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| US07804715B2 |
Bitcell current sense device and method thereof
A memory device includes a sense amplifier to sense the state of a bitcell. The sense amplifier includes two input terminals connected via a switch. One of the input terminals is connected to a node, whereby a current through the node represents a difference in current drawn by a bitcell and a reference current. During a first phase, the switch between the input terminals of the sense amplifier is closed, so that a common voltage is applied to both input terminals. During a second phase, the switch is opened, and the sense amplifier senses a state of information stored at the bitcell based on the current through the node. By using the switch to connect and disconnect the inputs of the sense amplifier in the two phases, the accuracy and speed with which the state of the information stored at the bitcell can be determined is improved. |
| US07804711B2 |
Methods of operating two-bit non-volatile flash memory cells
A method for erasing a plurality of two-bit memory cells, each two-bit memory cell comprises a first bit and a second bit. A reference voltage is applied to a first bit line and a second bit line, the first bit line being associated with the first bits of each two-bit memory cell and the second bit line associated with the second bits of each two-bit memory cell. Then a control activation voltage is applied to a first bit line select and a second bit line select, each bit line associated with the first bits and the second bits of each memory cell, respectively. Then an operating voltage is applied to a plurality of word lines associated with each two-bit memory cell, wherein the operating voltage is between 14 and 20 volts. |
| US07804710B2 |
Multi-layer magnetic random access memory using spin-torque magnetic tunnel junctions and method for write state of the multi-layer magnetic random access memory
A stacked magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure of a multi-layer magnetic random access memory (MRAM) which includes a plurality of stacked MTJ devices serially connected to each other and an access transistor shared between the stacked MTJ devices. The stacked MTJ structure further includes a write word line through which a write current flows. The write current generates a hard axis magnetic field used to selectively write an MTJ device of the stacked MTJ devices. |
| US07804705B2 |
Semiconductor device, liquid crystal display device and electronic equipment
The semiconductor device of the present invention has a circuit block in which m (m is an integer of not smaller than two) sets of first through m-th transistor columns where two or more transistors are connected in series, one terminal of the first through m-th transistor columns is connected to a first output node, and the other terminal of the first through m-th transistor columns is connected to a second output node. A control signal for substantially simultaneously turning on and off all the transistors of the first through m-th transistor columns is inputted to the control input terminals of the transistors of the first through m-th transistor columns. |
| US07804703B2 |
Phase change memory device having Schottky diode and method of fabricating the same
A phase change memory device includes wordlines extending along a direction on a semiconductor substrate. Low concentration semiconductor patterns are disposed on the wordlines. Node electrodes are disposed on the low concentration semiconductor patterns. Schottky diodes are disposed between the low concentration semiconductor patterns and the node electrodes. Phase change resistors are disposed on the node electrodes. |
| US07804702B2 |
Ferroelectric memory cell with access transmission gate
One embodiment relates to an integrated circuit that includes a ferroelectric memory cell. The ferroelectric memory cell includes a ferroelectric capacitor having a first plate and a second plate. The first plate is associated with a storage node of the ferroelectric memory cell, and the second plate associated with a plateline. The ferroelectric memory cell also includes a complementary transmission gate configured to selectively couple the storage node to a bitline as a function of a wordline voltage and a complementary wordline voltage. Bias limiting circuitry selectively alters voltage on the storage node as a function of the wordline voltage or the complementary wordline voltage. Other methods, devices, and systems are also disclosed. |
| US07804701B2 |
Method of programming a memory having electrically programmable fuses
An array of memory cells is arranged in a plurality of columns and rows, each of the memory cells including a programmable fuse connected to a predetermined bit line and in series with a select transistor. The select transistor has a first current electrode connected to a reference voltage terminal, a control electrode connected to a predetermined word line, and a second current electrode connected to the programmable fuse. The select transistor further has a semiconductor body adjacent to which the first current electrode and the second current electrode are located. These electrodes are separated by a channel. A signal terminal that is connected to the semiconductor body receives an input signal to forward bias the channel to the first current electrode during programming of the programmable fuse to increase a programming current of the programmable fuse. |
| US07804700B2 |
Semiconductor memory device with reduced coupling noise
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines, a plurality of memory cells provided at the intersections of the plurality of word lines and the plurality of bit lines and each of that includes a MIS transistor and a memory element, a decoder circuit for selecting a plurality of word lines, and a sense-amplifier circuit for determining information that is read from any of the plurality of memory cells to any of the plurality of bit lines, wherein a twist connector for switching the wiring order of the plurality of word lines is provided and level-stabilizing circuits, for supplying the potential level of a non-selected state to the plurality of word lines in the non-selected state are arranged in the area below the twist connector. |
| US07804698B2 |
Switched capacitor controller and method therefor
In one embodiment, a switch capacitor controller (20) is configured to use a drive signal (45) to drive the switched capacitor (26) with a signal having a time dependent transition time. |
| US07804693B2 |
Printed circuit board having structure for relieving stress concentration, and semiconductor chip package equipped with the same
There are provided a printed circuit board having a structure for relieving a stress concentration on an outer most lead of leads, due to a difference in thermal expansion coefficients between the semiconductor device and the printed circuit board when the semiconductor device is mounted on the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes an inner lead portion to be connected to the semiconductor device. The inner lead portion includes a plurality of leads, arranged in parallel with a same pitch in a predetermined area, and additional leads located near both ends of the predetermined area in which the plurality of leads are arranged in parallel, respectively, wherein each of the plurality of leads has a pitch smaller than 30 μm and a width of the additional lead is wider than 20 μm. There are also provided a semiconductor chip package equipped with the printed circuit board according to the present invention. |
| US07804692B2 |
Method and system for placing multiple loads in a high-speed system
A method and system for placing multiple loads in a high-speed system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the first load and the second load are placed on the first side and the second side of the printed circuit board, respectively. In addition, the first signal pin of the first load is vertically aligned with the second signal pin of the second load with an offset; the terminating end of a trace, which is connected to a driver on the printed circuit board, the first signal pin, and the second signal pin are connected at a T-point. The printed circuit also includes the first decoupling capacitor on the second side and the second decoupling capacitor on the first side. The first decoupling capacitor is connected to the first power pin of the first load. Similarly, the second decoupling capacitor is connected to a second power pin of the second load. |
| US07804679B2 |
Computer display accessory
The disclosed computer accessory has a separate display that is connected to a computer through an interface. A base part is used to fit the accessory to the computer, and a swing arm connects the base part and the accessory display. For easy transport, the disclosed accessory is arranged so that the accessory display can be stored flat against the computer. For use, the swing arm enables the accessory display to be folded out into an operational position where it can be easily seen by others. |
| US07804678B2 |
Capacitor devices
A capacitor device with a capacitance is introduced. The capacitor device includes at least one capacitive element. The at least capacitive element comprises a pair of first conductive layers being opposed to each other, at least one first dielectric layer formed on a surface of at least one of the first conductive layers, and a second dielectric layer being sandwiched between the first conductive layers. The first dielectric layer has a first dielectric constant and the second dielectric layer has a second dielectric constant. The capacitance of the capacitor device depends on dielectric parameters of the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. The dielectric parameters comprise the first dielectric constant and thickness of the at least one first dielectric layer and the second dielectric constant and thickness of the second dielectric layer. |
| US07804676B2 |
Hybrid discoidal/tubular capacitor
A hybrid capacitor includes a body of dielectric material having spaced-apart first and second surfaces. A first electrode is associated with the first surface. A second electrode is associated with the second surface. One or more third electrodes are transversely disposed within the dielectric body between the first and second electrodes. Either the first or second electrode is not conductively coupled to any electrode transversely extending into the body. The resulting arrangement provides a hybrid capacitor having characteristics of both a tubular capacitor and a discoidal capacitor. |
| US07804670B2 |
Hybrid ESD clamp
A circuit for protecting a semiconductor from electrostatic discharge events includes a Zener diode (21) in series with a resistor (22) between a power line HV VDD and a ground fine HV VSS. A gate of a DMOS device (23) is connected to a node between the diode and the resistor. The drain and source of the DMOS are connected between the power lines. During an ESD event, the gate voltage of the DMOS increases and the ESD current will be discharged through the DMOS to ground. When the current exceeds the capacity of the channel of the DMOS, a parasitic bipolar transistor or transistors associated with the DMOS device acts in a controlled snapback to discharge the current to ground. The use of a vertical DMOS (VDMOS) instead of a lateral DMOS (LDMOS), can reduce the area of the device and improve the protection. |
| US07804668B2 |
Enhanced hard bias in thin film magnetoresistive sensors with perpendicular easy axis growth of hard bias and strong shield-hard bias coupling
A hard bias (HB) structure for longitudinally biasing a free layer in a MR sensor is disclosed that is based on HB easy axis growth perpendicular to an underlying seed layer which is formed above a substrate and along two sidewalls of the sensor. In one embodiment, a conformal soft magnetic layer that may be a top shield contacts the HB layer to provide direct exchange coupling that compensates HB surface charges. Optionally, a thin capping layer on the HB layer enables magneto-static shield-HB coupling. After HB initialization, HB regions along the sensor sidewalls have magnetizations that are perpendicular to the sidewalls as a result of surface charges near the seed layer. Sidewalls may be extended into the substrate (bottom shield) to give enhanced protection against side reading. The top surface of the seed layer may be amorphous or crystalline to promote HB easy axis perpendicular growth. |
| US07804666B2 |
Composite shield structure of PMR writer for high track density
Improved writability and a substantial reduction in adjacent track erasure are achieved by incorporating a composite shield structure in a PMR writer. There is a trailing shield formed a certain distance above the top surface of a write pole, a leading shield formed a certain distance below the bottom surface of the write pole, and a partial side shield having a section formed on each side of the write pole. The partial side shield thickness is less than that of the write pole. Each partial side shield section has a side that is parallel to the nearest write pole side and a top surface that is offset from the write pole top surface by 0 to 0.15 microns. A plurality of magnetic connections between two or more shield elements is employed to ensure correct magnetic potential. The large write pole has a flare angle of 45 to 75 degrees. |
| US07804664B1 |
Laminate beam transition headlift for a disk drive head suspension
A headlift for a disk drive head suspension extending from a planar base region on a load beam of the head suspension. The headlift is formed from first and second layers of relatively stiff metal separated by a layer of polymer. The headlift includes a headlift tab and a stiffener extending over at least a portion of the headlift tab. The headlift tab includes a convex headlift region formed out of one of the two metal layers. The stiffener is formed from one of the two metal layers or from a combination of the polymer layer and one of the two metal layers. |
| US07804661B2 |
Microactuator control that avoids thermal asperities on disk surfaces
While a microactuator is controlled to cause a head to follow a track on a disk surface, one or more other microactuators are separately controlled to offset other heads away from locations of thermal asperities on other associated disk surfaces. |
| US07804659B2 |
Method and apparatus for positioning head using spiral servo pattern in a disk drive
According to one embodiment, there is to provide a disk drive which calculates an error in the position of a head on the basis of concentric servo patterns. The disk drive has a disk medium on which spiral servo patterns are recorded and a read head which reads the spiral servo patterns from the disk medium. A servo controller reproduces a hexagonal burst signal from the spiral servo patterns read by the read head to generate position data associated with servo burst signals. The CPU uses the position data to perform a position error calculation. |
| US07804657B1 |
Setting an operating bias current for a magnetoresistive head using ratio of target voltage and measured voltage
A method is disclosed for setting an operating bias current for a magnetoresistive (MR) element. A bias current is applied to the MR element, and a voltage across the MR element is measured corresponding to the bias current. The bias current is then adjusted in response to the bias current multiplied by a ratio of a target voltage and the measured voltage. The adjusted bias current is then applied to the MR element. In one embodiment, the bias current is adjusted until the measured voltage substantially equals the target voltage. |
| US07804654B2 |
Transfer method, transfer apparatus, and recording medium
A transfer method for transferring asperities formed on a master carrier or transfer information represented by the asperities onto a slave medium, comprises the step of bringing the master carrier on which microscopic asperities are formed into close contact with the slave medium by pressing the master carrier by pressure of fluid in a direct manner or an indirect manner through a flexible film. Deformation of the master carrier or the flexible film in a pressed region where the pressure of the fluid is applied is prevented, and transfer is performed while the master carrier is in close contact with the slave medium. |
| US07804648B2 |
Multilayer reflective film coated substrate, manufacturing method thereof, reflective mask blank, and reflective mask
A multilayer reflective film coated substrate includes a multilayer under film comprised of Mo/Si alternately-layered films and a multilayer reflective film comprised of Mo/Si alternately-layered films for reflecting exposure light. The multilayer under film and the multilayer reflective film are formed on a substrate in this order. Given that a cycle length of the multilayer under film is d bottom (unit:nm) and a cycle length of the multilayer reflective film is d top (unit:nm), a relationship of a formula (1) is satisfied when d bottom>d top, the formula (1) given by (n+0.15)×d top≦d bottom≦(n+0.9)×d top where n is a natural number equal to or greater than 1. |
| US07804647B2 |
Sub-resolutional laser annealing mask
A method for smoothing an annealed surface uses a sub-resolution mask pattern. The method supplies a laser beam having a first wavelength and a mask with a first mask section having apertures with a first dimension and a second mask section with apertures having a second dimension, less than the first dimension. A laser beam having a first energy density is applied to a substrate region, melting a substrate region in response to the first energy density and crystallizing the substrate region. A diffracted laser beam is applied to the substrate region, smoothing the substrate region surface. Applying a diffracted laser beam to the substrate area may include applying a diffracted laser beam having a second energy density, less than the first energy density, to the substrate region. |
| US07804645B2 |
Image stabilizer
An image stabilizer of the present invention is provided with a lens module 101 that holds a lens and an imaging element, an inner frame that turnably supports the lens module 101, and driving portion that turns the lens module 101 relative to the inner frame 11, with the driving portion including a bimorph 14. An image stabilizer thereby can be provided that allows the overall size and profile of an imaging apparatus to be reduced. |
| US07804643B2 |
Reticle and use thereof for an aiming telescope
An illuminable reticle (1) has a minor (5) disposed laterally beside the carrier (2) and having two foci (8 and 9). The light source (6) is disposed in one focus (8). The line image (3) is disposed in the second focus (9), whereby optionally a total reflection on one of the two carrier surfaces is also possible for focusing light beams (12) in the line image (3). |
| US07804642B2 |
Scanning examination apparatus
A scanning examination apparatus 1 is provided, the apparatus including a detachable objective lens 6 or 6′, a scanner 3 for two-dimensionally scanning light F from a specimen 100 focused by the objective lens 6 or 6′, a scanner control device 13 for controlling the operation of the scanner 3, and an optical detector 9 for detecting light scanned by the scanner 3, wherein the scanner control device 13 changes the scanning direction of the light F depending on an image formation mode of the light F at the objective lens 6 or 6′ which is attached. |
| US07804640B1 |
Composite cavity for enhanced efficiency of up-conversion
Methods, apparatus and systems for an up-converter resonant cavity light emitting diode device includes a semiconductor light source, an up-converter to form the light emitter with up-converting materials and an electrical source coupled with the semiconductor light source for providing electrical energy to the semiconductor light source to provide a desired wavelength emitted light. The semiconductor light source is a resonant cavity light emitting diode or laser that emits an approximately 975 nm wavelength to provide electrical and optical confinement to the semiconductor light source to form a resonant cavity up-converting light emitting diode (UC/RCLED). Rows and columns of electrodes provide active matrix addressing of plural sets of UC/RCLEDs for display devices. The up-converter resonant cavity light emitting diode device has applications in head mounted projection display optical system using spectrally selective beam splitters to eliminate spectral overlap between colors and to combine the red, green and blue beams. |
| US07804639B2 |
Electrophoretic indication display
An electrophoretic display having a pair of substrates separated by a microcapsule layer, a plurality of pixels formed at the intersections of rows of gate lines and columns of data lines on at least one of the substrates, wherein at least one of said substrates is sufficiently flexible when touched to change the separation between said substrates at any of said pixels, a plurality of sense signal lines formed parallel to the data lines, and a sense signal processing unit connected with the sense signal lines for sensing a change in capacitance between said substrates at any of said pixel. |
| US07804638B2 |
Electrophoretic display sheet, electrophoretic display, method for producing electrophoretic display, and electronic apparatus
An electrophoretic display sheet includes: a substrate; at least one kind of electrophoretic particles; an electrophoretic dispersion liquid containing the at least one kind of electrophoretic particles; a microcapsule having a shell for enclosing the electrophoretic dispersion liquid therein; a microcapsule-containing layer provided on a surface side of the substrate to contain the microcapsule; and a binder having a function of retaining the microcapsule and having viscosity under room temperature, the microcapsule-containing layer including the microcapsule and the binder; and the electrophoretic particles being contained in the electrophoretic dispersion liquid in a ratio of 30% to 60% wt. with respect to a weight of the electrophoretic dispersion liquid. |
| US07804636B2 |
Electrical characterization of interferometric modulators
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for testing the electrical characteristics of reflective displays, including interferometric modulator displays. In one embodiment, a controlled voltage is applied to conductive leads in the display and the resulting current is measured. The voltage may be controlled so as to ensure that interferometric modulators do not actuate during the resistance measurements. Also disclosed are methods for conditioning interferometric modulator display by applying a voltage waveform that causes actuation of interferometric modulators in the display. |
| US07804635B1 |
Electrochromic thin-film material
One exemplary embodiment of an electrochromic thin-film material comprises a metal-chalcogen compound; and/or a mixture or solid solution of one or more metal-rich metal-chalcogen compounds and/or lithium. One or more of the metals comprise Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Sb, or Bi, or combinations thereof; and one or more of the chalcogens comprise O, S, Se, or Te, or combinations thereof. |
| US07804633B2 |
Hologram recording film with additional information and recording method therefor
A hologram recording film has an image of a three-dimensional object, e.g. a three-dimensional model, recorded in a volume hologram photosensitive material and further has a hologram image of a plane color pattern, e.g. a character or an image, together with the shadow of the color pattern, recorded as individual information in a superimposed manner in the same photosensitive material without using a liquid crystal display. Pieces of plane additional information of the same pattern have been recorded so as to be capable of being reconstructed simultaneously in a hologram plane and in front of or behind the hologram plane, respectively, in superimposition with a reconstructed image from a volume hologram. |
| US07804631B2 |
Holographic storage system with apodization filter
The present invention relates to an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to holographic storage media, and more specifically to an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to holographic storage media having an apodization filter. According to the invention, an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to a holographic storage medium, with a collinear split aperture arrangement of a reference beam and an object beam or a reconstructed object beam, includes an apodization filter for the reference beam. |
| US07804617B2 |
Network system, remote setup method and connection data edit program
A network system for remotely setting up a network device from a host terminal, the network device and the host terminal being connected to a network is provided. The network device includes a storage unit configured to store setting information, and a controller which performs a controlling operation in accordance with the setting information stored in the storage unit. The host terminal includes a display unit on which information is displayed, and an input unit configured to accept user operation. The network system has a first state in which the controller of the network device operates to display the setting information on the display unit in response to a first signal being inputted to the controller through the input unit of the host terminal, and a second state in which the controller of the network device operates to display the setting information on the display unit in such a manner that editing of the setting information is allowed in response to a second signal being inputted to the controller via the network through use of the input unit of the host terminal during the first state. |
| US07804616B2 |
Data transmission apparatus, image data transmission apparatus, and program
A data transmission apparatus includes a holding portion that holds specified transmission destination information, and a control portion that controls the holding portion to keep holding the transmission destination information even after completion of data transmission based on the transmission destination information and stand by in a state of being capable of subsequently transmitting different data to the same transmission destination. The control portion permits or forbids holding of the transmission destination information based on the contents of data transmission. An image data transmission apparatus determines the presence or absence of a possibility that a set transmission destination is an erroneously set transmission destination. The image data transmission apparatus, after the start of image reading, requires a user to make a confirmation of correct setting of the transmission destination only when the possibility is present, and transmits stored image data to the transmission destination after the confirmation. |
| US07804614B2 |
Method and system for acquisition and storage of image job model including image information and imaging device production state performance information
A method and system is provided for obtaining an archival model of a selected print job executed in a network imaging system comprised of a plurality of imaging engines. The print job is archived to include job data comprising the imaging information defining the desired job and the production status performance data of the particular engine at about the time of the executing of the job. The job data and the engine performance data are associated and archived for later retrieval for enhanced temporal and distributed consistency in a reprinting of the job. |
| US07804610B2 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming method and computer readable media
An embodiment may comprise an image forming apparatus comprising: a receiving section which receives a print data; storage which stores the received print data; a print data judging section which judges whether the received print data is a structured document data or not; a controlling section which operates the receiving part preferentially when it is judged that the print data is a structured document data, compared to a case that the print data is a non-structured document data; an image converting section which converts the stored print data to image data; and a printing section which prints the image data to a predetermined recording medium. |
| US07804609B2 |
Methods and systems to connect network printers
Methods and systems of automatically configuring network printer connections are disclosed. A network printer with a network location is coupled to a network, which also includes one or more target computers. A driver is associated with the network printer, and is located in a provided by a share-providing computer on the network. Through the network, the target computer receives configuration signals that identify the share and the network location of the network printer. The target computer sends through the network a command that results in the share sending driver-identification signals that identify a driver. A network printer connection is then established at the target computer where the connection's printer is the network printer at the location identified by the configuration signals and the connection's driver is the driver identified by the driver-identification signals. |
| US07804606B2 |
Portable electronic measuring device and method
A method for measuring a distance D2 between two points includes following steps. A first surface of a portable electronic device is parallel to a line defined by the two points. A distance D2 between the first surface and the line is obtained. A visible light beam B1 is rotated from an initial direction substantially perpendicular with the first surface and the line to direct at the point E1. A first angle defined by the visible light beam B1 striking the point E1 and the initial direction is computed. A visible light beam B2 is rotated from an initial direction to strike the point E2. A second angle defined by the visible light beam B2 striking the point E2 and the initial direction is computed. A distance D1 is computed based on the distance D2, the first angle and the second angle. The distance D1 is outputted. |
| US07804605B2 |
Optical multi-axis linear displacement measurement system and a method thereof
The present invention provides an optical multi-axis linear displacement measurement system and a method thereof, and the system can detect the reflected light from the top surface of the object so as to obtain multi-axis linear displacements of the object. The optical multi-axis linear displacement measurement system utilizes a non-contact optical method for obtaining multi-axis linear displacements of the object and it can perform simultaneous multi-axis linear displacement measurements. The advantages of the system and method include: high response speed (bandwidth) for dynamic measurement, simple structure, cost effective, and high sensitivity for displacement measurements. |
| US07804598B2 |
High power acoustic resonator with integrated optical interfacial elements
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for integrating optical interfacial elements with a high power acoustic resonator. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, in certain embodiments of the present invention, one or more optical interfacial elements may be integrated with a high power acoustic resonator to provide a robust sensing device that may provide for acoustic cleaning of the optical interfacial elements and/or combining optical and acoustic measurements made by the integrated system for analysis purposes. In certain aspects, the high power acoustic resonator may include an acoustic horn for focusing acoustic energy and the optical interfacial elements may be integrated with the acoustic horn. |
| US07804595B2 |
Using optical scattering to measure properties of ultrasound contrast agent shells
A system and method for determining bubble shell properties using optical scattering. One or more ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) bubbles is placed in an imaging volume and illuminated with a laser. The UCA is exposed to pressure variations (e.g., using pulses of imaging or therapeutic ultrasound), while optical scattering data are collected and processed. The scattering intensity is related to the radius of the UCA. Thus, changes in the radius due to varying pressure conditions results in variations in the scattering intensity. The collected data are processed to provide a radius versus time (RT) relationship. The RT relationship is fit to one or more conventional dynamic models. The fitted empirical data can be used to determine one or more UCA parameters, such as shear modulus and shell viscosity. |
| US07804593B2 |
Echelle spectometer with improved use of the detector by means of two spectrometer arrangements
The invention relates to a spectrometer arrangement (10) comprising a spectrometer (14) for producing a spectrum of a first wavelength range of radiation from a radiation source on a detector (42). Said arrangement also comprises: an Echelle grating (36) for the spectral decomposition of the radiation penetrating the spectrometer arrangement (10) in a main dispersion direction (46); a dispersing element (34) for separating the degrees by means of spectral decomposition of the radiation in a transversal dispersion direction (48) which forms an angle with the main dispersion direction of the Echelle grating (36), in such a way that a two-dimensional spectrum (50) can be produced with a plurality of separated degrees (52); an imaging optical element (24, 38) for imaging the radiation penetrating through an inlet gap (20) into the spectrometer arrangement (10), in an image plane (40); and a surface detector (42) comprising a two dimensional arrangement of a plurality of detector elements in the image plane (40). The inventive arrangement is characterized in that another spectrometer (12) comprising at least one other dispersing element (64) and another imaging optical element (60,66) is provided in order to produce a spectrum (68) of a second wavelength range of radiation, which is different from the first wavelength range, from a radiation source on the same detector (42). The spectra can be spatially or temporally separated on the detector. |
| US07804591B2 |
Wafer inspecting method
A wafer inspecting method including the steps of: multi-scanning a pattern image of a unit inspection region in a normal state and a pattern image of a unit inspection region to be inspected, respectively, using different inspection conditions; comparing the multi-scanned pattern images in the normal state with the multi-scanned pattern images to be inspected obtained by the same inspection conditions, and storing differences between the pattern images as difference images; generating a discrimination difference image by calculating a balance between the stored difference images; and discriminating a defect from noise by using the discrimination difference image. |
| US07804589B2 |
System and method for testing light-emitting devices
A method for testing light-emitting devices in a batch-wise, associated with a system for the same purpose, comprises the steps of: preparing the light-emitting devices on a moving carrier unit in a manner of aligning a predetermined longitudinal direction of the light-emitting devices with a predetermined transportation direction of the moving carrier unit, each of the light-emitting devices further having plural light-emitting elements; transporting orderly the light-emitting devices to pass a test area on a base of the system, in which the base energizes only the light-emitting elements within the test area; and, a solar cell module detecting continuously the energized light-emitting elements within the test area and further forming signals with respect to photo energy received in the test area. |
| US07804585B2 |
Creation of a range image
The most difficult problem in the creation of a range image with stereo cameras is the establishing of the correspondence of the points. For this, the scene is illuminated twice; thereof at least once with a random or pseudo random pattern. For both cameras, an image is taken for each of the illuminations and the quotient of brightnesses is calculated pixelwise. The correspondence is established on the basis of a comparison of the quotient of pixels on epipolar lines of different cameras. The illumination pattern is preferably highly modulated along the epipolar line; transversally or diagonally to it, it is not or only slightly modulated. For illumination, a projection unit is used which in a preferred arrangement comprises two superposed grating patterns which have a distance (d) to each other, with at least one varying in a pseudo random manner, and with two closely neighboring light sources which shine through the gratings and thereby generate different pseudo random patterns, especially moiré patterns. Applications are found, inter alia, in assembly control, robotics, metrology, archaeology, in the textile industry, in biometry, medicine, reverse engineering. |
| US07804583B2 |
EUV reticle handling system and method
An enclosure for protecting at least a pattern side and an opposing side of a reticle is disclosed. The enclosure includes a first and second part that form an enclosure around a reticle to be protected during handling, inspection, storage, and transport. A method for transporting the reticle to an exposure position from a position outside an exposure chamber is disclosed, including a method for use of a load-lock chamber. |
| US07804581B2 |
Exposure apparatus and method of manufacturing device
An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to light during an exposure period. A projection optical system projects light from a pattern of a reticle onto the substrate. The projection optical system includes at least one optical element driven to adjust aberration of the projection optical system. A first calculator calculates compensation data based on a temporal characteristic of heat influence, which represents a change in aberration due to heat influence of the exposure in the projection optical system in accordance with (i) an elapsed time of a non-exposure period from a time when the exposure period shifts to a non-exposure period, and (ii) exposure period data which represents the time when the exposure period shifts to the non-exposure period. A second calculator calculates each of a plurality of driving amounts of the at least one optical element, based on the compensation data calculated by the first calculator, and each of a plurality of timing signals generated at a gradually decreasing interval upon a shift from the exposure period to the non-exposure period, on the basis of the exposure period data. A driver drives the at least one optical element during the non-exposure period based on each of the plurality of driving amounts calculated by the second calculator. |
| US07804574B2 |
Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method using acidic liquid
A lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method is provided in which exposure is carried out by projecting through a liquid having a pH of less than 7, the liquid being in contact with a substrate to be exposed. The liquid advantageously comprises an anti-reflective topcoat. |
| US07804571B2 |
Vertical alignment liquid crystal display with high transmittance and wide view angle
Structures, devices, systems and methods of using multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal displays with high transmittance, high contrast ratio and wide view angle in which at least one of the electrode substrates has circular or ring-shaped openings, such as holes or slits. Circular or ring-shaped patterns for openings and electrodes have not been used in the construction of a liquid crystal display. The new multi-domain vertical alignment (MDVA) liquid crystal display is particularly suitable for liquid crystal display television and computer monitor applications. |
| US07804569B2 |
Panel assembly having a common electrode comprising a plurality of domain dividing members overlapping gate lines and wherein the gate lines overlap a pixel electrode
A panel assembly includes a gate wire, a data wire, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a liquid crystal layer, and a common electrode. The gate wire includes a plurality of gate lines and the data wire includes a plurality of data lines crossing and insulated from the gate lines. The pixel electrodes are insulated from each other and disposed on the data wire. The liquid crystal layer is disposed on the pixel electrodes and includes liquid crystal molecules, and a common electrode is disposed on the liquid crystal layer. The gate lines cross a center of the pixel electrodes, and the common electrode includes a plurality of cutting patterns that overlap the gate lines. |
| US07804567B2 |
Normally-white twisted-nematic-mode LCD device
A normally-white twisted-nematic mode LCD device includes a first optical compensation film between a light-incident-side polarization film and an LC cell, and a second optical compensation film between a light-emitting-side polarization film and the LC cell. The optical axis of the first (second) optical compensation film projected onto the substrate surface is substantially parallel to the longer axis of an equivalent refractive index ellipsoid of a residual retardation of the LC layer in the vicinity of a light-incident-side (light-emitting-side) substrate upon display of black color. |
| US07804566B2 |
Cellulose acylate film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device
A cellulose acylate film, which has a film thickness of from 20 to 70 μm and an elastic modulus of from 3.5 to 10 GPa in at least one direction of a film casting direction and a width direction. |
| US07804565B2 |
Cellulose acylate film, optical compensation film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device
A novel optical compensation film is disclosed. The film comprises a transparent film having a ratio Re/Rth(450 nm) of Re and Rth at 450 nm of 0.4 to 0.95 times as large as Re/Rth(550 nm) at 550 nm, having Re/Rth(650 nm) at 650 nm of 1.05 to 1.93 times as large as Re/Rth(550 nm), and having Rth at 550 nm ranging from 70 nm to 400 nm, where “Re” is an in-plane retardation and “Rth” is a thickness-direction retardation; and an optically anisotropic layer having an in-plane optical anisotropy, formed of a composition comprising a liquid-crystalline compound, in which molecules of the liquid-crystalline compound are fixed in an alignment state, wherein the direction of orthogonal projection, onto a plane of the transparent film, of a mean orientation direction of molecular symmetry axes of the liquid-crystalline compound at the interface on the transparent film side is 45° with respect to the in-plane slow axis of the transparent film. |
| US07804562B2 |
Liquid crystal panel with a uniform background color
A liquid crystal panel with a uniform background color has a pixel region that actually generates images on the liquid crystal panel and is defined as an active area. Another region that does not generate images is defined as a viewing area. A black matrix in the viewing area has multiple windows so that the viewing area and the active area have the same or similar reflection regions. Therefore, the liquid crystal panel has a uniform background color. |
| US07804558B2 |
Liquid crystal display
Manufacture of a liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a backlight unit, a backlight unit-side polarizing plate, and a liquid crystal cell held by two glass plates, the liquid crystal cell having an electrode, a liquid crystal layer, an alignment layer, and a color filter arranged between the glass plates. The liquid crystal display also includes a transparent front plate arranged at a side of the liquid crystal cell opposite to the backlight unit, a polarizing plate attached to the liquid crystal cell, and a transparent organic medium layer arranged between the front plate and the liquid crystal cell. Since the front plate is provided at the outermost surface of an image display portion, and the transparent organic medium is filled between the front plate and the liquid crystal module, it is possible to achieve an improvement in wear resistance and a reduction in reflectance. |
| US07804554B2 |
Surface emitting device and liquid crystal display
To provide source images is increased to enhance the uniformity of luminance distribution. A surface emitting device includes: a diffusing sheet constituting a light exiting surface; a reflector disposed opposite to the diffusing sheet; light sources disposed between the diffusing sheet and the reflector; and a prism sheet (light-source-image division sheet) disposed between the diffusing sheet and the light sources. The prism sheet has linear protrusions on the front surface thereof, and a flat portion parallel to the sheet surface between the adjacent linear protrusions. This generates light-source images through the flat portions in addition to the divided light-source images through the linear protrusions 16a to increase the number of light-source images, thereby improving luminance uniformity. |
