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| US07983005B2 |
Thin film magnetic head with flying height adjustment capability
For a Tunneling Magnetoresistive (TMR) element, an electrode is used as a magnetic shield or vice versa. This can pose a problem in that noise from a heater source or electromagnetic induction has a direct influence on the TMR element, namely, on a read signal. According to one embodiment of the present invention, however, a thin film head portion has an insulating film, a heater, an electromagnetic shield, a read element, and a write element laminated in this order from the side of a slider. Insulating films isolate the constituent elements above from each other, and a protection film covers the group mentioned above. The heater is a thin film resistive element made of NiCr or the like, and is disposed above the insulating film. The electromagnetic shield is a magnetic film made of permalloy or the like, and covers the heater. The read element comprises a lower shield and electrode, a TMR element, and an upper shield and electrode. The write element comprises a lower magnetic pole piece, an upper magnetic pole piece, and a coil formed therebetween. The thin film head portion is formed with a common terminal. |
| US07983000B2 |
Removable disk drive mounting device including a first holder pivotally connected to second holders which in turn are detachably connected to a handle
A removable hard disk device includes a handle, a first holder, a hard disk drive located between the handle and the first holder, and two second holders pivotally connected to ends of the first holder and detachably connected to ends of the handle with the two second holders firmly holding the hard disk drive there between and detachably connected to the disk drive. When the second holders are forced to pivotally move outwardly relative to each other, the second holders will be separated from the first holder and the handle such that the hard disk drive can be dismounted from the first holder without using any tool. |
| US07982997B2 |
Method for an equalizer computation in a media system using a data set separator sequence
Provided is a method for receiving a DSS sequence and a DSS readback sequence, which is a function of a channel processing of the DSS sequence by a read channel. A coefficient cyclic equalizer vector is generated as a function of the DSS sequence and the DSS readback sequence. An error signal is generated as a function of a comparison of the DSS sequence and an equalization of the DSS readback sequence based on the coefficient cyclic equalizer vector. An unacceptable error signal indicates a need to adjust the coefficient cyclic equalizer vector to yield an acceptable comparison of the DSS sequence and an equalization of the DSS readback sequence based on the coefficient cyclic equalizer vector. |
| US07982989B1 |
Method and system for measuring magnetic interference width
A method for measuring a magnetic interference width for a magnetic recording head is described. The method includes writing a first track at a first frequency on a magnetic disk, writing a second track at the first frequency on the magnetic disk, and writing a third track at a second frequency on the magnetic disk between the first track and the second track. The third track partially overlaps both the first track and the second track and the second frequency is different from the first frequency. The method further includes measuring a readback profile across the first, second and third tracks on the magnetic disk. |
| US07982988B2 |
Combining information from parallel servo channels
A weighted combining scheme exploits information from two servo channels operating in parallel. A timing-based servo module servo module comprises two servo channels coupled respectively to receive two digital servo signals read from a data tape. Both channels have outputs for an unweighted metric and for a measure of the channel reliability. A weight computation module provides first and second weight signals using the measures of channel reliability from the servo channels. A first multiplying node receives a first unweighted metric and a first weight signal and is operable to output a first weighted metric. A second multiplying node receives a second unweighted metric and a second weight signal and outputs a second weighted metric. A summing node receives the first and second weighted metrics and outputs a combined weighted metric to an LPOS word decoder. |
| US07982986B2 |
Signal reproducing method, magnetic head and magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus
A magnetic head, includes a magnetic oscillation element, the oscillation frequency of which is modulated by a medium magnetic field, and a reproducing device configured to detect a phase difference between the adjacent oscillation signals derived from the magnetic oscillation element and output a phase difference signal as a reproduced signal. |
| US07982985B1 |
Method and apparatus for adapting a finite impulse response equalizer in a hard disk drive read channel
A method and apparatus for adapting an FIR equalizer in a hard disk drive read channel which determines again direction and/or a phase direction of an FIR response c of the FIR equalizer, and calculates a constraint so that the update does not change the FIR response in its gain and/or phase direction. |
| US07982983B2 |
Ultra broad band beam steering apparatus and method using chalcogenide-based Risley combination-prism pair
Beam steering apparatus is presented having a Risley double-prism pair with first and second double-prisms disposed along an optical path, where one or more of the prisms are made from a chalcogenide glass material. |
| US07982981B2 |
Lens barrel and image capturing apparatus
Provided is a lens barrel comprising a cylinder that is provided on a base and that extends in a direction of the axis of the cylinder; a guide axle that slides in the direction of the axis of the cylinder along an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder; a first holding component that holds a first lens and is fixed to the guide axle; and a second holding component that holds a second lens, which is different from the first lens, and slides in the direction of the axis of the cylinder along an outer peripheral surface of the cylinder. |
| US07982980B2 |
Adjustable optical mount with locking devices and methods
An adjustable optical mount embodiment includes a first plate configured to mount an optical element and a second plate disposed adjacent the first plate with a pivot point between the plates. At least one adjustable threaded member has a contact end in contact with a rear surface of the first plate and a threaded outer surface in threaded engagement with a threaded bore of the second plate. A lock collar having a threaded bore in threaded engagement with a threaded outer surface of the adjustable threaded member which extends from a rear surface of the second plate has a torqueable surface disposed at an adjustment end which is configured to be engaged for the application of torque from a rearward position relative to the adjustable optical mount. |
| US07982976B2 |
Imaging lens and imaging apparatus
An imaging lens is provided and includes: in order from an object side of the imaging lens, a first lens group having a positive power as a whole; a second lens group including a lens in the most object side thereof, the lens having a concave surface on the object side thereof; a third lens group including a cemented lens of a lens having a positive power and a lens having a negative power; and a fourth lens group having a negative power as a whole. |
| US07982975B2 |
Objective optical system
The invention relates to a high-performance imaging optical system that achieves a magnification high enough to be capable of microscopic viewing under an endoscope, and is compatible with high-definition imaging devices. The objective optical system comprises, at least in order from the object side, a positive, first group G1, a second group G2 and a third group G3. In association with an object point change, at least the second group G2 is moved along an optical axis. The objective optical system satisfies a condition with respect to an optical magnification β upon focusing on the closest range. |
| US07982974B2 |
Image pickup apparatus
An image pickup apparatus having a lens unit configured to include a plurality of lenses and a variable aperture mechanism capable of varying an aperture opening diameter, the image pickup apparatus including: in the lens unit, a variable aperture unit configured by integrating the variable aperture mechanism and the single lenses of the lens unit using a fixing portion. |
| US07982971B2 |
Zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus including the same
A zoom lens system includes, in order of from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit which does not move for zooming; a second lens unit moving during zooming; a third lens unit moving during zooming; and a fourth lens unit which does not move for zooming. The first lens unit includes a negative lens, a positive lens, a positive lens, and a positive lens, and when an Abbe number ν and a partial dispersion ratio θ of a material of the negative lens are denoted respectively by νn and θn, an average value of Abbe numbers ν and an average value of partial dispersion ratios θ of materials of the positive lenses are denoted respectively by νpa and θpa, and a refractive power of the negative lens is denoted by φn, the following expressions are satisfied: −1.75×10−3<(θpa−θn)/(νpa−νn); and 9.1×10−3(1/mm)<|φn|. |
| US07982969B2 |
Projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
A projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus has a high index refractive optical element with an index of refraction greater than 1.6. This element has a volume and a material related optical property which varies over the volume. Variations of this optical property cause an aberration of the objective. In one embodiment at least 4 optical surfaces are provided that are arranged in at least one volume which is optically conjugate with the volume of the refractive optical element. Each optical surface comprises at least one correction means, for example a surface deformation or a birefringent layer with locally varying properties, which at least partially corrects the aberration caused by the variation of the optical property. |
| US07982962B2 |
Lens module of scanner
A lens module of a scanner is provided, including a first lens with a positive diopter, a second lens with a negative diopter, a third lens with a positive diopter, and a fourth lens with a negative diopter. The first, second, third, and fourth lenses are sequentially arranged from an object end to an image end of the lens module, and at least one of the first and fourth lenses is an aspheric lens. The fourth lens has a focal length f4 and an objective side surface with a radius of curvature R7, wherein 0.1 |
| US07982959B1 |
Head-up display
A novel HUD (Head-UP Display) design in which the image forming source producing flight and aiming symbolic information is based unlike conventional HUDs not on projecting CRT, but on two LCD matrices to reduce its size, weight and power consumption. The images produced on matrixes are projected by optical system on transparently-diffusive or diffusively-reflective screen which is positioned in focal plane of HUD's optical collimating head. To enhance HUD brightness and resolution the image forming source is carried out in two variants: image forming source containing two matrices in which each matrix is forming half of full image which is projected on corresponding half of the screen, image forming source containing two matrices which images are projected on full screen; the matrices are shifted between each other horizontally and vertically by half of pixel pace (pace is the distance between two luminous dots). |
| US07982958B2 |
Projection display
A projection type image display apparatus is provided which includes a housing to hold an optical system including multi-lenses, a polarized-light conversion element and the color separation portion. The housing operates to provide an optical path between a light source, located outside the housing, and penetration-type image display elements and an optical synthesizing portion also located outside of the housing. |
| US07982954B2 |
Light collectors for projection systems
Disclosed herein are light collectors for use in projection applications. The light collectors gather light from surface emitting sources (e.g., LEDs) of differing color (or same color in some embodiments) using input lightpipes. A light collection system splits the light into orthogonal linear polarization states and efficiently propagates the light by use of a polarizing beamsplitter (PBS) and a reflecting element. Further, the light collection system may efficiently homogenize the light using an output lightpipe in a lightpath from the output of the PBS and the reflecting element. In addition, the light collection system may present a single, linear polarization at the output through the use of a half-wave switch (LC cell) in some embodiments or ColorSelect filter in other embodiments. The light collection system may be integrated into a single, monolithic glass, plastic or combination glass/plastic assembly. |
| US07982953B2 |
Antireflection film, and polarizing plate and image display device using the same
