X1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or acyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, or a counter ion; AO represents at least one group selected from oxyethylene, oxyprolylene and oxybutylene groups and may be random or block; and n represents an average number of moles added and is zero to 30; and (3) a glycerol derivative. If necessary, the agent is used together with a surfactant, a fertilizer component or a chelating agent. |
| US07829498B2 |
Hard coat and image receiving layer structures for identification documents
The invention provides hard coat and image receiving layer structures and related methods used in ID document production. These structures and methods provide ID documents that offer hard protection in areas where needed (e.g., in optical windows for machine readable data), and also provide image receiving layers for later printing of variable data, such as personalization information of the bearer. Implementations of the structure provide an effective interface between hard coat and image receiving layers that provides enhanced durability in manufacture and field use. |
| US07829484B2 |
Wettable polyester fibers and fabrics
The present invention is aimed at a method of providing wettability to polyester fibers or filaments, to woven or nonwoven fabrics made therefrom and to resultant articles of manufacture. The method comprises melt extruding a mixture comprising a polyester and one or more alkyl metal sulfonates where the metal is Na, Li or K and the alkyl is straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, or is straight or branched chain alkenyl of 2 to 24 carbon atoms. The alkyl metal sulfonates are present from about 0.1% to about 1.9% by weight based on the weight of the polyester. A post treatment step such as an alkaline treatment step is not included. The melt extrusion mixtures do not include certain additives such as polyoxyalkylene compounds, alkylmonoethonolamide compounds, alkyldiethanolamine compounds and polyetheramide compounds. |
| US07829480B2 |
PCB supporting woven fabric and a PCB having the same
The present invention is to provide a printed circuit board (PCB) supporting woven fabric and a PCB having the same. The PCB includes a supporting woven fabric, a filling resin body enveloping the supporting woven fabric and at least one signal trace arranged on the surface of the filling resin body. The supporting woven fabric is made by a number of warp fiberglass strands and weft fiberglass strands interlaced mutually, wherein each of the warp fiberglass strands initially crosses above one weft fiberglass strand to separately form a bump upwardly and passes through under the next at least two weft fiberglass strands. The invention aims to decrease the number of the bumps bulged thereof to make the PCB improved in effectiveness and speed of signal transmission. |
| US07829479B2 |
Fiber-reinforced heat-resistant sound-absorbing material and process for producing the same
A production process which comprises a preform formation step of forming a fiber preform made of silicon carbide short fibers having heat resistance of 1000° C. or greater; a sol-gel preparation step of preparing a sol-gel solution containing a heat resistant compound having heat resistance of 1000° C. or greater; an impregnation-drying-calcination step of impregnating the fiber preform with the sol-gel solution, followed by drying and calcining; and a crystallization step of crystallizing the fiber preform after impregnation, drying and calcination. |
| US07829478B2 |
Consumer scrubbing wipe article and method of making same
A consumer scrubbing wipe article including a nonwoven substrate and a texture layer. The nonwoven substrate has a dry basis weight of less than about 300 g/m2, and thus promotes easy, comfortable handling by a user. The texture layer is a non-crosslinked, abrasive resin-based material that is printed onto at least one surface of the nonwoven substrate. In this regard, the texture layer covers less than an entirety of the substrate surface and extends at least 50 microns outwardly beyond the substrate surface to which it is printed. This characteristic ensures that the scrubbing wipe article has a distinct scrubbyness attribute. |
| US07829475B2 |
Baking method of quartz products, computer program and storage medium
The present invention relates to control of copper contamination to semiconductor substrates upon operation of a heat treatment apparatus which is a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and which is constructed with quartz products having been contaminated with copper when machined. The quartz product is placed in a heating atmosphere on the stage where it is not still used for a heat treatment for semiconductor substrates. Baking gases including a hydrogen chloride gas and a gas for enhancing activity of the hydrogen chloride gas, for example, an oxygen gas, are then supplied to the quartz product. Consequently, the copper concentration in the region from the surface to the 30 μm depth of the quartz product can be controlled below 20 ppb, preferably below 3 ppb. The baking process may be carried out before or after assembling the quartz product into the heat treatment apparatus. |
| US07829474B2 |
Method for arraying nano material and method for fabricating liquid crystal display device using the same
A method for arraying nano material includes preparing a substrate coated with a dispersion solution where nano materials are dispersed and arraying the nano materials in the dispersion solution, in a uniform direction using a charged body. |
| US07829473B2 |
Method for manufacturing memory element
A first conductive layer is formed, a composition layer over the first conductive layer is formed by discharging a composition in which nanoparticles comprising a conductive material covered with an organic material are dispersed in a solvent, and the composition layer is dried. Subsequently, pretreatment is performed in which the organic material covering the nanoparticles, which are positioned on a surface of the composition layer, is decomposed, and then baking is performed. In this manner, a second conductive layer is formed by sintering nanoparticles which are positioned on a surface of the composition layer. A memory layer is formed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer using the nanoparticles covered with the organic materials to which the pretreatment is not performed. |
| US07829472B2 |
Method of forming at least an opening using a tri-layer structure
A method of forming openings is disclosed. A substrate is first provided, and the tri-layer structure is formed on the substrate. The tri-layer structure includes a bottom photoresist layer, a silicon-containing layer and a top photoresist layer form bottom to top. Subsequently, the top photoresist layer is patterned, and the silicon-containing layer is etched by utilizing the top photoresist layer as an etching mask to partially expose the bottom photoresist layer. Next, the partially exposed bottom photoresist layer is etched through two etching steps in turn by utilizing the patterned silicon-containing layer as an etching mask. The first etching step includes an oxygen gas and at least one non-carbon-containing halogen-containing gas, while the second etching step includes at least one halogen-containing gas. The substrate is thereafter etched by utilizing the patterned bottom photoresist layer as an etching mask to form at least an opening in the substrate. |
| US07829470B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A contact hole, after hole etching, is subjected to light etching using a process gas containing a fluorocarbon-based gas and oxygen, with the oxygen being enriched, under condition without applying bias. Then, reaction products (5) having C—F bond and adhered to an interior of a hole (3) are removed using plasma treatment. After that, deposits (4) that have been left at a hole bottom are removed by wet processing. Then, a conductive material is buried in the hole to form a contact plug (7). |
| US07829467B2 |
Method for producing a polished semiconductor
Semiconductor wafers are cut from a crystal and subjected to a series of processing steps in which material is removed from a front side and a rear side of the semiconductor wafers, comprising the following processing steps: a mechanical processing step, an etching step in which the semiconductor wafers are oxidized and material is removed from the front side of the wafers with the aid of a gaseous etchant containing hydrofluoric acid at a temperature of 20 to 70° C., and a polishing step in which the front side of the semiconductor wafer is polished, the processing steps in which the front side of the semiconductor wafer is polished causing material removal which does not amount to more than 5 μm in total. |
| US07829466B2 |
Methods for fabricating FinFET structures having different channel lengths
Methods for fabricating FinFET structures having gate structures of different gate widths are provided. The methods include the formation of sidewall spacers of different thicknesses to define gate structures of the FinFET structures with different gate widths. The width of a sidewall spacer is defined by the height of the structure about which the sidewall spacer is formed, the thickness of the sidewall spacer material layer from which the spacer is formed, and the etch parameters used to etch the sidewall spacer material layer. By forming structures of varying height, forming the sidewall spacer material layer of varying thickness, or a combination of these, sidewall spacers of varying width can be fabricated and subsequently used as an etch mask so that gate structures of varying widths can be formed simultaneously. |
| US07829465B2 |
Method for plasma etching of positively sloped structures
The present invention provides a method of etching features in a substrate. The method comprising the steps of placing the substrate on a substrate support in a vacuum chamber. An alternatingly and repeating process is performed on the substrate until a predetermined trench depth and a predetermined sidewall angle are achieved. One part of the process is a deposition step which is carried out by introducing at least one polymer containing gas into the vacuum chamber. A plasma is ignited from the polymer containing gas which is then used to deposit a polymer on the substrate. The other part of the alternatingly and repeating process is an etching step which is carried out by introducing an etchant containing gas, a polymer containing gas and a scavenger containing gas into the vacuum chamber. A plasma is ignited from the etchant containing gas, the polymer containing gas and the scavenger containing gas which is then used to etch the substrate. |
| US07829462B2 |
Through-wafer vias
A through-wafer via interconnect region is in a circuit portion of a wafer, the circuit portion including at least one electrically conducting metal layer and configured for use, after dicing of the wafer, as one of a plurality of layers stacked vertically to form a three dimensional integrated circuit. Within the metal layer in the circuit portion, the metal is removeably distributed such that the ratio of metal to nonmetal area, within the via region, varies by less than a predetermined amount from the ratio of metal to nonmetal area outside the via region. |
| US07829461B2 |
Method for fabricating semiconductor device
A semiconductor device fabrication method by which the thermal stability of nickel silicide can be improved. Nickel (or a nickel alloy) is formed over a semiconductor substrate on which a gate region, a source region, and a drain region are formed. Dinickel silicide is formed by performing a first annealing step, followed by a selective etching step. By performing a plasma treatment step, plasma which contains hydrogen ions is generated and the hydrogen ions are implanted in the dinickel silicide or the gate region, the source region, and the drain region under the dinickel silicide. The dinickel silicide is phase-transformed into nickel silicide by performing a second annealing step. |
| US07829460B2 |
Method of manufracturing increasing reliability of copper-based metallization structures in a microstructure device by using aluminum nitride
By forming an aluminum nitride layer by a self-limiting process sequence, the interface characteristics of a copper-based metallization layer may be significantly enhanced while nevertheless maintaining the overall permittivity of the layer stack at a lower level. |
| US07829455B2 |
Method for creating barriers for copper diffusion
