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| US07787078B2 |
LCD device suppressing a parallax problem
An LCD device includes front substrate and rear substrate sandwiching therebetween an LC layer, front polarizing film and rear polarizing film disposed on the front side of the front substrate and the rear side of the rear substrate, respectively, and a reflecting film disposed on the rear side of the rear polarizing film. The distance between the LC layer and the reflecting film is set at 0.8 mm or smaller, to solve a parallax problem. |
| US07787075B2 |
Liquid crystal display
Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display that compensates an hourglass phenomenon using a backlight unit. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, a polarizer adhered to the liquid crystal panel, and a backlight unit including a diffuser sheet. A predetermined region of the diffuser sheet facing a region of the polarizer, where an hourglass phenomenon occurs, is formed to permit a smaller quantity of light to be transmitted therethrough than other regions of the diffuser sheet. With this construction, the liquid crystal display can avoid the hourglass phenomenon from being observed by a viewer, and prevent non-uniform brightness while improving image quality. |
| US07787073B2 |
Backlight unit with a plurality of lamps each including an LED chip with a protecting lens therefor and a semi-transparent material and reflecting substance on the upper part of the lens
A backlight unit includes a plurality of lamp array units, each having a plurality of LED lamps evenly arranged in one direction, a reflecting substance formed on an upper surface of each of the LED lamps to reflect light emitted from the corresponding LED lamp in a lateral direction, a light dispersion member provided over the lamp array units, and an outer case supporting the light dispersion member. |
| US07787067B2 |
Display substrate and method of manufacturing the same
A display substrate includes a first metal pattern, a first insulating layer, a first electrode, and a second metal pattern. The first metal pattern includes a gate line and a signal line. The first insulating layer is disposed on a substrate having the first metal pattern formed thereon. A first opening passes through the first insulating layer to partially expose the signal line. The first electrode is disposed on the first insulating layer corresponding to a unit pixel. The second metal pattern includes a connection electrode contacting the first electrode and the signal line through the first opening and a data line. |
| US07787058B1 |
System and method for providing information synchronized to a playlist
Information is provided to on-air personnel that is synchronized to a playlist executed by a broadcast automation system. A type is defined within a broadcast automation system and is associated with studio segments and non-studio segments that follow studio segments in a playlist. As the playlist is executed, the broadcast automation system provides a count until the next segment with the specified type. The count is monitored and if the count matches a predetermined value, then a trigger is generated based on the predetermined value and the playlist. Each trigger is associated with a particular action, such as the display of a message on certain display units. Once the trigger is generated, the action is performed. The invention can be used to automatically provide countdown information to on-camera personnel based on the playlist. |
| US07787056B2 |
Apparatus and method for restoring DC spectrum for analog television reception using direct conversion tuners
A DC compensation circuit restores the frequency spectrum of an input signal at DC (or 0 Hz) by removing or reducing DC offset, 1/f noise, or any other unwanted noise at or near 0 Hz. The DC compensation is performed using direct coupling, as opposed to AC coupling, so that no useful signal information in the active period of the input signal is lost at DC. The DC compensation circuit samples the input signal during an inactive period of the input signal. Afterwhich, the unwanted DC noise is determined from the sampled signal and stored until an active period of the input signal. For example, the sampled signal can be filtered using a passband around DC so as to isolate the signal energy at DC during the inactive period. Since there is no useful signal information present during the inactive period, any signal energy at the output of the filter is necessarily unwanted DC noise. In a feed-forward approach, the unwanted DC noise is then subtracted from the input signal during the active period of the input signal to compensate or cancel the unwanted DC noise. Alternatively, the unwanted DC noise could be sampled and determined during the inactive period and then fed back (after filtering) in order to be subtracted during the active period of the input signal. |
| US07787055B2 |
Signal processing method, image display apparatus, and television apparatus
A signal processing method comprises the steps of: inputting three signals specifying a color of one pixel; and generating four signals from the input three signals, wherein each of said four signals represents intensities of four different colors to display a color of one pixel by mixing colors, wherein said generating step includes a first converting step of converting the input three signals to two signals representing intensities of two colors among the four colors and a signal representing intensity of a mixed color obtained by mixing (a) the four colors or (b) a plurality of colors among the four colors; and a second converting step of converting the signal representing intensity of the mixed color to a plurality of signals representing intensities of a plurality of colors including at least other two colors different from the two colors. |
| US07787054B2 |
VSB reception system with enhanced signal detection for processing supplemental data
A VSB reception system includes a sequence generator for decoding a symbol corresponding to the supplemental data and generating a predefined sequence included in the supplemental data at VSB transmission system. The reception system also includes a modified legacy VSB receiver for processing the data received from the VSB transmission system in a reverse order of the VSB transmission system by using the sequence, and a demultiplexer for demultiplexing the data from the modified legacy VSB receiver into the MPEG data and the supplemental data. The VSB reception system also includes a supplemental data processor for processing the supplemental data segment from the demultiplexer in a reverse order of the transmission system, to obtain the supplemental data, thereby carrying out the slicer prediction, decoding, and symbol decision more accurately by using the predefined sequence, to improve a performance. |
| US07787049B2 |
Image processing system and method, and image display system
There is provided an image processing method capable of improving the picture quality. The image processing method comprises: incorporating input frame pictures to be displayed on a display device, on the basis of an input picture signal and an input synchronizing signal which is synchronized with the input picture signal; recording the incorporated input frame pictures in an input frame memory; and producing output frame pictures from input frame pictures, which have been recorded in the input frame memory, by producing an interpolated picture or inserting a black raster picture or thinning out the frame pictures, between input frame pictures corresponding to a picture information of the input frame picture to be displayed, on the basis of the picture information and the input synchronizing signal and an output synchronizing signal. |
| US07787047B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a resolution increasing module and a moving-image improving module. The resolution increasing module performs, on receipt of a first video signal with first resolution, super resolution conversion on the first video signal to obtain a second video signal with second resolution that is higher than the first resolution by estimating an original pixel value from the first video signal and increasing pixels. The resolution increasing module also performs first correction on the second video signal obtained by the super resolution conversion. The moving-image improving module configured to perform, on the second video signal subjected to the first correction, second correction except for a correction process included in the first correction. |
| US07787042B2 |
Image display device for displaying a calendar corresponding to a sensed image
A sensed image and shooting time information corresponding to the sensed image are stored on a memory card. A display unit comprises a plurality of display areas at specific consecutive shooting times and displays the shooting time in the display area. A CPU specifies a display area in which a sensed image corresponding to the shooting time as an image-existing area, and enables the display unit to visibly indicate the image-existing area of the display areas specified as the image-existing area, based on a prescribed condition by a cursor. In this case, when the movement of the display area is instructed, the CPU moves only the image-existing area and indicates the existence of an image, by controlling the movement of the cursor. |
| US07787039B2 |
MOS sensor and drive method thereof
To provide a drive method for finding out an optimum storage period quickly. To provide a drive method for finding out an optimum storage period quickly. In the method for driving the MOS sensor having a plurality of pixels, after all the plurality of pixels are simultaneously reset, signals are then sequentially outputted from said plurality of pixels. The period from the reset time to the time just before said plurality of pixels output saturated signals is termed as the storage period. |
| US07787033B2 |
Apparatus and method for determining temperature of an active pixel imager and correcting temperature induced variations in an imager
An imager temperature sensor and a current correction apparatus are provided which use dark pixel measurements from an imager chip during operation together with a fabrication process constant as well as a chip dependent constant to calculate chip temperature. The chip temperature may be used to generate a current correction signal. The correction signal is used to tune a current on the imager chip to correct for temperature variations. |
| US07787032B2 |
Method and apparatus for dark current reduction in image sensors
Methods and apparatuses for dark current reduction by adjustment of electrical characteristics of transfer gates in pixels within an imaging sensor based on image comparisons. |
| US07787027B2 |
Information input apparatus and method
An electronic camera is capable of recording image, voice, text, line-drawn information and the like. A release switch in the electronic camera is operated to photograph a subject image. When recording voice with the electronic camera, shutter sound effects are not output with the recorded voice. Further, the photographic operation can be indicated to the user by lighting a light-emitting diode in a finder when the release switch is operated. |
| US07787023B2 |
Video signal processing apparatus
By setting an area for displaying OSD data, a high-intensity part of this area is highlighted and an area which is not to be highlighted is set. Also, by performing translucent display of the OSD data and natural-image data, an area which is not to be highlighted can be set. |
| US07787021B2 |
Programmable architecture for flexible camera image pipe processing
This invention is a programmable image pipe processing architecture that offers full software flexibility to implement latest and greatest algorithms at fully hardwired performance levels. This invention achieves hardwired image pipe processing performance but offers full flexibility and programmability of software achieving the best of both hardwired and software image pipes processing. |
| US07787017B2 |
Digital camera and method for identification of objects
The invention concerns a method for identification of stationary or moving objects such as images, texts or physical items on the basis of a digital representation (308), to be learned, of the object or of a part of the object. Within the representation (308) to be learned or within a detail (310), a search window (312) is initially selected here which occurs only once within the representation (308) to be learned or within the detail (310). At least one search detail (314, 316, 318) within the search window (312) is then selected, and forms the basis for the object identification. The invention further relates to a digital camera, in particular for image processing in an industrial environment. |
| US07787015B2 |
Apparatus and method for reducing image blur in a digital camera
A digital camera delays the capture of a digital image after image capture has been requested until the motion of the digital camera satisfies a motion criterion. The digital camera thereby reduces image blur that would otherwise occur due to camera motion. |
| US07787014B2 |
Systems, apparatus and methods for portable imaging
In some implementations, a portable imaging system includes a host computer, a docking station connected to the host computer, and a portable imaging device intermittently attached to the docking station and configured to communicate data with the host computer through a wired connection when the portable imaging device is attached to the docking station, and through a wireless connection when detached from the docking station. In some implementations, a method for communicating data between a portable imaging device and a computer is also provided. In some implementations, the method includes determining whether a wired connection is established between the portable imaging device and the computer. In some implementations, if established, the wired connection is used to communicate data between the portable imaging device and the computer. In some implementations, if a wired connection is not established, a wireless connection between the portable imaging device and the computer is established and used to communicate data between the portable imaging device and the computer. |
| US07787013B2 |
Monitor system and camera
A monitor system which can flexibly deal with changes in the system structure and perform monitoring of high quality includes a plurality of cameras and connected via a communication medium. Each of the plurality of cameras includes: an image capturing device which captures an image of an image capturing area included in a monitoring area and changes the image capturing area; a communication unit which (i) transmits, to another camera via the communication medium, the image capturing characteristics information for identifying the image capturing area and (ii) receives image capturing characteristics information from another camera; and an image capturing characteristics change unit which changes the image capturing area by controlling the image capturing device of the camera based on the image capturing characteristics information of the camera and the image capturing characteristics information of another camera received in the communication unit so that the image capturing area of the camera and the image capturing area of another camera have a predetermined relation. |
| US07787009B2 |
Three dimensional interaction with autostereoscopic displays
An apparatus and method for 3D interaction with an autostereoscopic display are presented. A motion tracking system may include video cameras that track a 3D motion of a user within an interaction volume defined by the fields-of-view of the video cameras, as the user moves a light source or other optical marker or an anatomical region of the user within the interaction volume. The motion tracking system may generate 3D tracking data containing position information about the 3D motion. An imaging system may create a virtual scene by tracing 3D virtual objects in virtual space, using the position information in the 3D tracking data. The imaging system may synthesize a plurality of views of the virtual scene, and interlace the plurality of views to generate an interlaced image to drive the autostereoscopic display and to be displayed thereon. |
| US07787004B2 |
Line head and image forming apparatus using the same
A line head includes: a first substrate that includes light-emitting elements formed thereon; and a second substrate that includes focusing lenses, which are inverted optical systems, focusing light emitted from the light-emitting elements, and has a linear expansion coefficient that is smaller than that of the first substrate. |
| US07787000B2 |
Exposure adjustment of an image using G+/G− curve
An improved exposure adjustment technique for brightening and darkening an image using a modified Gamma-like (G+) function is provided. The G+ function possesses characteristics such that, when applied brightening an image, the darker pixels are not enhanced too quickly when brightening, and the lighter pixels are not decreased too quickly when darkening. Two pertinent characteristics include the fact that the slope of the G+ function is not infinite at the origin, where “origin” corresponds to black pixels, and the slope near the origin, where corresponding to pixels are relatively dark, is lower than the slope of a conventional Gamma-like function. |
| US07786996B2 |
System and method for object oriented hardware including cross-point switch interconnecting modules with I/O
A system of inter-connectable modules that can be used to build consumer electronic sub-systems and products. Familial features are included for easy setup and control. Data is passed between modules using a common interface to permit easy routing and reconfiguration of data flows. |
| US07786994B2 |
Determination of unicode points from glyph elements
Systems, methods, and/or techniques (“tools”) for determining Unicode points from glyph elements are provided. The tools may receive indications of commands that relate to text containing glyphs. Responding to the commands, the tools may convert the glyphs to corresponding Unicode representations. The tools may also provide glyph substitution tables that include Unicode fields for storing Unicode representations of characters, along with first and second glyph fields for storing glyphs of the characters. The glyph substitution tables may include links pointing from the second glyph fields to the first glyph fields, and may also include links pointing from the first glyph fields to the Unicode fields. Finally, the tools may provide character mapping tables that include Unicode fields for storing Unicode representations of characters. The character mapping tables may also include glyph fields for storing glyphs of the characters, and may include links pointing from the glyph fields to the Unicode fields. |
| US07786992B2 |
Method for rendering multi-dimensional image data
A method for rendering multi-dimensional image data having a plurality of objects is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: providing an object database for storing the objects, providing a first pointer storage block, obtaining a depth value of the objects as a pointer which points to an address of the first pointer storage block, storing the pointers of the objects in the object database into the first pointer storage block and according to the depth value, sequentially searching the first pointer storage block to take out the objects from the object database for displaying the image data. The method is able to skip the comparison operations for every object with different depth values as found in the prior art. Therefore, the method can reduce the amount of computation and the occupied memory bandwidth. |
| US07786990B2 |
Cursor mode display system and method
A cursor mode display system and method for indicating an offset distance between a cursor position on an image and a closest image slice in a corresponding image series. First, the three-dimensional coordinates associated with the cursor position on the image are determined by projecting the cursor position onto a three-dimensional patient coordinate system. The closest image slice is then identified as the image slice in the corresponding image series that is closest to the three-dimensional coordinates of the cursor position. The offset distance between the closest image slice and the three-dimensional coordinates associated with the cursor position is then calculated. If the offset distance does not exceed a threshold value, then the closest image slice is displayed. Otherwise a modified version of the closest image slice is displayed. |
| US07786986B2 |
Image display device
The invention is to provided an integrated, optical touch panel type image display device free from crosstalk with displayed images. The image display device according to the invention comprises a plurality of pixels having display brightness modulation means controlled with display signals, a display unit in which the plurality of pixels are arrayed, and a plurality of optical detecting means provided within the display unit wherein each of the optical detecting means comprises an optical detection diode for converting incident lights into signal electric-carriers, signal electric-carrier resetting means for resetting the signal electric-carriers, and output impedance modulating means for detecting the signal electric-carriers and modulating output impedances. The output impedance modulating means in the optical detecting elements are connected, in series between each other, to a Y output line and an X output line. |
| US07786985B2 |
Semiconductor device, and display device and electronic device utilizing the same
A semiconductor device having a normal function means is provided, in which the amplitude of an output signal is prevented from being decreased even when a digital circuit using transistors having one conductivity is employed. By turning OFF a diode-connected transistor 101, the gate terminal of a first transistor 102 is brought into a floating state. At this time, the first transistor 102 is ON and its gate-source voltage is stored in a capacitor. Then, when a potential at the source terminal of the first transistor 102 is increased, a potential at the gate terminal of the first transistor 102 is increased as well by bootstrap effect. As a result, the amplitude of an output signal is prevented from being decreased. |
| US07786983B2 |
Apparatus and method for a data input device using a light lamina screen
A touch screen or pen-based data entry apparatus and method. The data entry apparatus creates a continuous sheet or “lamina” of light in the free space adjacent a touch screen. An optical position detection device, optically coupled to the lamina of light, is provided to detect data entries to the input device by determining the location of interrupts in the lamina caused when data is entered to the input device. During the method of operation, a user makes a data entry to the device by touching the screen at a predetermined location using an input device, such as a finger, pen or stylus. During the act of touching the screen, the lamina of light in the free space adjacent the screen is interrupted. The optical position detection device detects the position of the input based on the location of the interrupt. Based on the determined position, the data entry is determined. |
| US07786982B2 |
Display control device for touch panel-type setting-operation unit, electronic apparatus and image forming apparatus
Disclosed is a display control device for a touch panel-type setting-operation unit, which is designed to display a plurality of manually operable keys on a display screen and to perform an input processing corresponding to the operation of one or more of the keys. The display control device is operable, based on an evaluation value representing the operational status of each of the keys, which is derived from the relative operation number of each of the keys in a given period of time, to vary the respective display colors of the display areas for the keys in a stepwise manner using a color gradation from a color with high visibility to a color with low visibility in the order of higher score of the evaluation value. |
| US07786981B2 |
Circular touch sensor
A circular touch sensor has three or more sensors arranged in an iris pattern. Each pad is defined by continuous edges that spiral outward about a center point. The unique geometric shape allows measurement of relative amounts of contact on adjoining sensors. In one implementation, the sensors measure relative capacitance of two or more sensors, thereby enabling high precision identification of the point of contact. With as few as three pads, the circular touch sensor is less expensive than traditional 12-pad to 16-pad circular sensors. |
| US07786979B2 |
Handheld electronic device and method for disambiguation of text input and providing spelling substitution
A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate text input. The device is structured to identify and output representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a text input. The device is additionally structured to identify and output representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a known spelling substitution particular to a language active on the handheld electronic device. |
| US07786973B2 |
Display device and method
A region-based image display device includes a backlight module, a separating unit, a signal-processing unit, and a modulation unit. The backlight module includes several backlight regions. Each backlight region includes an adjustable luminance unit. Each luminance unit has a basis luminance value. The separating unit separates an input image signal into several image region signals corresponding to the backlight regions. The signal-processing unit transforms the image region signals into several output image signals. The modulation unit adjusts the basis luminance values to output luminance values according to the image region signals. Each basis luminance value and the corresponding image region signal on the one hand, and the corresponding output luminance value and output image signal, on the other hand, cooperatively define substantially the same chromaticity and brightness. |
| US07786972B2 |
Shift register and organic light emitting display using the same
A shift register, including first through third output nodes and first through third input lines for first through third clock signals, a fourth input line adapted to supply a start pulse or an output signal, a voltage level controller coupled between the second and fourth input lines, the voltage level controller being adapted to control voltage levels of the first and second output nodes, a first transistor coupled between a first power supply and the third output node, the third output node being an output node of the stage, a second transistor coupled between the third output node and the third input line, and a third transistor coupled between the first output node and a second power supply. |
| US07786970B2 |
Driver circuit of display device
A driver circuit of a display device according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a dot-inversion switch selectively supplying a driving voltage generated with an operational amplifier to a first pixel electrode or a second pixel electrode, the dot-inversion switch including: an operational amplifier-side switch and a pixel-side switch supplying the driving voltage to the first pixel electrode or the second pixel electrode; and a common short-circuit switch connected to a node between the operational amplifier-side switch and the pixel-side switch to supply an intermediate potential to the node. |
| US07786968B2 |
Pulse output circuit, driving circuit for display device and display device using the pulse output circuit, and pulse output method
An output pulse of a flip flop is delayed in a delay inverter circuit before supplied to an input terminal of a level shifter. Then, an output pulse of the next stage flip flop is supplied to a reset terminal of the first flip flop and also to an enable terminal of the level shifter. Further, the level shifter output a sampling pulse with a beginning end equal to the beginning end of the pulse supplied to the input terminal and a terminal and equal to the beginning and of the pulse supplied to the enable terminal. With this arrangement, the subject invention provides a pulse output circuit, a driving circuit for a display device using the pulse output circuit, a display device and a pulse output method, that reduce delay of the terminal end of the pulse in sequentially outputting pulses from plural output terminals. |
| US07786963B2 |
Method and apparatus for driving liquid crystal display device having data correction function
A method and an apparatus for driving a display device including a histogram calculator to calculate a histogram of pixel data for an input image and a data stretching curve generator, which divides the histogram into n (n being a positive integer above 2) gray level areas to generate a data stretching curve for each gray level area of which a gradient is determined in proportion to a total number of pixel data accumulated for each of the gray level areas, and modulates the pixel data of the input image with the generated data stretching curve. |
| US07786960B2 |
Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof
A liquid crystal display device includes an integrated circuit, a signal line, an inspection line and a signal generator. The integrated circuit drives a liquid crystal display panel. The signal line applies a driving signal to the integrated circuit. The inspection line detects the driving signal inputted to the integrated circuit. The signal generator supplies a compensation signal corresponding to the detected driving signal from the inspection line. |
| US07786958B1 |
EL display device and electronic device
In an EL display device in which color purity of each of red, blue and green is different, the EL display device displaying an image of a desired balance of red, blue and green is provided. A video signal supplied to each EL element is gamma (γ)-corrected by a correction circuit, the color purity of each of blue luminescence, green luminescence, and red luminescence is suitably controlled in accordance with the voltage and current of the corrected video signal. |
| US07786957B2 |
Plasma display device
A plasma display device which generates reset discharge in a reset period prior to an address period in the beginning subfields of a one-field display period, and applies two sustain pulses, which have rising timings different from each other by a predetermined period of time and have partly overlapping application periods, to row electrodes forming each row electrode pair after ending a sustain period in a last subfield of the one-field display period to thereby cause erasure discharge in discharge cells where sustain discharge has been caused in the last subfield. |
| US07786954B2 |
Adjustable head-mount type display device
A head-mount type display device has a first display unit for left eye, a second display unit for right eye, a guide that guides the first and second display units to slide them in a longitudinal way, and an adjustment mechanism that adjust a distance between the first and second display units. The adjustment mechanism includes a revolving member having a shaft, a left-side arm having a first end that rotatively connects the first display unit and a second end that rotatively connects the revolving member, and a right-side arm having a third end that rotatively connects the second display unit and a fourth end that rotatively connects the revolving member. When the revolving member revolves around the shaft, the first and second display units slide by a same distance from the shaft in the longitudinal way along the guide. |
| US07786952B2 |
Auxiliary display unit for a computer system
A host computer is provided with a main display unit and an auxiliary display unit. The host computer can free up screen space on the main display screen by routing certain types of display information to the auxiliary display unit for display. Display information can range from notification of events such as receipt of email, appointments, system messages, and information from separate applications. The auxiliary display panel may function as a user interface for audio, video, “push information”, MP3 player or become the hardware equivalent of a multimedia player. The auxiliary display panel may be integrated together with the host computer in the same physical structure or may be part of a standalone display unit that is wired or wirelessly coupled to the host computer. |
| US07786950B2 |
Loop antenna and loop antenna manufacturing method
A loop antenna is disclosed which can prevent the occurrence of variance in the loop length of the installed loop antenna element, and a method for manufacturing the loop antenna. The loop antenna comprises electrical wires constituting the antenna element and a housing that holds the electrical wires. Furthermore, the housing is formed with first guide grooves that guide the first end portions of the electrical wires and that have wall surfaces against which the tip ends on the side of the first end portions of the electrical wires abut, and second guide grooves that guide the second end portions of the electrical wires and that have wall surfaces against which the tip ends on the side of the second end portions of the electrical wires abut. Moreover, crimp parts with which the end portions of the electrical wires are connected by crimping are provided inside the respective guide grooves. In addition, a pair of contact parts that make contact with external terminals are respectively connected to the crimp parts. |
| US07786949B2 |
Antenna
An antenna includes inductance elements that are magnetically coupled together, an LC series resonant circuit that includes one of the inductance elements and capacitance elements, and an LC series resonant circuit that includes another of the inductance elements and capacitance elements. The plurality of LC series resonant circuits are used to radiate radio waves and are used as inductances of a matching circuit that matches an impedance when a power supply side is viewed from power supply terminals and a radiation impedance of free space. |
| US07786947B2 |
Broadband antenna
There is provided a broadband antenna including: an insulating block having opposing first and second main surfaces and a side surface between the first and second main surfaces; a first radiator pattern formed on the first main surface and having a tapered slot with an open end; and a second radiator pattern including two patterns connected to opposing ends of the first radiator pattern, respectively, and extending to the second main surface. |
| US07786946B2 |
Hollow dielectric pipe polyrod antenna
A waveguide including: a first section including a first surface, a second surface, an upper wall, and a lower wall facing the upper wall; and a second section extending from the second surface; wherein the first section includes an upper ridge on the upper wall of the first section and a lower ridge on the lower wall of the first section, wherein the second section includes an upper conductor extending from a top portion of the second surface and a lower conductor extending from a lower portion of the second surface with a gap between the upper and lower conductors, wherein the upper conductor is electrically connected to the upper ridge, wherein the lower conductor is electrically connected to the lower ridge, and wherein the upper and lower conductors are adapted to propagate a wave and reduce discontinuity of the wave a connection between the first and second sections. |
| US07786944B2 |
High frequency communication device on multilayered substrate
A communication device (110, 210) has an antenna (150, 152, 250, 252) positioned on a multilayer substrate/printed circuit board (154, 254, 254′). A first high frequency material (116, 216) is disposed over a first side of the substrate (154, 254) characterized for low frequency devices. A conductive layer (118, 218) is patterned over the first high frequency material (116, 216), defining first and second circuit traces (122, 124, 222, 224) and first and second antenna traces (132, 134, 232, 234). The first and second antenna traces (132, 134, 232, 234) define a first slot (116, 216) in the first conductive layer (122, 222), which is aligned with a cutout (162, 262) defined by the substrate (154, 254). One of a transmitter (112, 212) and a receiver (114, 214) are disposed over the high frequency material (116, 216) and coupled to the edge emitting antenna (150, 250) by the first and second circuit traces (122, 124, 222, 224). The other of the transmitter (112) and receiver (114) may be positioned on the same or opposed side (aligned or staggered) of the substrate (254) in a similar manner. One or more layers (262), which may be patterned to provide resonant features, are formed between the substrate (254, 254′) for isolation. |
| US07786943B2 |
Antenna device and radio communication system
An antenna device includes: a substrate; first and a second antenna units which are wound coaxially on a surface of the substrate, and include a plurality of antenna elements; and a feeder which feeds power only to the first antenna unit. A separation distance between the antenna elements in each of the first and second antenna units is substantially the same. |
| US07786938B2 |
Antenna, component and methods
An antenna component (and antenna) with a dielectric substrate and a plurality of radiating antenna elements on the surface of the substrate. In one embodiment, the plurality comprises two (2) elements, each of them covering one of the opposite heads and part of the upper surface of the device. The upper surface between the elements comprises a slot. The lower edge of one of the antenna elements is galvanically coupled to the antenna feed conductor on a circuit board, and at another point to the ground plane, while the lower edge of the opposite antenna element, or the parasitic element, is galvanically coupled only to the ground plane. The parasitic element obtains its feed through the electromagnetic coupling over the slot, and both elements resonate at the operating frequency. Omni-directionality is also achieved. Losses associated with the substrate are low due to the simple field image in the substrate. |
| US07786936B2 |
Position information detection system and position information detection method
An object of the present invention is to achieve a position information detection system with high precision when an obstruction and a reflective object exist. A position information detection system includes a reader/writer whose position is known, a first RF chip whose position is known, and a second RF chip attached to an object to be detected; and calculates a distance between the reader/writer and the second RF chip from a first calculated distance between the reader/writer and the first RF chip, which is calculated from a signal intensity of a communication signal transmitted from the reader/writer, detected by the first RF chip, a second calculated distance between the second RF chip and the reader/writer, which is calculated from a signal intensity of a communication signal transmitted from the reader/writer, detected by the second RF chip, and a distance between the reader/writer and the first RF chip. |
| US07786934B2 |
Apparatus and method for removing interference in transmitting end of multi-antenna system
An apparatus and method for removing interference in a transmitting end of a multi-antenna system are provided. The method includes receiving channel information for all Receive (Rx) antennas; calculating a beam-forming matrix that maximizes a Signal-to-Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) for each Rx antenna by using the received channel information; calculating an integer value which is in proportion to an interference signal for each Rx antenna by using the received channel information and the calculated beam-forming matrix, and performing Dirty Paper Coding (DPC) on a Transmit (Tx) signal by using the calculated integer value; and performing beam-forming by multiplying the Tx signal that has undergone the DPC by the calculated beam-forming matrix. Accordingly, a highest data rate for each user and a highest diversity can be obtained. |
| US07786932B2 |
Time-to-first-fix for position determination
An improved time-to-first-fix (TTFF) for GPS systems is provided through a comparison of the time-of-week (TOW) to the sub-frame identification (ID). In one embodiment, this comparison comprises dividing the TOW to form a ratio and performing a modulus operation on the ratio to form a remainder, which is then incremented. If the incremented remainder equals the sub-frame ID, the TOW is assumed to be valid, thereby providing a time of transmission. The time of transmission may then be used to calculate pseudoranges and determine a receiver's location. |
| US07786930B2 |
Global positioning system log with low power consumption
A global positioning system (GPS) log with low power consumption has an antenna, a GPS module, a power control module, a main control module, a power adjusting unit and a memory. The main control module is connected to the GPS module and the power control module to retrieve the computing results of the GPS module and controls the power control module to periodically provide power to the GPS module according to a predetermined and variable power providing period. The power adjusting unit is connected to the main control module, analyzes the computing results of the GPS module and assists the main control module to adjust the power providing period. Since the main control module automatically adjusts the power providing period, the GPS log does not deplete unnecessary power on the GPS module. Therefore, the power consumption of the GPS log is reduced and the GPS operates longer. |
| US07786929B2 |
Method and device for predicting GNSS satellite trajectory extension data used in mobile apparatus
A method and device for predicting satellite trajectory extension data used in a mobile apparatus. The device in accordance with the present invention comprises an I/O interface and a microprocessor. The input/output (I/O) interface is used for obtaining at least one satellite navigation message for a satellite. The microprocessor is used for determining a propagating condition according to the satellite navigation message, estimating a plurality of parameters of a satellite trajectory prediction model according to the propagating condition, and propagating a set of satellite trajectory extension data by using the satellite trajectory prediction model. |
| US07786927B2 |
Radar, radio frequency sensor, and radar detection method
In a sensor and a radar for measuring the distance and the moving speed of a target by radiating a radio frequency, particularly a millimeter wave, compatibility between cost reduction and high detection performance has been conventionally a significant problem. In the present invention, the frequency of a transmitted signal changes during a fixed time while performing digitally-frequency-modulation on frequency sweeping straight lines extending, with different slopes relative to the time axis, from plural slightly different initial values serving as starting points, the signal is transmitted after being modulated so as to periodically repeat the sweep time serving as a unit, signal components corresponding to the respective sweeping slopes are digitally sampled, in synchronization with the transmitted modulation signal, from a received signal which is reflected and returned from a target, and the received signal is analyzed. |
| US07786925B1 |
Determination of the outline of an elevated object