An antireflection film comprising: a transparent plastic film substrate; a hard coat layer; and a low refractive layer, in this order, wherein the low refractive layer is formed by a curable composition comprising: (a) an inorganic fine particle; (b) at least one of a cationic polymerizable compound having a silyl group within the molecule; a hydrolysate of the compound; and a partial condensate of the compound; and (c) a photo-cationic polymerization initiator. |
| US07982950B2 |
Measuring system for structures on a substrate for semiconductor manufacture
A measuring system is disclosed with enhanced resolution for periodic structures on a substrate for semiconductor manufacture. Aperture structures of varying geometries are provided in the illumination beam path. The aperture structures differ regarding the transmission characteristics of light, and which adjust the intensity distribution of the diffraction orders in the imaging pupil of the optical system. |
| US07982948B2 |
Scanning microscope for 3-D imaging of a moving specimen
A scanning microscope includes a source of illumination light; a scanner scanning the illumination light in a two-dimensional direction crossing a light axis; a lens irradiating the illumination light to a sample, and collecting return light from the sample; a focusing position adjuster adjusting a focal position in a light axis direction; and a light detector detecting collected light. A storage section stores the intensity of detected light, and positional information of an irradiating position of the illumination light set by the scanner and the focusing position adjuster. An image processor acquires images parallel to the light axis based on the intensity of return light and the stored positional information, and processes the images to detect a moving distance along a light axis direction of an area of the sample. The focusing position adjuster is controlled to correct a light condensing position of the illumination light. |
| US07982947B2 |
Regenerative laser amplifier
A laser amplifier system is presented including a pump regenerative amplifier. The amplifier generally has a cavity defined by a pair of end cavity mirrors between which an amplified pump pulse oscillates. The amplifier also includes an interaction cell with a tunable gain medium amplifies laser pulses (e.g., Raman gain). The interaction cell may be positioned within the pump amplifier cavity and an input pulse may be injected into the cavity of the amplifier to transit through the tunable gain medium of the interaction cell. A pump pulse transfers energy via interaction with the input pulse (e.g., Raman interaction) as the pulses counter-propagate through the gain medium of the interaction cell. Amplification of output laser pulses, however, is generally achieved according to the wavelength of the pump laser pulses thereby providing a wavelength dependent, or “tunable”, means for amplifying laser pulses. |
| US07982945B2 |
Optical amplification module and laser light source designed to suppress photodarkening
The present invention relates to an optical amplification module having a construction which effectively suppresses photodarkening, and to a laser light source including the same. The laser light source comprises a light source for outputting light to be amplified, and an optical amplification module. The optical amplification module comprises two types of optical amplification media having different rare earth element concentrations, and a pumping light source. The low concentration medium and the high concentration medium are disposed in the propagation direction of pumping light such that the population inversion of the low concentration medium is higher than that of the high concentration medium. Hence, by arranging two types of optical amplification media with different rare earth concentrations such that the population inversion of the low concentration medium is higher than that of the high concentration medium, sufficient overall gain of the laser light source can be obtained while effectively suppressing photodarkening in the two types of optical amplification media. |
| US07982944B2 |
Method and apparatus for optical frequency comb generation using a monolithic micro-resonator
An optical frequency comb generator includes a laser device arranged for generating input laser light having a predetermined input light frequency, a dielectric micro-resonator having a cavity exhibiting a third order nonlinearity, so that the micro-resonator is capable of optical parametric generation providing parametrically generated light, and a waveguide optically coupled to the micro-resonator, the waveguide being arranged for in-coupling the input laser light into the micro-resonator and out-coupling the parametrically generated light out of the micro-resonator, wherein the laser device, the waveguide and the micro-resonator being arranged for resonantly in-coupling the laser input light to a mode of the micro-resonator with a minimum power level so that an optical field inside the cavity exceeds a predetermined cascaded parametric oscillation threshold at which the parametrically generated light includes frequencies of frequency sidebands of the input light frequency and of the sidebands thereof. |
| US07982941B2 |
Color display devices
The color display of the present invention involves a two particle system and is capable of displaying multiple colors with high quality black and white states. The color states are suitable for highlighting function. The color display does not require alignment between the electrodes and the display cells in which a display fluid is filled, which significantly reduces the complexity of the design and also lowers the manufacturing costs. |
| US07982936B2 |
Optical pattern generator using a single rotating component
An optical pattern uses a single rotating component. The rotating component includes a number of deflection sectors. Each sector deflects an incident optical beam by a substantially constant angular amount although this amount may vary from one sector to the next. The rotating component may be combined with an imaging lens group that produces, for example, image points, spots, or lines displaced along a line locus. |
| US07982934B2 |
Scanned beam display with parallelogram distortion correction
A scanning assembly (400) for use in a scanning display includes a reflective scanning surface, such as a scanning mirror (412). The reflected scanning surface can be mounted on a scan plate (409). The scanning assembly (400) is configured to pivot about a first axis (403) and a second axis (404) to form an image. To correct parallelogram distortion, the first axis (403) and second axis (404) are non-orthogonal relative to each other. Torsion arms (407,408) facilitating rotation of the scanning mirror (412) along one axis (403) can be oriented non-orthogonally relative to other torsion arms (413,414) by an amount sufficient to correct parallelogram distortion. |
| US07982932B2 |
Hologram decoding apparatus, hologram decoding method and computer readable medium
A hologram decoding apparatus includes: an imaging device that receives a reproduced image obtained by reading an encoded image from a hologram recording medium in which a Fourier transform image of the encoded image with n pixels representing digital information is recorded, n being an integer of 2 or more, and that outputs the reproduced image with k resolution pixel numbers, k being an integer more than n; a storing unit that stores decoding patterns and digital information corresponding to the decoding patterns, wherein a decoding pattern from among the decoding patterns corresponds to the reproduced image, which is encoded with m pixels of k≧m>n; and a decoding unit that refers to the decoding patterns to specify the decoding pattern; and that carries out a decoding process to set the digital information corresponding to the specified decoding pattern as digital information of the reproduced image. |
| US07982926B2 |
Image reading apparatus
An image reading apparatus capable of preventing the occurrence of a streak and reading a quality image from the leading edge to the trailing edge of a original. An original is conveyed along a convey pass. The original being conveyed is guided by a guide member, at least part of the guide member being transparent. An image of the original being conveyed is read by an image sensor through the guide member. Airflow is generated, the airflow being blown into the convey pass from a location upstream in a conveying direction compared to a location of the image sensor. The guide member has a convex portion disposed at a location upstream in the conveying direction compared to the location of the image sensor. |
| US07982925B2 |
Solid-state image-pickup device and method of processing signal of solid-state image-pickup device
A solid-state image-pickup device including a multiplier configured to perform digital-gain processing for a sensor signal output from an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert an analog signal of an image sensor into a digital signal is provided. The solid-state image-pickup device includes a signal generator configured to generate randomly distributed signals, and an adder configured to add the randomly distributed signals to at least one signal with step-like discrete gradation, the signal being output from the multiplier. |
| US07982924B2 |
Image reading device
A compact image reading device is provided in which a plurality of illumination devices are not needed, and by which a hologram image can be accurately identified in a short period. The image reading device includes a first light source, arranged in a main-scanning direction on a face perpendicular to the conveying direction, for emitting light having a plurality of wavelengths, a second light source, arranged, in parallel to the first-light-source arrangement, on the same face on which the first light source is provided, or in the periphery thereof, for emitting light having a plurality of wavelengths, a light guide for guiding light from the first and second light sources in a sub-scanning direction, and the light guide, having total reflection faces whose illumination angles are different from each other, for irradiating a portion, of a hologram region, to be irradiated with light after totally reflected by the reflection faces, a lighting control means for controlling in a time division manner an exposure ratio between light quantities incident on the total reflection faces of the light guide, a lens assembly for focusing reflection light reflected by a reflective portion of a target positioned at the portion to be light-irradiated, and a sensor for receiving, for each divided time, light focused by the lens assembly, whereby the device is configured to enable detection of the hologram region in the target. |
| US07982922B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method for confirming electronic data character quality, and computer program therefor
According to the present invention, an image processing apparatus comprises scanning unit that converts a original image into image data; extraction unit that extracts an area that contains characters of every character size from the image data scanned by the scanning unit; and display unit that displays images of the area that contains characters extracted by the extraction unit at a plurality of resolutions. |
| US07982919B2 |
Image forming apparatus and information processing method and information processing program used therein
An image forming apparatus, method, and computer program product can create and transmit an e-mail to which is attached an image file created by an image forming apparatus and a file received from an external device. The image forming apparatus can include an image reader and an operation unit including one-touch keys. If a received email instructs one-touch key registration, mailing information including recipient information and one or more attached files can be obtained from the email and associated with a one-touch key. If reading of an original document by the image reader is specified by operation of a one-touch key, the mailing information and file information associated with the one-touch key can be read, an email can be created including the created image file and the one or more attached files, and the email can be sent to a recipient corresponding to the recipient information. |
| US07982916B2 |
Color error diffusion with error signal offset
A method for multi-toning an input digital image having input pixels with two or more color channels to form an output digital image having modified output levels. The method includes determining modified output levels using a combined error signal formed from intermediate error signals for each color channel together with an error signal offset value, and adjusting the input levels for the nearby pixels responsive to weighted error signals. |
| US07982913B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method for suppressing jaggies in the edge portions of image
To suppress jaggies in second image data on the basis of first image data, the second image data obtained by executing halftoning processing for the first image data, and attribute data representing an attribute of each pixel contained in the first image data, a judgment signal indicating whether to execute smoothing processing is output on the basis of the attribute data. Edge correction data is generated from the first image data by executing smoothing processing in accordance with the judgment signal. The pixel data of the second image data is compared with the pixel data of the edge correction data. The pixel data having a higher density is output. Jaggies generated by halftoning processing can be suppressed with a simple arrangement at a low cost. |