A barrier layer for a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device comprises a dielectric layer, an electrically conductive copper containing layer, and a barrier layer separating the dielectric layer from the copper containing layer. The barrier layer comprises a silicon oxide layer and a dopant, where the dopant is a divalent ion, which dopes the silicon oxide layer adjacent to the copper containing layer.A method of forming a barrier layer is provided. A silicon oxide layer with a surface is provided. The surface of the silicon oxide layer is doped with a divalent ion to form a barrier layer extending to the surface of the silicon oxide layer. An electrically conductive copper containing layer is formed on the surface of the barrier layer, where the barrier layer prevents diffusion of copper into the substrate. |
| US07829452B2 |
Terminal pad structures and methods of fabricating same
Terminal pads and methods of fabricating terminal pads. The methods including forming a conductive diffusion barrier under a conductive pad in or overlapped by a passivation layer comprised of multiple dielectric layers including diffusion barrier layers. The methods including forming the terminal pads subtractively or by a damascene process. |
| US07829448B1 |
Structure of high electron mobility transistor, a device comprising the structure and a method of producing the same
Disclosed herein are a structure of a metal oxide semiconductor pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (MOS-PHEMT) suitable for use in a semiconductor device, such as a single-pole-double-throw (SPDT) switch of a monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); and a method of producing the same. The MOS-PHEMT structure is characterized in having a gate dielectric layer formed by atomic deposition from a gate dielectric selected from the group consisting of Al2O3, HfO2, La2O3, and ZrO2, and thereby rendering the semiconductor structure comprising the same, such as a high frequency switch device, to have less DC power loss, less insertion loss and better isolation. |
| US07829446B2 |
Method for dividing wafer, method for manufacturing silicon devices, and method for manufacturing liquid ejecting heads
A method for dividing a wafer into a plurality of chips is provided. The method includes providing recesses in a surface of the wafer at positions along boundaries between regions to become the individual chips, providing fragile portions having a predetermined width inside the wafer at positions along the boundaries by irradiation of the other surface of the wafer with a laser beam whose condensing point is placed inside the wafer, the fragile portions including connected portions at least at one of the surfaces of the wafer, and dividing the wafer at the fragile portions into the individual chips by applying an external force to the wafer. |
| US07829445B2 |
Method of manufacturing a flash memory device
Provided may be a method of fabricating a flash memory device having metal nano particles. The method of manufacturing a flash memory device may include forming a metal oxide thin layer on a semiconductor substrate, forming a floating gate of an amorphous metal silicon oxide thin layer by performing a thermal treatment process on the semiconductor substrate where the metal oxide thin layer is formed, and forming metal nano particles in the floating gate by projecting an electron beam on the floating gate, the metal nano particles being surrounded by a silicon oxide layer. |
| US07829444B2 |
Field effect transistor manufacturing method
Provided is a novel method for manufacturing a field effect transistor. Prior to forming an amorphous oxide layer on a substrate, ultraviolet rays are irradiated onto the substrate surface in an ozone atmosphere, plasma is irradiated onto the substrate surface, or the substrate surface is cleaned by a chemical solution containing hydrogen peroxide. |
| US07829440B2 |
Method of separating semiconductor dies
A method for the separation of multiple dies during semiconductor fabrication is described. On an upper surface of a semiconductor wafer containing multiple dies, a seed metal layer may be used to grow hard metal layers above it for handling. Metal may be plated above these metal layers everywhere except where a block of stop electroplating (EP) material exists. The stop EP material may be obliterated, and a barrier layer may be formed above the entire remaining structure. The substrate may be removed, and the individual dies may have any desired bonding pads and/or patterned circuitry added to the semiconductor surface. The remerged hard metal after laser cutting and heating should be strong enough for handling. Tape may be added to the wafer, and a breaker may be used to break the dies apart. The resulting structure may be flipped over, and the tape may be expanded to separate the individual dies. |
| US07829439B2 |
Laser beam processing method for making a semiconductor device
In a laser beam processing apparatus that processes a semiconductor wafer having a multi-layered wiring structure formed thereon, scribe lines defined thereon, and at least one alignment mark formed on any one of the scribe lines, a laser beam generator system generates a laser beam, and a movement system relatively moves the semiconductor wafer with respect to the laser beam such that the semiconductor wafer is irradiated with a laser beam along the scribe lines to partially remove the multi-layered wiring structure from the semiconductor wafer along the scribe lines. An irradiation control system controls the irradiation of the semiconductor wafer with the laser beam along the scribe lines such that the alignment mark is left on the scribe line. |
| US07829434B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor wafer
To provide a method for manufacturing an SOI substrate having a single crystal semiconductor layer having a small and uniform thickness over an insulating film. Further, time of adding hydrogen ions is reduced and time of manufacture per SOI substrate is reduced. A bond layer is formed over a surface of a first semiconductor wafer and a separation layer is formed below the bond layer by irradiating the first semiconductor wafer with H3+ ions by an ion doping apparatus. H3+ ions accelerated by high voltage are separated to be three H+ ions at a semiconductor wafer surface, and the H+ ions cannot enter deeply. Therefore, H+ ions are added into a shallower region in the semiconductor wafer at a higher concentration than the case of using a conventional ion implantation method. |
| US07829433B2 |
SOI substrate and manufacturing method of the same, and semiconductor device
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor substrate is provided, in which a bonding strength can be increased even when a substrate having low heat resistant temperature, e.g., a glass substrate, is used. Heat treatment is conducted at a temperature higher than or equal to a strain point of a support substrate in an oxidation atmosphere containing halogen, so that a surface of a semiconductor substrate is covered with an insulating film. A separation layer is formed in the semiconductor substrate. A blocking layer is provided. Then, heat treatment is conducted in a state in which the semiconductor substrate and the support substrate are superposed with the silicon oxide film therebetween, at a temperature lower than or equal to the support substrate, so that a part of the semiconductor substrate is separated at the separation layer. In this manner, a single crystal semiconductor layer is formed on the support substrate. |
| US07829431B2 |
Method for manufacturing a SOI with plurality of single crystal substrates
A single-crystal semiconductor layer is provided in a large area over a large-sized glass substrate, whereby a large-scale SOI substrate is obtained. A single-crystal semiconductor substrate provided with an embrittlement layer and a dummy substrate are bonded to each other, and the single-crystal semiconductor substrate is separated at the embrittlement layer as a boundary by heat treatment to form a piece of single-crystal semiconductor over the dummy substrate. The dummy substrate is divided to form a piece of single-crystal semiconductor. The piece of single-crystal semiconductor is bonded to a supporting substrate, and the piece of single-crystal semiconductor is separated from the dummy substrate. Then, a plurality of pieces of single-crystal semiconductor are arranged and transferred to the large-sized glass substrate. |
| US07829430B2 |
Methods for preparing and devices with treated dummy moats
Devices and methods are presented to fabricate dummy moats in an isolation region on a substrate. Presently, dummy moats are prone to losing impedance after the silicidation process. In high-voltage devices, silicided dummy moats reduce the breakdown voltage between active regions, particularly when the dummy moat overlaps or is in close proximity to a junction. The present devices and methods disclose a dummy moat covered with an oxide layer. During the silicidation process, the dummy moat and other designated isolation regions remain non-silicided. Thus, high and stable breakdown voltages are maintained. |
| US07829429B1 |
Semiconductor device having localized insulated block in bulk substrate and related method
One or more trenches can be formed around a first portion of a semiconductor substrate, and an insulating layer can be formed under the first portion of the semiconductor substrate. The one or more trenches and the insulating layer electrically isolate the first portion of the substrate from a second portion of the substrate. The insulating layer can be formed by forming a buried layer in the substrate, such as a silicon germanium layer in a silicon substrate. One or more first trenches through the substrate to the buried layer can be formed, and open spaces can be formed in the buried layer (such as by using an etch selective to silicon germanium over silicon). The one or more first trenches and the open spaces can optionally be filled with insulative material(s). One or more second trenches can be formed and filled to isolate the first portion of the substrate. |
| US07829428B1 |
Method for eliminating a mask layer during thin film resistor manufacturing
A method is disclosed for eliminating a mask layer during the manufacture of thin film resistor circuits. The method of the present invention enables the simultaneous etching of both deep vias and shallow vias using one mask layer instead of two mask layers. A high selectivity film layer of silicon nitride is formed on the ends of a thin film resistor layer. The thickness of the silicon nitride causes the etch time for a shallow via to the thin film resistor to be approximately equal to an etch time for a deep via that is etched through dielectric material to an underlying patterned metal layer. |
| US07829427B2 |
Method of fabricating a high Q factor integrated circuit inductor
A method of forming an inductor. The method including: (a) forming a dielectric layer on a top surface of a substrate; after (a), (b) forming a lower trench in the dielectric layer; after (b), (c) forming a resist layer on a top surface of the dielectric layer; after (c), (d) forming an upper trench in the resist layer, the upper trench aligned to the lower trench, a bottom of the upper trench open to the lower trench; and after (d), (e) completely filling the lower trench and at least partially filling the upper trench with a conductor in order to form the inductor. |
| US07829422B2 |
Integrated circuit having ultralow-K dielectric layer
A device layer is configured to reduce change in stress characteristics due to subsequent processing to reduce cracking of a subsequently formed layer. The change in stress characteristics can be reduced by providing a shield layer over the device layer to protect the device layer from exposure to subsequently processing, such as curing medium used to form voids in an ultralow-k dielectric layer. |
| US07829421B2 |
SOI transistor having an embedded strain layer and a reduced floating body effect and a method for forming the same
By forming a portion of a PN junction within strained silicon/germanium material in SOI transistors with a floating body architecture, the junction leakage may be significantly increased, thereby reducing floating body effects. The positioning of a portion of the PN junction within the strained silicon/germanium material may be accomplished on the basis of implantation and anneal techniques, contrary to conventional approaches in which in situ doped silicon/germanium is epitaxially grown so as to form the deep drain and source regions. Consequently, high drive current capability may be combined with a reduction of floating body effects. |
| US07829417B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor apparatus