| US07804553B2 |
Liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display including a LC panel including a first display panel having first to n-th gate lines (n>2) and data lines crossing the gate lines and forming a pixel, and a second display panel which faces the first display panel, the aperture ratio of a first pixel line electrically connected to the first gate line is smaller than that of a second to a n-th pixel line electrically connected to the second to the n-th gate line, respectively, and a gate driver having first and the second pull-down transistors which decrease the voltage of each gate line to a low level, the first and second pull-down transistors are connected to start and end terminals of the each gate line, a width-to-length ratio of a channel of the second pull-down transistor is 0.8 to 3 times as large as that of a channel of the first pull-down transistor. |
| US07804551B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel and semiconductor array substrate thereof
A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel including a color filter substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a semiconductor array substrate is provided. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the two substrates. The semiconductor array substrate disposed at one side of the color filter substrate includes a transparent base, a planar layer, several pixel electrodes and an opaque layer. The pixel electrodes are arranged in an array on the planar layer, which covers the transparent base. Each two adjacent pixel electrodes are spaced by a gap. The opaque layer is disposed in the planar layer, and is located beneath each gap. The opaque layer having an extended portion disposed at two sides thereof is extended towards two sides of each gap to be under part of the pixel electrodes. The opaque layer is at least a half of the planar layer in thickness. |
| US07804550B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device includes forming an active pattern and a data line on a substrate, forming a first insulating layer on the data line, forming a second insulating layer on the substrate, forming a gate electrode on the second insulating layer above the active pattern, forming a third insulating layer on the substrate, forming first and second contact holes through the second and third insulating layers to expose first and second portions of the active pattern, and forming a third contact hole through the first, second, and third insulating layers exposing a portion of the data line, respectively, and forming source and drain electrodes on the third insulating layer, the source electrode connected to the first exposed portion of the active pattern through the first contact hole and connected to the first exposed portion of the data line through the third contact hole, and the drain electrode connected to the second exposed portion of the active pattern through the second contact hole. |
| US07804549B2 |
Image display system and light source unit
The present invention provides an image display system that secures a bright image and reduces cross-talk of a three-dimensional image display of a liquid-crystal type and provides a large viewing angle. The image display system includes a filter having a first area for transmitting light of a specific polarization and a second area for transmitting a light of polarization axis orthogonal to the light of the specific polarization provided repeatedly in the vertical direction, and a light source (201) including a light-emitting source (210), a polarizer (212) for emitting the light in the forms of the light having the specific polarization and the light having the polarization axis orthogonal to the specific polarization, and an optical element (203) for refracting the lights having the different polarizations into the directions toward the left and right eyes respectively and irradiating the same onto a liquid crystal panel (205). |
| US07804544B2 |
Still pixel detection using multiple windows and thresholds
A method and system for performing still pixel detection is presented. In accordance with the present invention, still pixel detection can use multiple thresholds and multiple windows of pixels. In a particular embodiment of the present invention, a still pixel detection test is performed using a first window. If the first window test determines the pixel is a still pixel then the pixel is classified as a still pixel. If the first window test determines the pixel is not a still pixel, a still pixel detection test is performed using a second window. If the second window test determines the pixel is a still pixel then the pixel is classified as a still pixel. Otherwise, the pixel is not classified as a still pixel. Some embodiment of the present invention the still pixel tests use multiple thresholds to determine if a pixel is a still pixel. |
| US07804537B2 |
Combined linear-logarithmic image sensor
An image sensor includes an array of pixels, with each pixel including a photodiode, and a first output circuit for deriving a linear output signal by applying a reset signal to the photodiode and reading a voltage on the photodiode after an integration time. A second output circuit derives a logarithmic output signal by reading a near instantaneous illumination-dependent voltage on the photodiode that is a logarithmic function of the illumination. In the logarithmic mode, the pixels are calibrated to remove fixed pattern noise. The pixels may be operated in linear and log modes sequentially, with the linear output being selected for low light signals and the log output being selected for high light signals. |
| US07804533B2 |
Image sensing apparatus and correction method
An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensing device having a plurality of pixels, a smoothing unit that smoothes a dark image signal acquired with the image sensing device shielded from light; a subtraction unit that subtracts a second dark image signal from the dark image signal; an extraction unit that extracts, as a defective pixel of the image sensing device, a pixel of which an obtained difference is outside a preset range; and a correction unit that corrects, out of subject image signals output from the image sensing device, an image signal of the defective pixel extracted by the extracting unit, using an image signal of a pixel peripheral to the defective pixel. |
| US07804531B2 |
Detecting red eye filter and apparatus using meta-data
A method of filtering a red-eye phenomenon from an acquired digital image including a multiplicity of pixels indicative of color, the pixels forming various shapes of the image, includes analyzing meta-data information, determining one or more regions within the digital image suspected as including red eye artifact, and determining, based at least in part on the meta-data analysis, whether the regions are actual red eye artifact. The meta-data information may include information describing conditions under which the image was acquired, captured and/or digitized, acquisition device-specific information, and/film information. |
| US07804529B2 |
Digital camera and time lag setting method
A digital camera records, as image data for storage in storage memory, image data captured a preset time lag period before image data captured at the time of receipt of a capture instruction among a plurality of frames of image data consecutively output by an image sensor until receipt of the capture instruction. A time lag period setting section displays at least one frame of image data stored in a ring buffer to thus receive, from the user, an instruction for selecting image data captured at a user's intended capture timing; computes a period from which the image data specified by the selection instruction are recorded in the temporary storage memory until when image data captured at the time of receipt of the capture instruction are recorded in the temporary storage memory; and registers the computed period as the time lag period in the time lag period storage section. |
| US07804527B2 |
Digital camera and image recording method for sorting image data and recording image data in recording medium
In case there is no image file with an event name in a memory card when a digital camera is turned on the first time on the day, an asking sentence asks whether to create a new event name or not. When “Yes” is selected, event tag data showing “Event 1” is applied to an image file. When “No” is selected, event tag data showing “No event” is applied to an image file. In case there is an image file of “Event n” in the memory card, a selection screen is displayed to select one of options, which are to apply a new event name “Event n+1”, to apply the existing event name “Event n” and to apply no event name. In the second or later turn on of the digital camera, the event name selected in the first turn on is automatically applied to the event tag data. |
| US07804525B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for selecting pixels for automatic white balance processing
A method, apparatus, and system that use a white balance operation. A selecting process is applied to each pixel selected and considered for automatic white balance statistics to determine the distance from the selected pixel to a white curve defined in a white area corresponding to an image sensor. |
| US07804524B2 |
Image editing method for digital image processing apparatus
Provided is a method of operating a digital image processing apparatus, and more particularly, an image editing method for a digital image processing apparatus, whereby a plurality of images captured in a continuous shooting mode can be collectively or individually edited. The image editing method is used to operate a digital image processing apparatus, and the image editing method includes: taking photographs in a continuous shooting mode in which a plurality of images are captured by pressing a shutter-release button one time; recognizing the captured images as images captured in the continuous shooting mode; and applying the same editing operation to all of the images recognized as the images captured in the continuous shooting mode. |
| US07804518B2 |
Enhanced underwater imaging
A method for enhancing underwater imaging affected by image degradation effects, the method comprising: acquiring at least one image of an underwater scene using an imaging device; determining information regarding distances of parts of the scene relative to the imaging device; and reconstructing an image of the underwater scene using a physics-based mathematical model, compensating image characteristics influenced by distance-dependent underwater degradation effects including veiling light, using the information on the distances of parts of the scene from the imaging device, and compensating distance-dependent underwater degradation effects relating to the distance of illumination sources from the scene. |
| US07804516B2 |
Network capturing apparatus, displaying method, computer-readable recording medium, and network system
A network camera, a program and a network system, which can perform voice communications by comfortable operations. The network camera can transmit an image to at least one terminal capable of performing a voice communication in a half duplex manner, and can perform a voice communication with the terminal. The network camera creates and transmits page information to the terminal. This page information displays: a button indicating the possibility of outputting the voice when it receives a demand from the terminal, in case the voice output is not inhibited and in case another terminal is not outputting the voice; a button indicating the voice outputting, in case the voice output is done; and a button indicating a temporary voice output inhibit while another terminal is transmitting the voice, so that the page information can be altered, when depressed, to another button display in accordance with the change in the communication state. |
| US07804511B2 |
Image forming apparatus, exposure apparatus, image holder, image forming method, and exposing method
An image forming apparatus includes: an image holder; an exposure member that has an exposure portion exposing the image holder; a first positioning unit that determines a distance in a first direction, which is a direction of an optical axis of the exposure member, between the exposure member and the image holder; and a second positioning unit that determines a position of the exposure member with respect to the image holder in a second direction being a direction of an axis line of the image holder, and a position of the exposure member with respect to the image holder in a third direction being perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction, and that determines the distance between the exposure member and the image holder at a position substantially closer to the exposure member than the position of the first positioning unit. |
| US07804510B2 |
Imaging method for universal printers using an image-on-image process
A method of printing using an image-on-image device that includes a photoreceptor, including monochrome exposing the photoreceptor or monochrome charging the photoreceptor, wherein monochrome exposing the photoreceptor includes charging the photoreceptor, successively exposing the photoreceptor in a monochrome mode using a plurality of exposing devices during a single revolution of the photoreceptor relative to the exposing devices, and developing a monochrome image on the photoreceptor; and monochrome charging the photoreceptor includes successively charging the photoreceptor via a plurality of charging devices during a single revolution of the photoreceptor relative to the charging devices, exposing the photoreceptor using an exposing device, and developing an image on the photoreceptor. A marking device capable of implementing the method of printing. |
| US07804505B2 |
Information processing apparatus and associated method of prioritizing content for playback
A cache control unit of a video data playback control apparatus sets priority video data in order to efficiently use a storage area of a cache memory. The priority video data includes video data which includes a greater number of portions of video data than that of data displayed in a display unit, which includes a smaller number of portions of video data than a maximum number that can be held in the cache memory, and which has a high possibility of being output from the cache memory to the display unit. Also, the cache control unit preferentially reads the priority video data from a recording medium and stores it in the cache memory. |
| US07804503B2 |
Animating objects using metadata
A design application uses metadata-based techniques (e.g., runtime reflection) to examine class metadata of design objects. A key object is provided by a programmer of a graphical design application to generically animate properties of design objects in one or more animation frames. Using runtime reflection or other metadata techniques, the key object finds properties of each design object and updates specified property values for animated display in one or more animation frames. A key set object is provided to group multiple key objects into a sequence of key frames along a timeline. In this manner, a programmer can provide a small amount of support program code (e.g., a key class and a key set class) that can be associated with selected design objects at runtime of the design application in order to allow an animation designer to decide which design objects and which properties to animate. |
| US07804500B2 |
Methods of displaying volumetric 3D images
This invention describes methods of displaying both physiological and psychological depth cues in a volumetric image display. This added psychological visual depth can display a background image of infinite depth. The basic concept is to combine a skewed coordinate system with a 2D image plane and display the V3D object as a V3D image according to the skewed 3D coordinates if the object falls in the physical 3D space, but display the object as a 2D perspective image if it falls beyond the 3D space into the 2D plane's virtual space. |
| US07804499B1 |
Variable performance rasterization with constant effort
The current invention involves new systems and methods for providing variable rasterization performance suited to the size and shape of the primitives being rendered. Portions of pixel tiles that are fully covered by a graphics primitive are encoded and processed by the system as rectangles, rather than expanding to explicit samples. This accelerates the rendering of large primitives without increasing the computation resources used for rasterization. In some embodiments, these fully-covered regions can be rendered compressed without ever expanding into samples. |
| US07804498B1 |
Visualization and storage algorithms associated with processing point cloud data
A plurality of algorithms for interpreting and displaying point cloud data are disclosed. Typically, a virtual grid is constructed over point cloud data, with intersections of the grid at a predetermined spacing that may be dependent on density of the point cloud. Several methods are implemented that utilize tuple data from tuples near a respective intersection to populate intersections of the grid with data. In most embodiments, the intersections of the grid correspond to pixels in a raster image. The tuple data may be manipulated to determine Nyquist spacing of points in a point cloud and portions thereof, develop monoscopic and stereoscopic images, and enhance selected features of an image. Additional algorithms are disclosed that reduce storage and computational requirements during processing of point clouds. Such algorithms use a tiled grid structure wherein processing and data storage proceeds in one or a few of the tiles at a time. |
| US07804496B2 |
Image display apparatus and driving method thereof
An image display apparatus according to the present invention includes an image data processor detecting a first region from first image data input from an external source, adjusting a brightness of the first region and generating second image data; and a display device for displaying the first region on a screen based upon the second image data provided from the image data processor, the brightness of the first region being different from the brightness of the other areas on the screen. |
| US07804493B2 |
Display system
A display for providing information relating to an object relative to the display is disclosed. The display includes a plurality of pixels, and a plurality of light sensors. An individual light sensor of the plurality of light sensors is provided near an individual pixel of the plurality of pixels. An individual light sensor of the plurality of light sensors is configured to detect light. The information relating to the object relative to the display may be provided by correlating the amount of detected light from the plurality of light sensors to the information relating to the object. |
| US07804492B2 |
Portable communications device with image projecting capability and control method thereof
A method of controlling a portable communications device with an image projecting capability includes: controlling an image projecting unit to project an output screen of an application program, and controlling a touch control display unit to display an operation interface set up according to characteristics of the application program; and in response to actuation of the operation interface, controlling the image projecting unit such that the output screen projected thereby is a result of interaction between the operation interface and the application program. |
| US07804491B2 |
Touch panel
A touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a slit, and a groove. The first substrate has a first conductive layer, and a plurality of first electrodes that extend from both ends of the first conductive layer and that have first electrode lead sections. The second substrate has a second conductive layer, and a plurality of second electrodes that extend form both ends of the second conductive layer and that have second electrode lead sections. The slit is provided in the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer and has an intersection or a terminal section. The groove section is provided to surround the intersection or the terminal section. This structure provides the touch panel that can have stable electrical connection and separation by a simple structure. |
| US07804489B1 |
Method and apparatus for displaying information in a display screen region identified by permanent printing
A method and system for displaying information on a hand held computer system in a display region identified by permanent printing. The hand held computer system may comprise a second display region, separate from the first display region located in the permanent printing region. Independent streams of information may be displayed on the separate display regions. Alternatively, the second display region may be a different region of a single display unit. The display region can display any type of information, e.g., alert information, clock information, phone messages, pager messages, etc. Display of information in the display region does not interfere with the second display region. |
| US07804486B2 |
Trackball systems and methods for rotating a three-dimensional image on a computer display
A trackball rotates a three-dimensional image displayed by a computer. Displacement data is generated for designated first and second non-antipodal points on the surface of the trackball's roller ball, for displacement of the designated first and second points during a time interval between a starting time and an ending time. The displacement data is used to generate a rotational transformation that is representative of a change in rotational orientation of the roller ball occurring during the time interval. The generated transformation is then applied to the displayed computer image to cause the image to be rotated around an image pivot point in correspondence with the rotation of the roller ball around its center. |
| US07804483B2 |
Electrophoretic display with rapid drawing mode waveform
An electrophoretic display (10) and a system (12) implement a method of activating a portion of the electrophoretic display (10). The method involves a reception of drawing information (14), a determination of at least one drawing-mode waveform (68) based on the drawing information (14), and an addressing of the electrophoretic display (10) based on the received drawing information (14) and the drawing-mode waveform (68). |
| US07804482B2 |
LCD and backlight module thereof
A backlight module includes fluorescent lamps, an inverter for supplying power for the lamps, dimming circuits each connecting the lamp in series, a signal processor for converting a video signal into a dimming signal, and a control unit. The lamps are disposed as an array having more than two columns and two rows on a substrate. The control unit electrically connects the signal processor and the dimming circuit and changes the luminance of the lamps by adjusting the dimming circuit according to the dimming signal. |
| US07804481B2 |
Light sensing circuit, backlight control apparatus having the same, and liquid crystal display device having the same
A light sensing circuit capable of enhancing a reliability by lowering a dependency on a temperature change without using a resistor, a backlight control apparatus having the same, and an LCD device having the same. The light sensing circuit includes a first MOS-transistor; and a second MOS-transistor serially connected to the first MOS-transistor between a first power terminal and a ground terminal, in which a second power terminal is connected to each gate terminal of the first MOS-transistor and the second MOS-transistor, and an optical amount detecting terminal is connected to a common connection point between a drain terminal of the first MOS-transistor and a source terminal of the second MOS-transistor. |
| US07804480B2 |
Hybrid backlight driving apparatus for liquid crystal display
A hybrid backlight driving apparatus for a liquid crystal display device for driving a backlight assembly is provided. The hybrid backlight assembly has a plurality of lamps and a plurality of light emitting diodes. The hybrid backlight driving apparatus, as embodied, includes: a lamp inverter for converting a first DC voltage into a lamp driving voltage and supplying the lamp driving voltage to the plurality of lamps; and a light emitting diode driver for converting the first DC voltage into a light emitting diode driving voltage and supplying the light emitting diode driving voltage to the plurality of light emitting diodes. |
| US07804479B2 |
Display device with a touch screen
A display device with a touch screen having display pixels and optical sensors each arranged in a matrix. In the display device, a backlight controller controls a backlight unit to be turned ON in a data display duration and controls the backlight unit to be turned OFF in a sensor detection duration other than the data display duration. Consequently, the influence of backlight on a touch part when the shade of the touch part is to be detected, can be reduced and an accuracy in the detection of an optical sensor can be increased. |
| US07804477B2 |
Image display apparatus and image display method
An image display apparatus that displays an image on a display includes: a temperature measuring unit that measures temperatures of a plurality of display regions of the display; a determining unit that determines whether or not a temperature difference between one of the plurality of display regions and the other display regions is larger than a threshold value on the basis of the temperatures measured by the temperature measuring unit; a driving condition setting unit that sets a driving condition for displaying the image on the display according to image data of the image; a driving condition changing unit that, in a case when the determining unit determines that the temperature difference is larger than the threshold value, changes the set driving condition to a driving condition different from that in a case in which the temperature difference is determined to be equal to or smaller than the threshold value; and a display driving unit that drives the display under the driving condition changed by the driving condition changing unit and displays the image on the display. |
| US07804472B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel, stack type liquid crystal display panel and driving method
There is provide a low cost liquid display panel with high image quality, the liquid crystal display in which temperature compensation is unnecessary and image quality is not affected by temperature changes of the surrounding environment. In the active matrix cholesteric liquid crystal display panel, the time Tw for applying voltage to the liquid crystal layer at the time of image writing is set so that the variation ΔVs depending on temperature of the writing voltage which makes the liquid crystal layer to show approximate 50% of the maximum reflectance is less than or equal to a predetermined value within a predetermined temperature range. |
| US07804469B2 |
Display apparatus and driving method for display apparatus
A display apparatus includes: a pixel array section and dependence cancellation means. The pixel array section wherein a plurality of pixel circuits each including an electro-optical element, a driving transistor configured to drive said electro-optical element, a sampling transistor configured to sample and write an input signal voltage and a capacitor configured to hold a gate-source voltage of said driving transistor within a display period are disposed in a matrix. The dependence cancellation means for negatively feeding back, within a correction period before said electro-optical element emits light in a state wherein the input signal voltage is written by said sampling transistor, drain-source current of said driving transistor to the gate input side of said driving transistor to cancel the dependence of the drain-source current of said driving transistor on the mobility. |
| US07804465B2 |
Plasma display apparatus
A plasma display apparatus comprises a plasma display panel and a driver. The plasma display panel comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode crossing the first electrode and the second electrode. During a first frame, the driver alternately supplies a sustain signal to the first electrode and the second electrode and supplies a constant voltage to the third electrode. During a second frame having a smaller APL of the first frame, the driver alternately supplies a sustain signal to the first electrode and the second electrode and supplies an auxiliary signal to the third electrode so as to correspond to at least one sustain signal of the sustain signals supplied to the first electrode and the second electrode. |
| US07804464B2 |
Adjustable paneling system for a phasing structure
A phasing structure includes a support matrix for a reflective surface which reflects microwaves within an operation frequency band. The reflective surface includes a plurality of adjustable sub-panels. In one embodiment, the phasing structure may include a phasing arrangement of electromagnetically-loading structures supported by the support matrix. The sub-panels may be secured to the support matrix and individually adjustable using a securing means which, in one embodiment, includes one or more differential bolts. |
| US07804461B2 |
Antenna cover and antenna apparatus
After a receiving antenna (A1) is inserted from a slot (B16) into a housing portion (B14) formed between cover members (B11, B12), the slot (B16) is pasted so as to secure the receiving antenna (A1). The receiving antenna (A1) is thus housed. Further, a tab (B17) which extends from one side of a pasted edge portion, holes (B20, B21) that penetrate opposing surfaces of the cover members (B11, B12), and perforated lines (B22, B23) running from the slot (B16) to the holes (B20, B21), respectively, are provided. Therefore, the receiving antenna (A1) can be easily attached to the antenna cover (B1) and to an outer surface of a subject (1), and the receiving antenna (A1) can be easily removed from the antenna cover (B1) and from the outer surface of the subject (1). |
| US07804451B2 |
Wireless communication device having a reduced sar value
In order to reduce the SAR value in a wireless communication device (MP), an additional, current-conducting corrective element (CE1) is coupled to and configured in relation to the printed circuit board (LP) and the antenna (AT1) such that the amplitude level (IM1, NIM1) and/or the phase angle of electrical currents (I3, I1, I2) on the antenna (AT1), the printed circuit board (LP), and the corrective element (CE1) are adjusted relative to each other in such a way that the SAR distribution resulting from such currents becomes minimal. |
| US07804450B2 |
Hybrid antenna structure
An electrical component is provided that provides at least a two shot injection molding structure. One of the at least two shots of plastic comprises a laser direct structuring material. Another of the at least two shots of plastic comprises a non-platable plastic. The laser direct structuring material is selectively activated such that a conductive trace can be plated on the laser direct structuring material. |
| US07804449B2 |
Method for angle of arrival determination on frequency hopping air interfaces
A method for calibrating an antenna and signal processing system enabling angle of arrival (AOA) determination for a frequency hopping signal, in which a calibration coefficient is determined in response to one or more calibration signals injected into the system at one or more of the frequencies in the hopping sequence and proximate in time to reception of the communication signal. The calibration coefficients are reflective of a frequency and time dependent parameter of a path between the antenna and wireless location sensor. The AOA is determined as a function of the calibration coefficient and the radio frequency energy of the received communication signal. Several embodiment of the method are illustrated. |
| US07804444B2 |
In-vehicle radar system
An in-vehicle radar system, which transmits an electric wave toward a target object and measures the distance between a subject vehicle and the target object, based on the electric wave that has been reflected by the target object and is received by the in-vehicle radar system, includes subject vehicle-speed determination means for determining whether or not the subject vehicle is in a halt state or moving at a predetermined speed or lower; transmission-output control means for setting transmission output smaller than that for the case where the subject vehicle is moving, when the subject vehicle-speed determination means detects that the subject vehicle is in a halt state or moving at the predetermined speed or lower; and reception-sensitivity control means for setting a reception gain amount larger than that for the case where the subject vehicle is moving. |
| US07804443B2 |
Millimeter waveband transceiver, radar and vehicle using the same
In a millimeter waveband transceiver using an antenna and a waveguide for a connection line, it is necessary to perform transmission mode line conversion between TEM waves of a microstrip line and VTE01 mode waves of the waveguide. There is a limit to reducing the conversion loss using only a matching box for connecting the microstrip line with the waveguide. In a transmission mode line transducer for converting between the TEM waves of the microstrip line and the VTE01 mode waves of the waveguide, if the cross-sections are substantially the same size, in the case of a 50Ω microstrip line when the characteristic impedance of the waveguide is about 80%, i.e., 40Ω, the line conversion loss can be optimized. Therefore, the microstrip line is connected with the waveguide using a λ/4 matching box via a ridged waveguide having a low impedance and a length of λ/16 or less. |
| US07804441B1 |
Detection of concealed object by standing waves
A process is provided to detect an object within a defined region using standing longitudinal cavity mode waves. The process includes disposing first and second electromagnetic reflectors within the region at opposite ends of the axis; transmitting an electromagnetic signal into the region in proximity to the first reflector, measuring a received signal in proximity to the second reflector, extracting an appropriate parameter from the received signal to obtain a received characteristic, comparing the received characteristic to an established characteristic that lacks the object to obtain a characteristic differential, and analyzing the characteristic differential to obtain a position of the object between the reflectors. The analyzing can be performed by Fourier transform across wave modes. In an alternate embodiment, the process involves first and second conductive lines disposed substantially parallel to the axis for a specified length and separated from each other by a specified width, the length and width bounding the defined region. The alternative process further includes transmitting an electromagnetic signal through the first line at a set frequency, returning the transmitted signal through the second line, measuring power from a reflected signal through the first line, adjusting the set frequency based on the measured power, extracting an appropriate parameter from the reflected signal to obtain a reflected characteristic, comparing the reflected characteristic to an established characteristic that lacks the object to obtain a characteristic differential, and analyzing the characteristic differential to obtain a position of the object along the length. |
| US07804440B1 |
Radar detector with position and velocity sensitive functions
A GPS enabled radar detector dynamically handles radar sources based upon previously stored geographically referenced information on such sources and data from the GPS receiver. The detector includes technology for determining the location of the detector, and comparing this location to the locations of known stationary sources, to improve the handling of such detections. The detector may ignore detections received in an area known to contain a stationary source, or may only ignore specific frequencies or may handle frequencies differently based upon historic trends of spurious police radar signals at each frequency. Notification of the driver will take on a variety of forms depending on the stored information, current operating modes, and vehicle speed. |
| US07804436B2 |
Current mode analog-to-digital converter
A current measuring system has an electrical component configured to provide an electrical current representative of a parameter of interest at an output node; and an analog to digital converter having a current input node in electrical communication with the output node of the electrical component. |
| US07804435B2 |
Video decoder with reduced power consumption and method thereof
A video decoder (10) with reduced power consumption includes a power management controller (45) that is operative to select one of a plurality of different power consumption states for a video decoder (10), and, in response to the determination, vary power consumption of at least one operational portion of the video decoder (10). In addition, in one example, a method (200) for reducing power consumption for a video decoder (10) includes determining input stream encoding description data (34) to select one of a plurality of different power consumption states for a video decoder (10) and, in response to the determination, varying power consumption of at least one operational portion of the video decoder (10). |
| US07804434B2 |
Switched-capacitor circuit
In a switched-capacitor circuit such as a DAC, charges are accumulated by a plurality of sampling capacitors in dependence upon input digital data during a sampling phase; then, during a sharing phase these charges are shared with a holding capacitor which is connected across an opamp. In the so-called bipolar charging type switched-capacitor DAC, the signal provided by the sampling capacitors is doubled by connecting their opposite sides to positive and negative reference voltages during the sampling phase. However, parasitic capacitances associated with the sampling capacitors then cause a disturbance to the input of the operational amplifier during the sharing phase. By equalising the input sides of the sampling capacitors to a reference voltage, prior to the sharing phase, this disturbance is avoided thereby allowing a low-power opamp to be employed in the DAC. This equalising can be achieved by adding a short equalising clock phase between the usual sampling and sharing clock phases of the DAC. |
| US07804433B1 |
Methods and apparatus for error cancelation in calibrated current sources
Methods and apparatus for error cancelation in calibrated current sources are disclosed. In an example, a digital to analog converter to convert digital bits into an analog output signal is described, including a plurality of current sources, a calibrator, and a current source selector. The example current sources output substantially identical currents, and the calibrator is selectively coupled to sequentially calibrate the current sources to a reference current. The example current source selector assigns respective ones of the plurality of current sources to the digital bits in accordance with a bit-to-current source sequence selected to reduce current error in the analog output and changes the assignments based on the current source coupled to the calibrator. |
| US07804432B2 |
Integrated circuit device and electronic instrument
An integrated circuit device includes an amplifier circuit that includes first to Nth amplifiers, an A/D converter, first to Nth offset adjustment registers that are provided corresponding to the first to Nth amplifiers and store first to Nth offset adjustment data, first to Nth D/A converters provided corresponding to the first to Nth amplifiers, first to Nth offset value storage sections that store first to Nth offset value data, and a control circuit that calculates the first to Nth offset adjustment data based on the first to Nth offset value data, and sets the first to Nth offset adjustment data in the first to Nth offset adjustment registers. |
| US07804427B1 |
Device and method for automatic reset of encoder
An encoder reset device and method that allows for an encoder to be automatically reset without operator intervention. A reset device of the present invention includes a microprocessor-based controller and associated programming for operating the reset device. As part of the automatic reset process, a reset device of the present invention is able to perform the connector pin jumpering necessary to resetting many encoders. |
| US07804426B2 |
System and method for selective review of event data
Systems and methods for computer assisted cueing and selective reviewing of driving data in order to save time in the data review process are provided. The method allows identifying essential portions of the data, selecting the essential portions, reviewing the selected data and retrieving additional data leading to the event if necessary. At least one event capture device continuously captures data into a buffer. The data are sent to an event detector communicatively coupled to the event capture device only when the event detector requests them. After receiving the data, the event detector selects and indexes a pre-event portion, during-event portion and post-event portion, combines the portions of captured data into a single driving event record and sends the driving event record to the evaluation server. From the server, the driving event record is sent to the analysis station for review and analysis. |
| US07804421B2 |
Vehicle safety system
A vehicle safety system includes a vehicle having at least one pillar. The at least one pillar includes an inner surface covered with a display surface. An exterior focused camera linked to the display surface for displaying an image taken by the camera upon the display material, wherein the camera takes an image of the exterior area of the vehicle that a driver would otherwise see if the at least one pillar were not blocking the view of the driver. A camera control mechanism links a driver sitting within a driver seat of the vehicle to the camera such that the camera may be adjusted to optimize the view provided upon the display surface along the inner surface of the at least one pillar. |
| US07804420B2 |
Light assembly with shielding device and visibility window
The present disclosure relates to an housing that reduces obstruction of the vehicle operator's ability to see through the upper portion of the windshield. Rather than a light shield constructed entirely of a opaque plastic, an interior mounted warning light assembly incorporates a visibility window above the vehicle operator's position. A cutout in the opaque casing material is fitted with a window of transparent one-way mirror material. The mirror coating faces the interior of the light assembly and acts as a shield by blocking flashback when the light assembly is activated, while simultaneously allowing the operator of the vehicle to see upwardly through it to the outside during normal vehicle operation. |
| US07804416B2 |
Methods and systems for tracking users and providing services
Methods and systems for tracking users and providing services are provided. The system comprises a plurality of pressure sensors, a storage unit, at least one service providing unit having a service, and a signal processing unit. The pressure sensors detect pressure applied thereon at a specific time point, and correspondingly generate sensed signals. The signal processing unit receives the sensed signals from the pressure sensors, and stores the sensed signals to the storage unit. The signal processing unit calculates a current state of an object according to the sensed signals and historical sensed signals and historical states of the object in the storage unit, and determines one of the at least one service providing unit according to the current state to activate service thereof. |
| US07804415B2 |
Health monitoring for power converter components
A power converter including a processor and at least one component whose health in the power converter will degrade over time is disclosed. The processor is configured for monitoring the health of the component over time, and for generating a warning signal when the monitored health of the component reaches a threshold level. A method for monitoring the health of at least one component in a power converter is also disclosed. The method includes monitoring at least one performance characteristic of the power converter. The performance characteristic represents the health of the component. The method further includes comparing the monitored performance characteristic with stored data to determine whether the health of the component has reached a predetermined level, and generating a warning signal after determining the health of the component has reached the predetermined level. |