| US07982911B2 |
Color conversion coefficient creating device, color conversion coefficient creating method, and computer readable medium storing a program for color conversion coefficient creation
A color conversion coefficient creating device including: a setting unit that sets a ratio between plural color rendering intents; an evaluating unit that evaluates characteristics of an input device and an output device; and a creating unit that creates a color conversion coefficient. The creating unit creates a color conversion coefficient for converting a first image signal in a first color space input from the input device into a second image signal for the output device in a second color space different from the first color space, according to the ratio between the color rendering intents and the evaluation result of the evaluating unit. |
| US07982905B2 |
Digital photograph duplication apparatus
An apparatus for reproducing a visible image depicted in a photograph carrying digitally encoded data printed in invisible ink. The digitally encoded data having pixel values for all pixels in the visible image. The apparatus comprises an illuminating means for illuminating the photograph with invisible radiation; a sensing means for receiving the invisible radiation illuminated on and reflected from the photograph by the illuminating means, the sensing means adapted to detect an interaction of the invisible radiation with the digitally encoded data carried on the photograph; a top substrate in which the illuminating means and the sensing means are encased, the top substrate being transparent to the invisible radiation and having a semi circular cross section in the vicinity of the illuminating means, the top substrate further having a elongated recess for receiving therein the sensing means; means for processing the invisible radiation received by the sensing means, the means for processing operable to decode the digitally encoded data; and an inkjet printer for receiving data from the means for processing data to print a copy of the visible image depicted in the photograph, the data used to print the visible image being generated from the digitally encoded data. The top substrate, in the vicinity of the sensing means, is shaped to define an array of microlenses for focusing the invisible radiation reflected from the photograph onto the sensing means. |
| US07982899B2 |
Integrated document delivery method and apparatus
A document delivery network server having a set of integrated functions including sending, receiving, routing and filing of FAXes and e-mails to other users which achieves numerous advantages over the prior art. The document delivery system is based on a client/server model having both analog and digital Fax line capabilities. The server side provides very highly integrated systems functionality based on industry standard, commercially available hardware and a mix of industry standard and proprietary software components including integrated FAX/modem modules, an embedded OS, embedded plug-and-play driver sets, embedded e-mail gateways, an embedded FAX archive, embedded back-up/restore, proprietary high efficiency line utilization and highly efficient load balancing. |
| US07982898B2 |
Method of creating printed interactive document
A method of creating a printed interactive document using a printer connected to a computer. The method includes the steps of: receiving a print request for the interactive document at the computer; requesting and retrieving a unique document identity to a server in response to the print request; indexing the document with the unique document identity and archiving the indexed document in a database; sending the unique document identity and the document to the printer; and printing the graphic content together with coded data coincident with the graphic content onto a substrate so as to create the printed interactive document. The coded data identifies the unique document identity and a plurality of locations on the substrate. |
| US07982891B2 |
Printing device communication protocol
Techniques, systems, and computer program products for transmitting data between a computer system and an external printing device. A technique may include generating a data packet in accordance with a communications protocol such that generating the data packet includes encoding the data packet according to a second layer of the protocol in a frame format according to a third layer of the protocol, transmitting the data packet from the computer system to the external printing device according to the first layer of the protocol; and decoding the data packet in accordance with the second layer of the protocol. The protocol can be defined to include three layers. In that protocol, a first layer may define transmission line, transmitters, and receivers for transmission, the second layer may define encoding and decoding, and the third layer may define a frame format of the data packet. |
| US07982889B2 |
Image processing apparatus with energization control
To provide an image processing apparatus that can reduce power consumption as compared to a conventional case by energizing required minimum devices at an appropriate timing depending on contents of a request received from an external apparatus through a communicating medium during a power-saving state, if a data processing request is received from the external apparatus through a NIC during a sleep mode, an MPU of the NIC and an MPU of each controlling unit control automatic changeover switches, which switch energization states of sub-power sources, to control energization of each function block based on contents of the data processing request and the state of the own apparatus. When switching the function blocks from a “non-energized state” to an “energized state”, a hierarchical energization controlling process is performed to switch the functional blocks with hierarchical relationships to the “energized state” in the order from higher to lower blocks. |
| US07982882B2 |
Optical wave interference measuring apparatus
The relative position of a test surface is sequentially changed from a reference position where a surface central axis is aligned with a measurement optical axis such that the measurement optical axis is sequentially moved to a plurality of annular regions obtained by dividing the test surface in a diametric direction. The test surface is rotated on a rotation axis whenever the relative position is changed. Measurement light that travels while being converged by a Mirau objective interference optical system is radiated to the rotating test surface, and a one-dimensional image sensor captures interference fringes at each of a plurality of rotational positions. The shape information of each annular region is calculated on the basis of the captured interference fringes at each rotational position, and the shape information is connected to calculate the shape information of the entire measurement region. |
| US07982877B2 |
Method for measuring the anisotropy in an element comprising at least one fissile material and a corresponding installation
This method comprises the steps of: transmitting a beam of light onto a surface (17) of an element (1) comprising a fissile material, passing the beam of light reflected by the surface into a polarisation analyser (27) having a modifiable analysis direction, transmitting the beam from the polarisation analyser (27) to a device (31) for acquiring digital images, acquiring at least one digital image (31) of the surface (17) of the element (1) and processing the digital image acquired in order to measure the anisotropy. Use, for example, in controlling particles of nuclear fuel for an HTR/VHTR type reactor. |
| US07982874B2 |
Method and apparatus for measuring particle sizes in a liquid field of the invention
A method of measuring sizes of particles suspended in a liquid using optical mixing spectroscopy of scattered light and an apparatus for implementing the method are disclosed. The method involves making measurements by a fiber optic probe introduced into a medium under investigation, the probe including several multiple or single mode optical fibers. One of the optical fibers transmits light into the medium, while the other optical fibers transmits scattered light to a device for providing spatial coherence of the light and then to a light detector. Auxiliary optical fibers are used to determine the relationship between spectral line widths of multiple and single light scattering when measurements are conducted in very turbid media and for determining particle sizes from multiple rather than single scattering spectrum. |
| US07982873B2 |
Method and system for correcting spectrophotometer differences
A method and system are provided to correct differences among multiple spectrophotometers. In one form, one spectrophotometer of a plurality that may be present in an image rendering system is treated as “primary”. Additional spectrophotometers are treated as “secondary”. The spectrum of a color from a secondary spectrophotometer is transformed by a linear transformation to an adjusted spectrum, which then is converted to L*a*b* (if desired) using standard techniques. The L*a*b* thus produced is, on average, substantially closer to the L*a*b* that the primary spectrophotometer would have produced when measuring the same color than it is to the L*a*b* that the secondary spectrophotometer would have produced without any correction. The linear transformation is generated by linear regression to minimize the spectral error, followed by non-linear optimization to minimize the error relative to a color difference metric—such as DeltaE 2000. |
| US07982872B2 |
Residual chemical monitoring system using surface enhanced raman spectroscopy
Target chemicals are monitored at very low concentrations in pipelines or vessels such as storage tanks using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy analysis of a sample. A liquid sample having a target chemical such as biocides, corrosion inhibitors, scale inhibitors, anti-foaming agents, emulsion breakers, and hydrate inhibitors are tested while exposed to a prepared and charged surface of a coupon so as to draw the target material to the prepared and charged surface. The charged surface is fairly precisely charged using two other electrodes to calibrate the charge on the surface of the coupon. With the target substance presumably drawn to the coupon, the molecules on the surface of the coupon are excited by monochromatic light such as from a laser to induce vibrations within the molecules. The vibrations of the molecules reflect and scatter the monochromatic light in distinctive manners such that the collected light from the surface provides an indication of the presence of the target substance in the sample and a quantitative indication of the concentration of the target material in the sample. With the ability at lower power and reasonable cost to sense the presence well down below one percent and into the ppm range provides the opportunity to more precisely and efficiently add such chemicals to operating pipelines and storage tanks. |
| US07982871B2 |
Sensor for identifying at least one particle by means of raman-spectroscopy
A sensor for identifying at least one particle by means of Raman-spectroscopy, comprising an optical trapping system for the at least one particle, including a laser-beam source, acting further as a Raman excitation source for the at least one particle, and a Raman-spectrometer for measuring the spectrally modified light scattered by the at least one particle and for identifying same, wherein the optical trapping system comprises a photonic crystal directly linked with the laser-beam source, which photonic crystal has multiple cavities at predetermined positions, and wherein the laser-beam source in use resonantly excites one or more predetermined electromagnetic modes of the cavities at said positions for trapping and Raman-exciting the at least one particle. |
| US07982869B2 |
Compact, low cost Raman monitor for single substances
Apparatus for performing Raman analysis may include a laser source module, a beam delivery and signal collection module, a spectrum analysis module, and a digital signal processing module. The laser source module delivers a laser beam to the beam delivery and signal collection module. The beam delivery and signal collection module delivers the laser source beam to a sample, collects Raman scattered light scattered from the sample, and delivers the collected Raman scattered light to the spectrum analysis module. The spectrum analysis module demultiplexes the Raman scattered light into discrete Raman bands of interest, detects the presence of signal energy in each of the Raman bands, and produces a digital signal that is representative of the signal energy present in each of the Raman bands. The digital signal processing module is adapted to perform a Raman analysis of the sample. |
| US07982868B2 |
Apparatus and method for checking of containers
