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US07978630B2 Method and system of maintaining a connection in a network communication system
A method and system for maintaining a connection between two hosts in a multi-hop network comprising at least one network node disposed between the two hosts and a network element, e.g., a NAT, designed to release the connection after a period of inactivity. The method includes determining a first node in which a keep-alive message will terminate after crossing a network element designed to release the connection after a period of inactivity, and sending a keep-alive data packet configured to terminate in the first node after crossing the network element designed to release the connection. The keep-alive packet configured to terminate in the first node after crossing the network element designed to release the connection may be sent within a time period less than the time period of inactivity after which the network element would release the connection. The method allows for a connection to be kept open without waking up a client device and/or without activating air interface procedures.
US07978627B2 Systems and methods to monitor communications to identify a communications problem
Systems and methods to monitor communications to identify a communications problem are disclosed. An example method to monitor communication includes mirroring a first port on a first network element communicatively coupled to a virtual circuit to a second port on a second network element communicatively coupled to the virtual circuit, mirroring a third port on a third network element coupled to the virtual circuit to the second network element, monitoring mirrored communications data at the second network element by receiving communications data on the second port that are sent to the first port from the third port or from the first port to the third port, and analyzing the monitored communications data to identify a communications problem based on a difference between communications data mirrored from the first port and communications data mirrored from the third port.
US07978625B2 Apparatus and method for retransmission in wireless communication system
An apparatus and a method for selectively retransmitting data according to a channel state in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes determining retransmission information of a receiver from feedback information received from the receiver, determining a retransmission scheme for the receiver using the retransmission information of the receiver, and performing a retransmission process with the receiver according to the determined retransmission scheme. In a good channel state, the data is retransmitted using the retransmission scheme to thereby enhance the reliability of the data delivery and the reception performance. In a bad channel state, the data is not retransmitted to thereby reduce a waste of resources in the data retransmission.
US07978622B2 Method and apparatus for computing a path in a network domain
A method for implementing path computation in a domain includes: storing, in each of path computation elements of a domain, global path computation information for path computation in the domain; and performing path computation by the path computation element in accordance with the global path computation information if a path is to be established as requested. A device for implementing path computation in a domain includes: a storage unit for storing global path computation information used for path computation in a domain; and a computation unit for performing path computation in accordance with the global path computation information stored in the storage unit if a path is to be established as requested.
US07978621B2 Power consumption management in a MIMO transceiver and method for use therewith
A mobile communication device includes a first wireless transceiver that receives a first inbound RF signal and that transmits a first outbound RF signal based on a first power supply signal. A second wireless transceiver receives a second inbound RF signal and that transmits a second outbound RF signal based on a second power supply signal. A processing module generates at least one power mode signal based on first transmit power control data received via the first inbound RF signal. A power management circuit adjusts a first power consumption parameter of the first power supply signal and a second power consumption parameter of the second power supply signal based on the at least one power mode signal.
US07978617B2 Methods for providing performance improvement recommendations
In a method of providing a performance improvement recommendation for a connection between a first network node in communication with a second network node, information is transmitted from the first node to the second node to provide communication between the nodes, via a number of transmission components. An elapsed time of transmission of the information between a subset of the transmission components is measured, the aggregation of the measurements representing time elapsed for end-to-end transmission of the information that includes preparing, by the first node, the information for transmission and processing, by the second node, the information upon receipt. A determination is made that one of the measured transmission components has a performance that crosses a predetermined threshold. A recommendation is identified to improve the performance of the identified component.
US07978616B2 Method for transmitting PDCP status report
A method of transmitting PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) status reports, is performed by a mobile terminal by receiving, from an upper layer, a request for PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) re-establishment; detecting whether there are any out-of-sequence PDCP SDUs (service data units) stored; and if there is at least one out-of-sequence PDCP SDU stored, allocating a bitmap field of length in bits equal to the number of PDCP SNs from and not including the first out-of-sequence PDCP SDU up to and including a last out-of-sequence PDCP SDU.
US07978615B2 Method of operating a network
Techniques are provided for operating a network where router devices forward received data packets towards a destination node. Each router maintains a routing table, indicating the next hop to choose in respect of different ultimate destinations m accordance with a routing protocol. Periodic communications between neighboring routers are used as confirmation that they are still able to communicate with one another. Each router compares the time since it last communicated in this way with each of its neighbors with a router dead interval and determines that the respective neighboring router, or the currently designated route thereto, has gone down if the comparison indicates that the router dead interval has elapsed without such a communication having been received. Each router performs an adaptive algorithm to modify the or each corresponding router dead interval dynamically in accordance with one or more properties of the network as measured by the router.
US07978611B2 Systems and methods to determine network routes based on transmission medium length
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture to determine an administrative cost for a network path are disclosed. An example method is used to select a plurality of network segments and a plurality of network switches to determine a network path between first and second network nodes. A transmission medium length associated with the plurality of network segments and the plurality of network switches is then determined, where the administrative cost for the network path is determined based on the transmission medium length.
US07978606B2 System and method for policing multiple data flows and multi-protocol data flows
A system and method for policing one or more flows of a data stream of packets associated with differing transmission protocols. The current capacity level for each flow is determined, as is the packet protocol associated with each packet. A packet parameter in the packet that is indicative of the bandwidth consumption of the packet is identified. The packet parameter is converted to a predetermined format if the packet is not associated with a predetermined packet protocol. A common bandwidth capacity test is performed to determine whether the packet is conforming or non-conforming, and is a function of the packet parameter and the current bandwidth capacity level.
US07978601B1 Method and apparatus for network performance analysis
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for analyzing a network. Specifically, the method comprises receiving information associated with the network, automatically constructing a network representation using the information, and performing at least one network performance test, wherein the at least one network performance test is performed using at least a portion of the network representation.
US07978598B1 Connection replication
A standby content switch module maintains a connection after failure of the active CSM by maintaining a replicate connection state of the connection state of the active CSM. The active CSM transmits a replicate TCP SYN segment to the standby CSM to replicate a connection state on the standby CSM. The replicate SYN is constructed to appear to originate from the client originating the connection to the active CSM. The replicate SYN further includes encoded information enabling the standby CSM to distinguish the replicate SYN from an actual SYN. The replicate SYN frame contains information needed to create a connection state on the standby CSM that is a replica of the connection state on the active CSM.
US07978594B2 Efficient and robust routing of potentially-variable traffic with local restoration against link failures
In one embodiment, a method for supporting recovery from failure of a link in a network of nodes interconnected by links. An intermediate node between an ingress point and an egress point of the network is selected to minimize the sum of (i) a capacity constraint between the ingress point and the intermediate node and (ii) a capacity constraint between the intermediate node and the egress point. The selection identifies two path structures, each comprising a primary path and one or more link backup detours protecting each link on the primary path, with a first path structure between the ingress point and the intermediate node, and a second path structure between the intermediate node and the egress point. To maximize network throughput, packets are routed in two phases, first to the intermediate node via the first path structure in predetermined proportions, and then from the intermediate node to the final destination via the second path structure.
US07978591B2 Mitigation of interference and crosstalk in communications systems
Signals in a multi-channel, impaired communication system are post-processed at the receiver. A triangular matrix Decision Feedback Demodulator (DFD) at the receiver extracts channels without requiring delivery of receiver parameters to the transmitter. Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) processing matrices and DFD parameters are computed by first applying matrix transformations to diagonalize the noise covariance matrix of the multiple channels received at the receiver. QR decompositions (i.e., decompositions into orthogonal and triangular matrices) are then applied to the main channels to obtain triangular channel matrices. The noise-diagonalizing transformations and QR decompositions are then combined to form the MIMO postprocessing matrices and DFD parameters. MIMO postprocessing matrices and DFD parameters are computed from training data and then adapted during live data transmission.
US07978590B2 Optical pickup apparatus, reproducing apparatus, recording apparatus, and tracking error signal generation method
An optical pickup apparatus, a reproducing apparatus, a recording apparatus, and a tracking error signal generation method are provided. Four light-receiving elements receive stray light of main and sub beams reflected from, out of a plurality of recording layers of the optical disk, the one other than that for effecting recording or reproduction. The four light-receiving elements are disposed individually near every side of the four-part split light-receiving element, of which light-receiving elements are disposed between the two-part split light-receiving elements. Based on stray-light intensity detected by the four light-receiving elements, intensity distribution is calculated for tracking-error signal correction.
US07978588B2 Optical data reading/writing with stationary dish mirror
Apparatus and method for reading data from or writing data to a stationary optical storage medium. A light beam redirecting mechanism is rotatable about an axis through a stationary dish mirror that faces a stationary optical storage medium from which data may be read or to which data may be written.
US07978584B2 Pattern recognition type optical memory and optical read/write device and method for reading and writing data from or to the memory
There is provided a method and device for reading, writing, or both, data from or to a pattern recognition type optical memory having a light transmittable substrate. Patterns can be formed in the pattern recognition type optical memory from light images representing the data. An optical memory reading device comprises a light source, an image detecting unit for detecting images corresponding to the patterns and generating image signals converted by an optical/electric converter into electric signals. An optical memory writing device comprises a light source, an electric/optical converter for receiving an electric signal corresponding to the data and converting the electric signal into an image signal, and an image generation unit for receiving the light emitted from the light source and the image signal and generating light images corresponding to the image signal, wherein the images are configured to form the patterns on the light transmittable substrate.
US07978575B2 Automatic write strategy calibration method for optical drive
An optical media playback device includes a memory to store calibration data specifying how a mark of a particular length should be formed on an optical storage media. A control module writes a training pattern onto the optical storage media based on the calibration data. The training pattern includes a first mark having a first length. A control module reads the training pattern previously written onto the optical storage media and determines whether the first length of the first mark corresponds to the particular length specified by the calibration data. The control module adjusts the calibration data stored in the memory in response to the first length of the first mark not corresponding to the particular length specified by the calibration data.
US07978566B1 Timing apparatus for alerting a user when time has elapsed
A timing apparatus for alerting a user when time has elapsed which comprises a base. A post extends vertically and centrally from the base. A mechanism extends through the base and the post, for indicating when a set time has elapsed.
US07978563B2 Method for passive seismic emission tomography including polarization correction for source mechanism
A method for seismic event mapping includes selecting a plurality of subvolumes representing possible locations of origin of a seismic event in the Earth's subsurface. For each subvolume a plurality of possible directions of motion of subsurface formations is selected. For each subvolume and each possible direction of motion, polarity correction is applied to seismic signals recorded at a plurality of positions proximate a volume of the Earth's subsurface to be evaluated. The polarity correction is based on the direction of motion and the position of each seismic sensor with respect to the subvolume. The recorded, polarity corrected seismic signal recordings are time aligned. The time aligned recordings are summed. A most likely direction of motion and subvolume position are determined based on a selected attribute of the summed, time aligned seismic signals.
US07978560B2 Static memory cell having independent data holding voltage
A static memory cell, composed of cross-coupled MOS transistors having a relatively high threshold voltage, is equipped with MOS transistors for controlling the power supply line voltage of the memory cell. To permit the voltage difference between two data storage nodes in the inactivated memory cell to exceed the voltage difference between the two nodes when write data is applied from a data line pair DL and /DL to the two nodes in the activated memory cell, the power supply line voltage control transistors are turned on to apply a high voltage VCH to the power supply lines after the word line voltage is turned off. The data holding voltage in the memory cell can be activated to a high voltage independent of the data line voltage, and the data holding voltage can be dynamically set so that read and write operations can be performed at high speed with low power consumption.
US07978556B2 On-chip temperature sensor
A temperature invariant reference voltage and a temperature variant physical quantity, such as a voltage or current, are generated. The temperature variant physical quantity changes in response to a temperature of the integrated circuit. A temperature sensor circuit generates a voltage that is linearly dependent on the temperature. A level generator circuit generates 2n−1 voltage levels from the reference voltage. A comparator circuit, such as an analog-to-digital circuit, compares the voltage from the temperature sensor to the 2n−1 voltage levels to determine which level is closest. An n-bit digital output of the resulting level is proportional to the temperature of the integrated circuit.
US07978550B2 Semiconductor memory
A semiconductor memory includes: a plurality of regular memory cells; a first redundant memory cell; a second redundant memory cell; a first redundancy program circuit, first defect position information indicating a position of a first defective regular memory cell being programmed into the first redundancy program circuit; a second redundancy program circuit, second defect position information indicating a position of a second defective regular memory cell being programmed into the second redundancy program circuit; a redundancy switch circuit which couples signal lines to the regular memory cell, the first redundant memory cell, and the second redundant memory cell; and a redundancy signal switch circuit which replaces the first defect position information and the second defect position information with each other when the second defective regular memory cell is located between the first defective regular memory cell and the first redundant memory cell.
US07978546B2 Memory controller, PCB, computer system and memory adjusting method adjusting a memory output signal characteristic
A memory controller, a PCB and a computer system employing the memory controller, and a memory adjusting method using the memory controller. The memory controller interfaces data reading from and writing to a memory and includes: a characteristic estimating part estimating a characteristic of a memory output signal outputted from the memory for the data reading and writing; and a characteristic adjusting part controlling the memory so that the characteristic of the memory output signal is within a predetermined reference range if the characteristic of the memory output signal estimated by the characteristic estimating part is beyond the predetermined reference range.
US07978545B2 Semiconductor integrated circuit
A semiconductor integrated circuit has a central processing unit and a rewritable nonvolatile memory area disposed in an address space of the central processing unit. The nonvolatile memory area has a first nonvolatile memory area and a second nonvolatile memory area, which memorize information depending on the difference of threshold voltages. The first nonvolatile memory area has the maximum variation width of a threshold voltage for memorizing information set larger than that of the second nonvolatile memory area. When the maximum variation width of the threshold voltage for memorizing information is larger, since stress to a memory cell owing to a rewrite operation of memory information becomes larger, it is inferior in a point of guaranteeing the number of times of rewrite operation; however, since a read current becomes larger, a read speed of memory information can be expedited. The first nonvolatile memory area can be prioritized to expedite a read speed of the memory information and the second nonvolatile memory area can be prioritized to guarantee the number of times of rewrite operation of memory information more.
US07978537B2 Semiconductor memory device and driving method thereof
A semiconductor memory device includes a source signal generator configured to generate a source signal having a predetermined pulse width in response to a command signal, and a column selection signal generator configured to generate a column selection signal by controlling a pulse width of the source signal according to a voltage level of an external supply voltage.
US07978532B2 Erase method of flash memory device
Erase and program methods of a flash memory device including MLCs for increasing the program speed. In the erase method, MLCs are pre-programmed so that a voltage range in which threshold voltages of MLCs are distributed can be reduced. Therefore, a fail occurrence ratio can be reduced when erasing MLCs, the threshold voltage distribution of MLCs can be improved and an overall program time can be shortened in a subsequent program operation.
US07978530B2 Correcting for over programming non-volatile storage
A non-volatile storage system corrects over programmed memory cells by selectively performing one or more erase operations on a subset of non-volatile storage elements that are connected to a common word line (or other type of control line).
US07978529B1 Rewritable single-bit-per-cell flash memory
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to multilevel flash memory, and more particularly to a method of changing a logic level of a single-bit-per-cell flash memory device multiple times before an erase operation.
US07978526B2 Low noise sense amplifier array and method for nonvolatile memory
In sensing a page of nonvolatile memory cells with a corresponding group of sense modules in parallel, as each high current cell is identified, it is locked out from further sensing while others in the page continued to be sensed. The sense module involved in the locked out is then in a lockout mode and becomes inactive. A noise source from the sense module becomes significant when in the lockout mode. The noise is liable to interfere with the sensing of neighboring cells by coupling through its bit line to neighboring ones. The noise can also couple through the common source line of the page to affect the accuracy of ongoing sensing of the cells in the page. Improved sense modules and method isolate the noise from the lockout sense module from affecting the other sense modules still active in sensing memory cell in the page.
US07978520B2 Compensation of non-volatile memory chip non-idealities by program pulse adjustment
To program a set of non-volatile storage elements, a set of programming pulses are applied to the control gates (or other terminals) of the non-volatile storage elements. The programming pulses have pulse widths that vary as a function of simulated pulse magnitude data. The programming pulses can also have pulse magnitudes that vary based on measurements taken while testing the set of non-volatile storage elements. In one embodiment, the pulse widths are determined after simulation performed prior to fabrication of the non-volatile storage elements. In another embodiment, the pulse magnitudes are calculated after fabrication of the non-volatile storage elements.
US07978517B2 NAND flash memory
A NAND flash memory that is read while a selected bit line and a non-selected bit line are adjacent to each other, has a memory cell array having a plurality of blocks each of which is composed of a plurality of memory cell units, each of the memory cell units having a plurality of electrically rewritable memory cells that are connected to each other, wherein a bit line that is selected by a sense amplifier is charged in a state where a drain-side select gate line, a source-side select gate line and a p-type semiconductor substrate are set at a ground potential, and source lines, n-type wells, p-type wells, and a bit line that is not selected by the sense amplifier are in a floating state.
US07978516B2 Flash memory controller having reduced pinout
Disclosed is a flash memory controller connected to a flash memory module. The pin-out of the flash memory controller combines ready-busy and chip-select signals. In one embodiment, the flash memory module is made up of a set of banks, each consisting of a plurality of devices, with each bank sharing a single chip-select/ready-busy connection to the controller.
US07978515B2 Semiconductor storage device and electronic equipment therefor
A semiconductor storage device includes a first memory cell for storing two kinds of states, a second memory cell for storing two kinds of states, and a sense amplifier for detecting a potential difference between voltages equivalent to readout currents of the first and second memory cells, respectively. Either one of information data “0” or data “1”, which is stored in combination of the first and second memory cells, is read out by detecting the potential difference equivalent to the readout current difference between the first and second memory cells.
US07978514B2 Semiconductor memory device for storing multivalued data
Data storage circuits are connected to the bit lines in a one-to-one correspondence. A write circuit writes the data on a first page into a plurality of first memory cells selected simultaneously by a word line. Thereafter, the write circuit writes the data on a second page into the plurality of first memory cell. Then, the write circuit writes the data on the first and second pages into second memory cells adjoining the first memory cells in the bit line direction.
US07978507B2 Pulse reset for non-volatile storage
A non-volatile storage system includes a substrate, control circuitry on the substrate, a three dimensional memory array (above the substrate) that includes a plurality of memory cells with reversible resistance-switching elements, and circuits to SET and RESET the resistance-switching elements. The circuits that RESET the resistance-switching elements provide a pulse to the memory cells that is large enough in magnitude to SET and RESET the memory cells, and long enough to potentially RESET the memory cell but not long enough to SET the memory cells.
US07978504B2 Floating gate device with graphite floating gate
One or more embodiments relate to a memory device, comprising: a substrate; a charge storage layer disposed over the substrate; and a control gate disposed over the charge storage layer, wherein the charge storage layer or the control gate layer comprises a carbon allotrope.
US07978503B2 Static semiconductor memory with a dummy call and a write assist operation
A dummy memory cell for detection of write completion timing is provided as a replica of a memory cell. When assisting a write operation by power supply control and substrate potential control of the memory cell, the timing of ending the write assist operation is determined by a voltage control circuit based on information about the dummy memory cell. For example, the voltage control circuit performs, in a data write operation in the memory cell, the write assist operation of decreasing the voltage of a source power supply allocated to P-channel MOS load transistors using a pull-down transistor. Thereafter, at the time when completion of the data write operation in the dummy memory cell is detected, the voltage control circuit ends the write assist operation and restores the voltage of the source power supply to the original level using a pull-up transistor.
US07978502B2 Method of programming a memory device of the one-time programmable type and integrated circuit incorporating such a memory
A memory device of the irreversibly electrically programmable type is provided with a memory cell having a dielectric zone disposed between a first electrode and second electrode. An access transistor is connected in series with the second electrode, and an auxiliary transistor is connected in series with the first electrode. The auxiliary transistor is biased to have a saturation current which is lower than a saturation current of the access transistor when both the auxiliary and access transistors are actuated. A number of the memory cells are arranged in a memory plane to form the memory device.
US07978499B2 Semiconductor storage device
A semiconductor storage device includes: a memory cell array having memory cells; and a control circuit configured to apply a first voltage to a selected one of first wirings as well as a second voltage to a selected one of second wirings. The control circuit includes: a signal output circuit configured to output a first signal based on a first current flowing through a selected memory cell and a reference current; and a current retaining circuit configured to retain a second current flowing through the first wirings or a wiring electrically connected to the first wirings during a certain period of time. The signal output circuit is configured to determine the first current based on the second current retained by the current retaining circuit. The control circuit is configured to stop application of the first voltage to the first wirings based on the first signal.
US07978493B1 Data encoding scheme to reduce sense current
Techniques for encoding and decoding fuse data to reduce sense current are disclosed. An embodiment to encode fuse sense data includes inverting each of the bits of the fuse data and using an individual fuse as a flag bit to record the data inversion. The states of the respective fuses may represent different logic states. A fuse may be blown to indicate a logic one and likewise, an unblown fuse may indicate a logic zero. A blown fuse and an unblown fuse may have different current consumption. An unblown fuse may consume more sensing current compared to a blown fuse. Another embodiment to decode the encoded fuse data includes embedded logic circuits and a separate fuse as a flag bit. Encoding and decoding fuse data may reduce fuse sensing current.
US07978492B2 Integrated circuit incorporating decoders disposed beneath memory arrays
A very high density field programmable memory is disclosed. An array is formed vertically above a substrate using several layers, each layer of which includes vertically fabricated memory cells. The cell in an N level array may be formed with N+1 masking steps plus masking steps needed for contacts. Maximum use of self alignment techniques minimizes photolithographic limitations. In one embodiment the peripheral circuits are formed in a silicon substrate and an N level array is fabricated above the substrate.
US07978490B2 Content addressable memory cell and content addressable memory using phase change memory
According to an example embodiment, a CAM cell included in a CAM may include a phase change memory device, a connector, and/or a developer. The phase change memory device may be configured to store data. The phase change memory device may have a resistance that may be varied according to the logic level of the stored data. The connector may be configured to control writing data to the phase change memory device and reading data from the phase change memory device. The developer may be configured to control reading data from the phase change memory device in a search mode in which the data stored in the phase change memory device is compared to the search data.
US07978488B2 Three-level power converting apparatus
Each phase of a three-level power converting apparatus is configured by a single unit, and four switching devices (1u-4u) and two diodes (9u, 10u) provided in each unit are arranged along a flow direction of cooling air on a heat sink (15) of a cooling device with long sides of the switching devices (1u-4u) and the diodes (9u, 10u) oriented perpendicular to the flow direction of the cooling air. The first and second diodes (9u, 10u) are arranged in a central area of the heat sink (15), whereas the second switching device (2u) and the third switching device (3u) with high heat generation loss are arranged in a distributed fashion to sandwich a group of diodes in the central area in between.
US07978487B2 Switching power supply and over-temperature protection method
A switching power supply includes an energy-storing device, a power switch, a driving circuit and a thermal sensing device. The energy-storing device is coupled to an input power source and controlled by the power switch to increase or decrease the power therein. The power switch has a control terminal connected to the driving circuit for switching. The thermal sensing device is connected to the control terminal of the power switch and powered by the driving circuit. When sensing an operation temperature exceeding a predetermined range, the thermal sensing device disables the driving circuit.
US07978484B2 Flyback constant voltage converter having both a PWFM mode and a PWM mode
A flyback AC/DC switching converter has a constant voltage (CV) mode. The CV mode has sub-modes. In one sub-mode (“mid output power sub-mode”), the output voltage (VOUT) of the converter is regulated using both pulse width modulation and pulse frequency modulation. Both types of modulation are used simultaneously. In a second sub-mode (“low output power sub-mode”), VOUT is regulated using pulse width modulation, but the converter switching frequency is fixed at a first frequency. By setting the first frequency at a frequency above the frequency limit of human hearing, an undesirable audible transformer humming that might otherwise occur is avoided. In some embodiments, the converter has a third sub-mode (“high output power sub-mode”), in which pulse width modulation is used but the switching frequency is fixed at a second frequency. By proper setting of the second frequency, undesirable EMI radiation and other problems that might otherwise occur are avoided.
US07978473B2 Cooling apparatus with cold plate formed in situ on a surface to be cooled
A cooling apparatus and method of fabrication are provided for facilitating removal of heat from a heat-generating electronic device. The method of fabrication includes: obtaining a solder material; disposing the solder material on a surface to be cooled; and reflowing and shaping the solder material disposed on the surface to be cooled to configure the solder material as a base with a plurality of fins extending therefrom. In addition to being in situ-configured on the surface to be cooled, the base is simultaneously metallurgically bonded to the surface to be cooled. The solder material, configured as the base with a plurality of fins extending therefrom, is a single, monolithic structure thermally attached to the surface to be cooled via the metallurgical bonding thereof to the surface to be cooled.
US07978471B2 Electric power conversion apparatus
An electric power conversion apparatus includes: a channel case in which a cooling water channel is formed; a double side cooling semiconductor module that comprises an upper and lower arms series circuit of an inverter circuit; a capacitor module; a direct current connector; and an alternate current connector. The semiconductor module comprises a first and a second heat dissipation metals whose outer surfaces are heat dissipation surfaces, the upper and lower arms series circuit is disposed tightly between the first heat dissipation metal and the second heat dissipation metal, and the semiconductor module further comprises a direct current positive terminal, a direct current negative terminal, and an alternate current terminal which protrude to outside. The channel case is provided with the cooling water channel which extends from a cooling water inlet to a cooling water outlet, and a first opening which opens into the cooling water channel.
US07978468B2 Power converter
The object is to provide a power converter which is capable of minimizing an extent to which the power converter components other than the semiconductor module are thermally affected by the heat originating from the semiconductor module.A casing houses: semiconductor modules 20, 30 constituting a main circuit for power conversion; a capacitor 50 electrically connected to the main circuit; drive circuits 70, 71 that provide main circuit with a drive signal used in power conversion operation; a control circuit 74 that provides the drive circuit with a control signal used to prompt the drive circuit to provide the drive signal. Within the casing, a cooling chamber including a coolant passage 28 is formed, and a chamber wall of the cooling chamber is formed with a thermally conductive material. At least the semiconductor modules 20, 30 are housed inside the cooling chamber, and at least the capacitor 50 and the control circuit 74 are disposed outside the cooling chamber
US07978466B2 Computer docking station for a vehicle
A computer docking station for supporting and electrically coupling to a portable computer that has a docking connector includes a body having a support portion configured to support the portable computer, and a main connector moveable relative to the body between an engaged position in which the main connector is engageable with the docking connector, and a disengaged position. The computer docking station also includes a frame coupled to the body and the main connector. The frame is movable relative to the body between a first position, in which the main connector is in the disengaged position, and a second position, in which the main connector is in the engaged position. The computer docking station further includes a subframe coupled to the frame. The subframe is movable with the frame from the first position to the second position and is movable relative to the frame from the second position to a third position to inhibit movement of the main connector away from the engaged position.
US07978464B2 Bag computer two panel computer with hinge extension
Disclosed are improvements to a two panel computer meant to be mounted to a bag front of a matching bag. The computer has a display panel and body panel pivotally attached with the display fixed to the side of the display panel facing away from the body panel. The hinge is adapted to create a gap between the panels to allow the bag's computer holder to fit between the panels. This gap may be formed by; 1) providing a extension between the body and hinge, 2) using a large diameter hinge with a portion of the diameter creating the extension, 3) providing a extension between the hinge and the display panel.
US07978462B2 Electronic apparatus
An electronic apparatus includes an electronic apparatus main body and a movable body which is mounted in the electronic apparatus main body, with its predetermined direction-wise one end supported thereon, so as to be displaceable between an encased condition where one surface faces the electronic apparatus main body and an unfolded condition where one surface is exposed. The movable body has predetermined-directionally extending guide slot formed at each side face thereof in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction. The electronic main body has guide rails for guiding the movable body that are inserted into their respective guide slots under a condition where one surface of the movable body faces the electronic apparatus main body, and a pressing portion disposed at predetermined direction-wise other end of the movable body, which abuts against the electronic apparatus main body in the encased condition for pressing the movable body against the guide rails.
US07978461B2 Enhanced ultrasound system
An enhanced ultrasound housing and enhanced ultrasound platform facilitates a technician-friendly layout by providing a beneficial ergonomic layout. Control switches may also be configured to provide convenient implementation of ultrasound techniques. Further, an enhanced ultrasound housing and enhanced ultrasound platform provides physical protection to the device. Physical protection may come in the form of an exoskeletal member, or from a covering which inhibits liquid penetration.
US07978460B2 Generator set having two-piece terminal box
A terminal box for a use with a generator set is provided. The terminal box may have a customer connection, a first housing piece configured to be mounted proximate a generator of the generator set, and at least one cable housed within the first housing piece to electrically connect the generator with the customer connection. The terminal box may also have a second housing piece mounted to the first housing piece distal the generator, and at least one control component housed within the second housing piece to regulate a characteristic of electrical power produced by the generator.
US07978453B2 Low side driver with short to battery protection
A driver circuit includes a driver module having a first transistor for receiving a driver voltage signal. In response to the driver voltage signal, the first transistor conducts current through an electronic device. A protection module includes a second transistor in electrical communication with the first transistor for receiving a logic voltage signal and for inhibiting current flow through the first transistor in response to receiving the logic voltage signal. The protection module further includes a digital logic gate having at least one input in electrical communication with the first transistor for detecting a short-circuit voltage signal. At least one output of the digital logic gate is in electrical communication with the second transistor for outputting the logic voltage signal in response to receiving the short-circuit voltage signal.
US07978451B2 Circuit arrangement comprising an electronic component and an ESD protection arrangement
A description is given of a circuit arrangement including at least one electronic component having first and second terminals, and comprising an ESD protection arrangement against disturbance pulses, is the ESD protection arrangement connected via connection terminals in parallel with the electronic component between the first and second terminals. The ESD protection arrangement includes a first ESD protection unit and a second ESD protection unit, that is connected in parallel with the first ESD protection unit and that reacts more rapidly than the first protection unit to a voltage rise at the connection terminals with the formation of a conductive current path between the connection terminals.
US07978450B1 Electrostatic discharge protection circuitry
An integrated circuit has pins to which electrostatic discharge voltages may be delivered during electrostatic discharge events. Circuitry in the integrated circuit can be protected from damage by the electrostatic discharge voltages by electrostatic discharge protection circuitry. The electrostatic discharge protection circuitry may include one or more diodes that are connected between a given pin and ground to discharge negative electrostatic discharge voltages. Positive electrostatic discharge voltages may be discharged using a transistor that is connected between the pin and ground and that breaks down at a breakdown voltage. A voltage blocking circuit such as a circuit based on a voltage blocking transistor may be used to prevent damaging electrostatic discharge voltages from reaching sensitive circuitry. Pull down circuitry may be used to help ensure that the circuitry is protected from damage during electrostatic discharge events.
US07978447B2 Electrical safety outlet
A safety outlet that prevents hazardous conditions is described. Embodiments of the outlet use safe low-voltage DC power to check and ensure that an appliance is plugged into the outlet, that the appliance does not have short circuits or ground faults, and that the appliance is switched on. Some embodiments warn of unsafe conditions. Until the safety checks are performed and satisfactorily passed, embodiments of the outlet keep the AC power turned off and isolated from the outlet. Only then is the receptacle powered, after which the appliance can be used normally. Once the appliance is switched off, the power at the outlet is also turned off automatically. When an appliance is in use, some embodiments of the invention continue providing ground fault protection using GFCI technology. All this is performed automatically and quickly, nearly imperceptibly in normal use. Some embodiments may be integrated with external control systems.
US07978440B2 Seed/AFM combination for CCP GMR device
Improved CPP GMR devices have been fabricated by replacing the conventional seed layer (typically Ta) with a bilayer of NiCr on Ta, said seed being deposited on the NiFe layer that constitutes a magnetic shield. Additional improvement was also obtained by replacing the conventional non-magnetic spacer layer of copper with a sandwich structure of two copper layers with an NOL (nano-oxide layer) between them. A process for manufacturing the devices is also described.
US07978437B2 Tolerance ring for data storage with cut-out feature for mass control
A tolerance ring configured to improve mass eccentricity of an actuator arm assembly. The tolerance ring has a cylinder with a predetermined length between two ends, with a gap along the predetermined length of the cylinder, the gap having a first and a second edge, the cylinder having an aperture in the surface of the cylinder at the second edge.
US07978434B2 Magnetic recording medium, method of fabricating the same, and magnetic recording apparatus
A magnetic recording medium includes recording regions formed on a substrate, isolation regions formed between the recording regions so as to define the recording regions, and recording dots formed of a dot-like magnetic recording layer and arrayed in the recording regions, the recording dots including first recording dots arrayed in a line in each edge part of each recording region along the isolation region and second recording dots arrayed into a regular lattice in a central part of each recording region. A distance between a first recording dot and a second recording dot which are nearest neighboring is larger than a distance between second recording dots which are nearest neighboring.