| US07804410B2 |
Combination EAS and RFID label or tag
A security tag includes an EAS component having a defined surface area, and an RFID component having a defined surface area. The EAS component surface area is configured to at least partially overlap the RFID component surface area. The RFID component includes an antenna which at least partially overlaps the first surface. A substantially planar spacer having a thickness is at least partially disposed between the defined surface areas of the EAS and RFID components. The thickness of the spacer determines a read range between an RFID reader and the RFID component. The RFID reader is capable of activating the RFID component when the RFID component is within the read range. The antenna has a complex impedance, and the EAS component forms a part of an impedance matching network of the antenna. |
| US07804399B2 |
Display apparatus
A controller of a navigation apparatus acquires audio information when it is determined in a display switch process that a display of a display device is stored in a center console portion. An audio information image is generated from the acquired audio information. The generated audio information image is displayed on an exposed portion of a viewing area of the display. Even if the viewing area of the display is partially concealed by the center console portion, an exposed portion of the viewing area, which is not concealed by the center console portion, is effectively used. Useful information image such as an audio information image other than a usual navigation information image can be thus provided in the partially exposed portion of the viewing area of the display. |
| US07804393B2 |
Tape cartridge management system and tape cartridge
A tape cartridge management system which includes a plurality of tape cartridges, an RFID tag for storing management information being arranged at outside or inside of a case of the tape cartridges, and a reader-writer for reading and writing the management information stored in the RFID tag, the reader-writer being configured to be capable of reading and writing the management information with an identical positional relation against the plurality of the tape cartridges, wherein the tape cartridges for arranging the RFID tag at the outside of the case is provided with the RFID tag on an external surface of a side wall on which a label pasting member of the case is disposed, and wherein the tape cartridges for arranging the RFID tag at the inside of the case is provided with the RFID tag on an internal surface of the side wall on which the label pasting member of the case is disposed. |
| US07804392B2 |
Switching resistor for an electric switching device
A switching resistor for an electric switching device having an electrically conductive resistive material. The resistive material is a resistive material on a synthetic material basis. |
| US07804389B2 |
Chip-type inductor
A chip-type inductor comprising includes internal magnetic material, external magnetic material disposed on opposing sides of the internal magnetic material, and a conductor formed in a space between the internal and external magnetic material. The internal and external magnetic materials form a magnetic path along which magnetic flux of a magnetic field produced by current flowing along the conductor flows. According to at least one embodiment, the flow cross-sectional area of the magnetic flux in the internal magnetic material is at least substantially equal to a sum of the flow cross-sectional areas in the external magnetic materials. |
| US07804386B2 |
Electromagnetic control device operating by switching
The invention relates to an electromagnetic control device for the opening and closing of a mechanical element, particularly a valve of an internal combustion engine. The positioning of the mechanical element in at least one position (open or closed) is achieved by the action of at least one solenoid (90) acting on a plate controlling the position of the mechanical element. The device has at least two gaps which are closed by the plate on the positioning of the mechanical element in at least one position, the plate being mounted to rotate such that the axis of rotation of the plate is between the two gaps. The device also has at least one permanent magnet (99b) to polarize the device such as to hold the plate in at least one position in the absence of current through the solenoid (90), said permanent magnet (99b) not being crossed by the principal magnetic flux (92) of the solenoid (90). |
| US07804385B2 |
Composite resonator for use in tunable or fixed filters
A fixed or tunable resonator. The resonator includes an inner conductor, a hollow outer conductor, and a hollow insulating layer. The hollow outer conductor forms a first inner space. The hollow insulating layer is formed from an outer soft dielectric layer, an inner soft dielectric layer, and a ceramic layer disposed between the soft dielectric layers. The hollow insulating layer includes a second inner space formed by the inner soft dielectric layer. The inner conductor is disposed within the second inner space of the hollow insulating layer, and the hollow insulating layer is disposed within the first inner space of the hollow outer conductor. |
| US07804382B2 |
Tunable resonator using film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR)
A tunable resonator is provided. The tunable resonator includes a film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) for performing a resonance, and at least one driver which is arranged at a side of the FBAR and is deformed and brought into contact with the FBAR by an external signal, thereby changing a resonance frequency of the FBAR. Accordingly, a multiband integration and a one-chip manufacture can be implemented simply using a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) technology and a mass production is possible. |
| US07804381B2 |
Broadcast signal waveguide
A waveguide for use in apparatus for receiving transmitted data signals is provided. The waveguide includes first, second and third channels with the received data entering the first channel and components of the received data, signals being selectively deflected from the first channel into the second or third channels. The form of the components depends on whether the data signals have circular or linear polarity. The components leave the waveguide in substantially the same phase as which they entered the waveguide thereby allowing the same to be subsequently processed. The provision of the waveguide allows the receiving apparatus to be used to receive data signals with either circular and/or linear polarity and be subsequently processed. |
| US07804377B2 |
Apparatus and method for producing an SBPSK-type modulated signal using piecewise linear phase transition shaping
An apparatus and method for generating piecewise linear phase transitions during a phase transition interval of a first signal to control controlling the phase/frequency of a second signal. The initiation point, duration and shaping parameters of the piecewise linear phase transitions are selected to control adjacent channel emissions in the second signal. |
| US07804372B2 |
Ring oscillator for temperature sensor, temperature sensor circuit, and semiconductor device having the same
A ring oscillator includes an odd number of unit circuits connected in series each of which includes an inverter. Each of the unit circuits includes the inverter and a MOSFET. The MOSFET is an FET which is a temperature sensor, and uses a drain-source leakage current in a state that the FET is normally turned off. |
| US07804367B2 |
Frequency synthesizer and frequency calibration method
A frequency synthesizer capable of using a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) with a low value of gain Kvco, having a short automatic frequency calibration time and automatically coping with environments and a frequency calibration method are provided. The frequency synthesizer includes a reference divider, a phase detector, a main divider, a charge pump, a loop filter, a first switch, a second switch, a VCO, and an automatic frequency calibration block. The frequency calibration method includes an initialization step, an N-target algorithm step, an auxiliary search algorithm step, and a post search algorithm step. |
| US07804364B2 |
Absolute power detector
A method and apparatus is provided for detecting the output power of a power amplifier. The output power is detected by detecting the absolute values of the voltage and current at the output of the amplifier and mixing the detected voltage and current to generate a signal related to the output power. |
| US07804362B2 |
Distributed amplifier with negative feedback
A distributed amplifier may include an input transmission line for receiving on an input end an input signal, and an output transmission line for outputting on an output end an output signal. A plurality of amplifier stages may be coupled between intermediate positions on the input and output lines. Feedback impedance may negatively feed back a signal on the output end of the output line to a second end of the input line spaced from the first end of the input line. |
| US07804358B2 |
Device with shared power amplifiers, for use in a wireless telecommunications system
A device with shared power amplifiers for use in a wireless telecommunication System. A plurality of input signals are tapered to alter the phase and/or amplitude distribution between the signals and are then distributed over the input ports of a plurality of power amplifiers. Power amplified replicas of the plurality of input signals are recreated at the output ports of the power amplifiers. The power amplified replicas of the signals are reverse tapered at an output of the device. |
| US07804357B2 |
Distributed amplifier
In order to allow to make compact a distributed amplifier by dispensing with any choke coil and reduce its cost, the distributed amplifier is configured such that it comprises an input side transmission line, an output side transmission line, and plural amplifier circuits connected to the input side transmission line and the output side transmission line, wherein push-pull amplifier circuits are employed as the amplifier circuits. |
| US07804356B2 |
Amplifier with automatic gain profile control and calibration
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for automatic amplifier gain profile control, including a method for automatically configuring a variable gain profile amplifier according to received input and a variable gain profile amplification system. Further, embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for increased gain profile accuracy, including methods and systems to reduce the effects of temperature and/or process variations on the gain profile of an amplifier. |
| US07804353B2 |
Gate drive circuit
The present invention includes: a main voltage detection unit for detecting a voltage applied between main electrodes of an electrical power switching element; a control current source for injecting a current into a gate electrode of the electrical power switching element in accordance with the voltage detected by the main voltage detection unit; a main current detection unit for detecting a main current flowing between the main electrodes of the electrical power switching element; and an adjustment unit for adjusting a current of the control power source in accordance with the main current detected by the main current detection unit. |
| US07804351B2 |
Mixer circuit for frequency mixing of differential signals
A mixer circuit designed for low voltage operation with rail-to-rail local signals. First and second transistors form a first input section to produce a first signal. Third and fourth transistors form a second input section to produce a second signal. Fifth and sixth transistors form a third input section to produce a third signal. Seventh and eighth transistors form a fourth input section to produce a fourth signal. A differential RF input signal drives the first, third, fifth, and seventh transistors, while a differential local signal drives the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth transistors. Ninth and tenth transistors form a positive output section to produce a non-inverted output signal. Eleventh and twelfth transistors form a negative output section to produce an inverted output signal. The ninth to twelfth transistors are driven by the first to fourth signals, respectively. |
| US07804344B2 |
Periodic signal synchronization apparatus, systems, and methods
Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed that operate to generate a periodic output signal from a periodic input signal, obtain a plurality of samples of a phase difference between the output signal and the input signal, and to adjust a phase of the output signal based on the samples of the phase difference. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. |
| US07804343B2 |
Disturbance suppression capable charge pump
One embodiment described is a charge pump arrangement that includes a regulator to regulate signals associated with two output nodes. A switching mechanism may be coupled to the regulator. The switching mechanism is to interrupt the regulator. |
| US07804342B2 |
Differential signal driven direct-current voltage generating device
A differential signal driven direct-current voltage generating device is proposed, which is designed for use with a PLL (phase-locked loop) circuit or a DLL (delay-locked loop) circuit system for generating an output of a direct-current (DC) voltage in response to a pair of differential signals, such as phase-difference signals; and which is characterized by the utilization of a capacitor-switched voltage doubler for doubling the output voltage of a charge pump so that the doubled voltage can be used as a control voltage for a PLL-VCO (voltage-controlled oscillation) or a DLL-VCDL (voltage-controlled delay line) circuit for generation of an output oscillating signal with a wider frequency range. |
| US07804341B2 |
Level-restored for supply-regulated PLL
The present disclosure provides for a processor that can include digital processing circuitry that receives a digital clock signal from a supply regulated phase locked loop. The supply regulated phase locked loop can include a voltage controlled oscillator that can output an analog signal and a level restorer that can receive the analog signal from the voltage controlled oscillator and can translate the analog output into a digital signal that corresponds to an analog output of the voltage controlled oscillator. The supply regulated phase locked loop can receive an analog input having an input voltage that is within a range of acceptable input voltages. The supply regulated phase locked loop can also be configured to generate the digital output signal, such that the range of acceptable input voltages includes voltage values that are greater than and less than the output voltage. |
| US07804339B2 |
Serial bus interface circuit
An interface circuit for a serial bus is disclosed and includes a receiving terminal, an output terminal, a first switching circuit, a voltage source, and a second switching circuit. The receiving and output terminals are used for receiving an input signal and outputting a first voltage signal respectively. The first switching circuit is used for determining a coupling relationship between the output terminal and the grounded terminal according to difference between the input signal and a grounding voltage provided by the grounded terminal. The voltage source is used for producing a voltage drop based on a driving voltage driving the serial bus interface circuit to provide a first voltage. The second switching circuit is used for determining a coupling relationship between the first switching circuit and the voltage source according to difference between the input signal and the first voltage. |
| US07804338B2 |
Drive circuit, light emitting diode head, and image forming apparatus
A drive circuit includes a drive element for driving a driven element; a correction data input section for adjusting a drive current of the driven element; a resistor having an end portion connected to ground; and a control voltage generation section for generating a direction value of the drive current. The control voltage generation section includes a calculation amplifier having a first input terminal for receiving a standard voltage, a second input terminal, and an output terminal; a first conductive type transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal connected to the ground, and a control terminal connected to the output terminal; and a current-mirror circuit including a control side transistor and a follower side transistor. The control side transistor has a current output terminal connected to the first terminal. The follower side transistor has a current output terminal connected to another end portion of the resistor and the second input terminal. |
| US07804337B2 |
Method and apparatus of SFDR enhancement
A track-and-hold or sample-and-hold (S/H) circuit for an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is provided. A difference between the disclosed S/H circuit and conventional S/H circuits is the use of a peaking circuit. This peaking circuit generally provides increased current to switching transistor when transitioning between track and hold which can increase the Spurious-Free Dynamic Range (SFDR) as low frequencies, by as much as 15dB. |
| US07804335B2 |
Alternating current level detection circuit
A detection circuit includes a current source with no temperature coefficient; a current generation circuit that generates a VBE proportional reference current from the current source with no temperature coefficient; a current mirror circuit that returns an output current of the current generation circuit; a reference voltage generation circuit that generates a VBE proportional voltage with a negative temperature coefficient on the basis of the current returned by the current mirror circuit so that the VBE proportional voltage is used as a reference voltage of a comparator; and a full-wave rectifying means, having a differential pair and a rectifier circuit, using the current source with no temperature coefficient, having an alternating current signal supplied as an input signal, for generating a direct current voltage with a negative coefficient on the basis of a voltage obtained by full-wave rectifying the alternating current signal, and for using the generated voltage as a comparative voltage of the comparator. |
| US07804333B2 |
Input buffer circuit
An input buffer circuit is disclosed. The input buffer circuit includes a buffer configured to receive an input signal and differentially amplify and buffer the received input signal, and a current regulator for regulating the amount of current in the buffer at a turn-on level which depends on a level of a voltage inputted thereto. |
| US07804332B2 |
Circuit configurations having four terminal JFET devices
Circuits using four terminal junction field effect transistors (JFETs) are disclosed. Such circuits can include various static and dynamic logic circuits, flip-flops, multiplexer, tri-state driver, phase detector, logic having variable speeds of operation, and/or analog circuit with such four terminal JFETs operating in a linear or nonlinear mode. |
| US07804327B2 |
Level shifters
Level shifters capable of setting logic level of the output signals thereof to a pre-defined known state during power-up are provided, in which a first logic unit is powered by a first power voltage, receives input signals with a core power voltage and comprises first and second output terminals. First and second drivers are coupled between the first output terminal and the first power voltage and between the second output terminal and the second power voltage respectively. When one of the first and second power voltages is not ready during power-up, the first driver matches a voltage level on the first output terminal with the first power voltage by AC coupling and the second driver pulls low or maintains a voltage level on the second output terminal. |
| US07804323B2 |
Impedance matching circuit and semiconductor memory device with the same
An impedance matching circuit performs a ZQ calibration for a test on a wafer process of a semiconductor memory device. The impedance matching circuit of the semiconductor memory device includes a first pull-down resistance unit, a first pull-up resistance unit, a second pull-up resistance unit and a second pull-down resistance unit. The first pull-down resistance unit supplies a ground voltage to a first node in response to a calibration test signal. The first pull-up resistance unit calibrates its resistance to that of the first pull-down resistance unit to thereby generate a pull-up calibration code. The second pull-up resistance unit supplies a supply voltage to a second node in response to the pull-up calibration code. The second pull-down resistance unit calibrates its resistance to that of the second pull-up resistance unit to thereby generate a pull-down calibration code. |
| US07804322B2 |
Output buffer
An output buffer includes at least a first and a second stage, wherein each stage is formed by respective first transistors and second transistors coupled in series with each other between a first and a second voltage reference. The coupled first and second transistors have a common conduction terminal connected to an output terminal of the output buffer. An input terminal of the buffer is connected to control terminals of the transistors of the first stage through a first open loop driving circuit. A second feedback driving circuit is connected between the input terminal and the control terminals of the transistors of the second stage. The second feedback driving circuit includes a current detector operating to detect a maximum in the value of the current drawn by and supplied to the output buffer. A comparison block, having a threshold value, detects current in excess of the threshold value and processes information coming from the current detector to regulate an output impedance value of the output buffer. The current detector includes a duplicated structure which replicates a portion of the buffer circuit without altering the performances of the buffer itself. |
| US07804319B2 |
Deliberate destruction of integrated circuits
A method is provided for intentionally permanently disabling a target device. The target device comprises an integrated circuit having one or more electronic devices, where the target device is disabled by destroying at least one or more electronic devices. The method comprises charging at least one capacitor in an integrated circuit disabling device, detecting when at least one capacitor is charged, and selecting at least one target signal path associated with the target device for disabling. The method further includes connecting the integrated circuit disabling device to the target signal path and rapidly discharging at least one capacitor to the selected target signal path. The discharging step may apply a high energy impulse to destroy the one or more electronic devices of the target device. |
| US07804318B2 |
Burning system having optic-electric transformer and comparator circuit and method for burning liquid crystal display
An exemplary burning system (600) for a liquid crystal display (670) includes an optic-electric transformer (610), a comparator circuit (650), and a micro-controller unit (660). The optic-electric transformer is configured for measuring optical flicker of a liquid crystal display, and transforming the measurement into a corresponding flicker signal. The comparator circuit is configured for receiving the flicker signal, comparing a voltage of the flicker signal to a reference voltage, determining whether optical flicker of the liquid crystal display is acceptable or nonexistent based on the comparison, and determining a parameter representing an optimum common voltage of the liquid crystal display when the optical flicker of the liquid crystal display is acceptable or nonexistent. The micro-controller unit is configured for burning the parameter into the liquid crystal display. A related method for burning a liquid crystal display is also provided. |
| US07804315B2 |
Probe card
A probe card is disclosed, which has a conductive layer additionally provided on an insulating seat of a probe stand and the conductive layer is electrically connected to a ground circuit on the probe card via a conductive pin being fed through the insulating seat. A conductive wire is wound surrounding the intermediate segment of the probe, one end of the conductive wire is electrically connected to the ground circuit of the circuit board, and the other end of the conductive wire is electrically connected to the conductive layer of the probe stand. Thus, due to that an additional ground portion of the conductive layer is provided on the conductive wire wound surrounding the probe, a loop inductance of the probe in the insulating seat can be reduced such that accuracy of test data of the probe can be enhanced. |
| US07804310B2 |
Current detection circuit and current detection method
A multi-source MOS transistor includes a sense MOS transistor and a load MOS transistor, and is connected to a load. A current detection portion has a negative input offset voltage characteristic, and detects a first sense current in a state where it is connected to the power supply and the sense MOS transistor and a second sense current in a state where it is connected to the sense MOS transistor and the load MOS transistor. A calculation control portion calculates a load current based on the first sense current and the second sense current such that the effect of the input offset voltage in the current detection portion is cancelled. |
| US07804305B2 |
Method and apparatus to select a parameter/mode using a capacitor of a feedback loop of the power supply
Techniques are disclosed to select functional parameters and/or operating modes of a circuit based on a time measurement are disclosed. One example integrated circuit includes a threshold detection and timing circuit that is coupled to measure a signal during an initialization period of the integrated circuit from a multifunction capacitor that is to be coupled to a first terminal of the integrated circuit. A selection circuit is coupled to the threshold detection and timing circuit to select a parameter/mode of the integrated circuit in response to the measured signal from the multifunction capacitor during the initialization period of the integrated circuit. The multifunction capacitor is coupled to provide an additional function for the integrated circuit after the initialization period of the integrated circuit is complete. |
| US07804303B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting a brush liftoff in a synchronous generator rotor circuit
An apparatus and method detects an open condition of a grounding path provided by a rotor grounding brush electrically connecting a rotor body of a rotor to electrical ground. The rotor includes an insulated field winding wrapped around the rotor body and is configured to generate a magnetic field upon receipt of an exciter voltage across lower and upper extremities of the insulated field winding. The method includes applying a square wave voltage signal to a second end of each of a first and a second buffer resistor, where a first end of each of the buffer resistors is operatively connected to respective upper and lower leads of the exciter voltage source, and calculating the total capacitance between the insulated field winding and electrical ground. The total capacitance when compared to a pre-selected capacitance value is determinative of the absence of the grounding path. |
| US07804298B2 |
Nuclear magnetic resonance measuring method for solid samples
In the IR (Inversion Recovery) method, to observe a phenomenon in which a nuclear spin returns to a steady state, a 90-degree pulse is irradiated after a lapse of time τ after finishing applying a 180-degree pulse. An FID signal starts being processed after a lapse of reception delay time Dd after finishing applying the 90-degree pulse. Among the FID signals from protons in a plurality of environments in a solid sample, an FID signal high in time-dependent attenuation rate almost disappears during the lapse of reception delay time Dd. Therefore, an FID signal of a proton in an environment intended to be measured can be easily selected and extracted from FID signals of other protons. |
| US07804296B2 |
Methods and apparatus for monitoring a property of a formation fluid
Methods and apparatus for the characterization of formation fluids are disclosed. A downhole tool disposed in a borehole penetrating a subterranean formation obtains a NMR measurement, effects a change in a characteristic of the formation fluid, and obtains another NMR measurement subsequent to the change. Alternatively, the downhole tool effects a radial gradient of a characteristic of the formation and obtains NMR measurements at two or more selected radial distances from the wellbore wall. A parameter representative of the subterranean formation or the formation fluid is further determined from the NMR measurements. |
| US07804291B2 |
Semiconductor test device with heating circuit
A semiconductor test device includes a test circuit having contacts for applying an electrical signal and measuring electrical parameters of the test circuit. The semiconductor test device also includes an integrally formed heating circuit comprising at least one circuit meander positioned adjacent the test circuit for raising a temperature within a portion of the test circuit. |
| US07804288B2 |
Current measuring arrangement of a frequency converter
A method and a corresponding appliance for measuring the output current of a frequency converter, the frequency converter including a network bridge that can be connected to an AC network, a controllable three-phase load bridge that can be connected to an AC load, and a DC intermediate circuit between them, the DC intermediate circuit including a filter capacitor that includes controllable semiconductor switches in each phase and that are controlled by pulse-width modulation, and in which the currents of the output phases are determined based on measured samples of the current of the filter capacitor of the DC intermediate circuit. |
| US07804283B2 |
Mode transitioning in a DC/DC converter using a constant duty cycle difference
According to an exemplary embodiment, a method includes the step (910) of driving a buck section of a DC/DC converter with a buck signal that has a buck duty cycle and concurrently with driving the buck section, driving a boost section of the DC/DC converter with a boost signal that has a boost duty cycle, a difference existing between the buck duty cycle and the boost duty cycle. The method also includes the step (920) of monitoring an input voltage that is coupled to the buck section for a change in the input voltage, and in response to a change in the input voltage, the step (930) of changing the buck duty cycle and the boost duty cycle such that the difference between the buck duty cycle and the boost duty cycle is substantially constant. |
| US07804280B2 |
Method and system for providing power factor correction in a power distribution system
A device for providing power factor correction of a low voltage subnet that includes a low voltage feeder line that is connected to one or more low voltage power supply lines that supply power to one or more customer premises is provided. In one embodiment, the device includes a power factor measurement module configured to measure power parameters for determining a power factor of the power traversing the low voltage subnet; a power factor correction assembly configured to vary a capacitance connected to the low voltage feeder of the low voltage subnet; a controller in communication with the power factor measurement assembly and the power factor correction assembly. The controller may be configured to cause the power factor correction assembly to change the capacitance based on the determined power factor. The controller may form part of a power line communication device configured to provide communications to the one or more customer premises. |
| US07804279B2 |
Power control system and method
This invention discloses a power control system comprising a prime mover and a generator driven by the prime mover. A control device is coupled with the generator to ascertain a change in speed of the generator and vary an output power of the generator according to the change. The control device applies a signal to reduce the generator output power and another signal to restore the generator output power. The power control system may include a transmission, a speed converter, and/or an accessory. |
| US07804278B2 |
Topology and method for dynamic charging current allocation
In one embodiment, a battery management system includes a charger controller for controlling a charging current of a battery according to a status of a load which is powered by the battery, and a counter coupled to the charger controller for determining a charging time according to such status. Advantageously, a first charging current is selected when the load is off. A second charging current that is less than the first charging current is selected when the load is on. Furthermore, a frequency of the counter is set to a first frequency when the load is off. The frequency is set to a second frequency that is less than the first frequency when the load is on. |
| US07804276B2 |
Circuit arrangement and method for transferring electrical charge between accumulators of an accumulator arrangement including a series circuit of accumulators
A circuit arrangement for transferring electrical charge between accumulators of an accumulator arrangement includes a number of first series circuits, each connecting in parallel to one of the accumulators, and each comprising a switching element and an inductive storage element connected in series to the load path of the switching element. The circuit arrangement also includes a further series circuit connected in parallel to the accumulator arrangement and comprising a further switching element having a load path and a control terminal, and a further inductive element connected in series to the load path, the further inductive element being inductively coupled to the inductive elements of the first series circuits. The circuit arrangement also includes a control circuit comprising a number of first control outputs connected to the control terminals of the switching elements of the first series circuits, and a further control output connected to the control terminal of the further switching element. |
| US07804271B2 |
Multiphase current supplying circuit, driving apparatus, compressor and air conditioner
A multiphase current supplying circuit includes a converter, an intervening circuit, an inverter, a control circuit and a lightning arrester. A power supply system is connected to the converter with the lightning arrester interposed therebetween, and the ac voltage is rectified. The intervening circuit includes a capacitor and a bypass connected in parallel thereto. In the bypass, a diode, a resistor and a capacitor are connected in series, and the direction from an anode to a cathode of the diode corresponds to the direction from a high potential side to a low potential side of the smoothing capacitor. |
| US07804268B2 |
Apparatus and method of controlling injection in electric injection molding machine
An apparatus and method of controlling injection in an electric injection molding machine including a motor and a screw. The apparatus has an encoder detecting a current position of the screw and outputting the detected position as an encoding signal, a memory storing reference positions of the screw according to a drive of the motor by the passage of time, and a current controller checking an elapse of time that the screw moves from a previous position to a current position through receiving the encoding signal from the encoder, reading out a section of time corresponding to the checked elapse of time from the memory, and controlling a current value applied to the motor based on a difference between a reference position of the screw corresponding to the read-out section of time and a current position of the screw. |
| US07804265B2 |
Sensor unit
The present disclosure relates to a sensor unit for the position determination of a powered door having a position sensor and a transmission stage for the connection of the position sensor to the drive shaft of the door, with the sensor unit having its own housing so that it can be installed independently of the drive unit of the door. |
| US07804264B2 |
Commutation method and apparatus for a DC to AC inverter driving a three-phase asynchronous AC motor
Present invention belongs to the field of inventers, motor controllers and pulse modulated waveform generation methods and circuits. More specifically it belongs to such methods and circuits utilizing fundamental vectors. This invention features better and more efficient fundamental vectors. The proposed method offers reduced losses, increased efficiency and longer life time of inverters and motor controllers. Better approximation of a three-phase voltage waveform approaching the ideal one is a significant advantage of the proposed method. Another advantage is an easy decomposition of any point of an ideal sinusoidal voltage waveform into the fundamental vectors. This invention is particularly useful for a vector control of asynchronous AC motors. |
| US07804261B2 |
Motor control method and motor control apparatus
A motor control method that includes the steps of: rotationally driving a motor that is provided with a rotor having permanent magnet pieces, and a stator; and short circuiting a plurality of phases of the motor when the rotational frequency of the motor is equal to or greater than a predetermined rotational frequency. |
| US07804260B2 |
LED luminary system
The present invention relates to a light emitting diode (LED) luminary system (10) comprising a plurality of LED light sources (14) of multiple colors for producing a mixed color light, and means (28) for controlling the LED light sources in accordance with differences between set point values representing a mixed color light having a desired color and first control data representing the color of the mixed color light produced by the LED light sources, the first control data being provided by at least one color sensor (22). The system is characterized by means (30, 32) for deriving the temperature of each LED light source, and means (26) for compensating the set point values in accordance with second control data including the LED light source temperatures. This offers increased color stability for the system. The invention also relates to a method and system for controlling a LED luminary. |
| US07804256B2 |
Power control system for current regulated light sources
A light emitting diode (LED) lighting system includes a PFC and output voltage controller and a LED lighting power system. The controller advantageously operates from an auxiliary voltage less than a link voltage generated by the LED lighting power system. The common reference voltage allows all the components of lighting system to work together. A power factor correction switch and an LED drive current switch are coupled to the common reference node and have control node-to-common node, absolute voltage that allows the controller to control the conductivity of the switches. The LED lighting system can utilize feed forward control to concurrently modify power demand by the LED lighting power system and power demand of one or more LEDs. The LED lighting system can utilize a common current sense device to provide a common feedback signal to the controller representing current in at least two of the LEDs. |
| US07804254B2 |
Method and circuit for short-circuit and over-current protection in a discharge lamp system
The method and circuit of the present invention provides short-circuit detection and protection in a discharge lamp system. The transformer's primary current is sensed and used to provide short-circuit protection of the secondary winding side or high voltage side. The system and method with the present invention provides short-circuit detection and protection even when the transformer's secondary winding is shorted. |
| US07804252B2 |
Two way lighting control system with dual illumination sources
A two way lighting control system with dual illumination sources, including a lighting unit, a photocell, a motion sensor, and at least one light source base. The lighting unit includes two light source loads. The high wattage light source load is the first light source, and the low wattage source load is the second light source. The illumination of the first light source load is greater than the illumination of the second light source load. The first light source load is electrically connected with the motion sensor via the base, and then is further electrically connected with the photocell to form the first circuit loop. The second light source load is electrically connected with the photocell via the base to form the second circuit loop. Thereby, the present invention can satisfy consumers' requirements of providing both high illumination light and low illumination light with energy saving benefit as needed. |
| US07804250B2 |
Apparatus and method to generate plasma
An apparatus and method to generate plasma which can be applied to semiconductor processing. The apparatus includes a chamber having a plasma generating space defined therein, a lower electrode positioned within the chamber, an upper electrode facing the lower electrode and disposed within the chamber to constitute a first plasma generating source, a second plasma generating source positioned at a higher location than that of a lower surface of the upper electrode and disposed at an outer circumference of the upper electrode, and a power supply to supply power to the first and second plasma generating sources. |
| US07804248B1 |
Lamp with shaped wall thickness, method of making same and optical apparatus
A lamp, a method of making a bulb for a lamp and an optical apparatus are disclosed. The lamp may include an anode and cathode disposed within a bulb. The bulb may include an optically refractive wall that is rotationally symmetric about an axis. A thickness of the wall may decrease with increase in azimuthal angle between an equatorial plane of the bulb and a point on the bulb's surface. The apparatus may include the lamp and an ellipsoidal reflecting surface. An alternative apparatus may include an ellipsoidal reflecting surface and a lamp having an anode and cathode within a bulb. A gap between the anode and cathode may be proximate a focus of the reflecting surface. The bulb may include an optically refractive wall configured such that a 0.24/0.13 NA power ratio for bulb light coupled to the interior ellipsoidal reflecting surface is between about 3.0 and about 3.3. |
| US07804247B2 |
Plasma display panel with panel member including recessed portion
A plasma display panel has a front panel (10) and a back panel (20) that is arranged with a discharge space (30) therebetween. On the surface of the front panel facing toward the discharge space, a scan electrode (102) and a sustain electrode (103) are arranged. A dielectric layer (104) and a protective layer (105) are provided to cover the electrodes thereof and the surface. Between the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, a recessed portion (10a) is arranged in the first panel surface. The bottom surface (10b) of the recessed portion is arranged more inward in a thickness direction of the first substrate than the surfaces of the first electrode and the second electrode facing the discharge space whereby low power consumption, improved luminous efficiency, and a suppressed increase of firing voltage is achieved. |
| US07804246B2 |
Plasma display panel with address electrode having projections
Each of the column electrodes is divided into an upper electrode portion and a lower electrode portion. The panel surface is made up of an upper panel face facing the upper electrode portion and a lower panel face facing the lower electrode portion. A transverse wall of the partition wall unit is disposed facing the boundary area between the upper and lower panel faces. The upper and lower electrode portions of the column electrode have the opposing ends at which projections are respectively provided and extend out toward the respective other electrode portions. |
| US07804245B2 |
Electroluminescent device having improved brightness uniformity