A method for detecting one or more foreign substances in one or more containers filled with liquid, comprising of: transporting the containers filled with liquid in a substantially straight line at relatively high speed in a production environment; —illuminating each container with content with one or more fixedly disposed light sources; and —inspecting the container with content from preferably two or more different orientations using two or more cameras, wherein cameras and lighting are disposed substantially fixedly relative to each other, while the cameras and light sources are mutually connected such that in a short time two or more images of a container filled with liquid can be recorded with mutually differing illumination and/or angle of incidence; —comparing the foreign substances in the two or more images; and —wherein a container filled with liquid is rejected on the basis of the probability distribution obtained from the comparisons, wherein above a determined probability it is concluded that the foreign substance is a glass particle or other undesirable particle. |
| US07982862B2 |
Line of sight wind speed detection system
The invention is a line of sight wind detection system that has a laser with an output that is directed at a target. The system also has a receiver with a Hartmann aperture array receiving a reflected beam impinging on the Hartmann aperture array. A multiple pixel sensor senses a number of spots of light from the Hartmann aperture array. An analyzer receives an output from the multiple pixel sensor and determines an effective wind speed along a line of sight using a position of the spots. The system takes advantage of the fact that the wind along the line of sight will result in a shift in the angle of the wave front of the reflected beam. This shift in the angle of the wave front contains all the information of the cumulative effect on a projectile fired at the target. |
| US07982858B2 |
Range finder
A range finder adapted to be mounted to a scope. The range finder includes a main housing, range finding circuit received in the main housing and a mounting mechanism adapted to mount the main housing to a scope. |
| US07982856B2 |
Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
A lithographic apparatus includes a phase adjuster to adjust a phase of an optical wave traversing an optical element of the phase adjuster during exposure of a pattern on a substrate. In an embodiment, the optical element is a heat controllable optical element in a projection system of the lithographic apparatus. In use, the pattern is illuminated with an illumination mode including an off-axis radiation beam. This beam is diffracted into a number of first-order diffracted beams, one associated with a first pitch in the pattern, along a first direction, another associated with a second pitch along a different, second direction in the pattern. An area is identified where the first-order diffracted beam associated with the first pitch traverses the optical element. An image characteristic of an image of the pattern is optimized by calculating a desired optical phase of this first-order diffracted beam in relation to the optical phase of the other first-order diffracted beam. The phase adjuster is controlled to apply the desired optical phase to the first order diffracted beam. |
| US07982854B2 |
Projection exposure system, method for manufacturing a micro-structured structural member by the aid of such a projection exposure system and polarization-optical element adapted for use in such a system
The invention relates to a projection exposure system, in particular for micro-lithography. The projection exposure system according to the invention comprises a light source for producing light in the EUV region. The projection exposure system further comprises a first optical system for illuminating a mask by the light of the light source and a second optical system for imaging the mask on a component. At least one polarization-optical element is disposed on the beam path between the light source and the component. |
| US07982853B2 |
Lithographic method for maskless pattern transfer onto a photosensitive substrate
The invention proposes a Subpixel Scroll method, which optically shifts the position of the mirror elements to the projection axis by one subpixel size each, with an additional 45° mirror between DMD and projection optics. The 45° mirror is shifted by ¼ mirror element width by means of a controllable actuator. The size of this change of position and the time are synchronized in such a way by the position indicator signals of the scan sled that the mirror element seems to stand relative to the substrate surface element. This resetting is however not bound to the DMD-switching speed of 10 kHz. Among other advantages, the invention reduces the blur at the edge transition by the higher resolution and facilitates a higher scan velocity, whereby the scan velocity depends on the dynamics of the actuator, the effective UV-power of the UV-source and the sensitivity of the photosensitive polymer. |
| US07982849B2 |
Exposure apparatus
An exposure apparatus including a moving member movable with a substrate, an interferometer configured to measure a position of the moving member, a blower device for blowing temperature-conditioned air, a plurality of supply openings communicating with the blower device, and a flow rate adjusting device configured to adjust a gas flow rate blown through the plurality of supply openings based on an operation of the moving member. |
| US07982848B2 |
Variable transmission light quantity element with dielectric layers and projection display
A variable light transmission device and projection display apparatus which does not generate vibrations and noises but is superior in light blocking property to a variable aperture using polymer-dispersed liquid crystal and can reduce a color change of a projected image as compared with a conventional variable aperture using liquid crystal. A variable light transmission device having: a pair of transparent substrates placed in parallel to each other; a multi-layer grating member disposed on one of opposing surfaces of the pair of transparent substrates, and transparent members having a multi-layer structure periodically placed to form a diffraction grating with a convex and concave section shape; liquid crystal interposed between the transparent substrates to bury the multi-layer grating member; and transparent electrodes for applying electric field to the liquid crystal. |
| US07982847B2 |
Display device and a television receiver having the same
A display device is capable of efficiently cooling electronic or electrical components disposed therein without installing a cooling element or member on the electronic or electrical components. In the display device, a ceramic or ceramic-containing layer is formed on any one of a surface of a member placed in proximity to the electronic or electrical component, the surface facing at least the electronic or electrical component, a surface of the member placed in proximity to the electronic or electrical component, the surface opposite to the surface facing the electronic or electrical component, a surface of the electronic or electrical component, and a surface of a circuit board, the surface opposite to a surface of the circuit board on which the electronic or electrical component is mounted. |
| US07982846B2 |
Low loss transflective device display
A device display includes a light guide with an optical fiber embedded in an optically transparent material, a pixel array that has a pixel aligned with a first end of the optical fiber, and a reflective mechanism provided at a second end of the optical fiber. The reflective mechanism is capable of reflecting light, received by the pixel, back to the pixel via the optical fiber. |
| US07982844B2 |
Liquid crystal display and fabricating method thereof
A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines crossing each other; a data drive circuit which supplies data voltages to the data lines; a gate drive circuit which supplies scan pulses to the gate lines; and first dummy pads on a substrate of the liquid crystal display panel at both sides of the data drive circuit, and wherein the data drive circuit is joined onto the substrate with a first anisotropic conductive film and both sides of the first anisotropic conductive film are joined to the first dummy pads. |
| US07982843B2 |
Image display apparatus having flexible printed circuit board
An image display apparatus includes a display panel having a plurality of wirings and a plurality of display devices connected to the plurality of wirings, a control circuit substrate which outputs a control signal and is arranged on a backside of the display panel, and a flexible printed circuit board which has a flexible substrate and wirings formed on the flexible substrate and electrically connects the display panel and the control circuit substrate. The flexible printed circuit board has an angular shape. In addition, a conductive cover covers the flexible printed circuit board from a portion connected to the control circuit substrate to a portion connected to the display panel with an angular shape according to the shape of the flexible printed circuit board, and is connected to the control circuit substrate. |
| US07982841B2 |
Method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device employs a white sub-pixel among RGBW-4 sub-pixels as a view control component to realize a narrow viewing angle or a wide viewing angle in a fringe field switching mode. The LCD device comprises gate lines and data lines crossing each other to define RGBW sub-pixels on a first substrate, a thin film transistor formed at each crossing of the gate and data lines; a first common electrode in each region of the RGBW sub-pixels, a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and insulated from the first common electrode, the pixel electrode having at least one slit, a second substrate attached to the first substrate, wherein the first and second substrate face each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, and a second common electrode on the second substrate and corresponding to each W sub-pixel. |
| US07982838B2 |
Liquid crystal display comprising first and second shielding electrode patterns and manufacturing method thereof
Source lines cross, over an intervening first insulation film, gate lines on an insulation substrate. Switching elements are on crossings between the gate lines and the source lines. Pixel electrodes are connected to the switching elements. Common electrodes facing the pixel electrodes generate between the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes an electric field directed approximately parallel to the insulation substrate. First shielding electrode patterns along the source lines in a layer, with the first insulation film intervening, underneath the source lines, at least partially overlap the source lines widthwise. Plural second shielding electrode patterns are formed along the source lines, overlapping the first shielding electrode patterns and without substantially overlapping the source lines in a layer, with a second insulation film intervening, above the source lines. The first shielding electrode patterns having a same electric potential as the plural second shielding electrode patterns. |
| US07982837B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and its manufacturing method
In a conventional manufacturing process where the number of manufacturing processes is reduced to form a semiconductor layer of a channel etch-type insulating gate-type transistor and source-drain wires in one photographic etching processing using half-tone exposure technology, the manufacturing margin is narrow, lowering the yield if the distance between the source and the drain wire shortens. A 4-mask process proposal needless of half-tone exposure technology is constructed by streamlining the formation of scan lines and pseudo-pixel electrodes at the same time, both comprising a laminate of a transparent conductive layer and a metal layer, and the formation of the transparent conductive pixel electrodes through removing the metal layers on the pseudo-pixel electrodes at the time of the formation of the opening in the passivation insulating layer, as well as by reducing the formation process of the opening through removing a gate insulating layer also at the formation of semiconductor layers for channel-etch type insulating gate transistors. |
| US07982835B2 |
Transflective liquid crystal display device
A transflective liquid crystal display device is provided with a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a first substrate with an array of switching elements and a second substrate with a black matrix so as to form a first area for a normally black display and a second area for a normally white display A first electric potential difference formed between the black matrix and both of the first common electrode and the first pixel electrode formed in the first area on the first substrate is made to be smaller than a larger one of the second electric potential difference formed between the black matrix and both of the second common electrode and the second pixel electrode formed in the second area. |
| US07982832B2 |
Transflective liquid crystal display device