A semiconductor apparatus with a superjunction structure includes a gate electrode which fills a trench that is formed in an epitaxial layer, and a column region which is surrounded by the gate electrode in a plane view. A photomask for forming the column region is elaborated. The photomask has a compensation pattern that compensates a deformation of a photo resist pattern caused by photo interference and a deformation of the ion implantation region diffused by heat treatment. Therefore extending direction of the gate electrode and the outer edge of the column region are substantially parallel. |
| US07829415B2 |
Method of fabricating semiconductor device for preventing a pillar pattern from bending and from exposing externally
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of pillar patterns on a substrate, filling a gap between the pillar patterns with a first conductive layer, forming a first hard mask layer pattern over the pillar patterns adjacent in one direction, etching the first conductive layer using the first hard mask layer pattern as an etch barrier, forming a second hard mask pattern over the pillar pattern adjacent in the other direction that crosses the one direction, and forming a gate electrode surrounding the pillar patterns by etching the first conductive layer etched using the second hard mask layer pattern as an etch barrier. |
| US07829409B2 |
Method of manufacturing silicon topological capacitors
In accordance with the present invention, a novel method to fabricate topological capacitors is provided. The fabrication method of the instant invention is based upon a reversed surface topology utilizing deep reactive ion etching to establish conductive capacitive elements and non-conductive capacitive element groups. |
| US07829407B2 |
Method of fabricating a stressed MOSFET by bending SOI region
A semiconductor device including semiconductor material having a bend and a trench feature formed at the bend, and a gate structure at least partially disposed in the trench feature. A method of fabricating a semiconductor structure including forming a semiconductor material with a trench feature over a layer, forming a gate structure at least partially in the trench feature, and bending the semiconductor material such that stress is induced in the semiconductor material in an inversion channel region of the gate structure. |
| US07829404B2 |
Method of making a semiconductor memory array of floating gate memory cells with program/erase and select gates
A memory device, and method of making and operating the same, including a substrate of semiconductor material of a first conductivity type, first and second spaced apart regions in the substrate of a second conductivity type with a channel region therebetween, an electrically conductive floating gate having a first portion disposed over and insulated from the channel region and a second portion disposed over and insulated from the first region and including a sharpened edge, an electrically conductive P/E gate having a first portion disposed over and insulated from the first region and a second portion extending up and over the floating gate second portion and insulated therefrom by a first layer of insulation material, and an electrically conductive select gate having a first portion disposed laterally adjacent to the floating gate and disposed over and insulated from the channel region. |
| US07829400B2 |
Semiconductor device fabrication method and semiconductor device
In fabricating a semiconductor device, an element forming surface formation step of forming a plurality of element forming surfaces of different heights on a semiconductor layer to have different levels, a semiconductor element formation step of forming a plurality of semiconductor elements and, one in each of a corresponding number of regions of the semiconductor layer, each region including an associated one of the plurality of element forming surfaces, a level-difference compensation insulating film formation step of forming a level-difference compensation insulating film on the semiconductor layer to cover the semiconductor elements and have a surface with different levels along the element forming surfaces, a release layer formation step of forming a release layer in the semiconductor layer by ion-implanting a peeling material through the level-difference compensation insulating film into the semiconductor layer, and a separation step of separating part of the semiconductor layer along the release layer are performed. |
| US07829397B2 |
Bottom-gate thin film transistor and method of fabricating the same
A bottom-gate thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer and a microcrystalline silicon layer. The gate electrode is disposed on a substrate. The gate insulating layer is made up of silicon nitride and disposed on the gate electrode and the substrate. The microcrystalline silicon layer is disposed on the gate insulating layer and corresponds to the gate electrode, in which a contact interface between the gate insulating layer and the microcrystalline silicon layer has a plurality of oxygen atoms, and concentration of the oxygen atoms ranges between 1020 atoms/cm3 and 1025 atoms/cm3. A method of fabricating a bottom-gate thin film transistor is also disclosed herein. |
| US07829396B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device and manufacturing apparatus of the same
Instead of forming a semiconductor film by bonding a bond substrate (semiconductor substrate) to a base substrate (supporting substrate) and then separating or cleaving the bond substrate, a bond substrate is separated or cleaved at a plurality of positions to form a plurality of first semiconductor films (mother islands), and then the plurality of first semiconductor films are bonded to a base substrate. Subsequently, the plurality of first semiconductor films each are partially etched, whereby one or more second semiconductor films (islands) are formed using one of the first semiconductor films and a semiconductor element is manufactured using the second semiconductor films. The plurality of first semiconductor films are bonded to the base substrate based on a layout of the second semiconductor films so as to cover at least a region in which the second semiconductor films of the semiconductor element are to be formed. |
| US07829392B2 |
Method for manufacturing fuse box having vertically formed protective film
A method for manufacturing a fuse box of a semiconductor device includes forming an interlayer dielectric film over a semiconductor substrate including a given lower structure; forming a metal line and a fuse over the interlayer dielectric film; forming a first protective film over the resulting structure; etching the first protective film and the fuse at a given depth by a photo-etching process with a repair mask to form an open region; and forming a second protective film vertical to the fuse. |
| US07829390B2 |
Packaging structure of SIP and a manufacturing method thereof
A manufacturing method for a packaging structure of SIP (system in package) includes the following steps. First step is providing a substrate having electronic devices thereon. Second step is covering the electronic devices by a mixture of a molding compound and a conductive polymer precursor so as to form a molding structure, wherein the substrate, the electronic devices and the molding structure forms a collective electronic module. Third step is separating the collective electronic module into a plurality of individual electronic modules. Fourth step is performing a doping step by using a doping element for transforming the conductive polymer precursor in the mixture into a conductive layer near the surface of the molding structure. Therefore, the manufacturing method is optimized for forming a shielding structure of the SIP module. |
| US07829389B2 |
Roll-on encapsulation method for semiconductor packages
A low-viscosity resin is deposited using an apparatus with a movable and heatable wheel and a heater stage. A tape is provided, which includes a layer (140) of an adhesive polymeric resin and a film (141) of an inert plastic compound. The tape is wrapped around the wheel (150) so that the film touches the wheel and the layer faces away from the wheel. The wheel is heated to a temperature high enough to transits the polymeric resin into a low-viscosity state. A substrate strip (110), which has been assembled with a plurality of semiconductor chips (101) connected to the substrate by bonding wires (120), is placed on a station (130) also heated to the transition temperature. The wheel is then moved to roll the low viscosity resin on the chips and wires along the strip, while the inert film is separated. The chips and wires are thus encapsulated. |
| US07829387B2 |
Electronic apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
An electronic apparatus includes metal wiring plates placed together in the same plane to provide a wiring circuit, electronic devices mounted to the wiring plates through a solder, a case having a base portion and columnar portions extending from the base portion. The wiring plates are fixed to the columnar portions such that the wiring circuit is spaced from the base portion. The wiring plates have an enough thickness to resist a large current for operating the electronic devices and to release heat generated by the electronic devices. The wiring circuit is spaced from the base portion of the case so that the heat generated by the electronic devices is released in the space efficiently. The electronic devices are soldered to the wiring plates at once in a thermal reflow process. |
| US07829383B2 |
Supply mechanism for the chuck of an integrated circuit dicing device
A system for dicing substrates to singulate integrated circuit units within in them includes a dicing machine (Z) which operates with a chuck table (4). A lifting assembly (Ax,Ay) deposits substrates to be singulated onto the chuck table (4) at substantially the same time as it removes previously singulated units from the chuck table (4). |
| US07829380B2 |
Solder pillar bumping and a method of making the same
A method of forming flip chip bumps includes forming a plurality of metallization pads on a die. In another step, a structured layer having pores is formed on the die and metallization pads where the pads on the die are exposed through the pores. In yet another step, the die is transferred to a chamber having a liquid metal bath. In another step, a first pressure is created within the chamber followed by dipping the die in the liquid metal bath. In another step, a second pressure is created within the chamber such that liquid metal fills portions of the pores thereby forming metal pillars connected to the pads. |
| US07829379B2 |
Wafer level stacked die packaging
A method of manufacturing semiconductor devices by applying a pattern of adhesive pads on an active surface of a semiconductor wafer, the semiconductor wafer product so made and a stacked die package in which an adhesive wall leaves an air gap atop a bottom die. The wall may be in the form of a ring of adhesive about a central hollow area. The wafer carrying the pattern of adhesive pads on its active surface is singulated into individual dies, each die having an adhesive pad thereon. The bottom die is attached to a base with an adhesive which cures without curing the adhesive pad. |
| US07829378B2 |
Method of manufacturing electronic device, substrate and semiconductor device
A method includes a step of forming a bump 104 having a projection 104B on an electrode pad 103 provided on a semiconductor chip 101, a step of exposing a part of the projection 104B to an upper surface of an insulating layer 105 formed on the semiconductor chip 101, a step of forming a conductive layer 107A on the upper surface of the insulating layer 105 and an exposed part of a tip portion 104D, a step of removing a protruded portion of the conductive layer 107A which is opposed to the tip portion 104D by means of a grinding roll 112, thereby exposing the projection from the conductive layer 107A, and a step of forming a conductive layer 108A through electrolytic plating using the conductive layer 107A as a feeding layer and patterning the conductive layer 108A. |
| US07829377B2 |
Diamond medical devices
Masked and controlled ion implants, coupled with annealing or etching are used in CVD formed single crystal diamond to create structures for both optical applications, nanoelectromechanical device formation, and medical device formation. Ion implantation is employed to deliver one or more atomic species into and beneath the diamond growth surface in order to form an implanted layer with a peak concentration of atoms at a predetermined depth beneath the diamond growth surface. The composition is heated in a non-oxidizing environment under suitable conditions to cause separation of the diamond proximate the implanted layer. Further ion implants may be used in released structures to straighten or curve them as desired. Boron doping may also be utilized to create conductive diamond structures. |
| US07829376B1 |