An electroluminescent device having an opposing EL-segment pair, including a first EL-segment that produces light in response to a first through-device current having a first transparent electrode connection and a first reflective electrode connection; a second EL-segment that produces light in response to a second through-device current, and having a second transparent electrode connection and a second reflective electrode connection and being disposed adjacent to and spaced from the first EL-segment such that the first transparent electrode connection is on the opposite edge as the second transparent electrode connection and the direction of the first transparent electrode current is parallel but opposite to the direction of the second transparent electrode current; and the first and second EL-segments are connected to a common power source such that the two EL-segments can be simultaneously forward biased. |
| US07804244B2 |
Display device
It is an object to provide a display device having an electroluminescent element in which a contrast ratio is increased. In a display device having an electroluminescent element between a pair of light transmitting substrates, a circularly polarizing plate having stacked polarizing plates arranged on outer sides thereof is provided. At this time, opposed polarizing plates are arranged to be in a crossed nicol state or in a parallel nicol state. As a result, a display device with a high contrast ratio can be provided. |
| US07804232B2 |
Spark plug with high durability
To provide a spark plug in which separation of a tip can be prevented and enough wear resistance can be obtained without increasing the content of nickel in the tip portion, and a use method of the spark plug.In a spark plug (100) including an outside electrode (10) including an electrode body portion (11) and a tip (12) bonded to the electrode body portion (11), and a center electrode (20), and the tip (12) is opposed to the front end portion of the center electrode (20) through a spark discharge gap (G), the electrode body portion (11) is made of a nickel alloy containing 13 to 18% by mass of Cr, 0.03 to 0.08% by mass of C, 1 to 3.5% by mass of Mo, 0 to 0.8% by mass of Si, Al, Mn and Ti, and 68% by mass or more of Ni, and the tip (12) is made of a platinum alloy containing 0 to 4% by mass of Ni. |
| US07804224B2 |
Piezoelectric motor and piezoelectric motor system
A piezoelectric motor includes: a plurality of piezoelectric units, respectively in contact with a driven target, disposed separately from each other, and configured to drive the driven target; and a magnet configured to apply a preload force to each of the plurality of piezoelectric units by magnetically attracting the driven target in the absence of direct contact with the driven target. |
| US07804223B1 |
Efficient piezoeletric-triggered time delay module
An efficient piezoelectric-triggered time delay module may be provided with separate firing and logic capacitors, and may also have corresponding separate piezoelectric transducers. Further, separate firing and logic capacitors may be impedance-matched to corresponding separate piezoelectric transducers. Optionally, the capacitors may be made of the same materials as the corresponding piezoelectric transducers. Further alternately or additionally, low-value, high-voltage rated capacitor(s) may be employed. Further alternately or additionally, the piezoelectric transducer(s) may be selected to offer high charge output within the intended operating temperature range. Further alternately or additionally, the piezoelectric transducer(s) may be constructed with multiple wafers. |
| US07804222B2 |
Method of optimizing drive frequency for piezo fan device
For tuning a piezo electric fan, a controller measures a natural frequency of the piezo electric fan by applying a stress and measuring a response to the stress. A frequency of an alternating current (AC) input signal is adjusted by the controller to substantially match the natural frequency. The adjusted AC input having the natural frequency is provided to the piezo electric fan for improved efficiency. |
| US07804220B2 |
Direct cranking electric rotary machine for vehicle
In a direct cranking electric rotary machine as an axial air-gap motor having an improved configuration mounted on a vehicle, a stator is faced to an end part on a surface of a rotor. The rotor also acts as a flywheel for an engine mounted on the vehicle. The length of a circumference of the stator is limited below 180 deg. of its entire circumference. This configuration enables a repair man to easily detach and repair components forming the direct cranking electric rotary machine. |
| US07804215B2 |
Integrated cooling concept for magnetically geared machine
A magnetically geared machine having an integrated cooling concept is provided. The machine includes a rotor having an inner surface and an outer surface, a magnet assembly coupled to one of the inner or outer surfaces of the rotor, and a stator having a plurality of stator windings. The machine further includes a magnetic flux modulator interposed between the rotor and the plurality of stator windings, where the flux modulator includes a plurality of magnetically conductive portions and a plurality of non-magnetically conductive portions placed alternately, where one or more of the plurality of non-magnetically conductive portions comprise a channel for a cooling fluid. |
| US07804212B2 |
Cooling tower sealant containment gasket
A sealant containment gasket is provided for use on an electric motor to be used in a moist environment. The inventive gasket includes a first upright wall that covers a power-supply opening in the motor with a wiring passageway and further includes a second upright wall, at least a portion of which is spaced away from the first upright wall. The walls of the gasket cooperate to form a pocket to receive wiring extending through the opening in the motor. The pocket also defines a cavity between the walls with a filling hole disposed along a top margin thereof. Liquid sealant is inserted into the cavity through the filling hole when the motor is disposed right-side-up and on its feet in the assembly position. The liquid sealant is contained within the pocket and forms a barrier around the wiring passageway to prevent moisture from entering the motor. |
| US07804211B2 |
Vibration generator
A vibration generator has at least two groups of shafts, on which at least two groups of imbalances are disposed, and which are connected with at least one drive that rotates the shafts relative to one another, at different speeds of rotation, thereby achieving a directed advance. The operating direction of the vibration generator can be adjusted. |
| US07804210B2 |
Position measurement using magnetic fields
A position sensing system for positioning a linear motor that includes a stator and an armature having magnets, the armature moving relative to the stator along a path. A sensor determines a position of the armature based on measurements of a magnetic field generated by the magnets of the armature. |
| US07804207B2 |
Positioning apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method using repulsion force generation
This invention provides a positioning apparatus which improves the throughput by accelerating a stage in a shorter period of time while ensuring a fine positioning characteristic. A movable element is arranged on the side of a stage while a stator is arranged on the side of a base guide such that a pair of magnets of the same polarity face each other at each edge of the stroke region of the stage. This generates a repulsion force which acts against the thrust of the stage and corresponds to the facing area of the pair of magnets of the same polarity. The positioning apparatus further includes a large-thrust linear motor. The large-thrust linear motor assists the repulsion force by applying a thrust exceeding the repulsion force to the stage to increase the facing area of the pair of magnets of the same polarity. |
| US07804206B2 |
Two-dimension linear platform
A two-dimension linear platform comprises a first displacement module and a second displacement module. The first displacement module includes a carrying member, at least one active linear module and at least one passive linear module. The active linear module and the passive linear module of the first displacement are parallel and opposite each other and are both disposed on the carrying member of the first displacement module. The second displacement module includes a carrying member, at least one active linear module and at least one passive linear module. The carrying member of the second displacement module is disposed on the active linear module and the passive linear module of the first displacement module. The active linear module and the passive linear module of the second displacement module are parallel and opposite each other and are disposed on the carrying member of the second displacement module. |
| US07804195B2 |
Power supply system and protection method
A power supply system for an electronic device includes a first and a second connector, a switch, and a controller. The first connector is used for connecting to a first power source. The second connector is used for connecting to a second power source, wherein the second power source is rechargeable. The switch establishes a connection between the first connector and the second connector so as to allow the first power source to charge the second power source. The controller detects a presence of the first power source and the second power source, and controls the switch to periodically establish the connection at the absence of the second power source, and to continuously establish the connection at the presence of the second power source. |
| US07804191B2 |
Method and system for collective control of lights
A method for collective control of lights comprises connecting a positive output and a negative output of a main control device (1) by a wire to form a closed output circuit (4); independently connecting each of a plurality of lights (2) to an auxiliary control device (3); coupling a transducer (31) of each auxiliary control device with the output circuit; encoding each light (2); and inputting a code number of a light to be controlled to the main control device, the main control device generating and outputting an encoded control signal in response to the code number, the encoded control signal passing through the wire of the output circuit, the transducer of an auxiliary control device in association with the light to be controlled generating a control signal in response to the encoded control signal, thereby controlling the lights. A system for collective control of lights is also disclosed. |
| US07804184B2 |
System and method for control of a grid connected power generating system
A system for controlling a grid connected power generating system is provided. The system includes a wind turbine, a converter, a first controller and a second controller. The wind turbine supplies electrical power to a power grid and the converter couples the wind turbine to the power grid. The first controller calculates voltage commands to emulate a phasor back electromotive force behind an inductance. The controller further generates converter switching commands from the voltage commands. The voltage commands include a voltage magnitude reference and an internal frequency reference calculated from a power imbalance between an active power reference and the electrical power. The second controller is used to limit a converter current. |
| US07804180B2 |
Device for controlling a heat engine starter, such as that of a motor vehicle, and starter comprising one such device
The invention relates to a device for controlling a starter for a heat engine that is equipped with an electric motor having a field coil with several windings and an armature winding, both of which are mounted in series, comprising a power contact which is equipped with terminals, one of said terminals being connected to the positive terminal (+Bat) of a battery and the other terminal being connected to the field coil having several windings. The inventive device comprises first means which, in a first phase upon closure of the power contact, activate part of the windings of the field coil and second delayed-action means which, in a second phase during which the power contact is always closed, activate at least a large number of the windings of the coil. The invention is intended for the heat engine starter of a vehicle. |
| US07804179B2 |
Plastic ball grid array ruggedization
A method and product which provides a thin metal or ceramic plate to the top of a plastic grid array (PGA) as a stiffener to maintain its flatness over temperature during a column attach process, and the columns are used for attachment to circuit boards or other circuit devices. These may be constructed in this manner initially or may be retrofitted plastic ball grid arrays from which the solder balls are removed and, the stiffener is attached to the top, and the solder columns have been added to replace the solder balls. The stiffener is a bonded thin metal or ceramic plate attached to the top of the PGA to maintain its flatness over temperature during the column attach process. An aluminum plate bonded to the top of a PGA results in a significant reduction in warping during a temperature cycle. This allows attachment of solder columns to the PBGA. The high melt solder columns are attached to an area array pattern on the PBGA substrate. This array is typically either a solid or perimeter grid. It is critical that the ends of the solder columns opposite the ends attached to the substrate align precisely with the matching grid of solder pads on the printed wiring board. The purpose of the stiffening plate is to maintain the flatness of the PBGA during the process of attaching the columns to the substrate as well as attaching the component to the printed wiring board such that the columns maintain their alignment over this temperature range. |
| US07804178B2 |
Semiconductor component with surface mountable devices and method for producing the same
A semiconductor component including: a substrate, at least one semiconductor chip arranged on the substrate and at least one passive device likewise arranged on the substrate. The passive device is mounted with its underside on the substrate. The semiconductor component further includes an interspace disposed between the underside of the passive device and the substrate. The interspace is filled with an underfilling material. In order to avoid the solder pumping effect, the upper side and the lateral sides of the passive device are also embedded in a plastic compound. |
| US07804173B2 |
Semiconductor device having conductive bumps and deviated solder pad
A semiconductor device having conductive bumps and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The fabrication method mainly including steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate having a solder pad and a passivation layer formed thereon with a portion of the solder pads exposed from the passivation layer; disposing a first metal layer on the solder pad and a portion of the passivation layer around the solder pad; disposing a covering layer on the first metal layer and the passivation layer, and forming an aperture in the covering layer to expose a portion of the first metal layer, wherein a center of the aperture is deviated from that of the solder pad; deposing a metal pillar on the portion of the first metal layer; and deposing a solder material on an outer surface of the metal pillar for providing a better buffering effect. |
| US07804171B2 |
Techniques for packaging a multiple device component
A technique for packaging multiple devices to form a multi-chip module. Specifically, a multi-chip package is coupled to an interposer to form the multi-chip module. The multi-chip package includes a plurality of integrated circuit chips coupled to a carrier. The chips are encapsulated such that conductive elements are exposed through the encapsulant. The conductive elements are electrically coupled to the chips. The interposer is configured such that vias are aligned with the conductive elements. Conductive material may be disposed into the vias to provide signal paths from the integrated circuit chips to conductive balls disposed on the backside of the interposer. |
| US07804170B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of designing the same
A semiconductor device contains an interposer having a square planar geometry, with length X for a first edge and length Y for a second edge orthogonal to the first edge, and a semiconductor chip and a dummy component disposed over the interposer, wherein the center of a first outer circumferential region, which surrounds the semiconductor chip over the interposer, and has length “a” for a third edge, and length “b” for a fourth edge, does not coincide with the center of the interposer, or equation X:Y=a:b is not satisfied, and the center of a second outer circumferential region, which surrounds the first outer circumferential region and the dummy components disposed over the interposer, and has length “x” for a fifth edge, and length “y” for a sixth edge, coincides with the center of the interposer, and equation X:Y=x:y is satisfied. |
| US07804169B2 |
Integrated circuit package and fabricating method thereof
The invention discloses an integrated circuit package. The integrated circuit package comprises a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto and a first hole passing through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface. A plurality of conductive lines is disposed on a portion of the second surface of the substrate. A semiconductor chip is disposed above the second surface of the substrate, wherein a chamber is formed between the semiconductor chip and the substrate. A plurality of bonding pads are disposed on a side of the semiconductor chip which is toward the second surface of the substrate, wherein at least one of the bonding pads are electrically connected to one of the plurality of conductive lines. A first heat dissipation layer is disposed in the first hole, and extends into the chamber. A method for fabricating the integrated circuit package is also provided. |
| US07804168B2 |
Ball grid array structures having tape-based circuitry
Semiconductor device packages formed in accordance with methods of packaging semiconductor dice in grid array-type semiconductor device packages using conventional lead frame or lead lock tape assembly equipment are disclosed. Circuitry-bearing structure having an electrically insulating layer that carries redistribution electrical connections having redistributed bond pads and conductive traces and which is supported from beneath by a support layer are configured for securing to the active surface of a semiconductor die. The support layer may comprise an electrically conductive material, which may act as a heat sink or as a ground plane for the packaged semiconductor device. A semiconductor device and a semiconductor assembly are also provided. |
| US07804167B2 |
Wire bond integrated circuit package for high speed I/O
An integrated circuit package includes a package substrate, a die attach pad formed on the package substrate for securing a die to the package substrate, a ground bonding ring formed on the package substrate for attaching core and I/O ground bond wires between the die and the package substrate, and a first plurality of bond fingers formed immediately adjacent to the ground bonding ring for attaching a first set of I/O signal bond wires between the package substrate and the die. |
| US07804165B2 |
Device comprising a sensor module
A device (1) comprising a sensor module (2) with a package (3) is produced at reduced costs by providing the package (3) with two or more substrates (4,5) each with a functional layer (14,15), at least one sensor (24,25) such as a magnetometer and/or an accelerometer being located in at least one functional layer (14,15), and by providing the package (3) with a system comprising solder bumps (7-12) for aligning the functional layers (14,15). The system either comprises a first number of solder bumps (7,8) for coupling the functional layers (14,15) electrically and mechanically to each other via first bonding elements (31) or comprises a third substrate (6) with a third functional layer (16) and a second number of solder bumps (9,10) for coupling the first and third functional layers (14,16) electrically and mechanically to each other via second bonding elements (32) and a third number of solder bumps (11,12) for coupling the second and third functional layers (15,16) electrically and mechanically to each other via third bonding elements (33). Mechanically and/or electrically dummy solder bumps improve the alignment of the functional layers (14,15). |
| US07804156B2 |
Semiconductor wafer assembly and method of processing semiconductor wafer
A semiconductor wafer assembly includes a disk-shaped semiconductor wafer including on a face side thereof a flat area having a plurality of semiconductor devices formed thereon and a beveled surface disposed around the flat surface, and a circular adhesive film bonded to a reverse side of the semiconductor wafer. The adhesive film is bonded only to an area of the reverse side which is coextensive with the flat area. |
| US07804154B2 |
Semiconductor device structure and fabricating method thereof
A semiconductor device structure including a substrate, a resistor, and a first gate structure is provided. The substrate includes a resistor region and a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor region. The resistor is disposed on the substrate within the resistor region. The resistor includes a first dielectric layer, a metal layer, a second dielectric layer, and a semiconductor layer sequentially stacked on the substrate. The first gate structure is disposed on the substrate within the MOS transistor region. The first gate structure includes the first dielectric layer, the metal layer, and the semiconductor layer sequentially stacked on the substrate. |
| US07804153B2 |
Semiconductor device preventing bridge between fuse pattern and guard ring
A semiconductor device having a fuse structure that can prevent a bridge between a fuse pattern and a guard ring, and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The fuse pattern formed on a multiple-layered metal interconnect layer is stepped shape increasing a vertical distance between the fuse pattern and the guard ring. |
| US07804147B2 |
Light emitting diode package element with internal meniscus for bubble free lens placement
A method for fabricating a light emitting diode (LED) package comprising providing an LED chip and covering at least part of the LED chip with a liquid encapsulant having a radius of curvature. An optical element is provided having a bottom surface with at least a portion having a radius of curvature larger than the liquid encapsulant. The larger radius of curvature portion of the optical element is brought into contact with the liquid encapsulant. The optical element is then moved closer to the LED chip, growing the contact area between said optical element and said liquid encapsulant. The liquid encapsulant is then cured. A light emitting diode comprising a substrate with an LED chip mounted to it. A meniscus ring is on the substrate around the LED chip with the meniscus ring having a meniscus holding feature. An inner encapsulant is provided over the LED chip with the inner encapsulant having a contacting surface on the substrate, with the meniscus holding feature which defines the edge of the contacting surface. An optical element is included having a bottom surface with at least a portion that is concave. The optical element is arranged on the substrate with the concave portion over the LED chip. A contacting encapsulant is included between the inner encapsulant and optical element. |
| US07804146B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes an N-type MOS transistor and a P-type MOS transistor. The N-type MOS transistor has a first gate insulating film and a first gate electrode. The P-type MOS transistor has a second gate insulating film and a second gate electrode. The first gate insulating film and the second gate insulating film are made of silicon oxynitride, and the first gate insulating film and the second gate insulating film are different from each other in nitrogen concentration profile. |
| US07804143B2 |
Radiation hardened device
A “tabbed” MOS device provides radiation hardness while supporting reduced gate width requirements. The “tabbed” MOS device also utilizes a body tie ring, which reduces field threshold leakage. In one implementation the “tabbed” MOS device is designed such that a width of the tab is based on at least a channel length of the MOS device such that a radiation-induced parasitic conduction path between the source and drain region of the device has a resistance that is higher than the device channel resistance. |
| US07804142B2 |
Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
For forming a gate electrode, a conductive film with low resistance including Al or a material containing Al as its main component and a conductive film with low contact resistance for preventing diffusion of Al into a semiconductor layer are laminated, and the gate electrode is fabricated by using an apparatus which is capable of performing etching treatment at high speed. |
| US07804140B2 |
Field effect transistor with reduced shallow trench isolation induced leakage current
Edges of source and drain regions along the direction of a channel of a field effect transistor are formed within an active area offset from the boundary between the active area and a shallow trench isolation structure. Such a structure may be manufactured by forming a gate electrode structure that overlies the boundary so that edges of the source and drain regions are self aligned to the edges of the gate electrode structure on the active area side of the boundary. Unnecessary portions of the gate electrode that does not overlie the source and drain regions may be removed to reduce parasitic capacitance. Shallow trench isolation edge current is eliminated since the semiconductor regions in the current path of the field effect transistor are offset from the boundary between the active area and the shallow trench isolation structure. |
| US07804139B2 |
Device having conductive material disposed in a cavity formed in an isolation oxide disposed in a trench
Devices, such as transistors, having vertical junction edges. More specifically, shallow trenches are formed in a substrate and filled with an isolation oxide. Cavities are formed in the isolation oxide and filled with a conductive material, such a doped polysilicon. Doped regions may be formed in the substrate directly adjacent the conductive material to form vertical junctions between the polysilicon and the exposed substrate at the trench sidewalls. |
| US07804135B2 |
Integrated semiconductor diode arrangement and integrated semiconductor component
An integrated semiconductor diode arrangement is provided. The arrangement includes an anode region and a cathode region that are formed in a semiconductor material region. The anode region has an arrangement of alternately occurring and directly adjacent first and second anode zones, which alternate in their conductivity type. The anode region furthermore has a first particular anode zone of the second conductivity type, the lateral extent of which is comparatively larger than that of the further anode zones of the same conductivity type. |
| US07804134B2 |
MOSFET on SOI device
A MOSFET on SOI device includes an upper region having at least one first MOSFET type semi-conductor device formed on a first semi-conductor layer stacked on a first dielectric layer, a first conductive layer and a first portion of a second semi-conductor layer. A lower region includes at least one second MOSFET type semi-conductor device formed on a second portion of the second semi-conductor layer, a gate of the second semi-conductor device being formed by at least one conductive portion. The second semi-conductor layer is arranged on a second dielectric layer stacked on a second conductive layer. |
| US07804130B1 |
Self-aligned V-channel MOSFET
Forming a high-κ/metal gate field effect transistor using a gate last process in which the channel region has a curved profile thus increasing the effective channel length improves the short channel effect. During the high-κ/metal gate process, after the sacrificial materials between the sidewall spacers are removed, the exposed semiconductor substrate surface at the bottom of the gate trench cavity is etched to form a curved recess. Subsequent deposition of high-κ gate dielectric layer and gate electrode metal into the gate trench cavity completes the high-κ/metal gate field effect transistor having a curved channel region that has a longer effective channel length. |
| US07804125B2 |
System and method for reducing process-induced charging
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a memory cell formed on the substrate, and a contact to the substrate. The contact is formed in an area away from the memory cell and functions to raise the potential of the substrate. |
| US07804123B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory according to an example of the present invention includes first and second diffusion layers, a channel formed between the first and second diffusion layers, a gate insulating film formed on the channel, a floating gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, an inter-gate insulating film formed on the floating gate electrode, and a control gate electrode formed on the inter-gate insulating film. An end portion of the inter-gate insulating film in a direction of channel length is on an inward side of a side surface of the floating gate electrode or a side surface of the control gate electrode. |
| US07804122B2 |
Non-volatile memory
A non-volatile memory includes a substrate having two openings, a stacked gate structure disposed on the substrate between the two openings, a liner disposed on a bottom of each of the two openings and parts of a sidewall of each of the two openings, a second conductive layer disposed on the liner at the bottom of each of the two openings, and a third conductive layer on the second conductive layer and the liner. The stacked gate structure includes a first dielectric layer, a charge storage layer, a second dielectric layer, and a first conductive layer. The liner has a top surface lower than that of the substrate. The second conductive layer has a top surface co-planar with that of the liner. The third conductive layer has a top surface at least co-planar with that of the substrate and lower than that of the first dielectric layer. |
| US07804120B2 |
Non-volatile semiconductor memory devices
A non-volatile memory device includes a tunneling insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate, a charge storage layer, a blocking insulating layer, and a gate electrode. The charge storage layer is on the tunnel insulating layer and has a smaller band gap than the tunnel insulating layer and has a greater band gap than the semiconductor substrate. The blocking insulating layer is on the charge storage layer and has a greater band gap than the charge storage layer and has a smaller band gap than the tunnel insulating layer. The gate electrode is on the blocking insulating layer. |
| US07804115B2 |
Semiconductor constructions having antireflective portions
In one aspect, the invention includes a semiconductor processing method. An antireflective material layer is formed over a substrate. At least a portion of the antireflective material layer is annealed at a temperature of greater than about 400° C. A layer of photoresist is formed over the annealed antireflective material layer. The layer of photoresist is patterned. A portion of the antireflective material layer unmasked by the patterned layer of photoresist is removed. In another aspect, the invention includes the following semiconductor processing. An antireflective material layer is formed over a substrate. The antireflective material layer is annealed at a temperature of greater than about 400° C. A layer of photoresist is formed over the annealed antireflective material layer. Portions of the layer of photoresist are exposed to radiation waves. Some of the radiation waves are absorbed by the antireflective material during the exposing. |
| US07804113B2 |
Anti-blooming structures for back-illuminated imagers
An anti-blooming structure for a back-illuminated imager is disclosed. In one embodiment, the anti-blooming structure is formed in a substrate of a first conductivity type having a back side and a front side, comprising a channel region of a second conductivity type formed in the substrate; a barrier region of the first conductivity type positioned in the substrate substantially overlying the channel region and proximal to the front side of the substrate; and a drain region of the second conductivity type positioned substantially overlying the barrier region, wherein when light impinges on the back side of the substrate the light generates charge carriers that collect in the channel region, the charge carriers passing through the barrier region into the drain region when a potential corresponding to the collected charge carriers in the channel region is about equal to the potential corresponding to the barrier region. In a second embodiment, a drain region of the second conductivity type is positioned substantially extending into at least a portion of the front side of the substrate; a barrier region of the first conductivity type positioned substantially underlying about the drain region; and a channel region of the second conductivity type positioned substantially underlying and about the barrier region. The channel region, the barrier region, and the drain region are formed by ion implantation. |
| US07804110B2 |
Field effect transistor with a heterostructure
A field effect transistor with a heterostructure includes a strained monocrystalline semiconductor layer formed on a carrier material, which has a relaxed monocrystalline semiconductor layer made of a first semiconductor material (Si) as the topmost layer. The strained monocrystalline semiconductor layer has a semiconductor alloy (GexSi1−x), where the proportion x of a second semiconductor material can be set freely. Furthermore, a gate insulation layer and a gate layer are formed on the strained semiconductor layer. To define an undoped channel region, drain/source regions are formed laterally with respect to the gate layer at least in the strained semiconductor layer. The possibility of freely setting the Ge proportion x enables a threshold voltage to be set as desired, whereby modern logic semiconductor components can be realized. |
| US07804108B2 |
Semiconductor devices
The semiconductor device has a collector electrode, a p+ collector region formed on the collector electrode, an n− drift region formed on the collector region, a p− body region formed on the drift region, and a plurality of n+ emitter regions formed within the body region. The emitter regions are connected to an emitter electrode. A plurality of trench gate electrodes is formed within the body region. Each trench gate electrode opposes, via an insulating layer, a portion of the body region separating the drift region and the emitter region. The body region is divided into a plurality of body sections, and the body sections are classified into two groups. One group has the emitter region within the body section, and the other group has no emitter region within the body section. A plurality of first trenches is formed within the body section having no emitter region. A p+ contact region is formed between the first trench and the trench gate electrode. |
| US07804104B2 |
Light-emitting diode with high lighting efficiency
The invention discloses a light-emitting diode, including a substrate, a first conductive type semiconductor layer, a second conductive type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer and plural laminated structures. The first conductive type semiconductor layer, the light-emitting layer and the second conductive type semiconductor layer are formed on the substrate in sequence. The plural laminated structures are formed on the upper surface of the second conductive type semiconductor layer such that the upper surface is partially exposed. Each laminated structure consists of at least one first insulated layer with a high refractive index and at least one second insulated layer with a low refractive index, where the at least one first insulated layer and the at least one second insulated layer are alternately formed to obtain said each laminated structure. Thereby, light emitted from the light-emitting layer can be reflected by the laminated structures to enhance the light-extraction efficiency. |
| US07804098B2 |
Light emitting element with a plurality of cells bonded, method of manufacturing the same, and light emitting device using the same
The present invention relates to a light emitting element with arrayed cells, a method of manufacturing the same, and a light emitting device using the same. The present invention provides a light emitting element including a light emitting cell block with a plurality of light emitting cells connected in series or parallel on a single substrate, and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein each of the plurality of light emitting cells includes an N-type semiconductor layer and a P-type semiconductor layer, and the N-type semiconductor layer of one light emitting cell is electrically connected to the P-type semiconductor layer of another adjacent light emitting cell. Further, the present invention provides a light emitting device including a light emitting element with a plurality of light emitting cells connected in series. Accordingly, it is possible to simplify a manufacturing process of a light emitting device for illumination capable of being used with a household AC power source, to decrease a fraction defective occurring in manufacturing a light emitting device for illumination, and to mass-produce the light emitting device for illumination. Further, there is an advantage in that DC driving efficiency can be enhanced in an AC operation by installing a predetermined rectifying circuit outside the light emitting element. |
| US07804095B2 |
Image display device and manufacturing method for the same
Provided is an image display device comprising, on a TFT substrate: a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of drain lines which intersect with each other; a pixel TFT provided within a pixel which is enclosed by a pair of adjacent gate lines and a pair of adjacent drain lines; a gate driver TFT which is connected to one of the plurality of gate lines to drive the one of the plurality of gate lines, wherein the pixel TFT and the gate driver TFT each include an amorphous semiconductor film as a channel, wherein the pixel TFT has a bottom gate structure, wherein the gate driver TFT has a dual gate structure, and wherein a mobility on a top surface side of the semiconductor film of the gate driver TFT is higher than a mobility on a top surface side of the semiconductor film of the pixel TFT. |
| US07804093B2 |
Thin film transistor array panel and manufacturing method of the same
A thin film transistor array panel includes an insulating substrate, a gate line and a data line disposed on the insulating substrate and insulated from and intersecting each other, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a partition disposed corresponding to the gate line and the data line and defining a color filter filling region, a color filter disposed in the filling region, a passivation layer disposed on the color filter and the partition, and a pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer and connected to the thin film transistor through a contact hole disposed through the passivation layer and the color filter. A plane shape of the color filter filling region is substantially a rectangle. |
| US07804092B2 |
Active-matrix-drive display unit including TFT
An active-matrix-drive LCD includes a TFT substrate, on which a TFT is formed. The TFT includes a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating film, a patterned semiconductor layer, and a source/drain electrode layer, which are consecutively formed on an insulating substrate of the TFT substrate. The gate electrode layer has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the gate insulating film. |
| US07804091B2 |
Thin-film transistor array, method of fabricating the same, and liquid crystal display device including the same
A thin-film transistor array includes an electrically insulating substrate, a plurality of thin-film transistors arranged in a matrix on the substrate, and each including a channel, a source, and a drain each comprised of an oxide-semiconductor film, a pixel electrode integrally formed with the drain, a source signal line through which a source signal is transmitted to a group of thin-film transistors, a gate signal line through which a gate signal is transmitted to a group of thin-film transistors, a source terminal formed at an end of the source signal line, and a gate terminal formed at an end of the gate signal line. The source terminal and the gate terminal are formed in the same layer as a layer in which the channel is formed. The source terminal and the gate terminal have the same electric conductivity as that of the pixel electrode. |
| US07804089B2 |
TFT array substrate and the fabrication method thereof
A TFT array substrate is provided. The TFT array substrate includes: a gate electrode connected to a gate line; a source electrode connected to a data line that crosses the gate line and defines a pixel region; a drain electrode facing the source electrode with a channel between; a semiconductor layer forming the channel in between the source electrode and the drain electrode; a pixel electrode in the pixel region and contacting the drain electrode; a channel passivation layer formed on the semiconductor layer; a gate pad with a gate pad lower electrode that extends from the gate line; and a data pad having a data pad lower electrode separated from the data line. |
| US07804084B2 |
Phase change memory elements having a confined portion of phase change material on a recessed contact
Methods of fabricating phase change memory elements include forming an insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate, forming a through hole penetrating the insulating layer, forming a lower electrode in the through hole and forming a recess having a sidewall comprising a portion of the insulating layer by selectively etching a surface of the lower electrode relative to the insulating layer. A phase change memory layer is formed on the lower electrode. The phase change memory layer has a portion confined by the recess and surrounded by the insulating layer. An upper electrode is formed on the phase change memory layer. Phase change memory elements are also provided. |
| US07804080B2 |
Moisture removal apparatus and method of image read out apparatus
A moisture removal apparatus and method of an image read-out apparatus, in which the image read-out apparatus includes a contact image sensor (CIS) provided with a document glass on which a document is put on an upper portion thereof and a read-out unit to read out an image of the document, and a pressing roller rotatably provided in contact with a top surface of the CIS to press and transfer the document. The moisture removal apparatus includes a heater to heat the document glass at a predetermined temperature to remove moisture, a power source to apply a predetermined voltage to the heater, a sensing unit to provide basic information to determine driving conditions of the heater, and a controller to control heating conditions of the heater on the basis of the information received from the sensing unit. Thereby, the moisture on the top surface of the document glass may be effectively removed. |
| US07804078B2 |
Device having galvanic optocoupling
The present disclosure relates to an architecture of a device with galvanic optocoupling of the type having at least one optical source and one optical detector, optically connected by means of an insulation layer that functions to transmission optical signals, and having at least one input terminal and one output terminal, the optical source and the optical detector connected to a respective first and second voltage reference. The optical source is realized by a structure integrated directly above the insulation layer in correspondence with the optical detector, the architecture thus completely realized inside a single integration island. |
| US07804077B2 |
Passive actinide self-burner