The present invention enhances display efficiency and a contrast of a reflective part in an IPS-type transflective liquid crystal display device. In a transflective liquid crystal display device in which the liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a pair of substrates and liquid crystal sandwiched between the pair of substrates, the liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of sub pixels each having a transmissive part and a reflective part, each sub pixel out of the plurality of sub pixels includes a pixel electrode which is formed on one substrate out of the pair of substrates and a counter electrode which is formed on the one substrate, and an electric field is generated by the pixel electrode and the counter electrode thus driving the liquid crystal, a portion of the counter electrode of the each sub pixel at the reflective part constitutes a reflective electrode, the reflective electrode includes an uneven portion and a flat portion, and the flat portion of the reflective electrode is arranged on a boundary portion between the transmissive part and the reflective part of the each sub pixel. |
| US07982831B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and fabrication method thereof
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and its fabrication method are disclosed. Specifically, a fabrication method in which polyhedral spacers are implemented on a substrate through an ink jet method are used for an LCD device. The spacers have the polyhedral shape to increase their contact area with two substrates, and include a surface processed layer for strengthening a bonding force in its bonding with an alignment film formed on the two substrates. The spacers have a polyhedral shape for maintaining the cell gap between the substrates. |
| US07982829B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
The technology presented herein has a feature of providing a liquid crystal display device of an excellent viewing angle characteristic and high brightness, including: liquid crystals containing polymerizable monomers between a first substrate with a pixel electrode having micro slits and a second substrate facing the first substrate; wherein the monomers are polymerizable with voltage applied to the liquid crystals; and an alignment orientation of the liquid crystals is controllable to a direction of extending the micro slit, wherein the pixel electrode includes: a direct coupling part electrically connected to a switching element; a capacitive coupling part electrically insulated from the switching element, and a space between the direct and capacitive coupling parts, wherein directions in which the micro slits are extended along the direct and capacitive coupling parts are orthogonal to each other. |
| US07982826B2 |
Polarizing plate and liquid crystal display
A polarizing plate for a liquid crystal display is provided and includes a first protective film, a polarizer, a second protective film and a light diffusion layer in order. The light diffusion layer is a layer including a translucent resin and translucent particles having a refractive index different from a refractive index of the translucent resin. The internal haze of the light diffusion layer is 45% to 80%. |
| US07982825B2 |
Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same
A backlight assembly includes a light-guiding plate and a light-generating member. The light-guiding plate has a lower surface, an upper surface and a side surface at which a combining recess is formed. The light-generating member includes a light source and a body. The combining recess has a first side surface, a second side surface facing the first side surface and a light-entering surface connected to the first and second side surfaces. A first width of the combining recess adjacent to the side surface of the light-guiding plate is smaller than a second width of the combining recess adjacent to the light-entering surface. Moreover, at least a portion of the body of the light-generating member is for being inserted into the combining recess. |
| US07982824B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device including an optical member with a region using an optical component such as a light emitting diode (LED) used as a backlight source, namely, a light characteristics changing layer for changing a spectrum distribution and chromaticity coordinates of light emitted from a back light. The LCD device including: a liquid crystal panel that displays an image; a backlight unit provided on a rear surface of the liquid crystal panel and providing light; and an optical member provided between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight unit and having a light characteristics changing layer for changing a spectrum distribution of light outputted from the backlight unit and chromaticity coordinates and providing the same to the liquid crystal panel. |
| US07982822B2 |
Area active backlight with steerable light source
A liquid crystal display includes a backlight. The backlight includes a plurality of waveguides to selectively direct light. A set of selection elements in combination with the backlight selectively direct light to the front of the display. |
| US07982820B2 |
Liquid crystal display with narrow angular range of incident light and method of making the display
A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel in the pixel electrode and common electrodes formed within a pixel comprise repeating structures. The angular range of light incident from the light source is narrower along a direction of the repeating structures than along an orthogonal direction. |
| US07982817B2 |
Robust display device having particular rigid body
A flat panel display structure is disclosed that can support significant loads on the viewing surface without fracturing or permanently damaging the video display. A rigid body is fitted in a peripheral frame and situated behind the viewing surface. When a load is applied to the video display, the load is transferred to the rigid body, which absorbs and distributes the load to the peripheral frame. |
| US07982809B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing a picture cropping function
A method and apparatus for providing a picture cropping function enables users to crop pictures in a convenient and direct manner using discrete navigation keys of a user input device. According to an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a first processor operative to provide at least one of an audio and video output during a first mode. A second processor is operative to provide a picture cropping function during a second mode by enabling a user to crop a picture using discrete navigation keys of a user input device of the apparatus. |
| US07982805B2 |
Detecting video format information in a sequence of video pictures
Gradient analysis may be utilized to determine frame and field repeat patterns in input video data. Those frame and field repeat patterns may then be analyzed to match them with characteristic patterns associated with telecine 3:2 and 2:2 pulldown video data, for example. In addition, a progressive detector may use combing analysis to determine whether or not a particular field is progressive or interlaced data. Then, this information, together with a field flag which indicates whether field or frame analysis is appropriate, may be utilized to distinguish telecine 2:2 or 3:2 pulldowns and interlaced and progressive data in some embodiments. |
| US07982803B2 |
Audio and video synchronizing apparatus and method
Provided is an audio video synchronizing apparatus and method in a video processing equipment. It is detected whether or not an external device connected to an audio/video output port of the video processing equipment is an audio system, and an audio signal synchronized with a video signal outputted to a display device of the video processing equipment is provided to the audio system through an audio output port when the detection result shows that the external device is the audio system. Accordingly, a vide signal on a screen is synchronized with an audio signal outputted from the audio system. |
| US07982802B2 |
Text subtitle decoder and method for decoding text subtitle streams
A text subtitle decoder includes a text subtitle processor, a text renderer, and a presentation controller. The text subtitle processor parses a text subtitle stream into text data and reproduction control information, where the text data represent a subtitle text to be displayed within a text subtitle region. After the text subtitle stream is parsed, the text renderer renders the text data into bitmap data using the reproduction control information. The presentation controller controls operations of the text subtitle processor and the text renderer. |
| US07982793B2 |
Digital photographing apparatus having a laser scanning projector
In a portable housing, a digital photographing apparatus (100) may include an image capturing unit (100) operable for capturing at least one digital image (172) and a memory (158, 161) for storing the at least one digital image. Digital photographing apparatus may also include a laser scanning projector (150) operable to optically raster scan the at least one digital image on a remote surface (170) one pixel at a time. The laser scanning projector is operable without focusing adjustment to scan the at least one digital image in focus on the remote surface independent of a distance (174) between the digital photographing apparatus and the remote surface. A controller (154) is operable to read the at least one digital image from the memory and operate the laser scanning projector to project the at least one digital image on the remote surface. |
| US07982792B2 |
Image processing apparatus
Provided is an image processing apparatus that judges an in-focus degree of a motion picture related to a motion picture signal based on control information inputted along with the motion picture signal and related to an operation of photographing the motion picture signal. The image processing apparatus then changes a form in which an image related to the motion picture signal is displayed or printed, in accordance with a result of the judgment. |
| US07982785B2 |
Streaking correction signal generating circuit, streaking correction signal generating method, program, streaking correcting circuit, and imaging device
A streaking correction signal generating circuit includes a light-shield waveform detecting unit configured to detect signal levels of respective lines in a horizontal light shield by using an output signal of the horizontal light shield of an image sensor; a black level detecting unit configured to detect a black level by using an output signal of a vertical light shield of the image sensor; and a subtracting unit configured to subtract the black level detected by the black level detecting unit from each of the signal levels of the respective lines in the horizontal light shield detected by the light-shield waveform detecting unit so as to generate streaking correction signals of the respective lines. |
| US07982780B2 |
Photographing apparatus having multiple control button sets and displays and method of displaying image
A photographing apparatus having a plurality of displays and a method of displaying an image. A photographing apparatus to photograph and record an image includes a lens unit, first and second photograph buttons to input commands to photograph the image, first and second zoom buttons to input zoom commands, a recording unit to record the image photographed via the lens unit, and a battery to supply a power supply voltage to the photographing apparatus. The first photograph button and the first zoom button are disposed on a front panel of the photographing apparatus, and the second photograph button and the second zoom button are disposed on a top panel of the photographing apparatus. This allows a user to more easily photograph an infant, check a photographed image, and photograph an object located in a lower position. |
| US07982774B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
The present invention provides an image processing apparatus detects only an object to be detected by removing a disturbance, such as the shaking of trees by using a very simple process and parameter. The image processing apparatus includes a reference image storing unit for storing a plurality of past image data photographed by a video input unit as reference image data, and an image moving object detecting unit for detecting the difference of pixels or difference in small areas between the image data photographed by the video input unit and each of the plurality of reference image data stored by the reference image storing unit and detecting a moving object in the image data based on the continuity or appearance probability of the difference. |
| US07982770B1 |
Method and apparatus to provide improved image quality in a camera
A method and apparatus for providing improved images utilizing acceleration data is described. In one embodiment, the method utilizes the accelerometer data to time the taking of the image to minimize motion effects. |
| US07982768B2 |
Driver-assisting apparatus
A driver-assisting apparatus includes a video camera and a display. The video camera is attached to a vehicle for taking pictures in a field further than a driver's field of view with bare eyes. The display is connected with the camera for displaying the pictures. With the driver-assisting apparatus, the driver can see an object that is too far for her or him to see with the bare eyes. Thus, the driver can take actions to avoid running over or bumping into the object earlier with the driver-assisting apparatus than without. |
| US07982764B2 |
Apparatus for monitoring a package handling system