Methods of forming zinc oxide based II-VI compound semiconductor layers with shallow acceptor conductivities
A p-type ZnO-based II-VI compound semiconductor layer has silver, potassium and/or gold dopants therein at a net p-type dopant concentration of greater than about 1×1017 cm−3. A method of forming the layer includes using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique. This technique includes exposing a substrate to a combination of gases: a first reaction gas containing zinc at a concentration that is repeatedly transitioned between at least two concentration levels during a processing time interval, a second reaction gas containing oxygen and a p-type dopant gas containing at least one p-type dopant species selected from a group consisting of silver, potassium and gold. A concentration of oxygen in the second reaction gas may also be repeatedly transitioned between at least two concentration levels. The concentration of zinc in the first reaction gas and the concentration of oxygen in the second reaction gas may be transitioned in an alternating sequence, so that relatively high zinc concentrations in the first reaction gas overlap with relatively low oxygen concentrations in the second reaction gas and vice versa. |
| US07829375B2 |
Method for manufacturing organic thin film transistor and organic thin film transistor
A method for manufacturing an organic thin film transistor having excellent characteristics by a simple process, and an organic thin film transistor are provided. In a manufacture method of an organic thin film transistor element having a gate electrode, a gate insulation layer, an organic semiconductor layer and a source electrode and a drain electrode on a support, the method is characterized by comprising a step for forming an organic semiconductor precursor layer by applying a solution in which an organic semiconductor precursor is dissolved, and a step for forming an organic semiconductor layer by converting the organic semiconductor precursor to an organic semiconductor by exposing the organic semiconductor precursor layer to a discharging gas in a plasma state. |
| US07829374B2 |
Silicon carbide semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate having a silicon carbide semiconductor layer; a p-type impurity region provided in the silicon carbide semiconductor layer and including a p-type impurity; a p-type ohmic electrode electrically connected to the p-type impurity region; an n-type impurity region provided in the silicon carbide semiconductor layer adjacent to the p-type impurity region, and including an n-type impurity; and an n-type ohmic electrode electrically connected to the n-type impurity region. The p-type ohmic electrode contains an alloy of nickel, aluminum, silicon and carbon, and the n-type ohmic electrode contains an alloy of titanium, silicon and carbon. |
| US07829371B2 |
Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same
An image sensor including an interlayer dielectric layer formed over a semiconductor substrate, a color filter layer formed over the interlayer dielectric layer, a planarization layer formed over the color filter, and a microlens array having a gapless, continuous shape and a multilayered structure formed over the planarization layer. |
| US07829370B2 |
Image sensor and fabricating method thereof
An image sensor and fabricating method thereof which reduces a light intensity differential between a pixel center and a pixel edge and prevents crosstalk. The image sensor can include a plurality of convex lens provided within a passivation layer and in vertical alignment with a corresponding photodiode, each convex lens including a color filter; having a predetermined color array, and a plurality of microlens provided over the passivation layer and in vertical alignment with a corresponding color filer. |
| US07829369B2 |
Methods of forming openings
Some embodiments include methods of forming openings in which a metal-containing structure is formed over a region of a semiconductor substrate. A patterned metal-containing material is formed over the metal-containing structure, with the metal-containing material having a gap extending therethrough. An entirety of the metal-containing structure is removed through the gap to leave an opening over the region of the semiconductor substrate. The region of the semiconductor substrate may comprise CMOS sensors, and one or both of filter material and microlens material may be formed within the opening. |
| US07829367B2 |
Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same
An image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. In the method, a photoresist is formed on a substrate including a photodiode region and a gate electrode opposite to the photodiode region on the basis of the gate electrode. An oxide layer is formed to a specific thickness on both the photodiode region and a part of the gate electrode. The photoresist is removed from the substrate and cleaned. A first oxide film is formed on the substrate, the gate electrode, and the oxide layer remaining on the photodiode region. A nitride film is formed on the first oxide film. And a second oxide film is formed on the nitride film. Blank etching is performed on the first oxide film, the nitride film, and the second oxide film to form a spacer at the side of the gate electrode. |
| US07829365B2 |
Micro electro-mechanical system and method of manufacturing the same
A micro electro-mechanical system, which can be stably formed so as to prevent sticking of a movable part and which has a narrow gap, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The micro electro-mechanical system includes at least one fixed electrode formed above a principal surface of a semiconductor substrate and at least one movable electrode formed on the principal surface. The at least one movable electrode includes the movable part separated from the principal surface and the at least one fixed electrode. The movable part is movable with respect to the principal surface and the at least one fixed electrode. The method of manufacturing the micro electro-mechanical system includes a sacrifical film formation step for forming a sacrifical film above the principal surface, an electrode layer formation step for forming an electrode layer above the principal surface so as to cover over the sacrifical film, an etching step for partially etching the electrode layer via a pattern so as to form the at least one electrode and the at least one fixed electrode, a sacrifical film removal step for removing the sacrifical film, and a conducting film formation step for forming a conducting film on surfaces of the at least one electrode and the at least one fixed electrode. |
| US07829362B2 |
Field-effect transistor, sensor using it, and production method thereof
A sensor which has high measuring sensitivity and is excellent in response is provided by forming a porous film in a sensitive section of a field-effect transistor. It comprises a porous body, which is formed on a sensitive section (here, a gate insulating film) of the field-effect transistor and has cylindrical pores which are formed almost perpendicularly to a substrate, and the field-effect transistor. It uses as a porous film a porous film which is made of a semiconductor material whose main component (except oxygen) is silicon, germanium, or a composite of silicon and germanium, or a porous film made of an insulation material whose main component is silicon oxide, which has pores perpendicular to the substrate. |
| US07829358B2 |
System and method for emitter layer shaping
Embodiments of an LED disclosed has an emitter layer shaped to a controlled depth or height relative to a substrate of the LED to maximize the light output of the LED and to achieve a desired intensity distribution. In some embodiments, the exit face of the LED may be selected to conserve radiance. In some embodiments, shaping the entire LED, including the substrate and sidewalls, or shaping the substrate alone can extract 100% or approximately 100% of the light generated at the emitter layers from the emitter layers. In some embodiments, the total efficiency is at least 90% or above. In some embodiments, the emitter layer can be shaped by etching, mechanical shaping, or a combination of various shaping methods. In some embodiments, only a portion of the emitter layer is shaped to form the tiny emitters. The unshaped portion forms a continuous electrical connection for the LED. |
| US07829357B2 |
Method and test structure for monitoring CMP processes in metallization layers of semiconductor devices
By forming a large metal pad and removing any excess material thereof, a pronounced recessed surface topography may be obtained, which may also affect the further formation of a metallization layer of a semiconductor device, thereby increasing the probability of maintaining metal residues above the recessed surface topography. Consequently, by providing test metal lines in the area of the recessed surface topography, the performance of a respective CMP process may be estimated with increased efficiency. |
| US07829355B2 |
Method for inspecting semiconductor device
A method for inspecting a semiconductor device includes carrying out a first test for inspecting characteristics of semiconductor devices under a shielded (dark) condition to discriminate non-defective devices; and carrying out a second test on the semiconductor devices which have passed the first test as non-defective devices, for inspecting characteristics of the semiconductor devices. The second test is carried out while a predetermined color of light is applied to the semiconductor devices. |
| US07829353B2 |
Pulsed mass flow delivery system and method
A system for delivering a desired mass of gas, including a chamber, a first valve controlling flow into the chamber, a second valve controlling flow out of the chamber, a pressure transducer connected to the chamber, an input device for providing a desired mass to be delivered, and a controller connected to the valves, the pressure transducer and the input device. The controller is programmed to receive the desired mass from the input device, close the second valve and open the first valve, receive chamber pressure measurements from the pressure transducer, and close the inlet valve when pressure within the chamber reaches a predetermined level. The controller is then programmed to wait a predetermined waiting period to allow the gas inside the chamber to approach a state of equilibrium, then open the outlet valve at time=t0, and close the outlet valve at time=t* when the mass of gas discharged equals the desired mass. |
| US07829348B2 |
Raman-active reagents and the use thereof
The present invention provides a new class of Raman-active reagents for use in biological and other applications, as well as methods and kits for their use and manufacture. Each reagent includes a Raman-active reporter molecule, a binding molecule, and a surface enhancing particle capable of causing surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The Raman-active reporter molecule and the binding molecule are affixed to the particle to give both a strong SERS signal and to provide biological functionality, i.e. antigen or drug recognition. The Raman-active reagents can function as an alternative to fluorescence-labeled reagents, with advantages in detection including signal stability, sensitivity, and the ability to simultaneously detect several biological materials. The Raman-active reagents also have a wide range of applications, especially in clinical fields (e.g., immunoassays, imaging, and drug screening). |
| US07829345B1 |
Remote detection of peroxide compounds via laser induced fluorescence
A method for detection of a peroxide-based compound includes directing ultraviolet light from an ultraviolet light source toward a location remote from the ultraviolet light source, where the ultraviolet light induces photodissociation of a peroxide-based compound located at the remote source into hydroxyl radicals and excitation of the hydroxyl radicals to fluoresce, capturing any fluorescence from the remote location that has been induced by the ultraviolet light directed from the ultraviolet light source toward the remote location, and analyzing the fluorescence that has been captured from the remote location to determine the presence of the peroxide-based compound at the remote location. A system for detection of a peroxide-based compound that performs such method steps is also described herein. |
| US07829340B2 |
Oral fluid assays for the detection of heavy metal exposure
Methods for measuring the concentration of heavy metals such as lead in oral fluid are provided. The concentration of lead in oral fluid can be accurately correlated with the concentration of lead in the blood serum. The methods are useful for, among other things, diagnosis and monitoring of heavy metal exposure. |