US07978433B2 Recording-medium driving device
When a medium casing is properly inserted, a first pair of projections and a second pair of projections are passed through between a first bottom surface and a second bottom surface of a chassis in the moving direction and are thus prevented from coming into contact with the first and second bottom surfaces, thereby allowing for smooth insertion of the medium casing. In contrast, when the medium casing is inserted improperly from its wrong end, one of the projections on the lower surface of the medium casing comes into abutment with the second bottom surface of the chassis near the opening. Accordingly, an improperly inserted medium casing can be prevented from being inserted any further at an early stage of the insertion process.
US07978420B2 Zoom lens and imaging apparatus
A zoom lens includes: first, second and third lens groups having negative refracting power, positive refracting power and positive refracting power, respectively, disposed in the order from an object side. During zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens group is moved and the second lens group is moved together with a stop toward the object such that an air space between the first and second lens groups decreases and an air space between the second and third lens groups increases. The second lens group includes positive and negative lenses aspherically shaped on at least a side thereof facing the object and having a convex or concave surface facing the object, the negative lens being positioned on the image side of the positive lens. The zoom lens is configured to satisfy the following Conditional Expressions (1) and (2) 0.7
US07978419B2 Scan lens for imaging device
A scan lens for an imaging device includes first, second, third, and fourth lens elements optically positioned in ascending numeric order between a scanning component and an imaging surface. The first lens element has an optical power in an in-scan direction of the imaging device and an optical power in a cross-scan direction of the imaging device, the optical power in the cross-scan direction being positive and greater than the optical power in the in-scan direction. The second lens element has a negative optical power in the in-scan and cross-scan directions. The third lens element has a positive optical power in the in-scan direction and cross-scan directions. The fourth lens element has an optical power in the in-scan direction and a positive optical power in the cross-scan direction, the optical power in the cross-scan direction being greater than the optical power in the in-scan direction.
US07978418B2 Optical device and lens assembly
The optical device includes a first capillary tube assembly including a capillary tube into which an optical fiber is inserted and fixed, and a retaining sleeve for retaining the capillary tube; a second capillary tube assembly including a capillary tube into which optical fibers are inserted and fixed, and a retaining sleeve for retaining the capillary tube; and a lens assembly including a first lens that faces a forward end face of a first optical fiber with a gap therebetween, a second lens facing end faces of optical fibers with a gap therebetween, a band pass filter interposed between the first lens and the second lens, and an accommodation member for receiving the first and second lenses and the band pass filter. The retaining sleeve of the first capillary tube assembly is secured to one end surface of the accommodation member, and the retaining member of the second capillary tube assembly is secured to another end surface of the accommodation member.
US07978416B2 Surface buckling method and articles formed thereby
A method for generating spontaneously aligned surface wrinkles utilizes control of local moduli-mismatch and osmotic pressure. The method includes modifying the surface of an elastomeric layer to form a superlayer that is stiffer and/or less absorbent than the elastomeric layer. The elastomeric layer is then swollen with a polymerizable monomer, which causes buckling of the superlayer. The monomer is then polymerized, dimensionally stabilizing the surface buckling. The buckled surfaces generated by the method are useful in a wide variety of end-use applications, including microlenses, microlens arrays, compound microlenses, diffraction gratings, photonic crystals, smart adhesives, mechanical strain sensors, microfluidic devices, and cell culture surfaces.
US07978414B2 Positioning system for a combiner in a head up display
A combiner positioning system (300) for a heads-up display (100). The positioning system (300) is arranged on a frame (302) including a base plate (334). A movable carrier (306) is provided for supporting a combiner (106) within the frame. The carrier (306) is movable between a first end of the frame, where the combiner (106) is in a retracted position (storage position), to a second end where the combiner is in a fully extended position (display position).
US07978412B2 Beam homogenizer, laser irradiation apparatus, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device
The energy distribution of the beam spot on the irradiated surface changes due to the change in the oscillation condition of the laser or before and after the maintenance. The present invention provides an optical system for forming a rectangular beam spot on an irradiated surface including a beam homogenizer for homogenizing the energy distribution of the rectangular beam spot on the irradiated surface in a direction of its long or short side. The beam homogenizer includes an optical element having a pair of reflection planes provided oppositely for reflecting the laser beam in the direction where the energy distribution is homogenized and having a curved shape in its entrance surface. The entrance surface of the optical element means a surface of the optical element where the laser beam is incident first.
US07978408B2 Polarizing device and laser unit
A polarizing device for converting a circularly polarized light beam into a radial polarized light beam, wherein the circularly polarized light beam is obtained by passing a linearly polarized light beam oscillated from a laser oscillator through a quarter-wave plate. The polarizing device includes an axicon lens having a conical surface and a dielectric film formed on the conical surface of the axicon lens.
US07978406B2 Projection screen
A projection screen includes a reflection layer, a light absorbing structure, a plurality of light diffusion layers, and a lens structure. The light absorbing structure is disposed on the reflection layer and has a plurality of apertures. A part of the reflection layer is exposed via the apertures. The light diffusion layers have a first index of refraction. Each of the light diffusion layer is disposed in the corresponding aperture and contacts the corresponding reflection layer exposed via the corresponding aperture. The lens structure is disposed on the light diffusion layers and the light absorbing structure. A light incidence side of the lens structure includes a plurality of convex lenses. The convex lenses are respectively corresponding with the light diffusion layers. The lens structure has a second index of refraction, and the second index of refraction is smaller than the first index of refraction.
US07978401B2 Delay demodulation devices
The delay demodulation device 1 comprises: an input waveguide 2 which receives DQPSK signals; a Y-branch waveguide 3 which splits the input waveguide 2; a first Mach-Zehnder interferometer 4; and a second Mach-Zehnder interferometer 5. Both end of two arm-waveguides 8, 9 of the first Mach-Zehnder interferometer 4 and both ends of two arm-waveguides 12, 13 of the second Mach-Zehnder interferometer 5 are angled toward the center portion of a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) 1A. Because of the angle, the length of the two arm-waveguides 8, 9 of the first Mach-Zehnder interferometer 4 and the length of the two arm-waveguides 12, 13 of the second Mach-Zehnder interferometer 5 in Z-direction can be shortened, and input couplers 6,10 and output couplers 7,11 of each Mach-Zehnder interferometers in Z-direction can be shortened as well. The area occupied by each Mach-Zehnder interferometers 4, 5 are also reduced.
US07978400B2 Electro-wetting apparatus and method of driving electro-wetting apparatus
An electro-wetting apparatus includes a liquid having conductivity or polarity and a first electrode and a second electrode that apply voltage to the liquid. The electro-wetting apparatus also includes a dielectric layer provided between the liquid and the first electrode. The electro-wetting apparatus further includes a voltage-applying unit that applies a voltage signal between the first electrode and the second electrode, where the voltage signal is periodically changed between a first voltage of zero (0) volt or more and a second voltage of larger than the first voltage.
US07978399B2 Display device and method of fabricating the same
A constitution of the display device of the invention is shown in the following. The display device includes a pixel unit including TFTs of which the active layer contains an organic semiconductor material for forming channel portions in the opening portions in an insulating layer arranged to meet the gale electrodes. The pixel unit further includes a contrast media foamed on the electrodes connected to the TFTs for changing the reflectivity upon the application of an electric field, or microcapsules containing electrically charged particles that change the reflectivity upon the application of an electric field. The pixel unit is sandwiched by plastic substrates, and barrier layers including an inorganic insulating material are provided between the plastic substrates and the pixel unit. The purpose of the present invention is to supply display devices which are excellent in productivity, light in weight and flexible.
US07978396B2 Optical interference display panel
An optical interference display panel is disclosed that has a substrate, an optical interference reflection structure, and an opaque protection structure. The optical interference reflection structure has many color-changeable pixels and is formed on the substrate. The opaque protection structure is adhered and fixed onto the substrate with an adhesive and encloses the optical interference reflection structure between the substrate and the opaque protection structure. The opaque protection structure blocks and/or absorbs light, and light is thus not emitted outward by passing through defects in the optical interference reflection structure Moreover, the opaque protection structure and the adhesive also prevent the optical interference reflection structure from being damaged by an external environment.
US07978395B2 Capacitive MEMS device with programmable offset voltage control
A capacitive MEMS device is formed having a material between electrodes that traps and retains charges. The material can be realized in several configurations. It can be a multilayer dielectric stack with regions of different band gap energies or band energy levels. The dielectric materials can be trappy itself, i.e. when defects or trap sites are pre-fabricated in the material. Another configuration involves a thin layer of a conductive material with the energy level in the forbidden gap of the dielectric layer. The device may be programmed (i.e. offset and threshold voltages pre-set) by a method making advantageous use of charge storage in the material, wherein the interferometric modulator is pre-charged in such a way that the hysteresis curve shifts, and the actuation voltage threshold of the modulator is significantly lowered. During programming phase, charge transfer between the electrodes and the materials can be performed by applying voltage to the electrodes (i.e. applying electrical field across the material) or by UV-illumination and injection of electrical charges over the energy barrier. The interferometric modulator may then be retained in an actuated state with a significantly lower actuation voltage, thereby saving power.
US07978391B2 Polarizing, photochromic devices and methods of making the same
A liquid crystal cell including a first substrate having a first surface; a second substrate having a second surface, wherein the second surface of the second substrate is opposite and spaced apart from the first surface of the first substrate so as to define a region; and within the region defined by the first surface and the second surface, a liquid crystal material adapted to be at least partially ordered and at least one thermally reversible photochromic-dichroic compound adapted to be at least partially aligned and having an average absorption ratio greater than 2.3 in an activated state.
US07978390B2 Optical modulator
The present invention relates to an optical modulator that generates quaternary amplitude modulated light without inter-symbol-interference by splitting input light into three optical paths, generating a continuous wave signal in a first optical path, generating binary phase modulated lights using a single drive MZ type optical phase modulator in second and third optical paths, and interfering them at in-phase and at field amplitude 1:a:b.
US07978389B2 Optical scanning device and image output apparatus
The present invention provides an optical scanning device that prevents a disadvantageous increase in device size. Transfer optical system 17 includes at least concave mirrors 19 and 20. Furthermore, transfer optical system 17 allows a light beam scanned by scan mirror 16 to enter the scan mirror again at least via concave mirrors 19 and 20. Then, scan mirror 16 scans and emits the laser light beam received via concave mirrors 19 and 20, to a plane of projection.
US07978386B2 Generation of holographic diffraction patterns
A method of generating a holographic diffraction pattern and a holographic lithography system. The method involves defining at least one geometrical shape; generating at least one line segment to represent the at least one geometrical shape; calculating a line diffraction pattern on a hologram plane, including calculating the Fresnel diffraction equation for an impulse representing the at least one line segment with a line width control term and a line length control term; and adding vectorially, where there are two or more line segments, the line diffraction patterns to form the holographic diffraction pattern. The method and system enables holographic masks to be generated without creating a physical object to record. The required shapes or patterns are defined in terms of a three-dimensional coordinate space and a holographic pattern is generated at a defined distance from the shapes in the coordinate space.
US07978383B2 Image processing circuit and image processing method
A circuit and method for processing an image to correct the pixel value of a sub-pixel included in color data to reduce color differences. The image processing circuit includes a plurality of defect determination circuits respectively corresponding to a plurality of sub-pixels (colors). Each defect determination circuit determines whether or not the corresponding sub-pixel, or first sub-pixel, includes a defect and generates a determination signal. The defect determination circuits provide each of a plurality of correction circuits respectively corresponding to a plurality of sub-pixels (colors) with the determination signals. Each correction circuit generates a corrected value for the corresponding first sub-pixel when at least one of the determination signal is indicative of a defect.
US07978376B2 Digital photographic display device
A digital photographic display frame includes a processor, a communication module responsive to the processor, and a touch screen display. The touch screen display is responsive to the processor to display a digital photographic image and to provide a touch screen number pad interface. The processor is configured to initiate a voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) telephone call via the communications module in response to a number entered via the touch screen number pad interface.
US07978375B2 Printer for duplex printing with transfer rollers
A printer is provided having a print media feed mechanism for feeding print media along a feed path, opposed transfer rollers for simultaneously contacting both sides of the print media as the print media is fed along the feed path, and printheads for printing on the transfer rollers so that material printed on the transfer rollers is simultaneously transferred to both sides of the print media by the transfer rollers.
US07978374B2 Printing system to optimize printing workflow
In print processing performed for a print document based on a print instruction that instructs plural processes applied to the print document, a process that uses resource information embedded in the print document is identified among the plural processes instructed by the print instruction. Then, a process for embedding the resource information into the print document is performed before starting the identified process.
US07978373B2 Image processing apparatus and method for printing and plate making, and recording medium having image processing program recorded therein for printing and plate making
A neighboring vector, which is a boundary portion between two overlapping objects, is extracted. To calculate luminance levels of the objects on both sides of the neighboring vector, a predetermined number of coordinate points (sample points) in the vicinity of the neighboring vector are extracted at least from the image side. A rendering process is performed on an area including all the extracted sample points to acquire color values at the sample points. The luminance level of the image is calculated based on the acquired color values, and the luminance levels of the objects on both sides of the neighboring vector are compared to each other to determine the position (direction) in which to generate a trap graphic.
US07978371B2 Vector half-toning with minimum luminance variation dot formation
What is disclosed is a system and method for improving vector halftoning in ink-jet printers capable of dot-on-dot printing. In one embodiment, n input Ci/Mi/Yi channel and a colorant Ki are received. If any of the Ci/Mi/Yi is greater than 100−Ki then that channel is clipped to 100−Ki. Next, a minimum total coverage area of a secondary color RGB dot required to achieve a remaining CMY coverage area is determined. If the minimum total coverage area is non-zero, then the following steps are performed. Each of a primary output Co/Mo/Yo is determined. Each of the primary outputs is then scaled by a ratio of the remaining primary color area over the total remaining toner coverage. The results are sorted and secondary color RoBoGo outputs are determined from the sorted results.
US07978370B2 Method and system of remote monitoring of image forming apparatus
A method and system for monitoring and controlling machines, such as printers, copiers, facsimile machine and other image forming machines. A server is used for transmitting and communicating information among machines and computers. The server acquires, after machine installation, reference values and during operation, current condition information. The server evaluates this information with the reference values such that a response to the machine may be executed remotely. The server also may update the reference values which change during operation.
US07978369B2 Plug-in for customized device model with interface for device profiler and for color management system
A measurement-based color management system (MBCMS) plugin device model, methods, and a color profiler program that use the plugin device model. The plugin device model provides both an interface used to convert between device dependent and device independent color values, and an interface used to create a color device profile for use with the plugin device model. The color profiler receives color sample information from the plugin device model, using the color profiler interface provided by the plugin device model. The color profiler generates a color target having color samples as specified by the received color sample information. The color values of the color target's color samples are measured. The color device profile is generated, based on the measured color values.
US07978362B2 Image forming apparatus for printing image data in removable storage
The contents of a print-file-selection settings file “SELFL.TXT” have folder path “/FLD1” and print attribute settings file path “/PTYFL.TXT” which are provided to print file decision section and file detection section, respectively. The print file decision section successively provides the contents of each of PDF files in folder “FLD1” to bitmap conversion section. The file detection section reads the contents of “PTYFL.TXT”, provides print attribute values to bitmap conversion section, and print control values to printer. The bitmap conversion section converts the contents of a PDF file into one in PDL, further into bitmap format, and sends it to the printer. Alternatively, the number of characters N of each filenames to be displayed is obtained, the number of files M whose N exceeds N0 is counted, and if this exceeds M0, all the filenames together with their file IDs are automatically printed.
US07978357B2 Printing system and method that uses a universal serial bus (USB) high-speed interrupt out pipe to transfer print data from the host computer to the printer
In accordance with the invention, it has been determined that the bandwidth, guaranteed periodic delivery and error correction characteristics of a USB High-Speed Interrupt OUT pipe of the USB 2.0 standard enable the Interrupt OUT pipe to be used to transfer print data from the host computer to the printer. By using the Interrupt OUT pipe for this purpose, it is no longer necessary to store an entire rasterized page in the formatter memory of the printer before commencing printing of the page. Consequently, the size of the formatter memory device can be relatively small compared to the size of the formatter memory device that is currently used to store an entire rasterized page. Alternatively, the same size memory device as that currently used to store an entire rasterized page may be used to enable higher resolution pages to be printed.
US07978352B2 Image outputting apparatus, and archive system including that image outputting apparatus and its control method
When data is output from an archive-function incompatible driver to an archive-function incompatible device, that data is omitted from those to be archived. To this end, an image outputting apparatus of this invention determines whether or not received data has already been archived. When it is determined that the received data has already been archived, an image is outputted based on that received data. When it is determined that the received data has not been archived yet, image outputting of the received data is inhibited. Furthermore, the image outputting apparatus instructs a PC that transmitted the data to install an archive-function compatible driver.
US07978345B2 Guidance system and method
The invention teaches using a directional light source to direct light at a target having directional indicia thereon. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US07978344B2 System and method for the inspection of micro and nanomechanical structures
The system for surface inspection is arranged to detect relative displacement and/or vibration features of a plurality of points of a plurality of elements (51) forming part of a mechanical structure (5), such as a micro- or nanomechanical structure. A light beam is displaced along the mechanical structure along a first trajectory (A), so as to detect a plurality of subsequent reference positions (C) along said first trajectory (A), and the light beam is further displaced along the mechanical structure along a plurality of second trajectories (B), each of said second trajectories (B) being associated with one of said reference positions (C).The invention further relates to a corresponding method and to a program for carrying out the method.
US07978334B2 Matter-wave rate gyro integrated onto an atom chip and associated Accelerometer
The general field of the invention is that of rate gyros, of the matter-wave type, allowing the measurement of a speed of rotation in a given direction of measurement. This type of rate gyro works by the Sagnac effect and uses ultracold atoms to perform the measurement. It necessarily comprises an atom trap allowing a cloud of ultracold atoms to be immobilized in a given configuration and means for separation-displacement-recombination of the cloud into two packets of atoms so as to make them trace out a given area. The device according to the invention combines both of these two functions onto one atom chip notably comprising a first conducting wire through which a DC current IDC flows with adjustable intensity, a second conducting wire and a third conducting wire that are substantially parallel, within the region of the trap, to the first conducting wire and are disposed symmetrically on either side of this first wire, the second and the third wire carrying an AC current of the same amplitude and same frequency flowing in the same direction, the maximum amplitude and the frequency of said current being sufficient to create, within the atom cloud, a magnetic field of higher intensity than the magnetic intensity required for the separation of the atom cloud into two packets of atoms.
US07978331B2 Attenuated total reflection optical probe and apparatus therewith for spectroscopic measurement of aqueous solution
An optical probe consists of a first component made of a first optical material having a light transmission property in the far ultraviolet region, and a second component made of a second optical material arranged in contact with the surface of the first component. For example, the second optical material has a higher refractive index in the far ultraviolet region than the first optical material. The second component is provided, on a side in contact with a sample, with a surface totally reflecting light having incident angle equal to or larger than the critical angle. Alternatively, an optical probe has an optical material having a light transmission property in the far ultraviolet region, having a surface totally reflecting a ray of light of incident angle equal to or larger than the critical angle, at a side in contact with a sample, and the refractive index is higher near the surface than at the other parts in the far ultraviolet region. Consequently, a spectroscopic measurement becomes possible on very small solute components dissolved into water or the like in the far ultraviolet region.
US07978330B2 Detecting a target using an optical augmentation sensor
In one embodiment, detecting a target includes directing a laser beam towards an area and detecting the laser beam reflected from the area. Whether the received laser beam comprises an optically augmented reflection indicating retro-reflection from a target is determined. The target indicates presence of an explosive device. The target is detected if the received laser beam comprises the optically augmented reflection.
US07978327B2 Molecularity measurement instrument and molecularity measurement method
There is provided a molecularity measurement instrument capable of working out the number of molecules in a sample by comparing a measured value of a light quantity with a theoretical light quantity per a single molecule, and a molecularity measurement method using the same. The molecularity of the sample is quantitatively estimated on the basis of a light quantity having correlation with the molecularity. The molecularity measurement method comprises the step of working out a theoretical light quantity per a single molecule, the step of measuring a light quantity of the sample by use of an image detector, and the step of working out the molecularity of the sample on the basis of a ratio of the light quantity of the sample to the theoretical light quantity as worked out.
US07978324B2 Multi-channel array spectrometer and method for using the same
A multi-channel array spectrometer combines a spectral measurement system and a reference detector which measures photometric or radiometric qualities. High accuracy photometric or radiometric measurement of a wide dynamic range can be achieved by correcting measurement results of the reference detector with a spectral correction factor. The multi-channel array spectrometer comprises a bandpass filter wheel holding a set of bandpass filters and an open hole. The wheel is placed between an entrance slit and gratings. A test light beam passes through a turret of the bandpass filters. The test light beam can be precisely measured band by band. The spectrometer can also quickly and accurately measure a plurality of test light sources having similar spectral characteristics by using the stray light correction factor.
US07978317B2 Miniaturized system and method for measuring optical characteristics
A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light receivers. A second spectrometer system receives light from a second set of the plurality of light receivers. A processor, wherein the processor receives data generated by the first spectrometer system and the second spectrometer system, wherein an optical measurement of a sample under test is produced based on the data generated by the first and second spectrometer systems.
US07978314B2 Distance measuring device
A distance measuring device including a housing that contains a radiation emitting and receiving device, a switch for emitting the radiation and a control panel, where a first wall of the housing features an opening for radiation emission and reception, and the opposite wall or its outer surface forms a stop surface or a stop edge. In order to enable simple handling, it is proposed that a handle emerges from the housing which is displaceable in relation to the housing or can be reset and grasped laterally to the housing.
US07978310B2 Projection optical system, exposure system, and exposure method
A liquid immersion type projection optical system that can stably prevent the outflow of immersion liquid into inside of an optical system and can maintain good imaging performance. In the projection optical system of the present invention, an optical path between a light transmitting member (Lp) disposed closest to a second surface (W) side and the second surface is filled with a liquid (Lm1) having a refractive index greater than 1.1, and a light shielding film (36) for shielding the passing of light is formed on the side surfaces (41, 42) of the light transmitting member. When D is a space between the second surface and the light shielding film, Θ is a maximum incident angle of an image forming beam which reaches the second surface, and Ym is a maximum image height on the second surface, the condition of 0.25
US07978306B2 Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
A lithographic apparatus may include an optical element, such as an immersion fluid reservoir, which supported at least in part by a bearing, such as a gas bearing. To enable illumination by the lithographic apparatus of an edge of the substrate, a surrounding structure is provided that surrounds the substrate. A level parameter of the substrate, such as a thickness of the substrate, is measured by a sensor, such as a thickness sensor. By means of an actuator, the substrate table on which the substrate is or will be held is positioned with respect to the surrounding structure, such that a surface of the substrate would be on a substantially same level as a surface of the surrounding structure, thus enabling the optical element to transition from the surface of the substrate to the surface of the surrounding structure and vice versa.
US07978305B2 Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method
An exposure apparatus which exposes a pattern of an original onto a substrate via a projection optical system in a state in which a gap between the projection optical system and the substrate is filled with a liquid. A liquid supply unit supplies liquid to the gap. A front side degassing unit performs a degassing to the liquid prior to being supplied to the gap. A dissolved gas measurement unit is provided on the downstream side of the front side degassing unit, and a rear side degassing unit is provided on the downstream side of the dissolved gas measuring unit. The front side degassing unit has a dissolved oxygen control unit, which controls a supply amount of nitrogen gas so as to be the amount of dissolved oxygen, measured by the dissolved gas measurement unit, to a predetermined value.
US07978304B2 Processing apparatus for processing object in vessel
An apparatus for processing an object includes a vessel which forms a pressure-reduced inner space and accommodates the object, a member which is supported by an inner side of the vessel through a heat insulator, and a temperature adjusting portion which adjusts a temperature of the member.
US07978303B2 Method for removing micro-bubbles and/or particles from liquid, liquid supply apparatus and immersion exposure apparatus
A liquid supply apparatus capable of removing micro-bubbles and particles is described, including a pipe, a laser provider and at least one micro-bubble/particle outlet. The laser provider provides a laser crossing the pipe, wherein the laser is provided in a manner such that a micro-bubble/particle blocking/repelling barrier is formed crossing the pipe blocking or repelling micro-bubbles, particles or both in the liquid in the pipe. The micro-bubble/particle outlet is disposed on the pipe between the barrier and the liquid inlet of the pipe, adjacent to the barrier for discharging micro-bubbles, particles or both.
US07978301B2 Optically isotropic liquid crystal display device with interdigitally formed pixel and common electrodes
A liquid crystal display device is provided with an electrode structure for effective utilization of optically isotropic liquid crystals. Such a liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate; a second substrate; polarizing plates provided on the first substrate and the second substrate, respectively; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and pixel electrodes and common electrodes provided on the first substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer has such a property that optical anisotropy is induced therein by a change of an optically isotropic state caused by a voltage; wherein ones of the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes are formed in an inter-digital form, while the other ones are formed in a flat plate, and wherein an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer by a potential difference between the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes.
US07978295B2 Liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing same
A vertically aligned system liquid crystal display in which deterioration in display quality such as graininess, burn-in, afterimages due to disorder in orientation of liquid crystal molecules based on a connection electrodes for interconnecting sub-pixel electrodes can be prevented, and a method for manufacturing such liquid crystal display. In the liquid crystal display, each pixel electrode (2) of a liquid crystal panel is constituted by combining at least two sub-pixel electrodes (2a), and each sub-pixel electrode (2a) is connected through a bridge (3) narrower than the sub-pixel electrode (2a). A vertically aligned system in which liquid crystal molecules tilt symmetrically to the central axis of orientation in the direction perpendicular to the surface of each sub-pixel electrode (2a) upon application of a voltage is employed. The bridge (3) is provided at a position asymmetric to the sub-pixel electrode (2a).
US07978294B2 Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The disclosed liquid crystal display device includes gate lines, data lines formed to intersect with the gate lines, thereby defining sub-pixel regions, vertical common lines formed in parallel to the data lines such that at least one vertical common line is arranged for one pixel region, which is constituted by at least three sub-pixel regions, thin film transistors each connected to a corresponding one of the gate lines and a corresponding one of the data lines, pixel electrodes each connected to a corresponding one of the thin film transistors, and common electrodes each connected to a corresponding one of the vertical common lines.
US07978291B2 Liquid crystal display device
In the liquid crystal display device of the present invention, channels 13 containing gaps 12 of the adjacent color filers CF are formed on the surface of a transparent thickness section 11, such that when orientation agent is applied by means of a roller to the surface of the transparent section wall 11, the surplus orientation agent is conducted to either side of the transparent thickness wall 11 through the channels 13, such that the orientation agent does not gather and is dissolved, and the orientation thickness film does not become uneven as to produce any orientation defect and defective display is thereby avoided.
US07978288B2 Display device, method of the same and electronic device including the same
A display device including a substrate, a driving element, a reflective layer and a first auxiliary layer is provided. The substrate has a first area and a second area. The driving element is placed within the first area. The reflective layer is placed above the first area and at least a portion of the second area and coupled to the driving element. The first auxiliary layer is placed on the reflective layer above the first area. The first auxiliary layer improves the electrical characteristic of the reflective layer. A reflectance of the first auxiliary layer is not larger than a reflectance of the reflective layer.
US07978287B2 Transflective liquid crystal display device
To improve display quality in a transflective liquid crystal display device.In a transflective liquid crystal display device based on the IPS system according to the present invention, when a liquid crystal layer is of positive type liquid crystal, the initial orientation direction of liquid crystal in the liquid crystal layer is perpendicular to the direction in which a l-display line extends, or angularly displaced within ±2 degrees clockwise with respect to the direction in which the l-display line extends. When the liquid crystal layer is of negative type liquid crystal, the initial orientation direction of liquid crystal in the liquid crystal layer is parallel to the direction in which the l-display line extends, or angularly displaced within ±2 degrees clockwise with respect to the direction in which the l-display line extends.
US07978286B2 Illumination unit and liquid crystal display device
An illumination unit includes a light guide having an incidence surface, a frame which is spaced apart from the incidence surface of the light guide, an accommodation section which is formed between the incidence surface of the light guide and the frame, and a light source unit including light-emitting diodes, a film substrate on which the light-emitting diodes are amounted, a heat radiation member having a support portion which supports the film substrate and a reflection portion which extends from the support portion, and an adhesive tape which adheres the film substrate to the support portion and has heat radiation properties, the light source unit being accommodated in the accommodation section.
US07978285B2 Surface light source which selectively irradiates two linearly polarized light beams in polarized states different from each other and liquid crystal display apparatus using the same
A surface light source includes a light source which selectively irradiates two polarized light beams in polarized states different from each other, a light guide plate which includes a transparent plate having two plate surfaces facing each other and end faces surrounding the plate surfaces, and irradiates the two polarized light beams form an irradiation surface, and an optical element which irradiates irradiated light from the irradiation surface of the light guide plate toward a direction substantially normal to the light guide plate upon changing the propagation direction of the irradiated light. A liquid crystal display apparatus includes this surface light source, a polarization control element which is placed on the observation side of the surface light source and rotates the polarization plane of linearly polarized light transmitted through one of partitioned first and second areas through a predetermined angle, and a liquid crystal display device placed on the observation side.
US07978283B2 Shielding structure of thin type monitor device
A shielding structure of thin type monitor device, includes: a monitor body; a first shielding box which is arranged in the monitor body, which is formed by cutting and bending a metal plate, which includes a flat plate portion having rectangular shape, and a terminal supporting portion which is formed by bending one end portion of the flat plate portion, into which a terminal is passed through, and which is fixed on a metal plate in the monitor body that is grounded; a terminal holder which includes a terminal hole which contacts with an opposite side of the terminal supporting portion with respect to the flat plate portion, through which the terminal is passed, and which forms a part of case of the monitor body; and a second shielding box which is formed by cutting and bending a metal plate, which includes a protecting portion that has a rectangular shape, that is arranged such that it contacts with the terminal supporting portion and that is made be parallel with the flat plate portion, and a standing portion which is formed by bending three sides in the protecting portion that do not contact with the terminal supporting portion and which is made contact with the flat plate portion.
US07978282B2 Liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display, wherein a printed circuit board equipped with light emission diodes serving as a light source is disposed on the rear surface of a reflection plate, to reduce manufacturing costs of the product by reducing a number of parts forming a back light unit and to easily emit heat, includes a liquid crystal panel, light emission diodes to emit light to be illuminated on the liquid crystal panel, a printed circuit board equipped with the light emission diodes, and a reflection plate to reflect light emitted from the light emission diodes toward the liquid crystal panel and includes through holes to pass the light emission diodes therethrough, wherein the printed circuit board is coupled to a rear surface of the reflection plate.
US07978274B2 Display device and electronic device
An object of the invention is to provide a circuit technique which enables reduction in power consumption and high definition of a display device. A switch controlled by a start signal is provided to a gate electrode of a transistor, which is connected to a gate electrode of a bootstrap transistor. When the start signal is input, a potential is supplied to the gate electrode of the transistor through the switch, and the transistor is turned off. The transistor is turned off, so that leakage of a charge from the gate electrode of the bootstrap transistor can be prevented. Accordingly, time for storing a charge in the gate electrode of the bootstrap transistor can be shortened, and high-speed operation can be performed.
US07978273B2 Active-matrix substrate, display device, and television receiver
An active-matrix substrate includes: scanning signal lines; data signal lines; first storage capacitor wires; second storage capacitor wires; and pixels, disposed at intersections between the scanning signal lines and the data signal lines, each of which includes a plurality of sub-pixels. Each of the data signal lines is split into two parts at a region where the number of scanning signal lines intersecting the data signal line is ½ of the total number of scanning signal lines. A data signal line split section is formed on a region that does not overlap the second storage capacitor wires. This makes it possible to provide an active-matrix substrate, a display device, and a television receiver in each of which a data signal line split into two parts and a storage capacitor wire are hardly electrically short-circuited in the case of a combination of a split-screen structure and a multi-pixel structure.
US07978270B2 Liquid crystal display panel and related device for receiving a touch command
A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, an isolating layer, and a conductor. The first electrode is disposed between the first substrate and the isolating layer, on which the conductor is disposed. Each of the second and third electrodes is disposed on the second substrate and includes a contact surface. The second and third electrodes are not in contact with each other and are separated by a gap. The conductor is disposed in accordance with the location of the gap.
US07978269B2 Portable television-broadcast reception unit, television-broadcast reception method, television-broadcast reception program, and computer-readable record medium with television-broadcast reception program
A portable television-broadcast reception unit is provided which is capable of changing the direction of a directional antenna easily to a direction where an enough quality to watch television can be obtained. In this unit: a television-broadcast reception section 20 receives a broadcast wave using a directional antenna 10; a direction measurement section 60 measures the direction of the directional antenna 10; an electric-field strength measurement section 70 measures the electric-field strength value of the received broadcast wave; a storage section 30 stores an electric-field strength management table which includes the direction measured by the direction measurement section 60 and the electric-field strength value measured by the electric-field strength measurement section 70; a control section 40 controls the measurement of the direction and the measurement of the electric-field strength, updates the electric-field strength management table and selects the direction where the maximum electric-field strength value can be obtained; an image-turn processing section 80 turns the received image so that the upper part of the image is oriented to the direction where the maximum electric-field strength value can be obtained; and a display section 50 displays the turned image.