A method and apparatus determines the shape of an orbiting or airborne object. A radar determines the general location and a telescope is directed toward the object to form an image of background stars, which will be occluded by the object. The image is compared with a memorized star map, to identify the region of the image in the map. Stars visible in the map which are not visible in the image are listed. The invisible stars are paired with next adjacent visible stars to form star pairs. The midpoints are identified of lines extending between star pairs. Segment lines are drawn between a midpoint and the next closest midpoint. The segment lines define an outline of the object. |
| US07786923B2 |
Interrogator of communication system
An interrogator that is to be incorporated in a communication system in which each of at least one transponder is operable, upon reception of a main carrier wave transmitted from the interrogator, to respond to the interrogator with a reflected wave that is generated by modulating the main carrier wave. The interrogator includes: (a) a transmitting portion operable to transmit the main carrier wave; (b) a receiving portion operable to receive the reflected wave as a received signal; (c) at least one first frequency-converter each operable to generate an intermediate frequency signal, by multiplying the received signal with a first local signal that is generated by a first local oscillator; (d) at least one second frequency-converter each operable to generate a demodulated signal, by multiplying the intermediate frequency signal or a converted signal converted from the intermediate frequency signal, with a second local signal that is generated by a second local oscillator; and (d) a phase controller operable to control phase of the second local signal. |
| US07786921B2 |
Data processing method, data processing apparatus, semiconductor device, and electronic apparatus
In a solid-state imaging device with an AD converter mounted on the same chip, to enable an efficient product-sum operation while reducing the size of the circuit scale and the number of transmission signal lines. A pixel signal during an n-row readout period is compared with a reference signal for digitizing this pixel signal, and a counting operation is performed in one of a down-counting mode and an up-counting mode while the comparison processing is being performed, and then, the count value when the comparison processing is finished is stored. Subsequently, by using the n-row counting result as the initial value, a pixel signal during an (n+1)-row readout period is compared with the reference signal for digitizing this pixel signal, and also, the counting operation is performed in one of the down-counting mode and the up-counting mode, and then, the count value when the comparison processing is finished is stored. If the count mode for the n+1 row is set to be opposite to the count mode for the n row, the count value obtained by the counting operation for the n+1 row is a subtraction result. If the count modes for the n+1 row and the n row are set to be the same, the count value obtained by the counting operation for the n+1 row is an addition result. |
| US07786920B2 |
Method and device for controlling a successive approximation register analog to digital converter
A method for controlling a successive approximation register analog to digital converter comprising connecting a first side of a capacitor to a first comparator input, during a sampling phase connecting the first side of a capacitor to an input and connecting a second side of the capacitor to a mid-voltage, following the sampling phase disconnecting the first side of the capacitor from the input and disconnecting the second side of the capacitor from the mid-voltage and autozeroing the comparator. |
| US07786917B2 |
Digital-to-analog converter
A digital-to-analog converter is disclosed for converting a digital signal into its analog equivalent. The digital-to-analog converter includes a two switches capable of coupling circuit nodes to ground, a scaling capacitor having a capacitance value that equals a unit capacitance value, a first array of capacitors coupled to the first circuit node and a first switching array which couples the first array of capacitors to either ground or a reference voltage depending on the digital values of the least significant bits of the digital word being converted, a second array of capacitors coupled to the second circuit node and a second switching array which couples the second array of capacitors to either ground or the reference voltage depending on the digital values of the most significant bits of the digital word being converted. |
| US07786911B2 |
Resettable high order delta-sigma analog to digital converter
A high-order delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter. A plurality of stages are connected to accept an analog input signal and produce a digital output signal. Each stage has a resettable Δ-Σ converter of second order or higher. Resetting each stage before accepting a new input purges the integrators of any information related to the previous input, allowing step inputs to the system. The stability of the converter is ensured using local feedback loops at each stage. Each stage provides a digital representation of a portion of the analog input signal. A decimation filter receives the digital signals from the stages and arranges them into the digital output signal. |
| US07786905B2 |
Modulation coding and decoding
Methods and apparatus are provided for partitioning a stream of binary input data into two binary output streams for supply to respective modulation encoders in a modulation coding system. A 4-ary enumerative encoding algorithm is applied to each of a succession of input words in the input bit-stream to produce a succession of 4-ary output symbols from the input word. The 4-ary algorithm simultaneously encodes respective j=∞ Fibonacci codes in the odd and even interleaves of the input word such that the two bit-sequences formed by respective corresponding bits of the succession of output symbols are range-limited codewords. The two binary output streams are then produced by separating the two range-limited codewords generated from each successive input word. The binary output streams can then be independently encoded by respective modulation encoders, and the encoder outputs interleaved to produce a modulation-constrained output stream. Corresponding decoding systems are also provided. |
| US07786904B1 |
Voltage level digital system
A digital system programmed to accept words wherein each of said words is a collection of “bit” voltage values with each bit value represented by its position in the word and the value of a base raised to a power, said base multiplied by an integer, m. |
| US07786902B1 |
Circuits, architectures, systems, methods, algorithms and software for conditional modulation coding
Methods, algorithms, software, circuits, architectures, and systems for conditionally encoding information and processing conditionally encoded information. The present invention takes advantage of codes where most randomly selected data units fulfill the coding constraints. Thus, only those data units that need encoding (i.e., that do not fulfill coding constraints) are encoded, and those data units that do not need encoding (i.e., that fulfill coding constraints) are not encoded. By doing so, one may increase the density, bandwidth and/or gain of data communications, increase the error checking and/or correcting capabilities of a data communications system, and/or reduce interference in a multi-user system. |
| US07786901B2 |
Key press registration in an electronic device with moveable housings
A method for key press registration in an electronic device uses a first key press debounce limit (233) if a first housing of the electronic device has not moved relative to a second housing of the electronic device and a second key press debounce limit (236) if the first housing has moved relative to the second housing. In one implementation, the second debounce limit is at least twice the first debounce limit. By using different debounce limits based on whether housing movement has recently been detected, the electronic device reduces the effect of an inadvertent key press made while opening or closing the electronic device. |
| US07786896B2 |
Parking assistance system and parking assistance method
A parking assistance system for outputting parking instructions to the driver of a vehicle has a sensor device which is designed for performing a parking space measurement on the basis of parking space limits and generating parking space information on the basis of the parking space measurement; a program-controlled device which calculates the driving trajectory to be traveled on the basis of the parking space information generated and calculates a time to collision and/or a distance to collision, within which the vehicle will presumably collide with one of the parking space limits, from the parking space information generated and the calculated driving trajectory; and a warning signal transducer which generates a warning signal if the calculated period of time is less than a first limit value and/or the calculated distance to collision is less than a second limit value. |
| US07786895B2 |
Multi-user motor vehicle telemetric system and method
A multi-user vehicle telemetric system comprises vehicle interface units (VIUs), wireless gateways, and one or more central hosts. The VIU in a vehicle collects data over the OBD-II bus and stores the data in the form of DataPoint Records (DPRs) in an on-board non-volatile (e.g. flash) memory. When the VIU is within wireless range of a gateway, it establishes a WiFi (802.11b) connection with the gateway, and submits stored DPRs to the gateway, to be stored in permanent storage at the gateway. Although the DPRs are stored in permanent storage on the gateway, they are deleted from permanent storage on the gateway after they are successfully uploaded to the central hosts. The gateways are shared, and communicate with the central hosts over a wide area network (WAN). When a gateway has gathered new DPRs from a VIU, it submits these to selected central hosts. The central hosts collect vehicle data for a plurality of users, each user being assigned a central host exclusively, or sharing a central host with other users. Each of the VIUs may be exclusively accessed by a single user or a number of users, and the shared gateways forward DPRs from a VIU only to the central hosts of the users which are authorized to access the VIU. |
| US07786894B2 |
Methods, apparatus, and systems for monitoring transmission systems
A sensing platform for monitoring a transmission system, and method therefor, may include a sensor that senses one or more conditions relating to a condition of the transmission system and/or the condition of an environment around the transmission system. A control system operatively associated with the sensor produces output data based on an output signal produced by the sensor. A transmitter operatively associated with the control system transmits the output data from the control system. |
| US07786892B2 |
Method for interpretation of a radio-electrical command
A method for the interpretation of a radio-lectrical command for equipment in which the command is interpreted as a function of the emission zone is provided. This is achieved whereby the electromagnetic characteristics of the field generated by the radio-electrical command in the vicinity of a device for reception of radio-electrical commands are determined. The characteristics are compared to determine if the point of the radio-electrical command is located in a near-field or in a far-field zone. A command is then carried out as a function of the command received and as a function of the emission zone of the command. This permits the same command to have two meaning for the equipment. |
| US07786891B2 |
System and method for an interactive security system for a home
A system and method for displaying video in a residence. An indication of an alert is received as communicated from a security system of a residence. The indication of the alert is communicated to a cellular telephone. A selection of a television communicated from the cellular telephone is received. The television is selected from multiple televisions located within the residence. A command is communicated to display one or more images on the selected televisions. |
| US07786888B2 |
False ceiling fire detector assembly
A mounting apparatus usable with ambient condition detectors includes first and second mounting bases spaced apart axially along a common center line. Respective detectors can be coupled to the bases as required in a specific installation. |
| US07786882B2 |
Occupant-detecting apparatus
An occupant-detecting apparatus includes a plurality of load sensors configured to detect a load imparted on a vehicle seat, and an occupant-sitting determination device configured to determine whether or not an occupant is seated on the vehicle seat, based on detected result of the load sensors. The load sensors are configured to detect loads at different positions on the vehicle seat, and the occupant-sitting determination device is configured not to perform occupant-sitting determination if an absolute value (ΔW) of a variable amount in a sum of detected result of the load sensors is lesser than a predetermined threshold value (TH/L). |
| US07786881B2 |
Content status provision related to volatile memories
The present invention relates to a method, a content status information providing unit (100), a portable electronic device (114), a computer program product (50) and a computer program element for providing status information related to at least one data content file, within a portable electronic device (114), to a user, the method comprising the steps of obtaining a battery capacity value (step 206), obtaining content related information for at least one data content file (steps 214, 216), determining a content status of the' at least one data content file, in dependence of the obtained battery capacity related to the at least one data content file (steps 222, 226, 233, 234), and providing information on the determined content status to the user (step 224), such that the user of the portable electronic device (114) can be made aware of the status of the at least one data content file. |
| US07786878B2 |
Advanced transmitter isolation feature
A signal representative of a pressure is received from an industrial transmitter. An isolation indicator signal may be obtained by control signals from an isolation valve assembly or by signals from a DCS to indicate that isolation has occurred. |
| US07786874B2 |
Methods for refining patient, staff and visitor profiles used in monitoring quality and performance at a healthcare facility
Methods, systems and computer program products are used in monitoring patients, staff, assets and visitors at a facility, initiating a response to prevent or mitigate harm, and assess and ensure overall quality and performance, and refine individual patient, staff and visitor profiles. A plurality of sensors throughout the facility provide multiple data streams relating to the locations of patients relative to at least one of caregivers, assets, other patients, visitors or one or more fixed locations. A computer system analyses the data stream and determines the location and/or movements of the patients relative to the caregivers, assets, other patients, visitors and/or fixed locations. A profile containing individual data for the patient is used to accurately detect events, including actionable events, ensure completion of prescribed care, assess patient wellness, and, in some cases, provide tailored patient specific responses to detected events. Patient profiles are periodically refined by means of an information feedback loop in order to more accurately predict (actionable) events, provide adequate care and ensure a desired level of patient wellness. Staff and visitor profiles can be used to measure staff and visitor performance at a facility. |
| US07786867B2 |
Remotely powered and remotely interrogated wireless digital sensor telemetry system
An electronic system includes a reader and a remotely powered and remotely interrogated sensor transponder. The sensor transponder includes a reader and a remotely powered and remotely interrogated sensor transponder. The sensor transponder includes a sensor and a radiation receiving device. Data from the sensor is conditioned to provide sensor data ratiometric with magnitude of excitation voltage provided by the radiation receiving device. |
| US07786865B2 |
RFID reader and range indicating method for the RFID reader
An RFID reader and range indicating method for the RFID reader is provided. The RFID reader includes an RF antenna for communicating with one or more than one tag using RF signals, a module for operating on the tag, a module for analyzing a range of the RFID reader; and a module for indicating, based on the analysis, a potential area where the RFID reader is capable of implementing the operation on the tag. |
| US07786863B2 |
Information processing and wireless communication device wherein the resonant frequency of an antenna circuit is regularly corrected regardless of temperature
An information processing device of the invention has an antenna circuit, and a reader/writer device provided with a received signal generating circuit, a microcomputer, a transmitted signal generating circuit, a level detecting circuit, and a D/A converter. The received signal generating circuit is connected to the microcomputer and the antenna circuit, the transmitted signal generating circuit is connected to the microcomputer and the antenna circuit, the D/A converter is connected to the microcomputer and the antenna circuit, the level detecting circuit is connected to the microcomputer and the antenna circuit, and the antenna circuit has an antenna, a resonant capacitor, and a variable capacitor. |
| US07786861B2 |
Detecting theft and disabling stolen equipment
Some implementations of the present invention provide methods and devices for detecting the theft of, and disabling, electronic devices such as computers and network devices. The devices may be disabled when a signal is not detected, e.g., for a predetermined period of time. For example, a radio frequency (“RF”) signal (e.g., a beacon), an Internet Protocol (“IP”) signal or the like may define a space within which the devices may be operated with complete functionality. Outside this space, the devices will be disabled, at least to some degree. The degree of disablement may depend on the length of time since the signal was last detected. Alternatively, the devices may be disabled when a signal is detected: some such implementations define “portals,” “choke points” or the like past which a device may not be transported without some degree of disablement. |
| US07786860B1 |
Open and covert detection mechanisms for materials at locations of interest
An optical receiving and data communications system for sensing materials of interest (e.g., drugs and/or explosives) in transportation systems such as buses, trucks, cars, trains, aircraft, and ships, and checkpoints such as building entrances, roadblocks, passenger boarding areas, and the like. The system can be included in the transportation system, and includes a fiber optic frontend that focuses and/or concentrates light reflected from a target into the fiber filament for communication to an optical sensor. When the target is illuminated at a predetermined wavelength, a vapor plume and/or particulate matter associated therewith is energized such that change information is caused to occur and be received into the fiber system. The change information is communicated over a fiber communications network to a remote processing and analysis system for processing and analysis to determine its chemical components. |
| US07786859B2 |
Locator apparatus and method using that apparatus
An apparatus to locate an article is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a host device comprising a transmitter, and a client device attached to the article. The client device comprises a client controller, a receiver interconnected with the client controller, a battery interconnected with both the client controller and the receiver. The controller and the receiver alternate between an inactive mode and an active mode. |
| US07786858B2 |
Video-enabled rapid response system and method
A video-enabled rapid response system and method that integrates identification technology and tracking technology in order to rapidly alert the most appropriate person to an incident. Such an approach includes a strong identification mechanism to get a positive identification on a person and a weak identification mechanism to maintain location information for the person moving in a facility. The system can rapidly determine the closest person with skills and or authority to respond when an incident occurs at a particular location and then pass an alert to them via a paging mechanism. The system combines strong and weak identification mechanism in order to provide accurate subject identification and tracking over the large facility. |
| US07786857B2 |
Path tracking system, terminal device, fixed communication device, and path management device
A shopping path tracking system is disclosed that comprises a terminal device, a fixed communication device, and a path management device. The fixed communication device wirelessly communicates with the terminal device, calculates a response time of the terminal device, and reports the calculated response time to the path management device. The path management device detects a position of the terminal device based on the response time reported from the fixed communication device, stores the detected position, and detects a travel path of the terminal device by tracking the stored positions. |
| US07786856B2 |
Exercise monitor
A device for measuring the aerobic capacity of a subject, has an input for receiving a measurement of distance travelled in a given time. The time is chosen to be sufficiently large to ensure that the user is working at the maximum of his or her aerobic capacity. A processor determines from the values of distance and time an aerobic capacity, and a measure of exercise level is output to the user based on the calculated aerobic capacity. The calculated aerobic capacity conforms to the relationship expressed as V02max=a+bx+c(x^2) wherein V02max is the maximal oxygen consumption of a user; a, b and c are non-zero constants, and x is a measure of distance per unit time. |
| US07786853B2 |
Method for transmitting data from at least one sensor to a control device
A method for transmitting data from at least one sensor to a control unit is described, a value range, which is available for encoding the data to be transmitted, being divided into three portions. The first portion is used for the sensor values. The second portion is used for status signals and error signals, and the third portion is used for sensor identification data, the three portions being separated from one another and following in succession. |
| US07786852B2 |
Method and system for preventing leaving a child in an unattended vehicle
A method is provided that includes determining whether a fastener of a child seat is fastened, determining whether a person is seated in a vehicle seat, and if it is determined that the fastener is fastened and the person is not seated in the vehicle seat: enabling a first notification signal of the alarm system, enabling a delay of the alarm system for a period of time, enabling a second notification signal of the alarm system if a door of the vehicle is locked within the period of time, and enabling the second notification signal after expiration of the period of time. If it is determined that the fastener is not fastened or the person is seated in the vehicle seat, the method includes resetting the alarm system. |
| US07786850B1 |
Method and apparatus for bridge collision alert monitoring and impact analysis
This is a method and apparatus for bridge collision alert and monitoring impact analysis, which allows users of the method and apparatus to continuously monitor the integrity of a bridge as well as to detect insult or impact to the bridge structure or both as well as viewing purposes as for forensic purposes. The system is comprised of a series of monitors that gather different pieces of date and integrate that data into a system for view by the operator. |
| US07786849B2 |
Trailer detection system
A proximity sensor system for a vehicle includes a first remote sensor that senses objects in a rearward area relative to the vehicle. A trailer detection module determines that one of the objects is a trailer that is attached to the vehicle based on a repeating pattern of signals from the first remote sensor. A response module selectively responds to the objects other than the trailer based on the objects outside of a predetermined distance threshold. An indicator responds to response module signals. |
| US07786848B2 |
Vehicle security systems
A complementary security system for installation, at least in part in a vehicle, has an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) security system installed therein. The complementary security system for communicating an alarm condition beyond the communication range of the OEM security system. The complementary security system comprising: a control module for receiving a trigger signal being indicative of the alarm condition detected by the OEM security system; a communication module for transmitting by Radio Frequency (RF) an alert signal upon receipt of the trigger signal by the control module; and a remote transmitter for alerting a user upon receipt of the alert signal. The remote transmitter being located beyond the communication range of the OEM security system. A corresponding method is also described. |
| US07786847B2 |
Radio frequency identification device
An RFID device includes an analog block configured to receive a radio frequency signal so as to output an operation command signal, a digital block configured to output an address, a temperature address, an operation control signal, and a temperature sensor activation signal in response to the operation command signal received from the analog block and to provide a corresponding response signal into the analog block. The device further includes a memory block configured to receive the address, the temperature address, and the operation control signal so as to generate an internal control signal for controlling the internal operation, and to read/write data in a cell array including a non-volatile ferroelectric capacitor in response to the internal control signal, and a temperature sensor processing unit configured to detect a temperature change state of an RFID tag in response to the temperature sensor activation signal. |
| US07786846B2 |
Communication station for inventorizing transponders by means of selectable memory areas of the transponders
A communication station (1) and a transponder (2) are designed in such a way that an inventorizing operation can be performed using various memory areas (36, 37, 38, 39, 40), which are provided in an addressable memory (35) of the transponder (2), and in which different identification data (UIDDATA, USERDATA) is stored. |
| US07786845B2 |
Method and apparatus for wireless communication of identification information between radio frequency devices
Identification information is wirelessly communicated between radio frequency devices. In one embodiment, a first wireless device transmits a signal to request identification information. Other wireless devices are each affixed a respective item, and each of the other wireless devices determines if a reply signal is to be transmitted, and if so, communicates the reply signal to the first wireless device. |
| US07786841B2 |
Fuse cutout assembly
A fuse cutout assembly having enhanced safety features to aid in both removal and replacement of fuse tubes. The inventive assembly can be produced by making modifications to standard fuse cutout assemblies. The modifications include lengthening the trunnions of the lower contact assembly and adding reflectors as a further visual aid for positioning the lower contact portion of the fuse tube within the trunnion sockets. Additionally, a molded plastic guide placed proximate the lower contact area of the fuseholder of the cutout promotes “self guiding” of the fuseholder during replacement. Also, the pull ring is modified by the addition of protruding arcuate sections extending from a standard pull ring, the sections allowing the technician to engage the pull down ring without aiming the hook stick through the ring. Additional reflectors are strategically placed to facilitate replacement of the fuseholder. |
| US07786840B2 |
Optimal packaging geometries of single and multi-layer windings
The present invention is an optimized geometry for stacking multiple windings, where each winding multiple-turn coil having both a start lead and a finish lead on a perimeter of the coil. The start lead of each winding of the stack is indexed respective of adjacent windings of the stack. |
| US07786838B2 |
Wire wound electronic part
A wire wound electronic part includes a ferrite core comprising ferrite having a columnar wire wound core and flanges formed at both ends thereof, a coil conductor wound around the wire wound core of the ferrite core, and at least a pair of terminal electrodes having a Cu conduction layer disposed to the outer surface of the flange, in which both ends of the coil conductor wound around the wire wound core are conductively connected to the terminal electrodes. The terminal electrode is formed by coating an electrode paste containing a Cu powder and a glass frit to the outer surface of the ferrite core, and then applying a heat treatment to the ferrite core. There is a reaction layer of a portion of the ferrite core and the glass frit at a boundary between the ferrite core and the Cu conduction layer. The terminal electrodes has the peel strength identical with that of an existent Ag terminal electrode, without forming a plate layer. |
| US07786837B2 |
Semiconductor power device having a stacked discrete inductor structure
A power device includes a discrete inductor having contacts formed on a first surface of the discrete inductor and at least one semiconductor component mounted on the first surface of the discrete inductor and coupled to the contacts. The discrete inductor further includes contacts formed on a second surface opposite the first surface and routing connections connecting the first surface contacts to corresponding second surface contacts. The semiconductor components may be flip chip mounted onto the discrete inductor contacts or wire bonded thereto. |
| US07786830B2 |
Switch with movable portion
A switch includes a movable portion, a first electrode and a second electrode. The movable portion is provided on a substrate and moves with respect to the substrate. The first electrode is provided on the movable portion. The second electrode is able to contact with the first electrode and is fixed to the substrate. f×Ro×C≦1.6×10−4 when an operation frequency is represented as “f” (Hz), a transmission impedance is represented as “Ro” (Ω), and a capacitance in “OFF” state between the first electrode and the second electrode is represented as “C” (F). |
| US07786826B2 |
Apparatus with acoustically coupled BAW resonators and a method for matching impedances
An apparatus includes a first bulk acoustic wave (BAW) device including a first impedance and a second BAW device including a second impedance, wherein the first and second impedances are different and the first and second BAW devices are acoustically coupled. |
| US07786824B2 |
Multilayer filter
A multilayer filter has a capacitor element body, at least two signal terminal electrodes, and at least one grounding terminal electrode. The capacitor element body has a plurality of laminated insulator layers, a first signal internal electrode and a grounding internal electrode arranged to be opposed to each other with at least one insulator layer out of the plurality of insulator layers in between, and a second signal internal electrode arranged to be opposed to either one internal electrode of the first signal internal electrode and the grounding internal electrode with at least one insulator layer out of the plurality of insulator layers in between. The second signal internal electrode is connected to the at least two signal terminal electrodes. The first signal internal electrode is connected through a through-hole conductor to only the second signal internal electrode. The grounding internal electrode is connected to the at least one grounding terminal electrode. |
| US07786822B2 |
Four-state digital attenuator having two-bit control interface
A four-state digital attenuator for an RF signal includes a first external terminal adapted to receive a first control voltage; a second external terminal adapted to receive a second control voltage, and a third external terminal connected to a fixed supply voltage. The four-state digital attenuator receives no supply voltages other than the control voltages and the fixed supply voltage connected to the third external terminal. A plurality of series paths are provided from an RF input to an RF output, each of the series paths passing through a node. A plurality of shunt paths are provided from the node to the third external terminal. A driver selectively enables the series paths and shunt paths in response to the first and second control voltages to provide four attenuation levels for an RF signal from the RF input to the RF output. |
| US07786820B2 |
Tunable dielectric radio frequency microelectromechanical system capacitive switch
The invention is a tunable RF MEMS switch developed with a BST dielectric at the contact interface. BST has a very high dielectric constant (>300) making it very appealing for RF MEMS capacitive switches. The tunable dielectric constant of BST provides a possibility of making linearly tunable MEMS capacitive switches. The capacitive tunable RF MEMS switch with a BST dielectric is disclosed showing its characterization and properties up to 40 GHz. |
| US07786816B2 |
Phase controlled oscillator circuit with input signal coupler
An oscillating signal in an oscillator is caused to phase shift toward the phase of an input signal coupled to the oscillating signal. The resonant frequency of the oscillator is about equal to an integer multiple of the frequency of the input signal. The input signal may be generated in a pulse generator to have an input pulse duration less than or equal to that of the oscillating signal. The oscillator circuit may be used as a filter to filter pulse width variations or to filter jitter from a reference clock. The oscillator circuit may also serve as a buffer by amplifying the input signal. Phase interpolation can be obtained by coupling at least one input signal with at least one oscillating signal. |
| US07786815B2 |
Apparatus and method for generation of noise signal
An apparatus and method for generation of a noise signal are provided. The apparatus includes a noise synthesizing module and a noise signal transfer module. The noise synthesizing module includes a voltage controlled oscillator, a phase frequency detector, a phase locked loop filter, and a reference generator which form a phase locked loop. An output signal of the reference generator is provided to a first phase-frequency input of the phase-frequency detector, and an output signal of the voltage controlled oscillator is provided to a second input of the phase-frequency detector. An output signal of the phase-frequency detector is provided to an input of the phase locked loop filter, and an output of the phase locked loop filter is provided to a frequency control input of the voltage controlled oscillator. The noise signal transfer module includes a sinusoidal generator and a frequency mixer having a first input which is provided with an output signal of the phase frequency detector and a second input which is provided with an output signal of the sinusoidal. |
| US07786814B2 |
Method and apparatus for deriving an integrated circuit (IC) clock with a frequency offset from an IC system clock
Generally, methods and apparatus are provided for deriving an integrated circuit (IC) clock signal with a frequency that is offset from the IC system clock. An offset clock having a frequency that is offset from a system clock is generated by configuring a ring oscillator in a first mode to generate the system clock having a desired frequency; and adjusting the configuration of the ring oscillator in a second mode to generate the offset clock having the frequency that is offset from the system clock. The configuration of the ring oscillator is adjusted in the second mode by adjusting (i) a power supply value applied to the ring oscillator in the second mode relative to a power supply value applied in the first mode; or (ii) a number of delay line elements that are active in the ring oscillator loop. |
| US07786813B2 |
Interleaved voltage controlled oscillator
An interleaved voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is disclosed. The VCO includes a ring circuit comprising a series connection of main logic inverter gates, a plurality of delay elements connected in parallel with a selected sequence of the main logic inverter gates, at least one temperature compensation circuit comprising a logic inverter gate in series connection with one or more field effect transistors, the field effect transistor responsive to a compensating voltage input that is proportional to temperature, and an electronic circuit in signal communication with the at least one temperature compensation circuit and configured to provide a voltage signal responsive to temperature. Each delay element includes a feedforward section, comprising controls for regulating signal transmission through feedforward elements responsive to one or more control voltages, and a proportional section, comprising controls for regulating signal transmission through at least one logic inverter gate. |
| US07786812B2 |
Oscillators having reactance-adjustable frequency control
In various embodiments, the invention provides a frequency controller to control and provide a stable resonant frequency of a clock generator and/or a timing and frequency reference. Such stability is provided over variations in a selected parameter such as temperature and fabrication process variations. The various apparatus embodiments include a sensor adapted to provide a signal in response to at least one parameter of a plurality of parameters; and a frequency controller adapted to modify the resonant frequency in response to the second signal. In exemplary embodiments, the sensor is implemented as a current source responsive to temperature fluctuations, and the frequency controller is implemented as a plurality of controlled reactance modules which are selectively couplable to the resonator or to one or more control voltages. The controlled reactance modules may include fixed or variable capacitances or inductances, and may be binary weighted. Arrays of resistive modules are also provided, to generate one or more control voltages. |
| US07786810B2 |
Phase locked loop with leakage current calibration
A phase locked loop with a current leakage adjustment function is provided. The phase locked loop includes a phase locked loop unit having a compensation voltage node, a digitalized leakage-detection circuit generating a plurality of digital control signals based upon the phase error between a reference clock signal and a feedback signal, and a compensation circuit generating a compensation current based upon the plurality of digital control signals. When there exist current leakages of the MOS capacitors, the current leakage adjustment circuits provided by the present invention may prevent the conventional phase locked loop from un-locking due to jittering. |
| US07786809B1 |
Method of low power PLL for low jitter demanding applications
A system that includes a phase locked loop and an activation circuit; wherein the phase locked loop includes an oscillator, a frequency divider, a phase detector, a control circuit, and a memory circuit. The activation circuit is adapted to activate the memory circuit and the oscillator; to deactivate the frequency divider, the phase detector and the control circuit during deactivation periods and to activate the frequency divider, the phase detector and the control circuit during activation periods. The timing relationship between a deactivation period and an activation period is responsive to an output signal jitter limitation and to a power consumption limitation. |
| US07786805B2 |
Power amplifier module and a time division multiple access radio
A power amplifier module comprises a power amplifier circuit having an output power level controlled by a power supply voltage. A power supply transistor controls the power supply to the power amplifier circuit from a drive signal which is received from a drive circuit. The drive circuit generates the drive signal in response to a power level input signal, which specifically may correspond to a power ramping for a GSM cellular communication system. The power amplifier module furthermore comprises a detection circuit which determines an operating characteristic of the power supply transistor. The operating characteristic is preferably a saturation characteristic. A control circuit controls the drive signal in response to the operating characteristic. The control circuit preferably controls the drive signal such that the power supply transistor does not enter the linear region for a Field Effect Transistor and the saturated region for a bipolar transistor. |
| US07786803B2 |
Operational transconductance amplifier (OTA)
Apparatus and methods provide an operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) with one or more self-biased cascode current mirrors. Applicable topologies include a current-mirror OTA and a folded-cascode OTA. In one embodiment, the self-biasing cascode current mirror is an optional aspect of the folded-cascode OTA. The self-biasing can advantageous reduce the number of biasing circuits used, which can save chip area and cost. One embodiment includes an input differential pair of a current-mirror OTA. |
| US07786799B2 |
Trimming technique for high voltage amplifiers using floating low voltage structures
The system contains a first MOS transistor having a first source element, a first drain element, and a first gate element. A first low voltage current source has two ends. The ends of the low voltage current source are connected to at least two of the first MOS transistor elements. At least one first Zener clamp is in parallel with the low voltage current source. |
| US07786798B2 |
Amplifying pulses of different duty cycles
An amplifier stage capable of delivering a peak limited voltage pulse with sharp transitions, at a desired width and duty cycle, and with high efficiency is disclosed. One disclosed embodiment relates to a circuit that includes a tuned class D amplifier that receives an input signal and generates a pulsed RF output signal in response to the input signal. The pulsed RF output signal has a greater power than that of the input signal. |
| US07786797B2 |
Amplifying apparatus
The amplifying apparatus includes an amplifier having a circuit constant determined so as to satisfy a condition for E-class operation; power detecting unit which detects an output electricity from the amplifier; and controlling unit which controls the circuit constant in accordance with the output power detected by the power detecting unit. |
| US07786796B2 |
Audio amplifier
An audio amplifier including a differential mode integrator, a first comparator, a second comparator, a logic circuit and a driving unit is provided. The differential mode integrator receives a differential input signal and a differential output signal and outputs a differential mode intermediate signal. The first comparator has a positive input terminal receiving a first terminal signal of the differential mode intermediate signal, a negative input terminal receiving a ramp signal, and generates a first signal. The second comparator has a positive input terminal receiving a ramp signal, a negative input terminal receiving a second terminal signal of the differential mode intermediate signal, and generates a second signal. The logic circuit performs a logic operation on the first and second signals to generate a third signal and a fourth signal. The driving unit generates a differential output signal to drive a load according to the third and fourth signals. |