A monitoring apparatus for sensing conditions associated with a package handling system. The monitoring apparatus includes a test package configured for being handled by the package handling system with non-test packages handled by the package handling system. The test package has a housing defining a test package interior and has at least one sensor positioned within the interior for sensing conditions associated with the package handling system. The sensor produces an output signal corresponding to the conditions that it senses. The test package further includes a support positioned within the test package interior and connecting the sensor to the housing so that the sensor is directed generally toward an outside of the test package for sensing conditions associated with the package handling system. |
| US07982762B2 |
System and method for combining local and remote images such that images of participants appear overlaid on another in substanial alignment
The invention provides a method and system wherein first video images are directly overlaid with remote video images to produce a combined video image which is then displayed to the user and/or stored as appropriate. Preferably at least one of the first and/or remote images is subject to an image processing operation prior to the overlay operation being performed, the image processing operation being such that the scenes contained within the images to be overlaid when processed are separably distinguishable to a user within the combined video image when viewed by the user. The overlay operation is performed such that the scenes contained within the respective video images are substantially in alignment on top of each other. By overlaying the respective first and remote video images as described a single image is obtained within which the respective scenes of the respective first and remote images are still separably distinguishable, but which is still of an appropriate size for display on a screen of limited size without occlusion of one or other of the images. |
| US07982758B2 |
Apparatus for controlling peel position in a printer
An electromechanical system and a printer for maintaining a peel location of media impressed on a receiving substrate. A mounted optical probe has at least one light source and one or more photodetectors for detecting reflected portions of the light emitted or transmitted from the light source. The photodetector indicates to the system controller a distance of the media for controlling a peel location via an electrical signal. A comparator compares the electrical signal with a predetermined electrical signal reference to determine if the media is desirably positioned. The predetermined electrical reference signal corresponds to the desired peel location. The comparator compares the signal levels and outputs a correction signal used in a negative feedback loop for adjusting a velocity of a motor that drives a take-up roller for the media. |
| US07982748B2 |
Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus
A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus is provided herein which is capable of determining an object type, particularly capable of determining an animal other than a human being among objects. The vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus which monitors the surroundings of a vehicle by using an image captured by a camera (2R, 2L) mounted on the vehicle, including an object extraction process unit which extracts an image area of the object from the captured image (steps 1 to 6) and an object type determination process unit which determines the object type according to whether the image area of the object extracted by the object extraction process unit includes a first object area of an inverse triangular shape and a second object area located below the first object area and within a predetermined range from the first object area (steps 31 to 36). |
| US07982744B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, image processing program, recording medium storing image processing program, and image display device
An image processing device outputs four-color image data to a display section, the display section performing display using display pixels each composed of four sub-pixels, and having an arrangement of the display pixels in which a pixel arrangement in an even line of a scan lines and a pixel arrangement in an odd line of the scan lines are shifted a half pitch of the display pixels from each other, and the image processing device includes a color conversion section which obtains three-color image data and converts the three-color image data into first four-color image data while maintaining the number of display pixels in the three-color image data, a conversion section which generates second four-color image data by performing an interpolation process on the first four-color image data based on a relationship between a position of a sub-pixel in the first four-color image data and a position of a sub-pixel in the display section, and an output section which outputs the second four-color image data to the display section. |
| US07982740B2 |
Low resolution graphics mode support using window descriptors
Herein described is a method and system of displaying low resolution graphics onto a high resolution display. The low resolution graphics may be displayed using one or more displayable maps or surfaces, each of which is defined by way of one or more parameters. The display may comprise a monitor, television set, or set top box, capable of displaying at a particular resolution. In one or more representative embodiments, the various aspects of the invention permit scaling the low resolution graphics onto the high resolution display by way of using the one or more displayable maps or surfaces such that the graphics data is properly displayed on the higher resolution display. |
| US07982738B2 |
Interactive montages of sprites for indexing and summarizing video
A “Video Browser” provides interactive browsing of unique events occurring within an overall video recording. In particular, the Video Browser processes the video to generate a set of video sprites representing unique events occurring within the overall period of the video. These unique events include, for example, motion events, security events, or other predefined event types, occurring within all or part of the total period covered by the video. Once the video has been processed to identify the sprites, the sprites are then arranged over a background image extracted from the video to create an interactive static video montage. The interactive video montage illustrates all events occurring within the video in a single static frame. User selection of sprites within the montage causes either playback of a portion of the video in which the selected sprites were identified, or concurrent playback of the selected sprites within a dynamic video montage. |
| US07982736B2 |
Method and apparatus for identifying differences in vector graphic files
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for identifying differences in vector graphics files. A set of vector graphics file pairs are retrieved, wherein each vector graphics file pair in the set includes a first vector graphics file and a second vector graphics file. The first vector graphics file is compared with the second vector graphics file in each vector graphics file pair in the set using a one or more rules to form one or more comparisons. Differences are identified between the first and second vector graphics file in each vector graphics file pair in the set based on the comparisons. A merged file is created for each vector graphics file pair in the set containing differences from the comparisons to form results. The results are displayed in a graphical user interface after creating the merged file. |
| US07982734B2 |
Spatially-varying convolutions for rendering soft shadow effects
Soft shadows may include areas that are less clear (more blurry) than other regions. For instance, an area of shadow that is closer to the shadow caster may be clearer than a region that is farther from the shadow caster. When generating a soft shadow, the total amount of light reaching each point on the shadow receiving surface is calculated according to a spatially-varying convolution kernel of the occluder's transparency information. Ray-tracing, traditionally used to determine a spatially varying convolution, can be very CPU intensive. Instead of using ray-tracing, data structures, such as MIP-maps and summed-area tables, or separable linear filters may be used to compute the spatially-varying convolution. For example, a two-dimensional convolution may be computed as two spatially-varying, separable, linear convolution filters—one computing a horizontal component and the other a vertical component of the final 2D convolution. |
| US07982730B2 |
Method and apparatus for power control in a display device
The invention relates to a new method for power level control of a display device and an apparatus for carrying out the method. Classically, the contrast/brightness control and the power management (based on an average power level control) are made independently. These two controls can be contradictory. According to the invention, the power level mode and more particularly the number of sustain pulses within the video frame is selected as a function of the average power level (APL) of the picture to be displayed and the picture control signal representing the desired contrast and/or brightness value. |
| US07982729B2 |
Driving signal generating device and related method for display device
A driving signal generating device for staggering transition time of driving signals to prevent image crosstalk for a display device includes a receiving terminal, a first adjusting unit, a multiplexer, a second adjusting unit and a frame output controller. The receiving terminal receives a plurality of step grayscale waveforms. The first adjusting unit transforms the plurality of step grayscale waveforms into a plurality of initial grayscale waveforms and further adjusts widths of the plurality of initial grayscale waveforms according to a first predetermined value to generate a plurality of grayscale waveforms. The multiplexer selects a first grayscale waveform from the plurality of grayscale waveforms. The second adjusting unit then adjusts a width of the first grayscale waveform according to a second predetermined value to generate a second grayscale waveform. The frame output controller controls output of the first grayscale waveform and the second grayscale waveform. |
| US07982727B2 |
Display apparatus
In a display apparatus, a printed circuit board has a base substrate, a flip chip, and an adhesive member. The flip chip is mounted onto a first face of the base substrate by the adhesive member between the flip chip and the first face of the base substrate. The first display panel is disposed on a second face opposite to the first face of the base substrate, and a second display panel is mounted on the first face of the base substrate with the flip chip. Thus, a chip mounted on the printed circuit board is made smaller and the freed up space can be used to mount the second display panel. |
| US07982724B2 |
Multiple region vibration-sensing touch sensor
The present invention provides a multiple region vibration-sensing touch sensor that incorporates at least two sets of vibration sensors on a single touch plate, each set of vibration sensors defining distinct touch regions. The vibration sensors detect vibrations indicative of a touch to the touch plate, and are configured to communicate signals representing the detected vibrations to controller electronics for determining information related to the touch input. Touches within each touch region can be distinguished. |
| US07982722B2 |
System for interaction with computer software using handwritten signatures
A system for enabling user interaction with computer software which includes a computer system which transfers print data to a printer which is responsive to the print data to print a form by printing information indicative of a text field coincident with coded data at least partially indicative of the text field, so that when a sensing device is moved in an operative position relative to the text field, the sensing device can sense the coincident coded data and generate the indicating data indicative of movement of the sensing device relative to the text field. The computer system uses the indicating data to determine the movement and then perform an action associated with the text field based on the movement. The computer system determines a handwritten signature using the movement and a predetermined signature using a user identity, and verifies the user by comparing the handwritten and predetermined signatures. |
| US07982721B2 |
Video signal output device and operation input processing method
A video signal output device is disclosed. The device includes: a video signal generation section that generates an output video signal for screen display; an operation input section that detects a physical touch position and a pressure with respect to an input surface, and in accordance with a detection result, generates information about the touch position and information about the pressure for use each as an operation signal; and a control section that controls, in accordance with the operation signals coming from the operation input section, the video signal generation section to change display contents of the output video signal. In the device, while the output video signal for list display of a plurality of images is being generated, the information about the touch position and the information about the pressure are processed as the operation signal for image selection and the operation signal related to the images, respectively. |
| US07982719B2 |