The invention relates to the confinement of an alloy formed of actinide transuranic radioactive wastes and beryllium metal within a neutron moderating and reflecting apparatus to cause accelerated destruction (burning) of the actinide wastes. Waste actinides, including plutonium, neptunium, americium, and curium, emit alpha particles by radioactive decay. The alpha particles are converted into neutrons by the beryllium through an alpha-neutron (alpha, n) reaction. The neutrons developed by the alpha, n reaction are moderated by a surrounding layer of graphite, which allows the slowed neutrons to cause additional fission or decay events within the waste actinide alloy. This process is passive because the alpha particles that initiate the actinide burning are an intrinsic physical property of the actinides. The burning or decay process is accelerated because neutrons that would ordinarily escape the confinement fixture (a Standard Source capsule) are reflected back into the actinide waste, transmuting them into heavier, less stable isotopes that decay more rapidly. The use of the moderator/reflector material allows the waste actinides to be destroyed in a 10,000-year repository period instead of requiring one million years to attain the same waste reduction by natural radioactive decay alone. Beryllium may also be used as a neutron moderator/reflector, but is not a cost effective choice for large scale use. |
| US07804073B2 |
Liquid metal ion gun
An emitter of a Ga liquid metal ion source is constituted to include W12 of a base material and Ga9 of an ion source element covering a surface as construction materials. By making back-sputtered particles become elements (W and Ga) of the Ga liquid metal ion sour source, if back-sputtered particles attach to the Ga liquid metal ion source, contamination which may change physical characteristics of Ga9 does not occur. A W aperture is used as a beam limiting (GUN) aperture to place Ga of approx. 25 mg (of melting point of 30° C.) on a surface of a portion included in a beam emission region (Ga store). When emitting ions to the beam limiting (GUN) aperture, Ga in the emission region melts and diffuses on a surface of the beam emission region of the W aperture. |
| US07804068B2 |
Determining dopant information
Methods that include using a noble gas ion beam to determine dopant information for a sample are disclosed, the dopant information including dopant concentration in the sample, dopant location in the sample, or both. |
| US07804062B2 |
Blind extraction of pure component mass spectra from overlapping mass spectrometric peaks
A method of obtaining pure component mass spectra or pure peak elution profiles from mass spectra of a mixture of components involves estimating number of components in the mixture, filtering noise, and extracting individual component mass spectra or pure peak elution profiles using blind entropy minimization with direct optimization (e.g. downhill simplex minimization). The method may be applied to deconvolution of pure GC/MS spectra of overlapping or partially overlapping isotopologues or other compounds, separation of overlapping or partially overlapping compounds in proteomics or metabolomics mass spectrometry applications, peptide sequencing using high voltage fragmentation followed by deconvolution of the obtained mixture mass spectra, deconvolution of MALDI mass spectra in the separation of multiple components present in a single solution, and specific compound monitoring in security and/or environmentally sensitive areas. |
| US07804061B2 |
Method and apparatus for machine-reading markings on/in transparent marking substrates
The invention relates to a method for the machine-reading of markings on/in transparent, especially pane-type, marking carriers, especially glass panes, according to which the marking carrier (2) is illuminated with UV light at least during the period of a machine-reading process of a marking, especially by means of a reading device (4), in order to increase the contrast between a marking (5) and the marking carrier (2). The invention also relates to a device for the machine-reading of markings in transparent, especially pane-type, marking carriers, especially glass panes, comprising at least one reading device (4) for markings arranged on/in a marking carrier, and at least one illumination device (4) is provided for increasing the contrast between a marking (5) and the surrounding transparent marking carrier (2) by illuminating the marking carrier (2) with UV light. |
| US07804057B2 |
Optical substance manipulator
The invention relates to an optical substance manipulator capable of continuing to apply a continued force of action to moving substances without being limited by the flowing conditions for the substances yet with a wide manipulation margin and with efficiency, thereby continuously carrying out various manipulations such as separation, concentration, mixing, and deflection. Specifically, the invention provides an optical substance manipulator capable of manipulating microscopic particles dispersed in a flowing fluid by means of light pressure, characterized by comprising an optical system that forms multiple linear light-collective areas simultaneously with respect to a fluid that flows on a subject surface (5), and further comprising, in optical paths forming the respective linear light-collective areas, means (CL1), (CL2) adapted to adjust directions of the linear light-collective areas on the subject surface and means (M1), (M2) adapted to adjust positions of the linear light-collective areas. |
| US07804055B2 |
Optical sensor device for the windshield of a motor vehicle having Fresnel lens structures
An optical sensor device has a sensor unit, which includes a light transmitter, a light receiver and a lens plate, with which a beam of light emitted by the light transmitter is coupled into the window pane, coupled out of the window pane and directed onto the light receiver. On its surface facing the light transmitter and the light receiver, the lens plate includes Fresnel lens structures, and on the opposite surface facing the window pane it includes Fresnel reflector structures. This embodiment is particularly useful as rain sensor. Without light transmitter, the sensor device can be used as a light sensor. |
| US07804045B2 |
Portable food heater
In one aspect, the present invention provides a consumer appliance that uses RF energy to heat foods stored in a container that is suitable for RF heating. |
| US07804041B2 |
Laser device for drilling holes in components of a fluid injection device
The laser machining device is provided for drilling holes in components of a fluid injection device, particularly for injecting fuel into a combustion engine. The laser resonator is formed by an optically pumped diode laser solid state active medium. The resonator is arranged for supplying primary pulses in the microsecond range. Modulation means are arranged between the resonator and a machining head for modulating the amplitude of the primary pulses supplied by the resonator, so as to obtain a secondary pulse train of smaller length for each of said pulses. |
| US07804038B2 |
Multi-vacuum contactor control system
A control system for controlling and synchronizing a plurality of medium-voltage vacuum contactors comprises a two-level network structure. A dedicated network includes a plurality of servant control units operably coupled to the vacuum contactors and configured to ascertain a plurality of different data and conditions thereof. In addition, the dedicated network includes a master control unit in serial communication with the servant control units and configured to send and receive communications therewith. The master control unit is operably coupled to a control network including a plurality of various control devices. The master control unit is configured to send predetermined data received from the servant control units to the control network. The two-level network structure enables relatively jitter free communication on the dedicated network while not overwhelming the control network with unnecessary data. The system is further configured to diagnose and prevent a variety of different vacuum contactor failures. |
| US07804036B2 |
Control switch apparatus
A control switch is equipped with a detent mechanism that generates a click feeling in a dial knob as a result of a detent piece of a plunger member gets over detent crests of a detent crest member. A stopper is provided in the plunger member, and the position of vertical motion of the stopper is switched by means of a rectilinear actuator, thereby switching rotational operation of the dial knob between an enabled state and a disabled state. |
| US07804033B2 |
Disconnector for an electrical substation handling voltages in excess of 1100kV
The present invention is mainly directed to a disconnector for an electrical substation for very high voltage in excess of 1100 kV, of the horizontal displacement type comprising a first moving part (2) and a second moving part (4), the said first moving part (2) and second moving part (4) each comprising at least two articulated arms (14, 16, 114, 116) which are arranged to make contact with each other through a free end. In the closed position, which is the closed position of the disconnector, the first arms (14, 114) and the second arms (16, 116) of each of the moving parts together define a non-flat angle (α) so that they form an arch, the two second arms (16, 116) being aligned with each other in a substantially horizontal position. |
| US07804031B2 |
Printed wiring board and manufacturing method thereof
A printed wiring board having an interlayer insulation layer and conductive circuits formed on the interlayer insulation layer. The conductive circuits include a first conductive circuit and a second conductive circuit positioned adjacent to each other, and the first and second conductive circuits satisfy a formula, 0.10 T≦|W1−W2|≦0.73 T, where W1 represents an upper conductive circuit space between the first and second conductive circuits, W2 represents a lower conductive circuit space between the first and second conductive circuits, and T represents a thickness of the first and second conductive circuits. |
| US07804030B2 |
Printed circuit board
A circuit board (1) has a top face (2) for positioning an electronic component and a bottom face (4) used as a support on a heat-dissipating base. A plurality of heat transfer holes (12) provide heat transfer from the top face (2) to the bottom face (4). The heat transfer holes (12) are unevenly or non-uniformly distributed on the top face (2) in such a way that the top face (2) is provided with several free sectors (14) which are free of heat transfer holes (12) in order to connect the electronic component to the circuit board (1). The free sectors (14) are configured as columns or lines. A plurality of heat transfer holes (12) are placed at least along the long sides of the free sectors (14). The circuit board has a low thermal resistance between the electronic component and the heat-dissipating base. |
| US07804027B2 |
Cable supporting device
A device for supporting a cable between a vehicle body and a movable member movably connected to the vehicle body is provided with a guide including a frame having a three-dimensional outer surface and a supporting member for rotatably tightly holding the arcuate surface of the guide, the support being fixed to the vehicle body and/or the movable member. The frame of the guide includes a first opening and a second opening communicating with a hollow portion thereof and used for insertion of the cable, a tube projecting from the peripheral edge of the first opening and a rotational angle restriction projecting from the outer surface of the frame while being spaced apart by a required angle from the tube. The support includes a contact engageable with the rotational angle restriction, and at least one of facing surfaces of the contact and the rotational angle restriction is an inclined surface. |
| US07804024B2 |
Photovoltaic device and method of manufacturing the same
A photovoltaic device capable of improving an output characteristic is obtained. This photovoltaic device includes a first conductivity type crystalline silicon region, a second conductivity type first noncrystalline silicon layer and a substantially intrinsic second noncrystalline silicon layer arranged between the crystalline silicon region and the first noncrystalline silicon layer, and the crystalline silicon region has an aperiodic corrugated shape having a height of not more than 2 nm on the interface between the same and the second noncrystalline silicon layer. |
| US07804022B2 |
Solar cell contact fingers and solder pad arrangement for enhanced efficiency
A solar cell includes negative metal contact fingers electrically connected to N-type diffusion regions of the solar cell and positive metal contact fingers electrically connected to P-type diffusion regions of the solar cell. Both the N-type and P-type diffusion regions are on the backside of the solar cell. The solar cell includes a front side that faces the sun during normal operation. The negative and positive metal contact fingers may be interdigitated. For increased solar radiation collection, the metal contact fingers may be arranged to point to and collectively cover portions of a perimeter of a solder pad. For example, the negative metal contact fingers may be arranged to point to and collectively cover two or three sides of a solder pad. |
| US07804021B2 |
Light transmissible solar cell module, process for manufacturing same, and solar cell panel thereof
A light transmissible solar cell module including: solar cell units, which include a transparent substrate, a mirror electrode layer provided on a part of a surface of the transparent substrate, and a solar cell section provided on the mirror electrode layer, arranged in multi-levels; a first connecting wire electrically connected to an electrode provided on a surface side of the solar cell section; and a second connecting wire electrically connected to the mirror electrode layer, wherein the solar cell units are arranged so that a light entering from one side hits the solar cell section of an arbitrary solar cell unit and is reflected, and the reflected light reaches another side by being reflected by the mirror electrode layer of a solar cell unit arranged adjacent to the arbitrary solar cell unit. |
| US07804020B2 |
Photovoltaic module
A photovoltaic module includes a plurality of photovoltaic devices, a first filling material formed by a resin having a first soften temperature which is disposed in an area where the photovoltaic devices are disposed, a second filling material having a second soften temperature which is disposed in an area other than the area where the photovoltaic devices are disposed, a front surface protecting material disposed on the first filling material and the second filling material. The second soften temperature is higher than the first soften temperature. |
| US07804019B2 |
Methods of depositing epitaxial thermoelectric films having reduced crack and/or surface defect densities and related devices
A substrate is provided including a growth surface that is offcut relative to a plane defined by a crystallographic orientation of the substrate at an offcut angle of about 5 degrees to about 45 degrees. A thermoelectric film is epitaxially grown on the growth surface. A crystallographic orientation of the thermoelectric film may be tilted about 5 degrees to about 30 degrees relative to the growth surface. The growth surface of the substrate may also be patterned to define a plurality of mesas protruding therefrom prior to epitaxial growth of the thermoelectric film. Related methods and thermoelectric devices are also discussed. |
| US07804014B2 |
Tone plate for keyboard-type tone plate percussion instrument, tone plate-fabricating method, tone generator unit of tone plate percussion instrument, and keyboard-type percussion instrument
A tone plate which makes it easy to reduce the entire length and width thereof, thus increasing the degree of freedom in design. The tone plate includes an antinode portion, front and rear ends, and first and second supporting holes which are located closer to the front and rear ends than to the antinode portion and at which a vibration node can be formed. There are provided first and second mass concentrating portions extending toward the front and rear ends from locations on a side close to the first and rear ends with respect to the supporting holes. First and second thinner portions are respectively provided between the antinode portion and the supporting holes. The tone plate vibrates to generate a musical tone of a specific tone pitch when struck with being supported at the supporting holes. |
| US07804012B2 |
Inbred sweet corn line R605
An inbred sweet corn line, designated R605, the plants and seeds of inbred sweet corn line R605, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R605 with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R605 with another maize line or plant. |
| US07804010B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn hybrid CH854628
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH854628. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH854628, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH854628 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH854628. |
| US07804009B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV214898
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV214898. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV214898, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV214898 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 CV214898 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 CV214898. |
| US07804005B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV111261
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV111261. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV111261, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV111261 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 CV111261 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 CV111261. |
| US07803999B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH004258
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH004258. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH004258, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH004258 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH004258. |
| US07803997B2 |
Cotton variety 05V341
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 05V341. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 05V341. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 05V341 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 05V341 with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US07803994B2 |
Soybean cultivar 6547272
A soybean cultivar designated 6547272 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 6547272, to the plants of soybean 6547272, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 6547272 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 6547272 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 6547272, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 6547272 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 6547272 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US07803991B2 |
Universal chloroplast integration and expression vectors, transformed plants and products thereof
The invention provides universal chloroplast integration and expression vectors which are competent to stably transform and integrate genes of interest into chloroplast genome of multiple species of plants. Transformed plants and their progeny are provided. Monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants are transformed which have never been transformed heretofore. Plants transformed with a synthetic gene express valuable biodegradable protein-based polymers (PBPs). Transformed plants produce high value molecules. Resistance is provided to agricultural crops against the major classes of chemical herbicides. Herbicide resistance is used as a lethal selectable marker for chloroplast transformation. The transformed plants are capable of expressing in addition to the targeted trait, a desirable, secondary non-targeted trait. Insect resistance is provided to transformed plants, both against insects that are susceptible to Bt toxins and against insects that have developed resistance to Bt toxins. |
| US07803990B2 |
Early endosperm promoter eep1
This invention relates generally to the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically, this invention relates to methods and reagents for the temporally- and/or spatially-regulated expression of genes, particularly in plant seeds and related female reproductive tissue. The present invention also provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions comprise novel nucleotide sequences for a seed-preferred promoter known as eep1. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant cell to comprise a heterologous nucleotide sequence operably linked to one of the promoters of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant from the transformed plant cell. |
| US07803989B1 |
Antimicrobial peptides and methods of use
The invention provides isolated KCP-like nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering KCP-like nucleic acid and/or protein concentration and/or composition of plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants. |
| US07803987B2 |
Phosphatase stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants
A transgenic plant transformed by a phosphatase stress-related protein (PHSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic plants. Also provided are isolated PHSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding PHSRPs, and vectors and host cells containing the latter. |
| US07803986B2 |
Fructan Biosynthetic Enzymes
This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding fructosyltransferases. More specifically, this invention relates to polynucleotides encoding 1-FFTs, 6-SFTs, or 1-SSTs. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA constructs encoding all or a portion of the fructosyltransferases, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels of the fructosyltransferases in a transformed host cell. |
| US07803977B2 |
Transalkylation of heavy alkylate using a layered catalyst
A layered catalyst is disclosed for use in transalkylation of polyalkylated benzenes. The catalyst comprises an inner core material with a molecular sieve bonded over the core. The process minimizes the cracking of the alkyl groups during the transalkylation reaction. |
| US07803974B2 |
Hydrogenation processes
Disclosed are heterogeneous processes (i) for the hydrogenation of a compound containing at least one unsaturated carbon-carbon bond, and (ii) for the hydro-dehalogenation of a compound containing at least one C—Cl, C—Br or C—I bond. The processes comprise reacting said compound with a hydrogenating agent and a heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst in the presence of an ionic liquid. |
| US07803969B2 |
Continuous process for the production and purification of acrylic acid
The invention relates to a process for the purification of (meth)acrylic acid in a process stage that comprises the following process steps: a) (meth)acrylic acid is crystallized out from a mother liquor; b) crystallized (meth)acrylic acid is separated from the mother liquor; c) at least part of the separated (meth)acrylic acid crystals are melted; d) the melted part is at least partially recycled to the step a) or step b). The process according to the invention, the apparatus suitable for implementing the process, and the use of the apparatus according to the invention for the production of (meth)acrylic acid are characterized by a high purity of the thereby obtainable (meth)acrylic acid as well as by a high efficiency with regard to the achievable yield and necessary energy requirement. |
| US07803966B2 |
Cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds that display retinoid like activities
This invention relates to novel compounds that display retinoid like activities, including HB-EGF (Heparin Binding Epidermal Growth Factor) release from keratinocytes, cell proliferation, and epidermal thickening without the irritation potentials, such as release of interleukin 8 and inhibition of terminal differentiation of keratinocytes. This invention also relates to the use of such a compound for both external and non-external applications. |
| US07803963B2 |
Physiological coolants based on lactoyl esters of menthyl lactate
A method of imparting a physiological cooling effect to a consumer product is disclosed. The method comprises formulating into the consumer product a composition comprising at least one lactoyl ester of menthyl lactate. Also disclosed is a method of providing physiological cooling by contacting skin or mucous membranes with the lactoyl ester compositions. Coolants comprising the lactoyl esters and additional coolants are also disclosed. The lactoyl esters are conveniently prepared from menthol and lactic acid. |
| US07803960B2 |
Phenyloxyaniline derivatives
The present invention relates to phenyloxyaniline derivatives, to methods of their production and to uses thereof. |
| US07803959B2 |
Synthesis of aromatic silicon-containing compounds
Methods are provided for preparing aromatic silicon-containing compounds. The methods include providing an aromatic starting material; reacting the aromatic starting material with a base to form an aromatic salt; and reacting the aromatic salt with a halo-alkylene-silane to form an aromatic silicon-containing compound. Compositions prepared by these methods, protective layers that include hydrolysis and condensation products of such compositions, electrophotographic photoreceptors that include such protective layers, and image forming apparatuses that include such electrophotographic photoreceptors are also provided. In addition, method for preparing electrophotographic photoreceptors that include protective layers including hydrolysis and condensation products of aromatic silicon-containing compounds prepared by the methods for preparing aromatic silicon-containing compounds are provided. |
| US07803958B2 |
Crosslinkers containing silane
A crosslinker (i.e., a curing agent) for polymerizing a film-forming material. The crosslinker is an organic compound including at least two functional groups reactive with a film-forming material and at least one pendent group comprising a —Si(OR)3 group, wherein each R is independently an alkyl group including from 1 to about 12 carbon atoms or an aryl group including substituted and unsubstituted phenyl and benzyl groups. Functional groups reactive with a film-forming materials include isocyanate, blocked isocyanate, uretdione, epoxide, hydroxyl, carboxyl, ester, ether, carbamate, aminoalkanol, aminoalkylether, amide, or amine groups. Embodiments include derivatives of the various crosslinkers as disclosed elsewhere herein, where the crosslinker has at least two functional groups reactive with a film-forming material and at least one pendent group comprising a —Si(OR)3 group. |
| US07803956B2 |
Benzofuran derivatives useful for treating hyper-proliferative disorders
The invention relates to novel benzofuran derivatives, processes for their preparation and their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment or prophylaxis of disorders, especially of hyperproliferative disorders. |
| US07803944B2 |
Viral polymerase inhibitors
An isomer, enantiomer, diastereoisomer, or tautomer of a compound, represented by formula I: wherein: A is O, S, NR1, or CR1, wherein R1 is defined herein; — represents either a single or a double bond; R2 is selected from: H, halogen, R21, OR21, SR21, COOR21, SO2N(R22)2, N(R22)2, CON(R22)2, NR22C(O)R22 or NR22C(O)NR22 wherein R21 and each R22 is defined herein; B is NR3 or CR3, with the proviso that one of A or B is either CR1 or CR3, wherein R3 is defined herein; K is N or CR4, wherein R4 is defined herein; L is N or CR5 wherein R5 has the same definition as R4 defined above; M is N or CR7, wherein R7 has the same definition as R4 defined above; Y1 is O or S; Z is N(R6a)R6 or OR6, wherein R6a is H or alkyl or NR61R62 wherein R61 and R62 are defined herein; a salt or a derivative thereof, as an inhibitor of HCV NS5B polymerase. |
| US07803938B2 |
Potentiators of glutamate receptors
This application relates to a substituted hydroxyphenyl ketone compound of formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition thereof and its use in treating migraine. This application also relates to processes for preparing a compound of formula I, and intermediate compounds useful therein. |
| US07803937B2 |
Cellulose II phosphate ester and metal-adsorbing material using the same
This invention relates to cellulose II phosphate which may be partly carbamidated, and also to a metal-adsorbing material making use of the same. This cellulose II phosphate efficiently adsorbs metal ions in a solution, and can be used as a metal-adsorbing material and in a metal-adsorbing system. |
| US07803933B2 |
siRNA targeting TATA box binding protein (TBP)-associated factor (TAF1)
Efficient sequence specific gene silencing is possible through the use of siRNA technology. By selecting particular siRNAs by rational design, one can maximize the generation of an effective gene silencing reagent, as well as methods for silencing genes. Methods, compositions, and kits generated through rational design of siRNAs are disclosed including those directed to nucleotide sequences for TAF1. |
| US07803932B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting EB-1-mediated microtubule stability
This invention provides a recombinant nucleic acid which, when introduced in vivo into a mammalian cell endogenously expressing EB1, inhibits the expression of EB1 therein, thereby reducing the amount of stable microtubules in the cell.This invention further provides related compositions, nucleic acids, cells and methods. |
| US07803931B2 |
Aptamer therapeutics useful in the treatment of complement-related disorders
The invention provides nucleic acid therapeutics and methods for using these nucleic acid therapeutics in the treatment of complement-related disorders. |
| US07803922B2 |
Methods and compositions for selectively cleaving DNA containing duplex nucleic acids in a complex nucleic acid mixture, and nuclease compositions for use in practicing the same
Methods of selectively cleaving DNA containing duplex nucleic acids in a complex nucleic acid mixture, as well as nuclease containing compositions for use therein, are provided. In the subject methods, a nuclease or composition thereof is employed to provide for selective cleavage of DNA containing duplex nucleic acids in a complex nucleic acid mixture. Also provided are novel duplex-stranded specific nucleases and nucleic acids encoding the same, where the subject nucleases are enzymes that, preferentially cleave deoxyribonucleic acid molecules in perfectly matched nucleic acid duplexes as compared to non-perfectly matched nucleic acid duplexes of the same length and/or single stranded nucleic acids. The subject methods and compositions for practicing the same find use in a variety of different applications, including, but not limited to, nucleic acid analyte detection applications, gene expression profiling applications, detection of nucleic acid variants including single nucleotide polymorphisms applications, preparation of subtracted and normalized nucleic acid libraries, etc. Finally, kits for use in practicing the subject methods are provided. |
| US07803919B2 |
Bovine ABCG2 gene missense mutations and uses thereof
A quantitative trait locus (QTL) affecting milk fat and protein concentration was localized to a 4cM confidence interval on chromosome 6 centered on the microsatellite BM143. The genes and sequence variation in this region were characterized, and common haplotypes spanning five polymorphic sites in the genes IBSP, SPP1, PKD2, and ABCG2 for two sires heterozygous for this QTL were localized. Expression of SPP1 and ABCG2 in the bovine mammary gland increased from parturition through lactation. SPP1 was sequenced, and all the coding exons of ABCG2 and PKD2 were sequenced for these two sires. The single nucleotide change capable of encoding a substitution of tyrosine-581 to serine (Y581S) in the ABCG2 transporter was the only polymorphism corresponding to the segregation status of all three heterozygous and 15 homozygous sires for the QTL in the Israeli and US Holstein populations. |
| US07803915B2 |
Antibody compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor
The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same. |
| US07803913B2 |
Identification of novel broadly cross-reactive neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies using sequential antigen panning of phage display libraries
The present invention provides a method of identifying novel broadly crossreactive neutralizing monoclonal antibodies using sequential antigen panning of phage display libraries, antibodies obtained in accordance with such a method, as well as fusion proteins and conjugates comprising same, and related isolated or purified nucleic acid molecules, vectors, host cells, compositions, and methods of use to inhibit an infection, reduce the severity of an infection, treat an infection, and inhibit cancer. |
| US07803912B2 |
Increasing the stability of recombinant adult human apohemoglobin
The disclosure relates to recombinant adult human apohemoglobin (apo-rHb) in which the stability has been increased by replacement of an amino acid with a counterpart from another organism, such as a deep sea diving mammal. This mutated apo-rHb may be more stable and/or give higher production yields than unmutated adult human apo-rHb. The mutated apo-rHb may be produced in microorganisms, such as E. coli or yeast cells, or animal erythroid cells. Some apo-rHb of the present disclosure may be used as part of a blood substitute. |
| US07803909B2 |
Mutated Src oncogene composition and methods
The present invention provides a mutant oligonucleotide composition encoding a cellular c-Src tyrosine kinase oncogene. Methods for isolating, expressing and characterizing recombinant Src mutant polypeptide are also provided. The invention further relates to methods for utilizing such oligonucleotides, polypeptides, agonists and antagonists for applications, which relate to research, diagnostics, and clinical arts. More specifically, this invention provides methods of diagnosing, treating, immunizing, and creating transgenic animals based on use of such mutant Src. |
| US07803908B2 |
pDJA1, a cardiac specific gene, corresponding proteins, and uses thereof
The present invention provides novel nucleic acid and protein sequences for methods and compositions for treating, screening, and diagnosing cardiovascular disease and methods for using these genes and gene products for prevention of cardiac cell death and prevention of cardiac tissue damage resulting from ischemic events in cardiac tissue, as well as other tissue that is subject to damage resulting from an ischemic event. The genes, gene products and agents of the invention are also useful for treating other related clinical or coronary events such as angina, myocardial infarct (MI), and stroke, for monitoring the effectiveness of their treatment, and for drug development. The genes, gene products and agents of the present invention are also provided as pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarct and related conditions. Kits are also provided for the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of cardiac diseases and related conditions. |
| US07803905B2 |
Bioactive peptide for cell adhesion
The invention is directed to a polypeptide derived from domain IV of the extracellular matrix protein perlecan that can selectively adhere cells, nucleic acids encoding the inventive polypeptide, vectors comprising the nucleic acids, devices comprising a scaffold coated with the inventive polypeptide, and methods of adhering cells to a scaffold using the inventive polypeptide. |
| US07803902B2 |
Modified variant bowman birk protease inhibitors
The present invention relates to modified variant Bowman Birk Protease Inhibitor proteins (BBPIs) that comprise peptides that bind target proteins, and that are further modified to have greater protease inhibitory activity and/or be produced at greater yields than the unmodified BBPIs. The invention encompasses polynucleotide constructs and expression vectors containing polynucleotide sequences that encode the modified variant BBPIs, the transformed host cells that express and produce the modified variant BBPIs, the modified variant BBPI proteins, the compositions comprising the modified variant BBPIs, and the methods for making and using the modified variant BBPIs in personal care. |
| US07803901B2 |
Polypeptides with natriuresis activity
This document provides methods and material related to natriuretic polypeptides. For example, substantially pure polypeptides having a natriuretic peptide activity, nucleic acids encoding polypeptides having a natriuretic peptide activity, host cells containing such nucleic acids, and methods for inducing a natriuretic or diuretic activity within a mammal are provided. |
| US07803900B2 |
Thermoplastic resin film and method for producing the same
A method for treating an unstretched thermoplastic resin film. The method includes includes heat treating an unstretched thermoplastic resin film at a glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic resin Tg° C. or higher and Tg+50° C. or lower for 10 seconds or longer and 600 seconds or shorter while conveying the thermoplastic resin film at a tension of 2 N/cm2 or higher and 50 N/cm2 or lower. The method provides a thermoplastic resin film has an in-plane retardation (Re) and a retardation in the thickness direction (Rth) close to 0 nm, and as such the thermoplastic resin film after heat treatment has |Re| of 0 to 10 nm and |Rth| of 0 to 20 nm. |
| US07803891B2 |
Blend of ionic (co)polymer resins and matrix (co)polymers
The invention relates to polymeric resin blends containing polyelectrolyte resins blended into a polymer or copolymer matrix. Specifically, the polyelectrolyte resins are (co)polymers without hydrolyzable groups. The matrix polymer is a tough, and highly chemical-resistant (co)polymer, preferably a fluoropolymer. The polymeric resin blend is useful for forming films, and especially films useful for MEAs for use in fuel cells. |
| US07803885B2 |
Pentathienyl-fluorene copolymer
The present invention relates to a pentathienyl-fluorene copolymer having structural units represented by formula (I): here R and R′ are each independently a substituent or H. The invention also relates to a transistor containing this copolymer. The present invention addresses a problem in the art by providing an electroactive device with exceptionally low hysteresis. |
| US07803880B2 |
Water absorbent and producing method of same
An object of the present invention is to provide a water absorbent having excellent gel properties and showing excellent properties when used in a water-absorbing material of a sanitary/hygienic material such as paper diaper. Moreover, another object of the present invention is to provide a water absorbent which is safe and excellent in liquid permeability, and in which an amount of liquid permeability improver for improving the liquid permeability is reduced. The water absorbent is made from a water-absorbing resin prepared by a specific polymerization method and having a high degree of cross-linking, a high liquid holding property and a high gel strength (its swelling pressure of gel layer of is 35 kdyne/cm2 or more). This water absorbent is further processed to have a particular particle size distribution (95 wt % or more of its particles are less than 850ƒÊm but not less than 106ƒÊm, and logarithmic standard deviation (ƒĐƒÄ) is in a range of 0.25 to 0.45) and then surface cross-linked. After that, a liquid permeability improver is added therein. |
| US07803876B2 |
Processes for producing polymer blends and polymer blend pellets
Processes for producing blends of a first polymer component and a second polymer component are provided. The first polymer component and the second polymer component are blended in an internally agitated mixer such as a devolatizer in the presence of at least one solvent. Blending the polymers in this manner results in an intimate mixing of the first and second polymers, providing beneficial performance characteristics. In one embodiment, the first polymer incorporates at least 75 wt. % of propylene-derived units wherein the propylene-derived units have an isotactic triad fraction of about 65% to about 99% and wherein the first polymer has a heat of fusion of less than 75 J/g. In this embodiment, the second polymer is selected from polypropylenes, low density polyethylenes, high density polyethylenes, polystyrenes, polyamides, polycarbonates, and polyesters. Pellets of such polymer blends exhibit beneficial elasticity properties of the first polymer component while exhibiting a reduced tendency to agglomerate. |
| US07803871B2 |
Aqueous dispersion of inorganic nanoparticles, method for the production and use thereof
An aqueous dispersion with a pH of from 2 to 7, comprising (A) at least one swellable polymer or oligomer containing anionic and/or potentially anionic functional groups, (B) surface-modified, cationically stabilized, inorganic nanoparticles of at least one kind, (C) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of amphiphiles and organic compounds which are capable of forming chelate ligands, and (D) at least one crosslinking agent; method for its production and its use for producing highly scratch-resistant coatings, moldings, and self-supporting films. |
| US07803867B2 |
Highly weatherable roof coatings containing aqueous fluoropolymer dispersions
The invention relates to an aqueous-based fluoropolymer coating that is especially useful for use over flat or low-slope flexible surfaces, and more specifically for flat or low-slope roofing. The coating can be factory or field applied. The coating offers the advantages of improved durability, lower dirt pick-up, stain resistance, water repellency, increased solar reflectivity duration, and mildew resistance. |
| US07803866B2 |
Rubber composition for tire tread
A rubber composition for a tire tread which improves grip performance on dry pavement and wet pavement and driveability is provided. The rubber composition includes 100 parts by weight of a rubber component comprising from 50 to 95 parts by weight of a copolymer rubber having a glass transition point of −40° C. or higher obtained by copolymerization of 1,3-butadiene with styrene using an organic lithium compound as an initiator, from 5 to 20 parts by weight of an epoxidized natural rubber having a degree of epoxidation of from 5 to 60% by weight, and from 0 to 45 parts by weight of other diene rubber; from 20 to 100 parts by weight of silica; and from 0 to 100 parts by weight of carbon black, the total amount of silica and carbon black being from 70 to 150 parts by weight, and further includes a silane coupling agent in an amount of from 2 to 25 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the silica. |
| US07803863B2 |
Filler-containing polymer dispersion, method for its production and use
A filler-containing an organic polymer dispersion is provided. The organic polymer of the dispersion is polymerized in the presence of particles of at least one filler. The ratio of the particle size of the filler particles to the particle size of the polymer particles is in the range of from 1.1:1 to 20:1. |
| US07803861B1 |
Method for forming a highly neutralized polymer
A method for forming highly neutralized polymers for use in games balls and the like is disclosed herein. The method includes mixing oleic acid with a predetermined amount of magnesium oxide which is greater than the amount necessary to fully neutralize the oleic acid. The over-neutralized oleic acid particulate is mixed with an acid copolymer compound to form a highly neutralized polymer. |
| US07803860B2 |
Polymer compositions having improved wet ageing properties
The present invention relates to a crosslinkable polymer composition, comprising (i) a polyolefin, (ii) a polar copolymer, and (iii) a glycerol ester compound. |
| US07803856B2 |
Halogen-free flame retardant polyamide composition with improved electrical and flammability properties
Flame retardant polyamide compositions are provided containing a polyamide; a flame retardant system including a metal phosphinate or diphosphinate salt and a nitrogen compound; an aromatic polymer, and optionallly untreated nanoclay having an aspect ratio of about 100 to about 1000. |
| US07803853B2 |
Settable mixture containing lime, a cementitious composition and a polymer