| US07786794B2 |
Amplifier circuit
An amplifier circuit is disclosed that includes a first input terminal; a second input terminal; a first differential amplifier circuit that samples signals input to the first and second input terminals and outputs signals obtained by applying a gain to the sampled input signals having different voltages; and a second differential amplifier circuit that supplies first and second reference voltages referred to when a sampling operation is performed in the first differential amplifier circuit to the first and second input terminals, respectively. A potential difference between the first and second reference voltages is equal to an offset voltage of the first differential amplifier circuit. |
| US07786788B2 |
Systems including level shifter having voltage distributor
A level shifter includes a voltage distributor for receiving an input signal and respectively outputting a first signal and a second signal at a first node and a second node according to the input signal; and an output circuit coupled to the voltage distributor for generating an output signal according to the first signal and the second signal, wherein the voltage distributor includes: a first transistor having a first electrode, a second electrode coupled to the first node, and a first control electrode for receiving the input signal; a switch coupled between the first node and the second node for selectively establishing an electrical connection between the first and the second nodes; and a second transistor having a third electrode coupled to the second node, a fourth electrode, and a second control electrode coupled to the first node. |
| US07786785B2 |
Peaking control circuit
There are provided a peaking detection part detecting a peaking amount in an output part of an inductor peaking circuit and a control signal generation part varying a circuit parameter of the inductor peaking circuit based on the peaking amount detected by the peaking detection part. Particularly, the inductor peaking circuit has inductors and resistors inserted in series between the output part and a power supply, and capacitances coupled in parallel between the output part and an earth (GND), and depending on respective values of these inductors, resistors and capacitances, it is possible to suppress a peaking generated in the output part. |
| US07786784B2 |
Variable delay circuit, variable delay device, and VCO circuit
Herein disclosed is a variable delay circuit, including a first delay portion that delays an input signal; an output portion; and a variable impedance portion provided coupled between the first delay portion and an the output portion. |
| US07786782B2 |
Method and apparatus for counter-based clock signal adaptation
A method and apparatus to implement clock signal adaptation is provided to characterize an input clock signal that is to be adapted and in response, generate adaptation updates at each subsequent clock cycle of the input clock signal. In a first embodiment, clock signal adaptation occurs through duty cycle correction (DCC) to substantially achieve a 50% duty cycle. In an alternate embodiment, clock signal adaptation occurs through a multiplication operation that is applied to the clock signal to be adapted, whereby the multiplication operation is parameterizable to allow odd/even multiplication. In an alternate embodiment, clock signal adaptation occurs through a phase-shift operation that is applied to the clock signal to be adapted, whereby the phase-shift operation is parameterizable to allow all possible fractions and percentages of phase shifts. |
| US07786780B2 |
Clock doubler circuit and method
Apparatus for producing a signal, comprising a capacitor; a first current source for one of charging and discharging the capacitor over a first time period; a second current source for one of discharging and charging the capacitor over a first portion of a second time period; a detector for detecting when the voltage across the capacitor is substantially a first voltage and controlling the second current source for a second portion of the second time period to substantially maintain the voltage across the capacitor; and an apparatus output for indicating when the voltage across the capacitor is one of above and below the first voltage. |
| US07786779B2 |
Buffer for driving circuit and method thereof
A buffer for a driving circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor and a slew rate controlling circuit. The first transistor serves to provide a current to an output terminal. The second transistor serves to sink a current from the output terminal. The slew rate controlling circuit serves to control slew rate of at least one of the first transistor and the second transistor according to the input signal. The managing circuit serves to prevent the first transistor and the second transistor from turning on simultaneously. |
| US07786770B1 |
Reducing power consumption by disabling power-on reset circuits after power up
Circuits and methods for reducing power consumption in an Integrated Circuit (IC) are provided. In one embodiment, a circuit includes a POR system control circuit, a POR latch and a control block circuit. The POR system control circuit generates a pulse during power up which is sent to the POR latch to set the state of the POR latch to a first logic state. The state of the POR latch is used to enable POR circuits during power up. The control block generates an output to disable POR circuits in the IC based on the state of the POR latch. After power-up, the state of the POR latch is set to a second logic state in order to disable the POR circuits resulting in power savings in the IC by eliminating static POR circuit current. |
| US07786767B2 |
Common-mode insensitive sampler
An approach to rejecting input common-mode voltage variations in a sampler/converter that avoids the use of a differential amplifier in the signal path, and without introducing added distortion or noise. In one embodiment, the input common-mode variations are sensed on a pair of matched resistors that straddle the common mode analog inputs, on a node ‘Vcmi’. An alternative, switched-capacitor-based sensing scheme is also possible. Using this measured Vcmi, adjustments are then made to the rest of the sampler/converter to take out any variations observed at Vcmi. |
| US07786760B2 |
I/O buffer circuit
An output buffer circuit is provided. The output buffer circuit receives a control signal (OE) and a data signal (Dout) from a first core circuit (10) and operates in a transmitting mode according to the control signal. The output buffer circuit converts the data signal into an output signal at a first voltage level or a ground voltage level according to the data signal logic level and a supply voltage (VDDIO). The supply voltage is adjusted to pull up or pull down the first voltage level of the output signal. |
| US07786757B2 |
Integrated circuits with hybrid planer hierarchical architecture and methods for interconnecting their resources
Methods for interconnecting base, switching and interconnect resources for configurable integrated circuits are provided, where these methods include the following steps: interconnecting base and switching resources with interconnect resources to form a hierarchical interconnect structure; physically placing the hierarchical interconnect structure in a two dimensional format; and directly interconnecting selected neighboring base and switching resources. The integrated circuits generated include base resources, interconnect resources; and switching resources that are interconnected to form a hierarchical interconnect structure, and, additional interconnect resources that directly interconnect neighboring switching or base resources. |
| US07786755B2 |
Reducing errors in data by dynamically calibrating trigger point thresholds
Methods, systems, computer readable media and means for reducing errors in data caused by noise are provided. In some embodiments of the present invention, circuitry of the device receives timing data from one or more other circuitries and identifies noiseless periods from the timing data. The circuitry then actively adjusts the trigger point threshold of data being transmitted to and/or from the circuitry only during the noiseless periods. The circuitry subsequently monitors the timing data to identify noise periods. In response to identifying a noise period, the device ceases to adjust the trigger point threshold until the noise period is over. |
| US07786753B2 |
Output driver circuit, semiconductor memory device including the output driver circuit, and method for operating the semiconductor memory device
Output driver circuit, semiconductor memory device including the output driver circuit, and method for operating the semiconductor memory device, including a pre-driver to generate a pull-up control signal and a pull-down control signal according to a logic value of data to output, and to adjust and output a slew rate of the pull-up control signal and a slew rate of the pull-down control signal according to a termination resistance setting information, a pull-up driver to output logic high data in response to the pull-up control signal and a pull-down driver to output logic low data in response to the pull-down control signal. |
| US07786752B2 |
Memory systems, on-die termination (ODT) circuits, and method of ODT control
According to one aspect, an on-die termination (ODT) circuit is controlled during transition from a first power mode to a second power mode of a memory device. The transition from an asynchronous ODT circuit path to a synchronous ODT circuit path is delayed to compensate for an operational latency of a delay locked loop (DLL) circuit. |
| US07786749B1 |
Programmable integrated circuit having built in test circuit
A programmable integrated circuit has a plurality of logic elements with each logic element having a plurality of input leads and at least one output lead. The programmable integrated circuit further comprises a group of interconnect lines, and a first set of programmable circuits for electrically connecting the input and output leads of the plurality of logic elements to each other through the group of interconnect lines. The programmable integrated circuit further comprises a test circuit having at least one input and one output. Further the programmable integrated circuit comprises a second set of programmable circuits for electrically connecting the one output of the test circuit to the plurality of input leads of each of the plurality of logic elements and for electrically connecting the at least one output lead of each of the plurality of logic elements to the one input of the test circuit, through the group of interconnect lines. |
| US07786748B1 |
Method and apparatus for signal inversion in superconducting logic gates
In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a single-flux quantum logic gate capable of providing output from one of the two inputs, which is also known as the A and NOT B gate. The logic gate includes a first input gate and a second input gate for respectively receiving a first input pulse and a second input pulse. An output gate is wired in parallel with the first input gate. A first Josephson junction and a second Josephson junction are connected to the first input gate and the second input gate, respectively. A cross-coupled transformer is also provided. The cross-coupled transformer diverts the first pulse from the output gate if the second pulse is detected at the second input gate. In an optional embodiment, the first Josephson junction has a first critical current which is selected to be less than the critical current of the second Josephson junction. |
| US07786747B2 |
Microdisplay assemblies and methods of packaging microdisplays
Microdisplay assemblies, methods of packaging microdisplays, and methods of testing microdisplays are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a microdisplay assembly includes a support and a microdisplay disposed on the support. The microdisplay includes a semiconductor workpiece mounted to the support and an optical device region disposed over the semiconductor workpiece. A plurality of contacts is disposed over a portion of the semiconductor workpiece, wherein each of the plurality of contacts comprises a protruding feature. |
| US07786743B2 |
Probe tile for probing semiconductor wafer
A tile used to hold one or more probes for testing a semiconductor wafer is disclosed. The tile has one or more sites for inserting one or more probes to test the semiconductor wafer. Each site has one or more holes. Each hole is coupled with a slot forming an angle. A probe is inserted into the tile from a top of the tile through the hole and seated on the slot. The probe has a probe tip. The probe top is in contact with the semiconductor wafer at one end of the slot at a bottom of the tile. The probe tip is aligned with an X and Y coordinate of a bond pad on the semiconductor wafer. |
| US07786738B2 |
Cancelling low frequency errors in MEMS systems
Systems and methods are described below for cancelling low frequency errors in electronic systems including MEMS systems. The systems include a first circuit coupled to one or more switches. One or more bond wires are coupled to the switches and a second circuit. Control signals are coupled to the switches, and the control signals are configured to control coupling of the first circuit to the second circuit via the switch to cancel variable offsets introduced by the bond wire in an output of the first circuit. |
| US07786736B2 |
Method and system for detecting damage in aligned carbon nanotube fiber composites using networks
Methods and structural defect detectors for detecting a structural defect in composites are presented. An exemplary method includes forming a nanocomposite including a plurality of nanotubes mechanically aligned in a principal direction within a polymer matrix. A voltage is applied to the nanocomposite and a resistance of the nanocomposite is measured using the applied voltage to detect the structural defect. An exemplary structural defect detector includes a nanocomposite including a plurality of mechanically aligned nanotubes within the polymer matrix, electrodes coupled to the nanocomposite, a voltage source for applying a voltage to the electrodes, and a resistance detector for measuring a resistance of the nanocomposite that allows identification of a structural defect. The plurality of nanotubes form a conducting percolating network of sensors. |
| US07786733B2 |
Apparatus and system for well placement and reservoir characterization
A resistivity array having a modular design includes a transmitter module with at least one antenna, wherein the transmitter module has connectors on both ends adapted to connect with other downhole tools; and a receiver module with at least one antenna, wherein the transmitter module has connectors on both ends adapted to connect with other downhole tools; and wherein the transmitter module and the receiver module are spaced apart on a drill string and separated by at least one downhole tool. Each transmitter and receiver module may comprise at least one antenna coil with a magnetic moment orientation not limited to the tool longitudinal direction. A spacing between the transmitter and receiver module may be selected based on expected reservoir thickness. |
| US07786731B2 |
Dipole locator using multiple measurement points
A receiver and tracking system for identifying a location of a magnetic field source. In a preferred embodiment a plurality of tri-axial antennas are positioned at three distinct points on a receiver frame. Each antenna detects a magnetic field from a source and a processor is used to determine a location of the source relative to the frame using the antenna signals. Each tri-axial antenna comprises three windings in each of three channels defined by a support structure. The windings each define an aperture area. The windings have substantially identical aperture areas and have a common center point. The receiver may to display to the operator the relative location of the field source or may direct the operator to a spot directly above the field source. |
| US07786718B2 |
Time measurement of periodic signals
A system for measuring the time interval of a signal. The second signal has a frequency higher than a frequency of the first signal. According to one embodiment, the system includes an electronic circuit for determining an approximation of the time based on a period of the second signal and for determining an adjustment to the approximation based on the second signal and a third signal corresponding to the second signal and aligned with the first signal. The length of the adjustment is less than the period of the second signal. |
| US07786711B2 |
Auxiliary turn-on mechanisms for reducing conduction loss in body-diode of low side MOSFET of coupled-inductor DC-DC converter
Conduction loss in the body-diode of a low side MOSFET of a power switching stage of one phase of a coupled-inductor, multi-phase DC-DC converter circuit, associated with current flow in the output inductor of that one phase that is induced by current flow in a mutually coupled output inductor of another phase, during normal switching of that other stage, is effectively prevented by applying auxiliary MOSFET turn-on signals, that coincide with the duration of the induced current, to that low side MOSFET, so that the induced current will flow through the turned-on low side MOSFET itself, thereby by-passing its body-diode. |
| US07786710B2 |
Electric power flow control
An apparatus for reactive power compensation in an ac medium voltage power network. The apparatus includes a common connection; a first branch including a first switch, and a first capacitor; and a second branch including a second switch and a second capacitor. |
| US07786707B2 |
Oscillator circuit
The invention provides an oscillator circuit that reduces the dependence of an oscillation frequency on a power supply voltage. When a first charging and discharging circuit completes its discharge, a terminal voltage of a first capacitor of the first charging and discharging circuit is initialized to a power supply voltage and simultaneously a second charging and discharging circuit starts its discharge. Then, when the second charging and discharging circuit completes its discharge, a terminal voltage of a second capacitor of the second charging and discharging circuit is initialized to the power supply voltage and simultaneously the first charging and discharging circuit starts its discharge. The first and second charging and discharging circuits alternately repeat the initialization and the discharge, and the discharge is always started from the power supply voltage. |
| US07786698B2 |
Charging a secondary battery
A method of charging a battery includes applying a charging current from a semiconductor device to the battery during a first battery charging time period. The method also includes measuring a charging voltage level at the battery during the first battery charging time period. During a non-charging voltage measurement time interval, the method includes temporarily stopping application of the charging current from the semiconductor device to the battery and measuring a non-charging voltage level at the battery while the charging current is not being applied to the battery. |
| US07786695B2 |
Configurable battery management system with embedded SRAM in chip architecture
A battery management system includes an external non-volatile memory and a battery management chip with embedded SRAM, CPU, ROM, and ROM_RAM encoder. The chip communicates with the non-volatile memory via standard protocols. While the battery management system is powered on or reset, a battery management program stored in the non-volatile memory is loaded to the embedded SRAM and the executed by CPU. As turning off this system, the program in the SRAM is then restored back the non-volatile memory. A battery protection IC is optionally embedded in the chip or externally connected with this chip to protect the battery from over-/under-voltage, over-current and short-circuit in both charge and discharge. |
| US07786689B2 |
Trapping prevention guard and method for controlling a motor-driven adjusting device
In order to reliably detect a jamming situation, in particular in a seat adjusting means, provision is made for a total loading exerted by the drive during a start phase to be determined and for this to be fixed as the basic loading. The existence or non-existence of a jamming situation is finally determined during a monitoring phase by comparing the basic loading and the total loading that varies during operation of the adjusting apparatus. |
| US07786684B2 |
Electromechanical flight control system and method for rotorcraft
Flight control systems and methods for rotorcraft are provided. The flight control system includes a user input device and a motor in operable communication with the user input device. The motor includes a plurality of winding sets and an armature coupled to the plurality of winding sets. The armature includes multiple magnets. The winding sets and the armature are configured such that when one or more of the plurality of winding sets are selectively energized, the armature moves relative to the one or more of the plurality of winding sets. |
| US07786677B2 |
Control circuit for turning on/off automobile lights
A control circuit for turning on/off automobile lights is connected to first, second and third power output units and an input trigger circuit. When a car is started, the second power output unit supplies power to the control circuit. Thereafter, the third power output unit supplies power to the control circuit for each time when the input trigger circuit is conducted electrically. The control circuit is selectively disconnected from the first power output unit to allow the first power output unit to supply power to turn on the automobile lights. Since the control circuit cannot receive the power from the second power output unit immediately when the engine is turned off, the control circuit will prohibit the first power output unit to supply power to the automobile lights and turn off the automobile lights. |
| US07786674B2 |
Quartz metal halide lamp with improved lumen maintenance
A quartz metal halide lamp includes an outer sealed envelope defining an interior space, and an arc tube disposed in the interior space. The arc tube has a fill space. A chemical fill is disposed in the fill space. The chemical fill includes sodium halide and lanthanide halide, with the lanthanide halide selected from the group consisting of europium iodide, europium bromide, praseodymium iodide, praseodymium bromide, ytterbium iodide, ytterbium bromide and combinations thereof. The lanthanide halide is between 2 and 6 weight percent of the chemical fill. Electrodes are partially disposed within the fill space. |
| US07786665B2 |
Organic electroluminescent device having a diffraction grating for enhancing light extraction efficiency
An organic electroluminescent device is provided, which includes an emission portion comprising a first electrode and a second electrode and an organic layer sandwiched between the first and second electrodes, and a diffraction grating disposed neighboring on the emission portion, the diffraction grating having first regions and a second region, the first regions comprising a plurality of pair of recessed and projected portions, the plurality of pair of recessed and projected portions being periodically arranged and provided with a primitive translation vector of a direction, the second region comprising an aggregate of the first regions and located parallel with an emission surface of the organic electroluminescent device. |
| US07786662B2 |
Display using a movable electron field emitter and method of manufacture thereof
A field emission device 100 comprises an anode 105 and a cathode 110 separated by a distance 115 from the anode. At least one of the anode or cathode is configured to move with respect to the other in response to an applied voltage 120 to at least one of the anode and cathode, the distance being adjustable by the movement. |
| US07786659B2 |
Plasma display with a novel green-silicate phosphor
Using Eu2+ as the luminescence center for a green-emitting phosphor, a plasma display panel and a PDP device using it are configured by using an Eu2+-activated silicate green-emitting phosphate (Ca1-xM1x)2-e.M2.Si2O7:Eue with improved decay characteristics. In the formula, M1 is at least one element selected from the group containing Sr and Ba; M2 is at least one element selected from the group containing Mg and Zn; and x indicates the mole fraction of the component M1 and e indicates the mole fraction of Eu respectively satisfy the following conditions: 0 |
| US07786654B2 |
Compact rake piezoelectric assembly and method of manufacturing same
A compact rake piezoelectric assembly comprises a body (110), a plurality of blades (120) extending away from the body, and a piezoelectric patch (130) attached to the body. The piezoelectric patch has a fixed portion (138) and a free portion (139), with the fixed portion being constrained to be in physical contact with the body. |
| US07786653B2 |
MEMS piezoelectric switch
The present invention provides a MEMS piezoelectric switch that has an articulated unimorph bridge attached to a substrate. The bridge includes a passive layer of zirconia and at least one silicon-based material, an active layer of a piezoelectric material that has a high piezoelectric coefficient, at least one pair of interdigitated electrodes, disposed on the top surface of the active layer and across which the bias voltage is applied, and a top contact electrode. A bottom contact electrode is provided on the substrate, and signals flow through the switch when the top and bottom contact electrodes contact one another. |
| US07786648B2 |
Semi-resonant driving systems and methods thereof
A driving system in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes a structure and a vibration system. The structure has at least one point to frictional couple to and drive a movable element in one of at least two directions. The structure also has at least two bending modes which each have a different resonant frequency. The vibration system applies two or more vibration signals which are at a vibration frequency to each of the bending modes of the structure. The vibration frequency is substantially the same as one of the resonant frequencies. At the vibration frequency one of the bending modes of the structure is vibrating substantially at resonance and the other of the bending modes of the structure is vibrating at partial resonance. The vibration system adjusts a phase shift between the two or more applied vibration signals to control which one of the at least two directions the moveable element is moved. |
| US07786647B2 |
Micromotion mechanism and microscope apparatus having micromotion mechanism
A micromotion mechanism includes: a fixing base; a movable element supported by the fixing base and movable thereon; an ultrasonic actuator for relatively moving the movable element and the fixing base; and a control device for outputting a drive signal of the ultrasonic actuator. The drive signals of the ultrasonic actuator during the micromotion drive are two types of burst signals equal in frequency and different in phase, and amplitude of the start and end of each of the two burst signals changes, and the maximum amplitude of at least one of the two burst signals is lower than in the normal driving operation. |
| US07786645B2 |
Superconducting machine stator
A stator for an electrical machine includes a back iron including a substantially cylindrical annular structure having an inner surface and an axis. A plurality of supports are fabricated of non-magnetic material, each support extending parallel to the axis of the annular structure along the inner surface of the annular structure, each support including a primary base and at least two primary support members. The primary bases substantially conform to the inner surface of the back iron with the primary support members extending radially inward from the primary base towards the axis of the annular structure. A stator winding is positioned between the at least two primary support members and between the primary base of the support and the axis of the annular structure. |
| US07786642B2 |
Rotating machinery
In a rotating machinery having armature windings constituted by a lot of strands, when the armature winding is constituted by four layers, a step number of the strands becomes half with respect to two layers of armature windings so as to facilitate manufacturing an armature winding of 540 degree transposition in which a transposition pitch is elongated and a circulating current loss is reduced, but since an output voltage becomes twice, for securing a voltage limit value caused by an isolation resisting force, one layer of armature windings are constituted by sub windings separated into at least two layers in a vertical direction, a transposition is independently applied to each of the sub windings, the sub windings are connected to the armature windings of the other slot while keeping an isolation of the sub winding at an armature winding end region by at least two connecting methods, and the sub winding constructs a parallel circuit by the armature windings of a plurality of slots. |
| US07786622B2 |
Juvenile product inductive power transfer
A juvenile product includes a power adapter comprising a first AC-to-DC converter to generate a DC transmission voltage from a line power source, and a power cable coupled to the power adapter and configured to carry the DC transmission voltage. A power transmitter coupled to the power cable includes a transmitter coil and a DC-to-AC converter coupled to the transmitter coil such that an AC current flows through the transmitter coil based on the DC transmission voltage. A power supply includes a receiver coil configured for generation of induced current in the receiver coil via inductive coupling with the transmitter coil, and further includes a second AC-to-DC converter coupled to the receiver coil to generate DC power based on the induced current. An electrical load coupled to the power supply is configured for operation via the DC power. |
| US07786620B2 |
Battery supplementing super capacitor energy storage charge and discharge converter
A super capacitor energy storage supplementing a battery providing power to a direct current bus including charge and discharge converters is disclosed. A bank of super capacitors may be charged by a battery with a pulse-width modulation controller and an electromagnetic interference filter. The bank of super capacitors may be controllably connected to the direct current bus through an isolating transformer implemented as a isolated boost converter. |
| US07786611B1 |
System and method for generating wind power from a vertical structure
A ducting structure for generating wind power from a vertical structure. The ducting structure includes a main housing sized and shaped to be coupled to a wind turbine and located on the vertical structure. The main housing includes a vertically oriented aperture having a first duct leading to the coupled wind turbine and a horizontally oriented aperture having a second duct leading to the coupled wind turbine. The vertically oriented aperture captures a prevailing wind and the horizontally oriented aperture captures an updraft flowing upwardly along the vertical structure. The captured updraft and the prevailing wind are guided through the first and second ducts past the coupled wind turbine. |
| US07786609B2 |
Ocean energy system and method
A wave energy system and method are provided that have a main body that floats on the surface of the ocean and generates energy due to the motion of the crests and troughs of the ocean. |
| US07786607B2 |
Overlay correction by reducing wafer slipping after alignment
A method and apparatus for correcting overlay errors in a lithography system. During lithographic exposure, features being exposed on the wafer need to overlay existing features on the wafer. Overlay is a critical performance parameter of lithography tools. The wafer is locally heated during exposure. Thermal expansion causes stress between the wafer and the wafer table, which will cause the wafer to slip if it exceeds the local frictional force. To increase the amount of expansion allowed before slipping occurs, the wafer chuck is uniformly expanded after the wafer has been loaded. This creates an initial stress between the wafer and the wafer table. As the wafer expands due to heating during exposure, the expansion first acts to relieve the initial stress before causing an opposite stress from thermal expansion. The wafer may be also be heated prior to attachment to the wafer chuck, creating the initial stress as the wafer cools. |
| US07786606B2 |
Resin-sealed electronic device and method of manufacturing the same
A resin-sealed semiconductor device includes a metal frame, an electronic substrate, an adhesive agent, a molded resin, and a bonding agent. The electronic substrate includes a first surface having a circuit element wiring part, a second surface facing the metal frame, and a side surface arranged approximately perpendicularly to the first surface and the second surface. The adhesive agent is disposed between the metal frame and the second surface to cover the second surface and a portion of the side surface adjacent to the second surface. The molded resin covers the metal frame and the electronic substrate, and holds the other portion of the side surface adjacent to the first surface. The bonding agent is disposed between the circuit element wiring part and the molded resin so that the molded resin holds the circuit element wiring part through the bonding agent. |
| US07786605B2 |
Stacked semiconductor components with through wire interconnects (TWI)
A semiconductor component includes a semiconductor substrate having a substrate contact, and a through wire interconnect (TWI) bonded to the substrate contact. The through wire interconnect (TWI) includes a via through the substrate contact and the substrate, a wire in the via bonded to the substrate contact, and a contact on the wire. A stacked semiconductor component includes the semiconductor substrate, and a second semiconductor substrate stacked on the substrate and bonded to a through wire interconnect on the substrate. A method for fabricating a semiconductor component with a through wire interconnect includes the steps of providing a semiconductor substrate with a substrate contact, forming a via through the substrate contact and part way through the substrate, placing the wire in the via, bonding the wire to the substrate contact, and then thinning the substrate from a second side to expose a contact on the wire. A system for fabricating the semiconductor component includes a bonding capillary configured to place the wire in the via, and to form a bonded connection between the wire and the substrate contact. |
| US07786601B2 |
Semiconductor chip and multi-chip package
There is provided a semiconductor chip and a multi-chip package. Each semiconductor chip includes a plurality of pads formed on a first surface thereof and electrically connected to an integrated circuit, and interconnection patterns formed as stripes on a second surface of the semiconductor chip. The interconnection patterns are formed by transferring a part of the basic layout configured with a pattern of stripes extending from a center portion to an edge portion, wherein the pads are electrically connected to the interconnection patterns. |
| US07786600B2 |
Circuit substrate having circuit wire formed of conductive polarization particles, method of manufacturing the circuit substrate and semiconductor package having the circuit wire
A circuit substrate includes a substrate body having a first terminal and a second terminal separated from the first terminal. A circuit wire includes a wiring unit for electrically connecting the first and second terminals by electrically connecting conductive polarization particles that include a first polarity and a second polarity that is opposite to the first polarity. The circuit wire also includes an insulation unit for insulating the wiring unit. |
| US07786595B2 |
Stacked chip package structure with leadframe having bus bar
The present invention provides a chip-stacked package structure with leadframe having bus bar, comprising: a leadframe composed of a plurality of inner leads arranged in rows facing each other, a plurality of outer leads, and a die pad, wherein the die pad is provided between the plurality of inner leads and is vertically distant from the plurality of inner leads; a chip-stacked structure formed with a plurality of chips that stacked together and set on the die pad, the plurality of chips and the plurality of inner leads being electrically connected with each other; and an encapsulant covering over the chip-stacked package structure and the leadframe, in which the leadframe comprises at least a bus bar, which is provided between the plurality of inner leads arranged in rows facing each other and the die pad. |
| US07786594B2 |
Wafer level stack structure for system-in-package and method thereof
A wafer level stack structure, including a first wafer including at least one first device chip of a first chip size, wherein each first device chip contains a first plurality of input/output (I/O) pads, a second wafer including at least one second device chip of a second chip size smaller than the first chip size, wherein each second device chip contains a second plurality of I/O pads, wherein the at least one second device chip is increased to the first chip size, wherein the first wafer and the second wafer are stacked, and wherein the first wafer and the second wafer are coupled to each other. A system-in-package, including a wafer level stack structure including at least one first device chip with a first plurality of input/output (I/O) pads and at least one second device chip with a second plurality of I/O pads, and a common circuit board to which the wafer level stack structure is connected. |
| US07786582B2 |
System for providing a redistribution metal layer in an integrated circuit
A system and method is disclosed for providing a redistribution metal layer in an integrated circuit. The redistribution metal layer is formed from the last metal layer in the integrated circuit during manufacture of the integrated circuit before final passivation is applied. The last metal layer provides sites for solder bump pads used in flip chip interconnection. The redistribution metal layer can be (1) a flat layer deposited over the next to last metal layer through an opening in a dielectric layer, or (2) deposited over an array of vias connected to the next to last metal layer. Space between the solder bump pads is deposited with narrower traces for connecting active circuit areas below. A final passivation layer is deposited to ensure product reliability. |
| US07786579B2 |
Apparatus for crack prevention in integrated circuit packages
A microelectronic package having integrated circuits is provided. The microelectronic package includes multiple dielectric laminate layers, copper circuitry between the dielectric laminate layers where the copper circuitry includes circuit traces, and ball grid arrays/land grid arrays operatively connected to the copper circuitry such that conduction occurs. Further, proximate to the connection of the copper circuitry and the ball grid arrays/land grid arrays, a protective copper tongue is below an extension of the circuit traces, such that the protective copper tongue prevents the circuit traces from being affected by cracking propagated in the dielectric laminate layers or the ball grid arrays/land grid arrays. |
| US07786577B2 |
Component with chip through-contacts
A panel for the production of electronic components is disclosed. The components have a substantially planar semiconductor chip with chip through-contacts which are provided with electrically conductive material. A rewiring region is subdivided into an insulating layer and also a first rewiring arranged therein, the rewiring projecting laterally beyond the side edge of the planar semiconductor chip. The rewiring has external contacts for electrical connections toward the outside. The panel provides a filling layer made of plastic, which encapsulates the semiconductor chip in a side region between the chip front side and the chip rear side and which is connected to the rewiring region. |
| US07786574B2 |
Microelectronic imaging units
Methods for manufacturing microelectronic imaging units and microelectronic imaging units that are formed using such methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a plurality of imaging dies on a microfeature workpiece. The individual imaging dies include an image sensor, an integrated circuit operably coupled to the image sensor, and a plurality of external contacts operably coupled to the integrated circuit. The method further includes attaching a plurality of covers to corresponding imaging dies, cutting the microfeature workpiece to singulate the imaging dies, and coupling the singulated dies to a support member. The covers can be attached to the imaging dies before or after the workpiece is cut. |
| US07786572B2 |
System in package (SIP) structure
A System In Package (SIP) arrangement and method of connecting a plurality of flip chips and wire bond chips with reduced wiring complexity and increase flexibility. The SIP arrangement includes at least one wire bond chip and at least one flip chip. |
| US07786569B2 |
Semiconductor device using wiring substrate having a wiring structure reducing wiring disconnection
The semiconductor device concerning the present invention has a wiring substrate, a semiconductor chip, under-filling resin, a reinforcement ring, a heat spreader, a power supply pattern and a wiring layer under surface via land which are formed on the wiring substrate and spaced out by a clearance region, an insulating film, a wiring layer via land, a via, and a wiring which is formed on the insulating film, passes over the clearance region, and connects the wiring layer via land to the semiconductor chip. The wiring layer via land is formed between the semiconductor chip and the reinforcement ring, and within a region of a 1 mm width from the extension line of the diagonal line of the semiconductor chip. The angle of the lead-out direction of the wiring from a wiring layer via land to the extension line of the diagonal line of the semiconductor chip is 20° or more. |
| US07786568B2 |
Window BGA semiconductor package
A WBGA semiconductor package primarily comprises a substrate, a chip, a chip-bonding adhesive, a plurality of bonding wires electrically connecting the chip and the substrate, an encapsulant to encapsulate the chip and the bonding wires, and a plurality of external terminals disposed under the substrate. The substrate has a depression for accommodating the chip-bonding adhesive and a slot for passing through bonding wires. The chip is partially embedded in the depression to dispose on the substrate. During the chip bonding step, the chip-bonding adhesive is confined in the depression in a manner to fill the gaps between the sides of the first chip and the inwalls around the depression to generate a non-planar adhering interface by partially covering the sides of the first chip. Therefore, the total package thickness is reduced, the delamination of the passivation layer and the fractures at the sides of the chip are avoided. |