Fault-tolerant method, apparatus, and medium for touch sensor
A fault-tolerant method, apparatus, and medium for a touch sensor is disclosed. The fault-tolerant apparatus for a touch sensor includes a plurality of sensor pads composed of outer sensor pads and an inner sensor pad to receive an input of operation signals, a clustering unit detecting signals by clustering the sensor pads according to the input signals, and an operation mode judgment unit judging an operation mode through the detected signals and removing a signal noise and an inter-signal interference. |
| US07982718B2 |
Mobile terminal with back-lighted directional keys
A mobile terminal includes a first body structured to slideably engage a second body to permit opening and closing of the mobile terminal by relative sliding motion between the first body and the second body. The first body includes a plurality of distinct optically transmissive regions. A display is positioned relative to the first body at one of the distinct optically transmissive regions, and a keypad is positioned relative to the second body. The mobile terminal also includes a selection key for operatively coupling to an underlying touch pad, such that the selection key is identified by one of the distinct optically transmissive regions of the first body. The mobile terminal further includes back-lighted directional keys for operatively coupling to the underlying touch pad. Each of the directional keys is individually identified by one of the distinct optically transmissive regions of the first body, such that the directional keys are positioned at various locations relative to an outer perimeter of the selection key. |
| US07982708B2 |
Display device including a backlight unit and driving method of the backlight unit using an average grayscale level of an image
A display device is provided. The display device includes: a panel assembly including: a plurality of gate lines; a plurality of data lines; and a plurality of pixels defined by the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines. The device also includes a backlight unit including: a plurality of scan lines; a plurality of column lines; and a plurality of backlight unit pixels defined by the plurality of scan lines and the plurality of the column lines. The backlight unit is configured to: calculate an average grayscale level of an image of a first frame; determine a first grayscale level according to the plurality of pixels corresponding to the panel assembly pixels; and apply a weight value corresponding to the average grayscale level to change the first grayscale level to a compensated grayscale level. |
| US07982699B2 |
Emission driver and electroluminescent display including such an emission driver
An emission driver may include a first signal processor adapted to receive a clock signal, an input signal and an inverse input signal, and to generate a first output signal, a second signal processor adapted to receive the first output signal, an inverse clock signal and negative feedback signals, and to generate a second output signal, a third signal processor adapted to receive the second output signal and the input signal, and to generate a third output signal that is an inverse of the second output signal, a fourth signal processor adapted to receive the third output signal, and to generate a fourth output signal that is an inverse of the third output signal, and a fifth signal processor adapted to receive the fourth output signal, and to output a fifth output signal that is an inverse of the fourth output signal, wherein the negative feedback signals include the fourth and fifth output signals. |
| US07982698B2 |
Low power LED visual messaging device, system and method
A visual messaging system and device can employ high efficiency LEDs and current driven versus voltage driven circuits to reduce power consumption and enable the device to be powered from IEEE 802.3af (Power over Ethernet (PoE)) standard based power sources. The device can be powered from a local area network (LAN) connection using PoE, and does not require a separate AC power supply. The present invention also uses a 1× yellow algorithm to create the yellow color with one half the instantaneous current of previous circuits. The device can incorporate multiple message inputs for receiving and displaying messages having different priorities, allowing higher priority messages to override lower priority messages. |
| US07982696B2 |
Semiconductor device, display device, and electronic device
A pixel includes a load, a transistor which controls a current supplied to the load, a storage capacitor, and first to fourth switches. By inputting a potential in accordance with a video signal into the pixel after the threshold voltage of the transistor is held in the storage capacitor, and holding a voltage of the sum of the threshold voltage and the potential, variations of a current value caused by variations of threshold voltage of a transistor can be suppressed. Consequently, a predetermined current can be supplied to the load such as a light-emitting element. Further, by changing the potential of a power supply line, a display device with a high duty ratio can be provided. |
| US07982694B2 |
Display apparatus and drive control method
A display apparatus includes a display panel having a plurality of display pixels two-dimensionally arrayed display pixels having pixel drive circuits and light emitting devices near at intersections of a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines laid out in a row direction and in a column direction so as to be orthogonal to each other, a scan driver which applies a scan signal to the scan lines at a predetermined timing, a data driver which supplies a gradation signal corresponding to display data to the display pixels via the data lines, and a pair of power source drivers which apply a supply voltage to both ends of a plurality of power supply lines laid out in the column direction at a predetermined timing. |
| US07982691B2 |
Data driver, light emitting display device using the same, and method of driving the light emitting display device
A data driver adapted to display an image with substantially uniform brightness is provided. The data driver includes a holding latch unit including holding latches for storing data, a signal generator including digital-analog converters for receiving the data to generate data signals, a first switching unit provided between the holding latch unit and the signal generator, and a second switching unit coupled to the signal generator to transmit the data signals to data lines. The first switching unit couples the holding latches to the digital-analog converters during a horizontal period in a manner different from the manner in which the holding latches and the digital-analog converters are coupled to each other during a previous horizontal period. Therefore, errors of the digital-analog converters are diffused so that it is possible to display an image with substantially uniform brightness. |
| US07982685B2 |
Radome
A GPS reception arrangement includes a GPS radome body having an upper body portion, a lower body portion and a peripheral body portion between the upper body portion and the lower body portion and extending circumferentially there around, and a GPS antenna positioned inside the radome body. A plurality of light sources on the peripheral body portion of the radome body project light in a manner to identify the GPS radome, and distinguish it from other radomes. Retroreflective material is positioned around the radome body on the peripheral body portion, adjacent the plurality of light sources. |
| US07982683B2 |
Antenna design for FM radio receivers
An apparatus includes first and second speakers, and an antenna including a first pair of wires connected to the first speaker, a second pair of wires connected to the second speaker, and a conductive sleeve surrounding portions of the first and second pairs of wires, the sleeve forming a coaxial capacitor with the first and second pairs of wires. The apparatus can further include an inductor connected between the first and second pairs of wires and the sleeve, to form a resonant circuit with the coaxial capacitor. |
| US07982682B2 |
Antenna apparatus
An antenna apparatus includes: a substrate; an RF ground conductor which is branched to extend in at least two directions and at least a part of which is formed on a surface of the substrate, the RF ground conductor functioning as an antenna ground plane; and an antenna portion, one end of which is connected to the RF ground conductor. |
| US07982681B2 |
Leaky-wave dual-antenna system
The invention discloses a leaky-wave dual-antenna system comprising a transmitting antenna array and a receiving antenna array. The transmitting antenna array comprises plural first microstrips and plural corresponding first differential circuits, and each of the first differential circuit matches the corresponding first microstrip by a L-type matching network; the receiving antenna array comprises plural second microstrips and plural corresponding second differential circuits, and each of the second differential circuit matches the corresponding second microstrip by a L-type matching network. A first end and a second end of each of the first differential circuits are respectively connected to the corresponding first microstrip; a third end and a fourth end of each of the second differential circuits are respectively connected to the corresponding second microstrip. |
| US07982680B1 |
Antennas providing near-spherical coverage with right-hand circular polarization for differential GPS use
Accuracy of derivation of local corrections to GPS signals for use for aircraft landing guidance is subject to effects of reflected multipath signals. Antennas with a near-spherical antenna pattern of right-hand circular polarization, except within a downward cone, provide suppression of reflected multipath GPS signals incident from all azimuth angles and all relevant elevation angles. For such an antenna a cylindrical top assembly may include spaced conductive disks with intermediate exciter members excited at increments of 90 degree phase and surrounded by a dielectric ring. A cylindrical base assembly may include signal absorbent top and side wall portions and a bottom conductive disk and may alternatively include a signal absorbent inner wall portion. |
| US07982677B2 |
Mobile wireless communications device comprising multi-frequency band antenna and related methods
A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing and a multi-frequency band antenna carried within the housing. The multi-frequency band antenna may include a main loop conductor having a gap therein defining first and second ends of the main loop conductor, a first branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the first end of the main loop conductor and having a second end defining a first feed point, and a second branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the second end of the main loop conductor and a second end defining a second feed point. A third branch conductor has a first portion within the main loop conductor, and a second portion connected to the second feed point. A tuning branch conductor may have a first end connected to the main loop conductor between the respective first ends of the first and second branches. |
| US07982674B2 |
Dual-band antenna
A dual-band antenna has a feeding portion including a first feeding portion and a second feeding portion extending perpendicularly from a top of the first feeding portion. A first high-frequency portion spaced away from the second feeding portion extends upwards from the first feeding portion, and a second high-frequency portion extends perpendicularly from the first high-frequency portion and located at a same side with respect to the first feeding portion as the second feeding portion. A first low-frequency portion located at a same side with respect to the first feeding portion as the second high-frequency portion extends perpendicularly from an end of the first feeding portion. A second low-frequency portion extends upwards from the first low-frequency portion. A third low-frequency portion extends back to the first low-frequency portion from the second low-frequency portion. A grounding portion connected with the feeding portion by a connecting portion faces the low-frequency radiator. |
| US07982671B2 |
Method and system for using a wireless local area network (WLAN) phase shifter for smart antenna beam steering
Aspects of a method and system for using a wireless local area network (WLAN) phase shifter for smart antenna beam steering are presented. Aspects of the system may enable determination of an angle of arrival (AOA) for signals received at a receiving station in a wireless network. Based on the AOA value, the receiving station may enable orientation of antenna in a smart antenna system. In a switched beam smart antenna system, antenna element(s) may be selected, which are most closely oriented toward the AOA. In an adaptive array smart antenna system, antenna beam may be steered, or reoriented, based on the AOA. |
| US07982664B1 |
Radar calibration structure and method