The present invention refers to a settable mixture comprising (i) a water absorbing composition and (ii) an aqueous emulsion of organic polymer or (iii) dispersible organic polymer, wherein the water absorbing composition (i) contains inorganic ingredients which are capable to react with water and the water absorbing composition (i) contains at least 13 weight % lime and at least 5 weight % of a cementitious composition of which components form ettringite during the absorption of water and wherein the amount of the aqueous emulsion of organic polymer (ii) in relation to (i) is such as to provide a ratio of combined weight of polymer solids to combined weight of ingredients which are capable to react with water of from 0.5:1 to 10:1, preferably 1:1 to 4:1 and wherein the amount of dispersible organic polymer (iii) in relation to (i) is such as to give a ratio of combined weight of polymers to combined weight of ingredients which are capable to react with water of from 0.5:1 to 10:1, preferably 1:1 to 4:1. |
| US07803852B2 |
Water-based inks for ink-jet printing
The present invention relates to a water-based ink for ink-jet printing which not only satisfies a high optical density but also exhibits an excellent high lighter-fastness; and a water dispersion used for the water-based ink. There are provided a water dispersion for ink-jet printing containing (A) a pigment and (B) water-insoluble polymer particles produced by polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing 25 to 85% by weight of an aromatic group-containing monomer in the presence of a reactive surfactant; and a water-based ink containing the water dispersion. |
| US07803851B2 |
Inkjet ink
An inkjet ink is provided, which includes a pigment dispersion containing an organic dispersant, a black pigment having an average particle diameter of not more than 200 nm, and a resinous dispersing agent, the organic dispersant being formed of at least one polymerizable compound, and the black pigment being included therein at an amount ranging from 2 to 30% by weight based on the organic dispersant, and an ionic compound. A ζ-potential of the black pigment to the at least one polymerizable compound of the organic dispersant is confined within the range of −10 mV to +100 mV. |
| US07803850B2 |
Camphorquinone derivative having acylphosphine oxide group, photopolymerization initiator and photo/chemical polymerization initiator containing the same and hardenable composition containing the same
A compound that exhibits excellent color tone stability and physical properties as well as excellent photopolymerization activity over a wide region from near-ultraviolet to visible region, permitting relaxed operation under ambient light, so that wide application can be found in the dental field and photopolymerization industry; and a relevant photopolymerization initiator and hardenable composition. In particular, there is provided a novel camphorquinone derivative having an acylphosphine oxide group [—(C═O)—(P═O)<] in each molecule. Further, there is provided a photopolymerization initiator comprising the camphorquinone derivative having an acrylphosphine oxide group [—(C═O)—(P═O)<] in each molecule as an indispensable component, loaded with at least one member selected from among a polymerization accelerator, a photoacid generator, a photosensitizer and a (bis)acylphosphine oxide, and provided a hardenable composition comprising the initiator. The thus provided photopolymerization initiator and hardenable composition exhibit excellent color tone stability and physical properties as well as excellent photopolymeritzaion activity over an ultraviolet and visible wide wavelength region, permitting relaxed operation under ambient light, so that wide application can be found in the dental field and photopolymerization industry. |
| US07803848B2 |
Method for selectively separating used fragmented organic materials by means of dense aqueous suspensions
The invention relates to a method for selectively separating synthetic organic materials such as polymers and/or reinforced or non-reinforced copolymers in the form of wastes, in particular domestic wastes recyclable in order to be reused. Said synthetic organic materials are recuperated from broken used cars and obsolete consumer durable products. The inventive method for selective separation consists in separating materials which have an identical density threshold value and are selected from a dense medium comprising separate liquid fluid suspensions which consist of powdery disperses particles in an aqueous phase and are stabilized with respect to the density threshold value selected in such a way that a selective separation of a determined fraction of the mixture of separable used material is initiated. |
| US07803847B2 |
Fuel cell membrane electrode assembly
Fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies and fuel cell polymer electrolyte membranes are provided comprising bound anionic functional groups and polyvalent cations, such as Mn or Ru cations, which demonstrate increased durability. Methods of making same are also provided. |
| US07803846B2 |
Highly durable polymer electrolytic membrane for a fuel cell having a cross-linked structure
The objective of the invention is to solve the problems of conventional polymer electrolyte membranes, including small ion-exchange capacity and low oxidation and methanol resistance. A polymer film substrate is irradiated with γ-rays, electron beams or other radiations to perform multi-graft polymerization with functional monomers and then the polymer film substrate containing the grafted molecular chains or the graft molecular chains into which sulfonic acid groups have been introduced is crosslinked by irradiation to produce a polymer electrolyte membrane that has outstanding oxidation resistance, dimensional stability, electrical conductivity and methanol resistance and which can be controlled in ion-exchange capacity over a wide range. |
| US07803843B2 |
Materials and methods for improving alcohol metabolism and alleviating the effects of hangovers
The subject invention provides materials and methods for improving alcohol metabolism in animals. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides methods for increasing the ability of people to consume alcohol while reducing hangovers or other effects of intoxication. Specifically exemplified herein is the use of a cysteamine compound to reduce the adverse effects of alcohol consumption. For example, the undesirable and unpleasant symptoms association with hangovers can be reduced through consumption, according to the subject invention, of cysteamine hydrochloride. |
| US07803842B2 |
Choline esters useful for the treatment of cognitive dysfunctions and enhancement of memory, learning and cognition
The present invention provides compounds of formula I described herein. The present invention also provides a method of treating a cognitive dysfunction in a mammal. The method includes administering to the mammal an effective amount of a compound of formula I described herein (e.g., stearyl choline chloride). |
| US07803841B2 |
EP2 receptor agonists
The disclosure provides EP2 receptor agonist compounds and methods for using the compounds for treating conditions which can be alleviated by agonism of an EP2 receptor. |
| US07803839B2 |
Azetidines as MEK inhibitors for the treatment of proliferative diseases
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. Such compounds are MEK inhibitors and are useful in the treatment of proliferative diseases, such as cancer. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds as well as methods of using the compounds and compositions of the invention in the treatment of cancer. |
| US07803838B2 |
Compositions comprising nebivolol
Nebivolol has been shown to be beneficial in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases such hypertension, congestive heart failure, arterial stiffness and endothelial dysfunction. The present invention features a pharmaceutical composition comprising nebivolol and at least one other active agent, wherein the at least one other active agent is a cardiovascular agent. |
| US07803836B2 |
Aminophenylsulfonamide derivatives as HIV protease inhibitor
The present invention concerns substituted aminophenylsulfonamide compounds and derivatives, their use as protease inhibitors, in particular as broadspectrum HIV protease inhibitors, processes for their preparation as well as pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic kits comprising them. The present invention also concerns combinations of the present substituted aminophenylsulfonamide compounds and derivatives with another anti-retroviral agent. It further relates to their use in assays as reference compounds or as reagents. |
| US07803834B2 |
Substituted oxindole derivatives, drugs containing said derivatives and the use thereof
The invention relates to novel oxindol derivative of general formula (I), wherein substituents R1, R2, A, B and Y are such as defined in a claim 1. Drugs containing said derivatives and the use thereof for preventing and/or treating vassopress- and/or oxytocin-dependent-diseases are also disclosed. |
| US07803833B2 |
Compounds
The invention relates to quaternary α-aminocarboxyamide derivatives of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, X, q and n are as defined in claim 1, for treating diseases and conditions mediated by modulation of voltage-gated sodium channels. |
| US07803830B2 |
3-amino-1-arylpropyl indoles and AZA-substituted indoles and uses thereof
The present invention provides compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, wherein p, Ar, R1, R2, R3, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd and Re are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and methods of preparing the compounds. |
| US07803828B2 |
Functionally selective alpha2C adrenoreceptor agonists
In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of indolines as inhibitors of α2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the α2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions. |
| US07803827B2 |
Kv1.5 potassium channel inhibitors
The present invention relates to 1-N-amino-2-imidazolidinones and derivatives thereof which are effective as Kv1.5 potassium channel inhibitors providing atrial-selective antiarrhythmic agents. The present invention further relates to compositions comprising said Kv1.5 potassium channel inhibitors, and to methods for treating cardiac arrhythmia. |
| US07803826B2 |
Imidazolidine derivatives
The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (I): wherein n is an integer selected from 1 to 20, Q is A is cyano or the like; B is hydrogen, halogen, or the like; X1 and X2 are each independently selected from O and S; E is a C1-4 alkyl group; and R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently selected from a hydrogen atom and a C1-C6 alkyl group, and a drug, a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound, and the like. |
| US07803825B2 |
Aminoalkylazole derivatives as histamine-3 antagonists
The present invention provides a compound of formula Ia: and the use thereof for the treatment of a central nervous system disorder related to or affected by the histamine-3 receptor. |
| US07803823B2 |
2-amino-4,5-trisubstituted thiazolyl derivatives
This invention concerns the use of a compound of formula (I′) a N-oxide, a pharmaceutically acceptable addition salt, a quaternary amine and a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, wherein Z is halo; C1-6alkyl; C1-6alkylcarbonyl; C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl; aminocarbonyl; C1-6alkyl substituted with hydroxy, carboxyl, cyano, amino, amino substituted with piperidinyl, amino substituted with C1-4alkyl substituted piperidinyl, mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)amino, aminocarbonyl, mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)aminocarbonyl, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl, C1-6alkyloxy, piperidinyl, piperazinyl, morpholinyl, thiomorpholinyl; polyhaloC1-4alkyl; cyano; amino; mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)aminocarbonyl; C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl; C1-6alkylcarbonyloxy; aminoS(═O)2—; mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)aminoS(═O)2; —C(═N—Rx)NRyRz; Q is optionally substituted C3-6cycloalkyl, phenyl, pyridyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, pyridazinyl, benzthiazolyl, benzoxazolyl, benzimidazolyl, indazolyl, or imidazopyridyl, or Q is a radical of formula L is optionally substituted phenyl or an optionally substituted monocyclic 5 or 6-membered partially saturated or aromatic heterocycle or a bicyclic partially saturated or aromatic heterocycle; aryl is optionally substituted phenyl; for the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or the treatment of inflammatory and/or auto-immune diseases mediated through TNF-α and/or IL-12. |
| US07803820B2 |
3-triazolylthiaalkyl-3-azabicyclo (3-1-O) hexanes and their use as dopamine D3 receptor ligands
The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R1 is hydrogen or C1-4alkyl; R2 is C1-4alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, or a phenyl group, a heterocyclyl group, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic group, or a 8- to 11-membered bicyclic group, any of which groups is optionally substituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4 substituents selected from the group consisting of: halogen, cyano, C1-4alkyl, haloC1-4alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, C1-4alkanoyl and SF5; p is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; and R4 is independently selected from a group consisting of: halogen, hydroxy, cyano, C1-4alkyl, haloC1-4alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, haloC1-4alkoxy and C1-4alkanoyl; n is 0 or 1; wherein when R4 is chlorine and p is 1, such R4 is not present in the ortho position with respect to the linking bond to the rest of the molecule; and wherein, if n is 0, R3 comprises at least one SF5 group as a substituent; processes for their preparation, intermediates used in these processes, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, as modulators of dopamine D3 receptors, e.g. to treat drug dependency, as antipsychotic agents, to treat obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders, premature ejaculation or cognition impairment. |
| US07803818B2 |
Amorphous form of 1,2-dihydropyridine compound
An amorphous form of 3-(2-cyanophenyl)-5-(2-pyridyl)-1-phenyl-1,2-dihydropyridine-2-one. |
| US07803815B2 |
Indol-3-yl-corbonyl-piperidin-benzoimidazol derivatives
The present invention relates to Indol-3-yl-carbonyl-piperidin-benzoimidazol derivatives which act as V1a receptor antagonists and which are represented by Formula I: wherein the residues R1 to R7 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, their use in treating dysmenorrhea, hypertension, chronic heart failure, inappropriate secretion of vasopressin, liver cirrhosis, nephritic syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety and depressive disorders, and methods of preparation thereof. |
| US07803812B2 |
Biphenyl compounds useful as muscarinic receptor antagonists
This invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, d, m, n, p, s, t, W, Ar1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7, and R8 are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula I are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat pulmonary disorders. |
| US07803809B2 |
Substituted pyrano [2,3-b] pyridinamine compounds as beta-secretase modulators and methods of use
The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of Beta-secretase enzyme activity and for the treatment of Beta-secretase mediated diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related conditions. In one embodiment, the compounds have a general Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, A1, A2, A3, A4, X and Z are defined herein. The invention also includes use of these compounds in pharmaceutical compositions for treatment, prophylactic or therapeutic, of disorders and conditions related to the activity of beta-secretase protein. Such disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease (AD), cognitive deficits and impairment, schizophrenia and other similar central nervous system conditions. The invention also comprises further embodiments of Formula II, intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formulas I and II. |
| US07803808B2 |
Production of polyketides and other natural products
The present invention relates to production of polyketides and other natural products and to libraries of compounds and individual novel compounds. Therefore in aspect the present invention provides 17-desmethylrapamycin and analogues thereof, methods for their production, including recombinant strains, and isolation and uses of the compounds of the invention. In a further aspect the present invention provides for the use of 17-desmethylrapamycin and analogues thereof in the induction or maintenance of immunosuppression, the stimulation of neuronal regeneration or the treatment of cancer, B-cell malignancies, fungal infections, transplantation rejection, graft vs. host disease, autoimmune disorders, diseases of inflammation vascular disease and fibrotic diseases, and in the regulation of wound healing. |
| US07803805B2 |
Cristalline 3-{(3R,4R)-4 methyl-3-[methyl-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-amino]-piperidin-1-yl}-3-oxo-propionitrile mono citrate salt
This invention relates to novel amorphous and crystallline forms of 3-{(3R,4R)-4-methyl-3-[methyl-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-amino]-piperidin-1-yl}-3 -oxo-propionitrile mono citrate salt, useful as inhibitors of protein kinases, and to their methods of preparation. |
| US07803799B2 |
Selenophene compounds
This invention relates to selenophene compounds of formula (I) shown below. Each variable in formula (I) is defined in the specification. These compounds can be used to treat cannabinoid-receptor mediated disorders. |
| US07803796B2 |
Homopiperazine compounds that inhibit ribosomal frameshifting by binding to RNA pseudoknot structure of SARS coronavirus
Provided is a homopiperazine compound for inhibiting ribosomal frameshifting by binding to an RNA pseudoknot structure of SARS coronavirus. Particularly, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting synthesis of protein induced by −1 frameshifting by binding to an RNA pseudoknot structure specifically existing in SARS coronavirus. The composition includes a therapeutically effective amount of homopiperazine compound of following chemical formula 1 or a pharmaceutically accepted salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically accepted carrier or excipient. |
| US07803795B2 |
Phthalazine derivatives as parp inhibitors
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), their use as PARP inhibitors as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 L1, L2, X, Y, Q and Z have defined meanings. |
| US07803793B2 |
Heterocyclic derived metalloprotease inhibitors
This invention provides novel heterocyclic derived matrix metalloprotease inhibitors of the formula: and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, useful for treating disorders ameliorated by antagonizing matrix metalloproteases. This invention also provides therapeutic and prophylactic methods using the instant pharmaceutical compositions. |
| US07803792B2 |
Quaternary ammonium compounds
A method for inhibiting ileal bile acid transporter activity in a subject, comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a compound represented by formula (1): |
| US07803790B2 |
Compounds for modulating TRPV3 function
The present application relates to compounds and methods for treating pain and other conditions related to TRPV3. |
| US07803788B2 |
Prodrugs of phosphonate nucoleotide analogues
A novel method has led to the identification of novel mixed ester-amidates of PMPA for retroviral or hepadnaviral therapy, including compounds of structure (5a) having substituent groups as defined herein. Compositions of these novel compounds in pharmaceutically acceptable excipients and their use in therapy and prophylaxis are provided. |
| US07803784B2 |
Modulation of T cell signaling threshold and T cell sensitivity to antigens
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a diverse and abundant class of ˜22-nucleotide (nt) endogenous regulatory RNAs that play a variety of roles in animal cells by controlling gene expression at the posttranscriptional level. Increased miR-181a expression in mature T cells is shown to cause a marked increase in T cell activation and augments T cell sensitivity to peptide antigens. Moreover, T cell blasts with higher miR-181a expression become reactive to antagonists. The effects of miR-181a on antigen discrimination are in part achieved by dampening the expression of multiple negative regulators in the T cell receptor (TCR) signaling pathway, including PTPN22 and the dual specificity phosphatases DUSP5 and DUSP6. This results in a reduction in the TCR signaling threshold, thus quantitatively and qualitatively enhancing T cell sensitivity to antigens. |
| US07803780B2 |
Drug for preventing or treating heart diseases comprising CD9 gene
A drug for preventing or treating heart diseases which comprises an expression vector containing CD9 gene as the active ingredient. In the present invention, the term “heart diseases” means diseases causative of heart failure, ischemic heart diseases, cardiomyopathy, hypertensive heart diseases, valvular disease, congenital heart diseases, mayocarditis, arrhythmia and diseases associated with cardiac hypertrophy and/or tachycardia. In the present invention, the expression vector is a viral vector or a non-viral vector. A method for preventing or treating heart diseases which comprises expressing the CD9 gene in the heart. In the present invention, the prevention or the treatment is carried out by a gene therapy of transferring the CD9 gene. In the gene therapy, use is made of a drug comprising an expression vector containing the CD9 gene as the active ingredient. |
| US07803779B2 |
Drugs for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of gastroparesis symptom
The present invention provides a therapeutic and/or preventive agent against gastroparesis symptom which is appropriate for continuous medication and which comprises a compound represented by formula (1): (wherein R1 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group and R2 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The erythromycin derivative of the formula (1) has an efficacy of improving gastroparesis and this action of the derivative in improving gastroparesis symptom is not found in ABT-229, a different motilin agonist erythromycin derivative. Further, the compound of the formula (1) is also appropriate for long-term clinical use because of its much weaker antibacterial action than that of erythromycin. Accordingly, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical agent that is safe and exhibits potent therapeutic and/or preventive effect in an effort to improve symptomatic gastroparesis. |
| US07803778B2 |
Glucose transport inhibitors and methods of use
Provided are compounds having an inhibitory effect on sodium-dependent glucose cotransporter SGLT. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing the compounds, synthetic intermediates, and methods of using the compounds, independently or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases and conditions which are affected by SGLT inhibition. |
| US07803776B2 |
Combined use of enzyme inhibitors and of pharmaceutical compositions thereof
Provided are combinations of inhibitors of dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DP IV) and of enzymes having the same substrate specificity (DP IV-analogous enzymatic activity) and inhibitors of alanyl aminopeptidase (aminopeptidase N, APN) and of enzymes having the same substrate specificity (APN-analogous enzymatic activity) and use of the same to obtain a more than additive to superadditive inhibition for the treatment of arteriosclerosis, for the treatment of allergic reactions of the type I according to the Gell and Coombs classification and for the treatment of dermatological diseases with follicular and epidermal hyperkeratoses and an enhanced proliferation of keratinocytes. |
| US07803775B2 |
Protein kinase C peptides for use in withdrawal
A method for managing withdrawal from an addictive substance is described. The method involves administering one or more peptides having specific activity for the ε and/or γ isozyme of protein kinase C (PKC). The peptide(s) can be administered prior to, concurrent with, or subsequent to administration of the addictive substance. Also described is a kit having at least one container containing a peptide having isozyme-specific activity for εPKC or γPKC and instructions for use. |
| US07803774B2 |
Modulators of β-amyloid peptide aggregation
Compounds that modulate natural β amyloid peptide aggregation are provided. The modulators of the invention comprise a peptide, preferably based on a β amyloid peptide, that is comprised entirely of D-amino acids. Preferably, the peptide comprises 3-5 D-amino acid residues and includes at least two D-amino acid residues independently selected from the group consisting of D-leucine, D-phenylalanine and D-valine. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the peptide is a retro-inverso isomer of a β amyloid peptide, preferably a retro-inverso isomer of Aβ17-21. In certain embodiments, the peptide is modified at the amino-terminus, the carboxy-terminus, or both. Preferred amino-terminal modifying groups alkyl groups. Preferred carboxy-terminal modifying groups include an amide group, an acetate group, an alkyl amide group, an aryl amide group or a hydroxy group. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention, and diagnostic and treatment methods for amyloidogenic diseases using the compounds of the invention, are also disclosed. |
| US07803772B2 |
Truncated 24kDa basic fibroblast growth factor
The invention relates to fragments of an amino acid sequence of mature, full length 24 kDa fibroblast growth factor-2 or an analog thereof. The fragments have an activity that inhibits the migration of cultured cells as well as inhibiting angiogenesis, tumor growth, or any other processes that involve the migration of cells in vivo. This fragment does not stimulate the proliferation of cells which is in contrast to activity shown by the mature, full-length 24 kDa fibroblast growth factor-2. The present invention also relates to a DNA molecule encoding the fragment, an expression vector and a transformed host containing the DNA molecule, and a method of producing the protein by culturing the transformed host. Moreover, the present invention relates to a therapeutic composition the 24 kDa fibroblast growth factor fragment and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. |
| US07803771B2 |
Recombinant gelatin particles for cell adhesion
The present invention relates to cell carrier particles prepared from recombinantly produced gelatins comprising at least two outer lysine residues which are separated by at least 25 percent of the total number of amino acids in the recombinant gelatin polypeptide. The invention is also directed at applications in which such cell carriers are used, for example as injectable cell carrier, for tissue augentation or cosmetic surgery or as microcarrier in in vitro cell cultivation. |
| US07803770B2 |
Method of treating osteoporosis comprising administration of PTHrP analog
The present invention provides a storage-stable composition containing a parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) and methods of using a PTHrP and the PTHrP compositions described herein to treat osteoporosis, to increase bone mass or to increase bone quality. The composition is storage stable, in sterile form, and in general may be stored at room temperature for at least several weeks to allow convenient parenteral administration to human patients. |
| US07803768B2 |
Method for treatment of hyperglycemia in a subject in need thereof
A pharmaceutical for promoting neogenesis or regeneration of pancreatic β cells which produces and secretes insulin and for promoting insulin production in β cells, comprising ghrelin or a derivative thereof as an effective component. |
| US07803766B2 |
Gastrin compositions and formulations, and methods of use and preparation
The present invention concerns six novel variants of alternative splicing of the CD40 receptorThe invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a gastrin compound having an extended activity upon administration to a subject in comparison with native gastrin. Methods are provided of conjugating portions of the amino acid sequence of gastrin having functional ability to bind to the gastrin/CCK receptor, to various carrier moieties, including the use of amino acid spacer regions, and use of bifunctional cross-linking reagents. Methods of treating a diabetes patient with the compositions are provided. |
| US07803762B1 |
Ready-to-use bivalirudin compositions
Ready-to-use bivalirudin compositions, methods of using the ready-to-use bivalirudin compositions, and methods of preparing the ready-to-use bivalirudin compositions. The ready-to-use bivalirudin compositions comprise bivalirudin and one or more stabilizing agents. The one or more stabilizing agents may be buffering agents having a pKa of about 2.5 to about 6.5, pH-adjusting agents, polymers, preservatives, antioxidants, sugars or polyols, or a combination thereof. The ready-to-use bivalirudin compositions may also comprise [9-10]-cycloimido bivalirudin, [11-12]-cycloimido bivalirudin, or a combination thereof. The method of using the ready-to-use bivalirudin compositions comprises administering the ready-to-use compositions to a patient in need thereof. Further, the method of preparing the ready-to-use bivalirudin compositions comprises mixing bivalirudin with one or more stabilizing agents. |
| US07803760B2 |
Methods of inducing ovulation
The present invention relates to methods of inducing ovulation in a female host comprising the administration of a non-polypeptide cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) level modulator to the female host. In another aspect, the invention provides for specific administration of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor prior to the luteal phase of the host's ovulatory cycle. Preferred non-polypeptide cAMP level modulators include phosphodiesterase inhibitors, particularly inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 4 isoforms. |
| US07803757B2 |
Peptides based on the sequence of human lactoferrin and their use
The invention relates to new peptides formed of at least seven subsequent amino acids of the amino acids in position 12-40, counted from the N-terminal end, in the sequence constituting human lactoferrin, and preferably modifications thereof. The invention also relates to medicinal products comprising such peptides, especially intended for treatment and prevention of infections, inflammations and tumours. Furthermore, the invention relates to food stuff, e.g. infant formula food, comprising the above mentioned peptides. |
| US07803756B2 |
Antimicrobial peptides derived from CAP18
The invention provides methods to exert antimicrobial effects in prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of bacterial or fungal infections employing polypeptides that have affinity to microbial and fungal toxins. |
| US07803755B2 |
Molecules for the treatment and prevention of fungal diseases
This disclosure provides a method and a product to treat fungal nail infections and Athlete's foot in a fast and non expensive way. The product contains one or more lytic peptides in water solution. |
| US07803749B2 |
Peptide inhibitors of MKK7 kinase binding to insulin binding proteins
The invention provides cell-permeable peptides that selectively block the branch of the JNK signaling pathway controlled by the islet-brain (IB) proteins. The provided cell-permeable peptides block the binding of intermediate kinases in the c-Jun amino terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway, thereby decreasing the downstream effects of c-Jun amino terminal kinase (JNK). |
| US07803748B2 |
Nanoparticles for protein drug delivery
The invention discloses the nanoparticles composed of chitosan, poly-γ-glutamic acid, and at least one bioactive agent characterized with a positive surface charge and their enhanced permeability for paracellular drug delivery. |
| US07803747B2 |
Detergent composition for halogenated dry cleaning solvents
A composition that optimizes the performance and maintenance of halogenated dry cleaning solvents is disclosed. One embodiment of a detergent composition for use with halogenated dry cleaning solvents includes water, a surfactant, a solubilizer, a coupling agent, an acid-accepting stabilizer, and a halogenated solvent. Optionally, the composition can include an oil-based fragrance and/or an optical brightener. When used in a dry cleaning process, the detergent composition replenishes the acid-accepting stabilizer depleted from the dry cleaning solvent and the halogenated solvent suppresses the flash point of the acid-accepting stabilizer. |
| US07803745B2 |
Lubricant composition
A lubricating oil composition of the present invention which contains an ether ashless friction modifier is applicable to a sliding surface having a low friction sliding member, is capable of imparting excellent low friction characteristics thereto and, in particular, is capable of giving a fuel saving effect when applied to an internal combustion engine. |
| US07803743B2 |
Invert emulsion carrier fluid and oil-wetting agent and method of using same
A gravel packing fluid and method for gravel packing a wellbore using a gravel packing fluid comprising an invert emulsion comprising oil as an external phase, clear brine as an internal phase, and a quantity of emulsifier effective to produce a stable invert emulsion, the external phase of the gravel packing fluid further comprising gravel wetting agent. |
| US07803737B2 |
Solid materials for removing arsenic and method thereof
Solid materials have been developed to remove arsenic compounds from aqueous media. The arsenic is removed by passing the aqueous phase through the solid materials which can be in molded, granular, or powder form. The solid materials adsorb the arsenic leaving a purified aqueous stream. The materials are aerogels or xerogels and aerogels or xerogels and solid support structure, e.g., granulated activated carbon (GAC), mixtures. The species-specific adsorption occurs through specific chemical modifications of the solids tailored towards arsenic. |
| US07803735B2 |
Hydroconversion processes employing multi-metallic catalysts and method for making thereof
A catalyst precursor composition and methods for making such catalyst precursor are disclosed. The catalyst precursor comprises at least a metal compound selected from Group VIII, Group IIB, Group IIA, Group IVA and combinations thereof, at least one Group VIB metal, at least one organic, oxygen-containing ligand, and a cellulose-containing material. Catalysts prepared from the sulfidation of such catalyst precursors are used in the hydroprocessing of hydrocarbon feeds. In one embodiment, the sulfidation is carried out by contacting the catalyst precursor with hydrogen and a sulfur containing compound in a “slow” process with the sulfidation taking place over a few days up to two weeks, e.g., for at least over 96 hours. In another embodiment, the sulfidation is in a “quick” process with the sulfidation taking place in less than 72 hours. The catalyst prepared from the slow sulfidation process gives a 700° F.+ conversion rate of at least 25% higher than the 700° F.+ conversion rate of a catalyst prepared from a quick sulfidation process. |
| US07803733B2 |
Aluminum nitride sintered body and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus member
The aluminum nitride sintered body includes at least europium, aluminum, and oxygen. It was found that a grain boundary phase having a peak having a X-ray diffraction profile substantially the same as that of an Sr3Al2O6 phase could be three-dimensionally continued in the aluminum nitride sintered body to realize a lower resistance without damaging various properties unique to aluminum nitride. |
| US07803731B2 |
Fire resistant glass fiber
A glass fiber composition comprises about 52-65 weight % SiO2; less than or equal to 4 weight % Al2O3; about 7-16 weight % Fe2O3; greater than 6 weight % and less than or equal to about 14 weight % R2O; about 6-25 weight % CaO; less than or equal to 10 weight % MgO; and about 10-25 weight % RO; wherein R2O represents alkali metal oxides and RO represents alkaline earth metal oxides. Preferably, the glass fiber composition has a liquidus temperature of less than 2350° F.; and a viscosity at a liquidus temperature of the glass fiber composition of greater than 500 poise; and fire resistant glass fiber formed from the glass fiber composition has a biodissolution rate of greater than 50 ng/cm2/hr. |
| US07803728B2 |
Fibers made from copolymers of ethylene/α-olefins
A fiber is obtainable from or comprises an ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer characterized by an elastic recovery, Re, in percent at 300 percent strain and 1 cycle and a density, d, in grams/cubic centimeter, wherein the elastic recovery and the density satisfy the following relationship: Re>1481−1629(d). Such interpolymer can also be characterized by other properties. The fibers made therefrom have a relatively high elastic recovery and a relatively low coefficient of friction. The fibers can be cross-linked, if desired. Woven or non-woven fabrics can be made from such fibers. |
| US07803725B2 |
Carrier membrane, coated membrane composite, and method
A pliable reinforcement carrier membrane for use in a coated membrane composite includes a pliable non-woven fibrous mat of entangled polymeric fibers and a hydrophobic binder. The membrane is made so that a first surface of the mat has portions of a portion of the polymeric fibers of the mat protruding therefrom in extent and in sufficient amounts to give the first surface of the mat a fuzzy characteristic to facilitate adhesion of a coating material and a second surface of the fibrous mat has a generally smooth, non-fuzzy surface. A pliable waterproof composite, including the membrane, has a bottom surface formed by a filled asphalt, modified bitumen, or non-asphaltic polymeric coating that overlies and is adhered to the first surface of the mat to provide a barrier against liquid water transmission through the composite and a top surface formed by the second surface of the mat. |
| US07803722B2 |
Methods for forming a dielectric layer within trenches
A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes reacting a silicon precursor and an atomic oxygen or nitrogen precursor at a processing temperature of about 150° C. or less to form a silicon oxide or silicon-nitrogen containing layer over a substrate. The silicon oxide or silicon-nitrogen containing layer is ultra-violet (UV) cured within an oxygen-containing environment. |
| US07803721B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing same
A semiconductor device includes a deposited-type insulating film disposed on a substrate; a coating-type insulating film disposed on a surface of the deposited-type insulating film and having a film density which is lower than a film density of the deposited-type insulating film; and an intermediate insulating film disposed between the deposited-type insulating film and the coating-type insulating film and having a film density which is intermediate between the film density of the deposited-type insulating film and the film density of the coating-type insulating film. |
| US07803720B2 |
Coating process and equipment for reduced resist consumption
A coating system and method of coating semiconductor wafers is disclosed that is able to maintain a wet condition on the outer portion of the semiconductor wafer to provide ease of spreading for a photo-resist or anti-reflective coating (ARC) that is being dispensed. The system can include a plurality of nozzles on a movable arm. A first nozzle dispenses a pre-wet solvent onto the semiconductor wafer. A second nozzle then dispenses the photo-resist or ARC coating onto the semiconductor wafer. A third nozzle dispenses additional pre-wet solvent onto the outer edge of the semiconductor wafer as the photo-resist or ARC coating is being dispensed. The nozzles dispense solutions onto the semiconductor wafer as it rotates. The system produces semiconductor wafers with few coating defects and uses less photo-resist or ARC coating. |
| US07803719B2 |
Semiconductor device including a coupled dielectric layer and metal layer, method of fabrication thereof, and passivating coupling material comprising multiple organic components for use in a semiconductor device
A material for passivating a dielectric layer in a semiconductor device has a molecular structure permitting or at least promoting liquid phase metal deposition thereon in a subsequent process step. The contemplated material may be constituted by multiple organic components. A semiconductor device including a layer of the passivating coupling material, and a method of manufacturing such a semiconductor device are also contemplated. |
| US07803717B2 |
Growth and integration of epitaxial gallium nitride films with silicon-based devices
Epitaxial gallium nitride is grown on a silicon substrate while reducing or suppressing the formation of a buffer layer. The gallium nitride may be grown directly on the silicon substrate, for example using domain epitaxy. Alternatively, less than one complete monolayer of silicon nitride may be formed between the silicon and the gallium nitride. Subsequent to formation of the gallium nitride, an interfacial layer of silicon nitride may be formed between the silicon and the gallium nitride. |
| US07803716B2 |
Fabrication method of semiconductor device
Provided is a fabrication method of a semiconductor device having an improved production yield.An insulating film for forming sidewall insulating films of a gate electrode is deposited on the main surface of a semiconductor wafer and then, subjected to the treatment for equalizing the film thickness distribution. In this treatment, the semiconductor wafer is fixed onto a spin stage of an etching apparatus and rotated; and an etchant is supplied from an etchant nozzle to the main surface of the rotating semiconductor wafer while moving thereabove the etchant nozzle from the peripheral side to the central side on the main surface of the semiconductor wafer. The moving speed of the etchant nozzle is controlled, depending on the thickness distribution of the insulating film and is made lower in a region where a change rate of the thickness of the insulating film in a radial direction of the semiconductor wafer is large than in a region where the change rate is small. |
| US07803710B2 |
Method for fabricating semiconductor device capable of decreasing critical dimension in peripheral region
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device where a critical dimension in a peripheral region is decreased. The method includes the steps of: forming a silicon nitride layer on a substrate including a cell region and a peripheral region; forming a silicon oxynitride layer on the silicon nitride layer; forming a line-type photoresist pattern on the silicon oxynitride layer such that the photoresist pattern in the cell region has a width larger than that of a final pattern structure and the photoresist pattern in the peripheral region has a width that reduces an incidence of pattern collapse; etching the silicon oxynitride layer and the silicon nitride layer until widths of a remaining silicon oxynitride layer and a remaining silicon nitride layer are smaller than the width of the photoresist pattern used as an etch mask through suppressing generation of polymers; and over-etching the remaining silicon nitride layer. |
| US07803709B2 |
Method of fabricating pattern in semiconductor device using spacer
A method of fabricating patterns of a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming first sacrificial layer patterns over a pattern target layer; forming first spacers on sidewalls of the first sacrificial layer patterns; forming a second sacrificial layer pattern over the first sacrificial layer patterns and the first spacers such that at least one of the first spacers is exposed by the second sacrificial layer pattern; forming a dual spacer by forming a second spacer on the exposed first spacer; removing the second sacrificial layer pattern and the first sacrificial layer patterns; and forming a first pattern having a first pitch defined by the first spacers and a second pattern having a second pitch defined by the dual spacer by etching an exposed portion of the pattern target layer using the first spacers and the dual spacer as etching masks. |
| US07803701B2 |
Method for fabricating a semiconductor device