| US07786564B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A semiconductor device according to the present invention is provided with a semiconductor chip in which a plurality of electrode pads is provided on a principal surface, a plurality of bump electrodes provided on the electrode pads of the semiconductor chip, a square-shaped wiring board which is disposed on a side of the principal surface of the semiconductor chip, and in which at least two sides of an outer circumference that face each other are positioned in an area on the principal surface of the semiconductor chip, a plurality of external terminals which is provided on the wiring board, and which are electrically connected to a plurality of the bump electrodes through a wiring of the wiring board, and sealing material which is provided between the semiconductor chip and the wiring board, and which covers a connection part between the bump electrode and the wiring. |
| US07786562B2 |
Stackable semiconductor chip layer comprising prefabricated trench interconnect vias
A stackable layer and stacked multilayer module are disclosed. Individual integrated circuit die are tested and processed at the wafer level to create vertical area interconnect vias for the routing of electrical signals from the active surface of the die to the inactive surface. Vias are formed at predefined locations on each die on the wafer at the reticle level using a series of semiconductor processing steps. The wafer is passivated and the vias are filled with a conductive material. The bond pads on the die are exposed and a metallization reroute from the user-selected bond pads and vias is applied. The wafer is then segmented to form thin, stackable layers that can be stacked and vertically electrically interconnected using the conductive vias, forming high-density electronic modules which may, in turn, be further stacked and interconnected to form larger more complex stacks. |
| US07786556B2 |
Semiconductor device and lead frame used to manufacture semiconductor device
A semiconductor device has an element encapsulated in a resin mold. Metal leads protruding from the resin mold are solder plated except at the lead-tip end surfaces, and the exposed lead-tip end surfaces have an area less than half the cross-sectional area of the protruding metal leads. The semiconductor device is manufactured using a lead frame in which the metal leads are connected to a frame by plating bars having a thickness smaller than half the thickness of the metal leads. In another embodiment, the metal leads are connected to the frame by plating bars that extend sideways from the metal leads, and the end tips of the metal leads are entirely covered with plating to improve soldering wettability. |
| US07786554B2 |
Stress-free lead frame
The present invention relates to a stress-free lead frame (1) for a semiconductor. The stress-free lead frame (1) is provided with a stress-relief means (15) and an interlocking means (16) at the outer periphery. The stress-relief means (15) is capable of accommodating expansion and compression while the interlocking means (16) take care of shock and vibration during handling to thereby eliminate delamination of the lead frame (10). |
| US07786549B2 |
Antifuse structure and system for closing thereof
A structure and method for providing an antifuse which is closed by laser energy with an electrostatic assist. Two or more metal segments are formed over a semiconductor structure with an air gap or a porous dielectric between the metal segments. Pulsed laser energy is applied to one or more of the metal segments while a voltage potential is applied between the metal segments to create an electrostatic field. The pulsed laser energy softens the metal segment, and the electrostatic field causes the metal segments to move into contact with each other. The electrostatic field reduces the amount of laser energy which must be applied to the semiconductor structure to close the antifuse. |
| US07786548B2 |
Electric element, memory device, and semiconductor integrated circuit
An electric element includes a first electrode (1), a second electrode (3), and a variable-resistance film (2) connected between the first electrode (1) and the second electrode (3). The variable-resistance film (2) contains Fe (iron) and O (oxygen) as constituent elements. The content of oxygen in the variable-resistance film (2) is modulated along the film thickness direction. |
| US07786546B2 |
System-on-chip with shield rings for shielding functional blocks therein from electromagnetic interference
A system-on-chip (SoC) that is immune to electromagnetic interference has block shield rings fabricated therein. The SoC includes a microprocessor core; an on-chip bus interface; an embedded memory block; and an analog/mixed-signal integrated circuit shielded by an EMI shield ring encircling the analog/mixed-signal integrated circuit for protecting the analog/mixed-signal integrated circuit from electromagnetic interference. The EMI shield ring is grounded and includes a metal rampart consisting of multi-layer metals and vias. A pickup diffusion is connected to the metal rampart. In one embodiment, the memory block is also shielded. |
| US07786545B2 |
Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same
Disclosed are an image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same. The image sensor includes a substrate provided with a transistor circuit, first and second interconnections separated from each other on the substrate, a first conductive-type conductive layer formed at side surfaces of the first interconnection, a second conductive-type conductive layer formed at side surfaces of the second interconnection, and an intrinsic layer formed between the first and second conductive-type conductive layers thereby forming a P-I-N structure. |
| US07786543B2 |
CDS capable sensor with photon sensing layer on active pixel circuit
A MOS or CMOS based active pixel sensor with special sampling features to substantially eliminate clock noise. The sensor includes an array of pixels fabricated in or on a substrate, each pixel defining a charge collection node on which charges generated inside a photodiode region are collected, a charge integration node, at which charges generated in said pixel are integrated to produce pixel signals, a charge sensing node from which reset signals and the pixel signals are sensed. In preferred embodiments the sensor includes a continuous electromagnetic radiation detection structure located above the pixel circuits providing a photodiode region for each pixel. The sensor includes integrated circuit elements adapted to maintain voltage potentials of the charge integration nodes substantially constant during charge integration cycles. The sensor also includes integrated circuit elements having electrical capacitance adapted to store charges providing an electrical potential at the charge integration node. In preferred embodiments this is a pinned diode. |
| US07786540B2 |
Sensor platform using a non-horizontally oriented nanotube element
Sensor platforms and methods of making them are described. A platform having a non-horizontally oriented sensor element comprising one or more nanostructures such as nanotubes is described. Under certain embodiments, a sensor element has or is made to have an affinity for an analyte. Under certain embodiments, such a sensor element comprises one or more pristine nanotubes. Under certain embodiments, the sensor element comprises derivatized or functionalized nanotubes. Under certain embodiments, a sensor is made by providing a support structure; providing one or more nanotubes on the structure to provide material for a sensor element; and providing circuitry to electrically sense the sensor element's electrical characterization. Under certain embodiments, the sensor element comprises pre-derivatized or pre-functionalized nanotubes. Under other embodiments, sensor material is derivatized or functionalized after provision on the structure or after patterning. Under certain embodiments, a large-scale array of sensor platforms includes a plurality of sensor elements. |
| US07786537B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
A semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate; a P channel type field effect transistor including a first gate insulating film on the substrate, a first gate electrode on the first gate insulating film and a first source/drain region; and an N channel type field effect transistor including a second gate insulating film on the substrate, a second gate electrode on the second gate insulating film and a second source/drain region. The entire first gate electrode is made of a metal silicide, and at least in an upper portion including the upper surface of the second gate electrode, a silicide region of the same kind as the metal (M) is provided. The metal concentration in the silicide region is lower than that in the silicide of the first gate electrode. In an upper portion including the upper surface of the second gate electrode, there is a barrier layer region containing a metal diffusion suppressing element at a concentration higher than that in the lower portion. |
| US07786535B2 |
Design structures for high-voltage integrated circuits
Design structures for high-voltage integrated circuits. The design structure, which is formed using a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, may include device structure with a semiconductor body positioned between first and second gate electrodes. The first and second gate electrodes and the semiconductor body may be formed from the monocrystalline SOI layer of the SOI substrate. A dielectric layer separates each of the first and second gate electrodes from the semiconductor body. These dielectric layers are formed by defining trenches in the SOI layer and filling the trenches with a dielectric material, which may occur concurrently with a process forming other device isolation regions. |
| US07786534B2 |
Semiconductor device having SOI structure
A plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of wiring layers connecting a supporting substrate having SOI structure and uppermost wire are formed along a peripheral part of a semiconductor chip together with the uppermost wire, to thereby surround a transistor forming region in which a transistor is to be formed. |
| US07786533B2 |
High-voltage vertical transistor with edge termination structure
A high-voltage transistor includes a drain, a source, and one or more drift regions extending from the drain toward the source. A field plate member laterally surrounds the drift regions and is insulated from the drift regions by a dielectric layer. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b). |
| US07786530B2 |
Vertical field-effect transistor
A vertical field-effect transistor having a semiconductor layer, in which a doped channel region is arranged along a depression. A “buried” terminal region leads as far as a surface of the semiconductor layer. The field-effect transistor also has a doped terminal region near an opening of the depression as well as the doped terminal region remote from the opening, a control region arranged in the depression, and an electrical insulating region between the control region and the channel region. The terminal region remote from the opening leads as far as a surface containing the opening or is electrically conductively connected to an electrically conductive connection leading to the surface. The control region is arranged in only one depression. The field-effect transistor is a drive transistor at a word line or at a bit line of a memory cell array. |
| US07786529B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a transistor having a recessed gate, contact plugs formed in a region of a plurality of trenches, which are formed by recessing a semiconductor substrate. Further, a metal line and a source/drain region can be connected through the contact plug, so that on-current can be increased as much as an increased channel area. |
| US07786526B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
It is an object of the present invention to provide a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device which has superior writing characteristics and electric charge retention characteristics. In addition, it is an object of the present invention to provide a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device in which a writing voltage can be reduced. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor region with a channel formation region formed between a pair of impurity regions which are formed to be apart from each other; and a first insulating layer, a charge accumulation layer, a second insulating layer, and a control gate are formed in a location which is a top layer portion of the semiconductor region and which roughly overlaps with the channel formation region. The charge accumulation layer is insulative and is formed as a layer in which electric charge can be trapped. |
| US07786524B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a first region and a second region being adjacent to the first region; a floating gate electrode layer formed above the semiconductor substrate in the first region, the floating gate electrode layer including a first width; a dummy gate electrode layer formed above the semiconductor substrate in the second region, the dummy gate electrode layer including a second width being greater than the first width of the floating gate electrode layer; a first gate insulating film formed on the floating gate electrode layer, the first gate insulating film including a first thickness; a second gate insulating film formed on the dummy gate electrode layer, the second gate insulating film including a second thickness being greater than the first thickness of the first gate insulating film; and a control gate electrode layer formed on the first and the second gate insulating films. |
| US07786519B2 |
Light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same
This document discloses an organic light emitting device comprising a first electrode and a wire comprising a contact part formed on a substrate, an insulating layer formed on the first electrode and a portion of the wire, the insulating layer comprising an opening which exposes a portion of the first electrode and a contact hole which exposes an entire upper surface of the contact part, an emission layer formed in the opening, a second electrode formed on the emission layer and the upper surface of the contact part though the contact hole. |
| US07786516B2 |
Discrete trap non-volatile multi-functional memory device
A multiple layer tunnel insulator is fabricated between a substrate and a discrete trap layer. The properties of the multiple layers determines the volatility of the memory device. The composition of each layer and/or the quantity of layers is adjusted to fabricate either a DRAM device, a non-volatile memory device, or both simultaneously. |
| US07786513B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device and power source wiring method therefor
In a semiconductor integrated circuit device, from a first power source strap supplying a potential to a first standard cell receiving a supply of the potential, the potential is supplied via a first cell power source line having a constant width. The width of the first cell power source line is determined in accordance with power consumed by the first standard cell and with the number of standard cells that can be placed between the first power source strap and a third power source strap. |
| US07786512B2 |
Dense non-volatile memory array and method of fabrication
A non-volatile memory array includes a multiplicity of memory cells, each of whose area is less than 4 F2 per cell (where F is a minimum feature size), and periphery elements to control the memory cells. The present invention also includes a non-volatile memory array which includes word lines and bit lines generally perpendicular to the word lines, with a word line pitch of less than 2 F. In one embodiment, the word lines are made of polysilicon spacers. |
| US07786511B2 |
Semiconductor device with Schottky and ohmic electrodes in contact with a heterojunction
To provide a semiconductor device that has a sufficiently low on-resistance and excellent low-capacitance and high-speed characteristics as compared with conventional GaN-based diodes. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate (101); a buffer layer (102); a stack structure (103 and 104) including at least one heterojunction unit (103 and 104) that is a stack of a layer (GaN layer 103) made of a nitride semiconductor and a layer (AlGaN layer 104) made of another nitride semiconductor having a larger band gap than the nitride semiconductor (GaN layer 103); a Schottky electrode (106) that is placed at a first end of the stack structure (103 and 104) and forms a Schottky barrier contact with the heterojunction unit (103 and 104); and an ohmic electrode (107) that is placed at a second end of the stack structure (103 and 104) and forms an ohmic contact with the heterojunction unit (103 and 104). |
| US07786510B2 |
Transistor structure and manufacturing method thereof
An HBT structure and manufacturing method thereof, in which the HBT structure includes an emitter, an intrinsic base, a collector, an insulating sidewall, and a stress-inducing base formed by selective epitaxial growth to locally induce a stress to the HBT structure. Compressive or tensile stress is additionally induced from outside to modify physical and electric properties of a semiconductor layer, thereby improving the performance of the transistor. |
| US07786509B2 |
Field-effect transistor and method of making same
A field-effect transistor is composed of a substrate, an electron transport layer and an electron supply layer formed sequentially on the substrate, wherein the electron transport layer and the electron supply layer are formed of a nitride semiconductor, a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the electron supply layer; and two high impurity concentration regions located in a depth direction directly below the source electrode and the drain electrode, respectively, the two high impurity concentration regions being formed to sandwich a two-dimensional electron gas layer formed between the electron transport layer and the electron supply layer. The two high impurity concentration regions each have a higher impurity concentration than the electron transport layer and the electron supply layer located directly below the gate electrode. |
| US07786506B2 |
Semiconductor devices with a field shaping region
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor region having a pn junction and a field shaping region located adjacent the pn junction to increase the reverse breakdown voltage of the device. The field shaping region is coupled via capacitive voltage coupling regions to substantially the same voltages as are applied to the pn junction. When a reverse voltage is applied across the pn junction and the device is non-conducting, a capacitive electric field is present in a part of the field shaping region which extends beyond a limit of the pn junction depletion region which would exist in the absence of the field shaping region. The electric field in the field shaping region inducing a stretched electric field limited to a correspondingly stretched pn junction depletion region in the semiconductor region. |
| US07786504B2 |
Bidirectional PNPN silicon-controlled rectifier
The present invention discloses a bidirectional PNPN silicon-controlled rectifier comprising: a p-type substrate; a N-type epitaxial layer; a P-type well and two N-type wells all formed inside the N-type epitaxial layer with the two N-type wells respectively arranged at two sides of the P-type well; a first semiconductor area, a second semiconductor area and a third semiconductor area all formed inside the P-type well and all coupled to an anode, wherein the second semiconductor area and the third semiconductor area are respectively arranged at two sides of the first semiconductor area, and wherein the first semiconductor area is of first conduction type, and the second semiconductor area and the third semiconductor area are of second conduction type; and two P-type doped areas respectively formed inside the N-type wells, wherein each P-type doped area has a fourth semiconductor area neighboring the P-type well and a fifth semiconductor area, and wherein both the fourth semiconductor area and the fifth semiconductor area are coupled to a cathode, and wherein the fourth semiconductor area is of second conduction type, and the fifth semiconductor area is of first conduction type. |
| US07786503B2 |
Gallium nitride crystals and wafers and method of making
A crystal comprising gallium nitride is disclosed. The crystal has at least one grain having at least one dimension greater than 2.75 mm, a dislocation density less than about 104 cm−2, and is substantially free of tilt boundaries. |
| US07786500B2 |
Light-emitting diodes lamp lens structure
The present invention is an LED lamp lens, on which orderly arranged surface plural protuberances. And with the differences of light perviousness, a particular luminous pattern of the LED lamp is displayed when the LED lamp is turned on. |
| US07786499B2 |
Replaceable through-hole high flux LED lamp
The present invention is a through-hole LED light source with capability of emitting a beam angle of less than 75 degrees. The light source presents a three-dimensional lead frame with a well, into which at least one LED is mounted, and an optical housing which serves as a directional lens. Through adjustment of the housing and lead well properties, beam angle is adjusted to any angle. The frame is three-dimensional, preferably cylindrical, with both inner and outer portions, electrically isolated. The inner portion serves as the mounting area for the LEDs (and contains the well) and the LED serves as the electrical conduit between the portions, completing a circuit an illuminating the LED. |
| US07786496B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing same
A FET is formed on a semiconductor substrate, a curved surface having a radius of curvature is formed on an upper end of an insulation, a portion of a first electrode is exposed corresponding to the curved surface to form an inclined surface, and a region defining a luminescent region is subjected to etching to expose the first electrode. Luminescence emitted from an organic chemical compound layer is reflected by the inclined surface of the first electrode to increase a total quantity of luminescence taken out in a certain direction. |
| US07786495B2 |
Light-emitting element array and image forming apparatus
A light-emitting element array can be manufactured without the separation of a metal reflection layer. The light-emitting element array includes a plurality of light-emitting element portions provided on a substrate, at least one space of the spaces between adjacent light-emitting element portions being electrically separated from each other, wherein the metal reflection layer is provided on the substrate and under the plurality of light-emitting element portions, and a resistive layer for electrical separation between the light-emitting element portions is provided between the plurality of light-emitting element portions and the metal reflection layer. The plurality of light-emitting element portions are divided into a plurality of blocks. Each of the blocks includes a plurality of light-emitting portions. The electrical separation between the light-emitting portions can be made as electrical separation between adjacent light-emitting element portions in adjacent and different blocks. |
| US07786490B2 |
Multi-chip module single package structure for semiconductor
The invention is to provide a semiconductor light-emitting device package structure. The semiconductor light-emitting device package structure includes a substrate, N sub-mounts and N semiconductor light-emitting die modules, where N is a positive integer lager than or equal to 2. Each of the sub-mounts is embedded on the substrate and exposed partially. Each of the semiconductor light-emitting die modules is mounted on the exposed surface of one of the sub-mounts. |
| US07786489B2 |
Nitride semiconductor light emitting device and production method thereof
The present invention provides a nitride semiconductor light emitting device, which comprises positive and negative electrodes with high adhesion, can output high power, and does not generate heat; specifically, the present invention provides a nitride semiconductor light emitting device comprising at least an ohmic contact layer, a p-type nitride semiconductor layer, a nitride semiconductor light emitting layer, and an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, which are laminated on a plate layer, wherein a plate adhesion layer is formed between the ohmic contact layer and the plate layer, and the plate adhesion layer is made of an alloy comprising 50% by mass or greater of a same component as a main component of an alloy contained in the plate layer. |
| US07786488B2 |
Nitride semiconductor wafer and method of processing nitride semiconductor wafer
Nitride semiconductor wafers which are produced by epitaxially grown nitride films on a foreign undersubstrate in vapor phase have strong inner stress due to misfit between the nitride and the undersubstrate material. A GaN wafer which has made by piling GaN films upon a GaAs undersubstrate in vapor phase and eliminating the GaAs undersubstrate bends upward due to the inner stress owing to the misfit of lattice constants between GaN and GaAs. |
| US07786480B2 |
System for displaying images including thin film transistor device and method for fabricating the same
A system for displaying images. The system comprises a thin film transistor (TFT) device comprising a substrate having a pixel region. An active layer is disposed on the substrate of the pixel region, comprising a channel region, a pair of source/drain regions separated by the channel region. The channel region comprises dopants with a first conductivity type and a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type. A gate structure is disposed on the active layer, comprising a stack of a gate dielectric layer and a gate layer. A method for fabricating a system for displaying images including the TFT device is also disclosed. |
| US07786478B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit having terminal for measuring bump connection resistance and semiconductor device provided with the same
An integrated circuit is formed in a chip. Positioning marks are provided on at least two of four regions respectively near four corners of a first main surface of the chip. Terminals are provided on the first main surface to measure bump connection resistance. The terminals adjoin the positioning marks respectively. A connection wire is provided in the chip. The connection wire is connected to the terminals electrically. |
| US07786475B2 |
In-line test circuit and method for determining interconnect electrical properties and integrated circuit incorporating the same
A test circuit for, and method of, determining electrical properties of an underlying interconnect layer and an overlying interconnect layer of an integrated circuit (IC) and an IC incorporating the test circuit or the method. In one embodiment, the test circuit includes a gate chain having a ring path and a stage. In one embodiment, the stage includes: (1) a underlying test segment in the underlying interconnect layer, (2) a overlying test segment in the overlying interconnect layer and (3) logic circuitry activatible after formation of the underlying interconnect layer and before formation of the overlying interconnect layer to place the underlying test segment in the ring path and further activatible after the formation of the overlying interconnect layer to substitute the overlying test segment for the underlying test segment in the ring path. |
| US07786474B2 |
Organic light-emitting device and method of fabricating the same
An organic light-emitting device, comprising: a substrate; a first conductive layer formed over the substrate; at least one layer of a light-emissive organic material formed over the first conductive layer; a barrier layer formed over the at least one organic layer which acts to protect the at least one layer of organic material; and a second conductive layer, preferably a patterned sputtered layer, formed over the barrier layer. |
| US07786467B2 |
Three-dimensional nanoscale crossbars
Various embodiments of the present invention include three-dimensional, at least partially nanoscale, electronic circuits and devices in which signals can be routed in three independent directions, and in which electronic components can be fabricated at junctions interconnected by internal signal lines. The three-dimensional, at least partially nanoscale, electronic circuits and devices include layers, the nanowire or microscale-or-submicroscale/nanowire junctions of each of which may be economically and efficiently fabricated as one type of electronic component. Various embodiments of the present invention include nanoscale memories, nanoscale programmable arrays, nanoscale multiplexers and demultiplexers, and an almost limitless number of specialized nanoscale circuits and nanoscale electronic components. |
| US07786463B2 |
Non-volatile multi-bit memory with programmable capacitance
Non-volatile multi-bit memory with programmable capacitance is disclosed. Illustrative data memory units include a substrate including a source region and a drain region. A first insulating layer is over the substrate. A first solid electrolyte cell is over the insulating layer and has a capacitance that is controllable between at least two states and is proximate the source region. A second solid electrolyte cell is over the insulating layer and has a capacitance or resistance that is controllable between at least two states and is proximate the drain region. An insulating element isolates the first solid electrolyte cell from the second solid electrolyte cell. A first anode is electrically coupled to the first solid electrolyte cell. The first solid electrolyte cell is between the anode and the insulating layer. A second anode is electrically coupled to the second solid electrolyte cell. The second solid electrolyte cell is between the anode and the insulating layer. A gate contact layer is over the substrate and between the source region and drain region and in electrical connection with the first anode and the second anode. The gate contact layer is electrically coupled to a voltage source. |
| US07786462B2 |
Chalcogenide devices exhibiting stable operation from the as-fabricated state
A chalcogenide material and chalcogenide memory device having less stringent requirements for formation, improved thermal stability and/or faster operation. The chalcogenide materials include materials comprising Ge, Sb and Te in which the Ge and/or Te content is lean relative to the commonly used Ge2Sb2Te5 chalcogenide composition. Electrical devices containing the instant chalcogenide materials show a rapid convergence of the set resistance during cycles of setting and resetting the device from its as-fabricated state, thus leading to a reduced or eliminated need to subject the device to post-fabrication electrical formation prior to end-use operation. Improved thermal stability is manifested in terms of prolonged stability of the resistance of the device at elevated temperatures, which leads to an inhibition of thermally induced setting of the reset state in the device. Significant improvements in the 10 year data retention temperature are demonstrated. Faster device operation is achieved through an increased speed of crystallization, which acts to shorten the time required to transform the chalcogenide material from its reset state to its set state in an electrical memory device. |
| US07786461B2 |
Memory structure with reduced-size memory element between memory material portions
A memory cell device includes a memory cell access layer, a dielectric material over the memory cell access layer, a memory material structure within the dielectric material, and a top electrode in electrical contact with the memory material structure. The memory material structure has upper and lower memory material portions and a memory material element therebetween. The lower memory material layer is in electrical contact with a bottom electrode. The lower memory material layer has an average lateral dimension. The memory material element defines an electrical property state change region therein and has a minimum lateral dimension which is substantially less than the average lateral dimension. In some examples the memory material element is a tapered structure with the electrical property state change region at the junction of the memory material element and the lower memory material layer. |
| US07786460B2 |
Phase change memory device and manufacturing method
A phase change memory device comprises a photolithographically formed phase change memory cell having first and second electrodes and a phase change element positioned between and electrically coupling the opposed contact elements of the electrodes to one another. The phase change element has a width, a length and a thickness. The length, the thickness and the width are less than a minimum photolithographic feature size of the process used to form the phase change memory cell. The size of the photoresist masks used in forming the memory cell may be reduced so that the length and the width of the phase change element are each less than the minimum photolithographic feature size. |
| US07786454B2 |
Optics for generation of high current density patterned charged particle beams
A direct-write electron beam lithography system employing a patterned beam-defining aperture to enable the generation of high current-density shaped beams without the need for multiple beam-shaping apertures, lenses and deflectors is disclosed. Beam blanking is accomplished without the need for an intermediate crossover between the electron source and the wafer being patterned by means of a double-deflection blanker, which also facilitates proximity effect correction. A simple type of “moving lens” is utilized to eliminate off-axis aberrations in the shaped beam. A method for designing the patterned beam-defining aperture is also disclosed. |
| US07786452B2 |
Ion sources, systems and methods
Ion sources, systems and methods are disclosed. |
| US07786450B2 |
Multipole coils
Multipole coils (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) for influencing particle beams have at least two coils (1, 2) which concentrically enclose an imaginary axis (10), wherein a winding (7) made from a flexible circuit board (8) is formed by means of conducting paths (9) disposed thereon for each coil (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and the circuit boards (8) are rolled into at least one circuit board layer (11, 12, 13, 14). Multipole coils of this kind (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) are utilized for aberration correction in particle optics, wherein the windings (7) of the multipole coils (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) form windows (16) whose width in the peripheral direction is chosen in such a fashion that no secondary interfering fields occur and whose length in the axial direction corresponds at least to its width. |
| US07786444B2 |
Multi-aperture single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging apparatus
Methods and systems for improving image quality of single photon nuclear imaging systems, such as single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) systems for imaging of an object under study, such as small objects including small animals of different sizes using synthetic apertures. The methods and systems include processes and instrumentations for high-resolution, high detection efficiency leading to lower image noise and artifact-free synthetic aperture single photon nuclear images, such as SPECT images. Also, the method and systems provide design parameters, hardware settings, and data acquisition processes for optimal imaging of objects having different sizes. |
| US07786442B2 |
Method and apparatus for ion source positioning and adjustment
The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for ion source positioning and adjustment. According to one embodiment, the invention relates to an apparatus for ion source positioning and adjustment. The apparatus comprises a bottom plate, a middle plate and a top plate, wherein the top plate is coupled to the middle plate by at least one adjustment member for causing the top plate to move in a first direction, wherein the at least one adjustment member positions the top plate in a predetermined position with respect to the middle plate; and the middle plate is coupled to the bottom plate by a worm gear assembly for causing the middle plate to move in a second direction with respect to the bottom plate. |
| US07786436B1 |
FIB based open via analysis and repair
An improved method, apparatus, and control/guiding software for localizing, characterizing, and correcting defects in integrated circuits, particularly open or resistive contact/via defects and metal bridging defects, using FIB technology. An apparatus for identifying an abnormal discontinuity in a contact/via in an integrated circuit comprising a focused ion beam system to scan the ion beam over the contact/via to do remove or deposit via material, a detector to collect a secondary particle signal from the contact/via material that gets removed, a sub-system for storing the secondary particle signal from the contact/via in time as well as x-y scan position, a sub-system for correlating secondary particle signals and identifying discontinuities in the correlated secondary particle signals, a sub-system for optimizing the display of the abnormal discontinuity; and a computer to implement software aspects of the system. |
| US07786428B2 |
Remote optical control of electrical circuits having a control module with a mechanical switch and a light magnifying lens
An optical controlling circuit and an electrical controlled circuit such as a motor control circuit are interconnected by an electro-optic interface. A passive optical switch located in the optical circuit at a position remote from the electrical circuit is physically actuated to generate a change in optical transmission state of the optical circuit. At the electro-optic interface, the change in optical transmission state of the optical circuit is detected and triggers a change in the electrical transmission state of the electric circuit. Embodied as STOP and START pushbuttons, a pair of such passive optical switches at a position remote from the electric circuit reduces the risk that actuating motor control circuits and the like will cause arcing and, in hazardous environments, explosion. |
| US07786427B2 |
Proximity optical memory module having an electrical-to-optical and optical-to-electrical converter
A memory module is formed of multiple memory chips and an optical interface chip fixed on a substrate. The chips are interconnected by proximity communication (PxC) in which each chip includes transmitting and receiving elements, such as electrical pads which form capacitively coupled links when the chips are placed together with their pads facing each other. The PxC links may be directly between the chips or through an intermediate passive bridge chip. The interface chip is coupled to an external optical channel and includes converters between optical and electrical signals, control circuitry, buffers, and PxC elements for communicating with the memory chips. The array of memories may be a linear or two-dimensional array around the interface chip forming a redundant PxC network, optionally with redundant PxC connections. Multiple rectangular memory chips may present their narrow sides to the interface chip to maximize bandwidth. |
| US07786424B2 |
Electronic day and night vision goggles having dual camera
Electronic spectacles, especially night vision spectacles (10), include a camera (26), integrated into the spectacles, as the primary recording device for the user of the spectacles (10). The camera has a special camera lens and a CCD sensor or a CMOS sensor. An image processing unit (48) mounted downstream of the camera (26) processes the image taken by the camera (26) and provides an output for display means (28, 30) which are associated with each eye for displaying the image. A reproduction lens system (32, 34) is mounted downstream of each display means (28, 30). At least one transmission and/or reception interface (64,66) is connected to an additional camera (126), separate from the spectacles (10), by signals. The image signals of the additional camera (126) are available via the interface (64, 66) to the display means (28, 30) for displaying the image of the additional camera (126). |
| US07786421B2 |
Solid-state curved focal plane arrays
The present invention relates to curved focal plane arrays. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system and method for making solid-state curved focal plane arrays from standard and high-purity devices that may be matched to a given optical system. There are two ways to make a curved focal plane arrays starting with the fully fabricated device. One way, is to thin the device and conform it to a curvature. A second way, is to back-illuminate a thick device without making a thinned membrane. The thick device is a special class of devices; for example devices fabricated with high purity silicon. One surface of the device (the non VLSI fabricated surface, also referred to as the back surface) can be polished to form a curved surface. |
| US07786419B2 |
Beam power with beam redirection
A beam power source transmits a signal indicating power availability, receives a request for power in response, and beams power in response to the request. |
| US07786418B2 |
Multimode seeker system with RF transparent stray light baffles
There is disclosed a multimode seeker including an imaging infrared seeker and a radio frequency seeker. The imaging infrared seeker and the radio frequency seeker may share an optical system adapted to form an infrared image of an outside scene on a focal plane array image detector and to collimate radio frequency radiation transmitted from a radio frequency transceiver and focus millimeter ware radiation received from the outside scene onto the radio frequency transceiver. The shared optical system may include a plurality of baffles to block sunlight from reaching the focal plane array image detector, each baffle comprising a material that is opaque to infrared radiation and transparent to radio frequency radiation. |
| US07786410B2 |
Method of controlling electric kettle for “dry” burn prevention
A method of controlling an electric kettle for “dry” burn prevention during heating process, including the steps of: providing a temperature sensor, a microprocessor, and a control circuit; detecting the water temperature; determining the temperature rate change and comparing the temperature rate change with the rate change threshold; and when the temperature rate change is larger than the preset rate change threshold, sending a control signal to the control circuit. The microprocessor determines the temperature rate change and the acceleration rate change that when the temperature rate change and acceleration rate change are larger than the corresponding thresholds respectively, the microprocessor sends the control signal to the control circuit to stop the heating process. Therefore, the present invention accurately determines the increasing temperature of the water and simultaneously cuts off the heating power to prevent the electric kettle from being burnt. |
| US07786405B2 |
Connection between two components
A method of connecting a fixture to a case component at an opening on the case component, the case component having a base and a wall disposed along at least a portion of the perimeter of the base, and the case component having an interior surface and an exterior surface, includes positioning a first end of the fixture within the opening in the case component such that the first end of the fixture is substantially flush with the interior surface of the wall of the case component. Then welding the fixture to the case component along the interior surface of the case component. Further disclosed is a welded apparatus that includes a first component, an opening, a fixture, and a weld between the first component and the fixture that is located along an inner surface of the first component. |