US07978265B2 Method and apparatus of deinterlacing
A de-interlacing method for generating a pixel value of a target position of an output frame corresponding to a target field is disclosed. The de-interlacing method includes: generating a first motion value corresponding to the target position of the target field; determining whether the target position of the target field has motion; determining if image corresponding to the target position meets a predetermined condition; generating at least a second motion value, wherein each second motion value corresponds to a reference position of the target position; and according to the first motion value, the second motion value, and the result of the motion determining step, performing either an inter-field interpolation or an intra-field interpolation to generate the pixel value of the target position of the output frame.
US07978264B2 Digital camera
A digital camera of the present invention has: a lens group reflecting photographic object light entering along a first optical axis to a second optical axis direction perpendicular to the first optical axis and forming an image of light flux thereof on an image pickup device located on the second optical axis; and a driving force generating member blocking or allowing entering light flux along the first optical axis by driving a barrier member, and has a camera body having an optical housing, a containing portion containing the optical housing and the barrier member, and having a transmitting member transmitting driving force of the driving force generating member to the barrier member, wherein the coupling relation between the driving force generating member and the driving force transmitting member is maintained.
US07978262B2 Digital camera and flash emission control method
A digital camera including an imaging unit, a flash unit, a face detection unit that performs face detection on image data generated by the imaging unit, and an emission control unit that controls a redeye reduction emission and a main emission performed by the flash unit. The emission control unit obtains a result of face detection performed on image data generated at the time of the redeye reduction emission. Alternatively, it obtains one or more results of face detection performed on one or more sets of image data generated during the period after the time point when the redeye reduction emission is performed and before the time point when the main emission is performed. Otherwise, it obtains both of them. The emission control unit determines the emission amount for the main emission using one of the obtained face detection results.
US07978261B2 Image pickup device, automatic focusing method, automatic exposure method, electronic flash control method and computer program
An image pickup device provided with an electronic flash function including an image pickup unit configured to input image data corresponding to a subject, a face detection unit configured to detect a human face from the image data input from the image pickup unit, an electronic flashing unit configured to emit electronic flash light, and an electronic flash control unit configured to control the electronic flashing unit based on the detection result of the human face by the face detection unit.
US07978259B2 Image capturing apparatus for guiding light emitted from a plurality of light emitting devices
An image capturing apparatus illuminates an object and captures an image of the object using the reflected light from the object. On a circuit substrate mounted an image sensor, a plurality of light-emitting devices are mounted in the peripheral positions of the image sensor. By means of a ring-shaped light guide member, the light from the plurality of light-emitting devices is guided to an image capturing range, so as to illuminate the object. With this, by mounting a light receiving system and a light emitting system on an identical substrate, miniaturization can be achieved, and the image capturing range can be illuminated by substantially uniform light. Also, using the ring-shaped light guide member, an optical unit is housed inside the ring, thus enabling further miniaturization.
US07978257B2 Multiple lens imaging apparatuses, and methods and programs for setting exposure of multiple lens imaging apparatuses
When an exposure value calculated according to a result of photometric measurement for predetermined main imaging units among a plurality of imaging units is used for setting exposure of the main imaging units and sub-imaging units other than the main imaging units, judgment is carried out as to whether an image or images obtained in photography with the sub-imaging units by setting the exposure thereof according to the exposure value is/are saturated. In the case where a result of the judgment is affirmative, any one of the sub-imaging units having obtained the saturated image or images is designated as new main imaging units. The exposure value is calculated newly, and the exposure is set for the new main imaging units and for new sub-imaging units other than the new main imaging units.
US07978254B2 Image capturing apparatus, its controlling method, and program
The present invention enables showing main objects position as position of focus measuring point even in case main object has moved after focusing by focus control unit, within the image screen due to framing alternation. It is an image capturing apparatus wherein image sensor conducts photo-electric conversion of object image created by photographing-lens, comprise of distance measuring unit which calculate displacement of aimed object on image sensors imaging screen, due to changes of direction of image capturing apparatus within the time interval, starting from the moment aimed object focused to photographing-lens focus point by focus control unit to the moment actual photo shooting is conducted, and recording unit which records displacement information of aimed object on imaging screen and linked image data.
US07978244B2 Image sensor and an electronic information device
An image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix which detects a pixel signal of each pixel based on a voltage difference between a reset voltage which is a reference voltage of each pixel and a signal voltage generated by a photoelectric conversion at each pixel, and includes a plurality of read lines located for each pixel column, wherein the reset voltage and the signal voltage are read from the pixel of the corresponding pixel column; and a reset current supply section provided for each read line, wherein at the same time a first reset current is supplied from a pixel to the read line when reading the reset voltage from the pixel, the section supplies a second reset current to the read line such that a sum of the first reset current and the second reset current is constant.
US07978242B2 Configurable timing generator
In one embodiment, a configurable timing generator outputs at least one timing signal. The configurable timing generator comprises a first timing generator configurable to output the at least one timing signal so that the at least one timing signal is adaptable to a plurality of applications. In one embodiment, a configurable parameter storage unit comprising a parameter storage area configurable so as to store a plurality of parameters at least partially defining a desired plurality of waveform hierarchy elements, where the desired plurality of waveform hierarchy elements enable the definition of a waveform. In one embodiment, a method of constructing a waveform for a configurable timing generator, the method comprising acts of constructing a first pattern waveform, where the first pattern waveform comprises a first basic pulse, and constructing a first sequence waveform, where the first sequence waveform comprises a plurality of repetitions of the first pattern waveform.
US07978241B2 Solid state image pickup device and camera which can prevent color mixture
A solid state image pickup device which can prevent color mixture by using a layout of a capacitor region provided separately from a floating diffusion region and a camera using such a device are provided. A photodiode region is a rectangular region including a photodiode. A capacitor region includes a carrier holding unit and is arranged on one side of the rectangle of the photodiode region as a region having a side longer than the one side. In a MOS unit region, an output unit region including an output unit having a side longer than the other side which crosses the one side of the rectangle of the photodiode region is arranged on the other side. A gate region and the FD region are arranged between the photodiode region and the capacitor region.
US07978236B2 Image-capturing device that displays a shifted enlargement area
An image-capturing device includes: an image-capturing unit that captures a subject image formed via a photographic optical system; a display unit that displays a through image of the subject image captured by the image-capturing unit; an enlargement area setting unit that sets a position of an enlargement area in the through image of the subject image to be displayed in an enlargement at the display unit; and a display control unit that enlarges the subject image corresponding to the enlargement area set by the enlargement area setting unit and brings up the enlarged subject image on display at the display unit, and in response to a change instruction for changing the position of the enlargement area issued by the enlargement area setting unit while the enlarged subject image is on display, the display control unit shifts the enlargement area by sustaining a state of enlarged display of the subject image and displays the subject image corresponding to the shifted enlargement area at the display unit.
US07978229B2 Image pickup apparatus and method for controlling the same
An image pickup apparatus including a photoelectric conversion element, first, a shutter speed for still-image pickup is set. Next, an image-pickup frame rate is set on the basis of the shutter speed for still-image pickup. Then, an operation of the photoelectric conversion element is controlled such that picked-up images are output at the set image-pickup frame rate. When the image-pickup frame rate that is set is higher than a moving-image-reproducing frame rate, a frame for use in a moving-image reproduction is generated from a plurality of frames of the picked-up images and reproduction is performed at the moving-image-reproduction frame rate.
US07978228B2 Image-capturing apparatus and image processing method
An image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing unit configured to sequentially output image data in a RAW format related to each of captured images as a result of a continuous series of image capturing operations; a signal processor configured to perform a predetermined process on the image data in a RAW format and output processed image data; image processing circuits configured to perform a luminance/color-difference conversion process and a data compression process on the processed image data and output compressed image data; and a recording controller configured to cause compressed image data output from the image processing circuits to be recorded in a predetermined recorder. The signal processor includes a selection output unit configured to selectively output the processed image data related to each of the captured images to the image processing circuits and cause the image processing related to each captured image to be shared by the image processing circuits.
US07978224B2 Multicast control of motion capture sequences
Capturing motion including: a clock configured to generate a time reference; a plurality of motion capture cameras substantially synchronized to the time reference; at least one device used in motion capture; a multicast module configured to receive the time reference, and to transmit a multicast signal, wherein the multicast signal includes information derived from the time reference to configure the at least one device to operate synchronously with the plurality of motion capture cameras; and an integration module configured to integrate device data generated by the at least one device with camera data generated by the plurality of motion capture cameras.
US07978223B2 Image capturing apparatus with suppression of image blur and method thereof for suppressing image blur
A method for suppression of image blur is applied to an image capturing apparatus in a photography mode whose exposure time is set to be greater than a safe exposure time. The method comprising the following steps: capturing a long exposure image with the present exposure time, and a short exposure image with an exposure time smaller than or equal to the safe exposure time in the same landscape. Besides, obtain a locus signal in the process of long exposure image capture. Afterwards, execute an arithmetic procedure to smooth the short exposure image, and then produce a point scale image using the auxiliary arithmetic of locus signal. Finally, process the long exposure image and the point scale image with multiplication arithmetic to restore the long exposure image, thus forming an output image.
US07978222B2 Systems and methods for image stabilization
An image capture device includes a frame buffer, a processor, a shutter, an actuator, a three-axis optical motion sensor and an image sensor. The image sensor defines an optical axis. The three-axis optical motion sensor provides information concerning rotational movement of the camera about each of a roll axis, a yaw axis and a pitch axis. The roll axis is parallel to the optical axis. The yaw axis and the pitch axis are orthogonal to one another and orthogonal to the roll axis. The actuator rotates the image sensor in response to the rotational movement of the device about the optical axis. The processor generates first and second offsets responsive to the rotational motion about the yaw axis and the pitch axis. The processor shifts each line of image information in a frame in accordance with the first and second offsets.
US07978217B2 System for promoting physical activity employing impact position sensing and response
A system for promoting physical activity includes at least two cameras which capture images of an object and generate image signals indicative of the captured images. A processor in communication with the cameras receives the image signals from the cameras and determines, based at least on part upon the image signals, when and in what position the object impacts a surface. The processor generates, based at least in part upon the determination of when and in what position the object impacts the surface, feedback signals indicative of feedback to be provided to a user of the system. A projector in communication with the processor receives the feedback signals and, based at least in part upon the feedback signals, displaying visual feedback to the user on the surface.
US07978209B2 Image forming apparatus, image forming method and image forming program
An image displayer 7 displays image data correlated to a plurality of block regions. An image selector 9 receives a selection of a displayed arbitrary block region and a selection of modifying an image mode of the image data corresponding to the selected block region. An image processor 11 executes processing of modifying the image data corresponding to the selected block region, to the selected image mode and displaying this modified image data in the image displayer 7. When modified image data displayed in the image displayer 7 is selected and determined, an image replacement section (image selector) 9 replaces image data portion before modification, with the modified image data whose image mode is modified. As a result, since the image data is previewed and the image mode is modified before printing, a desired expected print mode can be obtained.
US07978208B2 Systems and methods for multi-source video distribution and composite display
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a video display processing system including a video source input component, a compositing component, and a composite video output component. The video source input component is adapted to receive video data from a plurality of video sources. The compositing component is adapted to generate a composite video image from the video data. The composite video image is based at least in part on a configuration. The configuration specifies an arrangement of the video data. The composite video output component adapted to output the composite video image.
US07978207B1 Geographic image overlay
A computer-implemented method for correlating an electronic object with a geo-location is discussed. The method includes selecting an object in a first application for determination of a geo-location for the selected object, graphically identifying, in a second application, a geo-location to be associated with the selected object, and updating one or more values stored with the selected object to include information relating to the geo-location.
US07978202B2 High dynamic range image editing
A high dynamic range image editing system for editing an image file having pixels spanning a first range of light intensity levels in an image editing system that only displays differences in the light intensity levels of pixels within a second range of light intensity levels that is less than the first range of light intensity levels, without reducing the range of light intensity levels in the image file.
US07978200B1 Raster-order pixel dithering
Stochastic dithering may be used to reduce the size of the frame buffer and the complexity of the D/A Converters (DACs) in the drive circuitry that are used in a video display system. Hardware for stochastic dithering can be simplified when pixel data is presented in raster order. The hardware adds algebraic noise to the image to be dithered, and thresholds the result.
US07978199B2 Parameter compaction in tile based rendering device
A method and apparatus for managing memory usage for three-dimensional computer graphics systems are provided. A scene which is textured and shaded in the system is divided into a plurality of rectangular areas, each including a plurality of picture elements in the scene. For each rectangular area a list of objects which may be visible in the scene is derived. Objects which do not contribute to the final textured and shaded scene are then removed from each list and the rectangular area is then textured and shaded using reduced lists of objects.
US07978193B2 Methods and apparatus for rendering or preparing digital objects or portions thereof for subsequent processing
Methods and apparatus render images of digital objects or prepare digital objects for subsequent processing. The method includes sorting data representative of positions of at least three vertices of polygons of a digital object, then determining whether the orientation of the vertices of each polygon from a specific reference point differs from the actual, or original, orientation of the vertices. Such a determination may be made by generating an orientation decision variable based on the relative positions of the vertices and calculating a cross product term (CPT) after the vertex data has been sorted. The CPT may also be used in other operations involving the polygon, such as in imparting appearance characteristics to the polygon. The method may be embodied as a computer program that controls the operation of a processor. Accordingly, processors, computers, and systems that render images of digital objects in accordance with the method are also disclosed.
US07978190B2 Electrooptical device
In an electrooptical device including an electrooptical modulating layer between a first substrate 101 and a second substrate 105, all edges 107 to 109 of the first substrate 101 and the second substrate 105, except an edge where IC chips 110 and 111 are attached, are trued up each other between the first substrate 101 and the second substrate 105. By this, it is possible to make the area of the first substrate 101 minimum.
US07978189B2 Integrated photonics module and devices using integrated photonics modules
An integrated photonics module includes at least one light source and a MEMS scanner coupled to and held in alignment by an optical frame configured for mounting to a host system. According to some embodiments, the integrated photonics module may include a plurality of light sources and a beam combiner coupled to the optical frame. According to some embodiments, the integrated photonics module includes a selective fold mirror configured to direct at least a portion of emitted light toward the MEMS scanner in a normal direction and pass scanned light through to a field of view. The selective fold mirror may use beam polarization to select beam passing and reflection. The integrated photonics module may include a beam rotator such as a quarter-wave plate to convert the polarization of the emitted light to a different polarization adapted for passage through the fold mirror. The integrated photonics module may include one or more light detectors.
US07978186B2 Mechanisms for control knobs and other interface devices
Mechanisms for a control knob or other interface device providing additional degrees of freedom for the knob. One embodiment provides a rotatable knob moveable also in lateral plane approximately perpendicular to the axis of rotation. A mechanism providing the lateral motion can include agate member and a plunger member that engages grooves in the gate member. A rotational sensor detects a rotational position and a lateral sensor can detect a lateral position of the knob. Another embodiment provides an actuator that includes a shaft that is coaxial with the axis of rotation and which can be moved linearly along the axis of rotation with respect to actuator housing to accommodate linear motion of the knob. In another embodiment, a gear assembly including two interlocked gears is provided to transmit rotational motion from the knob to the sensor, and the interlocked gears translate with respect to each other when the knob is translate along the rotational axis.
US07978185B2 Creating virtual replicas of physical objects
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for creating virtual replicas of physical objects. A computer system detects that a portion of a physical object has come into the physical vicinity of a portion of a multi-touch input display surface. The computer system accesses object identifying data corresponding to the object. The computer system uses the object identifying data to access image data for the object from a repository of stored image data. The computer system uses the at least the accessed image data to generate a virtual replica of the object. The computer system presents the virtual replica of the object at a location on the multi-touch input display surface where the portion of the object was detected.
US07978182B2 Screen rotation gestures on a portable multifunction device
In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method performed at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display includes displaying information on the touch screen display in a portrait orientation. The method also includes detecting simultaneous rotation of two thumbs in a first sense of rotation on the touch screen display, and in response to detecting the simultaneous rotation of the two thumbs in the first sense of rotation, displaying the information in a landscape orientation. In some embodiments, the method further includes detecting simultaneous rotation of the two thumbs in a second sense of rotation that is opposite the first sense of rotation, and in response to detecting the simultaneous rotation of the two thumbs in the second sense of rotation, displaying the information in a portrait orientation.
US07978179B2 System and method for configuring a computer keyboard
A computer keyboard is set up a with full-scale programmable hotkeys for users. The user easily defines words/word sequences he/she frequently uses for word processing. By depressing a dedicated key, the corresponding predefined word/word sequence is immediately displayed to the user.
US07978178B2 Remote control
In a method for controlling objects, objects to be controlled are arranged in a real space. Said real space is linked to a multi-dimensional representational space by a transformation rule. Representations in the representational space are associated with the controllable objects of the real space by a mapping. Said method comprises steps of determining the position and orientation of a pointer in the real space, determining the position and orientation of a pointer representation associated with the pointer in the representational space using the position and orientation of the pointer in the real space and the transformation rule between the real space and the representational space, determining the representations in the representational space that are intersected by the pointer representation, selecting a representation that is intersected by the pointer representation, and controlling the object in the real space that is associated with the pointer representation in the representational space.
US07978177B2 Scrolling behavior-influenced algorithm selection to facilitate adaptive scrolling
Methods, apparatuses, and articles for receiving one or more input factors associated with scrolling behavior of a user are described herein. Based on the received one or more input factors, at least one of (1) a tunable scrolling algorithm and (2) one or more non-linear scrolling algorithms of a plurality of non-linear scrolling algorithms may be selected for use in evaluating the scrolling behavior of the user.
US07978170B2 Driving apparatus of backlight and method of driving backlight using the same
A driving apparatus of a backlight includes a controller for controlling square wave oscillation, a square wave oscillator for oscillating a constant square wave signal in accordance with a control signal from the controller, and a signal generator for generating a burst dimming signal using the square wave signal.
US07978167B2 Display apparatus and electronics device
A display section of a portable phone includes a first polarizer, a switching panel section, a reflective polarizer, and a main panel section. The switching panel section has a liquid crystal layer including a plurality of regions having at least two different alignment directions. This makes it possible, by utilizing the difference in the alignment direction of the liquid crystal layer, to make the image difficult to observe by a sight-line from an oblique direction. Furthermore, it is also possible, by utilizing the mirror-surface displaying caused by the reflective polarizer, to make the image significantly difficult to observe.
US07978164B2 Liquid crystal display device
A control section (6) merely passes an incoming image data signal DAT onto a source driving section for display driving during the display of a still image. During the display of a moving image, the control section (6) converts, using a computing section (61) and a look-up table (5), a grayscale level signal in the incoming image data signal DAT to a grayscale level signal that is obtainable without using those application voltages at which the response speed of liquid crystal is slow. The control section (6) then outputs the resultant grayscale level signal to the source driving section for display driving.
US07978158B2 Display device and driving method thereof
In the case where variations of environmental temperature or variations with time occur depending on characteristics of a light-emitting element, variations are generated in luminance. In the invention, a display device for suppressing effects due to variations of a current value of a light-emitting element, which is caused by variations of environmental temperature and variations with time.A first substrate having a pixel portion in which pixels constituted by a plurality of transistors are arranged in matrix has a source driver for supplying a video signal, a gate driver for selecting a pixel, a power source circuit, and a compensation circuit for compensating variations in characteristics of a light-emitting element. The first substrate is connected to a second substrate through a connecting wire, and the second substrate has a controller and a video memory. The controller is a piece for making a signal which is necessary for a display device to display from image data to be inputted externally such as a CPU by using a video memory as required.
US07978157B2 Electro-luminescence display
An electro-luminescence display device including red, green and blue reference gamma generators each having three digital analog converters or more in order to generate a reference gamma voltage of low gray level and a reference gamma voltage of high gray level, and at least one integrated circuit to generate a data signal in use of the reference gamma voltage of low gray level and the reference gamma voltage of high gray level. Each reference gamma generator includes a first digital analog converter to divide a voltage supplied to itself in order to generate i numbers of voltage levels, a second digital analog converter to divide a voltage supplied to itself in order to generate j numbers of voltage levels, and a third digital analog converter to receive two voltage levels from the second digital analog converter and to divides the two received voltage levels into j numbers of voltage levels.
US07978156B2 Pixel circuit of organic electroluminescent display device and method of driving the same
A pixel circuit of an organic electroluminescent display device and a method of driving the same. In the pixel circuit, a capacitor has a first electrode connected to a gate of a driving transistor, and a second electrode connected to a drain of a switching transistor. Further, a compensation voltage applying transistor is connected to the second electrode of the capacitor. The compensation voltage applying transistor compensates for a difference in IR-drops of a power supply voltage in response to a previous emission control signal. Further, the compensation voltage applying transistor cuts off the compensation voltage in an initialization period, thereby preventing a source of a data voltage and a source of the compensation voltage from being shorted with each other. Additionally, a threshold voltage compensation transistor is connected between the gate and the drain of the driving transistor. Therefore, a difference in threshold voltages of driving transistors is compensated.
US07978155B2 Plasma display device and driving method thereof
A plasma display device includes: a sustain drive unit that applies a sustain pulse having a first voltage and a second voltage lower than the first voltage to a plurality of first electrodes; a scan drive unit including a plurality of selection circuits coupled to the first electrodes and each including first and second switches; and a clamping unit including a clamping diode coupled to at least one of the selection circuits and clamps the voltage of the first electrode at the first voltage when it exceeds the first voltage. The plasma display device can prevent overshoot that can occur when the first voltage of the sustain pulse is applied to the first electrode in a sustain period so as to apply a stable discharge pulse. The magnitude of the overshoot may depend on the distance between the scan driving board and each of the plurality of selection circuits IC.
US07978152B2 LED display device for displaying pattern on rotatable object by light-scanning
An LED display device for displaying a pattern on a rotatable object by light-scanning; wherein when the rotating object rotates with a high speed, the pattern will display; the device comprising: a display device for displaying at least one pattern; the display device being fixed without rotation in operation; the display device including a screen, a processor and a memory; the processor serving to control displaying of patterns on the display device; the memory serving to store patterns to be displayed and other processing programs; a rotating printed circuit board having at least one bank of LEDs; a control circuit board controlling electric conduction of each LED; and an image scanner connected to the control circuit board; the image scanner can scan through the screen of the display device so as to sense the pattern on the screen.
US07978150B2 Portable telephone
In a portable telephone according to the present invention, a display displays a block indicative of an operator, predetermined information and a pointer; the operator can be operated in directions opposite to each other; and the controller controls the display so as to shift the pointer to a desirable position within a predetermined information on a screen of the display in accordance with an operation of the operator and also display a mark indicative of a direction to which the pointer can be shifted and in which the predetermined information exists, adjacently to the block along a shift direction through the operator.
US07978144B2 Sector antenna
A first printed circuit board for vertical polarized wave has a plurality of vertical polarized wave elements which serves as antenna elements, and a first feeder circuit which is connected to the plurality of vertical polarized wave elements. A second printed circuit board for horizontal polarized wave has a second feeder circuit which is connected to a plurality of horizontal polarized wave elements which serves as antenna elements, and is mounted with the plurality of horizontal polarized wave elements. A cutout portion is provided between the adjacent two vertical polarized wave elements of the first printed circuit board, and the first and second printed circuit boards are arranged parallel so that the horizontal polarized wave elements are arranged in the cutout portions of the first printed circuit board. A reflecting plate has a concave section extending to one direction, and the plurality of vertical polarized wave elements and the plurality of horizontal polarized wave elements are arranged alternately in one direction inside the concave section.
US07978142B2 ODU alignment procedure using circularly polarized squint
A method and system for aligning an antenna reflector with satellites in a satellite configuration. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises coarsely pointing the reflector to an orbital slot used in the satellite configuration, wherein at least one satellite in the orbital slot transmits first circularly polarized signals, and adjusting the reflector to maximize reception of the first circularly polarized signals from the orbital slot. A system in accordance with the present invention comprises a reflector, a power meter coupled to the reflector, wherein the power meter and reflector are tuned to receive first circularly polarized signals, and an alignment mechanism, coupled to the reflector, wherein the alignment mechanism is manipulated to point the reflector at an orbital slot wherein at least one satellite in the orbital slot transmits the first circularly polarized signals, and to adjust the reflector to maximize reception of the first circularly polarized signals from the orbital slot.
US07978139B2 Direction finding and geolocation of wireless devices
Techniques are disclosed that allow for the detection, identification, direction finding, and geolocation of wireless emitters in a given multipath environment. For example, the techniques can be used to detect and identify a line of bearing (LOB) to an IEEE 802.11 emitter in a building or in an open field or along a roadside. Multiple LOBs computed from different geographic locations can be used to geolocate the target emitter. The techniques can be embodied, for instance, in a vehicle-based device that can survey the target environment, detect an IEEE 802.11 emitter and identify it by MAC address, and then determine various LOBs to that emitter to geolocate the emitter. In some cases, a sample array of response data from the target emitter is correlated to a plurality of calibrated arrays having known azimuths to determine the LOB to the target emitter.
US07978135B2 Antenna beam forming systems/methods using unconstrained phase response
Beamforming methods for operating a transceiver including an antenna having a plurality of antenna feed elements include defining a plurality of real valued antenna gain constraint values associated with a plurality of geographic constraint points within a geographic region, and generating complex valued antenna feed element weights that result in complex antenna gain values at the geographic constraint points based on the corresponding real valued antenna gain constraint values. An antenna beam is formed from the antenna to the geographic region using the complex valued antenna feed element weights, and information is transmitted over the antenna beam.
US07978130B1 Practical method for upgrading existing GNSS user equipment with tightly integrated Nav-Com capability
A practical method for adding new high-performance, tightly integrated Nav-Com capability to any Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) user equipment requires no hardware modifications to the existing user equipment. In one example, the iGPS concept is applied to a Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR) and combines Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites, such as Iridium, with GPS or other GNSS systems to significantly improve the accuracy, integrity, and availability of Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) and to enable new communication enhancements made available by the synthesis of precisely coupled navigation and communication modes. To achieve time synchronization stability between the existing DAGR and a plug-in iGPS enhancement module, a special-purpose wideband reference signal is generated by the iGPS module and coupled to the DAGR via the existing antenna port.
US07978129B2 System and method for collecting and updating geographical data
A system and method for generating a GIS data transaction including information about a topography of a region and utilities within the region. The method and system include providing information about the topography of the region; receiving information about a user collecting data related to one or more utilities in the region; receiving information about time and date of the collected data; receiving information about each of the utilities; receiving information about location of each of the utilities; and receiving information about the manner of collecting data. The system and method further include receiving information about revisions made to the information about the map; and integrating the received information with the information about the topography of the region into a GIS data transaction.
US07978127B2 Mobile unit positioning device
In a mobile-unit positioning device, phases of pseudo noise codes carried on satellite signals from satellites are observed at a mobile unit to measure a position of the mobile unit. A pseudo distance between one of the satellites and the mobile unit is measured for every satellite during a stop of the mobile unit using an observed value of the phase acquired during a stop of the mobile unit. An error index value indicating an error of the measured distance is computed based on the distances measured at points in time during a stop of the mobile unit. A weighting factor is determined based on the index value computed for every satellite. A weighted positioning computation using the determined weighting factor is performed to determine a position of the mobile unit during movement using an observed value of the phase acquired during movement.
US07978126B2 Compact synthetic aperture radar test range
A system for testing radar in accordance with one embodiment comprising a target motion platform; a target motion platform controller for controlling motion of the platform; a radar responsive tag and a delay line located on the target motion platform; the radar which is being tested; and a motion measurement simulator for inputting data to the radar electronics assembly to simulate movement of the radar. In some embodiments the system further comprises a radar motion platform, wherein the radar electronics assembly is positioned on the radar motion platform; a radar motion platform controller for controlling the movement of the radar motion platform; and a master controller coupled to the radar motion platform controller and the target motion platform controller.
US07978125B2 Method for processing a radar echo signal
A method to process a radar echo signal is described. The method determines the value of at least one target motion parameter by selecting from a plurality of possible test values (VR1, . . . , VRN) one value (VR) which maximizes a functional defined over the radar echo signal. The method further performs a correction of the radar echo signal based on the value (VR) which is determined by the at least one motion parameter. The functional is the time derivative of the radar echo signal or a function dependent from the derivative.
US07978124B2 Method and system for motion compensation for hand held MTI radar sensor
Methods to quantify the amount of radial platform motion of a portable sensor are described. In an exemplary embodiment, the method uses the frequency domain phase data in the range bin corresponding to a large stationary object. A correction factor is computed and applied back into the time domain samples prior to processing by Doppler filters used to measure motion in the scene.
US07978122B2 Object sensing system
An object sensing system includes a radar system including at least one aperture through which a radar signal is transmitted and at least one aperture through which reflected radar signals are received. The sensing system also includes a stereo vision system including a first sensor and a second sensor. The first sensor and the second sensor are separated by an offset. The stereo vision system is mounted to the radar system to form a single assembly. The radar system is positioned in the offset between the first sensor and the second sensor.
US07978117B2 Multi-stage dual successive approximation register analog-to-digital convertor and method of performing analog-to-digital conversion using the same
A multi-stage dual successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC) and a method of performing analog-to-digital conversion using the same are provided. The multi-stage dual SAR ADC includes: a plurality of SAR ADC stages for converting an analog input voltage into a predetermined bit digital signal, each SAR ADC stage being serially connected to one another and including two SAR ADCs; and at least one residue amplifier respectively connected between every two successive SAR ADC stages, amplifying residue voltage output from a previous SAR ADC stage to output the amplified residue voltage to a next SAR ADC stage. The two SAR ADCs of the previous SAR ADC stage share the residue amplifier.
US07978108B2 Parallel data output control circuit and semiconductor device
A CPU outputs digital data from a built-in RAM to a buffer in response to a request from the buffer. The buffer has a FIFO configured of a plurality of stages, each stage of the FIFO is capable of storing one unit (10 bits) of digital data, the buffer as a whole is capable of storing digital data in number of units equivalent to the number of configured stages. A register captures digital data stored inside the buffer by each unit in synchronous with an output control clock. The digital data stored in the register is outputted to a parallel DAC as data for D/A conversion. A WR signal output timer generates a writing control signal having one shot pulse of “L” in synchronous with the output control clock.
US07978101B2 Encoder and decoder using arithmetic stage to compress code space that is not fully utilized
An encoder/decoder architecture including an arithmetic encoder that encodes the MSB portions of a Factorial Pulse Coder output, and that encodes an output of a first-level source encoder, e.g., MDCT. Sub-parts (e.g., frequency bands) of portions (e.g., frames) of the signal are sorted in increasing order based on a measure related to signal energy (e.g., signal energy itself). In a system that overlays Arithmetic Encoding on Factorial Pulse coding, the result is bits re-allocated to bands with higher signal energy content, yielding higher signal quality and higher bit utilization efficiency.
US07978100B2 Encoding and decoding methods using generalized concatenated codes (GCC)
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for encoding and decoding using generalized concatenated codes (GCC) are described. The methods include receiving data; encoding the received data to obtain first encoded data; encoding the first encoded data until a GCC encoding reaches an intermediate level; and terminating the GCC encoding at the intermediate level.
US07978088B2 Device and method to prolong the life of an energy source
A wireless communication device (200) and method (300) adapted to prolong the useful life of an energy storage device is disclosed. In its simplest form, it can include: determining (310) a limit temperature discharge energy rate of an energy storage device; sensing (320) a temperature range threshold in proximity to the energy storage device; and adjusting (330) a discharge energy rate in response to the determined limit temperature discharge energy rate (310) and sensed temperature range threshold (320). The device (200) and method (300) can automatically and dynamically manage current drain of an energy storage device when a certain temperature range threshold is reached, to maintain the energy storage device within desired specifications and tolerances. This can prolong the useful life of the energy storage device and help to maintain a maximum recharging capacity.
US07978084B2 Body position monitoring system
An apparatus is provided for detecting the presence of an obstruction with respect to a height-adjustable bed. The apparatus includes one or more sensors coupled to the bed. At least one of the sensors has an output signal which is variable in response to changes in a weight applied to the support surface. The apparatus also includes a controller having inputs configured to receive the output signals from the sensor or sensors. The controller is configured to monitor the output signals, and turn on a room light if a change in position of a body relative to a support surface of the bed is detected.
US07978081B2 Apparatus, systems, and methods for communicating biometric and biomechanical information
Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for measuring and analyzing movements of a body and for communicating information related to such body movements over a network. In certain embodiments, a system gathers biometric and biomechanical data relating to positions, orientations, and movements of various body parts of a user performed during sports activities, physical rehabilitation, or military or law enforcement activities. The biometric and biomechanical data can be communicated to a local and/or remote interface, which uses digital performance assessment tools to provide a performance evaluation to the user. The performance evaluation may include a graphical representation (e.g., a video), statistical information, and/or a comparison to another user and/or instructor. In some embodiments, the biometric and biomechanical data is communicated wirelessly to one or more devices including a processor, display, and/or data storage medium for further analysis, archiving, and data mining. In some embodiments, the device includes a cellular telephone.