| US07829338B2 |
Method for generating hypermutable organisms
Dominant negative alleles of human mismatch repair genes can be used to generate hypermutable cells and organisms. By introducing these genes into cells and transgenic animals, new cell lines and animal varieties with novel and useful properties can be prepared more efficiently than by relying on the natural rate of mutation. |
| US07829337B2 |
Cell-releasing agent and method of releasing cell sheet
A cell-sheet releasing agent of the present invention contains an aminated polyrotaxane. The polyrotaxane constituting the skeleton of the cell-releasing agent of the present invention has a structure in which cavities of a plurality of cyclic molecules are threaded onto a linear molecule and both terminals of the linear molecule have a bulky cap bonded thereto so that the cyclic molecules are not dethreaded from the linear molecule. Furthermore, the aminated polyrotaxane contained in the cell-releasing agent of the present invention is a compound in which at least some of hydroxy groups in the cyclodextrin structure contained in the polyrotaxane are each substituted with a substituent having an amino group. According to this cell-sheet releasing agent, cultured cells anchored to the surface of a container can be released without damaging the cells and without controlling the temperature. |
| US07829334B2 |
Cultured muscle cells with high metabolic activity and method for production of the cultured muscle cells
The object of the present invention is to provide a method of preparing excellent cultured muscle cells having high metabolic capacity and insulin responsiveness, and further provide a method for the measurement of sensitive metabolic capacity using the cells. The present invention is a method of preparing myotube cells, comprising a step (1) of culturing myoblast cells, a step (2) of differentiation-inducing the myotube cells into the myoblast cells in a culture medium with a high content of amino acids, and a step (3) of applying an electric pulse to the differentiation-induced myotube cells. |
| US07829329B2 |
Adenoviral vectors for treating disease
Adenoviral vectors, including mutant adenoviruses, that have restriction sites in the E3 region, that facilitate its partial or total deletion, or select genes contained therein, and optionally compositions and methods for substituting heterologous gene(s) in the partially or totally deleted E3 region(s), which heterologous gene(s) being operably linked to endogenous adenoviral transcriptional control sequences will exhibit an expression pattern, both in terms of timing and degree of expression, similar to the endogenous adenoviral gene(s) that it replaces, and further optionally including mutations in other parts of the adenoviral genome, including certain E1B or E1A regions, and that have applications for diagnosing or treating disease, preferably disease involving unwanted cell growth, including cancer. |
| US07829324B2 |
Method for the microbiological isomerisation of alpha-hydroxy carboxylic acids
The present invention relates to a method for the microbiological isomerization of alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acids using an alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acid racemase, the enzymes used for this method and microorganisms which express a suitable racemase activity, a screening method for microorganisms with alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acid racemase activity, the nucleic acid sequences encoding this enzyme, expression vectors, recombinant microorganisms which express this racemase, and methods for the production or isolation of a protein with alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acid racemase activity. |
| US07829322B2 |
Recombinant microorganism comprising inactivation of the AprX gene
A host microorganism capable of increasing productivity of a protein or polypeptide, a recombinant microorganism obtained by introducing a gene encoding a protein or polypeptide into the host microorganism, and a method for producing a protein or polypeptide using the recombinant microorganism are provided.Also provided is a recombinant microorganism obtained by introducing into a host microorganism a gene encoding a heterologous protein or polypeptide, wherein in said host microorganism the Bacillus subtilis aprX gene or a gene corresponding to the aprX gene has been deleted or knocked out, and a method for producing a protein or polypeptide using the recombinant microorganism. |
| US07829318B2 |
Overexpression of phytase genes in yeast systems
The present invention relates to a method of producing a heterologous protein or polypeptide having phytase activity in a yeast system. The invention also provides proteins having phytase activity which have increased thermostability. Yeast strains which produce a heterologous phytase and the vectors used to produce the phytase are also provided. |
| US07829314B2 |
Cleavage of nucleic acids
The present invention relates to means for the detection and characterization of nucleic acid sequences, as well as variations in nucleic acid sequences. The present invention also relates to methods for forming a nucleic acid cleavage structure on a target sequence and cleaving the nucleic acid cleavage structure in a site-specific manner. The structure-specific nuclease activity of a variety of enzymes is used to cleave the target-dependent cleavage structure, thereby indicating the presence of specific nucleic acid sequences or specific variations thereof. |
| US07829311B2 |
Ketosteroid isomerase inclusion body tag engineered to be acid-resistant by replacing aspartates with glutamate
An acid-resistant peptide solubility tag (an “inclusion body tag”) is provided that is effective in producing peptides of interest in an insoluble form. Fusion peptide constructs comprising the inclusion body tag fused to a peptide of interest are provided. An acid cleavable peptide moiety separates the inclusion body tag from the peptide of interest so that acid hydrolysis can be used during subsequent processing steps to separate the tag from the desired peptide of interest. The present inclusion body tag's resistance to acid hydrolysis facilitates easier and cleaner separation of the peptide of interest after acid hydrolysis. Specifically, a ketosteroid isomerase-derived inclusion body tag is provided that has been engineered to be more resistant to acid hydrolysis. |
| US07829310B2 |
Compositions of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase and uses thereof
Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNA's, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNA's/synthetases are provided. Methods for identifying these orthogonal pairs are also provided along with methods of producing proteins using these orthogonal pairs. |
| US07829306B2 |
Protein highly producing recombinant animal cell, method for preparing the same, and method for mass-producing protein using the same
A gene encoding a production amount-potentiating factor is introduced into an animal cell to transform the cell. Alternatively, a protein production gene and the gene encoding the production amount-potentiating factor are introduced into the animal cell to transform the cell. Herein, as the production amount potentiating factor, there is used a factor having caspase activity inhibiting activity and/or protein biosynthesis activity potentiating action, for example, baculovirus P35. Further, the animal cell is cultured by a culturing method under a condition that apoptosis is not induced, so that a protein is mass-produced. |
| US07829301B2 |
Screening assays for binding antagonists of the AMD-associated variant of factor H (H384)
The invention relates to identifying agents which have the ability to preferentially inhibit binding to targets such as heparin of the H384 allotypic variant of human complement Factor H, the allotypic variant associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and the non-disease associated form of the same factor (Y384). The targets of interest show differential binding of the two allotypic variants and antagonists thus identified are of interest in developing treatments for AMD. |
| US07829297B2 |
Treatment of cancers expressing p95 ErbB2
The truncated ErbB2 receptor (p95ErbB2) is shown to differ from the full-length ErbB2 receptor in its association with other ErbB receptors. The truncated receptor preferentially associated with ErbB3, whereas full length ErbB2 heterodimerizes with either EGFR or ErbB3. Consistent with p95ErbB2 heterodimerization with ErbB3, it is shown that heregulin (an ErbB3 ligand) stimulates p95ErbB2 phosphorylation in breast cancer cell lines. Described herein are methods of identifying patients suitable for treatment with a p95ErbB2 inhibitor, and methods of treating such patients. |
| US07829292B2 |
Compositions and methods for diagnosing, predicting therapeutic response of, and monitoring autoimmune disease
The present invention provides methods of diagnosing the presence of an autoimmune disease in a patient, methods of predicting the response of an autoimmune diseased patient to therapeutic treatment, and methods of monitoring an autoimmune patient's response to therapy. In particular, these methods comprise the use of a glycoprotein from the inner-ear organ of Corti reactive with a KHRI-3 monoclonal antibody. |
| US07829288B2 |
Methods for assessing efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents
Methods are provided for accurately predicting efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents. Methods of the invention increase the positive predictive value of chemosensitivity assays by assessing both the ability of a chemotherapeutic to destroy cells and the genetic propensity of those cells for resistance. Results obtained using methods of the invention provide insight into the in vivo effectiveness of a therapeutic, and lead to more effective chemotherapeutic treatment. |
| US07829285B2 |
Circulating mRNA as diagnostic markers
Methods and kits are provided for diagnosing, monitoring, or predicting the conditions of pre-eclampsia, fetal chromosomal aneuploidy, and pre-term labor in a pregnant woman, as well as for detecting pregnancy in a woman, by quantitatively measuring in the maternal blood the amount of one or more mRNA species encoding human chorionic gonadotropin β subunit (hCG-β), human placental lactogen (hPL), human corticotropin releasing hormone (hCRH), KiSS-1 metastasis-suppressor (KISS1), tissue factor pathway inhibitor 2 (TPFI2), placenta-specific 1 (PLAC1), or glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), and comparing the amount of the mRNA species with a standard control. |
| US07829284B2 |
Helicase-dependent amplification of nucleic acids
Methods and a kit are provided for selectively and exponentially amplifying nucleic acids and include the use of a helicase preparation and a DNA polymerase such that the amplification can be performed isothermally. |
| US07829283B2 |
Methylation of estrogen receptor alpha and uses thereof
Methods for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of cancer based on the methylation status of the ER-α gene promoter are disclosed. Methylation of the ER-α gene promoter is indicative of cancer and unfavorable prognosis. The cancer can be treated with a demethylation agent. |
| US07829281B2 |
Compositions and methods for obesity screening using polymorphisms in NPY2R
Methods and constructs are provided that are predictive of a subject's susceptibility to developing a metabolic disorder, such as obesity. The disclosed naturally-occurring SNPs located upstream of the NPY2R gene can be used as targets for the design of diagnostic reagents and the development of therapeutic agents, as well as for disease association and linkage analysis. In particular, the SNPs of the present invention are useful for identifying an individual who is at an increased or decreased risk of developing metabolic disorders, such as obesity and diabetes, and for early detection of the disease, for providing clinically important information for the prevention and/or treatment of metabolic disorder, and for screening and selecting therapeutic agents. The SNPs disclosed herein are also useful for human identification applications. Methods, assays, kits, and reagents for detecting the presence of these polymorphisms and their encoded products are provided. |
| US07829273B2 |
Use of a PCV2 immunogenic composition for lessening clinical symptoms in pigs