| US07786404B2 |
Method and device for laser welding
A plurality of stretches of laser weld are executed on a structure to be welded by means of a device for focusing and orientation of the laser beam, which is associated to a component element of a manipulator robot. The focusing head is kept in the proximity of, but not closely adjacent to, the different areas to be welded and can consequently follow a simplified path, whilst the device for orientation of the laser beam aims the latter on the different areas of the structure to be welded, so that the speed of travel of the laser beam spot along the longitudinal direction of the weld stretch is independent from the speed of travel of the robot end element. |
| US07786399B2 |
Apparatus comprising a button formed with a panel and flat panel display
An exemplary flat panel display (2) includes a front housing part (20), which has a frame (21) having a button through hole (222) defined in a lower side thereof; a button (221) corresponding to the button through hole, the button comprising a pressing end (2215), at least one claw (2213), and a contact portion (2219), the at least one claw extending inward from an inner side of the button, and the contact portion extending inward from an inner side of the button at the pressing end; and an elastic arm (225) fixed at an inner surface of the lower side of the frame. The at least one claw of the button is snappingly engaged adjacent an inner surface of the lower side of the frame such that the button is engaged in the button through hole and slidable in the button through hole. |
| US07786398B2 |
Command switch, in particular an emergency stop switch
A command switch or and emergency stop switch is disclosed, which includes an actuator and a contact sensor which is separated therefrom. The actuator includes housing and a tappet, which is guided therein and which has a rest position and an actuation position. The contact sensor includes an open switch element which can be placed in the actuation position by way of the tappet in a tensed position. In at least one embodiment, the command switch also includes an additional switch element which is provided with a first switch piece and a second switch piece, which are applied to the actuator in a separated manner and in/on the contact sensor. The additional switch element only closes when the contact sensor is secured to the actuator. The switch pieces of the additional switch element are separated from each other in a compulsory and advantageous manner by the separated embodiment of the command switch enabling them to be secured to different components of the command switch. An axial or radial misalignment, tilting or rotation between the actuator and the contact sensor leads to the non-conductive connection of the contact piece. |
| US07786397B2 |
Safety trigger guard
Method and device are provided where a barrier is formed at or around the trigger of a device with a rest area for the index finger so that the finger can remain (extended) off the trigger when the device is not in use. Position and/or size of the rest area is adjustable to, for example, accommodate index fingers of various sizes. Adjustment of the position of the rest area can be achieved by means of a screw which slides a resting piece to a selected correct location, or by means of inserts that may be indexed to a selected length. Device can be a nailer, and the barrier is configured to accommodate a depth gage of the nailer. |
| US07786396B2 |
Key-press structure and a method for making the same
In one aspect, a key-press structure comprises a frame and a plurality of keys disposed in said frame. Said frame comprises a main portion and two reflecting portions. The main portion has two opposite sides and the two reflecting portions are disposed on the two opposite sides of the main portion, respectively. Said reflecting portion has a reflective surface facing toward the main portion. Said keys are made of a transparent material, and the keys comprise characters formed on the internal surface of said keys. In another aspect, a method of preparing a key-press structure comprises forming a frame that includes a main portion and two reflecting portions. The reflecting portions each have a reflective surface. The main portion has two opposite sides that is connected to the two reflecting portions. The method further comprises forming characters on the internal surface of a plurality of keys, and disposing said keys in the main portion of the frame. |
| US07786394B2 |
Backlight keyboard
A backlight keyboard (100) includes a plurality of keys (120), a light guide plate (140), and an elastic element (160). Each key includes a key cover (124) and a keypad (122) integrally connected to each other. Further, keypad portions of adjacent keys are integrally connected, as well. The light guide plate is arranged below the keys. The light guide plate defines a plurality of through holes (142), each through hole corresponding to one key. An opaque film (144) is coated on a top surface of the light guide plate. The elastic element is positioned under the light guide plate and is configured for exerting a biasing force on at least one key so as to enable the key to return to its previous position when pressed and released. |
| US07786393B2 |
Coating of Mn+1AXn material for electrical contact elements
An element for making an electric contact to a contact member for enabling an electric current to flow between the element and the contact member. The element includes a body having at least a contact surface thereof coated with a contact layer applied against the contact member. The contact layer includes a film including a multielement material with equal or similar composition as any of a layered carbide or nitride that can be described as Mn+1AXn, where M is a transition metal or a combination of a transition metals, n is 1, 2, 3 or higher, A is an group A element or a combination of a group A element, element and X is Carbon, Nitrogen or both. |
| US07786391B1 |
Ballast housing having rolled edge lead wire exit
A ballast housing having a rolled edge lead wire exit for providing protection and strain relief to lead wires extending out from the housing. Grommets are not required in order to provide protection and strain relief to lead wires exiting the housing. The housing includes a lead wire opening having rolled upper and lower edges. The housing includes a lid including the rolled upper edge and a can including the rolled lower edge. The rolled upper edge is vertically aligned with the rolled lower edge but horizontally misaligned with the rolled lower edge. As a result, the rolled upper edge is positioned away from the rolled lower edge a distance that is horizontally shorter than the diameter of the lead wire. Additionally, the lead wire opening has a vertical diameter that is shorter than the diameter of the lead wire. |
| US07786388B2 |
Card insulator with provision for conformance to component height changes
A card insulator is formed with slits that conform to height changes required by the components mounted to a card. The insulative sheet has simple linear slits that extend completely through the sheet and allow the insulator to deform with simple linear bends when contacted by the tall components mounted to the card. The linear bends allow the surface of the deformed insulator to be flexible without buckling the insulator and without bowing the card. |
| US07786386B2 |
High-voltage vehicle component connection method and apparatus
A method and apparatus provide an electrical splice between different high-voltage components in a high-voltage propelled vehicle (HVPV), which enables a daisy-chain or series connection of the components. The method includes connecting a first end of a cable to a first component, a second end of the cable to a high-voltage bus bar within a second component to form a splice, and using the outer housings of the components to provide an environmental seal and electromagnetic capability (EMC) shield for the splice, rather than providing such a splice within a dedicated or shared power distribution box. A ring terminal connects to an end of a cable by a press-fitting process or a soldering process. The components can be an energy storage system (ESS), a power inverter module (PIM), an air conditioning control module (ACCM), an auxiliary power module (APM), a power steering controller, and an electrical motor/generator. |
| US07786385B2 |
Superconducting cable line
A superconducting cable line includes a heat insulation pipe for a fluid for transporting a fluid having a temperature lower than an ordinary temperature and a superconducting cable housed in the heat insulation pipe for a fluid. The superconducting cable including a cable core in a heat insulation pipe for a cable is housed in the heat insulation pipe for a fluid to make a temperature difference between the inside and outside of the heat insulation pipe smaller than that in a situation of laying in an atmosphere. In addition, the superconducting cable has a double heat insulation structure formed with the heat insulation pipe for a cable and the heat insulation pipe for a fluid. Therefore, the superconducting cable line can effectively reduce heat intrusion from the outside into the cable. |
| US07786384B2 |
Efficient high-ampacity bowl-shaped tubular conductors
A high ampacity busbar includes a pair of oppositely facing bowl-shaped conductors, each of whose cross sections resembles half of a hexagon or an open isosceles trapezoid, separated by an air gap in both horizontal and vertical configurations. The air gap increases cooling efficiency by natural convection by exposing more surface area of the conductors directly to the air flow within the electrical distribution equipment cabinet. As a result, the overall temperature of the bus system is reduced. The shaped conductors have smoother transitions presented to the electrical current between the bends of the conductors. These smooth transitions improve current distribution throughout the conductor, reducing skin effects. As a result of improved thermal dissipation and reduced skin effects, the amount of copper needed to maintain the same ampacity is significantly reduced. Magnetic shields can be placed between adjacent busbars, reducing proximity effects. |
| US07786382B2 |
High efficiency paired phases busway system
A paired phase electrical power distribution bus way system wherein the three phase paired conductors are surrounded and encapsulated by the neutral conductor and packed all together with the housing as a company element to obtain equal separation between the neutral bus bar assembly and the paired phase conductors. The neutral conductor or bus bar assembly consists of two covers that sandwich the three pairs of phase conductors and the insulator layers to achieve minimum and equal distance between them and to reduce and balance the impedance between the neutral and the paired conductors. The housing compresses each pair through the neutral conductor and insulation layer to maintain contact between the conductors, the neutral, and the housing to get efficient heat conduction to the outside. |
| US07786381B2 |
Automatic pool cleaner power conduit including stiff sections
An improved power conduit for use with automatic pool cleaners particularly configured to avoid the formation of persistent coils and/or knots. Embodiments in accordance with the invention are characterized by the use of at least one axially stiff elongate member together with axially flexible and axially swivelable means for coupling said stiff member between a stationary power source fitting and a cleaner. The axially flexible and axially swivelable means can be implemented in a variety of ways, e.g., a flexible elongate hose member and a swivel coupling. |
| US07786376B2 |
High efficiency solar cells and manufacturing methods
A Schottky contact photovoltaic energy conversion cell. The Schottky contact photovoltaic energy conversion cell comprises a flexible substrate and a first array of a plurality of closely-spaced microscale pillars connected to a first electrical cell contact. The pillars and the contact are formed of (or having a top) layer of a first Schottky metal material with a work function selected for efficiently collecting photogenerated electrons. The Schottky contact photovoltaic energy conversion cell further comprises a second array of a plurality of closely-spaced microscale pillars connected to a second electrical cell contact. The pillars and the contact are formed of (or having a top) layer of a second Schottky metal material with a work function selected for efficiently collecting photogenerated holes. The Schottky contact photovoltaic energy conversion cell further comprises a semiconductor absorber thin-film layer covering the first and second contacts and filling spaces among all the pillars, for creating photogenerated electrons and holes. |
| US07786375B2 |
Preventing harmful polarization of solar cells
In one embodiment, harmful solar cell polarization is prevented or minimized by providing a conductive path that bleeds charge from a front side of a solar cell to the bulk of a wafer. The conductive path may include patterned holes in a dielectric passivation layer, a conductive anti-reflective coating, or layers of conductive material formed on the top or bottom surface of an anti-reflective coating, for example. Harmful solar cell polarization may also be prevented by biasing a region of a solar cell module on the front side of the solar cell. |
| US07786374B2 |
Pianoforte instrument exhibiting an additional delivery of energy into the sound board, and method for influencing the sound of a pianoforte instrument
Disclosed is a pianoforte instrument comprising a musical mechanism with keys. Also provided are strings which are struck via a mechanism when the keys are actuated and are made to vibrate. The vibrations of the strings are transmitted to a sound board. A device is provided for delivering additional oscillating energy into the sound board. Also provided are sensors which directly or indirectly detect actuation of the keys of the musical mechanism. The measured values of the sensors are fed to a sound-amplifying device. The sound-amplifying device is equipped with units which compile data corresponding to a desired characteristic sound in accordance with the measured values of the sensors. The sound amplifying device supplies the sound board with additional oscillation energy via the delivering device according to the determined data. |
| US07786372B2 |
Wind musical instrument with pitch changing mechanism and supporting system for pitch change
Three valve assemblies are linked with finger buttons and inserted into a pipe structure of a trumpet for changing the length of air column, and a supporting system assists a player in fingering on the finger buttons; sensors are adhered to the finger buttons so as to supply a detecting signal representative of force exerted on the finger buttons by the player to a controlling unit; when the force exceeds over a threshold, the controlling unit energizes actuators connected to the valve assemblies so as to make the player feel the valve assemblies lightly changed. |
| US07786371B1 |
Modular system for MIDI data
Rack mountable, user-programmable electronic modules are disclosed that may be used separately, or combined into an integrated system, to analyze, display, troubleshoot, or perform signal conversion on contents or a Musical Instrument Data Interface (MIDI) data stream. Signal conversion capabilities include conversion from a standard MIDI unbalanced current-driven signal format to other electronic forms, such as a balanced differential voltage format, or optical fiber or wireless media formats, that are more suitable for longer distance transmission, and include conversion from a format suitable for long distance back to a standard MIDI format. Custom, remotely controllable dimmer packs responsive to MIDI messages also provide verification and operating condition data, as may be useful in controlling and monitoring lights, pyrotechnics, lasers, fountains, music, and other elements of an animated display or entertainment show, back to a computer which may also be running custom software of the instant invention. |
| US07786368B2 |
Actuator unit for performance operator, keyboard musical instrument and actuator unit assembly
An actuator unit includes: a performance operator drive device including a movable member that mechanically drives the performance operator member; an optical pattern having a pattern to cause an amount of light reflection or light transmission to gradually vary in accordance with movement of the movable member; and an optical sensor that irradiates light toward the optical pattern and receives light reflected from or transmitted through the optical pattern. One of the optical pattern and the optical sensor is provided to move in interlocked relation to the movable member, and the amount of the reflected light or transmitted light, based on the optical pattern, is detected by the optical sensor, so that a moving position of the movable member is detected on the basis of the detected amount of the reflected or transmitted light. |
| US07786366B2 |
Method and apparatus for universal adaptive music system
The present invention is method and apparatus for assistive music performance. More specifically, the present invention is an interactive wireless music apparatus comprising actuating an event originating on a remote wireless device. The transmitted event received by a processing host computer implements the proper handling of the event. |
| US07786365B1 |
Sound shoe
The present invention relates to the foot operated musical instruments like tambourine, cymbals, jingles and cowbells. These musical instruments can be operated by using one or both feet at the same time. The tambourine playing shoes can be converted to a percussion shoe very easily. The foot operated instruments of the present invention lets musicians to play multiple instruments at the same time, while giving a new found sound to a musician's tapping foot. |
| US07786364B2 |
Percussion musical instrument
A percussion musical instrument comprises a beating surface (13) fastened to a shell (2), the shell (2) comprises at least two, preferably three or more, hollow shells (4) telescopically coupled to each other and movable along a common axis (X) of translation at least between a closed configuration in which a hollow body contains at least partially the next hollow body and an open configuration in which the hollow bodies are substantially superposed. |
| US07786363B1 |
Annular drum hoop for a drum
An annular drum hoop for a drum having a cylindrical drum shell, two drumheads and multiple tension control devices and the annular drum hoop has an outer ring, a mounting segment, an inner ring, multiple holding mounts and a curved segment. The mounting segment is formed on the outer ring. The inner ring is formed annularly on the mounting side of the annular drum hoop and is formed with the mounting segment. The holding mounts are formed on the annular drum hoop between the mounting segment and the inner ring at intervals and each holding mount has a through hole formed through the holding mount to mount on one of the tension control devices. The curved segment is formed on and protrudes inwards from the free edge of the outer ring and has an inner surface, a curved outer surface and an engaging groove formed in the inner surface. |
| US07786362B1 |
Pick for stringed musical instruments
A musician's pick having a pick body made up of both a pick portion and a gripping portion. The pick portion and gripping portion are angularly oriented with respect to each other in a predetermined manner. The predetermined angular orientation between the pick portion and the grip portion of the pick allows the pick portion to engage the strings of an instrument being played in a generally perpendicular relation despite the normal, parallel relation between the strings and the longitudinal axis of the musician's thumb. |
| US07786359B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV602114
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV602114. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV602114, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV602114 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV602114 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV602114. |
| US07786358B2 |
Tomato plant line TZ367
The present invention relates to a new and distinct inbred tomato lines and hybrids. This invention also relates to plants and seeds of such inbred tomato lines and hybrids, and to parts thereof. The invention also relates to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such inbred tomato lines and hybrids with themselves or other tomato plants. |
| US07786357B2 |
Soybean cultivar 6819331
A soybean cultivar designated 6819331 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 6819331, to the plants of soybean 6819331, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 6819331 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 6819331 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 6819331, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 6819331 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 6819331 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US07786354B2 |
Compositions and methods of increasing stress tolerance in plants
The present invention provides novel isolated FT polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded by the FT polynucleotides. Also provided are the antibodies that immunospecifically bind to a FT polypeptide or any derivative, variant, mutant or fragment of the FT polypeptide, polynucleotide or antibody. The invention additionally provides methods of constructing transgenic plants that have altered levels of FT polynucleotides and polypeptides. |
| US07786351B2 |
Recombinant DNA constructs and methods for controlling gene expression
The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs for suppression of production of mature microRNA in a cell. Also provided are transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing such constructs, and methods for their use. The invention further provides transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing recombinant DNA for the ligand-controlled expression of a target sequence, which may be endogenous or exogenous. Also disclosed are novel miRNAs and miRNA precursors from crop plants including maize and soy. |
| US07786345B2 |
Transgenic plants expressing cellulase for autohydrolysis of cellulose components and methods for production of soluble sugar
The present invention relates to transgenic plants for producing cellulose by a mechanism of autohydrolysis and a method producing soluble sugars using them, more particularly to transgenic plants transformed with recombinant cDNA coding cellulase, cellulose binding domain and chloroplast targeting peptide and a method producing soluble sugars using them. Transgenic plants and a method producing soluble sugars using them would be a highly cost-effective system for the production of soluble sugars on a large scale. |
| US07786330B2 |
Process for producing 1,2-dialkoxy-3-fluorobenzene
The present invention relates to a process for producing a 2-fluoro-6-halophenol as an intermediate; a process for producing a 2-alkoxy-3-fluorophenol and further a 1,2-dialkoxy-3-fluorobenzene from the 2-fluoro-6-halophenol; a second process for producing a 1,2-dialkoxy-3-fluorobenzene from the 2-fluoro-6-halophenol; and a 2-alkoxy-3-fluorophenol. The 2-fluoro-6-halophenol can be obtained using a 2-fluorophenol as a starting material and through a sulfonation reaction, a halogenation reaction, and a deprotection reaction. The 2-fluoro-6-halophenol is alkyl-etherified, and subsequently the halogen atom is converted into a hydroxyl group to obtain the 2-alkoxy-3-fluorophenol, which is further alkyl-etherified to thereby obtain the 1,2-dialkoxy-3-fluorobenzene. Alternatively, a 1,2-dialkoxy-3-fluorobenzene is also obtained by converting the halogen atom of the 2-fluoro-6-halophenol into a hydroxyl group to thereby form 3-fluorocatechol and subsequently alkyl-etherifying two hydroxyl groups thereof. The processes of the invention realize low production costs and high process yields, and thus are suitable for industrial production of a 1,2-dialkoxy-3-fluorobenzene. |
| US07786329B2 |
Process for preparing ester oxazolidine compounds and their conversion to Florfenicol
A process for preparing ester oxazolidine compounds is disclosed. These compounds are useful intermediates in processes for making Florfenicol. |
| US07786327B2 |
Method for co-producing electric power and urea from carbonaceous material
A method for co-producing electric power and urea from carbonaceous fuels such as coal, by pyrolizing the coal with oxygen to produce a raw rich gas and a hot char which is gasified with air to produce a raw lean gas. Subsequent to the cleaning of the two gases, the cleaned rich gas is made up of CO and 2H2, and the clean lean gas is made up of N2+CO. The CO in the rich gas is separated from the 2H2 and is added to the lean gas to enrich it with CO to become a lean fuel gas which fuels a gas turbine and is part of a combined cycle system which efficiently generates electric power while exhausting an off-gas (flue gas) made up of N2+CO2. The 2H2 separated from the CO, and the N2+CO2 of the exhausted flue gas are together synthesized to produce urea —CO(NH2)2. To augment the 2H2 in order to make the process more efficient, steam is extracted from the power generation system, mixed with the 2H2, and electrolyzed in a high-temperature electrolysis system prior to the synthesis step with the electrical energy required for the electrolysis being derived from the combined cycle power generation source. This approach will consume the CO2 in a beneficial manner by co-producing an added-value, useful by-product while at the same time obviating the necessity of collecting CO2 and sequestering it, which is an inefficient way of mitigating the effect of global warming caused by CO2. |
| US07786326B2 |
Polyacylurethanes based on diisocyanates and polyesterpolyols
The present invention relates to a polyacylurethane having the following general formula (I) and a process for the preparation of such polyacylurethane. Preferred embodiments of the polyacylurethanes according to the invention have elastomeric properties. The polyacylurethanes can suitable be used in biodegradable, biocompatible and/or biomedical devices. |
| US07786325B2 |
Process for producing O-methyl-N-nitroisourea
Disclosed is an industrially advantageous process for producing O-methyl-N-nitroisourea. Disclosed is a process for obtaining O-methyl-N-nitroisourea represented by the following chemical formula (1) or a salt thereof in a high yield by performing the nitration of O-methylisourea represented by the following chemical formula (2) or a salt thereof with nitrating agents in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid. |
| US07786324B2 |
Method for producing borazine compound
In a synthesis of a borazine compound by a reaction of an alkali boron hydride represented by ABH4 (A represents lithium atom, sodium atom or potassium atom) and an amine salt represented by (RNH3)nX (R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, X represents a sulfate group or a halogen atom, and n is 1 or 2), or b) diborane (B2H6) and an amine represented by RNH2 (R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group), a water content of raw material is controlled below a prescribed value; mixed solvents containing solvents each having a prescribed boiling point are used as a solvent for reaction; or a raw material is gradually fed to a reactor in a reaction. Or, a borazine compound is subjected to distillation purification treatment and filtration treatment. By such a method, a high purity of borazine compound can be produced safely and in a high yield. |
| US07786322B2 |
Salt suitable for an acid generator and a chemically amplified resist composition containing the same
The present invention provides a salt of the formula (I): wherein ring X represents monocyclic or polycyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms, and one or more hydrogen atom in the monocyclic or polycyclic hydrocarbon group is optionally substituted with alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atom, alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atom, perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or cyano group; Q1 and Q2 each independently represent fluorine atom or perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and A+ represents organic counter ion. The present invention also provides a chemically amplified resist composition comprising the salt of the formula (I). |
| US07786315B2 |
Process for selectively extracting procyanidins
A process is described for selectively extracting cocoa procyanidins from an aqueous mixture of cocoa polyphenols by using a particular sequence of solvents to extract selected procyanidin monomers and/or oligomers. The solvents are n-butyl acetate, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, diethyl ether, or mixtures of methyl acetate and diethyl ether. Preferably, the aqueous mixture of cocoa polyphenols is first extracted with n-butyl acetate. The mixtures of methyl acetate and diethyl ether are between 25:75 and 75:25 (v/v). |
| US07786310B2 |
Small molecule transcriptional activation domains
The present invention relates to gene regulation. In particular, the present invention provides small molecule activation domain compositions and methods of making the same. The present invention further provides methods of regulating gene expression using the novel activation domains. The invention also provides methods of screening small molecule/compound libraries for identifying ligands of a protein or molecule of interest. |
| US07786306B2 |
Process for resolving chiral piperidine alcohol and process for synthesis of pyrazolo[1,5-a] pyrimidine derivatives using same
The present invention provides a method of resolving piperdin-yl-alkylene-alcohols, in high yield at high enantiomeric purity, for example 2-piperidin-2-yl-ethanol. |
| US07786305B2 |
Tetrahydropyranyl cyclopentyl tetrahydropyridopyridine modulators of chemokine receptor activity
The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, X, n and the dashed line are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptor CCR-2. The present invention is also directed to intermediates useful in the preparation of formula I compounds. |
| US07786303B2 |
Acidic bath for electrolytically depositing a copper deposit containing halogenated or pseudohalogenated monomeric phenazinium compounds
For manufacturing particularly uniform and mirror bright copper coatings that are leveled and ductile as well using a relatively high current density, halogenated or pseudohalogenated monomeric pheanzinium compounds or a purity at least 85 mole-% and having the general chemical formula (I) are utilized in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R7′, R7″, R8, R9, X and A have the significations denoted in the claims. The compounds are prepared by diazotizing a suited starting compound prior to halogenating or pseudohalogenating it in the presence of mineral acid, diazotization means and halide or pseudohalide, with the reaction steps being run in one single vessel. |
| US07786294B2 |
Compositions and methods for amplification and cloning of near full-length viral genome samples
A method of producing a polydeoxyribonucleotide molecule by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction wherein the polydeoxyribonucleotide molecule has a length of greater than 5,000 base-pairs is disclosed. The method involves combining two reverse transcriptases followed by two protocols of polymerase chain reaction. This method enable the amplification of large DNAs, such as viruses, from a sample while preserving genetic diversity of the large DNA. |
| US07786293B2 |
Organic compounds
The present invention provides a process for the sulfurization of phosphorus-containing compounds. More particularly, the process involves contacting the compound to be sulfurized with a sulfur transfer reagent as defined hereinbefore in a solvent or a mixture of solvents. |
| US07786287B2 |
Hepatitis C virus assay systems
The present invention features assays employing a beta-lactamase reporter system, an HCV replicon enhanced cell, and/or a chimeric HCV replicon containing a 3′ UTR based on the HCV-1a 3′ UTR. These features can be employed alone or together, and are preferably combined together to measure HCV replicon activity and the affect of compounds on such activity. |
| US07786286B2 |
Proteinase K resistant surface protein of Neisseria meningitidis
The identification of a highly conserved, immunologically accessible antigen at the surface of Neisseria facilitates treatment, prophylaxis, and diagnosis of Neisseria diseases. This antigen is highly resistant to Proteinase K and has an apparent molecular weight of 22 kDa on SDS-PAGE. Specific polynucleotides encoding proteins of this class have been isolated from three Neisseria meningitidis strains and from one Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain. These polynucleotides have been sequenced, and the corresponding full-length amino acid sequences of the encoded polypeptides have been deduced. Recombinant DNA methods for the production of the Neisseria surface protein, and antibodies that bind to this protein are also disclosed. |
| US07786285B2 |
Recombinant vaccine against botulinum neurotoxin
This invention is directed to preparation and expression of synthetic genes encoding polypeptides containing protective epitopes of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT). The invention is also directed to production of immunogenic peptides encoded by the synthetic genes, as well as recovery and purification of the immunogenic peptides from recombinant organisms. The invention is also directed to methods of vaccination against botulism using the expressed peptides. |
| US07786284B2 |
Polynucleotides encoding IL-17 receptor A antigen binding proteins
The present invention relates to IL-17 receptor A (IL-17RA or IL-17R) antigen binding proteins, such as antibodies, and the polynucleotide sequences encoding them, as well as host cells, expression vectors, and methods of making IL-17 receptor A antigen binding proteins. |
| US07786283B2 |
BRI constructs and methods of using
The invention provides constructs that feature a nucleic acid molecule encoding an amino terminal region of a BRI polypeptide. A construct of the invention can further include a multiple cloning site joined to the 3′ end of the BRI nucleic acid molecule or a nucleic acid molecule encoding a heterologous polypeptide operably linked to the BRI nucleic acid molecule. The invention further provides methods of directing a heterologous polypeptide through the secretory pathway in a cell. Such methods utilize a construct of the invention that additionally contains a promoter that directs expression of the BRI and heterologous nucleic acid molecules. The construct is introduced into a cell and, following expression, the fusion protein is directed through the secretory pathway of the cell. In addition, a construct of the invention can be introduced into an animal to make the animal transgenic for the heterologous polypeptide. |
| US07786277B2 |
Methods for introducing mannose 6-phosphate and other oligosacharides onto glycoproteins
Methods to introduce highly phosphorylated mannopyranosyl oligosaccharide derivatives containing mannose 6-phosphate (M6P), or other oligosaccharides bearing other terminal hexoses, to carbonyl groups on oxidized glycans of glycoproteins while retaining their biological activity are described. The methods are useful for modifying glycoproteins, including those produced by recombinant protein expression systems, to increase uptake by cell surface receptor-mediated mechanisms, thus improving their therapeutic efficacy in a variety of applications. |
| US07786276B2 |
Sequestering of glycoprotein molecules and oligosaccharide moieties in lipo-glycoprotein membranes and micelles
Spontaneous formation of a coherent membrane at the interface between a non-polar liquid and an aqueous solution of glycoprotein can be used to separate proteins and carbohydrates from tissue fluid and other complex mixtures. When volatile hydrocarbons are used to induce membrane formation, evaporation of organic and aqueous solvents leaves behind a delicate film or powder. The method for extracting glycoprotein from solution and sequestering it in floating membranes can be used to study environmental conditions or to remove carbohydrates from proteins in the tissues of living organisms. This technique can also be used for detecting proteins in solutions. |
| US07786270B2 |
Humanized FcγRIIB-specific antibodies and methods of use thereof
The present invention relates to humanized FcγRIIB antibodies, fragments, and variants thereof that bind human FcγRIIB with a greater affinity than said antibody binds FcγRIIA. The invention encompasses the use of the humanized antibodies of the invention for the treatment of any disease related to loss of balance of Fc receptor mediated signaling, such as cancer, autoimmune and inflammatory disease. The invention provides methods of enhancing the therapeutic effect of therapeutic antibodies by administering the humanized antibodies of the invention to enhance the effector function of the therapeutic antibodies. The invention also provides methods of enhancing the efficacy of a vaccine composition by administering the humanized antibodies of the invention. The invention encompasses methods for treating an autoimmune disease and methods for elimination of cancer cells that express FcγRIIB. |
| US07786258B2 |
Methods for inhibiting immune complex formation in a subject
Polypeptides and other compounds that can bind specifically to the CH2-CH3 cleft of an immunoglobulin molecule, and methods for using such polypeptides and compounds to inhibit Fc-mediated immune complex formation, are described. |
| US07786252B2 |
Preparation of transparent multilayered articles
Disclosed is a process for the preparation of multilayered, shaped articles having high transparency and low haze having at least one layer contains one or more thermoplastic polymers selected from polyesters, polycarbonates, and homogeneous blends thereof, and a separate layer which contains a transamidized, homogeneous blend of a least two polyamides. The thermoplastic polymer components and the polyamide components have refractive indices which differ by about 0.006 to about −0.0006. The small difference in the refractive indices enable the incorporation of regrind into one or more of the layers of the article while maintaining high clarity. These articles can exhibit improved excellent barrier properties and good melt processability while retaining excellent mechanical properties. Metal catalysts can be incorporated into one or more layers to impart oxygen-scavenging properties. |
| US07786251B2 |
Process for producing polyester ether poly- or mono-ol
To provide a process for producing a polyester ether poly- or mono-ol having a narrow molecular weight distribution, which is obtained by copolymerizing an initiator having hydroxyl groups with a cyclic ester compound and an alkylene oxide.It is possible to produce a polyester ether poly- or mono-ol having a molecular distribution (Mw/Mn) of from 1.02 to 1.4 by copolymerizing a cyclic ester compound which carbon number is from 3 to 9 and an alkylene oxide which carbon number is from 2 to 20 with an initiator having from 1 to 12 hydroxyl groups and having a number average molecular weight (Mn) of from 18 to 20,000 in the presence of a double-metal cyanide complex catalyst is having tert-butyl alcohol as at least a part of an organic ligand. |
| US07786250B2 |
Vector directional polymer systems and methods of nano-structural self assembly
Vector-directional polymers and polymer systems are disclosed. In accordance with the embodiments of the invention, the polymer has aromatic moieties that are restrained or fixed through conformational linkage units bonding nearest neighbor aromatic moieties together to form the polymer backbone. The conformational linkage units preferably include conformational ring structures which exhibit hydrogen bonding or other Lewis acid-Lewis base type of interactions. The conformational ring structures can include hetero-atoms and cationic metal atoms. The chemical groups and bonding features of the polymer backbone constrain bond movement and bond rotation along the polymer backbone. Accordingly, the vector-directional polymers of the present invention can assemble into or form extended three dimensional structures or arrays. |
| US07786248B2 |
Underfill compositions and methods for use thereof
The invention is based on the discovery that certain polyester-linked compounds are useful as components in underfill compositions for the microelectronic packaging industry. |
| US07786245B2 |
Process for preparing polyarylene ether ketone
A process for preparing a polyarylene ether ketone, comprising: a) reacting an aromatic dihalogen compound with a bisphenol and/or a halophenol in the presence of alkali metal carbonate and/or alkaline earth metal carbonate in a high-boiling aprotic solvent to give a polyarylene ether ketone, b) wet-comminuting the solidified reaction mixture in the presence of water, c) washing with an organic solvent, d) washing with water and e) drying the washed product, wherein the wet-comminuted reaction mixture is fed to the two-stage washing with a residual moisture content of at least 1% by weight, which process leads to distinctly reduced residual contents of salts and reaction solvents. |
| US07786239B2 |
Modified vegetable oil-based polyols
Methods of making unsaturated modified vegetable oil-based polyols are described. Also described are methods of making oligomeric modified vegetable oil-based polyols. An oligomeric composition having a modified fatty acid triglyceride structure is also described. Also, methods of making a polyol including hydroformylation and hydrogenation of oils in the presence of a catalyst and support are described. |
| US07786237B2 |
Polyethylene materials prepared using mixed ziegler-natta catalysts systems
A polyethylene may be prepared using a mixture of a silica supported catalyst and a magnesium chloride supported catalyst. By changing the ratio of the two catalysts, the polyethylene produced may have a varying bulk density and shear response. The method allows for the tuning or targeting of properties to fit a specific application, such as a blow molding or vapor barrier film. |
| US07786236B2 |
Polymeric nano-particles of flower-like structure and applications
A flower-like nano-particle composition including a poly(alkenylbenzene) core and a poly(conjugated diene) or a poly(alkylene) surface layer is provided. The nano-particles have a mean average diameter less than about 100 nm and are substantially free of chain ends. The nano-particles can be modified via, for example, hydrogenation. The nano-particles can advantageously be incorporated into rubbers, elastomers, and thermoplastics. |
| US07786230B2 |
Method for polymerizing cycloolefin polymer containing polar functional groups and electronics devices employing the polymerized cycloolefins
Disclosed is a method for preparing a cycloolefin polymer containing polar functional groups, comprising the steps of: a) preparing a catalyst mixture including i) a precatalyst; ii) a first cocatalyst; and iii) a second cocatalyst; and b) subjecting a monomer solution comprising a norbornene-based compound containing a polar functional group to an addition polymerization reaction in the presence of an organic solvent and the catalyst mixture, wherein the product yield of the prepared polymer is 50% by weight or more based on the total weight of the monomer. |
| US07786227B2 |
Monomer concentration prediction and control in a polymerization process