US07978078B2 Magnetic core transceiver for electronic article surveillance marker detection
A magnetic core transceiver antenna for EAS marker detection is provided. The core includes a stack of amorphous alloy ribbons insulated from each other and laminated together. A coil winding of wire, also insulted from the ribbons, and connected to an electronic controller provides the transmitter and receiver modes. The transceiver antenna is optimized for the dual mode operation, and is smaller and uses less power than conventional air-core EAS antennas with equivalent performance. Complex core geometries, such as a sandwiched stack of different sized ribbons, can be implemented to vary the effective permeability of the core to customize antenna performance. Multiple transceiver antennas can be combined to increase the size of the generated EAS interrogation zone.
US07978077B2 RFID reader and RFID tag using UHF band and action methods thereof
A radio frequency identification reader and a radio frequency identification tag that use an ultrahigh frequency band, and action methods of the radio frequency identification reader and the radio frequency identification tag. The radio frequency identification reader includes: a data generator generating data to be transmitted to a radio frequency identification tag; if a command to control the radio frequency identification tag has to be authenticated, a reader controller controlling the data generator to generate the data including an authentication code; and a reader transmitter transmitting the data to the radio frequency identification tag. As a result, securing of communications of a specific command between the radio frequency identification reader and the radio frequency identification tag can be reinforced.
US07978074B2 Method and apparatus for RFID tag detection and characterization
This disclosure discloses methods and apparatus for detecting and characterizing radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags.
US07978070B2 Tamper respondent enclosure
The present invention relates to a tamper respondent covering (10) wherein the covering (10) is adapted for mounting on a surface having at least one item (14, 16) disposed thereon, said tamper respondent covering (10) comprising a covering member defining a recess (28), and at least one non-metallic detecting element having an electrical characteristic disposed on said covering member, wherein said covering member is adapted for mounting on the surface and covering and protecting said at least one item (14, 16) on the surface such that damage to said at least non-metallic detecting element results in a detectable variation to said electrical characteristic.
US07978069B2 Reliable security system by triangulation
The present invention is a security system and a method for reliably detecting an intruder without false alarms. The security system includes at least three motion detectors and processor circuitry adapted to collect a plurality of location samples and analyze them to determine if a target has transitioned from a first region to a second region, and when the target has transitioned from a first region to a second region, initiating a predetermined action. Each location sample is determined by: detecting motion from a target with each of the three motion detectors, determining the distance to the target for each of the three motion detectors, and triangulating the three determined distances to produce a two-dimensional location. The security system determines if a target has transitioned from a first region to a second protected region by comparing the plurality of location samples to perimeter location data stored in memory. Different modes of operation cause the security system to take different actions before and after the transition, such as generating an alarm or a warning signal. The security system may also include a display to show the location of one or more targets, which may be the intruder or the occupants of the premises.
US07978064B2 Communication system with partial power source
The system of the present invention includes a conductive element, an electronic component, and a partial power source in the form of dissimilar materials. Upon contact with a conducting fluid, a voltage potential is created and the power source is completed, which activates the system. The electronic component controls the conductance between the dissimilar materials to produce a unique current signature. The system can be used in a variety of different applications, including as components of ingestible identifiers, such as may be found in ingestible event markers, e.g., pharma-informatics enabled pharmaceutical compositions.
US07978062B2 Medical data transport over wireless life critical network
A portable patient communicator (PPC) includes a portable housing that supports a processor coupled to memory for storing medical firmware and wireless radio firmware, first and second radios, a processor, and a power source. Communications between a patient implantable medical device (PIMD) and the first radio of the PPC are effected in accordance with program instructions of the medical firmware, and communications between the second radio of the PPC and the wireless network are effected in accordance with program instructions of the wireless radio firmware. Data from the PIMD is received via the first radio to which a priority level is assigned, such as in a tiered manner. A data transport mechanism is selected among disparate data transport mechanisms based at least in part on the priority level. PIMD data is transmitted to the wireless network using the selected transport mechanism via the second radio.
US07978061B2 Surveillance system and method
A plurality of modules interact to form an adaptive network in which each module transmits and receives data signals indicative of proximity of objects. A central computer accumulates the data produced or received and relayed by each module for analyzing proximity responses to transmit through the adaptive network control signals to a selectively-addressed module to respond to computer analyses of the data accumulated from modules forming the adaptive network.
US07978058B2 Digital radio broadcast receiver, radio broadcast receiving unit and digital radio broadcast receiving system
A digital radio broadcast receiver, a radio broadcast receiving unit and a digital radio broadcast receiving system are provided. Character information stored in a memory is displayed as image on a display device when such a condition that a vehicle speed is 0 km/h and a foot brake or a hand brake is on is satisfied, i.e., when a vehicle is halted or parked. Or, the character information stored in the memory is outputted as voice through a voice output device when such a condition that the vehicle speed is 0 km/h and the foot brake or the hand brake is on is not satisfied, i.e., when the vehicle is traveling.
US07978056B2 System for customizing lighting and sound effects in a vehicle
A vehicle includes a passenger compartment, a touch-screen for receiving an input signal from an occupant when the occupant touches the touch-screen, an output device, and a controller. The controller changes a characteristic of an electromagnetic wave in the form of visible light and/or an audible sound, which is transmitted into the passenger compartment via the output device in response to the input signal. The output device includes light sources, such as light-emitting diodes (LED) or electro-luminescent (EL) ribbon and a speaker. The controller presents a predetermined set of lighting and/or sound options on the touch-screen which the occupant can touch to generate the input signal, thus selectively illuminating the light sources or playing a particular sound file. The controller can also play a digital sound file whenever a corresponding vehicle condition is detected.
US07978054B2 Apparatus, systems, and methods to support service calls
In an embodiment, an apparatus, method, and/or system support a service request made by a computer user in an Internet café or similar electronic service environment. A user may operate a café-provided user terminal in a multi-terminal network controlled by a café service console. The user may operate a switch on the terminal to transmit a service request to the service console. A visible and/or audible indication may be provided to the user, via a suitable indicator on the terminal, regarding the status of the user's service request. The user's service request may cause service-related information to be displayed on a second display of the user terminal for selection by the user. The user may speak with a service administrator using a voice over Internet protocol module built into the terminal. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07978052B2 Microwave control system
A microwave control system is applied to control a working system to execute at least one predetermined assignment, and comprises a microwave control unit, a control card and a passive control unit. A microwave illuminator of the microwave control unit is applied to send a microwave signal. After receiving the microwave signal, the control card reflects a reflection signal to the microwave control unit, wakes up from a first sleep mode to enter a first awake mode, and sends a first control signal to the passive control unit. After the microwave control unit receives the reflection signal, the passive control unit wake up from a second sleep mode to enter a second awake mode, and the passive control unit transmits a second control signal in accordance with the first control signal to the working system, so as to control the working system to execute the predetermined assignment.
US07978050B2 Systems and methods for providing quality of service to RFID
Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for providing Quality of service to RFID. In one embodiment the present invention includes a method of providing quality of service in an RFID network comprising storing RFID priority information corresponding to the RFID network, wherein the RFID network comprises one or more tags and one or more readers mapping the RFID priority information into priority information corresponding to a second network.
US07978048B2 Keyless entry system
A keyless entry system includes a portable transmitter that transmits a lock signal and an unlock signal, each of which contains a unique identification code, for a predetermined period, and an operation unit that locks and unlocks doors of a vehicle in response to the lock signal and the unlock signal from the portable transmitter. The operation unit includes a receiver that outputs a lock command signal or an unlock command signal having a predetermined time length, and a controller that drives an actuator to lock or unlock the doors of the vehicle in response to the lock command signal or the unlock command signal from the receiver. The time length of the unlock command signal from the receiver is shorter than the time length of the unlock signal from the portable transmitter.
US07978047B2 Variable resistor element and its manufacturing method
A variable resistance element comprises a variable resistor of strongly-correlated material sandwiched between two metal electrodes, and the electric resistance between the metal electrodes varies when a voltage pulse is applied between the metal electrodes. Such a switching operation as the ratio of electric resistance between low and high resistance states is high can be attained by designing the metal electrodes and variable resistor appropriately based on a definite switching operation principle. Material and composition of the first electrode and variable resistor are set such that metal insulator transition takes place on the interface of the first electrode in any one of two metal electrodes and the variable resistor by applying a voltage pulse. Two-phase coexisting phase of metal and insulator phases can be formed in the vicinity of the interface between the variable resistor and first electrode by the work function difference between the first electrode and variable resistor.
US07978046B2 Fusible link unit
A fusible link unit includes a fusible link main body that includes a bus bar for connecting to a battery terminal, and a battery that has a battery post for connecting to the battery terminal. The fusible link main body includes an L-shaped housing having a first face and a second face which oppose two side surfaces forming a corner portion of the battery. The bus bar is connected to a fuse portion and is extended from the first face of the housing. Abutment portions for abutting against the side surfaces of the battery are provided on the first and second faces of the housing respectively.
US07978045B2 Multi-actuation MEMS switch
A multi-actuation MEMS switch for high frequency signals includes a substrate, a heater disposed on the substrate, a co-planar waveguide disposed on a lowest metal layer, and a movable membrane including at least two metal layers, and an dielectric layer disposed between the co-planar waveguide and the movable membrane. The movable membrane is a fixed-fixed beam structure with a center indentation. When heat is generated and conducted to the movable membrane or electrostatic force is generated between the movable membrane and the co-planar waveguide or both forces are generated, the movable membrane will bend toward the co-planar waveguide. The position of the movable membrane change capacitance on signal line for switching the RF signal.
US07978041B2 Transformer
A printed circuit board transformer comprises at least one primary winding and one secondary winding, each in the form of at least one layer of turns inside or at the surface of a printed circuit board. The transformer is designed for a step-up/down-operation. Each of the two layers (10, 11) has an elongated winding element (12, 13, 13′) substantially following an elongated winding element of the other layer while being in an overlapping relationship therewith as seen perpendicularly to said printed circuit board over substantially the entire extension of said winding elements. A second (11) of the layers belonging to the secondary winding has a fewer number of turns than the first (10) of said layers belonging to said primary winding.
US07978040B2 Winding element for a coil winding and transformer arrangement
The invention relates to a winding element (200) for conducting current, forming a component of a coil winding (132, 133; 408, 409), especially of a (welding) transformer winding, comprising fixing means (205) for fixing the winding element (200) to a carrier component (402, 403, 404). The invention also relates to a transformer arrangement (100; 600), especially a welding transformer arrangement, comprising a primary winding (132; 408) and a secondary winding (133; 409), the primary winding (132; 408) and/or secondary winding (133; 409) comprising at least one winding element (200) according to the invention.
US07978037B2 Switch device
A movable contact positioned in a sealed case is moved together with a movable contact spring provided with an armature by a magnetic shunt body which is moved outside the sealed case. The movement of the movable contact (movement of the movable contact spring) due to the movement of the magnetic shunt body is based on the change of the magnetically attracting force of a magnet with respect to the armature through a pair of yokes. The movable contact spring is provided with a bent portion which is bent in spaced-apart relation to the armature, the bent portion being provided between a fulcrum portion at a time when the movable contact spring moves and a portion where the armature is provided.
US07978035B2 Magnet switch with magnetic core designed to ensure stability in operation thereof
A magnet switch which may be employed in automotive engine starters is provided. The magnet switch includes a stationary magnetic core made up of a disc assembly and a core body. The disc assembly is made of a stack of annular plate members superposed on each other. Each of the plate members has an opening through which a terminal lead of a magnetic coil extends. The core body has a boss with an edge which is plastically deformed outwardly in the radius direction thereof or staked to create an elastic nip which retains the stack of the plate members firmly on the core body. This structure ensures the joint between the disc assembly and the core body to withstand mechanical impact exerted on the magnetic core and stability in operation of the magnet switch without increasing a total production cost of the magnetic switch.
US07978033B2 Protection switch
A protection switch, particularly for fast switching, includes at least one single-pole protection switch module having a housing, a movable contact mounted on a switching arm for pivoting against a fixed contact between closed and open positions, a manual operating mechanism manually setting the switching arm between the closed and open positions, and a tripping mechanism automatically resetting the switching arm into the open position upon a tripping condition. The switching arm is spring-loaded in direction of the open position and includes a latch lever latching with the manual operating mechanism, and a contact lever carrying the moveable contact. The latch lever is pivotably mounted on the housing and joined to the contact lever by a hinge. The tripping mechanism includes a trip slider to be displaced by a trip device from a ready position towards a tripping position, to load the switching arm for rotationally fixing the contact lever.
US07978031B2 High frequency module provided with power amplifier
The present invention is provided with a high frequency module comprising a multilayered substrate, a power amplifier IC mounted on the upper surface of the multilayered substrate, first and second filters disposed substantially directly below the power amplifier IC in an inner layer of the multilayered substrate, and coupling-reducing ground vias disposed between the first filter and the second filter. At least the first filter is disposed substantially directly below the power amplifier IC. The coupling-reducing ground vias double as thermal vias for dissipating heat generated by the power amplifier IC.
US07978029B2 Multiple-layer signal conductor
A multiple-layer signal conductor has increased surface area for mitigation of skin effect. Parallel extending elongated strips of conductive material are placed in parallel layers and are separated by a thin layer of dielectric. The elongated strips are conductively connected to one another by regularly spaced vias such that a single signal conductor with multiple conductive layers is formed. During high-speed signaling, the skin effect causes current to concentrate near the surfaces of conductors. The multiple-layer signal conductor, however, has increased surface area with respect to its total cross-sectional area. The effective cross-sectional area which is conductive during high-speed signaling is therefore increased, leading to positive effects on transmission line resistance, heating, signal integrity and signal propagation delay. The multiple-layer signal conductor sees special use on silicon circuit boards and can conduct signals at ten gigahertz or greater for distances of up to five inches without rebuffering or termination.
US07978028B2 Dual mode generating line coupled to a dual mode ring resonator filter by half the length of the ring resonator
At a first coupling point on a ring resonator having a ring-shaped transmission line, an input feeder is electromagnetically coupled with the ring resonator. An output feeder is electromagnetically coupled with the ring resonator at a second coupling point on the ring resonator. A dual mode generating line is disposed in an inner area of the ring resonator. One end of the dual mode generating line is electromagnetically coupled with the ring resonator at a third coupling point on the ring resonator, and the other end is electromagnetically coupled with the ring resonator at a fourth coupling point on the ring resonator distant from the third coupling point by half of a transmission line length of the ring resonator.
US07978026B2 Transversal filter operating using surface acoustic waves
A transversal filter operates using surface acoustic waves and has a piezoelectric substrate and an acoustic track that is arranged on the substrate and in which a first transducer and a second transducer are arranged. Each transducer has electrode fingers. A function, which characterizes the weighting of the overlap length of electrode fingers of different polarity in the second transducer, has a half main lobe and at least one side lobe. The amplitude of the lobes decreases monotonally in a direction that points to the first transducer.
US07978024B2 Integrated balanced-unbalanced duplexer
Circuitry, architectures, devices and systems for multi-band radio communications using a balanced-unbalanced duplexer. An integrated balanced-unbalanced duplexer for multi-band communications may include an unbalanced multi-band port; a first balanced single-band port; a second balanced single-band port; a first unbalanced coupling arm conductively coupled to the unbalanced multi-band port; a second unbalanced coupling arm conductively coupled to the unbalanced multi-band port; a first pair of balanced coupling arms conductively coupled to the first balanced single-band port and electromagnetically coupled to the first unbalanced coupling arm; and a second pair of balanced coupling arms conductively coupled to the second balanced single-band port and electromagnetically coupled to the second unbalanced coupling arm. The architectures and/or systems generally include components embodying one or more of the concepts disclosed herein.
US07978022B2 Cable to waveguide transition apparatus having signal accumulation form of backshort and active phase shifting using the same
A cable to waveguide transition apparatus having a signal accumulation form of a backshort is disclosed. The cable to waveguide transition apparatus having a signal accumulation form of a backshort, includes: a waveguide; a RF probe for transferring a radio frequency (RF) signal to the waveguide; and a backshort having the signal accumulation form for reflecting the RF signal excited from the RF probe, wherein the backshort reflects a first fundamental frequency signal excited from the RF probe to have a phase identical to a phase of a second fundamental frequency signal excited from the RF probe to an aperture of the waveguide, and reflects a first 2-order harmonic frequency signal excited from the RF probe to have a phase reverse to a phase of a second 2-order harmonic frequency signal excited to an aperture of the waveguide in order to eliminate the 2-order harmonic frequency signal.
US07978021B2 Balanced-to-unbalanced transformer and amplifier circuit module
A balanced-to-unbalanced transformer includes a +90° phase shift circuit, which is disposed between a branch point connected to an unbalanced terminal and a first terminal, and a −90° phase shift circuit, which is disposed between the branch point and a second terminal. A first inductor is connected between the first terminal and a power supply terminal, and a second inductor is connected between the branch point and the power supply terminal. A power-supply-terminal-side capacitor is connected in shunt between the power supply terminal and a ground. A second-terminal-side series inductor is connected in series between the branch point and the second terminal.
US07978020B2 Waveguide junction having angular and linear offsets for providing polarization rotation
A junction (300) for connecting two waveguides having an angular offset between longitudinal symmetry axes of their cross-sections and a first linear offset of the center axes of the waveguides. The junction (300) comprises at least a first and a second transformer sections (202, 206) both having said first angular offset between longitudinal symmetry axes of their cross-sections and said first linear offset of their center axes, wherein each of said transformer sections (202, 206) has one protruded ridge (204, 208) on broad walls, wherein the first ridge (204) is mainly situated outside the cross section of the second transformer section 206 and the second ridge (208) is mainly situated outside the cross section of the first transformer section (202).
US07978019B2 Configuration having an RF component and a method for compensation of linking inductance
In a configuration with at least one RF component disposed in a signal path and including a ground connection to an external circuit environment, a coupling element is provided which electromagnetically couples to at least part of the ground connection and at the same time decouples a coupling current. By suitably feeding this coupling current back into the signal path of the component, the negative influence of the inductance of the ground connection on the signal path is thus compensated for.
US07978017B2 Control voltage generator for a clock, frequency reference, and other reference signal generator
Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a reference signal generator, system and method. An exemplary apparatus to generate a harmonic reference signal includes a reference resonator, such as an LC-tank, a control voltage generator adapted to provide a temperature-dependent control voltage; and a plurality of variable reactance modules. The reference resonator generates a first reference signal having a resonant frequency, and each reactance module is adapted to modify a corresponding reactance in response to the control voltage to maintain the resonant frequency substantially constant or within a predetermined variance over a predetermined temperature range. A frequency controller may also be included to maintain substantially constant a magnitude of a peak amplitude of the first reference signal and maintains substantially constant a common mode voltage level of the reference resonator.
US07978016B2 Crystal oscillator
A crystal oscillator is provided to secure a space for housing the IC and electronic components, even if the vibrator is small in size. In this crystal oscillator, there is not a hindrance to the wire connections between the IC and the electronic components, and the limitation on the vibrator and oscillator design is reduced. Also, the influence of the heat from the IC and the electronic components is made smaller. Thus, desired characteristics can be readily achieved with this crystal oscillator. In this crystal oscillator, the IC and the electronic components are housed in a concave portion formed in the ceramic package. A pedestal formed with a crystal plate made of the same material as the vibrator is provided to cover almost the entire opening of the concave portion, and the vibrator is placed on the pedestal.
US07978013B2 Phase synchronizing circuit
A constant determination unit (90) determines various constants, that are the magnitude of a charge current outputted from a charge pump circuit (30), the time constant of a loop filter (40), and the gain of a voltage controlled oscillator (50), so as to make the proportionality constant of a natural frequency of a phase locked loop circuit for the input frequency of the phase locked loop circuit and the damping factor to be predetermined values, and outputs various control signals based on the determined constants. The charge pump circuit (30), the loop filter (40), and the voltage controlled oscillator (50) modify the magnitude of the charge current, the time constant, and the gain, respectively, in accordance with control signals outputted from the constant determination unit (90).
US07978012B2 Dual PLL loop for phase noise filtering
System for filtering an input frequency to produce an output frequency having low phase noise. A first PLL includes, in the feedback path, a frequency translation circuit which translates a frequency from a VCO in the first PLL by an offset frequency provided by the second PLL to provide either a sum or difference frequency. The first PLL locks its VCO to a crystal oscillator input frequency translated by the offset frequency due to the frequency translation circuit. A second PLL compares the input frequency to be filtered to the output of the first PLL VCO. The second PLL causes the first PLL VCO to lock to the input frequency by varying the offset frequency it provides to the frequency translation circuit. The bandwidth of the second PLL is significantly smaller than the bandwidth of the first PLL. The filtered output frequency is available from the first PLL VCO.
US07977998B2 Apparatus and method for testing level shifter voltage thresholds on an integrated circuit
An apparatus and method for testing level shifter threshold voltages on an integrated circuit includes one or more level shifter modules each including a number of level shifter circuits. Each level shifter circuit may be coupled to a first and a second voltage supply. Each level shifter circuit may also receive an input signal that is referenced to the first voltage supply, and to generate an output signal that is referenced to the second voltage supply. In addition, each level shifter module may include detection logic that may detect an output value of each of the level shifter circuits. The control circuit may be configured to iteratively change the voltage output from one of the voltage supplies, and maintaining a voltage on the other voltage supply while the input signal is provided to the level shifter circuits. The detection logic may capture the output value upon each change in voltage.
US07977997B2 Generating a full rail signal
Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed, such as those that comprise a center-swing signal generator that includes a push-pull center-swing driver coupled to a common-mode pre-emphasis module, the center-swing signal generator to receive a low swing current mode logic (CML) signal and output a center-swing signal, and a full-swing cross-coupled inverter coupled to the center-swing signal generator, the full-swing cross-coupled inverter to receive the center-swing signal and output a full-rail single-ended swing signal. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US07977994B2 Digital pulse-width-modulator with discretely adjustable delay line
A hybrid digital pulse width modulator (DPWM) with digital delay-locked loops (DLLs) is provided. In this implementation, the digital pulse-width-modulator is synthesizable and includes a digital delay-locked loop around a delay-line to achieve constant frequency clocked operation. In this implementation, the resolution of the modulator is consistent over a wide range of process or temperature variations. The DPWM may implement trailing-edge, leading-edge, triangular, or phase-shift modulation. In an implementation suitable for DC-DC converters with synchronous rectifiers, for example, the DPWM may include two or more outputs for programmable dead-times. In another implementation, a digital pulse-width-modulator with a digital phase-locked loop is also provided.
US07977993B2 Signal delay circuit
A signal delay circuit including a capacitive load element is described. The capacitive load element has a first input end, a second input end, and a third input end. The first input end receives a first signal, the second input end receives a second signal inverted to the first signal, and the third input end receives a control signal. The capacitance of the capacitive load element changes with the control signal.
US07977989B2 Method and apparatus for detecting and adjusting characteristics of a signal
Disclosed is a circuit that adjusts a characteristic of a signal transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver over a communication channel (e.g., a wire, a backplane, etc.). The circuit includes a latch that receives the signal at a predetermined point in the circuit and samples a voltage of the signal many times after a threshold voltage is applied to the latch. The circuit also includes a processor that determines the characteristic of the signal when the sampled voltages indicate a transition point and that adjusts the threshold voltage when the sampled voltages do not indicate a transition point. The processor adjusts the characteristic of the signal by adjusting at least one of a current and a voltage of the transmitter when the characteristic of the signal is outside a predetermined range.
US07977987B2 System and method for signal adjustment
Embodiment of the present invention relate to a method for receiving a first signal, determining a first characteristic of the first signal, the characteristic being a time based characteristic, receiving a second signal and processing the second signal through a predetermined range of delay elements, an initial minimum number of delay elements in the predetermined range being adjustable, the processed second signal having a second characteristic substantially corresponding to the first characteristic of the first signal.
US07977986B2 Semiconductor device having delay locked loop and method for driving the same
A delay locked loop includes: a control voltage generator configured to generate a voltage control signal having a voltage level corresponding to a phase difference between an external clock and a feedback clock; a voltage controlled delay line configured to generate a plurality of output signals by reflecting a different delay time on the external clock in response to the voltage control signal; an internal clock multiplexer configured to output one of the plurality of output signals as an internal clock in response to a skew information signal; a delay replica model configured to output the feedback clock by reflecting a delay of an actual clock/data path on the internal clock; and a skew information signal generator configured to generate the skew information signal.
US07977982B2 Semiconductor integrated circuit, test method and electronic information device
A semiconductor integrated circuit, including: a logic section; an initiating current generating section for generating initiating current for initiating or re-initiating a circuit when the circuit is to be initiated or the circuit operates abnormally; an initiating current detecting section for detecting the initiating current of the initiating current generating section and outputting a detection signal indicating whether or not the initiating current generating section operates normally; and a signal selection section for selecting one of the detection signal and an output from the logic section based on an internal signal of the logic section which is controllable from outside of the logic section, and outputting the selected one to a terminal.
US07977980B2 Time-to-amplitude converter component
A time-to-amplitude component having an integrated designed configured to measure a time difference between a start signal and a stop signal includes a first time-to-amplitude converter having a delay chain, a resistor network, a capacitor configured to be chargeable via the resistor network, and a respective driver. The component further includes a control device and a stabilizing device including a control circuit for generating a regulated control voltage. The first time-to-amplitude converter is configured so that the delay elements of the first time-to-amplitude converter are configured to be controlled by the regulated control voltage, a run signal is transmitted through the delay chain, and the capacitor is continuously charged via the resistor network, and the resistor network is electrically separated from the delay chain via the respective drivers so as to terminate a charging of the capacitor, and the analog voltage signal is measurable at an output of the capacitor.
US07977970B2 Enhanced field programmable gate array
An enhanced performance field programmable gate array integrated circuit comprises a field programmable gate array and other functional circuitry such as a mask-programmable gate array in the same integrated circuit. A circuit interface provides communication between the field programmable gate array, the mask-programmable gate array and the integrated circuit I/O.
US07977968B2 Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device includes a code channel for outputting a plurality of code signals based on a code control signal inputted from an external source; a termination resistor decoder for decoding a chip selection signal, an on die termination (ODT) control signal and the plurality of code signals and outputting a plurality of selection signals based on decoded signals; and an ODT block for providing an output data pad with impedance of a termination resistor which is selected in response to the plurality of selection signals.
US07977967B2 Method for solid state thermal electric logic
A method is provided for thermal electric binary logic control. The method accepts an input voltage representing an input logic state. A heat reference is controlled in response to the input voltage. The method supplies an output voltage representing an output logic state, responsive to the heat reference. More explicitly, the heat reference controls the output voltage of a temperature-sensitive voltage divider. For example, the temperature-sensitive voltage divider may be a thermistor voltage divider.
US07977961B2 Component for testing device for electronic component and testing method of the electronic component
A component for a testing device for an electronic component includes a testing board; a projection electrode provided on a main surface of the testing board; a positioning part provided on the main surface of the testing board, the positioning part being configured to position the electronic component; and a pressing part configured to press the electronic component being positioned by the positioning part and make a lead part of the electronic component come in contact with the projection electrode so that the lead part is elastically deformed and made come in contact with the projection electrode.
US07977957B2 Method and apparatus for electrical testing of a unit under test, as well as a method for production of a contact-making apparatus which is used for testing
A contact-making apparatus for electrical connection of a unit under test to an electrical test device, having a plurality of electrical contacts which are associated with at least one holding element. The contact-making apparatus and preferably the holding element thereof, is provided with at least one marking which is in a defined position with respect to at least one of the contacts. The marking is detected for alignment of the apparatus and the unit. A corresponding method of use and a method of manufacture are also disclosed.
US07977955B2 Particulate matter sensor
A particulate matter sensor which may be used as an onboard particulate matter diagnostic sensor includes an insulating base that has at least a pair of opposing plane surfaces, an electrode nucleus that is formed on one of the pair of opposing plane surfaces of the base, and forms an electrode when a conductive substance adheres to the plane surface, and an electrode that is disposed parallel to the electrode nucleus and is provided on the other of the pair of opposing plane surfaces, or provided on a side surface of the base that is adjacent to the pair of opposing plane surfaces, or provided inside the base.
US07977948B2 Sensor device and method thereof
A sensor device determines a value based on a sensed parameter by applying a voltage across two voltage terminals of a sensor. In response, the sensor provides an electrical signal representative of a sensed parameter to a controller via a pair of conductors. The controller samples the electrical signal to determine the value. In addition, the controller alternates the polarity of the voltage applied to the voltage terminals, thereby reducing the risk of damage to the conductors due to ion drift.
US07977947B1 Low impedance series coupled radio frequency directional power detector
The present invention is a low series impedance directional power detector, which may be used to measure either forward or reverse power in a radio frequency (RF) circuit. The directional power detector includes current detection circuitry to directionally measure current, voltage detection circuitry to measure voltage, and combining circuitry to combine the directional RF current measurements and the RF voltage measurements into a combined RF measurement, which is indicative of directional power. The current detection circuitry and voltage detection circuitry apply any phase-shifts that are needed to detect power in the direction of interest and ignore power in the opposite direction when the directional power detector is presented with a complex load.
US07977945B2 Magnetic resonance system and operating method therefor
A magnetic resonance system has a number of components including a basic magnetic field generation unit, gradient coils as well as a radio-frequency coil arrangement. The components are respectively controllable according to a control sequence via at least one digital module and at least one analog module. The analog modules are arranged external to a control computer that controls the digital modules. The digital modules are likewise arranged external to the control computer and are associated with the analog module or modules controlled via the control computer. The digital modules are networked via the following networks for communication of the digital modules among one another and/or with the control computer: a synchronous first network to synchronize the digital modules, an isochronous or semi-isochronous second network, a third network, wherein the digital modules are connected with the control computer via serial peripheral component interfaces and a signal transmission between the peripheral component interface of the respective digital module and the associated peripheral component interface of the control computer thereby occurs on optical paths.
US07977941B2 Magnetic field sensing device
A magnetic field sensing device for determining the strength of a magnetic field, includes four magnetic tunnel junction elements or element arrays (100) configured as a bridge (200). A current source is coupled to a current line (116) disposed near each of the four magnetic tunnel junction elements (100) for selectively supplying temporally spaced first and second currents. Sampling circuitry (412, 414) coupled to the current source samples the bridge output during the first and second currents and determines the value of the magnetic field from the difference of the first and second values. A method for sensing the magnetic field includes supplying a first current to the current line (116), supplying a second current the current line (116), sampling the value at the output for each of the first and second currents, determining the difference between the sampled values during each of the first and second currents, and determining a measured magnetic field based on the determined difference.
US07977940B2 Low temperature squid transient electromagnetic receiver system
A receiver system (18) for an electromagnetic prospecting system is disclosed. The electromagnetic prospecting system comprises a transmitter for transmitting a primary electromagnetic field so as to generate a secondary electromagnetic field from a terrain that is being prospected, the secondary electromagnetic field having a transient, decaying time domain profile. The receiver system (18) comprises first and second sensors (20, 22) for detecting the secondary electromagnetic field, wherein the second sensor (22) is less sensitive than the first sensor (20) so as to detect the secondary electromagnetic field over a first time period, with the first sensor (20) being used to detect the secondary electromagnetic field after the first time period. Typically, each sensor (20, 22) comprises three orthogonal SQUID magnetometers, with the second sensor (22) being approximately 10 times less sensitive than the first sensor (20).
US07977939B2 Non-contact engine parameter sensor
A system and method for non-contact engine parameter sensing. A magnetized engine component establishes a magnetic field that varies in response to stress imparted within the engine. A magnetic field sensing element spaced from the magnetized engine component is configured to provide an output indicative of a state of combustion in response to the magnetic field.
US07977938B2 Device and method of detecting ferrite and non-ferrite objects
A metal detector for detecting the presence of a ferrite object in the proximity of inductively coupled sensor having overlapping D shaped transmitter and receiver coils. The metal detector has a phase shift circuit to phase shifting a sensor output signal by a known amount and a switch operating in synchronization with an excitation signal of the sensor for sampling the amplitude of the phase shifted output signal.
US07977937B2 GMR biosensor with aligned magnetic field
A planar array of GMR or TMR sensor elements with planar free and pinned layers is used as the basis of a sensor for detecting the presence of small magnetized particles. In particular, the sensor is used for detecting the presence of magnetized particles bonded to biological molecules that are themselves bonded to a substrate. The magnetized particles on the molecules are detected by the sensors as a result of the interaction between the stray fields of the particles and the magnetic configuration of the sensors. By forming a co-planar layer of soft magnetic material over the sensor or its array, the external field used to magnetize the particles is self-aligned perpendicularly to the sensor plane whereby it does not interfere with the stray fields of the particles.