The present invention relates to the use of an immunogenic composition that comprises a porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) antigen for treatment of several clinical manifestations (diseases). Preferably, the clinical manifestations are associated with a PCV2 infection. Preferably, they include lymphadenopathy, lymphoid depletion and/or multinucleated/giant histiocytes. Moreover, the clinical symptoms include lymphadenopathy in combination with one or a multiple of the following symptoms in pigs: (1) interstitial pneumonia with interlobular edema, (2) cutaneous pallor or icterus, (3) mottled atrophic livers, (4) gastric ulcers, (5) nephritis and (6) reproductive disorders, e.g. abortion, stillbirths, mummies, etc. Furthermore the clinical symptoms include Pia like lesions, normally known to be associated with Lawsonia intracellularis infections. |
| US07829272B2 |
Viral detection liposomes and method
A method of generating pathogen detecting liposomes includes a step of providing molecular beacons with fluorescing components. The molecular beacons include either strands of RNA or DNA and the fluorescing components include an emitter and a quencher. The method further uses nanodroplet technology to encapsulate the molecular beacons within a lipid membrane. Subsequently, receptors are assembled in association with the membrane. |
| US07829271B2 |
Process for distributing drops of a liquid of interest onto a surface
The present invention relates especially to a process for the localized distribution of drops of a liquid of interest on an active surface. The process comprises the following steps: an introduction of liquid of interest into a box containing the said active surface, and an extraction of liquid of interest from the said box, the said active surface and also the other surfaces inside the box being substantially non-wetting with respect to the liquid of interest, with the exception of several uptake areas localized on the said active surface, which are each suitable for taking up a drop of liquid of interest. The uptake areas may surround working areas. The present invention also relates to processes for the electrochemical and optical detection of at least one analyte in a liquid of interest, and to an electropolymerization process. |
| US07829264B1 |
Method and system for providing a microelectronic device using a plurality of focus distances
A method and system for providing a microelectric device are described. The method and system include providing a photoresist layer having a surface. The method and system also include setting a focus range and exposing the photoresist layer over the focus range to form a photoresist mask having a trench therein. The focus range corresponding to a plurality of focus distances. The focus range also corresponds to a nonzero angle to be formed in the photoresist layer and to the structure. The trench has at least one sidewall that forms the angle with a normal to the surface. The method and system also include providing the structure utilizing the trench. |
| US07829262B2 |
Method of forming pitch multipled contacts
Methods of forming electrically conductive and/or semiconductive features for use in integrated circuits are disclosed. Various pattern transfer and etching steps can be used, in combination with pitch-reduction techniques, to create densely-packed features. The features can have a reduced pitch in one direction and a wider pitch in another direction. Conventional photo-lithography steps can be used in combination with pitch-reduction techniques to form elongate, pitch-reduced features such as bit-line contacts, for example. |
| US07829261B2 |
Method for making a lithographic plate
Process for the posttreatment of an imaged lithographic printing plate comprising (a) providing a lithographic printing plate comprising image areas and non-image areas on a lithographic substrate; (b) bringing the lithographic printing plate of step (a) into contact with a solution comprising a hydrophilic polymer comprising structural units derived from the following compounds: (i) a compound comprising both polyalkylene oxide chains and at least one structural unit which is free-radical polymerizable, and (ii) a monomer capable of copolymerizing with the free-radical polymerizable structural unit of (i) and furthermore comprising at least one acidic functional group with pKs<5, wherein the acidic functional group can be present as a free acid group or in the form of a salt; (c) drying. |
| US07829260B2 |
Treatment of laser exposed lithographic printing plate before development
A method of treating a laser exposed lithographic printing plate with a deactivating solution followed by overall irradiation is described. The plate comprises on a substrate a photosensitive layer capable of photo hardening. The deactivating solution is capable of deactivating the photo hardening capability of the photosensitive layer in the non-hardened areas so that the overall irradiation does not cause hardening of the photosensitive layer in the non-hardened areas. The deactivation and overall irradiation cause one or more chemical or physical changes to the photosensitive layer, such as further hardening of the imaged areas, improved contrast, improved developability, or improved substrate hydrophilicity. The overall irradiated plate is further developed on press with ink and/or fountain solution or off press with a developer. For off-press development, the developer may be used as the deactivating solution. |
| US07829257B2 |
Photosensitive resin composition
Photosensitive compositions comprising (A) an alkali soluble compound; (B) at least one compound, of formula I or II wherein R1 inter alia is C4-C9cycloalkanoyl, C3-C12alkenoyl, or benzoyl which is unsubstituted or substituted; Ar1 is either C6-C20aryl or C6-C20aryloyl each of which is unsubstituted or substituted; x is 2 or 3; M1 when x is 2, inter alia is a group phenylene or naphthylene, each of which optionally is substituted i.a. by OR3, SR4 or NR5R6; or M1, when x is 3, is a trivalent group, optionally substituted; R3 is for example hydrogen or C1-C12alkyl; C2-C6alkyl which is for example substituted by —OH, —SH, —CN, C3-C6alkenoxy, or —OCH2CH2CN; R4 is for example hydrogen, C1-C12alkyl, C3-C12alkenyl, cyclohexyl, or phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted; R5 and R6 independently of each other inter alia are hydrogen, C1-C12alkyl, C2-C4hydroxyalkyl, C2-C10alkoxyalkyl, C3-C5alkenyl, C3-C8cycloalkyl, phenyl-C1-C3alkyl, C1-C4alkanoyl, C3-C6alkenoyl, benzoyl or phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted; and (C) a photopolymerizable compound; exhibit an unexpectedly good performance, in particular in photoresist technology. |
| US07829254B2 |
Non-magnetic toner, image forming apparatus and process cartridge
The present invention aims at providing non-magnetic toner which is excellent in fixing property and charge property and capable of inhibiting occurrence of scumming, as well as an image forming apparatus and a process cartridge using the non-magnetic toner.A non-magnetic toner comprising: a toner base particle which comprises a binding resin, and a colorant; and external additives,wherein a surface of the toner base particle contains at least a resin having at least silanol group, and the external additives contain at least particles composed of silicon oxide. |
| US07829253B2 |
Toner composition
Toner compositions having high molecular weight and improved melt flow are provided. |
| US07829252B2 |
Imaging member
An imaging member having an enhanced anti-curl back coating is disclosed. The anti-curl back coating comprises a liquid oligomer. Additionally, a slip agent can also be included. The resulting anti-curl back coating contains little to no residual solvent, shows improved resistance to wear and ozonolysis, and increased lubricity to prevent static charge built-up. |
| US07829251B2 |
Mechanical and electrical robust imaging member and a process for producing same
Disclosed herein is a flexible imaging member having a high concentration of a charge transport compound having optimum enhanced mechanical and electrical characteristics. By increasing the concentration of the charge transport compound to a level of from about 55 weight percent or more, including from about 55 weight percent to about 70 weight percent, and from about 55 weight percent to about 65 weight percent, a flexible imaging member can be produced with reduced residual voltage and/or improved sensitivity. Furthermore, the fatigue cracking resistance of the charge transport layer can be improved through the implementation of a heat stress release process described more particularly herein. |
| US07829247B2 |
Photomask and method for forming wiring pattern using the same
A photomask includes a transparent mask substrate, and a plurality of square mask cells provided on the mask substrate. Each mask cell includes at least one of a light transmitting region and a light shielding region. A planar region (in which the mask cells are formed) of the mask substrate includes a first region, a second region surrounding the first region, and a third region outside the second region. The first region includes a first group of mask cells transmitting lights of a first light intensity greater than zero and less than or equal to 1. The second region includes a second group of mask cells transmitting lights of a second light intensity greater than zero and less than the first light intensity. The third region includes a third group of mask cells transmitting lights of a third light intensity greater than or equal to zero and less than the second light intensity. |
| US07829240B2 |
Conical shaped fuel storage tank
A fuel cell powered vehicle is disclosed having a fuel tank, wherein the fuel tank is disposed on an undercarriage of the vehicle and has a substantially conical shape to militate against interference with a function of a suspension system of the vehicle. |
| US07829236B2 |
Hydration sensor apparatus for measuring membrane hydration in a fuel cell stack
A fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell stack and at least one hydration sensor apparatus for measuring membrane hydration in the fuel cell stack is disclosed. The hydration sensor apparatus comprises (1) an electrically insulated sensor comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane, (2) a power supply, and (3) a load resistor. The sensor, the power supply and the load resistor of the hydration sensor apparatus are electrically connected and the sensor of the hydration sensor apparatus is fluidly connected to the fuel cell stack such that, during operation of the fuel cell system, the polymer electrolyte membrane of the hydration sensor apparatus is exposed to a fuel fluid stream of the fuel cell stack. |
| US07829235B2 |
Fuel cell production method and fuel cell
First, a solid-state electrolyte layer that has conductivity for ions of one of hydrogen and oxygen is formed. After that, a dense layer made of an electrode material that has electron conductivity, catalyst activity to accelerate the electrochemical reaction, and a characteristic of allowing permeation of ions and/or atoms of the other one of hydrogen and oxygen is formed on a surface of the electrolyte layer. Then, a fuel cell structure that includes the electrolyte layer and the dense layer is built. After that, the electrochemical reaction is caused to progress by supplying a fuel and oxygen to the fuel cell structure, so that in the dense layer, many micropores extending through the dense layer in the film thickness direction are created due to the generated water that is created between the electrolyte layer and the dense layer. |
| US07829233B2 |
Fuel cell system and method for judging fuel gas leak in a fuel cell system
A high-precision gas leak judgment comparable to that when the fuel cell is operating normally is achieved even when a fuel cell is restarted. A gas leak judgment unit (for example ECU 13) for judging gas leak in a closed space formed in a fuel gas system refers to a gas leak judgment value based on pressure change in the closed space detected by a pressure sensor to judge gas leak and, in addition, varies the fuel gas leak judgment level in response to nitrogen concentration in a fuel electrode. The varying of gas leak judgment level in response to the nitrogen concentration takes into account a temporary rise in the nitrogen concentration in the fuel electrode that occurs when a fuel cell stack is restarted and, in this case, it is preferable that the gas judgment value be altered in response to the nitrogen concentration. |
| US07829230B2 |
Method for optimizing diffusion media with spatially varying mass transport resistance
A method for optimizing a fuel cell diffusion media having a spatially varying mass transport resistance is provided. The method includes at least two passes where a first-pass D/Deff profile for the fuel cell diffusion media is provided and applied to a computational model of the fuel cell having a baseline variable profile. At least one first-pass variable profile resulting from the application of the first-pass D/Deff profile to the computational mode is calculated and compared to a desired variable range. The first-pass D/Deff profile is refined, if necessary, to provide a second-pass D/Deff profile. A relative performance of the fuel cell with a second-pass variable profile resulting from an application of the second-pass D/Deff profile is determined. The second-pass D/Deff profile is refined, if necessary, until the second-pass variable profile has a desirable performance. An effective D/Deff profile is thereby provided. |