A method for the control of a polymerization process, which method employs the combination of a densitometer measurement of the polymerization reaction mixture and a quadratic computer model. |
| US07786225B2 |
Curable resin composition
A curable resin composition, which is a solid resin at ordinary temperatures obtained by reacting an epoxy resin with a (meth)acrylic anhydride, contains an unsaturated resin having a (meth)acryloyl group (A) which has a double bond equivalent weight of 200 to 500, an ester number of 100 to 300, and a hydroxyl number of no more than 130, an ethylenically unsaturated monomer (B), and a radical polymerization initiator (C). |
| US07786223B2 |
Epoxy resin and curing agent of di- and/or mono-glycidyether/monoamine-polyamine reaction product
A curable composition comprising a) an epoxy resin containing on average more than one epoxy group per molecule, and b) as curing agent a composition comprising b1) 40-100 wt % of a reaction product from the reaction of b1a) at least one diglycidyl- and/or at least one monoglycidylether with b1b) a composition comprising a volatile monoamine and a polyamine, said composition b1b) is used in an amount to provide an excess amino groups relative to epoxy groups from b1a), and whereby the excess of monoamine is removed off from the reaction product, b2) 0-60 wt % of a polyamine, and b3) 0-25 wt % of a polyphenol novolac, and whereby the sum of components b1), b2) and b3) is 100 wt %, providing long pot life combined with fast cure times at low temperatures, thus making said compositions especially useful for marine and offshore coatings, industrial maintenance, construction, tank and pipe linings, adhesive, automobile and electrical potting applications. |
| US07786222B2 |
Polyamide oligomers and their use
The present invention relates to polyamide oligomers with linear or branched chain structure with a number average molar mass of 800 to 5000 g/mol, with basic end groups which are at least partially NH2 end groups and carboxyl end groups, produced by condensation of polyamide-forming monomers, the concentration of NH2 end groups being at most 300 mmol/kg and in that these end groups are present in excess in a ratio to the carboxyl end groups. |
| US07786215B2 |
Thermoplastic polymer, use thereof in polyamide compositions with improved hydrophily and anti-staticity
The invention provides a novel thermoplastic polymer comprising at least one polyalkylene oxide block. It relates to a process for preparing the thermoplastic polymer and to an application of this polymer as a hydrophilicity and/or antistatic modifier, especially in polyamide compositions. These compositions are particularly suitable for the manufacture of yarns, fibres and filaments. |
| US07786209B2 |
Nanostructured particles, phase change inks including same and methods for making same
A hydrophobically- or hydrophilically-functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane has the following formula: where each R, which can be the same or different, independently represents a linear, branched or cyclic organic group selected from the group consisting of hydrophobic alkyl groups, hydrophobic aryl groups, hydrophobic arylalkyl groups, hydrophobic cycloaliphatic groups, and hydrophilic organic moieties, provided that at least one of the R groups is a wax-like aliphatic group. |
| US07786206B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition
A thermoplastic resin composition comprising: (A) 30 to 80 parts by mass of a polyamide; (B) 20 to 70 parts by mass of a polyphenylene ether; (C) 0 to 40 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the polyamide (A) and the polyphenylene ether (B), of a rubbery polymer; and (D) 10 to 50 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the polyamide (A) and the polyphenylene ether (B), of a platy inorganic filler having an average particle size of 9 to 20 μm, and having a particle size ratio (d75%/d25%) of the particle size (d75%) at 75% counted from smaller particle size to the particle size (d25%) at 25% of 1.0 or more and 2.5 or less. |
| US07786205B2 |
Foamable adhesive composition
A foamable copolymer based coupling is provided for securely affixing a light emitting glass lamp in a metal base to form a lamp assembly. The copolymer is preferably selected from ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylene methyl acrylate, and combinations thereof. The foamable coupling may be placed around one end of the glass lamp or in the lamp base before the lamp and base are matingly engaged. The assembled lamp is then heated to a temperature, which causes the foamable coupling to expand and securely affix the lamp in the base. |
| US07786201B2 |
Mixture of diisononyl esters of 1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, method for the production thereof and use of these mixtures
The present invention relates to a mixture of diisononyl esters of 1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, wherein the isononyl radicals of the diisononyl esters present in the mixture have a degree of branching of from 1.2 to 2.0, to a process for its preparation and to the use of such mixtures. |
| US07786197B2 |
Flame retardant resin composition and molded articles thereof
A flame retardant resin composition consisting essentially of: (A) 100 parts by weight of the total of resin components (components A) which include at least 60 wt % of an aromatic polyester resin; (B) an organic phosphorus compound (component B-1) represented by the following general formula (1) and having an acid value of 0.7 mgKOH/g or less or an organic phosphorus compound (component B-2) represented by the following general formula (2); (C) 0 to 50 parts by weight of a flame retardancy improving resin (component C); and (D) 0 to 200 parts by weight of a filler (component D), and a molded article thereof. Wherein, when the organic phosphorus compound is the component B-1, the amount of the component B-1 is 1 to 100 parts by weight and when the organic phosphorus compound is the component B-2, the component B-2 is used in combination with a biscumyl compound (component B-3), the amount of the component B-2 is 5 to 30 parts by weight, and the amount of the component B-3 is 0.01 to 5 parts by weight. According to the present invention, there can be obtained a flame retardant polyester resin composition which contains substantially no halogen and has UL-94 V-2 flame retardancy or V-0 flame retardancy under favorable conditions as well as a molded article thereof. |
| US07786194B2 |
Compositions and methods for protecting materials from damage
Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a composition prepared from a Class 1 member, a Class 2 member, and a Class 3 member, said Class 1 member contributing approximately 0.1 percent to approximately 10 percent by dry weight of said composition, said Class 2 member contributing approximately 1 percent to approximately 10 percent by dry weight of said composition, and said Class 3 member contributing an amount up to a balance by dry weight of said composition. |
| US07786193B2 |
Thermoplastic stiffening material used for manufacturing shoes, and a method for the production thereof
The invention relates to a novel thermoplastic stiffening material used for manufacturing shoes or shoe parts, and to an environmentally friendly method for the production thereof. The inventive material is proved in the form of a hot-melt adhesive/filling compound and is characterized in that it is comprised of one or more hot-melt adhesives and of one or more fillers, which are provided in quantities ranging from 50 to 15% by weight and which do not dissolve in the hot-melt adhesive. The hot-melt adhesive/filler compound simultaneously fulfills the following parameters: 1. MVR value between 2 and 6, preferably between 3 and 5 cm3/10 min; 2. Surface tack, when measured according to DIN EN 14610 at 65° C., ranging from at least 10 N/2 cm, preferably 15 N/2 cm, particularly 20 N/2 cm; 3. Bonding value/peel resistance with regard to upper materials and linings of at least 30 N/5 cm when measured according to DIN 53357; 4. Longitudinal extension of no greater than 25%, preferably less than 20%, when measured at a temperature of 90° C. |
| US07786186B2 |
Optically transparent polymer with antibiofouling properties
Optically transparent, impact-resistant solid polymer bodies are provided that are resistant to fouling by organisms such as algae, bacteria and molds. The bodies may be sheets of polymer for use as covers for optical sensors, windows or other cover glasses. The materials may be formed by solvent casting, extrusion or other processing methods. |
| US07786185B2 |
Wettable hydrogels comprising acyclic polyamides
The present invention relates to biomedical devices, and particularly contact lenses comprising a polymer having entangled therein at least one acyclic polyamide. |
| US07786180B2 |
Methanol synthesis
A process for synthesising methanol comprises the steps of: (i) reforming a hydrocarbon feedstock and separating water to generate a make-up gas comprising hydrogen and carbon oxides, the make-up gas mixture having a stoichiometric number, R, R=([H2]−[CO2])/([CO2]+[CO]) of less than 2.0, (ii) combining the make up gas with an unreacted synthesis gas to form a synthesis gas mixture, (iii) passing the synthesis gas through a bed of methanol synthesis catalyst to generate a product stream, (iv) cooling the product stream to recover a crude methanol stream from the unreacted synthesis gas, (v) removing a portion of the unreacted synthesis gas as a purge gas, and (vi) feeding the remaining unreacted synthesis gas to step (ii), wherein hydrogen is recovered from a portion of the purge gas and the make up gas, and the recovered hydrogen is included in the synthesis gas mixture. |
| US07786177B2 |
Phenylalanine enamide derivatives
Phenylalanine enamide derivatives of formula (1) are described: wherein R1 is a group Ar1 L2Ar2Alk- in which: Ar1 is an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; L2 is a covalent bond or a linker atom or group; Ar2 is an optionally substituted arylene or heteroarylene group; and Alk is a chain —CH2—CH(R)—, —CH═C(R)— or in which R is a carboxylic acid (—CO2H) or a derivative or biostere thereof; X is an —O— or —S— atom or —N(R2)— group in which: Rx, Ry and Rz which may be the same or different is each a hydrogen atom or an optional substituent; or Rz is an atom or group as previously defined and Rx and Ry are joined together to form an optionally substituted spiro linked cycloaliphatic or heterocycloaliphatic group; and the salts, solvates, hydrates and N-oxides thereof. The compounds are able to inhibit the binding of integrins to their ligands and are of use in the prophylaxis and treatment of immuno or inflammatory disorders or disorders involving the inappropriate growth or migration of cells. |
| US07786171B2 |
Amide derivatives as positive allosteric modulators and methods of use thereof
The invention relates to novel amide derivatives that are positive allosteric modulators of neuronal nicotinic receptors, compositions comprising the same, processes for preparing such compounds, and methods for using such compounds and compositions. |
| US07786169B2 |
Phenoxyalkycarboxylic acid derivatives in the treatment of ulcerative colitis
A method of treating ulcerative colitis in a patient suffering therefrom comprising: administering an effective amount of a compound selected from compound 1, its metabolite 2 and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof: |
| US07786165B2 |
Aminophenylpropanoic acid derivative
A compound represented by the formula (1): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, and a salt thereof and a prodrug thereof unexpectedly have superior GPR40 receptor agonist activity, superior in the properties as a pharmaceutical product such as stability and the like, and can be a safe and useful pharmaceutical agent as a drug for the prophylaxis or treatment of GPR40 receptor related pathology or diseases such as diabetes and the like. |
| US07786164B2 |
Lipophilic di(anticancer drug) compounds, compositions, and related methods
Lipophilic di(anticancer drug) compounds, compositions that include the compounds, and methods for treating a cell proliferative disease using the compounds. |
| US07786162B2 |
Agents useful for reducing amyloid precursor protein and treating dementia and methods of use thereof
The present invention provides compounds and methods of administering compounds to a subject that can reduce βAPP production and that is not toxic in a wide range of dosages. The present invention also provides non-carbamate compounds and methods of administering such compounds to a subject that can reduce βAPP production and that is not toxic in a wide range of dosages. It has been discovered that either the racemic or enantiomerically pure non-carbamate compounds can be used to decrease βAPP production. |
| US07786159B2 |
Thrombopoietin mimetics
The invention relates to compounds and their use in the treatment of thrombocytopenia resulting from diseases or conditions such as immune thrombocytopenic purpura, cancer chemotherapy, surgery, bone marrow or stem cell transplantation, radiation injury or treatment, chronic viral infection, and pancytopenia. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and compositions of the invention as well as methods for treating such diseases or conditions in a mammal, including a human, by administering to such mammal an effective amount of a selected thrombopoietin receptor agonist. |
| US07786154B2 |
Substituted gamma lactams as therapeutic agents
A compound having the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof is disclosed herein. Y, A, and B are as described herein. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related to these compounds are also disclosed. |
| US07786151B2 |
Therapeutic composition of treating abnormal splicing caused by the excessive kinase induction
The present invention provides a composition of treating, preventing abnormal splicing caused by the excessive kinase induction, which comprises TG003 and a method using the same of treating, preventing abnormal splicing caused by the excessive kinase induction. |
| US07786149B2 |
Thiadiazoles as CXC- and CC- chemokine receptor ligands
Disclosed are novel compounds of the formula: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. Examples of groups comprising Substituent A include heteroaryl, aryl, heterocycloalkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkynyl, alkenyl, aminoalkyl, alkyl or amino. Examples of groups comprising Substituent B include aryl and heteroaryl. Also disclosed is a method of treating a chemokine mediated diseases, such as, cancer, angiogenisis, angiogenic ocular diseases, pulmonary diseases, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, stroke and ischemia reperfusion injury, pain (e.g., acute pain, acute and chronic inflammatory pain, and neuropathic pain) using a compound of formula IA. |
| US07786148B2 |
Fungicidal composition comprising a pyridylethylbenzamide derivative and a compound capable of inhibiting the transport of electrons of the respiratory chain in phytopathogenic fungal organisms
A composition comprising at least a pyridylethylbenzamide derivative of general formula (I) (a) and a compound capable of inhibiting the transport of electrons of the respiratory chain in phytopathogenic fungal organisms (b) in a (a)/(b) weight ratio of from 0.01 to 20. A composition further comprising an additional fungicidal compound. A method for preventively or curatively combating the phytopathogenic fungi of crops by using this composition. |
| US07786147B2 |
Analogs of choline for neuroprotection and cognitive enhancement in neurodegenerative disorders
The present invention relates to novel analogs of choline and methods of use or treatment of neurodegenerative disorders and/or conditions such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington disease, Alzheimer's disease and related disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, Friedrich's ataxia, Pick's disease, Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome, Refsom's disease, retinal degeneration, Cruetzfelt-Jacob syndrome or prion disease (mad cow disease), dementia with Lewy bodies, schizophrenia, paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration and neurodegenerative conditions caused by stroke. The present compounds are effective to treat any neurological condition where acetylcholine transmission neurons and their target cells are affected. Compounds according to the present invention are effective to alleviate and/or reverse the effects of a neurodegenerative condition, prevent further deterioration and/or enhance cognition and memory in patients suffering from neurodegenerative disorders, especially Alzheimer's disease. |
| US07786146B2 |
Derivatives of 5-amino-4,6-disubstituted indole and 5-amino-4,6-disubstituted indoline as potassium channel modulators
This invention provides compounds of formula I where the dashed line represents an optional double bond; where R1 is phenyl, naphthyl, pyridyl, pyrimidyl, pyrrolyl, imidazolyl, pyrazyl, furyl, thienyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, thiazolyl, or isothiazolyl, optionally substituted, and other substituents are defined herein. Such compounds are potassium channel modulators. |
| US07786142B2 |
Heterocyclic compounds as pSTAT3/IL-6 inhibitors
The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds of the general formula (I), as IL-6 inhibitors, their derivatives, their analogs, their tautomeric forms, their stereoisomers, their polymorphs, their hydrates, their solvates, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions, their metabolites and prodrugs thereof. The present invention more particularly provides novel heterocyclic compounds of the general formula (I). Also included is a method for treatment of cancer, cancer cachexia and inflammatory diseases including immunological diseases, particularly those mediated by cytokines such as IL-6, through pSTAT3 inhibition, in a mammal comprising administering an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) as described above |
| US07786140B2 |
Piperidine derivative having NMDA receptor antagonistic activity
A piperidine derivative of the formula (I) is found to bind specifically with the NR1/NR2B receptor and usable as an analgesic (pain treatment drug). wherein X is OH or lower alkylsulfonyloxy; Ar is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; n is an integer of 1 to 4; m is an integer of 0 to 1; R1 is hydrogen; R2 is OH or R1 and R2 taken together may form a single bond; excluding that 1) n is 2; m is 0; R1 and R2 taken together may form a single bond; and Ar is optionally substituted phenyl and 2) n is 3; m is 0; R1 and R2 taken together may form a single bond; and Ar is phenyl. |
| US07786138B2 |
Process for making montelukast and intermediates therefor
A compound of the following formula wherein R′ is a straight or branched C1-C4 alkyl group is useful in processes associated with the synthesis of montelukast and its salts. |
| US07786135B2 |
Substituted pyrroline kinase inhibitors
The present invention is directed to novel substituted pyrroline compounds useful as kinase inhibitors and methods for treating or ameliorating a kinase mediated disorder. |
| US07786134B2 |
Lipophilic anticancer drug compounds, compositions and related methods
Lipophilic anticancer drug compounds, compositions that include the compounds, and methods for treating a cell proliferative disease using the compounds. |
| US07786122B2 |
α-(N-sulfonamido)acetamide derivatives as β-amyloid inhibitors
There is provided a series of novel α-(N-sulfonamido)acetamide compounds of the Formula (I) wherein R, R1, R2 and R3 are defined herein, which are inhibitors of β-amyloid peptide (β-AP) production and are useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and other conditions affected by anti-amyloid activity. |
| US07786115B2 |
Amide derivatives
The invention concerns a compound of the Formula I wherein m is 0-2 and each R1 is a group such as hydroxy, halogeno, trifluoromethyl heterocyclyl and heterocyclyloxy; R2 is halogeno, trifluoromethyl or (1-6C)alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, halogeno or (1-6C)alkyl; and R4 is (3-6C)cycloalkyl;or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of diseases or medical conditions mediated by cytokines. |
| US07786111B2 |
Medicaments for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula 1 wherein: n is 1 or 2; R1 is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, halogen, OH, or —O—C1-C4-alkyl; R2 is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, halogen, OH, or —O—C1-C4-alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, OH, halogen, —O—C1-C4-alkyl, —O—C1-C4-alkylene-COOH, or —O—C1-C4-alkylene-CO—O—C1-C4-alkyl, or an acid addition salt thereof with a pharmacologically acceptable acid, or a solvate or hydrate thereof; and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier, and methods for using the pharmaceutical formulation in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). |
| US07786106B2 |
Substituted benzene derivatives or salts thereof
There are provided compounds having an anticoagulant action on the basis of inhibition of activated blood coagulation factor X and being useful as anticoagulants or preventive/therapeutic agents for diseases induced by thrombosis or embolism. Effective ingredients are the compounds such as 4′-bromo-2′-[(5-chloro-2-pyridyl) carbamoyl]-6′-β-D-galactopyranosyloxy-1-isopropylpiperidine-4-carboxanilide, 2′-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-4′-bromo-6′-[(5-chloro-2-pyridyl)carbamoyl]-1-isopropylpiperidine-4-carboxanilide, etc. or salts thereof. |
| US07786104B2 |
N-(aminoheteroaryl)-1H-indole-2-carboxamide derivatives, and preparation and therapeutic application thereof
The invention concerns compounds of general formula (I): Wherein n, X1, X2, X3, X4, Y, Z, Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 are as defined herein. The invention also concerns a process for the preparation of compounds of formula (I) and their therapeutic use. |
| US07786103B2 |
Method for isolating an intestinal cholesterol binding protein
The invention describes a method for isolating an intestinal protein which is able to bind cholesterol and/or cholesterol uptake inhibitors. |
| US07786101B2 |
Cardiovascular protection using anti-aldosteronic progestins
A composition comprises drospirenone as the sole therapeutically active agent. |
| US07786100B2 |
Composition and method of treating hearing loss
A composition for treating hearing loss includes components that function through different biological mechanisms to provide an additive effect that is greater than the effect of the individual components alone. The composition includes a biologically effective amount of vitamin E for inhibiting propagation of lipid peroxidation that contributes to hearing loss. The composition also includes a biologically effective amount of a salicylate for reducing hydroxyl radicals that contribute to hearing loss. A method of treating hearing loss includes the step of internally administering the composition, as described above, to a mammal within three days of trauma to a middle or inner ear of the mammal. In other words, the composition is effective even when administered as late as three days after trauma to a middle or inner ear of a mammal. |
| US07786099B2 |
Aromatic a-ring derivatives of tetracycline compounds
Aromatized A-ring derivatives of tetracycline compounds are described. |
| US07786097B2 |
Tricyclic compounds, compositions and methods
The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: or salt thereof, which are modulators of the glucocorticoid receptor. The compounds and salts of the invention are useful in the treatment of conditions mediated by glucocorticoid receptor activity. |
| US07786095B2 |
Amphiphilic macrocyclic derivatives and their analogues
Soluble amphiphilic macrocycle analogues having lipophilic groups attached to one side of the units making up the macrocycle and hydrophilic groups attached to the other side. These amphiphilic macrocyclic derivatives have the ability to self-assemble in aqueous solvent forming micelles or vesicles and can be used as hosts for the solubilization and/or stabilization of various compounds. Embodiments of the present invention utilize macrocyclic oligosaccharides and preferably cyclodextrin as the macrocyclic derivatives to be modified. |
| US07786092B2 |
Composition and method of RNAi therapeutics for treatment of cancer and other neovascularization diseases
Compositions and methods are provided for treatment of diseases involving unwanted neovascularization (NV). The invention provides treatments that control NV through selective inhibition of pro-angiogenic biochemical pathways, including inhibition of the VEGF pathway gene expression and inhibition localized at pathological NV tissues. Tissue targeted nanoparticle compositions comprising polymer conjugates and nucleic acid molecules that induce RNA interference (RNAi) are provided. The nanoparticle compositions of the invention can be used alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents such as VEGF pathway antagonists. The compositions and methods can be used for the treatment of NV diseases such as cancer, ocular disease, arthritis, and inflammatory diseases. |
| US07786089B2 |
Immunostimulatory activity of immune modulatory oligonucleotides (IMO™) containing different lengths of palindromic segments
The invention provides a palindromic immune modulatory nucleic acid. The invention also provides methods for generating, enhancing and modifying the immune response caused by palindromic immune modulatory compounds used for immunotherapy applications. |
| US07786082B2 |
Combinations of human proteins to enhance in vivo viability of stem cells and progenitor cells
Embodiments of the present invention include the use of placental alkaline phosphatase and other members of the alkaline phosphatase family alone or in combination with human transferrin and, optionally, human α1-antitrypsin to enhance the proliferation and survival of adult or embryonic stem cells and stem cell-derived progenitor cells in vivo. |
| US07786079B2 |
Substituted nonadepsipeptides
The invention relates to nonadepsipeptides and methods for their preparation and their use for the production of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular bacterial infectious diseases. |
| US07786077B2 |
Insulins combinations
A pharmaceutical association or combination comprising a therapeutic effective amount of insulin or insulin analogue, and a therapeutic effective amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable betaine, in which the insulin and the betaine possibly form a chemical entity or complex, and in which the amount of betaine is adapted for controlling the degradation and/or for increasing the duration of action and/or for enhancing the therapeutically effect of the insulin or insulin analogue. |
| US07786074B2 |
Composition and methods for promoting wound healing and tissue regeneration
Provided herein are compositions and methods for use in promoting wound healing and tissue regeneration following tissue injury in a subject. |
| US07786072B2 |
Stabilized compounds having secondary structure motifs
The present invention provides novel stabilized crosslinked compounds having secondary structure motifs, libraries of these novel compounds, and methods for the synthesis of these compounds libraries thereof. The synthesis of these novel stabilized compounds involves (1) synthesizing a peptide from a selected number of natural or non-natural amino acids, wherein said peptide comprises at least two moieties capable of undergoing reaction to promote carbon-carbon bond formation; and (2) contacting said peptide with a reagent to generate at least one crosslinker and to effect stabilization of a secondary structure motif. The present invention, in a preferred embodiment, provides stabilized p53 donor helical peptides. Additionally, the present invention provides methods for disrupting the p53/MDM2 binding interaction comprising (1) providing a crosslinked stabilized α-helical structure; and (2) contacting said crosslinked stabilized α-helical structure with MDM2. |
| US07786066B2 |
Stability of detergents containing hypochlorite, phosphonate chelant, and optical brightener
The stability of aqueous, liquid detergents containing hypochlorite and brighteners is achieved by the use of a specific complexing agent. |
| US07786065B2 |
Ionic liquids derived from peracid anions
A novel class of ionic liquids and methods for their preparation are disclosed. Specifically, these novel ionic liquids can be derived from peracid anions. The present invention also relates to compositions containing these novel ionic liquids and method of using the same. |
| US07786064B1 |
Ionic liquids derived from functionalized anionic surfactants
A novel class of ionic liquids and methods for their preparation are disclosed. Specifically, these novel ionic liquids can be derived from anionic surfactants, such as alkyl aryl sulfonates, and mid-chain branched derivatives of alkyl sulfates, alkyl alkoxy sulfates, and alkyl aryl sulfonates. In addition, novel ionic liquids can be derived from other anionic surfactants, such as methyl ester sulfonates (MES), alkyl glycerol ether sulfonates, and alpha olefin sulfonates. Anions may be paired with a variety of cations to achieve various advantageous properties. The present invention also relates to compositions containing these novel ionic liquids and method of using the same. |
| US07786056B2 |
Heat dissipating silicone grease compositions
A silicone grease composition comprising 3-30 wt % of an organopolysiloxane and 60-96.9 wt % of a heat conductive filler is diluted with a least volatile isoparaffin having a boiling point of 260-360° C. Despite a heavy loading of heat conductive filler, the grease composition is easily applicable to heat sinks as a thin uniform coating. The composition is drastically increased in shelf stability at room temperature, easy to handle, and provides for good heat dissipation. |
| US07786052B2 |
Hydrophobically modified fluid loss additives and viscosifier products
A wellbore fluid that includes an oleagninous continuous phase; a non-oleaginous phase; and a polymeric additive formed by reaction of at least one lipophilic epoxy modifier and at least one epoxide-reactive agent, wherein the at least one epoxide-reactive agent comprises at least one selected from lignins, tannins, biopolymers, starches, carboxy methyl cellulose, polyacrylates, polyacrylamides, and synthetic polymers is disclosed. |
| US07786051B2 |
Method of preventing or reducing fluid loss in subterranean formations
A method of treating a formation penetrated by a wellbore to reduce fluid loss to the formation is carried out by providing a quantity of water-degradable particles formed from a solid polymeric acid precursor having a number average molecular weight (Mn) of greater than 4000. A slurry of the particles is formed with a carrier fluid, which may be an aqueous fluid. The slurry is introduced into the formation through the wellbore at a pressure below the fracture pressure of the treated formation. A treating fluid is subsequently introduced into the formation through the wellbore. The water-degradable particles degrade by contacting the particles with a free aqueous fluid introduced into the formation through the wellbore. The water-degradable particles may have a particle size of from about 0.25 mm or less. The slurry may contain from about 0.01 kg/L to about 0.15 kg/L of the water degradable particles. |
| US07786049B2 |
Drilling fluids with improved shale inhibition and methods of drilling in subterranean formations
The present invention relates to subterranean drilling operations, and more particularly, to drilling fluids that may be used to drill a well bore in a subterranean formation that may demonstrate improved shale inhibition and methods of using such drilling fluids in subterranean formations. One embodiment of the methods of the present invention provides a method of drilling a well bore in a subterranean formation comprising providing a drilling fluid comprising an aqueous-based fluid and a shale inhibiting component comprising a nanoparticle source; and placing the drilling fluid in the well bore in the subterranean formation. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method of flocculation comprising providing a fluid comprising suspended particles, and adding a shale inhibiting component comprising a nanoparticle source to the fluid comprising suspended particles to form flocculated particles. |
| US07786048B2 |
Condensed heterocyclic pyrazole derivatives as kinase inhibitors
Bicyclo-pyrazole compound of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, combinatorial libraries comprising a plurality of them and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, are herewith disclosed: the compounds of the invention are useful, in therapy, as protein kinase inhibitors, for instance in the treatment of cancer. |
| US07786047B2 |
Immunoglobulins devoid of light chains
The invention relates to an immunoglobulin having determined antigen specificity, and having a variable fragment which is derived from a so-called heavy-chain immunoglobulin having two heavy polypeptide chains capable of recognizing and binding one or several antigens and which is further naturally devoid of light chains, wherein the immunoglobulin having determined antigen specificity is devoid of CH1 constant region between the variable region and the hinge region and has within its constant region at least part of a constant region of a human antibody. |
| US07786046B2 |
Benzoyl-substituted serineamides
The present invention relates to benzoyl-substituted serinamides of the formula I in which the variables R1 to R11 are as defined in the description, and to their agriculturally useful salts, to processes and intermediates for their preparation, and to the use of these compounds or of compositions comprising these compounds for controlling unwanted plants. |
| US07786045B2 |
Aryl ether compounds and their preparation and use thereof
The invention relates to aryl ether compounds and its preparation method and use thereof. The aryl ether compounds of the invention having general formula (I): The groups are as defined as specification. The aryl ether compounds of present invention have wide spectrum fungicidal activity, and may be used to control diseases in all sorts of plants caused by oomycete, basidiomycete, ascomycete pathogens and deuteromycete. The some of the compounds have very good insecticidal and acaricidal activity, and may be used to control insects and mites. |
| US07786041B2 |
Synergistic crop plant-compatible herbicidal compositions comprising herbicides from the group of the benzoylcyclohexanediones
Synergistic crop plant-compatible herbicidal compositions comprising herbicides from the group of the benzoylcyclohexanedionesHerbicidal compositions comprising A) a compound from the group of the benzoylpyrazoles, B) at least one further herbicide and C) at least one safener are described as herbicides which are active against monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous harmful plants. Compared to the herbicides used on their own, these compositions have superior activity and at the same time high compatibility with crop plants. |
| US07786036B2 |
Dielectric porcelain composition, and method for manufacturing capacitor using the same
A dielectric ceramic composition containing at least 0.15 to 2.5 mol of a Mg compound in terms of MgO, 0 to 1.6 mol of a Ba compound in terms of BaCO3, 0.1 to 3.0 mol of a Ln (Ln includes two or three kinds of elements selected from Er, Dy, and Ho with Er being essential) compound in terms of Ln2O3, 0.01 to 0.4 mol of a Mn compound in terms of MnO4/3, 0.01 to 0.26 mol of a V compound in terms of V2O5, 0.3 to 3.5 mol of a Si compound in terms of SiO2, and 0.01 to 2.5 mol of an Al compound in terms of Al2O3 to 100 mol of barium titanate adjusted for a Ba/Ti molar ratio of 0.997 to 1.007. |
| US07786034B2 |
Rotary process for forming uniform material
A process is provided for issuing material from a nozzle in a rotor rotating at a given rotational speed wherein the material is issued by way of a fluid jet. The material can be collected on a collector concentric to the rotor. The collector can be a flexible belt moving in the axial direction of the rotor. The collected material can take the form of discrete particles, fibers, plexifilamentary web, discrete fibrils or a membrane. |
| US07786032B2 |
Hot-melt adhesive based on blend of amorphous and crystalline polymers for multilayer bonding
The present invention is generally directed to adhesive compositions comprising selected ratios of crystalline and amorphous polymers. In some versions of the invention, polymers capable of existing in different configurations (e.g., a polymer such as polypropylene which can exist in an atactic, syndiotactic. or isotactic configuration) is used to prepare adhesives of the present invention. As an example, a selected amount of isotactic polypropylene is blended with a selected amount of atactic polypropylene to prepare an adhesive composition having one or more performance properties (e.g., bond strength) that are superior to the performance properties of a conventional hot-melt adhesive. |
| US07786029B2 |
Resin composition and application thereof
A resin composition contains a solvent and a solid content dispersed in the solvent. The solid content does not contain phenolic resin. The solid content contains a benzoxazine resin and a phosphorus-containing epoxy resin. The weight ratio of the benzoxazine resin to phosphorus-containing epoxy resin is about 0.6:1 to about 3.0:1. A circuit board substrate and a copper clad laminate fabricated with the resin composition mentioned above are disclosed too. |
| US07786028B2 |
Nonwoven polymeric fiber mat composites and method
A flexible nonwoven mat of polymeric fibers is liquid water transmission resistant and is particularly well suited for use as a prefabricated building construction underlayment. The polymeric fibers may be standard polymeric fibers or sheathed polymeric fibers that have fiber sheaths with a lower softening point temperature than the softening point temperature of the fiber cores. Preferably, the polymeric fibers are spunbond fibers and are bonded together through the application of heat and pressure. Where the fibers are sheathed fibers, interstices of the nonwoven mat are at least partially filled by a portion of the polymeric material of the sheaths that is dispersed into the interstices to reduce the porosity of the mat. In certain embodiments, the polymeric fibers on the top major surface of the mat are coated with a hydrophobic binder coating material, which is overlaid with a water repellant coating material, such as a filled asphalt, modified bitumen, or a non-asphaltic polymeric film, to increase the liquid water impermeability and enhance other physical properties of the mat. |
| US07786026B2 |
Enhanced thickness fabric and method of making same
The present invention provides thickened fabrics and reinforcements for use as a spacer or reinforcement for a matrix system. The fabric includes in a first embodiment a woven fabric comprising weft and warp yarns containing glass fibers. A portion of the weft yarns are undulated, resulting in an increased thickness for the fabric. The fabric is coated with a polymeric resin or bonding agent, for substantially binding the weft yarns in the undulated condition. This invention also includes methods for making such fabric by increasing the thickness of a woven or non-woven material by such methods as applying tension during weaving operations, or using unbalanced yarns. |
| US07786024B2 |
Selective processing of semiconductor nanowires by polarized visible radiation
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for annealing semiconductor nanowires and for fabricating electrical devices are provided. Nanowires are deposited on a substrate. A plurality of electrodes is formed. The nanowires are in electrical contact with the plurality of electrodes. The nanowires are doped. A polarized laser beam is applied to the nanowires to anneal at least a portion of the nanowires. The nanowires may be aligned substantially parallel to an axis. The laser beam may be polarized in various ways to modify absorption of radiation of the applied laser beam by the nanowires. For example, the laser beam may be polarized in a direction substantially parallel to the axis or substantially perpendicular to the axis to enable different nanowire absorption profiles. |
| US07786020B1 |
Method for fabricating nonvolatile memory device
A method for fabricating a nonvolatile memory device includes repeatedly stacking a stacked structure over a substrate to form a multi-stacked structure, wherein the stacked structure includes a conductive layer and an insulation layer, forming a photoresist pattern over the multi-stacked structure, first-etching an uppermost stacked structure of the multi-stacked structure using the photoresist pattern as an etch barrier, second-etching a resultant structure formed by the first-etching through the use of a breakthrough etching, slimming the photoresist pattern to form a slimmed photoresist pattern, and third-etching the uppermost stacked structure using the slimmed photoresist pattern as an etch barrier and, at the same time, etching a stacked structure disposed under the uppermost stacked structure and exposed by the first-etching. |
| US07786019B2 |
Multi-step photomask etching with chlorine for uniformity control
Methods for etching quartz are provided herein. In one embodiment, a method of etching quartz includes providing a film stack on a substrate support disposed in a processing chamber, the film stack having a quartz layer partially exposed through a patterned layer; and etching the quartz layer of the film stack in a multi-step process including a first step of etching the quartz layer utilizing a first process gas comprising at least one fluorocarbon process gas and a chlorine-containing process gas; and a second step of etching the quartz layer utilizing a second process gas comprising at least one fluorocarbon process gas. |
| US07786016B2 |
Methods of uniformly removing silicon oxide and a method of removing a sacrificial oxide
A method of substantially uniformly removing silicon oxide is disclosed. The silicon oxide to be removed includes at least one cavity therein or more than one density or strain therein. The silicon oxide having at least one cavity or more than one density or strain is exposed to a gaseous mixture of NH3 and HF and heated, to substantially uniformly remove the silicon oxide. A method of removing an exposed sacrificial layer without substantially removing exposed isolation regions using the gaseous mixture of NH3 and HF and heat is also disclosed, as is an intermediate semiconductor device structure that includes a semiconductor substrate, a sacrificial layer overlying the semiconductor substrate, a diffusion barrier overlying the sacrificial layer, and exposed isolation regions. |
| US07786002B2 |
Method for producing a component comprising a conductor structure that is suitable for use at high frequencies
The invention provides a process for producing a substrate having a conductor arrangement that is suitable for radio-frequency applications, with improved radio-frequency properties. For this purpose, the process includes the steps of: depositing a structured glass layer having at least one opening over a contact-connection region by evaporation coating on the substrate and applying at least one conductor structure to the structured glass layer so that the at least one conductor has electrical contact with the contact-connection region. |
| US07786000B2 |
Buried bit line anti-fuse one-time-programmable nonvolatile memory