US07977936B2 Resolver interface and signal conditioner
A resolver interface includes separate anti-aliasing filters for sine and cosine signals. The separately filtered signals are then time share multiplexed to a single analog to digital (A/D) converter. Because all of the inputs are fed through the same A/D converter, any error, difference or shift caused by the A/D converter is shared across al of the inputs. A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and processor are used to digitally filter, demodulate and compute position.
US07977934B2 High bandwidth open-loop current sensor
Open-loop electrical current sensor (1) for measuring the electrical current flowing in a primary conductor, comprising a magnetic circuit (3) with an air-gap (4), and a magnetic field sensing device (5) positioned at least partially in said air-gap. The magnetic field sensing device comprises a circuit board (7), a first magnetic field detector (8) mounted on the circuit board, and a second magnetic field detector (11). The second magnetic field detector comprises a conductive coil formed on the circuit board, the output signals of the first magnetic field detector and the second magnetic field detector being adapted for connection to a signal processing circuit (6) generating an output signal representative of the primary electrical current.
US07977933B2 High voltage sensor circuit
A microprocessor-controlled high voltage sensor circuit controls resonant operation of an induction coil—capacitor circuit. The sensor circuit includes an input that receives a high voltage signal from the induction coil—capacitor circuit, an attenuator coupled to the input, wherein the attenuator reduces the high voltage signal to a low voltage signal, a peak detector coupled to the attenuator, the peak detector that holds the low voltage signal and detects a peak value of the low voltage signal, a clipper circuit that limits an output voltage from the peak detector so as to prevent damage to components of the high voltage sensor circuit, and a linear amplifier that receives the low voltage signal from the clipper circuit and amplifies the low voltage signal for detection of resonance conditions in the induction coil—capacitor circuit by a microprocessor coupled to the high voltage sensor circuit.
US07977932B2 Semiconductor integrated circuit device
The present invention provides a regulator circuit that can fast-respond to a variation in load current and supply a sufficient drive current so as to be capable of generating a stable internal source voltage. The regulator circuit includes a preamplifier circuit that detects and amplifies a different between a reference voltage and an internal source voltage, a clamp circuit that limits the amplitude of an output of the preamplifier circuit, a main amplifier circuit that amplifies the amplitude-limited output of the preamplifier circuit, and a driver circuit that outputs the internal source voltage according to the output of the main amplifier. Even though the internal source voltage varies abruptly, the regulator circuit does not oscillate owing to the effect of the clamp circuit.
US07977931B2 Family of current/power-efficient high voltage linear regulator circuit architectures
Power efficient power supply regulator circuits are disclosed. The circuits are configured to modify their overhead current according to current load. This is particularly advantageous for use in display devices with widely varying current loads. Such displays include bi-stable displays, such as interferometric modulation displays, LCD displays, and DMD displays.
US07977928B2 Method and apparatus for modifying right half-plane zero in a cascaded DC-DC buck-boost converter
A method to generate a substantially DC output having a voltage level different than a DC input, constituted of receiving a feedback signal representing at least one of the voltage level and the current level of the generated substantially DC output; relatively emphasizing the high frequency portion of the feedback signal; controlling the buck function of a cascaded buck-boost converter with a first switching signal having a first duty cycle, the first duty cycle being a first function of the received feedback signal responsive to said relatively emphasized high frequency portion; and controlling the boost function with a second switching signal having a second duty cycle, the second duty cycle being a second function of the received feedback signal, wherein the first switching signal and the second switching signal are continuously enabled to facilitate a continuous conduction mode.
US07977924B2 Industrial process power scavenging device and method of deriving process device power from an industrial process
In a particular embodiment, a process device includes a fluid disruption generation element to generate a fluid disruption within process fluid flowing through a pipe associated with an industrial process and a process variable sensor coupled to the disruption generation element to measure a process parameter. The process device further includes a power generation element adapted to generate an electrical output signal in response to the fluid disruption and a power storage component coupled to the power generation element. The power storage component is adapted to accumulate a charge based on the electrical output signal.
US07977923B2 Circuits for electroactive polymer generators
Described herein is a generator with an electroactive polymer transducer. The transducer has a capacitance that varies with deflection of a polymer included in the transducer. The generator also includes a generator circuit, coupled to the electroactive polymer transducer, that includes a capacitor. The generator circuit is configured such that the capacitor collects electrical energy from the electroactive polymer transducer in response to a change in capacitance of the polymer.
US07977919B1 Over-voltage protection accounting for battery droop
An over-voltage detection and correction system for a transmitter of a mobile terminal that accounts for battery droop during a transmit burst is provided. In general, prior to ramp-up for a first transmit burst, a voltage of the battery of the mobile terminal at a no-load condition is measured. After ramp-up for the transmit burst, the voltage of the battery is measured at full-load, and a current provided to a power amplifier of the transmitter at full-load is detected. Based on the measured voltage of the battery at no-load, the measured voltage of the battery at full-load, and the detected current provided to the power amplifier at full-load, a resistance of the battery is determined. The resistance of the battery is thereafter used to compensate for battery droop during over-voltage detection and correction for one or more subsequent transmit bursts.
US07977918B2 Method of controlling battery charge level of hybrid electric vehicle
A method of controlling a battery charge level of a hybrid electric vehicle includes: monitoring a quantity of current accumulated for a predetermined time based on a battery charge/discharge current value; calculating a regenerative charge derating constant; calculating a correction coefficient based on the quantity of current accumulated and a battery state of charge; multiplying the regenerative charge derating constant by the correction coefficient to calculate a final regenerative charge derating constant; and multiplying the final regenerative charge derating constant by a charge power to calculate a final charge power, and selectively restricting the battery charge level based on the final charge power.
US07977909B2 Device and method of driving stepping motor of analog electronic clock
A stepping motor driving apparatus of an analog electronic clock, in which, when the rotation of a rotor is not detected after a pulse is supplied to a coil of a stepping motor, a first switching control section switches the pulse supplied to the coil to a pulse having a larger effective value, and when the rotation of the rotor is detected continuously for a predetermined period or a predetermined number of times, a second switching control section switches the pulse supplied to the coil to a pulse having a smaller effective value, wherein the apparatus further includes a third switching control section that switches a driving pulse to a pulse having a smaller effective value when the rotation of the rotor is not detected for two times continuously, even after the first switching section increases the effective value of the driving pulse for two times continuously.
US07977908B2 Numerical controller with abnormal motor deceleration stop control means
While a numerical controller is operating, an abnormality of a numerical control section is detected. In response to an abnormality detection signal, a motor deceleration stop control circuit of a servo section is actuated to perform speed control with a speed command “0”, thereby stopping a motor. If an actual speed of the motor becomes not higher than a preset speed, an off command signal for turning off a DO signal is delivered to a PMC section. In response to this off command signal, the PMC section turns off a brake control DO or all DO signals. Thus, a brake device that is attached to the motor is activated to brake the motor.
US07977903B2 Electrically powered door actuating system of motor vehicle
In an electrically powered door actuating system of a motor vehicle with a slide door, there is employed a control unit for controlling a door actuating device of the slide door. The control unit is configured to carry out, under a condition wherein the door actuating device is controlled to move the door in a closing or opening direction upon manipulation of a door control switch means, controlling the door actuating device to move the door in an opposite direction upon detecting an obstacle by a contact type obstacle sensor, and controlling the door actuating device to temporarily stop the movement of the door upon detecting an obstacle by a non-contact type obstacle sensor; and under a condition wherein the temporary stop of the door is kept, controlling the door actuating device to continue the temporary stop of the door upon detecting an obstacle by the contact and non-contact type obstacle sensors, and controlling the door actuating device to move the door in the same direction as that in which the door moved before the temporary stop of the door upon detecting no obstacle by the contact and non-contact type obstacle sensors.
US07977902B2 Method and apparatus for pinch protection for a motor-driven closure system
The invention relates to a pinch protection method and device for a motor-driven closing system. The method comprises the following steps: detecting a reduced motor speed, switching off the motor, analyzing a sensor signal for detecting a pinch situation, deciding whether a pinch situation is present, and controlling the motor depending on the detection of a pinch situation. The device for detecting a pinch situation comprises a motor, a detection unit, a control unit and at least one sensor. The device is adapted to carry out the method according to the invention.
US07977899B2 Motor controlling device, motor drive system, method of motor control, semiconductor device and electronic device
A motor control device is disclosed which is arranged so as to perform a PWM control for a permanent magnet motor including a rotor having a permanent magnet and a stator with a multiphase winding. The motor control device includes a position detection unit which executes an analog computation process for induced voltages of respective phases of the motor based on a phase voltage equation having, as operation terms, respective phase voltages, respective phase currents, winding inductance, winding resistance and a neutral point voltage, the winding inductance and the winding resistance being motor constants of the motor, thereby generating and delivering a rotational position signal of the rotor based on a phase relation of the induced voltages, and a digital processing unit which has a function of generating and delivering a sinusoidal PWM signal based on the rotational position signal, thereby controlling the motor.
US07977896B2 Method of determining torque limit with motor torque and battery power constraints
A method to determine a limit torque associated with an electro-mechanical transmission includes determining electric motor torque constraints and battery power constraints. A limit torque function and a standard form of the limit torque function are determined. The limit torque function and the motor torque constraints and the battery power constraints are transposed to the standard form to determine a limit torque.
US07977893B2 PFC and ballast control IC
The IRS21681D is a fully integrated, fully protected 600V ballast control IC designed to drive all types of fluorescent lamps. The IRS21681D is based on the popular IR2166 control IC with additional improvements to increase ballast performance. PFC circuitry operates in critical conduction mode and provides high PF, low THD and DC bus regulation. The IRS21681D features include programmable preheat and run frequencies, programmable preheat time, programmable ignition ramp, programmable PFC over-current protection, and programmable end-of-life protection. Comprehensive protection features such as protection from failure of a lamp to strike, filament failures, end-of-life protection, DC bus under-voltage reset as well as an automatic restart function, have been included in the design. The IRS2168D has, in addition, closed-loop half-bridge ignition current regulation and a novel fault counter. The IRS21681D, unlike the IRS2168D, ramps up during ignition and shuts down at the first over-current fault. The IRS21681D and IRS2168D are both available in either 16-pin PDIP or 16-pin narrow body SOIC packages.
US07977891B2 LED driving circuit
An LED driving circuit is provided for driving an LED module, comprising a transistor switch and a feedback controller. The transistor switch has a control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal. The first terminal is coupled to the LED module and the control terminal receives a control signal for controlling a current passing through the transistor switch. The feedback controller receives a reference voltage and a current detecting signal indicative of the magnitude of the current and generates the control signal accordingly. The feedback controller is connected to a driving power source with level higher than the level of the first terminal of the transistor switch. Hence, the maximum level of an adjustable range of the control signal is higher than the first terminal of the transistor switch.
US07977890B2 Direct current power supply device, power supply device for driving LED and semiconductor integrated circuit for controlling power supply
Disclosed is a direct-current power supply device, including: an inductor; a switching element to intermittently supply a current to the inductor; an external terminal to which an output current of an external unit is fed back; a control circuit to generate a pulse signal having a pulse width corresponding to an output voltage of the external terminal, generate a drive signal for driving the switching element in response to the pulse signal, and output the drive signal to the switching element; a variable current source which is connected to the external terminal and which is turned on and off in response to a shutdown signal; and a discharge unit which is connected between the external terminal and a ground point and which is turned on in response to the shutdown signal so that the output current fed back to the external terminal is discharged into the ground point.
US07977888B2 Direct coupled balancer drive for floating lamp structure
A backlighting arrangement constituted of a driving transformer arrangement; a plurality of lamp pairs, each of the constituent lamps of the plurality of lamp pairs exhibiting a first electrical connection and a second electrical connection; and a plurality of balancing transformers, each comprising a primary winding and a secondary winding magnetically coupled to the primary winding, and each associated with a particular one of the plurality of lamp pairs, the primary winding of each of the plurality of balancing transformers serially connected between the second electrical connections of the constituent lamps of the associated lamp pair, the secondary windings of the plurality of balancing transformers serially connected in phase, with a first end of the serially connected secondary windings of the balancing transformers connected to one phase output of the driving transformer arrangement.
US07977886B2 Mercury-free discharge bulb
There is provided a mercury-free discharge bulb for a vehicle. The mercury-free discharge bulb includes an arc tube. The arc tube includes: a light-emitting portion which is formed of a ceramic tube and includes a light-emitting material and a starting xenon gas filled therein, wherein a filling pressure of the starting xenon gas from about 6 atm to about 18 atm; thin tube portions which are formed at respective ends of the light-emitting portion; and electrodes which are fixed inside the thin tube portions and which are provided in the light-emitting portion so as to face each other. The light-emitting material includes at least a sodium halide and a rare-earth metal halide excluding a scandium halide, and a difference between a vapor pressure of the sodium halide and a vapor pressure of the rare-earth metal halide under an environment of about 1000° C. is about 10 kPa or less.
US07977884B2 High-pressure discharge lamp having cooling laminates fitted at the end of the discharge vessel
Laminates, which are used for cooling the discharge vessel, are fitted to the seals of the ceramic discharge vessel. They are an integral part of the seal.
US07977883B2 Plasma display panel comprising magnesium oxide protective layer
Disclosed is a material for forming a protective layer, a protective layer employing the material and a PDP with the protective layer. Unlike conventional protective layers which employ MgO created in conditions of pressurized artificial gas, the instant protective layer uses MgO created by heating Mg and allowing it to oxidize naturally in air. The result is MgO with fewer defects that is more effective as a protective layer in many uses, such as in a PDP. The instant MgO also shows many specific spectral characteristics and contains impurities in amounts of less than about 2 ppm each. Also disclosed is a PDP which takes advantage of the advantages of the inventive protective layer.
US07977880B2 Plasma display panel and plasma display apparatus
A plasma display panel is provided with a discharge cell comprising a discharge space, a phosphor film contacting with the discharge space, a holding portion (barrier ribs and a dielectric layer) sectioning the discharge space and holding the phosphor film on an opposite side to the discharge space side, and gas filled in the discharge space and emitting ultraviolet light by discharge. The phosphor film comprises a phosphor layer emitting visible rays by excitation caused by ultraviolet light and a reflecting layer reflecting visible rays, the phosphor layer is provided between the reflecting layer and the discharge space, a film thickness of the reflecting layer is 15 μm or thinner, and a refractive index of the reflecting layer is 1.7 or higher.
US07977871B2 Organic electroluminescent device and method for fabricating the same
An organic electroluminescent device and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. A first electrode, which is a pixel electrode, and a second electrode, which is a common electrode, are formed to have an uneven surface, thereby maximizing a luminous efficiency and a reflection efficiency. In addition, since a surface of a contact area between a counter electrode and a common electrode can be increased, the resistivity between the two electrodes can be reduced.
US07977869B2 Organic luminescent device and benzo[k]fluoranthene compound
An organic luminescent device having organic-compound layers is provided which takes on luminous hues with very good purity and has optical power with high efficiency, high luminance and a long life. At least one of the organic-compound layers contains a benzo[k]fluoranthene compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 is a group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aralkyl and a heterocyclic group which may be substituted, and R1's may be the same or different; R10 to R20 are each independently a group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, aralkyl, phenyl, a condensed bicyclic aromatic group and a heterocyclic group which may be substituted; and a is an integer of 0 or more to 9 or less.
US07977864B2 Method and materials for patterning of an amorphous, non-polymeric, organic matrix with electrically active material disposed therein
In one method of making an organic electroluminescent device, a transfer layer is solution coated on a donor substrate. The transfer layer includes an amorphous, non-polymeric, organic matrix with a light emitting material disposed in the matrix. The transfer layer is then selectively patterned on a receptor. Examples of patterning methods include laser thermal transfer or thermal head transfer. The method and associated materials can be used to form, for example, organic electroluminescent devices.
US07977863B2 Electro-optical device and an electronic apparatus
An electro-optical device that drives each of plural pixels individually arranged in two dimensions so as to display information, is provided with a group of pixels displaying the information within an effective display region among the plural pixels arranged in two dimensions. A group of plural pseudo-pixels that do not contribute to the display of the information are located adjacent to a group of pixels within the effective display region. A bank layer separates a pixel in the group of the plural pseudo-pixels from a pixel in the group of pixels in the effective display region, and shields light leaked from a space between pixels located adjacently each other within the effective display region.
US07977861B2 Blended dendrimers
A composition is described comprising a mixture of at least two different dendrimers A and B which possess the same core and the same repeating unit or units in the dendrons. Either the generation of at least one of said dendrons in one of said dendrimers (A) is different from the generation of at least one of the dendrons in the other of said dendrimers (B), or the number of dendrons in one of said dendrimers, or both, is different from the number of dendrons in the other of said dendrimers, or both.
US07977851B2 Push button switch
A push button switch including a piezoelectric element (10) which is arranged between a first electrode (16) and a second electrode (18) in such a manner that, when a pressure is exerted on the piezoelectric element, an electric voltage is generated between the first and the second electrode (16, 18). The voltage generated between the first and the second electrode (16, 18) of the piezoelectric element (10) is amplified via a suitable amplifier circuit (20) and supplied, for example, to a controller of an operating device of an electronic domestic appliance.
US07977850B2 Bulk acoustic wave device with a semiconductor layer
A bulk acoustic wave device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a piezoelectric layer arranged between the first and second electrodes and a semiconductor layer arranged between the first and second electrodes. The semiconductor layer is electrically isolated from the first electrode.
US07977846B2 Rotor for vehicular alternating current generator
A rotor for a vehicular alternating current generator has a relief space portion formed between axial holes of a pair of pole cores and a shaft for receiving therein a plastically deformed portion produced when the shaft is press-fitted in the axial holes of the pole cores. The relief space portion is located adjacent to a pair of closely contacting inner end faces of the pole cores so that the plastically deformed portion is let to move into a radially outward direction rather than further continuing movement in an axial direction within the relief space portion. The plastically deformed portion is thus prevented from entering between the inner end faces of the pole cores.
US07977845B1 Induction motor
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to an induction motor including a stator having a circular cross-section and an inner passage having a longitudinal axis defining a bore, a solid core steel rotor having a circular cross-section rotatably disposed within the bore of the stator, and an air gap disposed between the rotor and the stator. A copper conductive layer is disposed on the steel rotor to increase the electrical conductance of the rotor. Exemplary embodiments adhere the copper conductive layer to the steel rotor using Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP). The HIP process encloses the steel rotor and the copper conductive layer in a containment vessel, and adheres the conductive layer to the rotor by applying high temperature and high gas pressure to the outside of the containment vessel.
US07977843B2 Axial gap type motor
The axial gap type motor according to the present invention is provided with: a rotor and a first stator and a second stator, wherein the first and second stators includes an annular back yoke and a plurality of teeth which is provided on the annular back yoke at predetermined intervals in a peripheral direction so as to protrude toward the rotor in the direction of the rotation axis; the peripheral pitch of the plurality of teeth of the first and second stators are equal to each other; and in a case where the first stator and the second stator which sandwich the rotor therebetween in the direction of the rotation axis are seen from one side in the direction of the rotation axis, facing surfaces of the teeth of the first and second stators which face to the rotor are formed so as not to overlap completely each other.
US07977842B2 Adaptive winding system and control method for electric machines
An adaptive winding configurations and control method is disclosed for the electromagnetic poles of electric machines, including motors and generators. Motors utilizing the inventive adaptive winding configuration and control method are able to dynamically adjust their operating characteristics to maintain a constant rated power over a large operating speed range with high efficiency. Generators employing the inventive adaptive winding configuration and control method are able to dynamically adjust their operating characteristics in response to a variable driving force to achieve maximum power conversion efficiency. These generators are also able to dynamically change their output voltage and current (thus charging speed) when charging batteries depending on the charged state of the battery, and on the expected duration of the input power.
US07977839B2 Magnetic bearing device and method
An energy-saving magnetic bearing device with no bias current for making the relation between the excitation current and the magnetic force of the electromagnet linear is provided. In a magnetic bearing device for supporting a rotor 1 serving as the magnetic piece in a levitating state allowing free rotation at a specified position by the magnetic force of a pair of electromagnets 2, 3, the electromagnets 2, 3 are constituted to interpose the rotor 1 and face each other. A driver 204 is a PWM (pulse width modulation) type driver for controlling the excitation current in the electromagnets 2, 3 by modulating the pulse width of a voltage driven at a specified carrier frequency fc, and includes a resonator means for electrically resonating at a frequency equal to the carrier frequency fc. When an excitation current flows in either one of the pair of opposing electromagnets 2, 3, then the other magnet is regulated so that the DC component in the electromagnet excitation current is zero, and a voltage is applied via the resonator means to the electromagnet whose DC component in the excitation current is discharged to zero.
US07977838B2 Magnetic levitation motor and pump
A magnetic levitation motor including a stator having magnetic bearing units and a motor unit, and a rotor provided to the stator. And the occurrence of an eddy current at a magnetic bearing is suppressed and the rotation loss of the rotor can be reduced, and also to provide a pump using such the magnetic levitation motor.
US07977828B2 Stepping motor
A stepping motor may include a rotor having a drive magnet and a stator having a drive coil wound in a tube shape and disposed on the drive magnet. The stator may include a first yoke, a second yoke, a plurality of first pole teeth provided in the first yoke, and a plurality of second pole teeth provided in the second yoke. The plurality of the first pole teeth and the second pole teeth may be alternately disposed in a circumferential direction of the rotor.
US07977820B2 Ultrasound transmit pulse generator
A ultrasound transmit pulse waveform generator for driving a piezoelectric transducer in medical ultrasound imaging, nondestructive testing (NDT) ultrasound imaging applications, includes a capacitor, switching programmable current sources, and a power amplifier.
US07977819B2 Power converter and controller using such power converter for electric rolling stock
Provided is a power converter having an inverter (13) wherein capacitors (12) are connected in parallel on a direct current side, and a power supply circuit configured to supply the inverter with a direct current from a power supply (1) and a power storage element (14). A controller using such power converter is also provided for electric rolling stocks. The power supply circuit is provided with a power supply switch (S1) arranged between the power supply and the inverter, a DC-to-DC converter (15A) arranged between the power storage element and the inverter, and a bypass switch (S2) arranged between the power storage element and the inverter.
US07977816B2 DC/DC boost converter with bypass feature
An integrated circuit package includes a DC/DC boost converter for providing an output voltage at a program level to associated components of the integrated circuit package. The DC/DC boost converter includes a first mode of operation wherein the DC/DC boost converter is enabled responsive to an input battery voltage falling below a programmed level of the output voltage. The DC/DC boost converter also includes a second mode of operation wherein the DC/DC boost converter is disabled responsive to the input battery voltage being above the programmed level of the output voltage.
US07977815B2 Polyphase power distribution and monitoring apparatus
A polyphase power distribution and monitoring apparatus having sets of outputs for each phase of power and monitors for each phase of power disposed in the housing. Each monitor provides a visible display of current for an associated phase of power and an audible alarm for each phase of power if the current exceeds a predetermined value or falls below a predetermined value. In three-phase wye power systems, the apparatus preferably includes a neutral line monitor, including a neutral line current display and audio alarm, for the neutral line of the wye power circuit. The apparatus preferably is lightweight, elongated, portable, and mountable to the side of an electronic equipment rack. It may also include additional power monitoring systems such as network power monitoring tools for remotely monitoring the apparatus.
US07977811B2 Method for transmitting signals from electronic housings mounted on the wheels of a vehicle to a central unit mounted on said vehicle
A method of transmitting signals from electronic housings, each mounted on one wheel of a vehicle, to a central unit (11) on the vehicle, uses spread spectrum. There is allocated, on the one hand, to each electronic housing (6-9) and to the central unit (11), a first common generic orthogonal spread code (Cg) identical for the electronic housings and the central unit and, on the other hand, to each electronic housing, a second orthogonal spread code (Ci) specific to the electronic housing. An initializing procedure causes the transmission by each electronic housing of a spread signal (e) based on the common generic spread code (Cg), incorporating the second specific orthogonal spread code (Ci) and the identification code (ID) of the electronic housing. Subsequent transmissions include transmission by each electronic housing of a spread signal (e) on the basis of the second specific spread code (Ci) of the electronic housing.
US07977806B2 Portable electronic device including electric generator
A portable electronic device includes a case; a revolution body rotatable with respect to the case; an electric generator converting rotational kinetic energy of the revolution body into electrical energy; a gear assembly transferring rotational force of the revolution body to the electric generator, and including at least one gear; and a secondary cell storing the electrical energy generated by the electric generator.
US07977805B2 Flexible wiring substrate, semiconductor device and electronic device using flexible wiring substrate, and fabricating method of flexible wiring substrate
A flexible wiring substrate is provided which realizes a fine pitch of a wiring pattern and improves mechanical strength of the wiring pattern so as to prevent breaks or exfoliation of the wiring pattern. A flexible wiring substrate 3 of the present invention includes an insulation tape 6, and a wiring pattern 7 formed on the insulation tape 6. A thickness of the wiring pattern 7 is made thinner in a mounting region, where a semiconductor element is connected to, than in a non-mounting region.
US07977804B2 Ball-bump bonded ribbon-wire interconnect
A ball-bump bonded ribbon-wire interconnect has a ball-bump attached to an integrated circuit's bond pad. A ribbon-wire has one end attached to the ball-bump and its opposing end attached to a substrate's metallized surface. The ribbon-wire may be wider than the ball-bump, and the ball-bump may separate the ribbon-wire from the integrated circuit's surface. The ribbon-wire may interconnect multiple integrated circuits, each of which has a ball-bump or a suitably wide metallized surface, to a substrate's metallized surface. The present invention also includes a method of electrically connecting an electronic component to a substrate.
US07977803B2 Chip structure with bumps and testing pads
A chip structure comprising a silicon substrate, a MOS device, dielectric layers, a metallization structure, a passivation layer, a plurality of metal layers and a polymer layer. The metallization structure comprises a first circuit layer and a second circuit layer over the first circuit layer, and comprises a damascene electroplated copper. The passivation layer is over the metallization structure and dielectric layers, the passivation layer including a first opening exposing a contact point of the metallization structure. The polymer layer is disposed over the passivation layer and the first metal layer, a second opening in the polymer layer being over a second contact point of the first metal layer, the polymer layer covering a top surface and sidewall of the first metal layer. The second contact point is connected to the first contact point through the first opening, the second opening not being vertically over the first opening.
US07977802B2 Integrated circuit packaging system with stacked die and method of manufacture thereof
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a flip chip die, having a backside protrusion; mounting a wire bond die on the flip chip die, adjacent to the backside protrusion; and mounting an internal stacking module over the backside protrusion and the wire bond die.
US07977795B2 Semiconductor device, method of fabricating the same, and pattern generating method
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention has: a semiconductor substrate; an interlayer insulating film formed above the semiconductor substrate; a protective film formed on the interlayer insulating film, the protective film having a higher density than that of the interlayer insulating film; at least one of a wiring and a dummy wiring formed in the interlayer insulating film and the protective film; and a separation wall formed within the interlayer insulating film so as to surround a low density region to separate the low density region from other regions, a sum of covering densities of the wiring and the dummy wiring being lower than a predetermined prescribed value in the low density region.
US07977793B2 Metal line of semiconductor device having a diffusion barrier with an amorphous TaBN layer and method for forming the same
A metal line in a semiconductor device includes an insulation layer formed on a semiconductor substrate. A metal line forming region is formed in the insulation layer. A metal line is formed to fill the metal line forming region of the insulation layer. And a diffusion barrier that includes an amorphous TaBN layer is formed between the metal line and the insulation layer. The amorphous TaBN layer prevents a copper component from diffusing into the semiconductor substrate, thereby improving upon the characteristics and the reliability of a device.
US07977791B2 Selective formation of boron-containing metal cap pre-layer
An interconnect structure with improved reliability is provided. The interconnect structure includes a semiconductor substrate; a dielectric layer over the semiconductor substrate; a metallic wiring in the dielectric layer; a pre-layer over the metallic wiring, wherein the pre-layer contains boron; and a metal cap over the pre-layer, wherein the metal cap contains tungsten, and wherein the pre-layer and the metal cap are formed of different materials.
US07977789B2 Bump with multiple vias for semiconductor package and fabrication method thereof, and semiconductor package utilizing the same
A bump for a semiconductor package forms a polymer layer having multiple vias on an electrode pad above a semiconductor chip to increase an electrical contact area between the electrode pad and a metal bump. Further, the bump forms a polymer layer having multiple vias on a redistribution electrode pad to increase a surface area of an electrode interconnection. The multiple vias increase electrical and mechanical contact areas, thereby preventing current crowding and improving joint reliability. The bump for a semiconductor package may further comprise a stress relaxation layer at the lower portion of the bump.
US07977788B2 Contact structure having a compliant bump and a testing area
A contact structure having both a compliant bump and a testing area and a manufacturing method for the same is introduced. The compliant bump is formed on a conductive contact of the silicon wafer or a printed circuit board. The core of the bump is made of polymeric material, and coated with a conductive material. In particular, the compliant bump is disposed on the one side of the conductive contact structure that includes both the bump and the testing area, wherein the testing area allows the area to be functionality tested, so as to prevent damage of the coated conductive material over the compliant bump during a probe testing.
US07977787B2 Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus is provided with a drawing pattern printing part having a print head which injects a conductive solvent, an insulative solvent and an interface treatment solution. The print head is formed in such a way that desired circuit drawing pattern can be printed on a wafer based on information on the drawing pattern from a wafer testing part, information on the wafer from a storage part and coordinate information from a chip coordinate recognition part. In a semiconductor device manufacturing method according to the present invention, a semiconductor device is manufactured by using the semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus in such a manner that desired circuits are formed through printing process. In the semiconductor device, pad electrodes and so on are formed in such a way that trimming process can be conducted by printing circuit drawing patterns.
US07977781B2 Semiconductor device
In a semiconductor device in which a plurality of memory LSIs and a plurality of processor LSIs are stacked, as the number of stacked layers increase, the communication distance of data between a memory LSI and a processor LSI will increase. Therefore, the parasitic capacitance and parasitic resistance of the wiring used for the communication increase and, as a result of which, the power and speed performance of the entire system will be degraded. At least two or more of the combinations of a processor LSI 100 and a memory LSI 200 are stacked and the processor LSI 100 and the memory LSI 200 in the same combination are stacked adjacent to each other in the vertical direction. Communication between the processor LSI 100 and the memory LSI 200 in the same combination is performed by a dedicated electrode provided therebetween, and communication between processor LSIs 100 and communication from the processor LSI 100 to the outside are performed by a through silicon via for signal 11 which passes through all the LSIs.
US07977775B2 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same
The present invention enables improvement of bonding reliability of the conductive adhesive interposed between a semiconductor chip and a die pad portion. Provided is a semiconductor device, in which a silicon chip is mounted over the die pad portion integrally formed with a drain lead, has a source pad over the main surface and a drain electrode of a power MOSFET over the back side, and is bonded onto the die pad portion via an Ag paste. In the device, a source lead and the source pad are electrically coupled via an Al ribbon. Over the back surface of the silicon chip, an Ag nanoparticle coated film is formed, while another Ag nanoparticle coated film is formed over the die pad portion and lead (drain lead and source lead).
US07977774B2 Fusion quad flat semiconductor package
A semiconductor package which includes a generally planar die paddle defining multiple peripheral edge segments and a plurality of leads which are segregated into at least two concentric rows. Connected to the top surface of the die paddle is at least one semiconductor die which is electrically connected to at least some of the leads of each row. At least portions of the die paddle, the leads, and the semiconductor die are encapsulated by a package body, the bottom surfaces of the die paddle and the leads of at least one row thereof being exposed in a common exterior surface of the package body.
US07977773B1 Leadframe including die paddle apertures for reducing delamination
Embodiments of the present invention provide leadframes including a die paddle including one or more apertures defined therein, and electronic packages employing the same and having a microelectronic device mounted on the die paddle over one or more of the apertures. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US07977772B2 Hybrid metal fully silicided (FUSI) gate
A semiconductor device and system for a hybrid metal fully silicided (FUSI) gate structure is disclosed. The semiconductor system comprises a PMOS gate structure, the PMOS gate structure including a first high-κ dielectric layer, a P-metal layer, a mid-gap metal layer, wherein the mid-gap metal layer is formed between the high-κ dielectric layer, the P-metal layer and a fully silicided layer formed on the P-metal layer. The semiconductor system further comprises an NMOS gate structure, the NMOS gate structure includes a second high-κ dielectric layer, the fully silicided layer, and the mid-gap metal layer, wherein the mid-gap metal layer is formed between the high-κ dielectric and the fully silicided layer.
US07977769B2 ESD protection device
An ESD protection device is described, which includes a first P-type doped region, a second P-type doped region, a first N-type doped region, a second N-type doped region and an isolation structure. The first P-type doped region is configured in a substrate. The second P-type doped region is configured in the first P-type doped region. The first N-type doped region is configured in the first P-type doped region and surrounds the second P-type doped region. The second N-type doped region is configured in the substrate and surrounds the first P-type doped region. The isolation structure is disposed between the first P-type doped region and the second N-type doped region, wherein a spacing is deployed between an outward edge of the first N-type doped region and the isolation structure.