| US07829225B2 |
Nanostructured electrode for a microbattery
A new anode configuration (20) is proposed for a lithium microbattery (10). The anode (20) preferably consists of nanotubes or of nanowires (24) such that the empty space (26) left between the different components (24) provides compensation for the inherent swelling upon discharging the microbattery (10). With the absence of stresses on the electrolyte (18), the lifetime of the battery (10) may be increased. |
| US07829223B1 |
Process for preparing lithium ion cathode material
There is provided a process for preparing lithium cobaltate and to lithium-containing cobalt oxides which is used in lithium battery cathodes. Also, there is provided cathodes for lithium batteries. |
| US07829220B2 |
Hydrogen storage alloy for alkaline battery and production method thereof, as well as alkaline battery
To provide a hydrogen storage alloy for an alkaline battery capable of having high performance of power characteristics much more beyond the related-art range, and a production method thereof, as well as an alkaline battery by investigating the constituent ratios of the A2B7-type structure and the A5B19-type structure.The hydrogen storage alloy for an alkaline battery of the present invention includes: an element R selected from the Group IV and the rare earth elements including Y and excluding La; and an element M consisting of at least one of Co, Mn, and Zn. The hydrogen storage alloy is represented by general formula: LaαR1−α−βMgβNiγ−η−εAlηMε (wherein α, β, γ, η, ε satisfy numerical formulae: 0≦α≦0.5, 0.1≦β≦0.2, 3.7≦γ≦3.9, 0.1≦η≦0.3, 0≦ε≦0.2); and the constituent ratio of the A5B19-type structure is 40% or more in the crystal structure thereof. |
| US07829219B2 |
Cathode for lithium secondary batteries having improved coating properties and lithium secondary batteries using the same
A cathode for lithium secondary batteries coated with a slurry including an active material, a binder and a solvent, and further including a polymerization inhibitor, is disclosed. Gelation of the slurry is prevented during production of the cathode so that adhesion of the slurry is enhanced, thus achieving improved coating properties of the cathode and facilitating the coating of the slurry. |
| US07829218B2 |
Proton conductive electrolyte and fuel cell comprising the same
Aspects of the present invention provide a proton conductive electrolyte suitable for a fuel cell material and a fuel cell including the proton conductive electrolyte. More particularly, aspects of the present invention provide a proton conductive electrolyte that has good proton conductivity and can be used to form a membrane having good flexibility. As a result, the proton conductive electrolyte can be used in a fuel cell, the electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell or the electrodes thereof, and can provide a solid polymer fuel cell having high current density, high power and long life-time in a dry environment (relative humidity of 50% or less) at an operating temperature of 100 to 200° C. |
| US07829216B2 |
Secondary battery having independent coupling frame members and battery module having the same
The present invention is a secondary battery, which is formed in the shape of a plate and has an electrode assembly mounted in a battery case made of a laminated sheet including a metal layer and a resin layer, wherein the secondary battery is constructed in a structure in which independent coupling type frame members are mounted to the outside part of a sheathing member serving as the battery case, and a medium- or large-sized battery module including the same as a unit cell. |
| US07829215B2 |
Surface micromachined electrolyte-cavities for use in micro-aluminum galvanic cells
The present invention is directed to the fabrication of thin aluminum anode batteries using a highly reproducible process that enables high volume manufacturing of the galvanic cells. In the present invention, semiconductor fabrication methods are used to fabricate aluminum galvanic cells, wherein a catalytic material to be used as the cathode is deposited on a substrate and an insulating spacing material is deposited on the cathode and patterned using photolithography. The spacing material can either be used as a sacrificial layer to expose the electrodes or serve as a support for one of the electrodes. Similarly, the aluminum anode may be deposited and patterned on another substrate and bonded to the first substrate, or can be deposited directly on the insulating material prior to patterning. The cell is packaged and connected to a delivery system to provide delivery of the electrolyte when activation of the cell is desired. |
| US07829213B2 |
Planar electrochemical device assembly
A pre-fabricated electrochemical device having a dense electrolyte disposed between an anode and a cathode preferably deposited as thin films is bonded to a porous electrically conductive support. A second porous electrically conductive support may be bonded to a counter electrode of the electrochemical device. Multiple electrochemical devices may be bonded in parallel to a single porous support, such as a perforated sheet to provide a planar array. Planar arrays may be arranged in a stacked interconnected array. A method of making a supported electrochemical device is disclosed wherein the method includes a step of bonding a pre-fabricated electrochemical device layer to an existing porous metal or porous metal alloy layer. |
| US07829204B2 |
Material for organic electroluminescent device and organic electroluminescent device using same
A material for organic electroluminescence device with specific structure having poor symmetry. An an organic electroluminescence device comprising a cathode, an anode and an organic thin film layer which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and comprises at least one layer, wherein at least one layer in the organic thin film layer contains a material for the organic electroluminescence device described above. An organic electroluminescence device with excellent efficiency of light emission, without pixel defects and which is superior in heat resistance is obtained. |
| US07829201B2 |
Plain bearing
A plain bearing is described having a bearing metal layer, supported by a support shell, made of an aluminum or copper alloy and having a lead-free running layer, possibly applied to the bearing metal layer over an intermediate layer, made of a zinc matrix having at least one further alloy element. To achieve good tribological properties, it is suggested that the zinc matrix of the running layer contains 1 to 49 wt.-% bismuth as an additional alloy element. |
| US07829200B2 |
Magnesium-based composite material and method for making the same
The present invention relates to a magnesium-based composite material includes at least two magnesium-based metallic layers; and at least one magnesium-based composite layer respectively sandwiched by the at least two magnesium-based metallic layers. The present invention also relates to a method for fabricating a magnesium-based composite material, the method includes the steps of: (a) providing at least two magnesium-based plates; (b) providing a plurality of nanoscale reinforcements; (c) sandwiching the nanoscale reinforcements between the at least two magnesium-based plates to form a preform; and (d) hot pressing the preform to achieve the magnesium-based composite material. |
| US07829196B2 |
Hard tissue repairing material
A hard tissue repairing material includes zirconia as a base material. A surface of the base material has a hydrophilic group. The hydrophilic group is bonded to zirconium atom in the base material. The base material may contain at least an ionic component that is selected from a group consisting of calcium ion, sodium ion, potassium ion, and phosphate ions within the surface. A hard tissue repairing material may include zirconia as a base material and a layer of a main component of an apatite. The layer of the apatite may be formed on a hydrophilic group bonded to zirconium atom in the base material. |
| US07829195B2 |
Fluorination pre-treatment of heat spreader attachment indium thermal interface material
The formation of electronic assemblies including a heat spreader coupled to a die through a thermal interface material formed from an indium preform, is described. One embodiment relates to a method including providing a preform comprising indium, the preform including an indium oxide layer thereon. The method also includes exposing the preform to fluorine so that part of the indium oxide layer is transformed into an indium oxy-fluoride. The method may also include, after the exposing the preform to fluorine so that part of the indium oxide layer is transformed into an indium oxy-fluoride, positioning the preform between a die and a heat sink, and applying pressure to and heating the preform positioned between the die and the heat sink so that reflow occurs and a bond is formed between the die and the heat sink. |
| US07829192B2 |
Acoustic laminated glazing, acoustic interlayer and method for selecting the interlayer for optimal acoustic damping
Laminated glazing (2) comprising a viscoelastic plastic insert (3) comprising at least two damping films (30, 31) each having a loss factor tan δ greater than 0.6 and a shear modulus G′ less than 2×107 Pa over two temperature ranges tA et tB respectively, characterized in that the film which has, at a frequency of 200 Hz, the highest loss factor tan δ over a given temperature range included within the temperature range tA or tB, has an equivalent shear modulus G′eq less than the equivalent shear modulus or moduli of the other film or films, with G eq ′ = G ′ e tot e where G′ is the shear modulus of the material constituting the film, e is the thickness of the film and etot the total thickness of the insert. |
| US07829190B2 |
Electrical interconnect using locally conductive adhesive
An anisotropic electrically conducting interconnect is disclosed in which an adhesive comprising particles having a breakable coating of at least one electrically nonconductive material is compressed between a first contact and a second contact. Compression to two contacts breaks the breakable coating exposing an electrically conducting material which makes contact with the first and second contacts. The electrically conducting material may be a metal conductor or a two-part reactive conductive resin/catalyst system. Also disclosed are processes for making such electrical interconnects and adhesives for use in making electrical interconnect. |
| US07829188B2 |
Filled epoxy compositions
Epoxy compositions exhibiting low viscosity in the uncured state and low coefficient of thermal expansion in the cured state are provided. Also provided are processes for making the epoxy compositions. The low dielectric constant compositions are well-suited for use in multi-layer printed circuit boards. The desired properties are achieved by employment of a bimodal distribution of nano-scale fillers in the epoxy compositions. |
| US07829183B2 |
Free-standing silicon carbide articles formed by chemical vapor deposition and methods for their manufacture
Improved methods for manufacturing silicon carbide rings using chemical vapor deposition. Cylindrical tubes are used as deposition substrates and the resulting material deposited on the inside surface of cylindrical tubes or on the outside surface of cylindrical mandrels, or both, is sliced or cut into the desired ring size and shape. The resulting rings have a crystal growth that is oriented substantially planar to the finished article. The invention also relates to nitrogen doped silicon carbide material, as well as to silicon carbide structures having axes of grain growth substantially parallel to the plane of the structure and to each other, and having rotational orientation that is substantially random with respect to the axes of grain growth of the grains. |
| US07829178B2 |
Delamination development preventable structure for sandwich panel