An anti-fuse one-time-programmable (OTP) nonvolatile memory cell has a P well substrate with two P.sup.− doped regions. Another N.sup.+ doped region, functioning as a bit line, is positioned adjacent and between the two P.sup.− doped regions on the substrate. An anti-fuse is defined over the N.sup.+ doped region. Two insulator regions are deposited over the two P.sup.− doped regions. An impurity doped polysilicon layer is defined over the two insulator regions and the anti-fuse. A polycide layer is defined over the impurity doped polysilicon layer. The polycide layer and the polysilicon layer function as a word line. A programmed region, i.e., a link, functioning as a diode, is formed on the anti-fuse after the anti-fuse OTP nonvolatile memory cell is programmed. The array structure of anti-fuse OTP nonvolatile memory cells and methods for programming, reading, and fabricating such a cell are also disclosed. |
| US07785995B2 |
Semiconductor buffer structures
Pile ups of threading dislocations in thick graded buffer layer are reduced by enhancing dislocation gliding. During formation of a graded SiGe buffer layer, deposition of SiGe from a silicon precursor and a germanium precursor is interrupted one or more times with periods in which the flow of the silicon precursor to the substrate is stopped while the flow of the germanium precursor to the substrate is maintained. |
| US07785994B2 |
Ion implantation method and semiconductor device manufacturing method
In the ion implantation method and semiconductor device manufacturing method relating to the present invention, a disc on which multiple semiconductor substrates are mounted is positioned in the manner that a first angle β1 is made between an X-Y plane perpendicular to an ion beam and a line perpendicular to the Y-axis in a disc rotation plane. In this state, an ion beam is emitted to implant a first conductivity type impurity in the semiconductor substrates while the disc is rotated about a disc rotation axis. Then, the disc is positioned in the manner that a second angle β2 is made between the X-Y plane and a line perpendicular to the Y-axis in the disc rotation plane. In this state, an ion beam is emitted to implant a second conductivity type impurity in the semiconductor substrates while the disc is rotated about the disc rotation axis. |
| US07785993B2 |
Method of growing a strained layer
A method of forming a Si strained layer 16 on a Si substrate 10 includes forming a first SiGe buffer layer 12 on the Si substrate 10. Then, the first SiGe buffer layer is implanted with an amorphising implant to render the first SiGe buffer layer amorphous using ion implantation. A second SiGe buffer layer 14 is grown on the first SiGe buffer layer after annealing. This produces a relaxed SiGe layer 12, 14. Then, the strained layer of Si 16 is grown. |
| US07785991B2 |
Process for integrating a III-N type component on a (001) nominal silicium substrate
A process is provided for integrating a III-N component, such as GaN, on a (001) or (100) nominal silicon substrate. There are arranged a texture of elementary areas each comprising an individual surface, with the texture comprising at least one hosting area intended to receive a III-N component. A mask layer is deposited on non-hosting areas which are not intended to receive a III-N type component. The hosting area is locally prepared so as to generate on the surface of the area one domain comprising one single type of terrace. There is grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy or Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy on the hosting area one intermediary AlN buffer layer, followed by the growth of one III-N based material so as to realize a substantially monocrystalline structure. There is eliminated the mask layer located on non-hosting areas as well as surface polycrystalline layers deposited above the mask layers, and MOS/CMOS structures are subsequent integrated on at least some of the non-hosting areas. |
| US07785985B2 |
Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices
Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device, which can reduce hot electron induced punchthrough (HEIP) and/or improve the operating characteristics of the device include selectively forming an oxynitride layer in a device isolation layer according to the characteristics of transistors isolated by the device isolation layer. The methods include forming first trenches and second trenches on a substrate, forming an oxide layer on the surfaces of the first trenches and the second trenches, selectively forming an oxynitride layer on the second trenches by using plasma ion immersion implantation (PIII), and forming a buried insulating layer in the first trenches and the second trenches. The buried insulating layer may be planarized to form a first device isolation layer in the first trenches and a second device isolation layer in the second trenches. |
| US07785984B2 |
Manufacturing method for semiconductor device
A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device includes generating on a substrate liquid-phase silanol having fluidity by causing a source gas made of a material containing silicon to react with a source gas made of a material containing oxygen, introducing the silanol into a first recess having an aspect ratio of a predetermined value wholly, and introducing the silanol into a space from a bottom to an intermediate portion in a second recess having an aspect ratio lower than the predetermined value, the first and second recesses are provided in the substrate, burying a silicon oxide film in the first recess and providing the silicon oxide film in the second recess by converting the silanol into the silicon oxide film by dehydrating condensation, and providing a dielectric film having film density higher than that of the silicon oxide film on the silicon oxide film. |
| US07785983B2 |
Semiconductor device having tiles for dual-trench integration and method therefor
A method for forming a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region. The first region has one or more first elements and the second region has one or more second elements. The first elements are different from the second elements. A tile location and a first tile surface area for a tile feature on the semiconductor device is defined. An active semiconductor layer is formed over both the first region and the second region of the semiconductor substrate. A first trench is formed in the active semiconductor layer at the tile location using a negative tone mask. The first trench has a first depth and forms at least a portion of the tile feature. A second trench is formed in the active semiconductor layer using a positive tone mask. The second trench has a second depth different than the first depth. |
| US07785982B2 |
Structures containing electrodeposited germanium and methods for their fabrication
Methods for electrodepositing germanium on various semiconductor substrates such as Si, Ge, SiGe, and GaAs are provided. The electrodeposited germanium can be formed as a blanket or patterned film, and may be crystallized by solid phase epitaxy to the orientation of the underlying semiconductor substrate by subsequent annealing. These plated germanium layers may be used as the channel regions of high-mobility channel field effect transistors (FETs) in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuits. |
| US07785981B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and method of manufacturing solid-state imaging device
A solid state imaging device having a back-illuminated type structure in which a lens is formed on the back side of a silicon layer with a light-receiving sensor portion being formed thereon. Insulating layers are buried into the silicon layer around an image pickup region, with the insulating layer being buried around a contact layer that connects an electrode layer of a pad portion and an interconnection layer of the surface side. A method of manufacturing such a solid-state imaging device is also provided. |
| US07785980B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device using alignment mark and mark hole
An object of the present inventions is to overcome a problem that the presence of a metal film, which is opaque to a visible light, between a lower layer alignment mark and a photoresist prevents the detection of the lower layer alignment mark, to make the pattern formation difficult. In the present inventions, an insulating film is placed beneath the alignment mark in structure; an alignment mark consisting of said multi-layered film comprising an alignment mark layer and the insulating film, which constitutes a stepped part with an increased difference in level, is first formed, inside a mark hole, in a manner of self-alignment; and then the metal film which is the very cause of the above problem is formed thereon. Since the metal film itself has a stepped shape corresponding to the alignment mark, alignment can be made with great accuracy. |
| US07785978B2 |
Method of forming memory cell using gas cluster ion beams
A variable resistance memory cell structure and a method of forming it. The method includes forming a first electrode, forming an insulating material over the first electrode, forming a via in the insulating material to expose a surface of the first electrode, forming a heater material within the via using gas cluster ion beams, forming a variable resistance material within the via, and forming a second electrode such that the heater material and variable resistance material are provided between the first and second electrodes. |
| US07785974B2 |
Methods of employing a thin oxide mask for high dose implants
A method for forming a bipolar transistor device includes providing a semiconductor substrate. An oxide layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The oxide layer is patterned to form an opening that exposes a portion of the semiconductor substrate. A dopant, such as antimony, is implanted into the semiconductor substrate through the opening to form a buried layer. An upper portion of the mask layer is removed to define a thin mask layer. A buried layer diffusion process is performed to drive in the implanted dopants while mitigating recess formation. |
| US07785972B2 |
Method for fabricating semiconductor MOS device
A method of making a transistor device having silicided source/drain is provided. A gate electrode is formed on a substrate with a gate dielectric layer therebetween. A spacer is formed on sidewalls of the gate electrode. A source/drain is implanted into the substrate. A pre-amorphization implant (PAI) is performed to form an amorphized layer on the source/drain. A post-PAI annealing process is performed to repair defects formed during the PAI process. A metal silicide layer is then formed from the amorphized layer. |
| US07785964B2 |
Non-volatile semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same
Example embodiments relate to a non-volatile semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing the same. A semiconductor device includes an isolation layer protruding from a substrate, a spacer, a tunnel insulation layer, a floating gate, a dielectric layer pattern and a control gate. The spacer may be formed on a sidewall of a protruding portion of the isolation layer. The tunnel insulation layer may be formed on the substrate between adjacent isolation layers. The floating gate may be formed on the tunnel insulation layer. The floating gate contacts the spacer and has a width that gradually increases from a lower portion toward an upper portion. The dielectric layer pattern and the control gate may be sequentially formed on the floating gate. |
| US07785957B2 |
Post metal gate VT adjust etch clean
A method for fabricating a CMOS integrated circuit (IC) includes providing a substrate having a semiconductor surface, wherein the semiconductor surface has PMOS regions for PMOS devices and NMOS regions for NMOS devices. A gate dielectric layer is formed on the semiconductor surface followed by forming at least a first metal including layer on the gate dielectric layer. A polysilicon or amorphous silicon layer is formed on the first metal including layer to form an intermediate gate electrode stack. A masking pattern is formed on the intermediate gate electrode stack. The polysilicon or amorphous silicon layer is dry etched using the masking pattern to define a patterned intermediate gate electrode stack over the NMOS or PMOS regions, wherein the dry etching stops on a portion of the first metal comprising layer. The masking pattern is removed using a first post etch clean for stripping the masking pattern. A multi-step solution cleaning sequence is used after the removing step and includes a first wet clean including sulfuric acid and a fluoride, and a second wet clean after the first wet clean including a fluoride. Fabrication of the IC is then completed. |
| US07785955B2 |
CMOS structure and method including multiple crystallographic planes
A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) structure includes a semiconductor substrate having first mesa having a first ratio of channel effective horizontal surface area to channel effective vertical surface area. The CMOS structure also includes a second mesa having a second ratio of the same surface areas that is greater than the first ratio. A first device having a first polarity uses the first mesa as a channel and benefits from the enhanced vertical crystallographic orientation. A second device having a second polarity different from the first polarity uses the second mesa as a channel and benefits from the enhanced horizontal crystallographic orientation. |
| US07785954B2 |
Semiconductor memory integrated circuit and its manufacturing method
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory integrated circuit intended to improve properties and reliability of its peripheral circuit includes the step of forming a tunnel oxide film (21a) in the cell array region, gate oxide film (21b) for a high-voltage circuit and gate oxide film (21c) for a low-voltage circuit both in the peripheral circuit to respectively optimum values of thickness, and covering them with a first-layer polycrystalline silicon film (22). After that, device isolation grooves (13) are formed and buried with a device isolation insulating film (14). The first-layer polycrystalline silicon film (24) is a non-doped film, and after device isolation, a second-layer polycrystalline silicon film (24) is doped with phosphorus in the cell array region to form floating gates made of the first-layer polycrystalline silicon film (22) and the second-layer polycrystalline silicon film (24). In the peripheral circuit, gate electrodes are made of a multi-layered film including the first-layer polycrystalline silicon, film (22), second-layer polycrystalline silicon film (24) and third-layer polycrystalline silicon film 28, and impurities are ion implanted thereafter to respective transistor regions under respectively optimum conditions. |
| US07785953B2 |
Method for forming trenches on a surface of a semiconductor substrate
A method for forming trenches on a surface of a semiconductor substrate is described. The method may include: etching a first plurality of trenches into the surface of the semiconductor substrate; filling the first plurality of trenches with at least one material; and etching a second plurality of trenches into every second trench of the first plurality of trenches. Furthermore, a method for forming floating-gate electrodes on a semiconductor substrate and an integrated circuit is described. |
| US07785951B2 |
Methods of forming integrated circuit devices having tensile and compressive stress layers therein and devices formed thereby
Methods of forming integrated circuit devices include forming first, second and third gate electrodes on a semiconductor substrate. A first stress film is provided that covers the first gate electrode and at least a first portion of the third gate electrode. The first stress film has a sufficiently high internal stress characteristic to impart a net compressive stress in a first portion of the semiconductor substrate extending opposite the first gate electrode. A second stress film is also provided. The second stress film covers the second gate electrode and at least a second portion of the third gate electrode. The second stress film has a sufficiently high internal stress characteristic to impart a net tensile stress in a second portion of the semiconductor substrate extending opposite the second gate electrode. The second stress film has an upper surface that is coplanar with an upper surface of the first stress film at a location adjacent the third gate electrode. |
| US07785950B2 |
Dual stress memory technique method and related structure
A method for providing a dual stress memory technique in a semiconductor device including an nFET and a PFET and a related structure are disclosed. One embodiment of the method includes forming a tensile stress layer over the nFET and a compressive stress layer over the pFET, annealing to memorize stress in the semiconductor device and removing the stress layers. The compressive stress layer may include a high stress silicon nitride deposited using a high density plasma (HDP) deposition method. The annealing step may include using a temperature of approximately 400-1200° C. The high stress compressive silicon nitride and/or the anneal temperatures ensure that the compressive stress memorization is retained in the pFET. |
| US07785946B2 |
Integrated circuits and methods of design and manufacture thereof
Integrated circuits and methods of manufacture and design thereof are disclosed. For example, a method of manufacturing includes using a first mask to pattern a gate material forming a plurality of first and second features. The first features form gate electrodes of the semiconductor devices, whereas the second features are dummy electrodes. Based on the location of these dummy electrodes, selected dummy electrodes are removed using a second mask. The use of the method provides greater flexibility in tailoring individual devices for different objectives. |
| US07785943B2 |
Method for forming a multi-gate device with high k dielectric for channel top surface
Method for providing a transistor that includes the steps of providing a silicon on insulator layer, providing a silicon oxide insulation layer, providing a dielectric layer, removing at least a portion of the silicon oxide insulation layer and the dielectric layer to form a gate stack, and forming a gate electrode. The gate electrode covers a portion of the gate stack. |
| US07785942B2 |
Active matrix organic EL display device and manufacturing method thereof
An active matrix organic EL display device includes pixels each having an organic EL element (7a) and a pixel circuit (3) including a polysilicon TFT for controlling the organic EL element (7a) arranged adjacently in each of the regions partitioned into a matrix shape by data line (12) and gate line (11) that intersect each other. The organic EL element (7a) has a cathode (7) arranged in at least a region that excludes a space above the polysilicon TFT. The cathode (7) is arranged continuously over two or more adjacent pixels in the direction of gate line (11). |
| US07785941B2 |
Method of fabricating thin film transistor
A method for fabricating a thin film transistor (TFT) is provided. A substrate having a gate, a dielectric layer, a channel layer and an ohmic contact layer formed thereon is provided. Next, a metal layer is formed over the substrate covering the ohmic contact layer. Next, the metal layer and the ohmic contact layer are simultaneously etched by a wet etching process to form a source/drain and expose the channel layer. Because the wet etching process can be used to selectively etch the ohmic contact layer, damage to the underlying channel layer may be negligible. Thus, the reliability of the device may be promoted. Furthermore, the process may be simplified, the production yield and the throughput of TFT may be increased. |
| US07785940B2 |
TFT array substrate and method for fabricating the same
A four-mask process thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate and a method for fabricating the same is disclosed, which prevents a semiconductor tail from being formed. An open area is thus obtained and wavy noise is prevented from occurring. The method of fabricating a TFT array substrate comprises: forming a gate line, a gate electrode and a pad electrode on a substrate; sequentially depositing a gate insulation layer, a silicon layer and a metal layer on an entire surface of the substrate including the gate line; forming an open area in the pad electrode; forming a semiconductor layer, data line and source/drain electrodes by patterning the silicon layer and the metal layer; and forming a pixel electrode connected with the drain electrode and a transparent conductive layer connected with the pad electrode by depositing and patterning a transparent conductive material on the entire surface of the substrate including the data line, and simultaneously defining a channel region by separating the source and drain electrodes from each other. |
| US07785938B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit, manufacturing method thereof, and semiconductor device using semiconductor integrated circuit
A step of forming a through hole in a semiconductor substrate, or a step of polishing the semiconductor substrate from its back surface requires a very long time and causes decrease of productivity. In addition, when semiconductor substrates are stacked, a semiconductor integrated circuit which is formed of the stack is thick and has poor mechanical flexibility. A release layer is formed over each of a plurality of substrates, layers each having a semiconductor element and an opening for forming a through wiring are formed over each of the release layers. Then, layers each having the semiconductor element are peeled off from the substrates, and then overlapped and stacked, a conductive layer is formed in the opening, and the through wiring is formed; thus, a semiconductor integrated circuit is formed. |
| US07785937B2 |
Electrical fuse having sublithographic cavities thereupon
An electrical fuse and a first dielectric layer thereupon are formed on a semiconductor substrate. Self-assembling block copolymers containing two or more different polymeric block components are applied into a recessed region surrounded by a dielectric template layer. The self-assembling block copolymers are then annealed to form a pattern of multiple circles having a sublithographic diameter. The pattern of multiple circles is transferred into the first dielectric layer by a reactive ion etch, wherein the portion of the first dielectric layer above the fuselink has a honeycomb pattern comprising multiple circular cylindrical holes. A second dielectric layer is formed over the circular cylindrical holes by a non-conformal chemical vapor deposition and sublithographic cavities are formed on the fuselink. The sublithographic cavities provide enhanced thermal insulation relative to dielectric materials to the fuselink so that the electrical fuse may be programmed with less programming current. |
| US07785935B2 |
Manufacturing method for forming an integrated circuit device and corresponding integrated circuit device
The present invention provides a manufacturing method for forming an integrated circuit device and to a corresponding integrated circuit device. The manufacturing method for forming an integrated circuit device comprises the steps of: forming a first level on a substrate; forming a second level above the first level; forming a cap layer on the second level which covers a first region of the level and leaves a second region uncovered; and simultaneously etching a first contact hole in the first region and a second contact hole in the second region such that the etching is selective to the cap layer in the second region and proceeds to a greater depth in the first region. |
| US07785921B1 |
Barrier for doped molybdenum targets
A sputtering target, including a sputtering layer and a support structure. The sputtering layer includes an alkali-containing transition metal. The support structure includes a second material that does not negatively impact the performance of a copper indium selenide (CIS) based semiconductor absorber layer of a solar cell. The sputtering layer directly contacts the second material. |
| US07785919B2 |
Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same
An image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The image sensor can comprise a substrate, a metal pad, and a sulfur layer. The substrate can include a pixel region and a pad region. The metal pad can be formed of a material containing sulfur and can be disposed in the pad region of the substrate. The sulfur layer can be formed from the sulfur of the metal pad and provided on a top surface of the metal pad. |
| US07785917B2 |
Image sensor and manufacturing method for the same
An image sensor including a first region where a pad is to be formed, and a second region where a light-receiving element is to be formed. A pad is formed over a substrate of the first region. A passivation layer is formed over the substrate of the first and second regions to expose a portion of the pad. A color filter is formed over the passivation layer of the second region. A microlens is formed over the color filter. A bump is formed over the pad. A protective layer is formed between the bump and the pad to expose the portion of the pad. |
| US07785914B2 |
Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same
An image sensor including a substrate and an interlayer dielectric layer divided into a pixel region and a logic pad region. An image sensor may include at least one of the following: a color filter, an over coating layer, and a micro lens sequentially formed over the interlayer dielectric layer in the pixel region; a top conductive layer formed over the interlayer dielectric layer of the logic pad region; an etch stop layer formed over the interlayer dielectric layer in the logic pad region and on the sides and a portion of an upper surface of a top conductive layer; and a first and second protective layers sequentially formed over the etch stop layer. |
| US07785913B2 |
System and method for forming moveable features on a composite substrate
A method for forming moveable features suspended over a substrate is described, wherein a cavity beneath the moveable feature is first formed using a liquid etchant applied through one or more release holes. After formation of the cavity, the outline of the moveable feature is formed using a dry etch process. Since the moveable feature is free to move upon its formation using the dry etch process, no stiction issues arise using the systems and methods described here. |
| US07785912B2 |
Piezo-TFT cantilever MEMS fabrication
A piezo-TFT cantilever microelectromechanical system (MEMS) and associated fabrication processes are provided. The method comprises: providing a substrate, such as glass for example; forming thin-films overlying the substrate; forming a thin-film cantilever beam; and simultaneously forming a TFT within the cantilever beam. The TFT is can be formed least partially overlying a cantilever beam top surface, at least partially overlying a cantilever beam bottom surface, or embedded within the cantilever beam. In one example, forming thin-films on the substrate includes: selectively forming a first layer with a first stress level; selectively forming a first active Si region overlying the first layer; and selectively forming a second layer overlying the first layer with a second stress level. The thin-film cantilever beam is formed from the first and second layers, while the TFT source/drain (S/D) and channel regions are formed from the first active Si region. |
| US07785911B2 |
Semiconductor laser diode with current restricting layer and fabrication method thereof
Provided are a semiconductor laser diode having a current confining layer and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor laser diode includes a substrate, a first material layer deposited on the substrate, an active layer which is deposited on the first material layer and emits a laser beam, and a second material layer which is deposited on the active layer and includes a ridge portion protruding from the active layer and a current confining layer formed by injection of ions into peripheral portions of the ridge portion so as to confine a current injected into the active layer. Therefore, it is possible to fabricate an improved semiconductor laser diode having a low-resonance critical current value that can remove a loss in an optical profile and reduce the profile width of a current injected into the active layer while maintaining the width of the ridge portion. |
| US07785910B2 |
Light emitting device having protrusion and recess structure and method of manufacturing the same
The semiconductor light emitting device having a protrusion and recess structure includes: a lower clad layer disposed on a substrate; an active layer formed on one portion of a top surface of the lower clad layer; an upper clad layer formed on the active layer; a first electrode formed on the upper clad layer; and a second electrode that is formed on a protrusion and recess structural pattern region formed on a portion of the top surface of the lower clad layer not occupied by the active layer. |
| US07785908B2 |
Method of making diode having reflective layer
A method of forming a light emitting diode includes forming a transparent substrate and a GaN buffer layer on the transparent substrate. An n-GaN layer is formed on the buffer layer. An active layer is formed on the n-GaN layer. A p-GaN layer is formed on the active layer. A p-electrode is formed on the p-GaN layer and an n-electrode is formed on the n-GaN layer. A reflective layer is formed on a second side of the transparent substrate. A scribe line is formed on the substrate for separating the diodes on the substrate. Also, a cladding layer of AlGaN is between the p-GaN layer and the active layer. |
| US07785906B2 |
Method to detect poly residues in LOCOS process
A test structure which can be used to detect residual conductive material such as polysilicon which can result from an under etch comprises a PMOS transistor and an OTP EPROM floating gate device. By testing the devices using different testing parameters, it can be determined whether residual conductive material remains subsequent to an etch, and where the residual conductive material is located on the device. A method for testing a semiconductor device using the test structure is also described. |
| US07785902B2 |
Method for analyzing a mixture of biological and/or chemical components using magnetic particles and device for the implementation of said method
Disclosed is a method of analysis of a mixture of biological and/or chemical components that entails spatially arranging a chosen component attached to magnetic particles, exposing the particles to a magnetic field, and recording a magnetic induction signal, from which the content of the analyte in the mixture is judged; this includes grouping the chosen component in a probe volume, making the magnetic field alternating, pre-setting its spectrum, at least, at two frequencies, and recording the signal at a frequency, which is a linear combination of these frequencies, during the exposure of the magnetic particles to the field. |
| US07785900B1 |
Glutathione beads and GST fusion proteins
The present invention relates generally to glutathione derivatized beads which are adapted for use in conjunction with glutathione-S-transferase fusion proteins (generally, GST fusion proteins, which contain a fluorescent label such as fluorescent green protein) for use in flow cytometry. The present invention also relates to methods for detecting and/or quantifying interactions between a GST fusion protein and their binding partners, in particular, labeled binding partners such as fluorescently labeled binding partners. By creating glutathione beads with an appropriate high or increased site density, disadvantages often associated with low affinity systems and quick off-rates in solution may be resolved to provide a workable system and method. Methods of identifying potential agonists, antagonists and regulator compounds of proteins fused to GST from libraries of compounds represents another aspect of the present invention. |
| US07785894B2 |
Package for enclosing food
An indicator that reacts with at least one gaseous compound in such a way that the color of the indicator is changed. The indicator is a layer formed on a substrate and including metallic silver and/or metallic copper. |
| US07785893B2 |
Method of chemical ionization mass spectrometry
A method of detecting a substance present in a gas or a gas mixture using SIFT-MS technology comprising the steps of inducing a supply of alkoxymethyl cations into the inlet of the flow tube, reacting a sample of the as with the alkoxymethyl cations, analysing the reacted gas sample, and calculating the concentration of trace levels of molecules containing heteroatoms in the reacted gas sample. |
| US07785889B2 |
Food astringency evaluating method using lipid membrane sensors with immobilized peptides
The food astringency evaluating method of the invention comprises a step in which an astringent component of a food is reacted with a peptide to form a complex, a step in which a prescribed measured value is obtained corresponding to the amount of formation of the complex, and a step in which the strength of astringency is determined from the obtained measured value based on a previously obtained correlation between strength of astringency and the prescribed measured value. |
| US07785888B2 |
Metabolically activated recombinant viral vectors and methods for their preparation and use
Recombinant viral vectors, especially parvovirus vectors such as adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors, capable of enhanced expression of heterologous sequences, and methods for their construction and use, are provided. The vectors have a structure, or are capable of rapidly adopting a structure, which involves intrastrand base pairing of at least one region in a heterologous sequence. |
| US07785887B2 |
Adenovirus E1B-55K single amino acid mutants and methods of use
Adenoviral mutants are described that have single amino acid mutations in the E1B-55K protein which mutations effect the p53 binding/inactivation and the late functions of the E1B-55K protein in a manner that enhances the efficacy of such viruses for treating cancer when compared to adenoviral mutants that have the E1B-55K region deleted. |
| US07785886B2 |
Methods and reagents for modulating cholesterol levels
The invention features ABC1 nucleic acids and polypeptides for the diagnosis and treatment of abnormal cholesterol regulation. The invention also features methods for identifying compounds for modulating cholesterol levels in an animal (e.g., a human). |
| US07785883B2 |
Automatable artificial immune system (AIS)
The present invention relates to methods of constructing an integrated artificial immune system that comprises appropriate in vitro cellular and tissue constructs or their equivalents to mimic the normal tissues that interact with vaccines in mammals. The artificial immune system can be used to test the efficacy of vaccine candidates in vitro and thus, is useful to accelerate vaccine development and testing drug and chemical interactions with the immune system. |
| US07785881B2 |
MAGE-C2 antigenic peptides and uses thereof
This invention relates to isolated peptides derived from MAGE-C2, nucleic acid molecules that encode MAGE-C2 and the isolated peptides derived from MAGE-C2, expression vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules, host cells transformed or transfected with the nucleic acid molecules or the expression vectors, and to tetramers comprising the peptides, HLA molecules, β2 microglobulin and a first and second binding partner. This invention also relates to methods for using the peptides, nucleic acid molecules, expression vectors, tetramers and complexes of this invention as well as to cytolytic T cells which recognize the peptides in complex with an HLA molecule. |
| US07785878B2 |
Mammalian alpha-kinase proteins, nucleic acids and diagnostic and therapeutic uses thereof
The present invention provides novel mammalian alpha-kinase proteins: melanoma alpha-kinase (MK), heart alpha-kinase (HK), kidney alpha-kinase (KK), skeletal muscle alpha-kinase (SK), and lymphocyte alpha-kinase (LK). In particular, a novel kinase type is herein provided, characterized by the presence of an alpha-kinase catalytic domain and an ion channel domain. Isolated nucleic acids of the alpha-kinases MK, HK, KK, SK and LK are provided. Methods for making the novel alpha-kinases, cells that express the alpha-kinases and methods for treating an animal in need of either increased or decreased activity of the alpha-kinases are provided. |
| US07785877B2 |
Bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) based vectors
This invention pertains to BIV constructs encompassing BIV combination vectors, BIV vectors and BIV packaging vectors and particularly the invention pertains to a three vector system comprising: a) a BIV vector construct including a DNA segment from a BIV genome, a packaging sequence to package RNA into virions; a promoter operably linked to the DNA segment; and a transgene operably linked to a second promoter; b) a BIV packaging vector construct comprising a BIV DNA sequence fragment comprising at least a gag gene or pol gene of BIV; a promoter operably linked to the BIV DNA fragment; and a polyadenylation sequence located downstream of the BIV DNA fragment; and c) an expression vector construct comprising a gene encoding a viral surface protein. Also provided is a method for transferring a gene of interest into a mammalian cell. |
| US07785875B2 |
Polynucleotide encoding HCV epitopes which can bind to various HLA supertypes, immunogenic composition comprising same and method of inducing an HCV-specific immune response using same
There are provided a polynucleotide encoding HCV epitopes, an immunogenic composition including same, and a method of inducing an HCV-specific immune response using same. |
| US07785874B2 |
Compositions and methods for monosynaptic transport
Disclosed herein are methods of expressing a heterologous nucleic acid sequence, such as a sequence encoding a detectable protein, in a primary neuron (or plurality of primary neurons) and other neurons that are monosynaptically connected to the primary neuron (or plurality of primary neurons). Such methods involve viruses (such as, rabies viruses) defective for transsynaptic transport (TST-defective virus) and in situ complementation of the defect in a manner that permits only monosynaptic transport of the TST-defective virus. The TST-defective virus and, therefore, any heterologous nucleic acid sequence it carries in its genome, are not transmitted to neurons that are not monosynaptically connected to the primary neuron (or plurality of primary neurons). Also disclosed are methods of targeting a TST-defective virus to a genetically defined primary neuron (or plurality of primary neurons). The disclosed technology enables far more specific labelling and/or manipulation of neural networks than has previously been possible. |
| US07785872B2 |
Nucleic acids for enhancing gene expression and use thereof
The present invention relates to a method for producing a protein, novel nucleic acid fragment, an expression vector, and a method for enhancing the protein production in Pichia. The present invention provides that the combination of the modified signal peptide, increased copy number of the gene, and/or overexpressed Sec4p resulted in high level secretion of proteins. |
| US07785869B2 |
Sonication to selectively lyse different cell types
A sonication apparatus is directed to a microfluidic-based system to automate differential extraction of specific cell types within a mixed sample. The microfluidic-based system includes a sonication module for selective cell lysis, separating means to eliminate centrifugation, high surface area pillar chip modules to purify DNA from a cell lysate, and microfluidic circuitry to integrate the steps in an automated platform. |
| US07785867B2 |
Culture device and storage container
The invention provides a culture apparatus or a reserving stock room which receives a lot of culture vessels without vibration. The culture apparatus or the reserving stock room is provided with storage shelves (12a, 12b, . . . ) for culture vessels arranged in a circular arc shape or an annular shape, and a carrying means (15) for taking in and out the culture vessels to an inner side of the circular arc shaped arrangement or the annular shaped arrangement from the storage shelves (12a, 12b, . . . ). Further, the culture apparatus or the reserving stock room is provided with storage shelves (12a, 12b, . . . ) for culture vessels arranged on a table (13) in a circular arc shape or an annular shape, an air distribution port (39) provided in the table (13) such that an air in an inner side of the circular arc shaped arrangement or the annular shaped arrangement flows from a lower side to an upper side, and a circulation passage (36) for returning the air sucked from an upper side within a stock room to the distribution port (39) via a lower side within the stock room. |
| US07785861B2 |
Hyperphotosynthetic organisms
The present disclosure identifies pathways and mechanisms to confer improved industrial fitness on engineered organisms. It also discloses engineered organisms having improved industrial fitness. Synthetic biologic engineering modules are disclosed that provide for light capture, carbon dioxide fixation, NADH production, NADPH production, thermotolerance, pH tolerance, flue gas tolerance, salt tolerance, nutrient independence and near infrared absorbance. The disclosed engineered organisms can include one or more of these modules. Also provided are methods of using the engineered organism to produce carbon-based products of interest, biomass or pharmaceutical agents. |
| US07785856B2 |
Acid alpha-glucosidase and fragments thereof
Targeted acid alpha-glucosidase therapeutics that localize to the lysosome are provided. The targeted therapeutics include a therapeutic agent, GAA, and a targeting moiety that binds a receptor on an exterior surface of the cell, permitting proper subcellular localization of the targeted therapeutic upon internalization of the receptor. Nucleic acids, cells, and methods relating to the practice of the invention are also provided. |
| US07785855B2 |
Nucleic acids encoding polypeptides having amylase activity and methods of making and using them
The invention relates to nucleic acids encoding polypeptides having amylase activity, and methods for making and using them. In one aspect, the polypeptides having amylase activity have increased activity and stability at acidic, neutral and alkaline pH and increased temperature. In one aspect, the invention provides methods for producing an alcohol, for producing a high-maltose or a high-glucose syrup or a mixed syrup, for liquifying a starch-comprising composition, comprising use of polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acids of this invention. |
| US07785854B2 |
Modified cellulases with increased thermostability, thermophilicity, and alkalophilicity
A modified Family 6 cellulase enzyme comprising a proline residue at position 413 is provided. Genetic constructs and genetically modified microbes comprising DNA sequences encoding the modified Family 6 cellulase are also provided. Family 6 cellulases of the invention display improved thermostability, thermophilicity, alkalophilicity, or a combination thereof, relative to the parent Family 6 cellulases. Such cellulases find use in a variety of applications in industry that require cellulase stability and activities at temperatures, pH values, or both, above that of the native enzyme. |
| US07785849B2 |
Cyclic nucleotide-specific phosphodiesterases from Leishmania and uses thereof
The present invention relates to novel amino acid and nucleic acid sequences of cyclic nucleotide-specific phosphodiesterases from the parasite Leishmania major. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid sequences as well as methods for producing and using the amino acid and nucleic acid sequences. The invention further relates to the use of these sequences, and of antibodies directed against these sequences, in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders related to the infection of Leishmania major, including the identification of compounds that form complexes with the polypeptides and nucleic acids of the present invention. |