US07977767B2 Spiral planar inductor and manufacturing method thereof
An inductor includes an inductor wiring made of a metal layer and having a spiral planar shape. In a cross-sectional shape in a width direction of the inductor wiring, the inductor wiring has a larger film thickness at least in its inner side end than in its middle part.
US07977762B1 Effective shield structure for improving substrate isolation of analog circuits from noisy digital circuits on a system-on-chip (SOC)
An integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed to include a central area of the IC that is partitioned into a first section containing at least one digital circuit and a second section containing at least one analog circuit; and a guard strip (or shield) that is within the central area and that is positioned within between the digital circuit and the analog circuit. The shield or guard strip comprises of n-well and p-tap regions that separate digital and analog circuits.
US07977758B2 Ferroelectrics and ferromagnetics for noise isolation in integrated circuits, packaging, and system architectures
Disclosed are ferroelectric and ferromagnetic noise isolation structures that reduce electromagnetic interference and noise in integrated circuit devices and system architectures. Representative structures comprise two or more devices that are vertically disposed relative to one another, and a thin ferroelectric or ferromagnetic film layer disposed between the respective devices that isolates electromagnetic energy coupling from one device to another.
US07977757B2 MEMS element, MEMS device and MEMS element manufacturing method
An MEMS element (A1) includes a substrate (1), and a first electrode (2) formed on the substrate (1). The MEMS element (A1) further includes a second electrode (3) including a movable portion (31) spaced from the first electrode (2) and facing the first electrode. The movable portion (31) is formed with a plurality of through-holes (31a). Each of the through-holes (31a) may have a rectangular cross section.
US07977755B2 Suspended nanochannel transistor structure and method for fabricating the same
The present invention discloses a suspended nanochannel transistor structure and a method for fabricating the same. The transistor structure of the present invention comprises a substrate; a side gate formed on the substrate; a dielectric layer covering the substrate and the side gate; a suspended nanochannel formed beside the lateral of the side gate with an air gap existing between the suspended nanochannel and the dielectric layer; a source and a drain formed over the dielectric layer and respectively arranged at two ends of the suspended nanochannel. The electrostatic force of the side gate attracts or repels the suspended nanochannel and thus fast varies the equivalent thickness of the side-gate dielectric layer. Thereby, the on/off state of the element is rapidly switched, or the initial voltage of the channel is altered.
US07977754B2 Poly resistor and poly eFuse design for replacement gate technology
A semiconductor device and method for fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate; an active region of the substrate, wherein the active region includes at least one transistor; and a passive region of the substrate, wherein the passive region includes at least one resistive structure disposed on an isolation region, the at least one resistive structure in a lower plane than the at least one transistor.
US07977741B2 Manufacturing method of flexible semiconductor device and flexible semiconductor device
A layered film of a three-layer clad foil formed with a first metal layer 23, a second metal layer 25, and an inorganic insulating layer 35 interposed therebetween is prepared. After the second metal layer 25 is partially etched to form a gate electrode 20g, the first metal layer 23 is partially etched to form source/drain electrodes 20s, 20d in a region corresponding to the gate electrode 20g. A semiconductor layer 40 is then formed in contact with the source/drain electrodes 20s, 20d and on the gate electrode 20g with the inorganic insulating layer 35 interposed therebetween. The inorganic insulating layer 35 on the gate electrode 20g functions as a gate insulating film 30, and the semiconductor layer 40 between the source/drain electrodes 20s, 20d on the inorganic insulating layer 35 functions as a channel.
US07977723B2 Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an active region formed in the semiconductor substrate and extending in a first direction, the active region including a transistor sub-region and a capacitor sub-region, a first trench extending around the transistor sub-region, an isolation layer disposed in the first trench, a second trench extending around the capacitor sub-region, a first transistor including a first insulating layer disposed on the transistor sub-region, the first transistor including a first conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer, and a first capacitor including a second insulating layer extending over the capacitor sub-region and a sidewall of the second trench, the first capacitor including a second conductive layer disposed on the second insulating layer, the active region having an end portion in the first direction opposite to the transistor sub-region and extending across the first capacitor.
US07977722B2 Non-volatile memory with programmable capacitance
Non-volatile memory with programmable capacitance is disclosed. Illustrative data memory units include a substrate including a source region and a drain region. A first insulating layer is over the substrate. A second insulating layer is over the substrate and between the source region and drain region. A solid electrolyte layer is between the first insulating layer and second insulating layer. The solid electrolyte layer has a capacitance that is controllable between at least two states. A first electrode is electrically coupled to a first side of the solid electrolyte layer and is electrically coupled to a voltage source. A second electrode is electrically coupled to a second side of the solid electrolyte layer and is electrically coupled to the voltage source. Multi-bit memory units are also disclosed.
US07977721B2 High voltage tolerant metal-oxide-semiconductor device
A method for increasing a voltage tolerance of a MOS device having a first capacitance value associated therewith is provided. The method includes the steps of: connecting at least a first capacitor in series with the MOS device, the first capacitor having a first capacitance value associated therewith, the first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a gate of the MOS device and a second terminal adapted to receive a first signal; and adjusting a ratio of the first capacitance value and a second capacitance value associated with the MOS device such that a second signal present at the gate of the MOS device will be an attenuated version of the first signal. An amount of attenuation of the first signal is a function of the ratio of the first and second capacitance values.
US07977720B2 Ferroelectric memory and its manufacturing method
To securely prevent hydrogen from entering a ferroelectric layer of a ferroelectric memory. A first hydrogen barrier layer 5 is formed on the lower side of ferroelectric capacitors 7. Upper surfaces and side surfaces of the ferroelectric capacitors 7 are covered by a second hydrogen barrier layer. All upper electrodes 7c of the plural ferroelectric capacitors 7 to be connected to a common plate line P are connected to one another by an upper wiring layer 91. The upper wiring layer 91 is connected to the plate line P through a lower wiring 32 provided below the ferroelectric capacitors 7. A third hydrogen barrier layer 92 is formed on the upper wiring layer 91 such that all edge sections 92a of the third hydrogen barrier layer 92 come in contact with the first hydrogen barrier layer 5.
US07977716B2 CMOS image sensor with improved fill-factor and reduced dark current
A photosensor and an imaging array utilizing the same are disclosed. The photosensor includes a light conversion region that has separate charge storage regions. The light conversion region includes a plurality of separate charge storage regions within a doped region, each charge collection region being doped such that the mobile charges generated by light striking that charge storage region are prevented from moving to an adjacent charge storage region. The photosensor also includes a plurality of transfer gates, having a gate region adjacent to a corresponding one of the charge storage regions and disposed between that charge storage region and a drain region. The charge collection regions and the drain regions are doped such that the mobile charges collected in the charge storage region will flow to the drain region when a first electric field is applied to the gate region.
US07977705B2 Low-cost substrates having high-resistivity properties and methods for their manufacture
In one embodiment, the invention provides substrates that are structured so that devices fabricated in a top layer thereof have properties similar to the same devices fabricated in a standard high resistivity substrate. Substrates of the invention include a support having a standard resistivity, a semiconductor layer arranged on the support substrate having a high-resistivity, preferably greater than about 1000 Ohms-cm, an insulating layer arranged on the high-resistivity layer, and a top layer arranged on the insulating layer. The invention also provides methods for manufacturing such substrates.
US07977700B2 Resin and metal semiconductor device package and semiconductor light-emitting device incorporating the package
A semiconductor package and a semiconductor light-emitting device including the semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes: a frame for mounting a semiconductor light-emitting element; and a lead integral with the frame. The frame and the lead are made of a resin. A metal film is located in a predetermined area on the frame.
US07977698B2 System and method for surface mountable display
A system and method is disclosed for allowing a solid substrate, such as a printed circuit board (PCB), to act as the support structure for an electronic circuit. In one embodiment, the LEDs which form a part of a scrambler assembly are constructed on a first substrate and the electrical connections are run to the edges of the substrate and end in electrical contacts positioned thereat. The substrate is then connected to the scrambler package by a series of electrical and mechanical connections to form the LED package. The electrical contacts which are part of the LED package extend from the LED package so as to enable electrical contact with a separate controller substrate.
US07977694B2 High light extraction efficiency light emitting diode (LED) with emitters within structured materials
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) where the emission region, usually a (Al,In,Ga)N layer, is structured for efficient light extraction, are disclosed. The structuring is designed for light extraction from thin films, such as a photonic crystal acting as a diffraction grating. In addition, the structuring controls the in-plane emission and allows new modes into which light will be emitted. Various electrode designs are proposed, including ZnO structures which are known to lead to both excellent electrical properties, such as good carrier injection, and high transparency. Alternatively, the (Al,In,Ga)N layer can be replaced by structures with other materials compositions, in order to achieve efficient light extraction.
US07977691B2 Light emitting device and method of manufacturing the same
The present invention relates to a light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the light emitting device. According to the present invention, the light emitting device comprises a substrate, an N-type semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, and a P-type semiconductor layer formed on the N-type semiconductor layer, wherein a side surface including the N-type or P-type semiconductor layer has a slope of 20 to 80° from a horizontal plane. Further, the present invention provides a light emitting device comprising a substrate formed with a plurality of light emitting cells each including an N-type semiconductor layer and a P-type semiconductor layer formed on the N-type semiconductor layer, and a submount substrate flip-chip bonded onto the substrate, wherein the N-type semiconductor layer of one light emitting cell and the P-type semiconductor layer of another adjacent light emitting cell are connected to each other, and a side surface including at least the P-type semiconductor layer of the light emitting cell has a slope of 20 to 80° from a horizontal plane. Further, the present invention is provides a method of manufacturing the light emitting device. Accordingly, there is an advantage in that the characteristics of a light emitting device such as luminous efficiency, external quantum efficiency and extraction efficiency are enhanced and the reliability is secured such that light with high luminous intensity and brightness can be emitted.
US07977687B2 Light emitter device
A light emitting device (LED) structure formed on a Group IV-based semiconductor substrate is provided. The LED structure includes a Group IV-based substrate, an AlN nucleation layer formed on the Group IV-based substrate, a GaN epitaxial layer formed on the AlN nucleation layer, a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) multi-layer structure formed on the epitaxial layer, and an LED active layer formed on the DBR multi-layer structure.
US07977686B2 Chip-scale methods for packaging light emitting devices and chip-scale packaged light emitting devices
A packaged light emitting device includes a carrier substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, first and second conductive vias extending from the top surface of the substrate to the bottom surface of the substrate, and a bond pad on the top surface of the substrate in electrical contact with the first conductive via. A diode having first and second electrodes is mounted on the bond pad with the first electrode is in electrical contact with the bond pad. A passivation layer is formed on the diode, exposing the second electrode of the diode. A conductive trace is formed on the top surface of the carrier substrate in electrical contact with the second conductive via and the second electrode. The conductive trace is on and extends across the passivation layer to contact the second electrode.
US07977685B2 Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device is disclosed capable of reducing the variation of an emission spectrum depending on an angle of viewing a light extraction surface. More particularly, a light-emitting device is disclosed capable of preventing impurities from dispersing from a light-emitting element into a thin film transistor as well as reducing the variation of an emission spectrum depending on an angle of viewing a light extraction surface. The disclosed light-emitting device comprises a substrate; a first insulating layer provided over the substrate; a transistor provided over the first insulating layer; and a second insulating layer having a first opening portion so that the transistor is covered and the substrate is exposed; wherein a light-emitting element is provided inside the first opening portion.
US07977681B2 Photo sensor and light emitting display having the same
A photo sensor includes a light incidence unit including a plurality of light incidence layers, the light incidence unit having a varying light transmittance with respect to external light, and a photo sensing unit including a plurality of photo sensing elements, the photo sensing unit being configured to output electrical signals in accordance with an amount of light transmitted through the light incidence unit to determine intensity of the external light, each of the photo sensing elements being configured to output electrical signals in accordance with light transmitted through a respective light incidence layer.
US07977670B2 Organic transistor
An organic transistor having a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode, and an organic semiconductor layer, wherein the organic semiconductor layer comprises a compound represented by the following general formula [1] or [3]:General Formula [1] wherein A and B independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group. General Formula [3] wherein R1 to R10 are independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group which has 4 or less carbon atoms and may be substituted with a halogen atom, an alkoxyl group which has 4 or less carbon atoms and may be substituted with a halogen atom, an amino group which has 4 or less carbon atoms and may be substituted with a halogen atom, a nitro group, or a cyano group, and the compound contains at least one halogen atom.
US07977669B2 Semiconductor memory device having a liquid-repellent layer
It is an object of the present invention to provide a high-performance and high reliable semiconductor device and to provide a technique of manufacturing the semiconductor device at low cost with high yield. The semiconductor device is manufactured by steps of forming a first conductive layer, forming a first liquid-repellent layer over the first conductive layer, discharging a composition containing a material for a mask layer over the first liquid-repellent layer to form a mask layer, processing the first liquid-repellent layer with the use of the mask layer, forming a second liquid-repellent layer, forming an insulating layer over the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and forming a second conductive layer over the insulating layer.
US07977666B2 Quantum dot infrared photodetector apparatus
The present invention is disclosed that a device capable of normal incident detection of infrared light to efficiently convert infrared light into electric signals. The device includes a substrate, a first contact layer formed on the substrate, an active layer formed on the first contact layer, a barrier layer formed on the active layer and a second contact layer formed on the barrier layer, wherein the active layer includes multiple quantum dot layers.
US07977665B2 Nitride-based light emitting device
A nitride-based light emitting device capable of achieving an enhancement in light emission efficiency and an enhancement in reliability is disclosed. The nitride-based light emitting device includes a light emitting layer including a quantum well layer and a quantum barrier layer, and a stress accommodating layer arranged on at least one surface of the quantum well layer of the light emitting layer.
US07977664B2 Growth method of nitride semiconductor layer and light emitting device using the growth method
Growing a first nitride semiconductor layer on an AlxGayIn1-x-yN(0≦x≦1, 0
US07977660B2 Article, device, and method
An article includes a substrate assembly for use in a detector system. The substrate assembly includes a substrate; a sample reception structure secured to the substrate; a test window extending through the substrate; and a fluid channel defined by a surface of the substrate and extending from the sample reception structure to the test window.
US07977656B2 Charged particle beam irradiation system and method of extracting charged particle beam
A charged particle beam irradiation system includes an accelerator for accelerating a charged particle beam, a beam irradiation apparatus having a beam energy modulator and arranged for irradiating an object with the charged particle beam extracted from the accelerator and having passed the beam energy modulator, which is rotated and whose thickness in the axial direction differs in the rotational direction, and a controller for controlling the extraction intensity of the charged particle beam extracted from the accelerator, while the charged particle beam is being extracted, on the basis of the rotational angle of the beam energy modulator.
US07977653B2 Semiconductor device fabrication method and fabrication apparatus using a stencil mask
A semiconductor device fabrication method includes preparing a substrate having a first circuit pattern of a semiconductor device; providing a mask with at least part of second circuit pattern of the semiconductor device; collimating incident direction of particles; changing at least one of the a substrate angle between a vertical axis of the substrate and the incident direction of the particles and a mask angle between a vertical axis of the mask and the incident direction so that the second circuit pattern on the mask can be aligned to the first circuit pattern on the substrate with a design margin; and selectively irradiating the particles to the substrate using the mask.
US07977651B2 Illumination system particularly for microlithography
There is provided a projection objective for a projection exposure apparatus that has a primary light source for emitting electromagnetic radiation having a chief ray with a wavelength≦193 nm. The projection objective includes an object plane, a first mirror, a second mirror, a third mirror, a fourth mirror; and an image plane. The object plane, the first mirror, the second mirror, the third mirror, the fourth mirror and the image plane are arranged in a centered arrangement around a common optical axis. The first mirror, the second mirror, the third mirror, and the fourth mirror are situated between the object plane and the image plane. The chief ray, when incident on an object situated in the object plane, in a direction from the primary light source, is inclined away from the common optical axis.
US07977649B2 Plasma ion source mass spectrometer
Provided is a plasma ion source mass spectrometer with an ion deflector lens having an improved removal ratio of photons and neutral particles as compared with the conventional art while an ion transmittance is maintained. The ion deflector includes an input side plate-like electrode, an output side plate-like electrode, and a tubular electrode disposed between the input side plate-like electrode and the output side plate-like electrode. The tubular electrode is of a point asymmetrical configuration. The tubular electrode is arranged so that a center axis of the tubular electrode is closer to an axis of travel of ions upstream of the input side plate-like electrode than an axis of travel of ions downstream of the output side plate-like electrode.
US07977648B2 Scanning aperture ion beam modulator
A modulator for ions such as protons employs multiple shutter pairs to create independently movable apertures effecting a multiple pencil beam treatment of the patient thereby increasing treatment speed by eliminating the need for a custom compensator.
US07977647B2 Radiological imaging apparatus
A radiological imaging apparatus using a semiconductor radiation detector to make it possible to reduce a radiation measurement off time that may result from an attempt to avoid polarization, the radiological imaging apparatus comprising a capacitor that applies a voltage to a semiconductor radiation detector that detects a radiation from a subject, first current regulated means for conducting a charge current to the capacitor, and second current regulated means for conducting a discharge current from the capacitor, or comprising a capacitor that applies a voltage to the semiconductor radiation detector, a first resistor that conducts a charge current to and a discharge current from the capacitor, and a second resistor connected in parallel with the first resistor to subject the capacitor to charging and discharging.
US07977646B2 Scintillation detector reflector
A scintillation detector and system includes a scintillation crystal having a surface and a reflector surrounding at least a portion of the scintillation crystal. The reflector includes an organic substrate and an inorganic material fixed to the organic substrate, wherein at least a portion of the inorganic material contacts at least a portion of the crystal surface.
US07977640B2 Scintillation article including a photomultiplier tube article
A scintillation article including a scintillation detector coupled to a photomultiplier tube (PMT) housing, and a PMT assembly disposed within the PMT housing. The scintillation article further includes a cap assembly selectively coupled to the PMT assembly, wherein upon moving the cap assembly from an assembled position in which the cap assembly is engaged with the housing to an extracted position in which the cap assembly is disengaged and removed from the housing, the cap assembly mechanically engages the PMT assembly and extracts the PMT assembly from the PMT housing.
US07977639B2 Device for the remote optical detection of gas
An remote optical gas detection device comprising a detection housing (30) connected to an electronic power supply unit and to a human-machine interface, this detection housing containing an infrared lens (46) for forming an image on an uncooled microbolometer matrix detector (50), a CCD or CMOS-type camera (64) for observing the observed region under visible light, an assembly of electronic means (68) for controlling the detector and for acquiring and digitizing the infrared signals, as well as a processor (82) for processing these signals in order to detect a gas in the observed region and to determine the concentration thereof.
US07977638B2 Long-term stable optical sensor arrangement, especially a hydrogen sensor, and combined gas sensor arrangement
The present invention relates to optical sensor arrangements, especially sensors of the type that can be used in motor vehicles and which can detect hydrogen in a gaseous measured medium. According to the invention, an optical sensor arrangement has the at least one radiation source (108) for emitting radiation, the at least one measuring transducer which modifies its optical characteristics in response to the presence and/or concentration of at least one analyte in a measured medium (104) and is arranged so that it interacts with at least part of the emitted radiation (110), a first detector unit (112) for capturing a change in radiant intensity due to the changed optical characteristics of the measuring transducer and for outputting a first measuring signal and a light conducting body (106) which is transparent to the emitted radiation, wherein the measuring transducer, which is sensitive to the analyte, is arranged on at least one surface of the light conducting body (106) so that the emitted radiation impinges on a surface of the measuring transducer which faces away from the measured medium (104).
US07977630B2 Electron microscope
There is disclosed an electron microscope that achieves low-magnification imaging while the objective lens is kept at high excitation in the same way as during high-magnification imaging. An objective minilens located immediately behind the objective lens demagnifies a specimen image magnified by the objective lens. Consequently, a sharply focused electron beam enters the first intermediate lens. This greatly reduces the effects of off-axis aberrations in the intermediate lenses. The first, second, and third intermediate lenses create a crossover image and a microscope image in the entrance window plane and entrance image plane, respectively, of an energy filter. The energy filter focuses the microscope image and crossover image onto the exit image plane and exit window plane, respectively. The output image from the filter is projected onto the final image plane by first and second projector lenses.
US07977627B2 Ion selection apparatus and method
An ion mobility spectrometer or other ion apparatus has two or three grid electrodes 51 and 52; 151 to 153; 106 and 107; 106′ and 107′ extending laterally of the ion flowpath. An asymmetric waveform with a dc compensating voltage is applied between the electrodes to produce a field parallel to the ion flow path that affects ions differently according to their field-dependent mobility. This filters or delays different ions selectively in their passage to an ion detector 11, 111, 111′ to facilitate discrimination between ions that would otherwise produce a similar output.
US07977624B2 Screen, rear projector, and image display device that are capable of effectively reducing scintillation
A screen includes a screen main body that has a diffusion layer, a frame that is provided along the circumference of the screen main body, and to which the diffusion layer is attached through supporting members to rock, and a driving unit that is mounted on the diffusion layer and moves the diffusion layer in parallel to a surface of the diffusion layer.
US07977623B2 Optical encoder with code wheel misalignment detection and automatic gain control
According to one embodiment, there is provided a device and method for correcting code wheel misalignment which employs upper and lower code wheel misalignment photodetectors positioned above and below at least first and second motion detection photodetectors. According to other embodiments, there are provided a device and method for automatically setting the gain of an output circuit in an optical encoder. Still further embodiments of optical encoders combine the code wheel misalignment and automatic gain control features of the invention.
US07977619B2 Detector array for use in a laser imaging apparatus
A detector array for use in a laser imaging apparatus, comprises a plurality of housings disposed in an arc around an opening in which an object to be scanned is disposed, each housing including an open front end, a rear end and a longitudinal axis; and a detector disposed within each housing at a distance from the front end, thereby to restrict the field of view of each detector. The housings are adapted to be orbited around the object about an orbit axis. Each detector is adapted to simultaneously detect light exiting from the object within the respective field of view of each detector. A method for collecting light exiting from a object being scanned with a light source is also disclosed.
US07977614B2 Method and system for defense against incoming rockets and missiles
An interception system for intercepting incoming missiles and/or rockets including a launch facility, a missile configured to be launched by the launch facility, the missile having a fragmentation warhead, a ground-based missile guidance system for guiding the missile during at least one early stage of missile flight and a missile-based guidance system for guiding the missile during at least one later stage of missile flight, the missile-based guidance system being operative to direct the missile in a last stage of missile flight in a head-on direction vis-a-vis an incoming missile or rocket.
US07977611B2 Systems and methods for providing localized heat treatment of metal components
Systems and methods for providing localized heat treatment of metal components are provided. In this regard, a representative method includes: identifying a portion of a metal component to which localized heat treatment is to be performed; shielding an area in a vicinity of the portion of the metal component; and directing electromagnetic energy in the infrared (IR) spectrum toward the portion of the metal component such that the portion is heated to a desired temperature and such that the area in the vicinity of the portion that is subjected to shielding does not heat to the temperature desired for the heat treatment.
US07977609B2 Temperature measuring device using oscillating frequency signals
This invention provides a wafer-type temperature sensor capable of eliminating the need for an A/D converter, adapting itself to automation and improving the heat resistance to measure temperature distribution of the upper surface of a wafer, a temperature measuring device using the sensor, a thermal processor having a temperature measurement function and a temperature measurement method. The wafer-type temperature sensor comprises a wafer and a plurality of temperature sensors arranged in regions which are formed by segmenting the upper surface of the wafer into a plurality of regions. Each of the temperature sensors includes an oscillation circuit for oscillating a frequency signal corresponding to the temperature of its own region within a frequency band that is different for every region in response to input of power supply voltage.
US07977608B2 Surface heating system
A panel heating system including a support and a heating layer, which contains electrically conductive plastic, with the heating layer configured from a flexible film and the support is flexible. A heatable object is provided, such as, a panel healing system. A method for producing the heating system, in which a heating layer containing electrically conductive plastic is joined to a support. The heating layer is formed by the application of an electrically conductive, in particular expandable or expanded, plastic material to the support, and the subsequent curing of the plastic material on the support. A seat occupancy recognition system is provided that contains elements including electrically conductive plastic. A seat having a seat occupancy recognition system, in addition to a seat occupancy recognition method, according to which a change in the resistance of an electrically conductive plastic material is detected as a result of a weight load on the material.
US07977607B2 Frame for holding heating elements of an electric heater of a ventilating, heating and/or air conditioning unit
A frame for receiving a heating element for an electric heater of a ventilating, heating and/or air conditioning unit of a vehicle, in particular. The frame is shaped in the form of a hollowed-out box whose large faces, intended to be traversed by airflow conveyed by the unit, are held at a distance from each other in order to create between them a space for receiving the heating element. The frame is made of a single part in which means for holding the heating element inside the space are located in the area of the large faces.
US07977606B2 Heat-transer-medium heating apparatus and vehicular air-conditioning apparatus using the same
The invention provides a heat-transfer-medium heating apparatus using a PTC heater and a vehicular air-conditioning apparatus using such a heating apparatus, which have superior heat-conducting properties and ease of assembly, which can improve the heating capacity, and which can ensure sufficient electrical insulation. Included are a PTC heater having a stacked construction in which an electrode plate, an incompressible insulating layer, and a compressible heat-conducting layer are sequentially provided on each side of a PTC element so as to sandwich the PTC element; and heat-transfer-medium circulating boxes, respectively disposed in close contact with the two surfaces of the PTC heater and having circulating channels for the heat-transfer-medium formed therein. The heat transfer medium circulating inside the heat-transfer-medium circulating boxes is heated by radiant heat from the two surfaces of the PTC heater.
US07977605B2 Heating assembly comprising a PTC element, in particular for a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a heating assembly (1) comprising at least one PCT element, in particular for a motor vehicle, said PCT element (2) being located between two contact sheets (3, 4), which are used to make electrical contact. According to the invention, the heating assembly (1) comprises a frame (7) and at least one of the two contact sheets (3)comprises a staggered section outside the frame (7), said staggered section of the projecting part (10) of the contact sheet (3) running parallel with the remaining part (11) of said sheet (3).
US07977602B2 Laser ablation using multiple wavelengths
In laser micromachining and laser defect repair of a first material, a first set of one or more laser wavelengths is selected in accordance with the first material's absorption characteristics and is combined and delivered concurrently with a second set of one or more laser wavelengths which is selected in accordance with the absorption characteristics of a second material generated by and remaining from the ablating interaction of the first material with the first set of laser wavelengths. The concurrent presence of the second set of one or more laser wavelengths removes the residual second material.
US07977600B2 Methods and systems for providing direct manufactured interconnecting assemblies
A system of interconnecting structures fabricated utilizing an additive manufacturing process is described. The system includes a first component comprising a first unit of an interconnection mechanism, and a second component comprising a second unit of an interconnection mechanism. The first component and first unit are integrally formed utilizing the additive manufacturing process as are the second component and the second unit. The first unit and the second unit are operable to engage one another to attach the first component to the second component.
US07977598B2 Apparatus and method for removal of surface oxides via fluxless technique involving electron attachment and remote ion generation
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the dry fluxing of at least one component and/or solder surface via electron attachment. In one embodiment, there is provided a method for removing oxides from the surface of a component comprising: providing a component on a substrate wherein the substrate is grounded or has a positive electrical potential to form a target assembly; passing a gas mixture comprising a reducing gas through an ion generator comprising a first and a second electrode; supplying an amount of voltage to at least one of the first and second electrodes sufficient to generate electrons wherein the electrons attach to at least a portion of the reducing gas and form a negatively charged reducing gas; and contacting the target assembly with the negatively charged reducing gas to reduce the oxides on the component.
US07977596B2 Control element with proximity sensor
A control element includes a switching element, an operating element for operating the switching element, a printed circuit board, and an electrically conductive sensor element of a capacitive proximity sensor integrated in the operating element. The electrically conductive sensor element is designed to be electrically conductively connected to the printed circuit board.
US07977587B2 Two-stage switch assembly
A switch assembly is provided to actuate a pair of switches using a single push key, e.g. for a camera that utilizes a first switch to activate an image focusing function and a second switch to activate a camera shutter. The switch assembly comprises a contact pad switch and a dome switch that are located laterally to one another. When the push key receives a first downward force, only the contact pad switch becomes activated and a first electric circuit is completed. When the push key receives a second downward force that is greater than the first force, the dome switch collapses and a second electric circuit is completed.
US07977580B2 Intermediate multilayer wiring board product, and method for manufacturing multilayer wiring board
An intermediate multilayer wiring board product includes: a stack of a plurality of resin insulating layers, a first conductor layer, and a second conductor layer. The stack includes: a product forming region comprising a plurality of product portions arranged along a major surface of the stack, each of the plurality of product portions to become a product of the multilayer wiring board; and a frame portion surrounding the product forming region. The first conductor layer is formed on at least one of the plurality of resin insulating layers within each of the plurality of product portions. The second conductor layer is formed on at least one of the plurality of resin insulating layers within the frame portion. The frame portion has a plurality of cuts penetrating the frame portion in a thickness direction thereof, the plurality of cuts being arranged at substantially equal intervals.
US07977579B2 Multiple flip-chip integrated circuit package system
An integrated circuit package system includes forming a multi-tier substrate, and attaching a plurality of integrated circuits on the multi-tier substrate.
US07977577B2 Multi-layer flexible printed circuit board and method for manufacturing the same
Disclosed are a multi-layer flexible printed circuit board and a method for manufacturing the same. The multi-layer flexible printed circuit board includes an adhesion sheet from which a pressing and heating area is cut, an upper base layer, from which the pressing and heating area is cut, on the adhesion sheet, and a lower base layer under to the adhesion sheet.
US07977571B2 Method and apparatus for provision of temporary conductor tension support in transmission or distribution circuits
A conductor supporting assembly includes a pair of yokes having a pair of cables extending therebetween in spaced parallel array. Actuators tension the cables so as to selectively draw the yokes toward each other along the cables. Grips cooperate with yokes for mounting the yokes in spaced apart array to and along a conductor segment of a conductor to be serviced so as to extend the conductor segment along and substantially medially between the yokes. The drawing of the yokes toward each other thereby de-tensions the conductor segment to allow for repair or service.
US07977570B2 Dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device
The invention relates to a photoelectric conversion device, using oxide semiconductor fine particles sensitized with a methine dye represented by the following formula (1) and a solar cell using the same, and a solar cell high in conversion efficiency can be obtained at low cost: in the formula (1), n represents an integer of 0 to 7; R1 represents an optionally-substituted aromatic residue or optionally-substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon residue, or an acyl group; X represents an optionally-substituted hydrocarbon residue which has 2 to 4 carbon atoms; Y represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally-substituted aromatic residue or aliphatic hydrocarbon residue, a carboxyl group or the like, and preferably represents a carboxyl group; Z represents an optionally-substituted aromatic residue or aliphatic hydrocarbon residue, or an acyl group; A1, A2 and A3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally-substituted aromatic residue or aliphatic hydrocarbon residue or the like, and preferably represent a hydrogen atom; and a benzene ring a may have substituent(s) other than those shown in the above formula.
US07977569B2 Dye sensitized solar cell module and manufacturing method thereof
A solar cell module is provided with a plurality of dye sensitized solar cells arranged on a plane and connected in series with an intercell region interposed therebetween. A first transparent substrate, a first transparent conductive film, a dye carrying oxide semiconductor layer, an electrolyte layer, a catalyst layer, a second transparent conductive film and a second transparent substrate are laminated. An insulating barrier seals cells on both sides thereof in fluid tightness and insulates them in the intercell region. An electrode connecting portion provided in a vertical central part of the insulating barrier connects an extended portion of the first transparent conductive film of one of the cells to that of a second transparent conductive film of the other cell, and the electrode connecting portion penetrates through at least one of the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate in the vertical direction and is thus exposed.
US07977566B2 Optical instrument pickup
A optoelectronic pickup for a musical instrument includes at least one light source which directs light to impinge a string of the musical instrument in at least one photoreceiver located to detect the reflected light, so as to generate an electrical signal that is responsive to string vibrations. A number of dissimilar filter approaches are included to control undesired effects of spurious light, the filter approaches may be structure-based, signal processing-based, and/or optics-based.
US07977565B1 Vibration apparatus and method for seasoning stringed musical instruments
Apparatus and method for seasoning stringed musical instruments comprises an electric vibration generator coupled to a string cradle. The string cradle is detachably attachable to the strings of the instrument through a plurality of flanges extending between the strings.
US07977564B2 Electronic keyboard musical instrument
In normal mode or expansion mode, a normal load table 53 or an expansion load table 54 is selected, respectively, to store half area start position HS and half area end position HE as effect-switchable positions. The selected load table is referenced to generate and output drive signals so as to obtain depression reaction force F according to position ST. In accordance with player's depression/release of keys, musical tone signals are generated on the basis of waveform data 51 and envelope data 52 corresponding to the manipulated keys, designated basic tone color and depression area to carry out tone emission/tone-vanishing processes. Both the characteristics of musical tones and the rate of change in the reaction force switch at the effect-switchable positions.