A delamination development preventable structure is provided to prevent the development of delamination in a sandwich panel including a core and surface plates attached to the opposite surfaces of the core with respect to the thickness of the core.Arresters 5 are protruded inward with respect to directions parallel to the thickness of a core 3 from surface plates 4a and 4b. The development of a delaminated part formed by the separation of a part of the surface plate 4a from the core 3 and that of a delaminated part formed by the separation of a part of the surface plate 4b from the core 3 beyond the arresters 5 can be prevented. Thus delamination can be limited to a narrow local region and the spread of the delaminated part over the entire sandwich panel 2 can be prevented. Thus the development of delamination in the sandwich panel 2 can be prevented and the durability of the sandwich panel 2 can be enhanced. |
| US07829176B2 |
Structured boards with matched surface
Surface structured decorative boards (1) having a first and a second opposite edge (1I and 1II respectively). The board (1) include an upper side decorative surface (2) an upper side surface structure and a base layer. The structure is comprised by at least two surface grades (10) forming a decorative surface pattern on said upper side, said pattern being applied in predetermined fixed positions (P) on the first and the second edges (1I and 1II respectively). The first edge pattern positions (PL) and the second edge pattern positions (PR) are matched so that the pattern continues over the first and second edges (1I and 1II respectively) of adjacent boards (1). |
| US07829172B2 |
Double-face velour fabric articles having improved dynamic insulation performance
A double-face velour fabric article consists of a fabric body having a technical face formed by a filament stitch yarn and a technical back formed by a filament loop yarn. The filament stitch yarn includes a heat sensitive material, e.g. a hot melt material or a heat shrinkable material, and/or an elastomeric material, such as spandex. The fabric body has a velour surface formed at both the technical back and the technical face. Raised fibers of at least one of the technical face and the technical back may be entangled, including in and/or through interstices of the fabric body, toward the other of the technical face and the technical back, e.g., by a hydroentanglement process applied after finishing. The fabric body has permeability of about 80 ft3/ft2/min, or less, under a pressure difference of ½ inch of water across the fabric body. |
| US07829171B2 |
PTFE membranes and gaskets made therefrom
Improved expanded PTFE materials and improved gasket materials made therefrom, the gaskets being capable of forming a seal with greater bolt load retention than is possible with existing PTFE gaskets. The expanded PTFE membranes of the invention can be tailored to exhibit a matrix tensile strength in at least one direction of at least 25,000 psi, a matrix tensile strength ratio in two orthogonal directions of between 0.25 and 4, an orientation index of 50° or less, and a density of 2.0 g/cc or less. The improved gaskets exhibit improved mechanical properties such as high bolt load retention, low creep, high tensile strength, low stress to seal and high crystallinity index. |
| US07829168B2 |
Methods for inspecting and optionally reworking summed photolithography patterns resulting from plurally-overlaid patterning steps during mass production of semiconductor devices
A batch of wafers is temporarily stalled during a Double Pattern Technology (DPT) process before a temporary representation of a second of to-be-overlaid patterns is permanently combined with a first of the patterns. Sampled ones of the stalled wafers are inspected to determine if sufficiently close alignment is present between the two patterns. If excessive misalignment is detected (e.g., by SEM microscopy), the second but still temporary pattern representation is erased from all wafers of the batch and the batch is routed for rework and corrected reestablishment of the temporary representation of the second of to-be-overlaid patterns. |
| US07829165B2 |
Trailer wall composite liner with integral scuff panel
A thermoplastic composite liner for use as an inner wall of a trailer. The thermoplastic composite liner includes a glass reinforced thermoplastic sheet permanently affixed to a glass reinforced thermoplastic scuff panel along a length of the scuff panel by ultrasonic welding. The scuff panel is positioned relative to the thermoplastic sheet such that an edge portion of the thermoplastic sheet overlaps an edge portion of the scuff panel along the length of the scuff panel, the ultrasonic welding forming a weld joint between the overlapping edge portions of the thermoplastic sheet and the scuff panel along the length of the scuff panel. Preferably, the thermoplastic sheet and the scuff panel are fabricated of fiberglass reinforced plastic, such as polypropylene resin reinforced with glass fiber and the glass reinforced thermoplastic scuff panel includes fibrous material on one side of the scuff panel, the scuff panel being positioned such that the fibrous material side of the panel faces the thermoplastic sheet during the ultrasonic welding. |
| US07829164B2 |
Utility pole of thermoplastic composite material
A utility pole includes a thermoplastic composite material including: (a) at least one olefin polymer; and (b) at least one reinforcing fiber material embedded in the at least one olefin polymer, the thermoplastic composite material having a specific tensile strength higher than or equal to 15 MPa/(gr/cm3), preferably 20 MPa/(gr/cm3) to 200 MPa/(gr/cm3), and more preferably 30 MPa/(gr/cm3) to 150 MPa/(gr/cm3) and a specific tensile modulus higher than or equal to 2000 MPa/(gr/cm3), preferably 2500 MPa/(gr/cm3) to 20000 MPa/(gr/cm3), and more preferably 3000 MPa/(gr/cm3) to 15000 MPa/(gr/cm3). |
| US07829160B2 |
Glossy inkjet recording element on absorbent paper
An inkjet recording element comprising an absorbent support, a porous base layer nearest the support and comprising precipitated calcium carbonate, a porous ink-receiving intermediate layer above the base layer and comprising hydrated alumina, and a porous ink-receiving upper layer above the intermediate layer and comprising a mixture of hydrated and fumed alumina. Also disclosed is an advantageous method of making such inkjet recording materials. |
| US07829158B2 |
Method for depositing a barrier layer on a low dielectric constant material
A method of forming a tantalum containing multi-layer film. In one embodiment, the method includes disposing a substrate in a process chamber, heating the substrate, exposing the substrate to a tantalum containing precursor to adsorb at least a portion of the tantalum containing precursor on a surface of the substrate, purging the process chamber with a purge gas, and exposing the substrate to a process space comprising helium and hydrogen ionized at a first radio frequency power to form a first tantalum containing layer on the surface. The method further includes exposing the substrate to the tantalum containing precursor to adsorb at least a portion of the precursor on the first tantalum containing layer, purging the process chamber with the purge gas, and exposing the substrate to the process space at a second radio frequency power to form a second tantalum containing layer, where the second radio frequency power is different from the first radio frequency power. |
| US07829157B2 |
Methods of making multilayered, hydrogen-containing thermite structures
Methods of making multi-layered, hydrogen-containing thermite structures including at least one metal layer and at least one metal oxide layer adjacent to the metal layer are disclosed. At least one of the metal layers contains hydrogen, which can be introduced by plasma hydrogenation. The thermite structures can have high hydrogen contents and small dimensions, such as micrometer-sized and nanometer-sized dimensions. |
| US07829155B1 |
Nanothin polymer coatings containing thiol and methods of use thereof
The present invention provides a new monomer and methods of using the monomer to fabricate robust polymer surface coatings with controlled thicknesses between 1 and 5 nanometers. The coatings are composed of a new material containing polymerized monomers of 4-vinylbenzenepropanethiol. The polymer surface coating may be applied to metal and silicon. The method includes exposing a metal substrate to a solution of the monomer in hexanes in order to deposit a monolayer of the monomer onto the metal surface. The substrate is then irradiated with ultraviolet radiation in order to graft a thin polymer coating onto the surface. The procedure can be repeated in order to control the thickness of the coating between about 1 nm and 5 nm. Alternatively, thermally initiated polymerization or deposition of partially oligomerized monomers onto the surface provides nanothin coatings with identical performance. The coating provides complete surface coverage, is extremely robust, and exhibits excellent insulating and anti-corrosive properties. |
| US07829154B2 |
Particle deposition apparatus, particle deposition method, and manufacturing method of light-emitting device
To provide a (homogeneous) particle deposit without any impurity contamination, on which only particles with a desired size are deposited. A solution, with particles dispersed in a solvent, is jetted as a flow of fine liquid droplets from a tip part of a capillary, and the jetted fine liquid droplets are electrically charged. This flow of the droplets is introduced into a vacuum chamber through a jet nozzle, as a free jet flow. The free jet flow that travels in the vacuum chamber is introduced into an inside of a deposition chamber, inside of which is set at lower pressure, through a skimmer nozzle provided in the deposition chamber, as an ion beam. Subsequently, by an energy separation device, only particles having particular energy are selected from the electrically charged particles in the flow, and are deposited on a deposited body disposed in an inside of the deposition chamber. |
| US07829152B2 |
Electroless plating method and apparatus
An electroless plating system is provided. The system includes a first vacuum chuck supporting a first wafer and a second vacuum chuck supporting a second wafer such that a top surface of the second wafer is opposing a top surface of the first wafer. The system also includes a fluid delivery system configured to deliver a plating solution to the top surface of the first wafer, wherein in response to delivery of the plating solution, the top surface of the second wafer is brought proximate to the top surface of the first wafer so that the plating solution contacts both top surfaces. A method for applying an electroless plating solution to a substrate is also provided. |
| US07829146B2 |
Method of neutralizing a stain on a surface
Compositions, methods, apparatuses, kits, and combinations are described for neutralizing a stain on a surface. The compositions useful in the present disclosure include a composition that is formulated to be applied and affixed to a surface. If desired, the composition may be substantially removed from the surface to remove a portion or substantially all of the stain before being affixed to the surface. If a user desires to remove the composition from the surface, the composition is formulated to be removed by a number of methods including, for example, vacuuming, wet extraction, chemical application, and the like. If the user desires to affix the composition to the surface in a permanent or semi-permanent manner, the composition may be affixed to the surface by applying energy thereto in the form of, for example, heat, pressure, emitted waves, an emitted electrical field, a magnetic field, and/or a chemical. The compositions may also be utilized in the form of a kit or in conjunction with a design device, such as a stencil, to control the application of the composition to create, for example, a pattern on the surface. |
| US07829144B2 |
Method of forming a metal film for electrode
A method of forming a refractory metal film doped with III or V group elements. The first process gas is supplied from a first gas source through a first gas introducing member to and through a gas supply mechanism toward a substrate within a processing vessel. The second process gas is supplied from a second gas source through a second gas introducing member to and through the gas supply mechanism toward the substrate within the processing vessel. The processing vessel is purged by evacuating the processing vessel by an evacuating mechanism, while supplying the inert gas from a third source through a third gas introducing member to and through the gas supply mechanism into the processing vessel. The supplying the first process gas and the supplying the second process gas are repeated with the supplying the purging gas being carried out between supplying the first and second gases performed so that residual gas present in the processing vessel after performing the supplying of the first and second process gases is reduced to a level of 1 to 30% based on the entire capacity of the processing vessel. |