| US07785846B2 |
Method for the production of methionine
The present invention relates to a process for producing methionine by fermentation, a process for isolating the methionine formed, the methionine-containing biomass produced in isolation, use thereof for producing a feedstuff or feed supplement, and also to the use of the isolated methionine for producing foodstuffs or feedstuffs or food supplements or feed supplements. |
| US07785845B2 |
L-glutamic acid-producing microorganism and a method for producing L-glutamic acid
L-Glutamic acid is produced by culturing a microorganism in which an expression of L-glutamic acid-export gene, a yhfK gene, is enhanced or overexpressed, in a medium to produce and cause accumulation of L-glutamic acid in the medium, and collecting L-glutamic acid from the medium. |
| US07785842B2 |
Comparative analysis of extracellular RNA species
The invention provides methods, reagents and kits for enabling comparative analysis of extracellular RNA species in bodily fluids including plasma and serum to detect, infer, or monitor cancer and other neoplasia. |
| US07785840B2 |
Method of production of L-amino acids
An isolated polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, with the L-aspartic acid at position 5 of the amino acid sequence replaced by another proteinogenic amino acid, and possesses citrate synthase activity. In addition, a vector comprises the polynucleotide and a bacterium comprises the vector. An isolated polynucleotide comprises a nucleotide sequence comprising, from position 1 to 39, the nucleotide sequence corresponding to position 1 to 39 of SEQ ID NO: 11, from position 40 to 105, a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12, with each proteinogenic amino acid except L-aspartic acid being present at position 5. A method of producing an L-amino acids is also described. |
| US07785838B2 |
Variants of mammalian prolactin, prolactin receptor antagonists, and methods of use
Mammalian prolactin (PRL) variants having a mutation or set of mutations within the 14 N-terminal amino acids that prevent the formation of a disulfide bridge between Cys4 and Cys11 and, a sterically hindering mutation or set of mutations within binding site 2 of PRL. These variants are useful as antagonists of mammalian prolactin receptors (PRLR), more particularly of human prolactin receptor (hPRLR). |
| US07785833B2 |
Methods and means for producing proteins with predetermined post-translational modifications
Described are methods for identifying, selecting, and obtaining mammalian cells capable of producing proteinaceous molecules having predetermined post-translational modifications, wherein the post-translational modifications are brought about by the mammalian cell in which the proteinaceous molecule is expressed. Preferably, the predetermined post-translational modifications include glycosylation. Also described are methods for obtaining and producing proteinaceous molecules, using mammalian cells obtainable by a method of the present invention. Preferably, the proteinaceous molecules include erythropoietin (EPO), since EPO's effect depends heavily on its glycosylation pattern. Mammalian cells that have been obtained on the basis of their ability to produce proteins and/or post-translational modifications that are indicative for a predetermined post-translational modification that is desired are also provided. Preferably, the mammalian cells have neural characteristics and properties such that significant amounts of recombinant proteins can be produced that harbor “neural- or brain-type” properties. |
| US07785831B2 |
Compositions and methods for non-targeted activation of endogenous genes
The present invention is directed generally to activating gene expression or causing over-expression of a gene by recombination methods in situ. The invention also is directed generally to methods for expressing an endogenous gene in a cell at levels higher than those normally found in the cell. In one embodiment of the invention, expression of an endogenous gene is activated or increased following integration into the cell, by non-homologous or illegitimate recombination, of a regulatory sequence that activates expression of the gene. The invention also provides methods for the identification, activation, isolation, and/or expression of genes undiscoverable by current methods since no target sequence is necessary for integration. Thus, by the present invention, endogenous genes, including those associated with human disease and development, may be activated and isolated without prior knowledge of the sequence, structure, function, or expression profile of the genes. |
| US07785824B2 |
Hydrolysed casein product comprising tripeptides IPP and/or VPP
Process for the preparation of a hydrolysed casein product comprising tripeptides VPP, IPP and/or LPP, wherein a substrate comprising casein or casein fragments is subjected to enzyme treatment wherein the enzyme is derived from Aspergillus, wherein the enzyme concentration is 2-10 wt. % based on casein and that the enzyme has a high proteolytic activity. |
| US07785818B2 |
Inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome IBD-first chek diagnostic panel
A method for the differentiation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from irritable bowel disease (IBS) followed by distinguishing ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease from other gastrointestinal illnesses. This highly differential method first uses the presence of elevated lactoferrin as a marker of intestinal inflammation to differentiate IBD from IBS. Patients suspected of IBD are then analyzed for fecal anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA) as an indicator of Crohn's disease and fecal anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) as an indicator of ulcerative colitis. IBD patients are further monitored for intestinal inflammation using fecal lactoferrin to evaluate the effectiveness of medical therapy and to predict relapse. The apparatus comprises either a qualitative enzyme-linked immunoassay or other immunoassay that utilizes antibodies specific to human immunoglobins for the measurement of total endogenous lactoferrin, ASCA and ANCA in human feces. The method and apparatus can be used by healthcare providers to identify IBD and distinguish ulcerative colitis from Crohn's disease. |
| US07785816B2 |
Antibodies against cancer antigen TMEFF2 and uses thereof
Described herein are methods and compositions that can be used for diagnosis and treatment of cancer. |
| US07785815B2 |
COP1 molecules and uses thereof
The invention provides diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic uses for detecting COP1 overexpression in a variety of cancers. The methods and uses can further include detecting p53 expression. The invention also provides reagents and kits for use in screening for test compounds that interfere with COP1 and p53 binding. |
| US07785811B2 |
BPC-1: a secreted brain-specific protein expressed and secreted by prostate and bladder cancer cells
Described is a novel gene and its encoded secreted tumor antigen, termed BPC-1, and to diagnostic and therapeutic methods and compositions useful in the management of various cancers which express BPC-1, particularly including prostate cancer and bladder cancer. In human normal tissues, BPC-1 is only expressed in certain tissues of the brain. However, BPC-1 is expressed at high levels in prostate cancer cells and is also expressed in bladder cancer cells. The structure of BPC-1 includes a signal sequence and a CUB domain. BPC-1 protein is secreted. Preliminary experimental evidence suggests that BPC-1 is directly involved in oncogenesis or maintenance of the transformed phenotype of cancer cells expressing BPC-1. BPC-1 also appears to bind specifically to a cellular protein expressed in prostate cancer cells and other cells. |
| US07785804B2 |
Mammalian CX3C chemokine antibodies
Nucleic acids encoding a new family of chemokines, the CX3C family, from a mammal, reagents related thereto, including specific antibodies, and purified proteins are described. Methods of using said reagents and related diagnostic kits are also provided. |
| US07785792B2 |
Targeted modification of chromatin structure
Methods and compositions for targeted modification of chromatin structure, within a region of interest in cellular chromatin, are provided. Such methods and compositions are useful for facilitating processes such as, for example, transcription and recombination, that require access of exogenous molecules to chromosomal DNA sequences. |
| US07785790B1 |
Replica amplification of nucleic acid arrays
Disclosed are improved methods of making and using immobilized arrays of nucleic acids, particularly methods for producing replicas of such arrays. Included are methods for producing high density arrays of nucleic acids and replicas of such arrays, as well as methods for preserving the resolution of arrays through rounds of replication. Also included are methods which take advantage of the availability of replicas of arrays for increased sensitivity in detection of sequences on arrays. Improved methods of sequencing nucleic acids immobilized on arrays utilizing single copies of arrays and methods taking further advantage of the availability of replicas of arrays are disclosed. The improvements lead to higher fidelity and longer read lengths of sequences immobilized on arrays. Methods are also disclosed which improve the efficiency of multiplex PCR using arrays of immobilized nucleic acids. |
| US07785789B2 |
Gene defective in APECED and its use
The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis of a disease related to immune maturation and regulation of immune response towards self and nonself, comprising the steps of detecting in a biological specimen the presence of a DNA sequence comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1. |
| US07785787B2 |
Methods of isolating and amplifying nucleic acids using silanized solid support
Provided are methods of isolating and amplifying nucleic acids from and in a nucleic acid-containing sample. The nucleic acid isolation method includes contacting a nucleic acid-containing sample to a silanized solid support to capture nucleic acids to the silanized solid support and treating the nucleic acid-captured solid support with an alkaline solution of pH 9 to 14. The nucleic acid amplification method includes contacting a nucleic acid-containing sample to a silanized solid support to capture nucleic acids to the silanized solid support; treating the nucleic acid-captured solid support with an alkaline solution of pH 9 to 14; and adding a nucleic acid amplification solution to the resultant solution after the alkaline solution treatment to perform nucleic acid amplification. |
| US07785782B2 |
Device and method for in-line blood testing using biochips
A device for in-line blood screening and testing using biochips is disclosed. The screening methods include nucleic acid amplification techniques and antibody/antigen assays to detect target molecules and agents indicative of infectious diseases or metabolic diseases. |
| US07785777B2 |
Diagnosis of Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
The SBDS gene has been identified as the site of mutations associated with SDS. Methods are provided for determining whether a subject is suffering from SDS. |
| US07785773B1 |
Method of diagnosis and kit therefor
This invention is directed to diagnostic methods detecting the presence of an antibody to a virus in a sample from a subject and kits for using the methods. |
| US07785772B2 |
Detecting methylated mammalian nucleic acid in stool
This document includes methods and materials for enriching and detecting cancer markers. For example, this document includes methods and materials for enriching methylated mammalian nucleic acid from stool samples. |
| US07785771B2 |
Assay for determination of free D-galactose and/or L-arabinose
The invention provides an assay kit for the measurement of free D-galactose and/or L-arabinose in a sample, the kit comprising galactose mutarotase and (3-galactose dehydrogenase. The kit may further comprise a reagent capable of hydrolysing molecules containing D-galactose and/or L-arabinose, to yield the free mono- or disaccharide so that the kit finds use for determination of not just of free D-galactose and/or L-arabinose but also those molecules as released (or synthesized) from other molecules, including lactose, D-galactose-1-phosphate, galactosyl-sucrose oligosaccharides (such as raffinose), galactan, galactomannan, arabinan and arabinogalactan. |
| US07785770B2 |
Sugar-containing hydrogel for immobilization
The use of sugar-containing hydrogels as very highly porous, aqueous support material for the immobilization of oligonucleotides, peptides, proteins, antigens, antibodies, polysaccharides, and other biomolecules for sensor applications. Unusually large sizes of interconnected pores allow large target molecules to pass rapidly into and through the gel and bind to immobilized biomolecules. Sugar-containing hydrogels have extremely low non-specific absorption of labeled target molecules, providing low background levels. Some hydrogel materials do not have this type of homogeneous interconnected macroporosity, thus large target molecules cannot readily diffuse through them. Additionally, they nearly always experience non-specific absorption of labeled target molecules, limiting their usefulness in sensor applications. A method is provided for preparing sugar polyacrylate hydrogels with functional chemical groups which covalently bond oligonucleotides and peptides. A method for copolymerizing acrylate-terminated oligonucleotides with sugar acrylate monomers and diacrylate cross-linking agents is also provided. |
| US07785768B2 |
Thermoacid generator for antireflection film formation, composition for antireflection film formation, and antireflection film made therefrom
A thermoacid generator for antireflective film formation, characterized by being represented by the following formula (1): (wherein R1 represents C1-20 alkyl, alkenyl, oxoalkyl, or oxoalkenyl (hydrogen atoms in these groups may have been replaced with fluorine atoms); R2 represents linear, branched, or cyclic C1-20 alkyl, alkenyl, oxoalkyl, or oxoalkenyl, C6-20 aryl, or C7-12 aralkyl or aryloxoalkyl; R3 represents hydrogen or alkyl; and Y− represents a non-nucleophilic counter ion); a composition for forming an antireflective film; and an antireflective film made from the composition. With the thermoacid generator and composition, satisfactory etching resistance and the satisfactory ability to prevent the reflection of short-wavelength light (ability to absorb short-wavelength light) are attained. Furthermore, the antireflective film can inhibit an overlying photoresist film from generating a scum. |
| US07785767B2 |
Positive resist composition and pattern forming method using the same
A positive resist composition, which comprises: (A) a resin having a monocyclic or polycyclic alicyclic hydrocarbon structure, of which solubility in an alkali developer increases under an action of an acid; (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation; (C) a resin having a repeating unit represented by formula (C) as defined in the specification; and (D) a solvent, wherein a content of the resin as the component (C) is from 0.1 to 20 mass % based on a solid content of the positive resist composition, and a pattern forming method using the same. |
| US07785763B2 |
Emulsion aggregation processes
A process for preparing a toner, includes solvent flashing wax and resin together to emulsify the resin and wax to a sub-micro size; mixing the wax and resin emulsion with a colorant, and optionally a coagulant to form a mixture; heating the mixture at a temperature below a glass transition temperature of the resin to aggregate the resin, colorant, and wax, to form aggregated particles; heating the aggregated particles and coalescent agent at a temperature above the glass transition temperature of said resin, to coalesce the aggregated particles to form toner particles, optionally cooling the mixture; and isolating the toner particles. |
| US07785760B2 |
Toner and method of preparing the toner
A toner is provided including a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent, which has a volume average particle diameter (Dv) of from 3 to 9 μm, and wherein the binder resin and the release agent form a sea-island structure in which the island formed of the release agent is dispersed in the sea formed of the binder resin in a cross-sectional image of the toner obtained by a transmission electron microscope (TEM), and the following relationships are satisfied: IB>IA and IB>IC, wherein each of IA, IB, and IC represents an area ratio (%) of the island in an outermost region (A) of the cross-sectional image of the toner, an intermediate region (B) thereof located under the outermost region (A), and an innermost region (C) thereof located under the intermediate region (B); and a method of preparing the toner. |
| US07785754B2 |
Defect repair method for photomask and defect-free photomask
A method of repairing a photomask with a depression defect includes providing a photomask including a depression defect on a transparent substrate, forming a protection layer which covers the depression defect, etching a predetermined depth of the transparent substrate of the photomask with the protection layer as the etch mask, and removing the protection layer and the transparent substrate under the unetched protection layer, wherein a defect free photomask is produced. |
| US07785753B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing mask in semiconductor processing
Disclosed is a method for processing a two layer mask for use in fabrication of semiconductor devices whereby the critical dimension (CD) of a semiconductor device being fabricated with the mask can be controlled. After forming a carbon mask layer and a silicon containing photoresist layer on the carbon mask, a two-step process forms openings in the carbon mask layer, as required for subsequent device fabrication. The structure is placed in a plasma processing chamber, and an oxygen plasma is employed to partially etch the carbon layer. The oxygen plasma reacts with silicon in the photoresist to form a hard silicon oxide layer on the surface of the photoresist. A hydrogen plasma is then employed to complete the etch through the carbon layer with a reduced critical dimension. Damage to the silicon containing photoresist layer is kept to a minimum during the plasma etch process by limiting the low frequency RF power. |
| US07785746B2 |
Fuel cell oxygen removal and pre-conditioning system
A fuel cell having an anode, a cathode and an ion exchange membrane is supplied by hydrogen fuel through an anode fuel delivery conduit. A recirculation loop is provided to recycle gases in the fuel delivery conduit to a mixing point where a controlled flow rate of fuel is supplied and mixed therewith. Any oxidant species remaining in the fuel delivery conduit are thereby combusted in a controlled manner to avoid damage to the fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly. Small quantities of oxidant may be deliberately introduced into the fuel delivery conduit to generate water vapor and heat to pre-condition the fuel delivered to the anode. Such preconditioning assists in hydration control of the membrane, and temperature control of the membrane-electrode assembly for optimum fuel cell performance. |
| US07785738B2 |
Lithium-ion secondary battery and method of manufacturing lithium-ion secondary battery
The lithium-ion secondary battery has a portion where a thickness of a sealing member from a surface of an outer package to a surface of a lead in a laminating direction of electrode bodies on one side of the lead differs from that on the other side of the lead such that two leads connected to each electrode body are arranged within the same plane perpendicular to the laminating direction of the electrode bodies. The electrode bodies are laminated in the outer package such as to yield portions where only one of the planar leads of a first electrode body overlaps one of the planar leads of a second electrode body in the laminating direction of the electrode bodies in the opening part of the outer package. |
| US07785733B2 |
Reserve cell-array nanostructured battery
A battery having an electrode with at least one nanostructured surface is disclosed wherein the nanostructured surface is divided into cells and is disposed in a way such that an electrolyte fluid of the battery is prevented from contacting the portion of electrode associated with each cell. When a voltage is passed over the nanostructured surface associated with a particular cell, the electrolyte fluid is caused to penetrate the nanostructured surface of that cell and to contact the electrode, thus activating the portion of the battery associated with that cell. The current/voltage generated by the battery is controlled by selectively activating only a portion of the cells. Multiple cells can be active simultaneously to produce the desired voltage. The more cells that are active, the higher the current/voltage and the lower the overall life of the battery. The life of the battery can be extended by activating fewer cells simultaneously. |
| US07785730B2 |
Electrode protection in both aqueous and non-aqueous electrochemical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries
Electrode protection in electrochemical cells, and more specifically, electrode protection in both aqueous and non-aqueous electrochemical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries, are presented. In one embodiment, an electrochemical cell includes an anode comprising lithium and a multi-layered structure positioned between the anode and an electrolyte of the cell. A multi-layered structure can include at least a first single-ion conductive material layer (e.g., a lithiated metal layer), and at least a first polymeric layer positioned between the anode and the single-ion conductive material. The invention also can provide an electrode stabilization layer positioned within the electrode, i.e., between one portion and another portion of an electrode, to control depletion and re-plating of electrode material upon charge and discharge of a battery. Advantageously, electrochemical cells comprising combinations of structures described herein are not only compatible with environments that are typically unsuitable for lithium, but the cells may be also capable of displaying long cycle life, high lithium cycling efficiency, and high energy density. |
| US07785728B2 |
Palladium-based electrocatalysts and fuel cells employing such electrocatalysts
A direct organic fuel cell includes a fluid fuel comprising formic acid, an anode having an electrocatalyst comprising palladium nanoparticles, a fluid oxidant, a cathode electrically connected to the anode, and an electrolyte interposed between the anode and the cathode. |
| US07785727B2 |
Combined anode inlet, anode bleed, and anode flow shift valve mechanism
A valve mechanism is disclosed, the valve mechanism including a rotor and stator adapted for selectively providing a flow of hydrogen to and selectively bleeding the hydrogen from a plurality fuel cell stacks. |
| US07785724B2 |
System and method for thermal control of a fuel cell system mounted on a motor vehicle
(EN) The inventive system for thermal control of a fuel cell system mounted on a motor vehicle comprises a fluid heat carrier flow loop (BC) for thermally controlling a fuel cell (PAC), means for supplying said fuel cell (PAC) with oxygen (GCA) and hydrogen (R) and an electronic control unit (UCE) which is provided with an estimator (EST) for the temperature (Ts) of the fuel cell solid elements. |
| US07785721B2 |
Thermally treatable layer assembly that filters sun and heat and method for producing the same
A layer system that filters sun and heat can be applied to glass by a vacuum coating process. The system comprises at least one series of metal layers in addition to a respective series of lower dielectric layers and a respective series of upper dielectric layers. At least one series of metal layers and one series of upper and lower dielectric layers are configured as a sandwich system, wherein one metal layer is encapsulated by an upper and a lower intermediate layer consisting of hypostoichiometrically nitrided or oxidized metal of the metal layer and sandwich systems of the series of layers contain individual sandwich layers of a stoichiometric and hypostoichiometric oxide or nitride of a metal or semiconductor. An oxygen or nitrogen deficit of the sandwich layers increases towards a neighboring sandwich system and the oxide and nitride layers are produced in a vacuum coating process. |
| US07785717B2 |
Fluorescent ink compositions comprising functionalized fluorescent nanocrystals
A fluorescent ink composition comprising functionalized fluorescent nanocrystals, an aqueous-based ink carrier comprising water or a water-based solution, and a binder. Also provided are methods of providing an image or a security mark on a substrate for subsequent identification by applying a fluorescent ink composition onto the substrate. |
| US07785714B2 |
Extreme low resistivity light attenuation anti-reflection coating structure and method for manufacturing the same
An extreme low resistivity light attenuation anti-reflection coating structure with a surface protective layer includes a substrate, a coating module, and a composed protection coating layer. The coating module is formed on a front surface of the substrate. The coating module is composed of a plurality of silicon carbide compound coating layers and a plurality of metal coating layers that are alternately stacked with each other. The composed protection coating layer is formed on the coating module. |
| US07785713B2 |
Active energy ray-curable coating composition and molded article having cured coating film of the composition
Disclosed is an active energy ray-curable coating composition containing (A) 10 to 70% by mass of a poly(meth)acrylate of a mono- or polypentaerythritol; (B) 5 to 50% by mass of (B-1) a polyester type aliphatic urethanedi(meth)acrylate compound which is obtained by reacting an aliphatic isocyanate compound, a caprolactone-modified polyester diol, and an acrylate having a hydroxyl group, (B-2) a compound represented by formula (2), or (B-3) a polyether type urethane di(meth)acrylate compound having two (meth)acryloyloxy groups in a molecule, wherein, in the case that component (B) is component (B-3), component (A) contains at least one caprolactone-modified (meth)acryloyloxy group; (C) 5 to 70% by mass of a poly[(meth)acryloyloxyalkyl](iso)cyanurate represented by formula (3) or (4); and (D) 0.1 to 10% by mass of a photopolymerization initiator. The active energy ray-curable coating composition can form a cured film excellent in weatherability, mar resistance, and adhesion to a base material. |
| US07785711B1 |
Coating composition for thermoplastic resin particles for forming foam containers
Expandable or pre-expanded thermoplastic particles, e.g. polystyrene particles, used to form foam containers e.g. cups, bowls, are coated with a coating composition comprising a liquid part consisting of a) liquid polyethylene glycol with an average molecular weight of 200 to 800; and a solid part comprising components selected from the group consisting of b) polyolefin wax, e.g. polyethylene wax, c) a metal salt of higher fatty acids, e.g. zinc stearate or calcium stearate; d) polyethylene glycol with an average molecular weight of 900 to 10,000; and e) a fatty bisamide or fatty amide, e.g. ethylene bis-stearamide; and combinations of b) through e). The coating composition prevents or resists leakage of liquids and foods with oil and/or fatty components and improves the rim strength and ATF properties of foam containers. |
| US07785700B2 |
Surface-coated cutting tool
A coating layer formed from an outermost layer and an inner layer disposed on a substrate surface of a surface coated cutting tool. The inner layer is formed from a periodic table group IVa, Va, VIa metal, Al, Si, B compound. The outermost layer is formed from aluminum nitride or aluminum carbonitride. The outermost layer has a chlorine content of more than 0 and no more than 0.5 atomic percent. The protective coating on the tool surface is made easier to form during cutting by further adding a predetermined amount of chlorine to the film formed from aluminum nitride, which provides thermal stability and lubricity. Lubricity can be increased by using this protective coating. |
| US07785697B2 |
Thin film device
The present invention provides a thin film device in which resin film does not easily separate. In a thin film device, a conductor pattern is formed on one of the main surfaces of a plate-shaped base, and the conductor pattern is covered with a resin film. This conductor pattern has a bottom face disposed on the main surface of the base, a top face that faces the bottom face and is distant from the main surface of the base, and two side faces that connect the bottom face and the top face. A depressed portion is formed in these side faces, and an insulation film extends into the depressed portion. |
| US07785696B2 |
Embossed product including discrete and linear embossments
A web product including one or more plies, the web product having a first side and a second side, the web product including a plurality of discrete embossments extending from the first side to the second side; and at least one linear embossment extending from the second side to the first side, wherein the web product has an average embossment height of greater than about 650 μm. |
| US07785693B2 |
Composite laminate structure
A composite laminate structure includes a first skin; a second skin; a core between the first skin and the second skin, the core including adjacent core sections and a Z-Y partition separating the adjacent core sections; and a plurality of distinct groupings of Z-axis fibers that extend from the first skin to the second skin through the adjacent core sections and the Z-Y partition separating the adjacent core sections. |
| US07785692B1 |
Fluid handling floormat
A floormat arranged to shed fluids has a topside and an underside. The floormat is placed where a user is expected to stand during a procedure. Fluids released during the procedure are allowed to fall onto and be shed off the floormat before being removed. The floormat may be discarded before starting another procedure. The mat is formed, at least in part, of compressible and resilient material. The topside of the mat has a spaced plurality of channels. In one instance, each of the channels has a floor sloping in opposite directions from a central peak. In another instance, the mat has a tapered apron bordering a central section that is convexly crowned to shed fluids. In other embodiments the topside of the central region is substantially flat except for the spaced plurality of channels. The floormat may be placed where an operator is expected to stand during the procedure. Fluids that fall onto the floor mat are shed therefrom and then removed. The floormat is discarded before starting another procedure. |
| US07785690B2 |
Compression resistant nonwovens
A sanitary napkin comprising a topsheet comprising a plurality of discrete tufts of fibrous material, wherein the topsheet has a density of less than 0.027 g/cc under a load of 0.004 psi, and a density of less than 0.068 at a load of 0.23 psi. |
| US07785686B2 |
Molding
A molding for a vehicle eliminates the need for equipment and reduces assembly time. An end cap has an end cap main unit inserted into the inner space from an opening in a molding main unit end surface, a catch portion (engaging portion) to engage and disengage from a molding main unit curved portion (engaged portion). The base end portion is rotatably installed in the end cap main unit and the rotating end portion side is inserted into the inner space from the opening in the molding main unit end surface. An end cap movable portion on which a second protrusion is formed contacts a first protrusion in the molding main unit to prevent movement in the direction removing the end cap from the opening in the molding main unit by making contact with the first protrusion when the catch portion has engaged the curved portion. |
| US07785685B2 |
Tabless faced insulation assembly
The facing of a faced building insulation assembly includes a central field portion that is fungi growth resistant. The facing may include a fungi growth-inhibiting agent, be perforated to provide a selected water vapor permeance, and/or may include a heat activated bonding agent. The facing may have lateral tabs that are transparent, sufficiently open to enable wallboard to be directly bonded to framing members overlaid by the tabs, and/or of greater integrity than the field portion of the facing. The field portion of the facing may include a coating to stiffen the facing, inhibit fungi growth, and/or decrease flame spread and smoke formation. |
| US07785683B2 |
Pump cylinder and method of producing a thermoplastic alloy for one such pump cylinder
The invention relates to a fluid product dispensing pump cylinder which is intended to be assembled to a fluid product tank. According to the invention, the pump cylinder is made from a thermoplastic alloy comprising a mixture of homopolymer polypropylene and high-density polyethylene. |
| US07785676B2 |
Optical compensation sheet, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device
An optical compensation sheet having, on a transparent support, an optically anisotropic layer comprising a liquid crystalline compound fixed by using a photo-polymerization initiator system, wherein the photo-polymerization initiator system comprises at least one acylphosphine compound and at least one aromatic ketone compound selected from the group consisting of xanthene compounds, xanthone compounds, thioxanthone compounds and acridone compounds, which has less coloring and can be produced with less-power UV light, is provided. |
| US07785675B2 |
Compound and liquid crystal composition
A compound represented by the following general formula (I). (In the formula, R1 is hydrogen or C1-8 alkyl; ring A is 1,4-phenylene, 1,4-trans-cyclohexylene, or 2,6-naphthylene; Z1 and Z2 each are —COO—, —OCO—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —CH2CH2—, —CH═CH—, —C≡C—, or a single bond; m is 1 or 2; n is 0 or 1; X1 and X2 each are C1-3 alkyl or alkoxy or hydrogen, provided that when one of X1 and X2 is hydrogen, the other must not be hydrogen; Y1 and Y2 each are hydrogen, fluorine, or chlorine; Q is C1-8 saturated or unsaturated alkyl in which all or part of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by a halogen atom; and L is oxygen atom or a single bond.) |
| US07785673B2 |
Hot melt application system
Hot melt adhesive pellets are melted and pressure pumped in a controlled application pattern on the substrate at the application site. The high frequency power supply, induction heated melting susceptor, pressure pump, and pattern control electronics are all contained in a single unit within adhesive projection distance. |
| US07785660B2 |
Preparation of polymer particles
A process for the preparation of polymer magnetic particles, which comprises: providing polymer particles having a porous interior, and contacting the polymer particles with a magnetic fluid comprising a homogeneous dispersion of magnetic particles, whereby the magnetic particles are incorporated into the porous interior to produce polymer magnetic particles. |
| US07785659B2 |
Method of manufacturing an orientation film using aerosol deposition on a seed substrate
A method of manufacturing an orientation film which method is suitable for manufacturing an orientation film containing a ceramic at low cost. The method includes the steps of: (a) forming a ceramic film on a seed substrate in which crystal orientation is controlled at least on a surface thereof by using an aerosol deposition method of injecting powder toward a substrate and depositing the powder on the substrate; and (b) heat-treating the ceramic film formed at step (a) to form an orientation film in which crystal grains contained in the ceramic film is oriented. |
| US07785648B2 |
Adherent apatite coating on titanium substrate using chemical deposition
An adherent bioactive calcium phosphate coating is formed on a titanium or titanium alloy substrate by immersing the substrate in an acidic calcium phosphate solution to form a non-apatitic calcium phosphate coating on the substrate. In a second step the coated substrate can be converted to a less reactive coating by being immersed into a basic or neutral solution to convert the coating into an apatite. However if a relatively reactive coating is desired, the second step can be dispensed with. |
| US07785639B2 |
Composition for treating cancer cells and preparation method for the same
A composition for treating cancer cells and a preparation method therefor are provided. The novel flavonoid compounds are obtained from natural plants, and more particularly the compounds have a cytotoxicity on cancer cells. |
| US07785637B2 |
Herbal composition for maintaining/caring the skin around the eye, methods of preparing the same and uses thereof
Disclosed is a novel herbal composition for maintaining/caring the skin around the eye, the composition comprising extracts of Saxifraga ligulata syn. Bergenia ligulata, Cipadessa baccifera and Emblica officinalis and cosmeceutical excipients thereof. Also disclosed is a method of extraction, delivery system comprising the same and use thereof. |
| US07785626B2 |
Gastric acid secretion inhibiting composition
An oral pharmaceutical dosage form comprises pharmacologically effective amounts of an acid-susceptible proton pump inhibitor and an H2 receptor antagonist in combination with at least on pharmacologically acceptable excipient which causes a delayed release and/or an extended release of the proton pump inhibitor. The H2 receptor antagonist is included in the dosage form in such a way that it is rapidly released after administration. This dosage form is suitable for the treatment of conditions associated with an excessive secretion of gastric acid and provides a suitable combination of a rapid onset and a long-lasting duration of the effect. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a dosage form and to a method for the treatment of conditions associated with the secretion of gastric acid. |
| US07785621B2 |
Oral compositions of fenretinide having increased bioavailability and methods of using the same
The present invention provides an edible composition for oral delivery of an active agent such as a retinide. The composition comprises, in the form of a dry flowable powder: (a) an active agent such as a retinide; (b) lipid matrix composition; (c) optionally sweetener; (d) flour. Compositions of the invention may be administered per se or mixed with a solid or liquid food carrier, for direct oral consumption by a subject or administration through a feeding tube. |
| US07785618B2 |
Conjugates comprising a biodegradable polymer and uses therefor
Biologically active agents covalently linked to a polymer. The polymer is preferably a biodegradable polymer are provided. The biologically active agent is preferably a protein, such as an extracellular soluble protein, e.g., an extracellular enzyme. The enzyme can be an apyrase, e.g., NTPDase. Conjugates of the invention can be used as therapeutics in subjects. For example, a conjugate comprising an apyrase can be used for treating and preventing thrombosis, atherosclerotic plaque complications and vascular disorders. |
| US07785617B2 |
Porous matrix comprising cross-linked particles
An open porous matrix of particulate material for in vivo use in or on a target tissue in medicine, the matrix comprising particles cross-linked with one another so as to define pores there between and uses therefor are described. |
| US07785610B2 |
Chimeric immunomodulatory compounds and methods of using the same—III
The invention provides immunomodulatory compounds and methods for immunomodulation of individuals using the immunomodulatory compounds. |
| US07785606B2 |
Genetically engineered clostridial genes, proteins encoded by the engineered genes, and uses thereof
The present invention relates to an isolated Clostridial neurotoxin propeptide having a light chain region, a heavy chain region, where the light and heavy chain regions are linked by a disulfide bond, and an intermediate region connecting the light and heavy chain regions. An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a Clostridial neurotoxin propeptide is also disclosed. Also disclosed is an isolated, physiologically active Clostridial neurotoxin produced by cleaving a Clostridial neurotoxin propeptide, a vaccine or antidote thereof, and methods of immunizing against or treating for toxic effects of Clostridial neurotoxins. Methods of expressing recombinant physiologically active Clostridial neurotoxins are also disclosed. Also disclosed is a chimeric protein having a heavy chain region of a Clostridial neurotoxin and a protein with therapeutic functionality. A treatment method is also disclosed. |
| US07785604B2 |
Attenuated flavivirus strains containing a mutated M-ectodomain and their applications
The present invention relates to nine residue peptides (ApoptoM) from flavivirus M ectodomain able to modulate specifically the apoptotic activity of diverse flavivirus, to pharmaceutical composition comprising the same and their use for the treatment and/or the prevention of flavivirus-linked infections and cancers. |
| US07785601B2 |
Methods of treating neurological conditions with hematopoietic growth factors
The present invention relates to a method of treating neurological conditions in a mammal by administering a hematopoietic growth factor such as granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (GCSF) and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GMCSF). The invention also provides methods of screening for compounds that bind to a GCSF or GMCSF receptor found on the surface of a neuronal cell; and which provides a neuroprotective, neuroproliferative and/or a STAT gene activation activity. |
| US07785599B2 |
Albumin fusion proteins
The present invention encompasses albumin fusion proteins. Nucleic acid molecules encodings the albumin fusion proteins of the invention are also encompassed by the invention, as are vectors containing these nucleic acids, host cells transformed with these nucleic acids vectors, and methods of making the albumin fusion proteins of the intention and using these nucleic acids, vectors, and/or host cells. Additionally the present invention encompasses pharmaceutical compositions comprising albumin fusion proteins and methods of treating, preventing, or ameliorating diseases, disorders or conditions using albumin fusion proteins of the invention. |
| US07785593B2 |
Antibody (11C7) anti nogo a and its pharmaceutical use
This invention relates to molecules, such as for example monoclonal antibodies or Fab fragments thereof, which are capable of binding to the human NogoA polypeptide or human NiG or human NiG- or human NogoA_623-640 with a dissociation constant <1000 nM; polynucleotides encoding such a binding molecule; an expression vector comprising such polynucleotides; the use of such a binding molecule in the treatment of nerve repair, a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a binding molecule; and to a method of treatment of diseases associated with nerve repair. |
| US07785591B2 |
Identification and characterization of function-blocking anti-ED-B-fibronectin antibodies
The invention relates to recombinant polypeptides, in particular antibodies or antibody fragments that bind Ed-B-isoforms of fibronectin and can block their function. In addition, the diagnostic and pharmaceutical application of the polypeptides according to the invention is disclosed. |