A method for fabricating the semiconductor device comprises providing a semiconductor substrate having a device region and a testkey region. A first trench is formed in the device region and a second trench is formed in the testkey region. A conductive layer with a first etching selectivity is formed in the first and second trenches. A first implantation process is performed in a first direction to form a first doped region with a first impurity and an undoped region in the conductive layer simultaneously and respectively in the device region and in the testkey region. A second implantation process is performed in the second trench to form a second doped region with a second impurity in the conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer in the second trench has a second etching selectivity higher than the first etching selectivity. |
| US07803697B2 |
Highly integrated semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes sequentially forming a first pattern and a second pattern on a substrate, the second pattern being a non-single-crystalline semiconductor stacked on the first pattern, wherein a portion of the substrate is exposed adjacent to the first and second patterns, forming a non-single-crystalline semiconductor layer on the substrate, the semiconductor layer contacting the second pattern and the exposed portion of the substrate, and, using the substrate as a seed layer, changing the crystalline state of the semiconductor layer to be single-crystalline and changing the crystalline state of the second pattern to be single-crystalline. |
| US07803692B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device having self-aligned contact
A method of manufacturing semiconductor devices having self-aligned contacts is provided. Multiple isolation structures are formed on the substrate to define an active area. Multiple gate structures are formed on the substrate. Multiple doped areas are formed in the substrate beside each gate structure. Multiple first spacers are formed on the sidewalls of each of the gate structure. Multiple second spacers are formed on the sidewalls of each of the isolation structure. A dielectric layer is formed on the substrate. Then, a self-aligned process is performed to form multiple contact openings in the dielectric layer between the gate structures. The conductive material is filled in the contact openings. |
| US07803691B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device and method for fabricating the same
A nonvolatile memory device includes a control gate formed along a first direction over a substrate, an active region formed over the substrate, the active region being defined along a second direction crossing the control gate and including a fin type protruding portion having rounded top corners at a region where the control gate and the active region overlap, a floating gate formed over a surface of the protruding portion of the active region below the control gate and formed to a substantially uniform thickness along the surface profile of the protruding portion of the active region, a tunneling insulation layer formed between the floating gate and the active region, and a dielectric layer formed between the floating gate and the control gate. |
| US07803684B2 |
Method of fabricating semiconductor device having a junction extended by a selective epitaxial growth (SEG) layer
In a semiconductor device, and a method of fabricating the same, the semiconductor device includes a protrusion extending from a substrate and a selective epitaxial growth (SEG) layer surrounding an upper portion of the protrusion, the SEG layer exposing sidewalls of a channel region of the protrusion. |
| US07803682B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory transistors. Each of the memory transistors has: a floating gate electrode; an interelectrode insulating film; and a control gate electrode. The floating gate electrode includes, in a cross section taken along a bit line direction, a first conductive film, first sidewall insulating films opposed to each other across the first conductive film, and a second conductive film provided on the first sidewall insulating films and the first conductive film. The interelectrode insulating film is provided on the second conductive film. The control gate electrode includes a third conductive film provided on the interelectrode insulating film and a fourth conductive film provided on the third conductive film. |
| US07803680B2 |
Self-aligned patterning method by using non-conformal film and etch back for flash memory and other semiconductor applications
A method for fabricating a memory device with a self-aligned trap layer which is optimized for scaling is disclosed. In the present invention, a non-conformal oxide is deposited over the charge trapping layer to form a thick oxide on top of the core source/drain region and a pinch off and a void at the top of the STI trench. An etch is performed on the pinch-off oxide and the thin oxide on the trapping layer on the STI oxide. The trapping layer is then partially etched between the core cells. A dip-off of the oxide on the trapping layer is performed. And a top oxide is formed. The top oxide converts the remaining trap layer to oxide and thus isolate the trap layer. |
| US07803678B2 |
Method of forming a structure over a semiconductor substrate
The invention includes a method of forming a structure over a semiconductor substrate. A silicon dioxide containing layer is formed across at least some of the substrate. Nitrogen is formed within the silicon dioxide containing layer. Substantially all of the nitrogen within the silicon dioxide is at least 10Å above the substrate. After the nitrogen is formed within the silicon dioxide layer, conductively doped silicon is formed on the silicon dioxide layer. |
| US07803677B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, particularly a vertical transistor, including forming a contact hole and forming a pillar using an epitaxial growth process. |
| US07803673B2 |
Method of manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate
A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor (“TFT”) substrate includes forming a gate insulating film and an active layer on a substrate, forming a data metal layer including a first, second, and third metal layers on the active layer, forming a first photoresist pattern on the data metal layer, dry-etching the third metal layer by using the first photoresist pattern, simultaneously dry-etching the second and first metal layers by using the first photoresist pattern, dry-etching the active layer by using the first photoresist pattern, etching the first photoresist pattern to form a second photoresist pattern by which the channel region is removed and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode by dry-etching the channel region of the data metal layer by using the second photoresist pattern. |
| US07803671B2 |
Method of manufacturing a display substrate
A method of manufacturing a display substrate comprises forming a thin-film transistor (TFT) on a silicon wafer, transferring the TFT from the silicon wafer onto a base substrate using a stamp unit and forming a pixel electrode electrically connected to the TFT. |
| US07803670B2 |
Twisted dual-substrate orientation (DSO) substrates
A semiconductor process and apparatus provide a dual or hybrid substrate by forming a second semiconductor layer (214) that is isolated from, and crystallographically rotated with respect to, an underlying first semiconductor layer (212) by a buried insulator layer (213); forming an STI region (218) in the second semiconductor layer (214) and buried insulator layer (213); exposing the first semiconductor layer (212) in a first area (219) of a STI region (218); epitaxially growing a first epitaxial semiconductor layer (220) from the exposed first semiconductor layer (212); and selectively etching the first epitaxial semiconductor layer (220) and the second semiconductor layer (214) to form CMOS FinFET channel regions (e.g., 223) and planar channel regions (e.g., 224) from the first epitaxial semiconductor layer (220) and the second semiconductor layer (214). |
| US07803669B2 |
Organic thin-film transistor substrate and fabrication method therefor
An organic thin film transistor substrate includes a gate line formed on a substrate, a data line intersecting the gate line and defining a subpixel area, an organic thin film transistor including a gate electrode connected to the gate line, a source electrode connected to the data line, a drain electrode facing the source electrode, and an organic semiconductor layer forming a channel between the source and drain electrodes, a passivation layer parallel with the gate line, for covering the organic semiconductor layer and peripheral regions of the organic semiconductor layer, and a bank insulating layer for determining the position of the organic semiconductor layer and the passivation layer. |
| US07803668B2 |
Transistor and fabrication process
Process for fabricating a transistor, in which an electron-sensitive resist layer lying between at least two semiconductor fingers is formed and said resist lying between at least two wires is converted into a dielectric. For example, in one embodiment of the present disclosure an integrated circuit includes a transistor having an insulating substrate including, for example, based on silicon oxide. Transistor also includes a conducting gate region comprising, for example, TiN or polysilicon, formed on a localized zone of the upper surface of the substrate, and an isolating region, comprising, for example, silicon oxide and surrounding the conducting region. The conducting region is also bounded in the direction normal to the plane of the drawing. |
| US07803667B2 |
Manufacturing process for a quad flat non-leaded chip package structure
A manufacturing process for a Quad Flat Non-leaded (QFN) chip package structure is provided. First, a conductive layer having recesses and a patterned solder resist layer on the conductive layer are provided, wherein the patterned solder resist layer covers the recesses of the conductive layer. A part of the conductive layer uncovered by the patterned solder resist layer is removed so as to form a patterned conductive layer. Chips are bonded onto the patterned conductive layer such that the patterned solder resist layer and the chips are at the same side of the patterned conductive layer. The chips are electrically connected to the patterned conductive layer by bonding wires, wherein the chips and the bonding wires are at the same side of the patterned conductive layer. At least one molding compound is formed and the molding compound and the patterned conductive layer are separated. |
| US07803664B2 |
Apparatus and methods for cooling semiconductor integrated circuit package structures
The present invention relates generally to apparatus and methods for cooling semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) chip package structures. More specifically, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods for thermally coupling semiconductor chips to a heat conducting device (e.g., copper thermal hat or lid) using a compliant thermally conductive material (e.g., thermal paste), wherein a thermal interface is designed to prevent/inhibit the formation of voids in the compliant thermally conductive material due to the flow of such material in and out from between the chips and the heat conducting device due to thermal cycling. |
| US07803662B2 |
Warpage control using a package carrier assembly
A method for curing an encapsulant that surrounds a plurality of integrated circuits on a strip that forms a strip assembly is provided. The strip assembly is composed of units for packaging and the units each have edges defining a perimeter of the unit. The strip assembly is placed on a shelf. Pressure from deformable material or springs is applied to the strip assembly in regions of the strip. The regions are located at one of a group of locations consisting of along unit edges and centered between unit edges. Heat of sufficient temperature is applied for a sufficient duration to cure the encapsulant. The step of applying pressure continues during the application of heat for curing. |
| US07803658B2 |
Semiconductor device
The method of manufacture includes preparing a wiring board which has a front surface and an opposing rear surface, a plurality of conductive portions which are formed on the front and rear surfaces of the core material thereof, respectively, forming a first resist film and a second resist film on the front surface and rear surface of the core material, respectively, such that the conductive portions are exposed therefrom; mounting the semiconductor chip to the main surface side of the wiring board via adhesive material; electrically connecting the pads provided on the semiconductor chip, with the first conductive portions of the wiring board via bonding wires, respectively; and sealing the semiconductor chip and the bonding wires. |
| US07803657B2 |
Method of manufacturing a variable resistance structure and method of manufacturing a phase-change memory device using the same
In methods of manufacturing a variable resistance structure and a phase-change memory device, after forming a first insulation layer on a substrate having a contact region, a contact hole exposing the contact region is formed through the first insulation layer. After forming a first conductive layer on the first insulation layer to fill up the contact hole, a first protection layer pattern is formed on the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer is partially etched to form a contact and to form a pad on the contact. A second protection layer is formed on the first protection layer pattern, and then an opening exposing the pad is formed through the second protection layer and the first protection layer pattern. After formation of a first electrode, a phase-change material layer pattern and a second electrode are formed on the first electrode and the second protection layer. |
| US07803656B2 |
Method of depositing chalcogenide film for phase-change memory
Provided is a method of depositing a chalcogenide film for phase-change memory. When the chalcogenide film for phase-change memory is deposited through a method using plasma such as plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD), a plasma reaction gas including He is used such that the crystallinity of the chalcogenide film is adjusted and the grain size and morphology of the deposited film are adjusted. |
| US07803655B2 |
Method to manufacture a phase change memory
Briefly, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a method to manufacture a phase change memory is provided. The method may include forming a first electrode contacting the sidewall surface and the bottom surface of the phase change material. The method may further include forming a second electrode contacting the top surface of the phase change material. |
| US07803654B2 |
Variable resistance non-volatile memory cells and methods of fabricating same
Methods of fabricating integrated circuit memory cells and integrated circuit memory cells are disclosed. Formation of an integrated circuit memory cell include forming a first electrode on a substrate. An insulation layer is formed on the substrate with an opening that exposes at least a portion of a first electrode. An amorphous variable resistivity material is formed on the first electrode and extends away from the first electrode along sidewalls of the opening. A crystalline variable resistivity material is formed in the opening on the amorphous variable resistivity material. A second electrode is formed on the crystalline variable resistivity material. |
| US07803643B2 |
Method of forming a high voltage sense element
In one embodiment, a method of forming a high voltage element includes forming a sense element overlying at least a portion of a semiconductor substrate, and also includes operably coupling a first circuit to use a sense signal formed by the sense element for one of detecting a line under-voltage condition, detecting a line over-voltage condition, determining input power, limiting input power, power limiting, controlling standby operation, a line feed-forward function for current mode ramp compensation, regulating an output voltage, or detecting an energy transfer state of an energy storage element. |
| US07803642B2 |
Evaluation method of semiconductor device
A technology for analyzing and evaluating of a change of impurity content distribution at the heat treatment of electrodeposited copper film. There is provided a method of evaluating a semiconductor device, comprising providing an electrodeposited copper film formed while causing the deposition current to transit between the first state of current density and the second state of current density so as to attain a desired impurity content distribution and carrying out analysis and evaluation of any impurity diffusion from a change of impurity content distribution in the electrodeposited copper film between before and after heat treatment. |
| US07803640B2 |
Semiconductor device and semiconductor product
The embodiments discussed herein reduce, in a semiconductor device having a ferroelectric capacitor, the film thickness of an interlayer insulation film covering the ferroelectric capacitor without degrading yield, and reduce the invasion of water into the ferroelectric capacitor. A semiconductor device includes a first interlayer insulation film formed on a substrate, a ferroelectric capacitor formed on the first interlayer insulation film, a second interlayer insulation film formed on the first interlayer insulation film so as to cover the ferroelectric capacitor, and a hydrogen barrier film formed on the second interlayer insulation film, the ferroelectric capacitor is formed of a lower electrode, a ferroelectric film formed on the lower electrode, an upper electrode formed on the ferroelectric film in contact therewith, and a polish-resistant film formed on the upper electrode, wherein the second interlayer insulation film covers the polish-resistant film with a film thickness of 50-100 nm. |
| US07803639B2 |
Method of forming vertical contacts in integrated circuits
A method of forming vertical contacts in an integrated circuit that couple one or more metal lines in a given metallization level to first and second features occupying different levels in the integrated circuit comprises various processing steps. A first etch stop layer is formed overlying at least of portion of the first feature while a second etch stop layer is formed overlying at least a portion of the second feature. An ILD layer is formed overlying the first and second etch stop layers. A photolithographic mask is formed overlying the ILD layer. The photolithographic mask defines a first opening over the first feature and a second opening over the second feature. A first etch process etches a first hole in the ILD layer through the first opening in the photolithographic mask that lands on the first etch stop layer and etches a second hole in the ILD layer through the second opening that lands on the second etch stop layer. Subsequently, a second etch process further etches the first hole so that it lands on the first feature. |
| US07803636B2 |
Devices for analyte assays with built-in result reporting using recognizable symbols
The present invention provides devices, methods and kits for detecting the presence of an analyte in a liquid sample. The invention provides devices having a positive control area covered with an opaque, movable material, such as an ink, dye, or other material, that is moved on the device by the flow of liquid sample, thereby exposing the positive control area underneath. Using the interaction of colored signals from the positive control area and the analyte binding area, a recognizable symbol is revealed on the device that correlates with the test results, and appears as the test is conducted. |
| US07803634B2 |
Fluorescent nanoscopy method
An analysis of an object dyed with fluorescent coloring agents carried out with the aid of a fluorescent microscope which is modified for improved resolving power and called a nanoscope. The method is carried out with a microscope having an optical system for visualizing and projecting a sample image to a video camera which records and digitizes images of individual fluorescence molecules and nanoparticles at a low noise, a computer for recording and processing images, a sample holder arranged in front of an object lens, a fluorescent radiation exciting source and a set of replaceable suppression filters for separating the sample fluorescent light. Separately fluorescing visible molecules and nanoparticles are periodically formed in different object parts, the laser produces the oscillation thereof which is sufficient for recording the non-overlapping images of the molecules and nanoparticles and for decoloring already recorded fluorescent molecules, wherein tens of thousands of pictures of recorded individual molecule and nanoparticle images, in the form of stains having a diameter on the order of a fluorescent light wavelength multiplied by a microscope amplification, are processed by a computer for searching the coordinates of the stain centers and building the object image according to millions of calculated stain center co-ordinates corresponding to the co-ordinates of the individual fluorescent molecules and nanoparticles. With this invention it is possible to obtain a two-dimensional and a three-dimensional image with a resolving power better than 20 nm and to record a color image by dyeing proteins, nucleic acids and lipids with different coloring agents. |
| US07803627B2 |
Process for evaluating quality of coke and bitumen of refinery feedstocks
Process for evaluating the coke and/or bitumen yield and quality of a plurality of refinery feedstocks, by (i) providing a plurality of refinery feedstocks, (ii) placing a sample of each of the plurality of refinery feedstocks on a heating device, (iii) heating each sample under vacuum to a temperature in the range 300° C. to 420° C. using the respective heating device while measuring the weight loss of the sample, and then (iv) (a) measuring the bitumen quality of the vacuum residues formed, and/or (b)(i) heating the vacuum residues to a temperature in the range 450° C. to 600° C. using the heating device, while measuring the weight loss of the sample, and then (ii) measuring the coke quality of the products formed. |
| US07803624B2 |
Automated cytological sample classification
An automated method for classifying a cytological sample is provided. The method comprises interrogating the sample with one or more wavelengths of light to obtain a result, and then attaching one or more designators to the sample based on whether the result meets a given criterion. The method allows for rapid feedback on the characteristics of the sample, permitting automated designation of the sample as positive for a given characteristic, and allowing for immediate remedial actions if the sample fails to meet the criterion. |
| US07803623B2 |
Zymomonas with improved ethanol production in medium containing concentrated sugars and acetate
Through screening of a Zymomonas mutant library the himA gene was found to be involved in the inhibitory effect of acetate on Zymomonas performance. Xylose-utilizing Zymomonas further engineered to reduce activity of the himA gene were found to have increased ethanol production in comparison to a parental strain, when cultured in medium comprising xylose and acetate. |
| US07803620B2 |
Pufa polyketide synthase systems and uses thereof
Disclosed are the complete polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) polyketide synthase (PKS) systems from the bacterial microorganisms Shewanella japonica and Shewanella olleyana, and biologically active fragments and homologues thereof. More particularly, this invention relates to nucleic acids encoding such PUFA PKS systems, to proteins and domains thereof that comprise such PUFA PKS systems, to genetically modified organisms (plants and microorganisms) comprising such PUFA PKS systems, and to methods of making and using the PUFA PKS systems disclosed herein. This invention also relates to genetically modified plants and microorganisms and methods to efficiently produce lipids enriched in various polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) as well as other bioactive molecules by manipulation of a PUFA polyketide synthase (PKS) system. |
| US07803617B2 |
Conditional gene vectors regulated in cis
The present invention is directed to a conditional gene vector system and to a host cell, which has been transfected with such a vector system. The present invention is further directed to a combined preparation comprising the vector system of the invention and an interfering agent. Furthermore, a pharmaceutical composition and its use in the treatment of hemophilia, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, genetic immunodeficiency, and graft versus host disease is provided. |
| US07803611B2 |
RNAi expression constructs
The present invention provides compositions and methods suitable for expressing 1-x RNAi agents against a gene or genes in cells, tissues or organs of interest in vitro and in vivo so as to treat diseases or disorders. |
| US07803605B2 |
Breeding method for yeast, yeast and a production method for glycoprotein or beta-glucan
A method for breeding yeast having thermotolerance or recovering growth activity and a method for breeding yeast which produces beta-glucan efficiently as well as an yeast obtained by such methods for breeding are presented by a method for breeding yeast having thermotolerance or recovering growth activity including a step for controlling proofreading function of DNA polymerase in a loss-of-function mutant of yeast (for example, a step for including mutant pol3 gene or mutant cdc6− gene in a gene-disruptant. |
| US07803603B2 |
Nematode ATP synthase subunit E polypeptide
Nucleic acid molecules from nematodes encoding ATP synthase subunit E polypeptides are described. ATP synthase subunit E-like polypeptide sequences are also provided, as are vectors, host cells, and recombinant methods for production of ATP synthase subunit E-like nucleotides and polypeptides. Also described are screening methods for identifying inhibitors and/or activators, as well as methods for antibody production. |
| US07803602B2 |
Method for overexpression of zwitterionic polysaccharides
The present invention is directed to methods for producing and selecting new mutant strains of B. fragilis that constitutively express a particular capsular polysaccharide or only selected capsular polysaccharides; compositions directed to the new mutant strains of B. fragilis that constitutively express a particular capsular polysaccharide or only selected capsular polysaccharides; improved methods for purification of individual capsular polysaccharides; and compositions directed to new res02 and inv19 genes and their gene products. Significantly, the present invention provides methods and compositions for overexpressing and purifying immunomodulatory capsular polysaccharide A (PSA) in high yield. |
| US07803596B2 |
Enzyme derived from thermophilic organisms that functions as a chromosomal replicase, and preparation and uses thereof
A DNA Polymerase has been identified in a thermophile that functions as a chromosomal replicase. The specific enzyme is a holoenzyme III that has been identified in Thermus thermophilus, and corresponds to Polymerase III in E. coli. The genes and the polypeptides corresponding to T.th. γ, τ, ε, α and β subunits that they encode are disclosed, as are probes, vectors, methods of preparation and the methods of use. The enzymes of the present invention and their components are particularly well suited for use in procedures for the preparation of DNA, such as PCR, because of the speed and accuracy that they are able to achieve. |
| US07803587B2 |
Method for developing culture medium using genome information and in silico analysis
A method for developing a culture medium using genome information and in silico analysis. In one implementation, the method involves developing a minimal synthetic medium, including the steps of constructing a metabolic network using genome information of prokaryotic cell or eukaryotic cell, selecting components of the minimal synthetic medium removing any one among external metabolites from the constructed metabolic network and conducting metabolic flux analysis using in silico simulation, and determining a final culture medium by actual culture. |
| US07803586B2 |
Chemical Process
Enzymatic and chemical processes for the preparation of certain of 3-phenyl-2-arylalkylthiopropionic acid derivatives which have utility in treating clinical conditions including lipid disorders (dyslipidemias) whether or not associated with insulin resistance and other manifestations of the metabolic syndrome are described and also certain novel intermediates used in these processes. |
| US07803583B2 |
Measuring degree of polymerisation for meningococcal capsular saccharides that contain sialic acid
The degree of polymerisation (DP) is an important parameter for analysis of saccharide antigens, particularly in glycoconjugates. The invention provides methods that can be used to measure DP for capsular saccharides, particularly for meningococcal saccharides e.g. from serogroups W135 and Y. A preferred method is based on reduction of terminal sialic acid residues on saccharides, with DP then being calculated by comparing the molar ratio of total sialic acid to reduced sialic acid. |
| US07803582B2 |
Recombinant vector and use in gene therapy
A recombinant vector for delivering A3G genes into human cells comprising (i) a gene expression block including an A3G gene selected from a wild type A3G gene represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 and a mutant A3G gene and (ii) a group of elements from a modified lentiviral vector including lentiviral regions of packaging signal (ψ, psi), LTRs, RRE, and PBS; wherein said A3G gene is operably linked to the packaging signal (ψ, psi), LTRs, RRE, and PBS. |
| US07803578B2 |
Heat-resistant nitrile hydratase
The present invention provides: a protein having an improved nitrile hydratase activity, whereby heat resistance has been improved when compared with a wild-type nitrile hydratase activity, wherein the amino acid sequence of a nitrile hydratase is modified; a gene DNA encoding the above protein; a recombinant vector having the above gene DNA; a transformant or transductant having the above recombinant vector; a nitrile hydratase collected from a culture of the above transformant or transductant, and a production method thereof; and a method for producing an amide compound. |
| US07803575B2 |
Heat-stable carbonic anhydrases and their use
The present invention relates to use of heat-stable carbonic anhydrase in CO2 extraction, e.g., from flue gas, natural gas or biogas. Furthermore, the invention relates to isolated polypeptides having carbonic anhydrase activity at elevated temperatures and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides. |
| US07803573B2 |
Method for increasing light emission from a chemiluminescent reaction
Method for increasing the emission of light from a chemiluminescent reaction including luminol, a peroxidase enzyme, an oxidant and a mediator of electrons through the use of a hypernucleophilic acylation catalyst belonging to the class of 4-aminopyridines. It is also described the use in diagnostic assays of chemiluminescent substrates containing said catalysts. |
| US07803570B2 |
Method for determining the concentration of thrombin inhibitors
The invention relates to a method for determining the concentration of thrombin inhibitors in a non-turbid body liquid or a non-turbid extract from a body liquid. It comprises the following steps. The body liquid is taken from a living body, and the body liquid is subjected to a separation from the turbid matter, if necessary. To the non-turbid body liquid thus obtained are added a coagulation-inhibiting substance not interfering in the transformation prothrombin/active meizothrombin or Mtdesfg1, resp., a chromogenic or fluorogenic substrate not dissociable by active meizothrombin or Mtdesfg1, resp., and a substance dissociating prothrombin into meizothrombin or Mtdesfg1, resp., and as an option prothrombin. The thus obtained solution or mixture, resp., is subjected to a wavelength-selective light absorption or light emission measurement as a function of the time. From the reduction of the light absorption or light emission per time unit is determined the amount of the thrombin inhibitor included in the body liquid by comparison to previously determined standard curves. |
| US07803569B2 |
Marburg I mutant of factor VII activating protease (FSAP) as risk factor for arterial thrombosis and methods of detecting FSAP and FSAP mutations
An arterial thrombosis risk factor comprising one or more of the identified mutants of coagulation factor VII activating protease (FSAP) is described. In addition, diagnostic determination methods for detecting these mutants which are identified as risk factors are described. |
| US07803565B1 |
Use of lymphocytes to measure anthrax lethal toxin activity
It is disclosed herein that isolated lymphocytes, such as human B-cells and CD4+ T-cell can be used to determine an amount of lymphocyte-associated anthrax lethal toxin activity present. Methods of using isolated lymphocytes to identify anthrax therapeutic agents and to determine the efficacy of a potential anthrax therapeutic are disclosed. Methods are also provided for diagnosing and treating anthrax infections. |
| US07803564B2 |
EGF-like nucleic acids and polypeptides and uses thereof
The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules, designated ELVIS-1, ELVIS-2, and ELVIS-3 (for Epidermal Growth Factor-Like Variant In Skin-1,2, and 3). ELVIS nucleic acid molecules encode wholly secreted and transmembrane proteins with homology to EGF and TGF-α. The invention still further provides isolated polypeptides, fusion polypeptides, antigenic peptides and antibodies. Diagnostic, screening and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. The nucleic acids and polypeptides of the present invention are useful as modulating agents in regulating a variety of cellular processes. |
| US07803562B2 |
Method for screening human intestinal Npt2B modulatory agents
A novel human sodium phosphate cotransporter expressed on the apical surface of intestinal epithelial cells (huNpt2B) and polypeptides related thereto, as well as nucleic acid compositions encoding the same, are provided. The subject polypeptides and nucleic acid compositions find use in a variety of applications, including research, diagnostic, and therapeutic agent screening applications. Also provided are methods of inhibiting Npt2B activity in a host and methods of treating disease conditions associated with Npt2B activity. |
| US07803560B2 |
Methods of screening for antagonists of mammalian monocyte chemoattractant protein receptors
Novel human chemokine receptors, MCP-1RA and MCP-1RB, and processes for producing them are disclosed. The receptors, which are alternately spliced versions of MCP-1 receptor protein may be used in an assay to identify antagonists of MCP-1 which are therapeutically useful in the treatment of atherosclerosis and other diseases characterized by monocytic infiltrates. |
| US07803557B2 |
Methods for identification of eicosapentaenoic acid analogs using anti-inflammatory receptors
The present invention is directed to methods for the identification and uses of a receptors that interact with anti-inflammatory compounds derived from eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). The receptors are of the G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) family, and are useful to screen candidate substances for anti-inflammatory activity, especially substances that are analogs of EPA. Such analogs are termed “resolvins”; and are typically di- and tri-hydroxy EPA analogs. One analog herein denoted Resolvin E1 was identified in humans and prepared by total synthesis. In nanomolar range Resolvin E1 reduces dermal inflammation, peritonitis, dendritic cells (DCs) migration and IL-12 production. Also described herein is a receptor denoted Reso ER1 that interacts with Resolvin E1 to attenuate cytokine induced activation of inflammatory pathways mediated by transcription factor (NF)-kB. Treatment of DCs with small-interfering RNA specific for ResoE1 eliminated the ligand's ability to regulate IL-12. Assays of anti-inflammatory activity based on these discoveries are also described. |
| US07803556B2 |
Plant PR-5 proteins as mammalian therapeutic agents
The Proteins of the PR-5 family having a lectin-like β barrel domain control apoptosis in yeast through receptor binding. Receptors that specifically bind to PR-5 proteins having a lectin-like β barrel domain have been found to be homologous to mammalian adiponectin receptors, and such PR-5 proteins can act as functional homologues of adiponectin and control adiponectin response in mammals. PR-5 proteins having a lectin-like β barrel domain, for example osmotin, can be used in the treatment of conditions in mammals which are the result of activation or inhibition of adiponectin receptor-mediated metaboloic pathways. PR-5 proteins having a lectin-like β barrel domain, nucleic acids encoding such proteins, and receptors that specifically bind such proteins, can also be used in screening and rational design of new therapeutic agents for use in mammals. |
| US07803555B2 |
Methods and compositions for use in the treatment of filovirus mediated disease conditions
Methods and compositions are provided for at least slowing the progression of a filovirus mediated disease condition in a host. In the subject methods, an effective amount of an agent that at least reduces the amount of folate receptor mediated filovirus cell entry is administered to the host. The subject methods find use in both the prevention and treatment of filovirus associated disease conditions, including Marburg and Ebola-Zaire virus mediated disease conditions. |
| US07803552B2 |
Biomarkers for predicting prostate cancer progression
The present invention relates to the identification and use of gene expression profiles with clinical relevance to prostate cancer. In particular, the invention provides the identity of genes whose expression, at the transcriptional and protein levels, is correlated with prostate cancer progression. Methods and kits are described for using these gene expression profiles in the study and/or diagnosis of prostate cancer diseases, in the prediction of prostate cancer progression, and in the selection and/or monitoring of treatment regimens. The invention also relates to the screening of drugs that target these genes or their protein products, in particular for the development of therapeutics for modulating prostate cancer progression. |
| US07803550B2 |
Methods of producing nucleic acid molecules comprising stem loop oligonucleotides
The present invention concerns preparation of DNA molecules, such as a library, using a stem-loop oligonucleotide. In particular embodiments, the invention employs a single reaction mixture and conditions. In particular, at least part of the inverted palindrome is removed during the preparation of the molecules to facilitate amplification of the molecules. Thus, in specific embodiments, the DNA molecules are suitable for amplification and are not hindered by the presence of the palindrome. |
| US07803538B2 |
Method for detecting Alzheimer's disease
The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing an individual for early onset Alzheimer's disease by measuring the presence or absence of the minor allele of the rs908832 polymorphism of the ABCA2 gene. The presence of the minor allele of the rs908832 polymorphism of the ABCA2 gene indicates that the individual may be suffering from Alzheimer's disease or exhibits an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. |
| US07803537B2 |
Parallel genotyping of multiple patient samples
The present invention relates to parallel genotyping (or other sample analysis) of multiple patients by direct sample immobilization onto microspheres of an array. The patient beads can then be used in a variety of target analyte analyses. |
| US07803533B2 |
Diagnostic agent for malignant melanoma
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel and clinically useful diagnostic agent for malignant melanoma. The present invention provides a diagnostic agent for malignant melanoma, which comprises an antibody against GPC3, or a probe or a primer capable of detecting GPC3 expression. |
| US07803532B2 |
Method for the diagnosis of lymphoproliferative diseases
The present invention relates to novel methods for the diagnosis and therapy of lymphoproliferative diseases. Specifically, the present invention relates to novel methods for the diagnosis and therapy taking advantage of the detection of chromosomal breakpoints in chromosome 12 and/or translocation of chromosomal material from chromosome 12, said chromosomal breakpoints and/or translocation(s) being associated with lymphoproliferative diseases, such as primary cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL). The present invention further relates to the use of neuron navigator 3 gene (NAV3) or an equivalent or functional fragment thereof involved in chromosomal breakpoints in chromosome 12 and/or translocations thereof, said gene and/or translocations thereof being associated with lymphoproliferative diseases, such as primary cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL), as a diagnostic and therapeutic agent. The present invention also relates to the development of therapy. |
| US07803528B1 |
Fluorescence energy transfer by competitive hybridization
A method is provided for detecting the presence of nucleotides or monitoring nucleotide amplification. It utilizes fluorescence energy transfer by competitive hybridization. Competitive hybridization is achieved by using unequal length complementary probes which have a fluorophore on one probe and a quencher on the other. The fluorophore and quencher are juxtaposed in a manner wherein the proximity of the quencher to the fluorophore produces quenching of the fluorescence of the fluorphore. |
| US07803517B2 |
Method of forming fine contact hole and method of fabricating semiconductor device using block copolymers
A method of forming a contact hole includes forming a plurality of lower patterns on a substrate. An insulation layer is formed on the lower patterns. A self-assemble induction layer is formed on the insulation layer. A recess is formed in the self-assemble induction layer in alignment with the lower patterns. A block copolymer layer is formed in the recess to form a polymer domain at a distance from a sidewall of the recess and a polymer matrix surrounding the polymer domain. The polymer domain is removed. The self-assemble induction layer is etched using the polymer matrix as a mask to form an opening through the self-assemble induction layer to expose the insulation layer. The insulation layer exposed by the opening is etched using the self-assemble induction layer as a mask so as to form a contact hole. |
| US07803515B2 |
Film pattern forming method, device, electro-optical apparatus, and electronic appliance
A method for forming a film pattern by disposing a functional fluid on a substrate, includes: forming a partition wall that includes a first opening that corresponds to a first film pattern and a second opening that corresponds to a second film pattern; and disposing a droplet of the functional fluid into the first opening, so that the functional fluid is disposed into the second opening by a self-flow of the functional fluid; wherein: the first film pattern is linear; the second film pattern is narrower than the first film pattern, and is connected to the first film pattern at a rear edge thereof; and a front edge of the second film pattern has a missing part in which a corner of a rectangular contour is missing. |
| US07803514B2 |
Photosensitive composition, microfabrication method using the same, and microfabricated structure thereof
Disclosed herein may be a photosensitive composition, a microfabricated structure including the same, a device including the microfabricated structure, and methods of fabricating the microfabricated structure and the device. The photosensitive composition, including a multifunctional photosensitive resin, a two-photon photosensitizer, an organic solvent, and a silver compound, may be subjected to two- or three-dimensional microfabrication, thus realizing the microfabricated structure containing silver nanoparticles. |
| US07803510B2 |
Positive photosensitive polybenzoxazole precursor compositions
A heat resistant positive-working photosensitive PBO precursor composition comprising: (a) at least one polybenzoxazole precursor polymer; (a) at least one plasticizer compound; (b) at least one solvent; wherein the amount of the plasticizer present in the composition is an amount effective to reduce the sidewall angle of imaged and cured features in the coated film on the substrate to prevent stress failures in subsequent metallization of the substrate due to steep angles of the imaged features, and with the proviso that if the polybenzoxazole precursor polymer solely consists of polybenzoxazole precursor polymers that do not contain a photoactive moiety on the polymer, then (c) at least one photoactive compound is also present in the composition. |