US07977561B2 Modular keyboard system
Disclosed is a modular electronic musical keyboard performance system that can be separated into modules for better portability and flexibility.
US07977560B2 Automated generation of a song for process learning
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to ad hoc music creation to facilitate learning and provide a method, system and computer program product for the automated generation of a song for process learning. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for automated generation of a song for process learning can include loading from fixed storage a process description for transformation into a song intended to facilitate learning of the process by a target listener. The method also can include defining lyrical segments for the process description, selecting a particular melody from a set of melodies stored in fixed storage, and mapping the defined lyrical segments to musical phrases in the particular melody. Finally, the method can include merging pre-recorded audio segments corresponding to the defined lyrical segments with the musical phrases in the particular melody according to the mapping to generate the song.
US07977558B2 Strainer, and snappy holding structure by the strainer
Intended is to provide a strainer having a switch mechanism, which is hardly rattled by a wear, which can be stably operated by a weak force, which does not load a snare assembly and which can maintain an excellent operation feel, and a snare assembly holding structure which has a reliable clamping force so that it can prevent the looseness of the snare assembly end portion. An operation lever is hinged on its base end side to a base body. A link is turnably connected on its one end side to the lower side portion of a snare assembly holding member, and is likewise turnably connected on its other end side to a midway position of the operation lever. When the operation lever turns upward, the snare assembly holding member is pulled upward through the link. When the operation lever turns downward, the snare assembly holding member is pushed downward.
US07977557B2 Musical instrument plectrum clip
The Pick clip increases ones ability to do multiple plucked instrument techniques without having to lose control of the pick. With the pick fixed to the thumb there is no effort wasted on holding the pick between the thumb and index finger, allowing the user to utilize the index finger and thumb independently to pluck, and tap the instrument along with using the instrument percussively.
US07977552B1 Maize variety hybrid X7P254
A novel maize variety designated X7P254 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety X7P254 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X7P254 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X7P254, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X7P254. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X7P254.
US07977546B1 Soybean variety XB13D09
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB13D09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB13D09, to the plants of soybean XB13D09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB13D09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB13D09 with another soybean plant, using XB13D09 as either the male or the female parent.
US07977543B1 Soybean cultivar 04KG127412
The present invention is in the field of soybean cultivar 04KG127412 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean cultivar 04KG127412 and its progeny, and methods of making 04KG127412.
US07977542B2 Soybean variety D4215895
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated D4215895. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety D4215895. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety D4215895 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety D4215895 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US07977541B2 Soybean variety D5124857
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated D5124857. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety D5124857. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety D5124857 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety D5124857 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US07977538B2 Sclerotinia-resistant Brassica
The invention provides Brassica plants and lines having an improved Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Disease Incidence (SSDI %) score and represented by, or descended from, ATCC accession number PTA-6777 or PTA-6781.
US07977536B2 Lettuce cultivar ‘Steamboat’
A lettuce cultivar, designated ‘Steamboat’, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar ‘Steamboat’, to the plants of lettuce cultivar ‘Steamboat’ and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar ‘Steamboat’ with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar ‘Steamboat’, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar ‘Steamboat’ and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar ‘Steamboat’ with another lettuce cultivar.
US07977535B2 DNA encoding ring zinc-finger protein and the use of the DNA in vectors and bacteria and in plants
The present inventions relate to compositions and methods for providing stress tolerant transgenic plants comprising a RING domain zinc-finger motif transcription factor protein. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions and methods comprising a RING-H2 domain transcription factor protein for providing drought and salt tolerant plants, in particular comprising a recombinant XERICO gene and protein.
US07977534B2 Promotion of somatic embryogenesis in plants by Wuschel gene expression
The present invention relates to methods for promoting somatic embryogenesis from a tissue or organ of a plant, by overexpressing a Wuschel gene in said tissue or organ. In one embodiment, such overexpression can be used as a silent selectable marker for transgenic plants. In another embodiment, such expression can be used to confer apomixis to a plant. In another embodiment, such overexpression can be used to create haploid plants, which can be used to produce dihaploid plants.
US07977531B2 Absorbent articles comprising absorbent materials exhibiting deswell/reswell
The present invention relates to absorbent articles that include absorbent compositions which exhibit swelling, deswelling, and reswelling behavior. More specifically, absorbent compositions of this invention swell and absorb fluids after exposure to aqueous fluids, deswell and release fluids from the swollen absorbent compositions, and can also reswell and absorb fluids. The swelling-deswelling-reswelling behavior allows enhanced liquid distribution in absorbent composites and absorbent articles.
US07977530B2 Absorbent articles comprising absorbent materials exhibiting deswell/reswell
The present invention relates to absorbent articles that include absorbent compositions which exhibit swelling, deswelling, and reswelling behavior. More specifically, absorbent compositions of this invention swell and absorb fluids after exposure to aqueous fluids, deswell and release fluids from the swollen absorbent compositions, and can also reswell and absorb fluids. The swelling-deswelling-reswelling behavior allows enhanced liquid distribution in absorbent composites and absorbent articles.
US07977527B2 Dispensing device and method for forming material
Described is a method of supplying an active ingredient to a location beneath the outer layer of skin or into soft tissue which includes the steps of providing a polymer-containing liquid comprising an active ingredient; subjecting the liquid issuing from an outlet to an electric field to cause the liquid to form at least one electrically charged jet that breaks up to provide charged fiber fragments or fibrils containing an active ingredient, the fiber fragments or fibrils being capable of sticking onto the outer layer of skin or soft tissue to supply the active ingredient beneath the outer layer of skin or soft tissue; and contacting skin with the fiber fragments or fibrils.
US07977525B2 H2SO4 alkylation by conversion of olefin feed to oligomers and sulfate esters
A process for treating an alkylation feedstock comprising olefins, n-alkanes, and iso-alkanes, the process including: contacting at least a portion of the alkylation feedstock with sulfuric acid in a reaction zone under conditions to form sulfate esters of the olefins; separating the n-alkanes and the iso-alkanes from the sulfuric acid and the sulfate esters; recovering the n-alkanes and the iso-alkanes in a first product stream; and recovering the sulfate esters in a second product stream; wherein the sulfuric acid has a strength titrating as below 75 weight percent H2SO4/water mixtures.
US07977520B2 Method for the telomerization of non-cyclic olefins
Process for telomerizing noncyclic olefins having at least two conjugated double bonds with at least one nucleophile using a catalyst containing a metal of group 8, 9 or 10 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, wherein the overall telomerization process has a process step of catalyst recycling, in which hydrogen is added via a hydrogen source to the mixture present in this process step.
US07977519B2 Production of aromatic hydrocarbons from methane
In a process for converting methane to higher hydrocarbons including aromatic hydrocarbons, a feed containing methane is contacted with a dehydrocyclization catalyst in a reaction zone under conditions effective to convert said methane to aromatic hydrocarbons. A first portion of the catalyst is transferred from the reaction zone to a heating zone, where the first catalyst portion is heated by contacting the catalyst with hot combustion gases generated by burning a supplemental source of fuel. The heated first catalyst portion is then returned to the reaction zone.
US07977518B2 Transverse-flow pyrocatalytic reactor for conversion of waste plastic material and scrap rubber
A process and system for converting organic waste into reusable hydrocarbon is described wherein the process includes feeding an organic waste into a pyrocatalytic reactor which is essentially free of halogenated synthetic resinous material into a molten lead bath which is confined in a reactor in an substantially oxygen-free atmosphere which is admixed with a catalytic material comprising particulate aluminum oxide and aluminum powder. The waste is thermally and catalytically converted with at least 50% effectiveness to produce a reusable hydrocarbon.
US07977516B2 Process of obtainment of trans-resveratrol and/or emodin and nutraceutical compositions containing them
Processes for the separation and purification of polyphenol trans-resveratrol and/or anthraquinone emodin from Polygonum cuspidatum and/or Rumex acetosa, by means of solvent selective extraction. Products obtained by this process present high level of purity; being therefore useful in the preparation of nutraceutical (pharmaceutical and/or food) compositions with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, cardioprotective, neuroprotective, chemoprotective activities, besides protecting against infections and ischemia, treating type 1 and 2 diabetes, reducing obesity and preventing aging. Useful phytomedicines for the same therapeutic activity and prepared from the roots and/or rhizomes of Rumex acetosa or from their fractions are also provided.
US07977509B2 Process for the preparation of acid halides
A process for the preparation of acid halides of formula I which are useful as intermediates in the preparation of i.a. pharmaceutically active compounds.
US07977508B2 Methods for synthesizing ammonia borane
Methods of synthesizing ammonia borane are provided. The methods comprise reacting at least one amine borane with ammonia such that ammonia borane is produced. Ammonia borane has a chemical formula Of NH3—BH3 and provides a good source of storage hydrogen making it useful in a variety of applications including a potential hydrogen source for fuel cells. The methods can further comprise separating the ammonia borane from the other products of the reaction. Exemplary methods can produce ammonia borane having purity greater than about 90 percent. In further examples, the methods can produce ammonia borane having purity greater than about 95 percent or greater than about 99 percent.
US07977505B2 Optimized liquid-phase oxidation
Disclosed is an optimized process and apparatus for more efficiently and economically carrying out the liquid-phase oxidation of an oxidizable compound. Such liquid-phase oxidation is carried out in a bubble column reactor that provides for a highly efficient reaction at relatively low temperatures. When the oxidized compound is para-xylene and the product from the oxidation reaction is crude terephthalic acid (CTA), such CTA product can be purified and separated by more economical techniques than could be employed if the CTA were formed by a conventional high-temperature oxidation process.
US07977502B2 Process for making and refining 3-pentenenitrile, and for refining 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile
The invention provides an integrated, continuous process for the production of 3-pentenenitrile, the refining of 3-pentenenitrile, and the refining of 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, the process comprising: (a) contacting, in a reaction zone, a hydrogen cyanide-containing feed, a butadiene-containing feed, and a catalyst composition, wherein the catalyst composition comprises a zero-valent nickel and at least one bidentate phosphorus-containing ligand selected from the group consisting of a phosphite, a phosphonite, a phosphinite, a phosphine, a mixed phosphorus-containing ligand, and combination thereof; (b) maintaining a residence time in the reaction zone sufficient to convert about 95% or more of the hydrogen cyanide and to produce a reaction mixture comprising 3-pentenenitrile and 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, wherein the 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile concentration is maintained below about 15 weight percent of the total mass of the reaction mixture; (c) distilling the reaction mixture to obtain a first stream comprising 1,3-butadiene, a second stream comprising 3-pentenenitrile, 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile, and optionally 1,3-butadiene, and a third stream comprising the catalyst composition; (d) distilling the second stream to obtain a fourth stream comprising 1,3-butadiene, a fifth stream comprising 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile, and optionally 1,3-butadiene, and a sixth stream comprising 3-pentenenitrile; and (e) distilling the fifth stream to obtain a seventh stream comprising 1,3-butadiene, an eighth stream comprising (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitrile, and a ninth stream comprising 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile.
US07977501B2 Polyether carbonate polyols made via double metal cyanide (DMC) catalysis
The present invention relates to a polyether carbonate polyol made by copolymerizing a starter molecule with carbon dioxide, at a pressure ranging from about 10 psia to about 2,000 psia, and an alkylene oxide, at a temperature ranging from about 50° C. to about 190° C. and in the presence of from about 0.001 wt. % to about 0.2 wt. % of a substantially non-crystalline double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst, wherein the polyol has an incorporated carbon dioxide content of from about 1 wt. % to about 40 wt. %, wherein the ratio of cyclic carbonate by-product to total carbonate is less than about 0.3 and wherein the weight percentages are based on the weight of the polyol. The inventive polyether carbonate polyols may find use in producing polyurethane foams, elastomers, coatings, sealants and adhesives with improved properties.
US07977499B2 Bis(ferrocenylphosphino) ferrocene ligands used in asymmetric hydrogenation reactions
Abstract Compounds of the formula (I) in the form of racemates, enantiomerically pure diastereomers or a mixture of diastereomers, where the radicals R1 are identical or different and are each C1-C4-alkyl; m is 0 or an integer from 1 to 4; n is 0 or an integer from 1 to 3; p is 0 or an integer from 1 to 5; R2 is an aromatic hydrocarbon radical or a C-bonded heterohydrocarbon radical and R3 is an aliphatic or C-bonded heteroaliphatic hydrocarbon radical; R2 and R3 are identical or different and are each an aliphatic or C-bonded heteroaliphatic hydrocarbon radical; R4 is an unsubstituted or C1-C6-alkyl-, C1-C6-alkoxy- or halogen-substituted hydrocarbon radical; and A is a secondary amino group, are ligands for metal complexes which are suitable as catalysts for homogeneous enantioselective hydrogenation.
US07977497B2 Inositolphospholipids and analogues phosphatidylinositol products and processes
Embodiments of the invention relate to natural and synthetic inositolphospholipid (IPL) materials, their preparation and applications. They provide compositions of the parent IPL comprising phosphatidylinositol (PI), PI-phosphates (phosphoinositides) and derivatives and analogues, and a process for their production starting from natural IPL. The embodiments further provide functional derivatives of PI for biomedical applications including a platform for drug design and delivery to therapeutic targets in the phosphoinositide mediated cellular signaling and allied cascades. The embodiments pertain to IPL having absolute stereo-structure. The embodiments further pertain to unique IPL and PI product compositions for defined applications, particularly pharmaceutical compositions for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases related to aberrant cellular and nuclear signaling mediated by PI and PI derived phosphates, and associated phosphoinositide specific enzymes including PI-PLC and PI 3-kinase.
US07977496B2 Process for producing nitroguanidine derivatives
Disclosed is an improved process for producing nitroguanidine derivatives represented by the formula (3), which has an insecticidal activity, or a salt thereof, wherein the substituents are defined herein, in which nitroisourea derivatives represented by the following general formula (1) or a salt thereof wherein the substituents are defined herein, and compounds represented by the following general formula (2) or a salt thereof, wherein the substituents are defined herein, are reacted in the presence of a base in an aqueous solution wherein an inorganic salt is dissolved at not less than 50% of its saturated solubility.
US07977493B2 Chemiluminescent reagents
Chemiluminescent substances are prepared by freezing or lyophilizing a solution of a peroxidized nitrogen-containing five-membered cyclic compound.The chemiluminescent substances have a sensitivity comparable to that of luminol chemiluminescence, are highly water-soluble, have no incorporation of impurities, are not degraded during storage, have high reproducibility in measurement results, and are very suitable for use in the detection and quantification of various substances in many applications, e.g., clinical applications.
US07977491B2 Dendron and dendrimer, method of producing the same, and method of producing a thioacetal compound
A dendron or dendrimer, which has, as a recurring unit of each branch, a structure of formula (I): wherein TC designates a linkage to a former generation in the direction to a focal point of the dendron or a core of the dendrimer; TT designates a linkage to a next generation in the direction to a terminal; X is a divalent group comprised of at least one heteroatom; L1 and L2 each are a divalent linking group; R is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and a method of producing a dendron or a dendrimer; and a method of producing a thioacetal compound.
US07977490B2 Process for producing thiazole compound
A process for producing a thiazole compound of the formula (3): wherein X1 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, which comprises reacting a compound of the formula (1): wherein X1 is as defined above, and X2 represents a halogen atom, with ammonia and formaldehyde to obtain a hexahydrotriazine compound of the formula (2): wherein X1 is as defined above, and reacting the resulting hexahydrotriazine compound with hydroxylamine under acidic conditions. According to this process, the thiazole compound of the formula (3) can be industrially advantageously produced using inexpensive ammonia with suppressing the formation of a byproduct of the formula (4): wherein X1 is as defined above.
US07977486B2 Quinolinium ion derivatives, process for the production of the derivatives, products made by using the same, and reduction and oxidation methods with the derivatives
An electron donor-acceptor dyad is provided that can provide a charge-separated state with longevity and not only high oxidizing power but also high reducing power. A compound of the present invention is a quinolinium ion derivative represented by the following formula (I), a stereoisomer or tautomer thereof, or a salt thereof: where R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and Ar1 to Ar3 each are a hydrogen atom or an electron-donating group. The compound of the present invention has the above-mentioned structure and therefore can provide a charge-separated state with longevity and not only high oxidizing power but also high reducing power and can be used for various products such as photocatalysts, photosensitizers, dyes, oxidants, reductants, dye-sensitized solar cells, and organic EL devices.
US07977484B2 Crystalline form of cyano-1-cyclopropy1-7-1S,6S-2,8-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]nonan-8-yl)-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinoline carboxylic acid
The present invention relates to the trihydrate of pradofloxacin, to a process for its preparation and to antibacterial compositions comprising them.
US07977483B2 Process for making topotecan
A process of making topotecan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof comprising reacting an iminium salt with 10-hydroxy-camptothecin.
US07977482B2 Dark coloured azo dyes
The present invention relates to a) a non-oxidative coloring agent for keratin fibers, in particular human hair, comprising at least one dye according to formula (I) or (II), b) an oxidative coloring agent for keratin fibers, in particular human hair, which comprises at least one oxidizing agent (e.g. hydrogen peroxide), at least one oxidative dye precursor and at least one dye according to formula (I) or (II), and c) a lightening agent for keratin fibers, in particular human hair, which comprises at least one oxidizing agent (e.g. hydrogen peroxide) and at least one dye according to formula (I) or (II), with R4 being a cationic group.
US07977481B2 Pyrimidinyl-thiophene kinase modulators
The present invention provides novel pyrimidinyl-thiophene kinase modulators and methods of using the novel pyrimidinyl-thiophene kinase modulators to treat diseases mediated by kinase activity.
US07977479B2 Method for producing melamine with heat recovery
The invention relates to a method for producing melamine by decomposing urea inside a fluidised bed reactor, during which the hot reaction gas is cooled inside a gas cooler, and the obtained heat is directly used for pre-heating the fluidizing gas required for creating the fluidized bed.
US07977474B2 Uses of porphyrin compounds
The invention provides the use of a compound of Formula (I), or metallated derivative thereof, in the preparation of a medicament for killing or attenuating the growth of microorganisms by a method which does not comprise exposing the compound to a photodynamic therapy light source or a sonodynamic therapy ultrasound source Formula (I) wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, Yi, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Z have meanings given in the description. Preferably, the microorganisms are selected from the group consisting off bacteria, mycoplasmas, yeasts, fungi and viruses.
US07977470B2 Human Ron-related gene variant associated with cancers
The invention relates to the nucleic acid and polypeptide sequences of three novel human Ron-related gene variants (Ron-V1, Ron-V2, and Ron-V3). The invention also provides a process for producing the polypeptides of the variants, as well as uses for the nucleic acid, polypeptide and antibodies to same in diagnosing human breast carcinoma, breast adenocarcinoma, cervix epidermoid carcinoma, cervix epitheloid carcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma, urinary bladder carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, esophagus epidermoid carcinoma and esophagus carcinoma.
US07977465B2 Peptidyl prodrugs and linkers and stabilizers useful therefor
The present invention provides analogues of duocarmycins that are potent cytotoxins. Also provided are peptidyl and disulfide linkers that are cleaved in vivo. The linkers are of use in forming prodrugs and conjugates of the cytotoxins of the invention as well as other diagnostic and therapeutic moieties. The invention provides prodrugs and conjugates of the duocarmycin analogues with the linker arms of the invention.
US07977464B2 Antibody molecules specific to human tumour necrosis factor alpha
There is disclosed antibody molecules containing at least one CDR derived from a mouse monoclonal antibody having specificity for human TNFα. There is also disclosed a CDR grafted antibody wherein at least one of the CDRs is a hybrid CDR. Further disclosed are DNA sequences encoding the chains of the antibody molecules, vectors, transformed host cells and uses of the antibody molecules in the treatment of diseases mediated by TNFα.
US07977462B2 Tyrosine phosphorylation sites
The invention discloses 482 novel phosphorylation sites identified in carcinoma and/or leukemia, peptides (including AQUA peptides) comprising a phosphorylation site of the invention, antibodies specifically bind to a novel phosphorylation site of the invention, and diagnostic and therapeutic uses of the above.
US07977460B2 Compositions comprising coagulation factors IXA and VIII for the treatment of haemophilia A or B
The present invention relates to the use of FIXa and FVIII in the preparation of a composition for the treatment of haemophilia A or haemophilia B in a subject which does not present with anti-FVIII antibodies. The present invention further relates to a composition comprising FIXa and a composition comprising FVIII for simultaneous, simultaneous separate or sequential use in the treatment of haemophilia A or haemophilia B in a subject which does not present with anti-FVIII antibodies.
US07977458B2 Modified chaperonin 10
A novel granule dispersion composition which comprises water and, dispersed therein, a finely pulverized, sparingly water-soluble substance. The granule dispersion composition is prepared by dispersing in water a granular material which comprises a specific substance sparingly soluble in water, a polymer, and an oil and has an average particle diameter of 1 μm or smaller and in which the ratio of the total weight of the polymer and oil to the weight of the specific substance is 1.5 or higher.
US07977449B2 Polyamide piece reinforced with long fibers
The present invention relates to reinforced articles based on a polyamide matrix of high melt flow index and on long fibers. The articles according to the invention exhibit good mechanical properties, such as good tensile strength, good surface finish and good moldability.
US07977442B2 Radiation-sensitive composition, polymer and monomer
A polymer includes a repeating unit shown by a general formula (1) in which R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted linear or branched monovalent alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alicyclic group having 3 to 25 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, and X represents a substituted or unsubstituted methylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted linear, branched or alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 2 to 25 carbon atoms. The polymer has a polystyrene-reduced weight average molecular weight determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of 3000 to 100,000.
US07977441B2 Acetylene-based polymer
An acetylene-based polymer, comprising n recurring units represented by the following Formula (1): CH═CAn  (1) wherein, n is an integer of 10 to 10,000; each A represents a group selected from a naphthyl group, a phenanthryl group, a pyrenyl group and an anthryl group, which is mono- or di-substituted with a group selected from alkyl groups, alkyl groups substituted with aromatic hydrocarbon groups, R1—O— groups, —S—R2 groups, —NR3R4 groups, a cyano group, a carboxyl group, R5SO2— groups, —COOR6 groups, —CON(R7)(R8) groups and —COR9 groups (each of R1, R5, R6 and R9 is an alkyl group, each of R2, R3, R4, R7 and R8 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group); and the recurring units may be the same as or different from each other.
US07977438B2 Aqueous polymerization of fluorinated monomers using polymerization agent comprising fluoropolyether acid or salt and siloxane surfactant
A process for polymerizing at least one fluorinated monomer in an aqueous polymerization medium in the presence of initiator and polymerization agent to form an aqueous dispersion of particles of fluoropolymer having a fluoropolymers solids content of at least about 10% by weight. The polymerization agent is a combination of fluoropolyether acid or salt thereof and siloxane surfactant. The aqueous polymerization medium contains less than about 300 ppm of perfluoroalkane carboxylic acid or salt fluorosurfactants.
US07977437B2 Process for producing polydienes
A process for preparing a polydiene, the process comprising the step of polymerizing conjugated diene monomer in the presence of a dihydrocarbyl ether, where said step of polymerizing employs a lanthanide-based catalyst system.
US07977436B2 Process and apparatus for olefin polymerization in a fluidized bed reactor
A process and apparatus for gas phase polymerization of olefins in a fluidized bed reactor are disclosed. The process and apparatus employ a vertically oriented fines ejector in order to reduce fouling and reactor downtime.
US07977433B2 Fluororubber composition and production method of cross-linked fluororubber product
A fluororubber composition including a polyol-crosslinkable fluororubber; a cross-linking accelerator comprising a quaternary ammonium salt; and a polyol crosslinking agent; wherein the weight ratio X (quaternary ammonium salt/polyol crosslinking agent) between the cross-linking accelerator and the polyol crosslinking agent is in a range of 0.40 to 0.60; and a production method of a cross-linked fluororubber product, comprising the steps of: previously polyol-crosslinking, as required, the fluororubber composition; and subsequently heat treating the polyol-crosslinked composition, in a temperature range of 200° C. to 300° C. for 0.1 to 48 hours. The fluororubber composition has surface has a lower friction coefficient, and the surface roughness of the cross-linked fluororubber product can be increased without applying a treatment to a mold.
US07977429B2 Polymers and uses thereof
Polymers having polyolefin segments as the side chain, with a structural unit represented by the following Formula (1): wherein A is an olefin polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 400 to 500,000; R is H, an alkyl group, or an aralkyl group; W and Z are each O, HN, or S; and x and y are each 0 or 1, with the proviso that at least one of them is 1. The polymer can be applied as an antistatic agent, a cosmetic additive, a releasing agent for toner, a pigment dispersant, a lubricant for vinyl chloride resins, a coating material, an emulsion composition and the like.
US07977428B2 Linear block copolymer composition
To provide a block copolymer composition excellent in balance of transparency, impact resistance, etc. in the form of not only an excluded product and a blow molded product but also an injection molded product.A linear block copolymer composition having at least three types of polymer blocks with different molecular weights each comprising a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon as monomer units, wherein the molecular weight distribution of a mixture of the polymer blocks is within a specific range, and in GPC of the mixture, M1/M2 is within a specific range, where M1 is the peak top molecular weight corresponding to a peak at which the peak top molecular weight becomes maximum among peaks forming a proportion of the area of at least 30% to the whole peak area, and M2 is the peak top molecular weight corresponding to a peak at which the peak top molecular weight becomes minimum among peaks at which the peak top molecular weight is at most 50,000 and which form a proportion of the area of at least 20% to the whole peak area.
US07977423B2 Carbon nanotube reinforced polymer and process for preparing the same
Carbon nanotube reinforced polymers include a polymer and carbon nanotubes reinforcing the polymer. The carbon nanotube reinforced polymer exhibits a conductivity percolation threshold of less than 106 Ω/cm at a carbon nanotube content of 1.5 wt. % and less. The polymer may be selected from a polyamide or a polystyrene based polymer. In certain embodiments, the carbon nanotube content is between 0.1 to 1.5 wt. %, and the reinforced polymer will have a percolation threshold at a carbon nanotube content of less than 0.5 wt. %.
US07977409B2 Ink jet ink, ink jet recording method, and ink cartridge
Provided is an ink jet ink capable of achieving both high colorability and excellent bleeding resistance of an image. The ink jet ink includes at least a pigment and a star polymer in which at least three copolymer chains of α,β-ethylenically unsaturated monomers are bonded to a central skeleton, in which the copolymer chains of the α,β-ethylenically unsaturated monomers are copolymers of at least one first monomer selected from the group consisting of aromatic (meth)acrylates and aromatic (meth)acrylamides and at least one second monomer selected from the group consisting of acid monomers and salts of the acid monomers.
US07977408B2 Recording ink, ink set, ink cartridge, ink record, inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method
It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording ink which contains at least a pigment, a dispersant, a water-soluble solvent, a wetting agent and water, wherein the pigment contains at least one of diketopyrrolopyrrole red pigment and phthalocyanine green pigment in order to obtain a recording ink and ink set which excel in discharge stability with no head clogging during printing and can obtain high quality images with good color tone on the regular paper as well as on an exclusive recording paper; and ink cartridge, ink record, inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method which utilize the recording ink and ink set respectively.
US07977405B2 Polymerizable monomer-containing composition
The present invention provides a composition suitable for a dental composition. The present invention is a composition containing: a polymerizable monomer (A) having an unconjugated carbon chain with at least four carbon atoms bonded continuously, at least two polymerizable groups, and at least two hydroxyl groups; and a polymerizable monomer (B) having one polymerizable group and at least one hydroxyl group. When a suitable component is added to this composition, the resultant composition can be used suitably for dental materials such as a primer, bonding material, composite resin, and cement.
US07977403B2 Antiseptic containing silicone elastomers
The present invention relates to compositions comprising silicone elastomers and antiseptics in homogeneous distribution, to processes for the preparation thereof and to uses thereof, for example, in medical articles.
US07977400B2 Photosensitive resin composition
Using a photosensitive resin composition comprising a polyimide (a) having, at the end of the main chain, at least one group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, a phenolic hydroxyl group, a sulfonic acid group and a thiol group, an unsaturated bond-containing polymerizable compound (b1) represented by the general formula (1), and a photopolymerization initiator (c), it is possible to conduct alkaline development and to form a polyimide film having excellent heat resistance, strength and elongation.
US07977396B2 Impact-absorbing members for dynamic impact applications
Cushions for dynamic impact applications include anisotropic cellular polymers made in an extrusion, expanded bead or reactive foaming process. The anisotropic behavior represented by CE/CT, CV/CT and CH/CT, wherein CE, CV and CH represent the compressive strength of the cellular polymer in each of three orthogonal directions E, V and H, respectively, as measured by compressing a 25-50 mm thick sample of the cellular polymer at a strain rate of 0.08 s−1 to 25% strain, CT represents the sum of CE, CV and CH, and at least one of CE/CT, CV/CT and CH/CT has a value of at least 0.40, up to about 0.80. The cellular polymer also preferably has density of 1.75 to 2.35 pounds/cubic foot and a compressive stress in the direction of maximum compressive strength of 290-600 kPa at 25% strain when used for headliner countermeasure applications. The cushions are useful in automotive applications such as automotive headliners, door panels, knee bolsters, pillars, headrests, seat backs, load floors or instrument panels.
US07977392B2 Water insoluble additive for improving conductivity of an ion exchange membrane
A water insoluble additive for improving the performance of an ion-exchange membrane, such as in the context of the high temperature operation of electrochemical fuel cells. The insoluble additive comprises a metal oxide cross-linked matrix having proton conducting groups covalently attached to the matrix through linkers. In one embodiment, the metal is silicon and the cross-linked matrix is a siloxane cross-linked matrix containing silicon atoms cross-linked by multiple disiloxy bonds and having proton conducting groups covalently attached to the silicon atoms through alkanediyl linkers.
US07977390B2 Method for plasma etching performance enhancement
A method for etching features in a dielectric layer is provided. A mask is formed over the dielectric layer. A protective silicon-containing coating is formed on exposed surfaces of the mask. The features are etched through the mask and protective silicon-containing coating. The features may be partially etched before the protective silicon-containing coating is formed.
US07977388B2 Quinone derivative 2,3-dimethoxy-5-methyl-6-(10-hydroxydecyl)-1,4-benzoquinone for the treatment of muscular dystrophies
Use of idebenone for the preparation of a medicament for the treating of a muscular dystrophy in particular for treating and/or preventing weakness and/or loss of skeletal muscle tissue and/or cardiomyopathy associated with a muscular dystrophy.
US07977385B2 Agents for corneal or intrastromal administration to treat or prevent disorders of the eye
Methods and preparations for treating disorders of the eye and/or causing dissolution of corneal proteoglycans and organized healing of corneal stroma, softening of the cornea for non-surgical refractive correction of eyesight, removing corneal haze and opacification, inhibiting fibroblasts and preventing corneal fibrosis and scar formation, treating pterigiums and treating corneal neovascularization as well as iris neovascularization. Preparations containing a) urea, b) urea derivatives (e.g., hydroxyurea, thiourea), c) antimetabolites, e) urea, urea derivatives, non-enzymatic proteins, nucleosides, nucleotides and their derivatives (e.g., adenine, adenosine, cytosine, cytadine, guanine, guanitadine, guanidinium, guanidinium chloride, guanidinium salts, thymidine, thymitadine, uradine, uracil, cysteine), reduced thioctic acid, uric acid, calcium acetyl salicylate, ammonium sulfate, isopropyl alcohol, ethanol, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol or other compound capable of causing nonenzymatic dissolution of the corneal protoeglycans or f) any of the possible combinations thereof, are administered to the eye in therapeutically effective amounts.
US07977383B2 Protective solutions for organs
Described is a protective solution for avoiding ischemic, storage or ischemia/reperfusion to organs, or to isolated cell systems, or to tissue components after perfusion, surgery, transplantation, or cryopreservation and subsequent reperfusion, which contains alkali ions, and if need be also alkaline earth ions as the electrolyte, a buffer e.g. on a histidine derivation basis, as well as a polyol and/or a saccharide, has an osmolarity of about 290 mosm/l to about 350 mosm/l, as well as a pH value of about 6.8 to about 7.4, and to which hydroxamic acid, and/or one or more hydroxamic acid derivatives are added.
US07977382B2 Therapeutic bio platinum complex
A novel bio platinum complex which increases the therapeutic applicability and effectiveness of platinum used as a cancer treatment in humans and animals especially in anti tumor treatments and to prevent the spread of cancer without fear of high toxicity. The present invention provides for a new method of administration of the bio platinum complex, which is oral administration in specific dosage with suitable carriers either by itself or in combination with other metals or minerals. The administration of the novel bio platinum complex can be carried out in combination with other plant materials depending on the nature of the treatment afforded. Use of the novel bio Platinum complex extends to agriculture and horticulture. Further, the invention is characterized by the irreversible nature of the bio platinum to its metallic form, high solubility, and the non-toxic nature when used in specific dosage, which increases the utility of platinum, in various other fields apart from its therapeutic applications. The present invention also provides for a new process for the preparation of bio platinum with the aid of plant materials.