| US07803507B2 |
Electrophotographic photoreceptor and image forming apparatus including the same
An electrophotographic photoreceptor of high durability capable of providing stable excellent electrical characteristics over a prolonged period of time, which electrophotographic photoreceptor excels in mechanical strength. A photosensitive layer (14) of an electrophotographic photoreceptor (1) includes a polyarylate resin having structural units, for example, those of formula (1) and an enamine compound represented by, for example, formula (2) The variables R1, R2, R3, R4, R7˜R10, X1, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, Ar4, Ar5, R11, R12, R13, R14, a, m, and n are as defined in the specification. By virtue of these, the electrophotographic photoreceptor (1) of excellent mechanical strength and favorable electrical characteristics can be realized. |
| US07803505B2 |
Method of fabricating a mask for a semiconductor device
In a method of fabricating a mask for a semiconductor device, a phase shift layer and a light blocking layer are formed on a transparent substrate. The light blocking layer is patterned to form light blocking patterns which partially expose a surface of the phase shift layer. An extension defect or a bridge defect is detected. A photoresist layer, which does not react to light, is formed on a resulting structure including the detected defect. The extension defect is removed by performing a repair process on the light blocking patterns. The bridge defect is removed by etching using the light blocking patterns as a mask. |
| US07803502B2 |
Photomask and method of manufacturing semiconductor device using the photomask
A photomask includes a mask substrate to be irradiated with irradiation light, and first and second phase shifters arranged on the mask substrate. The first phase shifter is arranged on the mask substrate with a first pitch not larger than eight times the wavelength of the irradiation light, has a transmittance of not more than 5% for the irradiation light, and phase-shifts the irradiation light by 180°. The second phase shifter is arranged on the mask substrate with a second pitch larger than eight times the wavelength, has a transmittance of not more than 5%, and phase-shifts the irradiation light by 180°. |
| US07803498B2 |
Materials and structures thereof useful as electrocatalysts
A nanostructured electrode comprising a conductive electrode substrate having a surface functional group, a catalytic nanoparticle stabilized by a covalently-bound ligand bearing a peripheral functional group capable of interacting to the surface functional group, and a material capable of binding to the peripheral functional group. The conductive electrode substrate can be chemically modified and the surface functional group can create a layer of charge or chemical reactivity. The conductive electrode substrate can be chemically or electrochemically modified to create a surface functional group via covalent grafting capable of supporting multilayer deposition to create a layer of charge or chemical reactivity on the surface. The nanoparticle can be a platinum nanoparticle with covalently bonded negatively-charged ligands and the bridging material can be a polyelectrolyte. |
| US07803497B2 |
Fuel cell stack that utilizes an actuator to switch between interdigitated and straight flow for optimizing performance
A fuel cell stack that includes an actuating device or devices for selectively providing interdigitated reactant gas flow and straight reactant gas flow through reactant gas flow channels to reduce water accumulation in the diffusing media layers of the stack. In one embodiment, the fuel cell stack employs internal actuators that selectively close the inlet end of every other flow channel and the outlet end of every other opposite flow channel to provide the interdigitated flow. In another embodiment, the interdigitated flow is provided by external actuation where two inlet manifolds and two outlet manifolds are provided. One input manifold is closed to close the input ends of every other flow channel and one outlet manifold is closed to close the output ends of every other opposite flow channel. |
| US07803494B2 |
Stress reducing mounting for electrolyte sheet assembly in a solid oxide fuel cell
A stress reducing mounting for an electrolyte sheet assembly in a solid electrolyte fuel cell is provided that includes a support frame or manifold having an inner edge portion that supports a peripheral portion of the sheet assembly, a seal that affixes an edge of the peripheral portion to the frame or manifold, and a stress reducer disposed around the peripheral portion of the electrolyte sheet and the frame or manifold that reduces tensile stress in the peripheral portion of the electrolyte sheet when the peripheral portion is bent by pressure differentials or thermal differential expansion. The stress reducer is at least one of a convex curved surface on the inner edge portion of the frame or manifold that makes area contact with the peripheral portion when it bends in response to a pressure differential or thermal differential expansion, and a stiffening structure on the sheet peripheral portion that renders the ceramic sheet material forming the peripheral portion more resistant to bending. The stress reducing mounting reduces cracking in the electrolyte sheet at the peripheral portions due to tensile forces. |
| US07803490B2 |
Direct methanol fuel cell
A direct methanol fuel cell of the present invention includes a unit cell having an electrolyte membrane, an anode on one surface of the electrolyte membrane, and a cathode on the other surface of the electrolyte membrane. The anode includes an anode catalyst layer and an anode diffusion layer. The anode catalyst layer is in contact with a surface of the electrolyte membrane. The anode diffusion layer is in contact with a surface of the anode catalyst layer opposite to the surface of the anode catalyst layer in contact with the electrolyte membrane. A methanol flux value JGDL of the anode diffusion layer and a methanol flux value JPEM of the electrolyte membrane satisfy the following relations: JGDL=1×10−5 to 5×10−4 mol/(cm2·min.), (i) and JPEM×JGDL≦1×10−8 [mol/(cm2·min.)]2. (ii) |
| US07803486B2 |
Power storage device
The invention provides a power storage device capable of preventing reduced energy efficiency of the power storage device and of avoiding variations in temperature distribution. The power storage device includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer placed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and including a group of particles, wherein the density of particles in a first area of the solid electrolyte layer is lower than the density of particles in a second area which has higher heat radiation than the first area. |
| US07803485B2 |
Positive electrode for lithium secondary battery, and lithium secondary battery using the same
A positive electrode for use in a lithium secondary battery comprises a positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode film which is carried on the positive electrode current collector and includes a plurality of mixture layers. The positive electrode film contains, as a positive electrode active material, two or more kinds of lithium-containing compounds having exothermic initiation temperatures different from each other. At least one kind of the two or more kinds of lithium-containing compounds has the exothermic initiation temperature of 300 ° C. or higher. A first mixture layer of the plural mixture layers closest to the positive electrode current collector contains at least one kind of the lithium-containing compound having the exothermic initiation temperature of 300 ° C. or higher. |
| US07803482B2 |
Battery stack body with a pressing mechanism having a highest rigidity at a pressing center
A battery is provided with a battery stack body including a plurality of stacks of secondary batteries in each of which electrode plates, stacked via a separator, are accommodated and sealed in an outer sheath member, with electrode terminals correspondingly connected to the electrode plates and extracted from an outer peripheral edge of the outer sheath member, a pair of plate-like members, stacked as outermost layers of the battery stack body, respectively, so as to be opposed to each other, and a pressing mechanism pressing the plurality of secondary batteries via the pair of plate-like members. At least one of the pair of plate-like members having a characteristic exhibiting a maximum rigidity at a pressing center determined based on a plurality of pressing points of the at least one of the pair of plate-like members that are pressed by the pressing mechanism. |
| US07803477B2 |
Metallization of bacterial cellulose for electrical and electronic device manufacture
A method for the deposition of metals in bacterial cellulose and for the employment of the metallized bacterial cellulose in the construction of fuel cells and other electronic devices is disclosed. The method for impregnating bacterial cellulose with a metal comprises placing a bacterial cellulose matrix in a solution of a metal salt such that the metal salt is reduced to metallic form and the metal precipitates in or on the matrix. The method for the construction of a fuel cell comprises placing a hydrated bacterial cellulose support structure in a solution of a metal salt such that the metal precipitates in or on the support structure, inserting contact wires into two pieces of the metal impregnated support structure, placing the two pieces of metal impregnated support structure on opposite sides of a layer of hydrated bacterial cellulose, and dehydrating the three layer structure to create a fuel cell. |
| US07803476B2 |
Electrical contact element for a fuel cell having a conductive monoatomic layer coating
An electrically conductive fluid distribution element for use in a fuel cell having a conductive metal substrate and a layer of conductive non-metallic porous media. The conductive non-metallic porous media has an electrically conductive material deposited along a surface in one or more metallized regions and having an average thickness equal to about the diameter of one atom of the material. The metallized regions improve electrical conductance at contact regions between the metal substrate and the fluid distribution media. |
| US07803468B2 |
Organic electroluminescent element
An organic electroluminescent element including a pair of electrodes and one or more organic compound layers including at least one light-emitting layer disposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the at least one light-emitting layer contains at least one luminescent dopant and a plurality of host compounds. The ionization potential of the dopant is Ip(D), the minimum value out of the ionization potentials of the plurality of host compounds is Ip(H)min, and ΔIp is defined by ΔIp=Ip(D)−Ip(H)min and satisfies a relationship of ΔIp>0 eV. The electron affinity of the dopant is Ea(D), the maximum value out of the electron affinities of the plurality of host compounds is Ea(H)max, and ΔEa is defined by ΔEa=EA(H)max−Ea(D) and satisfies a relationship of ΔEa>0 eV. |
| US07803466B2 |
Expandable panel structures and methods of manufacturing the same
An expandable panel includes a generally planar panel portion, penetrated by several pluralities of spaced parallel cuts. The cuts include aligned sets of apertures and aligned sets of transverse gaps. The panel is expandable by pulling the sides apart, separating the panel along the cuts. The positioning of the apertures and gaps causes the panel portions defined between the parallel cuts to bend apart, defining front and back planes, to which sheathing, surface panels, or “skins,” can be attached. The panel can be locked in its open position by inserting connectors in adjacent aligned gaps. |
| US07803463B2 |
Glazing panel having solar screening properties
A glazing panel having beneficial anti-solar properties comprises a vitreous substrate carrying a tin/antimony oxide coating layer containing tin and antimony in a Sb/Sn molar ratio of from 0.01 to 0.14. In one application the coated substrate has a solar factor FS of less than 70% and the panel is formed by chemical vapor deposition from a reactant mixture comprising a source of tin and a source of antimony. In another application it is particularly suitable for use in vehicle glazing, in particular in vehicle roof windows, and the coated substrate has a spray-formed pyrolytic tin/antimony oxide coating having a thickness of at least 400 nm and, whereby the coated substrate has a luminous transmittance (TL) of less than 35% and a selectivity (TL/TE) of at least 1.3. |
| US07803462B2 |
Titanium materials with coating layer, laminated glass using the same and methods of manufacturing the same
The titanium materials of the present invention have an oxide film on the surface and an interference color of the oxide film. In forming a transparent coating layer on the surface of the titanium materials, provisions are made so that the oxide film has an thickness of 150 nm to 600 nm, or the interference color due to the anodic oxide film is developed by the actions of both wavelengths strengthened and weakened by interference and the color phases of the color developed by the wavelength strengthened by interference and that of complementary colors of the color developed by the wavelength weakened by interference are as close to each as not more than 90 degrees apart on the color wheel, or the L* value on the L*a*b* calorimetric system is not less than 33. The laminated glasses of the present invention having excellent ornamentality comprise at least said titanium sheet interposed between multiple sheet glasses layered together by means of adhesive layers. |
| US07803459B2 |
Non-fibrous adhesive matrix and laminate formed therefrom
A laminate comprising at least one non-fibrous adhesive layer positioned between a plurality of substrates, the non-fibrous adhesive layer comprising a stereo reticulated, continuous, non-fibrous matrix formed from a polymeric material. A process for producing such a stereo reticulated non-fibrous adhesive matrix comprising: a) blending an adhesive polymer with a blowing agent, b) melting the adhesive polymer/blowing agent blend while passing the molten polymer/blowing agent blend through an extruder to a shaping die and thereby producing a non-fibrous extrudate, c) cooling, drawing and orienting the non-fibrous extrudate, and thereby producing a continuous, stereo reticulated non-fibrous adhesive matrix. |
| US07803454B2 |
Laser test card
A laser test card according to the present invention comprising a thin planar multi-layer material, which may be cut to a desired length and width, is exposed to a beam directed to the laser test card top surface from a laser under test, and reveals successive visibly contrasting layers under the top surface according to the incident laser beam energy at that particular point or any point of the X or Y dimension (cross-section) of the beam. In the preferred embodiment, several different layers of sharply different colors are used. |
| US07803445B2 |
Optical recording medium
The main object of the present invention is to provide an optical recording medium with no need to use a control subject substance of the PRTR law, capable of using for an optical recording device with a blue laser, and giving consideration to the environmental aspect.To attain the object, the present invention provides an optical recording medium comprising: a reflective layer containing an aluminum composition as the main component including both aluminum or an aluminum alloy and a metal oxide of a metal other than aluminum; and a dielectric protective layer, formed in contact with the reflective layer, containing a niobium composition as the main component including both silicon dioxide or titanium dioxide and a niobium nitrided oxide. |
| US07803441B2 |
Intravenous components comprising polyester compositions formed from 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol
Described are intravenous components comprising polyester compositions comprising polyesters which comprise (a) a dicarboxylic acid component having terephthalic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues or ester residues thereof; 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues. |
| US07803432B2 |
Method of controlling contact angle of water
The present invention fundamentally differs from conventional methods in which an external force is directly applied to a surface of an article to be modified, and relates to a method of hydrophobilization (increasing a contact angle of water) which comprises bringing a hydrophobilization substance (a substance for increasing a contact angle of water) released from a material of another location into contact with a surface of an article, especially an article surface being hydrophilic (having a small contact angle of water) in its initial state without applying an external force on the article surface, further a method of control being capable of noncontact switching of a contact angle of water, which comprises conducting hydrophilization of an article surface subjected to hydrophobilization by the above-mentioned method in a noncontact manner and repeating these hydrophobilization and hydrophilization, and a method of pattern formation using the mentioned methods. According to those methods, hydrophobilization and hydrophilization can be carried out in the noncontact manner, and by selecting a material, degrees of hydrophobilization and hydrophilization can be adjusted. |
| US07803430B2 |
Multi-layer preparation in film form, consisting of hydrophilic polymers, for the rapid release of active ingredients
A multilayer preparation in the form of films of hydrophilic polymers for rapid release of substances present in the film layers into liquid surroundings is characterized in that adjacent layers differ from one another in that in each case one layer is soluble in a nonaqueous solvent in which the respective adjacent layer is insoluble or only slightly soluble. |
| US07803428B1 |
Method for deposition of steel protective coating
A method is provided for coating a steel surface of a workpiece. According to an aspect of the invention, a steel workpiece is subjected to a first embrittlement-relief baking operation to form a protective oxide layer on the steel surface. The protective oxide layer is de-scaled, and the steel surface is activated. A hydrogen bather coating is deposited on the activated steel surface, and activated. A zinc-nickel alloy is plated on the barrier coating, and subjected to a second embrittlement-relief baking operation. The porous plating is sealed with a conversion coat. The method is especially useful in making low to no hydrogen embrittlement cadmium-replacement steel parts. Also provided is a corrosion resistant coated steel workpiece. |
| US07803426B2 |
Appliance having a container including a nanostructured material for hydrogen storage
An appliance that uses a substantially carbon-free hydrogen is disclosed. The appliance includes a converter, a hydrogen storage container including a carbon-based nanostructured material, a charger, a discharger and, optionally, a controller is disclosed. The hydrogen storage container is capable of storing the substantially carbon-free hydrogen in a condensed state. In addition to the carbon-based nanostructured material, the container may include a metal capable of acting as both a seed for the formation of the nanostructured material and a facilitator for promoting the storage in the condensed state of the substantially carbon-free gaseous hydrogen provided to the storage container. |
| US07803425B2 |
Three dimensional nano-porous film and fabrication method thereof
A nanoporous film and fabrication method thereof. The method for fabricating nanoporous film comprising: providing a substrate with a surface; forming a coating of a composition on the surface, curing the coating to polymerize the oxide gel, thereby forming an organic/inorganic hybrid film; and dissolving the template from the organic/inorganic hybrid film by an organic solvent. Specifically, the composition comprises the following components: an oxide gel, a template and an initiator. |
| US07803423B2 |
Preparation of nanoparticle materials
A method of producing nanoparticles comprises effecting conversion of a nanoparticle precursor composition to the material of the nanoparticles. The precursor composition comprises a first precursor species containing a first ion to be incorporated into the growing nanoparticles and a separate second precursor species containing a second ion to be incorporated into the growing nanoparticles. The conversion is effected in the presence of a molecular cluster compound under conditions permitting seeding and growth of the nanoparticles. |
| US07803418B2 |
Nut butter compositions and methods related thereto
In general terms, this invention provides nut butter compositions and methods for preparing the disclosed nut butter compositions. In preferred embodiments, the nut butter composition or method is a peanut butter. In another preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a method of preparing a gelled peanut butter composition comprising the steps of: blending peanut butter, emulsifier, sugar alcohol and triglyceride-based stabilizer so as to create a first blend; blending starch with the first blend to create a second blend; resting the second blend until a gel is formed, wherein the peanut butter is not more than 85° F. and 65-85%, the emulsifier is 0.15-0.5%, the sugar alcohol is 5-30%, the triglyceride-based stabilizer is 1-5%, and the starch is 1-5%. |
| US07803412B1 |
Enzymatic treatment of spent vanilla beans
A process for obtaining flavor components from spent vanilla pods and beans, comprises forming a mixture of such spent pods and beans, incubating the mixture with an enzyme capable of destroying the cell membrane systems of said pods and beans for period of time and at a pH and temperature such that said cell membranes break down and release flavor constituents, and thereafter recovering the flavor constituents from the mixture. |
| US07803410B2 |
Use of hop acids in fruit juices, fruit juice concentrates and other beverages to inhibit Alicyclobacillus bacteria
An antimicrobial agent including hop acids is disclosed that inhibits the growth of acid-resistant and heat-resistant bacteria such as Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris and Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius in a medium such as fruit juice. |
| US07803407B2 |
Disinfectant and method of making
A non-toxic environmentally friendly aqueous disinfectant is disclosed for specific use as prevention against contamination by potentially pathogenic bacteria and virus. The aqueous disinfectant is formulated by electrolytically generating silver ions in water in combination with a citric acid. The aqueous disinfectant may include a suitable alcohol and/or a detergent. The aqueous disinfectant has been shown to be very effective at eliminating standard indicator organisms such as staphylococcus aureus, salmonella cholerasuis and pseudomonas aeruginosa. |
| US07803405B2 |
Encapsulation of aqueous phase systems within microscopic volumes
A means and method for preparing vesicles and freestanding two-dimensional assemblies using aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) is described. The surface tension of the ATPS is sufficient to support the assembly of various types of particles, and provide the advantage of being biocompatible with DNA and other types of biological molecules that may be used in the assembly. Vesicles are formed by mixing chemically dissimilar compounds in appropriate concentrations and at a temperature sufficient to form a monophasic mixture. This mixture is then heated above the temperature at which the polymer mixture is monophasic, added to a lipid film, and allowed to hydrate at this elevated temperature. |
| US07803402B2 |
Pharmaceutical preparations
A pharmaceutical extended-release oral drug delivery system comprising as active ingredient Cefixime Trihydrate in combination with a hydrophilic matrix system, and optionally containing additional pharmaceutically acceptable constituents, wherein at least 20% up to but not more than 40% of Cefixime Trihydrate is released from said matrix within 1 hour from oral administration and the remainder of the pharmaceutical agent is released at a sustained rate. |
| US07803399B2 |
Delivery system for nucleic acids
αvβ3 Integrin receptor targeting liposomes comprise a cationic amphiphile such as a cationic lipid, a neutral lipid, and a targeting lipid. The targeting lipid includes a non-peptidic αvβ3 integrin antagonist. |
| US07803397B2 |
Polyethyleneglycol-modified lipid compounds and uses thereof
The present invention provides compositions comprising polytheylyene-dialkyloxypropyl conjugates (PEG-DAA), liposomes, SNALP, and SPLP comprising such compositions, and methods of using such compositions, liposomes, SNALP, and SPLP. |
| US07803396B2 |
Product for controlling dissolving rate of orthopedic implant material and process of producing the same
A product controlling dissolving rate of biomedical orthopedic implant material and a process of manufacturing the same are disclosed. At constant temperature and humidity and under vacuum, treatment solution is forced to diffuse to the material to form a second phase as a means of controlling the dissolving rate. Different treatment solution can form the phases having different structures from that of matrix. The inventive product has a structure of laminate concentric circle. The second phase and the structure of laminate concentric circle are used as ways for medicine release. |
| US07803395B2 |
Reticulated elastomeric matrices, their manufacture and use in implantable devices
This invention relates to biodurable, reticulated elastomeric matrices that are resiliently-compressible, their manufacture and uses including uses for implantable devices into or for topical treatment of patients, such as humans and other animals, for therapeutic, nutritional, or other useful purposes. |
| US07803390B2 |
Stable hydroalcoholic compositions
A hydroalcoholic lotion is disclosed which comprises (a) a lower alcohol and water in a weight ratio of about 35:65 to 100:0, and (b) between at least 0.5% and 8% by weight thickener system comprised of at least one emulsifier present in at least 0.05% by weight wherein the composition in a polymer free state has a viscosity of at least 4,000 centipoise at 23 degrees C. and wherein the emulsifier is comprised of at least one hydrophobic group and at least one hydrophilic group. The hydroalcoholic composition is useful as a hand preparation such as a lotion or as a presurgical scrub replacement. |
| US07803383B2 |
Method of treatment comprising administration of a cytokine antagonist molecule
This invention relates to novel uses of a protein sequence (INSP052EC), herein identified as an immunoglobulin domain-containing cell surface recognition, in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases, in particular those related to the excessive expression and/or secretion of cytokines. |
| US07803382B2 |
Method for inducing immune response to NY-CO-58
The invention provides methods, compositions and kits for inducing and/or enhancing an immune response in a subject. The invention in some aspects includes polypeptide and nucleic acid molecules that induce and/or enhance an immune response. In some aspects of the invention, the polypeptide and/or nucleic acid molecules of the invention are useful to induce and/or enhance an immune response in a subject who has or is suspected of having cancer. |
| US07803381B2 |
Retro-inverso gonadotropin-releasing hormone peptide and vaccine composition
The invention describes a retro-inverso (RI) gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) peptide which is capable of eliciting an immune response directed against GnRH, the peptide having the amino acid sequence GPRLGYSWHX, wherein the amino acids are D-amino acids and X is any amino acid. More particularly, X is E, Q, P or G, and even more particularly, X is E or Q. Thus, a preferred amino acid sequence for the peptide is GPRLGYSWHE. The peptide may optionally include one or more additional D-amino acids at its N- or C-terminus, for example a cysteine residue or a series of linker amino acids, such as a plurality of glycine amino acid residues. Thus, a second preferred amino acid sequence for the peptide is GPRLGYSWHEC, which includes a cysteine residue at the C-terminus for conjugation purposes. The invention also describes a vaccine composition for use in controlling fertility, heat, contraception and/or treating sex hormone-related diseases, and a method for controlling and or treating fertility and sex hormone-related diseases. |
| US07803376B2 |
Methods and compositions for increasing the efficiency of therapeutic antibodies using NK cell potentiating compounds
The present invention relates, generally, to methods and compositions for increasing the efficiency of therapeutic antibodies. Their efficiency is enhanced through the increase of the ADCC mechanism. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of a therapeutic antibody in combination with compounds that block an inhibitory receptor or stimulate an activating receptor of an NK cell in order to enhance the efficiency of the treatment with therapeutic antibodies in human subjects. |
| US07803374B2 |
Targeted atherosclerosis treatment
This invention relates generally to methods for ameliorating at least one symptom or aspect of atherosclerosis. The methods include administration of targeted carrier compositions comprising a therapeutic agent effective in ameliorating at least one aspect of atherosclerosis coupled to a targeting ligand effective is targeting the therapeutic agent to tissue associated with atherosclerotic plaque. |
| US07803372B2 |
Antibody therapy
The present invention provides a composition comprising naked humanized, chimeric, and human anti-CEA antibodies and a therapeutic agent, which is useful for treatment of CEA expressing cancers and other diseases, and methods of use in treatment using this composition. |
| US07803371B2 |
Anti-VEGF antibody
An antibody is provided. In certain cases, the antibody comprises: a) a heavy chain variable domain that comprises CDR regions that are substantially identical to the heavy chain CDR regions of a selected antibody and b) a light chain variable domain that comprises CDR regions that are substantially identical to the light chain CDR regions of the selected antibody, where the antibody binds a selected target. |
| US07803368B2 |
Pharmacological vitreolysis
Methods of treating or preventing a disorder, or a complication of a disorder, of an eye of a subject, comprising contacting a vitreous and/or aqueous humor with a composition comprising a truncated form of plasmin comprising a catalytic domain of plasmin (TPCD) are disclosed. TPCDs include, but are not limited to, miniplasmin, microplasmin and derivatives and variants thereof. The methods of the invention can be used to reduce the viscosity of the vitreous, liquefy the vitreous, induce posterior vitreous detachment, reduce hemorrhagic blood from the eye, clear or reduce materials toxic to the eye, clear or reduce intraocular foreign substances from the eye, increase diffusion of a composition administered to an eye, reduce extraretinal neovascularization and any combinations thereof. The method can be used in the absence of, or as an adjunct to, vitrectomy. |
| US07803367B2 |
Methods and compositions for promoting angiogenesis
The invention relates to a composition for promoting angiogenesis, for controlling DNA synthesis of a cell, and for controlling chemotactic motility of a cell. The invention also relates to a method for treating ischemia diseases. |
| US07803366B2 |
Methods and compositions that enhance bioavailability of coenzyme-Q10
Bioavailability of Coenzyme-Q 10 (“Co-Q10”), an oil-soluble substance, can be enhanced in a subject by modifying, e.g. nanonizing or charging, the form of Co-Q10. Co-Q10 bioavailability also can be enhanced by administering Co-Q10 to the subject as an oil (lipid)-based and water (hydro)-based mixed composition, along with other optional components, such as oils, resins and other carriers. Accordingly, the invention provides various Co-Q10 compositions, e.g. compositions comprised of (i) Co-Q10 dissolved in one or more Co-Q10-soluble oils and (ii) Co-Q10 in admixture with at least one water-dispersible agent. A Co-Q10 complex of the invention, therefore, yields an increased cell absorption rate, as well as an enhanced percentage of Co-Q10 peak absorption, compared to previously known compounds. Methods for making and using the aforementioned compositions also are provided. |
| US07803360B2 |
Water-degradable fishing lure
A fishing lure that is water-degradable is described. The fishing lure can be a polymeric fishing lure. The fishing lure can have a body that includes vinyl resin and epoxy plasticizer, and may also include one or more of a supplemental plasticizer, heat stabilizer and/or fish attractant, and wherein the body is degradable upon immersing the body in water a body. |
| US07803354B2 |
Cosmetic and/or dermatological use of a composition comprising at least one oxidation-sensitive hydrophilic active principle stabilized by at least one maleic anhydride copolymer
A method for depigmenting and/or lightening the skin and/or hair, including body hair, including applying a composition including at least one oxidation-sensitive hydrophilic active principle chosen from ascorbic acid and its derivatives and at least one maleic anhydride copolymer, comprising one or more maleic anhydride comonomers and one or more comonomers chosen from vinyl acetate, vinyl alcohol, vinylpyrrolidone, olefins comprising from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and styrene, in a physiologically acceptable medium comprising an aqueous phase, to the skin and/or hair. |
| US07803353B2 |
Oral care compositions having improved consumer aesthetics and taste
The present invention relates to peroxide containing oral care compositions containing a flavor system that effectively masks the undesirable taste and sensations due to peroxide. The flavor system comprises menthol, at least one other secondary coolant and selected flavor chemicals that together provide a stable flavor profile and a high impact refreshing taste and sensation. The secondary coolant is selected from carboxamides, ketals, diols, menthyl esters and mixtures thereof. |
| US07803350B2 |
Radioactive arsenic-containing compounds and their uses in the treatment of tumors
This invention provides a process for producing a radioactive arsenic-containing compound, comprising the steps of: (i) subjecting an arsenic-containing compound to a neutron irradiation treatment, said arsenic-containing compound being selected from a group consisting of As2O3, As2S3, As2S2, and a combination thereof, such that the arsenic element contained in the arsenic-containing compound is converted to a radioactive arsenic isotope; and (ii) recovering the resultant product from step (i).This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of the radioactive arsenic-containing compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The pharmaceutical composition can be used in the treatment of tumors/cancers such as hematological malignancies and solid tumors. |
| US07803349B1 |
Method and apparatus for hydrogen production from water
A method, apparatuses and chemical compositions are provided for producing high purity hydrogen from water. Metals or alloys capable of reacting with water and producing hydrogen in aqueous solutions at ambient conditions are reacted with one or more inorganic hydrides capable of releasing hydrogen in aqueous solutions at ambient conditions, one or more transition metal compounds are used to catalyze the reaction and, optionally, one or more alkali metal-based compounds. The metal or alloy is preferably aluminum. The inorganic hydride is from a family of complex inorganic hydrides; most preferably, NaBH4. The transition metal catalyst is from the groups VIII and IB; preferably, Cu and Fe. The alkali metal-based compounds are preferably NaOH, KOH, and the like. Hydrogen generated has a purity of at least 99.99 vol. % (dry basis), and is used without further purification in all types of fuel cells, including the polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell. |
| US07803347B2 |
Organically modified fine particles
A technique for bonding an organic group with the surface of fine particles such as nanoparticles through strong linkage is provided, whereas such fine particles are attracting attention as materials essential for development of high-tech products because of various unique excellent characteristics and functions thereof. Organically modified metal oxide fine particles can be obtained by adapting high-temperature, high-pressure water as a reaction field to bond an organic matter with the surface of metal oxide fine particles through strong linkage. The use of the same condition enables not only the formation of metal oxide fine particles but also the organic modification of the formed fine particles. The resulting organically modified metal oxide fine particles exhibit excellent properties, characteristics and functions. |
| US07803346B2 |
Method of selecting structure of carbon nanotube through photoirradiation
A method for selectively obtaining carbon nanotubes having specific structures by selectively obtaining carbon nanotubes having structures different from the structures of the carbon nanotubes to be vanished by irradiating carbon nanotubes with a light beam of single wavelength so as to have carbon nanotubes in specific electron states in the excited states, and oxidizing and combusting the carbon nanotubes in the excited states by an oxygen or an oxidizing agent so as to vanish the same. |
| US07803345B2 |
Method of making the porous carbon material of different pore sizes and porous carbon materials produced by the method
A method for making the microporous carbon with modified pore size distribution and advanced sorption behavior. The carbon is derived from metal or metalloid carbides. The method employs the use of oxidant in reaction medium that during the carbide conversion into carbon widens small micropores, which otherwise would be hardly accessed by sorbing molecules or ions in practical applications. The microporous carbon obtained is free of impurities and possesses extremely narrow pore size distribution. |
| US07803344B2 |
Method for growing group III-nitride crystals in a mixture of supercritical ammonia and nitrogen, and group III-nitride crystals grown thereby
A method of growing group III-nitride crystals in a mixture of supercritical ammonia and nitrogen, and the group-III crystals grown by this method. The group III-nitride crystal is grown in a reaction vessel in supercritical ammonia using a source material or nutrient that is polycrystalline group III-nitride, amorphous group III-nitride, group-III metal or a mixture of the above, and a seed crystal that is a group-III nitride single crystal. In order to grow high-quality group III-nitride crystals, the crystallization temperature is set at 550° C. or higher. Theoretical calculations show that dissociation of NH3 at this temperature is significant. However, the dissociation of NH3 is avoided by adding extra N2 pressure after filling the reaction vessel with NH3. |
| US07803342B2 |
Process for recycling high-boiling compounds within an integrated chlorosilane system
Highly pure pyrogenic silica is produced in an integrated polycrystalline silicon production plant by separating offgas from polycrystalline silicon production into a high boiler fraction, vaporizing this fraction into a pyrogenic silica burner and reacting with air and/or oxygen and hydrogen to form pyrogenic silica. |
| US07803340B2 |
Process for producing siox particles
Crystalline silicon particles of nanometer order usable as a semiconductor element are provided by a method for producing SiOx particles, comprising irradiating SiOx (X is 0.5 or more and less than 2.0) particles each including therein an amorphous silicon particle having a particle diameter of 0.5 to 5 nm with light, and preferably a laser beam, to produce SiOx (X is 0.5 or more and less than 2.0) particles each including therein a crystalline silicon particle having a particle diameter of 1 to 10 nm. |
| US07803330B2 |
Process for enhanced olefin production
The present invention relates to a process for the production of light weight olefins comprising olefins having from 2 to 3 carbon atoms per molecule from an oxygenate feedstock. The process comprises passing the oxygenate feedstock to an oxygenate conversion zone containing a metal aluminophosphate catalyst to produce a light weight olefin stream. A propylene stream and/or mixed butylene is fractionated from said light weight olefin stream and a medium weight C4 to C7 stream is cracked in a separate olefin cracking reactor to enhance the yield of ethylene and propylene products. |
| US07803326B2 |
Hydrocarbon conversion unit including a reaction zone receiving transferred catalyst
One exemplary embodiment can include an apparatus for transferring catalyst from a regeneration zone to a reaction zone in a hydrocarbon conversion unit. The hydrocarbon conversion unit can include a transfer vessel, and first, second, and third lines. The transfer vessel can transfer regenerated catalyst from the regeneration zone at a first pressure to the reaction zone at a second pressure where the second pressure is greater than the first pressure. Generally, the first line communicates the catalyst to the transfer vessel and is coupled to a first valve to allow catalyst into the transfer vessel and the second line communicates the catalyst from the transfer vessel and is coupled to a second valve to allow catalyst out of the transfer vessel. The third line for allowing the passage of gas therethrough may be at a pressure higher than the first pressure having a first portion communicating with the transfer vessel and having a second portion coupled to third and fourth valves. Each of the third and fourth valves can have a first position that is open and a second position that is closed, which may correspond, respectively, to the opening and closing of the first and second valves to allow gas to pass therethrough. |
| US07803318B2 |
Hand-held analytical device
The invention relates to a portable hand-held analytical device for analysis of a medically significant component of a sample, the device including a housing having a loading opening for receiving a replaceable drum cartridge containing analytical consumables, whereby the housing comprises on an outer side a dispensing opening through which the consumables can be pushed by means of a removal facility. The device includes a loading opening which is closeable by means of a lid, which upon closing effects a linear motion of a pushing part which moves the drum cartridge to a working position, in which it can be rotated about its geometric longitudinal axis. |
| US07803317B2 |
Method for decontaminating temperature-sensitive objects
An apparatus for decontamination of objects, such as temperature-sensitive devices for military applications, comprises a vacuum chamber having an internal space for receiving an object to be decontaminated. A vacuum pump produces a vacuum in the internal space. A heater is used for heating the internal space. A first arrangement is provided for ventilation of the internal space, and a second arrangement is provided for filling the internal space with a gaseous chemical decontamination agent. The apparatus can be used optionally for disinfection or detoxification, with a low decontamination temperature being sufficient in both cases because of the low pressure in the chamber. |
| US07803316B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing a lumen device
A device and method provide an aerosol germicide to a device having a lumen within a container. The container is divided into at least two compartments by an interface across which extends the lumen device, with one end of the lumen in one compartment and another end of the lumen in another compartment. A pressure differential can be used to flow the germicide through the lumen. |
| US07803315B2 |
Decontamination of surfaces contaminated with prion-infected material with gaseous oxidizing agents
A surface which carries a material which is infected with prions is cleaned with an alkaline cleaning solution to remove as much proteinaceous material as possible from the surface. The solution contains an alkaline cleaning agent which attacks prions remaining on the surface and which attacks prions removed from the surface during the cleaning step. After the cleaning step, the surface is exposed to a strong gaseous oxidant, preferably hydrogen peroxide vapor. The hydrogen peroxide or other strong oxidant attacks the prions, particularly the unclumped prion strands, deactivating the prions. |