US07977377B2 Treatment of depressive disorders
The invention provides for the use of carbonic anhydrase activators; protein kinase C activators and FGF-18 to treat depressive disorders. The invention also relates to improved animal models and methods for screening and identifying compounds the treatment of depressive disorders.
US07977376B2 Olopatadine formulations for topical nasal administration
Topical formulations of olopatadine for treatment of allergic or inflammatory disorders of the nose are disclosed. The aqueous formulations contain approximately 0.6% (w/v) of olopatadine.
US07977373B2 Prodrugs of ion channel modulating compounds and uses thereof
Prodrugs of ion channeling modulating compounds, including, for example, prodrugs of the ion channel modulating compound of the following formula: are described herein, as well as methods of making and using such prodrugs and pharmaceutical compositions containing such prodrugs.
US07977363B2 Biphenyl-thiazolo-carboxamides
Novel biphenyl thiazole carboxamides of Formula (I) where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and n have the meanings specified in the description, several methods for the manufacture of these substances and their use for combating undesired microorganisms, as well as novel intermediate products and their manufacture.
US07977362B2 Alpha-(N-benzenesulfonamido)cycloalkyl derivatives
Disclosed are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, methods for using the compounds and processes for making the compounds. More specifically, the disclosure relates to alpha-(N-benzenesulfonamido)cycloalkyl compounds that may inhibit one or both of: (i) the functioning of a γ-secretase enzyme; or (ii) the production of β-amyloid. Such compounds may be beneficial in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other conditions. Representative compounds have the following formula I: wherein: A, R1, and R2 are described herein.
US07977359B2 5-lipdxygenase-activating protein (FLAP) inhibitors
Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein (FLAP). Also described herein are methods of using such FLAP modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating respiratory, cardiovascular, and other leukotriene-dependent or leukotriene mediated conditions or diseases.
US07977358B2 Pyrazol derivatives
The invention is concerned with novel pyrazol derivatives of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X and Y are as defined herein, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are antagonists of CCR-2 receptor and/or CCR-5 receptor and can be used as medicaments.
US07977356B2 Optical isomers of an Iloperidone metabolite
The present invention relates to novel isomers of a metabolite of Iloperidone, their preparation, their use as pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
US07977355B2 N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N-methyl-4-(quinolin-8-yl(1-(thiazol-4-ylmethyl)piperidin-4-ylidene)methyl
N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N-methyl-4-(quinolin-8-yl(1-(thiazol-4-ylmethyl)piperidin-4-ylidene)methyl)benzamide, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and/or mixtures thereof, as well as, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods of treatment therewith, and processes of making N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N-methyl-4-(quinolin-8-yl(1-(thiazol-4-ylmethyl)piperidin-4-ylidene)methyl)benzamide and intermediates thereof.
US07977345B2 c-MET modulators and method of use
A compound for modulating kinase activity according to Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, Wherein J1, J2, J3, R2, J4, Z, Ar and R3 are as defined in the specification, compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
US07977344B2 Compounds
The present invention includes novel compounds useful in the treatment of various disorders in particular infectious diseases, cancer, and allergic diseases and other inflammatory conditions for example allergic rhinitis and asthma, and as vaccine adjuvants.
US07977342B2 HCV inhibiting bi-cyclic pyrimidines
The present invention relates to the use of bi-cyclic pyrimidines as inhibitors of HCV replication as well as their use in pharmaceutical compositions aimed to treat or combat HCV infections. In addition, the present invention relates to processes for preparation of such pharmaceutical compositions. The present invention also concerns combinations of the present bi-cyclic pyrimidines with other anti-HCV agents.
US07977339B2 Substituted imidazole 4-carboxamides as cholecystokinin-1 receptor modulators
Certain novel substituted imidazole 4-carboxamides are ligands of the human cholecystokinin receptor and, in particular, are selective ligands of the human cholecystokinin-1 receptor (CCK-1R). They are therefore useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the modulation of CCK-1R, such as obesity, and diabetes.
US07977336B2 Aminopyrimidine derivatives as PLK1 inhibitors
The present invention relates to a compound represented by Formula [I]: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, are each a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or the like; R3 and R4, which may be the same or different, are each a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, NRaRb, a phenyl group, a lower alkyl group substituted with a phenyl group, a 4-to 7-membered aliphatic heterocyclic group, a lower alkyl group substituted with a 4- to 7-membered aliphatic heterocyclic group, a 5-or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic group, a lower alkyl group substituted with a 5-or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic group, or the like; and R5 is a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, a halogen atom, or a lower alkyl group.
US07977335B2 Methods of preventing and reducing the severity of stress-associated conditions
The present invention provides a method of preventing or reducing the severity of a stress-associated condition in a subject by systemically administering to the subject an effective amount of brimonidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, amide, stereoisomer or racemic mixture thereof. Stress-associated conditions that can be treated according to a method of the invention include, but are not limited to, dyspepsia, tachycardias other than tachycardia associated with myocardial ischemia, panic attack, non-inflammatory dermatological conditions, disorders of muscle contraction, sensory hypersensitivity associated with migraine, and behavioral disorders.
US07977334B2 Beta-agonists, methods for the preparation thereof and their use as pharmaceutical compositions
The present invention relates to new beta-agonists of general formula (I) wherein the groups R1 to R7 have the meanings given in the claims and specification, the tautomers, the enantiomers, the diastereomers, the mixtures thereof, the prodrugs thereof and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids or bases, processes for preparing these compounds and their use as pharmaceutical compositions.
US07977331B1 Tetracyclic fused heterocyclic compound and use thereof as HCV polymerase inhibitor
The present invention relates to a tetracyclic fused heterocyclic compound represented by the following formula [I] wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable a salt thereof, and a hepatitis C virus (HCV) polymerase inhibitor and a therapeutic agent for hepatitis C containing this compound. The compound of the present invention shows an anti-HCV activity based on the HCV polymerase inhibitory activity, and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of hepatitis C.
US07977330B2 Salts and crystal modifications thereof
The invention relates to salts of 1-(2-Fluoro-phenyl)-3-(2-oxo-5-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[e][1,4]diazepin-3-yl)-urea and crystalline forms thereof, their production and usage, and pharmaceutical preparations containing such salts and crystalline forms.
US07977328B2 Heteroaryl benzamide derivatives for use as GLK activators in the treatment of diabetes
Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, HET-1 and HET-2 are as described in the specification, and their salts and pro-drugs, are activators of glucokinase (GLK) and are thereby useful in the treatment of, for example, type 2 diabetes. Processes for preparing compounds of formula (I) are also described.
US07977326B2 Supportive treatment of liver disease
The invention provides a composition and method for treatment of a subject suffering from liver disease comprising the oral administration of a slow release formulation of calcium channel blocker such as diltiazem and thiamine which is also an antioxidant which is relatively hydrophilic when compared with the calcium channel blocker.
US07977322B2 Modulators of ATP-binding cassette transporters
The present invention relates to modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”), compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using such modulators.
US07977320B2 Method of increasing efficacy of tumor cell killing using combinations of anti-neoplastic agents
The present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing the amount of active Syk protein kinase and or SHP-1 protein phosphatase in a cell. The compositions and methods are useful for increasing the efficacy of anti-neoplastic agents, such as those that target the CD33 protein, and which are used to treat leukemia. The invention thus provides for treatment of cancers, including leukemias. The invention also provides screening assays for anti-neoplastic agents in vitro. Methods of screening patients for responsiveness to anti-CD33 treatments are also provided.
US07977319B1 Ultra-high fiber supplement and method of reducing weight, cardiovascular risks and ingested toxins
An improved ultra-high fiber supplement that promotes satiety, caloric reduction, and weight loss. The supplement comprises guar, oat, psyllium, locust bean gum, pectin, green tea, multi-anthocyanadins, pyridoxine, and folic acid. The supplement can exist as a liquid, semi-solid, or solid comestible. It improves cardiovascular health and reduces cardiovascular inflammation and the risk of heart disease. The addition of antioxidants, including green tea, improves weight loss, and general and cardiovascular health. Also it reduces serum lipoprotein oxidation and risk of free-radical related diseases. Consumption of the supplement aids in reducing absorption and assimilation of ingested toxins. A method of providing an ultra-high fiber comestible that is highly palatable and can be used to supplement nutrition and to manage and prevent diet-related diseases is disclosed. Further embodiments increase fiber and other nutrients in the diet and helps manage and prevent all diet-related diseases.
US07977316B2 Prevention and treatment of amyloidogenic diseases
Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for preventing or treating a number of amyloid diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, prion diseases, familial amyloid neuropathies and the like. The pharmaceutical compositions include immunologically reactive amounts of amyloid fibril components, particularly fibril-forming peptides or proteins. Also disclosed are therapeutic compositions and methods which use immune reagents that react with such fibril components.
US07977308B2 Lys-Thr dipeptides and their use
Dipeptides and derivatives and analogs, such as Pal-KT have been developed. These dipeptides, derivatives and analogs may be used alone or in an additive, to produce cosmetics, topical pharmaceuticals and personal care products, particularly for skin care. Methods of making the dipeptides, derivatives, analogs and additives containing same are also described.
US07977306B2 Albumin fusion proteins
The present invention encompasses albumin fusion proteins. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the albumin fusion proteins of the invention are also encompassed by the invention, as are vectors containing these nucleic acids, host cells transformed with these nucleic acids vectors, and methods of making the albumin fusion proteins of the invention and using these nucleic acids, vectors, and/or host cells. Additionally the present invention encompasses pharmaceutical compositions comprising albumin fusion proteins and methods of treating or preventing diseases, disorders or conditions related to diabetes mellitus using albumin fusion proteins of the invention.
US07977301B2 Wet wipe lotions comprising particulate material
The present invention provides a wet wipe made up of a substrate impregnated with a cleaning lotion where the cleaning lotion includes a particulate material.
US07977300B2 Laundry care compositions with thiazolium dye
The present invention relates to thiazolium dyes and laundry care compositions comprising one or more thiazolium dyes. The dyes and compositions are advantageous in providing improved hueing of fabric, including whitening of white fabric, while avoiding significant build up of bluing dyes on the fabric.
US07977296B2 Liquid detergent composition comprising an acrylic polymer/viscosity control agent mixture
A composition comprising a liquid portion comprising at least one surfactant, at least one suspending agent, and at least one viscosity control agent, wherein the composition has an apparent viscosity under a shear stress of 0.5 Pa of at least about 1,000 Pa·s; and the composition has an apparent viscosity under a shear stress of 100 Pa of less than about 10 Pa·s. The composition is capable of suspending materials, but it still has desired rheological properties.
US07977290B1 Body cleansing composition
A composition and method are provided. The composition is free of a non-botanical lathering agent and may include a botanical agent, a conditioning agent, a skin soothing agent, an antioxidant, an emulsifying agent, a chelating agent, and a preservative. The composition may be a skin cleansing composition free of a non-botanical lathering agent. The composition may be applied to the skin. The composition may be rinsed from the skin after it has remained on the skin for a period of time.
US07977289B2 Substantially surfactant free in-shower gel compositions comprising hydrophilic and hydrophobic benefit agents
The invention relates to substantially surfactant free gel compositions comprising hydrophobic and hydrophilic benefit agents. Unexpectedly, the applicants have found these agents deposit with greater substantivity from such liquid gel compositions relative to surfactant-containing lotion.
US07977285B2 Hydrocarbon fluid compositions and methods for using same
Hydrocarbon fluid compositions comprising a liquid hydrocarbon, an aluminum soap, a hydrocarbon foaming agent and a gas. The fluids can be used in various oil field operations.
US07977281B2 Methods for minimizing the amount of graphite particles used during drilling operations
Methods for minimizing the amount of graphite particles used during drilling operations, the methods comprise performing drilling operations using a drilling fluid system having effective rheological and fluid loss control properties, the drilling fluid system comprising a mixture of graphite particles having an effective particle size distribution.
US07977280B2 Process for minimizing breaking of emulsion type drilling fluid systems, emulsion type drilling fluid systems, and spotting fluids
A process for minimizing breaking of an emulsion type drilling fluid system comprising one or more fibrous lost circulation material, the process comprising: determining the water retention value of one or more candidate fibrous lost circulation materials; and, formulating the emulsion type drilling fluid system to comprise fibrous lost circulation material consisting of one or more of the candidate fibrous lost circulation materials having a water retention value of about 1 or less.
US07977278B2 Suspension concentrates
The present invention relates to novel suspension concentrates of certain agrochemically active compounds, to a process for preparing these formulations and to their use for applying the active comprised therein.
US07977271B2 Multiple-metal complex-containing compound and metal complex, and manufacture methods therefor, and exhaust gas purification catalyst manufacture method using the same
A multiple-metal complex-containing compound in accordance with an embodiment has a plurality of metal complexes in each of which a ligand is coordinated to one metal atom or a plurality of metal atoms of the same kind. The plurality of metal complexes are bound to each other via a polydentate ligand that substitutes partially the ligands of the two or more metal complexes, and have 2 to 1000 metal atoms.
US07977266B2 Aluminum titanate ceramic forming batch mixtures and green bodies with pore former
A ceramic forming batch mixture including inorganic batch materials, such as sources of alumina, titania, and silica, a low amount of one or more pore formers including at least one starch; an organic binder; and a solvent. Also disclosed is a method for producing a ceramic article involving mixing the inorganic batch materials with the low amount of pore former, adding an organic binder and a solvent, forming a green body; and firing the green body. A green body having a low amount of the one or more pore formers including starch is disclosed.
US07977265B2 Triboceramic compound
The present invention relates to the machine building industry and it is used for coating of friction surfaces by triboceramics to decrease wear and to reduce the friction coefficient. The triboceramic compound contains oxides—magnesium oxide MgO, silica SiO2, alumine Al2O3, calcium oxide CaO, ferric oxide Fe2O3, being in the chemical composition of serpentine and talc, the natural and/or synthesized heat unprocessed and/or dehydrated minerals—serpentine, talc, clinochlore, magnesite, quartz and aluminium hydroxide are introduced forming a mixture with the following composition of oxides, in mass %: SiO2-46-54; MgO-26-32, Al2O3-2-5; Fe2O3-1.0-1.5; CaO-0.1-0.3, water H2O-5 or less.
US07977259B2 Roofing underlayment and method of producing same
A roofing membrane suitable for use as an underlayment comprising a flexible, non-woven mat of polymeric fibers which are substantially uniformly dispersed throughout the non-woven mat and thermally bonded together at the points of intersection by the polymeric materials of the fibers, the mat having a top side and a bottom side, a layer of an asphaltic material being disposed on the bottom side of the mat to provide a coated mat and a liquid parting agent applied to the top side of the mat.
US07977258B2 Method and system for thermally processing a plurality of wafer-shaped objects
Process and system for processing wafer-shaped objects, such as semiconductor wafers is disclosed. In accordance with the present disclosure, a multiple of two wafers are processed in a thermal processing chamber. The thermal processing chamber is in communication with at least one heating device for heating the wafers. The wafers are placed in the thermal processing chamber in a face-to-face configuration or in a back-to-back configuration.
US07977252B2 Method of formation of coherent wavy nanostructures (variants)
The method for forming wavelike coherent nanostructures by irradiating a surface of a material by a homogeneous flow of ions is disclosed. The rate of coherency is increased by applying preliminary preprocessing steps.
US07977247B2 Field effect transistor device including an array of channel elements
The present invention relates to a semiconductor structure such as a field effect transistors (FETs) in which the channel region of each of the FETs is composed of an array of more than one electrically isolated channel. In accordance with the present invention, the distance between each of the channels present in the channel region is within a distance of no more than twice their width from each other. The FETs of the present invention are fabricated using methods in which self-assembled block copolymers are employed in forming the channel.
US07977244B2 Semiconductor manufacturing process
Disclosed is a semiconductor manufacturing process, in which a fluorine radical-containing plasma is used to etch a hard mask and a layer therebeneath; and a treatment is carried out using a gas reactive to fluorine radicals for reacting with residual fluorine radicals to form a fluorine-containing compound and remove it. Thus, precipitates formed by the reaction of fluorine radicals and titanium components existing in the hard mask to cause a process defect can be avoided.
US07977243B2 Barrier metal film production apparatus, barrier metal film production method, metal film production method, and metal film production apparatus
A Cl2 gas plasma is generated at a site within a chamber between a substrate and a metal member. The metal member is etched with the Cl2 gas plasma to form a precursor. A nitrogen gas is excited in a manner isolated from the chamber accommodating the substrate. A metal nitride is formed upon reaction between excited nitrogen and the precursor, and formed as a film on the substrate. After film formation of the metal nitride, a metal component of the precursor is formed as a film on the metal nitride on the substrate. In this manner, a barrier metal film with excellent burial properties and a very small thickness is produced at a high speed, with diffusion of metal being suppressed and adhesion to the metal being improved.
US07977241B2 Method for fabricating highly reliable interconnects
A method of fabricating highly reliable tungsten interconnects takes into consideration the effects of charging that can occur within a CMP apparatus due to unrestricted DI water flow, limited only by house supply. Such effects are addressed with the use of a variable pressure input constant flow output in-line controller to the DI water line coupled to the head cleaning loading and unloading module of the CMP apparatus.
US07977236B2 Method of forming a transistor gate of a recessed access device, method of forming a recessed transistor gate and a non-recessed transistor gate, and method of fabricating an integrated circuit
Methods and structures are provided for full silicidation of recessed silicon. Silicon is provided within a trench. A mixture of metals is provided over the silicon in which one of the metals diffuses more readily in silicon than silicon does in the metal, and another of the metals diffuses less readily in silicon than silicon does in the metal. An exemplary mixture includes 80% nickel and 20% cobalt. The silicon within the trench is allowed to fully silicide without void formation, despite a relatively high aspect ratio for the trench. Among other devices, recessed access devices (RADs) can be formed by the method for memory arrays.
US07977234B2 Fabrication method of semiconductor integrated circuit device
A method of fabrication of a semiconductor integrated circuit device, including polishing the entire area of an edge of a wafer, for example, uses three polishing drums in which a polishing drum polishes the upper surface of the edge of the wafer, a polishing drum polishes the central portion of the edge of the wafer and a polishing drum polishes the lower surface of the edge of the wafer, thereby preventing occurrence of obstacles which cause defoliation of thin films on the edge of the wafer.
US07977232B2 Semiconductor wafer including cracking stopper structure and method of forming the same
A semiconductor wafer may include, but is not limited to, the following elements. A semiconductor substrate has a device region and a dicing region. A stack of inter-layer insulators may extend over the device region and the dicing region. Multi-level interconnections may be disposed in the stack of inter-layer insulators. The multi-level interconnections may extend in the device region. An electrode layer may be disposed over the stack of inter-layer insulators. The electrode layer may extend in the device region. The electrode layer may cover the multi-level interconnections. A cracking stopper groove may be disposed in the dicing region. The cracking stopper groove may be positioned outside the device region.
US07977230B2 Rectangular contact used as a low voltage fuse element
A repair fuse element and method of construction are disclosed that eliminate or substantially reduce the disadvantages and problems associated with prior fuse elements. In one embodiment, the fuse element is constructed with a rectangular-shaped contact. The contact is made long enough so that it makes contact at each end with a metal layer, but design rule spacing is still maintained between the connections with the metal layer. The overlapping areas between the rectangular contact and the metal layers are asymmetrical. Alternatively, these overlapping areas are smaller than the design rule overlap requirements. In a second embodiment, a fuse element is constructed with a plurality of rectangular-shaped contacts. As a result, a current value that is significantly lower than conventional fuse current values, can be used to melt such a contact or blow the fuse.
US07977229B2 Method for fabricating resin-molded semiconductor device having posts with bumps
A semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor device to be mounted on a circuit board; a plurality of conductive posts electrically connected to the semiconductor device; and a plurality of conductive bumps each provided on an outer end of each of the conductive posts, so that the plurality of conductive bump is soldered onto the circuit board when the semiconductor device is mounted on the circuit board. A distance between a peripheral edge of the semiconductor device and an outer edge of the conductive post is determined to be narrow so that a solderbility or wetting condition of the conductive bumps can be visibly recognized easily.
US07977227B2 Method of manufacturing a non-volatile memory device
A method of manufacturing a non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes forming a sub-gate without an additional mask. A low word-line resistance is formed by a metal silicide layer on a main gate of the memory device. In operation, application of a voltage to the sub-gate forms a transient state inversion layer that serves as a bit-line, so that no implantation is required to form the bit-line.
US07977226B2 Flash memory device and method of fabricating the same
A flash memory device and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The flash memory device includes an ONO layer on a substrate, polysilicon gates on the ONO layer, a gate oxide layer on the substrate, the ONO layer and the polysilicon gates, and a low temperature oxide layer and polysilicon sidewall spacers on outer side surfaces of the polysilicon gates, except in a region between nearest adjacent polysilicon gates.
US07977225B2 Reducing implant degradation in tilted implantations by shifting implantation masks
In extremely scaled semiconductor devices, an asymmetric transistor configuration may be established on the basis of tilted implantation processes with increased resist height and/or tilt angles during tilted implantation processes by providing an asymmetric mask arrangement for masked transistor elements. For this purpose, the implantation mask may be shifted by an appropriate amount so as to enhance the overall blocking effect for the masked transistors while reducing any shadowing effect of the implantation masks for the non-masked transistors. The shift of the implantation masks may be accomplished by performing the automatic alignment procedure on the basis of “shifted” target values or by providing asymmetrically arranged photolithography masks.
US07977222B2 Manufacturing method of semiconductor device
Doping with suppressed filament deterioration can be performed even in the case of doping in various conditions with an ion doping apparatus having a filament. After ion doping is completed, supply of a material gas is stopped and hydrogen or a rare gas is kept to be supplied. After that, current of the filament is decreased and correspondingly, filament temperature is decreased. Accordingly, in decreasing the filament temperature, the material gas around the filament has been replaced with hydrogen or a rare gas.
US07977220B2 Substrates for silicon solar cells and methods of producing the same
Aspects of the invention include methods for depositing silicon on a substrate. In certain embodiments, the methods include exposing a substrate containing silicon to a halogenated silane in a manner sufficient to deposit the silicon on the substrate. In certain embodiments, the method includes providing a substrate, one or more sources of gas, and a reaction vessel that is in fluid communication with the substrate and the one or more sources of gas. In certain embodiments, the substrate is a low or metallurgical grade silicon which may be subjected to a purification process. In certain embodiments, the reaction vessel is a particle bed reaction vessel that includes a moving bed, such as a fluidized bed which contains silicon and the gas includes a halide.
US07977217B2 Method of crystallizing silicon
A method of crystallizing silicon including preparing a substrate having an amorphous silicon film formed thereon, aligning a mask having a first energy region and a second energy region over a first region of the amorphous silicon film formed on the substrate, irradiating a laser beam through the first and second energy regions of the mask onto the first region of the amorphous silicon film, crystallizing the first region of the amorphous silicon film by irradiating the laser beam through the first energy region of the mask, and activating the crystallized first region by irradiating the laser beam through the second energy region.
US07977214B2 Method of manufacturing field-effect transistor, field-effect transistor, and method of manufacturing display device
There is provided a method of manufacturing a top contact field-effect transistor including forming a protection layer on an active layer formed in a semiconductor layer forming process, forming a photoresist film on the protection layer and pattern exposing the same in an exposure process, and developing the photoresist film passing through the exposure process using an alkaline developing liquid to form a resist pattern and removing a region exposed by the resist pattern from the protection layer to etch the protection layer in a subsequent development process; a field-effect transistor, and a method of manufacturing a display device.
US07977212B2 Method for manufacturing a photovoltaic module
For manufacturing a photovoltaic module (1) having on a transparent substrate (2) a transparent front electrode layer (3), a semiconductor layer (4) and a back electrode layer (5) as functional layers, the functional layers (3-5) are removed in the edge area (10) of the substrate (2) with a laser emitting infrared radiation. Subsequently, a back cover (12) is laminated on the coated substrate (2) with an adhesive film (11).
US07977206B2 Method for manufacturing SOI substrate using the heat treatment apparatus
A heat treatment apparatus is disclosed, which enables suppression of a warp of a base substrate to which a plurality of single crystal semiconductor substrates are bonded. An example of the apparatus comprises a treatment chamber, a supporting base provided in the treatment chamber, a plurality of supports which are provided over the supporting base and are arranged to support the base substrate, and a heating unit for heating the base substrate, where each position of the plurality of supports can be changed over the supporting base. The use of this apparatus contributes to the reduction in the region where the base substrate and the supports are in contact with each other, which allows uniform heating of the base substrate, leading to the formation of an SOI substrate with high quality.
US07977201B2 Methods for forming back-end-of-line resistive semiconductor structures
In one embodiment, a second metal line embedded in a second dielectric layer overlies a first metal line embedded in a first dielectric layer. A portion of the second dielectric layer overlying the first metal line is recessed employing a photoresist and the second metal line as an etch mask. A doped semiconductor spacer is formed within the recess to provide a resistive link between the first metal line and the second metal line. In another embodiment, a first metal line and a second metal line are embedded in a dielectric layer. An area of the dielectric layer laterally abutting the first and second metal lines is recessed employing a photoresist and the first and second metal lines as an etch mask. A doped semiconductor spacer is formed on sidewalls of the first and second metal lines, providing a resistive link between the first and second metal lines.
US07977196B2 Semiconductor device with increased channel area and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor device includes an active region defining at least four surfaces, the four surfaces including first, second, third, and fourth surfaces, a gate insulation layer formed around the four surfaces of the active region, and a gate electrode formed around the gate insulation layer and the four surfaces of the active region.
US07977195B2 Method for manufacturing a field effect transistor with auto-aligned grids
A method for manufacturing at least one structure for a double grid field effect transistor, including: forming, on an isolating face of a first substrate, a stack comprising successively at least one layer of rear grid material, a layer of rear grid isolator, one semi-conducting zone for each structure to be manufactured, an electrically insulating layer of a front grid, at least one layer of front grid material and a masking element for each structure to be manufactured, placed facing the semi-conducting zone; forming in the at least one layer of front grid material a pattern reproducing a shape of the masking element and comprising etching of the layer of front grid material to eliminate the front grid material outside the pattern; and forming on free faces of the pattern a sacrificial spacer covering a first part of the semi-conducting zone.
US07977187B2 Method of fabricating a buried-gate semiconductor device and corresponding integrated circuit
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductive channel region and a gate region. The gate region has at least one buried part extending under the channel region. The buried part of the gate region is formed by forming a cavity under the channel region. That cavity is at least partial filled with silicon and a metal. An annealing step is performed so as to form a silicide of said metal in the cavity. The result is a totally silicided buried gate for the semiconductor device.
US07977184B2 Method for fabricating MIM structure capacitor
A method for fabricating a metal/insulator/metal (MIM) structure capacitor includes forming a nitride film that is an insulating layer on a bottom electrode metal layer; forming titanium/titanium nitride (Ti/TiN) that is a top electrode metal layer on the nitride film; coating photo-resist on the top electrode metal layer and patterning a photo-resist layer; selectively etching the top metal electrode layer so that the nitride film remains using the patterned photo-resist layer as an etching mask and using the nitride film as an end point; and removing the remaining nitride film.
US07977182B2 Method of manufacturing MISFET with low contact resistance
Described herein is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device realizing higher performance by reducing contact resistance of an electrode. In the method, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode are formed on a semiconductor substrate. A first metal is deposited substrate, and a metal semiconductor compound layer is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate by making the first metal and the semiconductor substrate react each other by a first heat treatment. Ions having a mass equal to or larger than atomic weight of Si are implanted into the metal semiconductor compound layer. A second metal is deposited on the metal semiconductor compound layer. An interface layer is formed by making the second metal segregated at an interface between the metal semiconductor compound layer and the semiconductor substrate by diffusing the second metal through the metal semiconductor compound layer by a second heat treatment.
US07977180B2 Methods for fabricating stressed MOS devices
Methods for fabricating stressed MOS devices are provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a silicon substrate having a P-well region and depositing a polycrystalline silicon gate electrode layer overlying the P-well region. P-type dopant ions are implanted into the polycrystalline silicon gate electrode layer to form a P-type implanted region and a first polycrystalline silicon gate electrode is formed overlying the P-well region. Recesses are etched into the P-well region using the first polycrystalline silicon gate electrode as an etch mask. The step of etching is performed by exposing the silicon substrate to tetramethylammonium hydroxide. A tensile stress-inducing material is formed within the recesses.
US07977170B2 Flexible substrate with electronic devices and traces
A method of manufacturing an electronic device (10) provides a substrate (20) that has a plastic material and has a metallic coating on one surface. A portion of the metallic coating is etched to form a patterned metallic coating. A particulate material (16) is embedded in at least one surface of the substrate. A layer of thin-film semiconductor material is deposited onto the substrate (20).
US07977168B2 Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
An object is to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, in which the number of photolithography steps can be reduced, the manufacturing process can be simplified, and manufacturing can be performed with high yield at low cost. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the following steps: forming a semiconductor film; irradiating a laser beam by passing the laser beam through a photomask including a shield for shielding the laser beam; subliming a region which has been irradiated with the laser beam through a region in which the shield is not formed in the photomask in the semiconductor film; forming an island-shaped semiconductor film in such a way that a region which is not irradiated with the laser beam is not sublimed because it is a region in which the shield is formed in the photomask; forming a first electrode which is one of a source electrode and a drain electrode and a second electrode which is the other one of the source electrode and the drain electrode; forming a gate insulating film; and forming a gate electrode over the gate insulating film.
US07977163B1 Embedded electronic component package fabrication method
A method of forming an embedded electronic component package includes coupling a substrate to a first dielectric layer, strip, or panel, and forming first electrically conductive vias and traces in the first dielectric layer. A cavity is then formed in the first dielectric layer and an electronic component is attached in the cavity. A second dielectric layer, strip, or panel, is then applied to the first dielectric layer, thereby encasing the electronic component in dielectric. Second via apertures are then formed through the second dielectric layer to expose selected electronic component bond pads and/or selected first electrically conductive vias and traces. The second via apertures are then filled with an electrically conductive material to form second electrically conductive vias electrically coupled to selected bond pads and selected first electrically conductive vias and traces.
US07977162B2 Semiconductor device, method for the same, and heat radiator
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, and a multicomponent alloy layer formed on a face of the semiconductor chip, the multicomponent alloy layer being in a solid-liquid coexisting state in a specific temperature range, and including a surface having concavity and convexity caused by solidification segregation.
US07977161B2 Method of manufacturing a semiconductor package using a carrier
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package includes providing a carrier, forming a post slot and a terminal slot in the carrier, depositing a post in the post slot, depositing a terminal in the terminal slot, forming an encapsulant slot in the carrier, wherein the post extends into and is located within a periphery of the encapsulant slot and the terminal extends into the encapsulant slot, mechanically attaching a semiconductor chip to the post, electrically connecting the chip to the terminal, depositing an encapsulant in the encapsulant slot, and removing the carrier from the terminal.
US07977160B2 Semiconductor devices having stress relief layers and methods for fabricating the same
Methods are provided for fabricating a semiconductor device. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a method comprises the steps of providing a semiconductor die having a conductive terminal, forming an insulating layer overlying the semiconductor die, and forming a cavity in the insulating layer which exposes the conductive terminal. The method also comprises forming a first stress-relief layer in the cavity, forming an interconnecting structure having a first end electrically coupled to the first stress-relief layer, and having a second end, and electrically and physically coupling the second end of the interconnecting structure to a packaging substrate.
US07977158B2 Manufacturing method for electronic devices
A manufacturing method for an electronic device joining a first metallic bond part formed on a first electronic component and a second metallic bond part formed on a second electronic component includes a first process for placing the first metallic bond part directly against the second metallic bond part, applying pressure to the first electronic component and the second electronic component, joining the first metallic bond part to the second metallic bond part with solid-phase diffusion, and releasing the applied pressure, and a second process for heating the first electronic component and the second electronic component at a predetermined temperature such that the first metallic bond part and the second metallic bond part are joined together by melting the first metallic bond part and the second metallic bond part.
US07977155B2 Wafer-level flip-chip assembly methods
A method of packaging integrated circuit structures is provided. The method includes providing a wafer having bonding conductors on a surface of the wafer, and applying a compound underfill onto the surface of the wafer. The compound underfill includes an underfill material and a flux material. A die is then bonded on the wafer after the step of applying the compound underfill, wherein solder bumps on the die are joined with the bonding conductors.
US07977154B2 Self-aligned methods based on low-temperature selective epitaxial growth for fabricating silicon carbide devices
Self-aligned fabrication of silicon carbide semiconductor devices is a desirable technique enabling reduction in the number of photolithographic steps, simplified alignment of different device regions, and reduced spacing between the device regions. This invention provides a method of fabricating silicon carbide (SiC) devices utilizing low temperature selective epitaxial growth which allows avoiding degradation of many masking materials attractive for selective epitaxial growth. Another aspect of this invention is a combination of the low temperature selective epitaxial growth of SiC and self-aligned processes.
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