A radar system with an array antenna includes various signal paths, including beamformers, extending between an exciter, a receiver, and the array antenna. The signal paths are calibrated by a method that includes frequency modulation of the exciter signals that reach the “antenna” and additional amplitude modulation of signals just as they enter the receiver. Leakage paths directly from the exciter to the receiver are unmodulated, those extending from the exciter through the beamformer are amplitude modulated, and only those reaching the “antenna” and returning to the receiver are both amplitude and frequency modulated. The receiver is tuned to receive only the “doubly-modulated” signals, which tends to reject leakage signals. |
| US07982663B2 |
Digital signal processor
The digital signal processor is for correcting a DC output at an output terminal of an internal circuit of an analog circuit device. The digital signal processor includes a digital register for storing a digital value, a D/A converter for converting the digital value stored in the digital register into an analog voltage and applying the converted analog voltage to the output terminal as the DC output, a polarity determining circuit which outputs a first signal when an analog DC voltage at a reference correction point different from the output terminal in the internal circuit is higher than a predetermined threshold value and otherwise outputs a second signal, and an updating function configured to monotonously increase or decrease the digital value stored in the digital register while a predetermined one of the first and second signals is outputted from the polarity determining circuit. |
| US07982655B2 |
Aircraft decoy arrangement
Aircraft decoy arrangement and method for generating a decoy signal from an aircraft having an isolated decoy. An aircraft receiver detects a threat signal from a threat source targeting the aircraft. An aircraft signal processor produces a decoy relay signal based on the threat signal, where the decoy relay signal frequency is significantly lower than the threat signal frequency and is slowly attenuated through air, the signal processor calibrating the decoy relay signal in accordance with a received test signal to compensate for inaccuracies. An aircraft transmitter transmits the decoy relay signal and an optional reference signal to the decoy, where it is received by a decoy receiver, converted back to a decoy signal by a decoy frequency converter, and transmitted by a decoy transmitter, causing the threat source to detect the decoy signal and lock onto the decoy rather than the aircraft. |
| US07982653B1 |
Radar disruption device
According to one embodiment, a radar disruption device includes an electro-magnetic sensitive fluid encased in a shell. The electro-magnetic sensitive fluid is operable to modify the phase or amplitude of electro-magnetic signals. The shell is operable to rupture upon impact with a radar and spread the electro-magnetic sensitive fluid over a portion of the radar. |
| US07982652B2 |
Analog-to-digital converter
A method of analog-to-digital conversion over n bits of an analog signal, including the steps of: comparing the amplitude of the analog signal with a threshold representing the amplitude of the full-scale analog signal divided by 2k, where k is an integer smaller than n; performing an analog-to-digital conversion of the analog signal over n−k bits to obtain the n−k most significant bits of a binary word over n bits if the result of the comparison step indicates that the amplitude of the input signal is greater than the threshold, and the n−k least significant bits of this binary word otherwise. An analog-to-digital converter and its application to image sensors. |
| US07982650B2 |
Digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and an associated method
The digital-to-analog converter in accordance with the present invention comprises an R-2R transistor-only ladder converter and a digital controller. The controller connects to the R-2R transistor-only ladder converter and comprises at least one regulating transistor and at least one shifting transistor. The at least one regulating transistor has an aspect ratio of kR(W/L). The at least one shifting transistor has an aspect ratio of kS(W/L). Setting the aspect ratios kR(W/L) and kS(W/L) of the shifting and regulating transistors adjusts a linear output current waveform to a non-linear waveform. The method to output a non-linear current comprises acts of determining an optimum non-linear output current, dividing a linear output current into multiple sections, determining slopes of the waveform of the output current, adding a controller corresponding to an R-2R transistor-only ladder converter, setting aspect ratios kR(W/L) of regulating transistors and setting an aspect ratios kS(W/L) of shifting transistors. |
| US07982648B2 |
Dynamic element matching digital/analog conversion system and sigma-delta modulator using the same
A dynamic element matching sigma-delta modulator includes an adder to receive an analog input signal and a feedback signal to generate an error signal; a loop filter to generate a filtered signal according to the error signal; a quantizer to change the filtered signal into a quantized output signal; a digital/analog converter (DAC) having a plurality of digital/analog elements to generate the feedback signal corresponding to the quantized output signal; and a dynamic element matching device to receive the quantized output signal to accordingly set an element of the DAC to be a previous non-participant element and the other elements to be previous participant elements, and reselects participant elements according to the quantized output signal and the previous participant elements for further generating the feedback signal corresponding to the quantized output signal. |
| US07982642B1 |
Method for testing nonlinearity error of high speed digital-to-analog converter
A novel method applies the down-conversion sampling technology to test a high-speed digital-to-analog conversion. In the method, a digital-to-analog conversion output signal of a high-speed digital-to-analog converter and a low-frequency sinusoidal carrier wave signal input to a comparator to obtain a low-speed pulse signal. Therefore, the variation of the pulse width of the low-speed pulse signal can be measured by a common logic analyzer to assess the nonlinearity error of the high-speed digital-to-analog converter. |
| US07982634B2 |
System for detecting vehicles
A system to detect the transit of vehicles having license plates includes at least one video camera to detect license plates capable of framing the plates of said vehicles and, preferably, at least one video camera to detect vehicles capable of framing a zone of transit of said vehicles having license plates. A series of processing operations is capable, starting from the video signals generated by the video camera to detect license plates, of detecting the presence of a vehicle in transit and, starting from the video signals generated by the video camera to detect vehicles, of detecting the position and three-dimensional shape of vehicles in transit in said zone. A supervisor module aggregates the results of these processing operations to generate records of information each identifying the modality of transit in said zone of a vehicle identified by a given license plate that has been recognized. |
| US07982633B2 |
Data communication and power supply system for downhole applications
A data communication system for use in downhole applications wherein electrical energy is supplied over a multiple-conductor power cable to an ESP motor assembly. A downhole unit is AC-coupled to the conductors of the power cable through the wye point of the ESP motor assembly. A surface unit is AC-coupled to the conductors of the power cable. Uplink communication of telemetry data occurs over an AC communication scheme supported by the downhole unit and the surface unit. Downlink communication of remote control command data occurs over a different AC communication scheme supported by the surface unit and the downhole unit. These AC communication schemes provide an independent supply of power to the downhole environment. All communication between the surface and downhole environment is accomplished through the power cable without the use of additional communication lines. Data communication is maintained in the event of a ground fault on the power cable. |
| US07982626B2 |
Proper grounding detection and alarm circuit for electronic device
A detection and alarm circuit includes a transformer, a rectifier, and an alarm. A first input terminal of the transformer is connected to a ground terminal of an electronic device, and a second terminal of the transformer is grounded. A first output terminal of the transformer is connected to a first input terminal of the rectifier, and a second output terminal of the transformer is connected to a second input terminal of the rectifier. A first output terminal of the rectifier is connected to a first terminal of the alarm. A second output terminal of the rectifier is connected to a second terminal of the alarm. |
| US07982624B2 |
System and method for accident prevention
A system for preventing accidents in the operation of a monitored apparatus carried by a user has terminal in direct contact with the body of the user and provided with a circuit for continuously or periodically transmitting an authorizing user data signal through the body of the user. A signal receiver assigned on the monitored apparatus or machine has an interface in contact with the user for receiving the signal, a circuit for continuously or periodically testing the received data signal, another circuit for outputting a clearance signal that allows operation of the monitored machine or apparatus after a successful test of the received authorizing user data signal, and yet another circuit for terminating output of the clearance signal following a successful test of the authorizing user data signal when a subsequent test of the data signal fails. |
| US07982617B2 |
Game betting device
Antennas 21 generate electromagnetic waves that cause an RFID tag to generate electricity, the RFID tag being provided in a game chip placed on an upper surface of a betting board 4. A plurality of the antennas 21 are provided in association with each bet portion 3 on the betting board 4. Antennas 31 receive a signal from the RFID tag. Each of the antennas 31 is provided in association with the plurality of antennas 21. A set of the plurality of antennas 21 associated with the respective antennas 31 is driven while successively being changed over among the antennas 21, for each set of the antennas 21 associated with each antenna 31. Further, each antenna 31 is driven at least while any of the plurality of antennas 21 associated with this antenna 31 generates electromagnetic waves. |
| US07982608B2 |
Method and system for identifying missing items
A method and system for identifying a lost or stolen device is disclosed herein. The system includes: a transmitter, coupled to said device, for transmitting identification information; a receiver for receiving the identification information transmitted by the transmitter, when the transmitter is within a defined distance from the receiver; and a computer, coupled to the receiver for receiving the information from the receiver, and having a database for storing data associated with lost or stolen devices; wherein the computer compares the information with the data, and generates an alarm if the information indicates that the device is lost or stolen. The method includes: receiving information transmitted by a radio frequency identification (RFID) device, coupled to an item, when the item comes within a defined range of a receiver which receives the information; storing data associated with lost or stolen goods in a database coupled to the receiver; comparing the information to the data and determining if the information matches the data associated with the lost or stolen goods; and generating an alarm, if the information matches the data. |
| US07982606B2 |
Microwave motion detector with target angle detection
The present invention is an alarm system that includes a dual technology motion sensor. The dual technology sensor includes a PIR sensor with a PIR detection pattern and a Doppler microwave frequency motion detector with a detection pattern wider than that of the PIR sensor. The microwave detector's processing circuitry distinguishes motion beyond the PIR detection pattern, and limits the microwave detector's field of view to match the PIR detector's detection pattern. The microwave detector has a transmitting antenna, two receiving antennas, and processing circuitry for processing received signals. The microwave detector's processing circuitry uses phase information from the two receiving antennas to distinguish motion beyond the PIR detection pattern. |
| US07982604B2 |
Tamper-indicating monetary package
A monetary package capable of detecting and communicating tampering is described. The monetary package may comprise a container having a volume configured to hold monetary items such as currency, checks, and negotiable instruments, a sensor configured to detect an opening of the container, a device coupled to the sensor and configured to store data responsive to the sensor detecting the opening of the container, and a transmitter configured to wirelessly send the stored data. |
| US07982599B2 |
System for dynamically pushing information to a user utilizing global positioning system
A method for transmitting advertisements includes receiving information regarding location of a user, and user profile or user demographic information; and transmitting a targeted advertisement to the user, the targeted advertisement is selected from a set of advertisements as a function of the location of the user, and the user profile or user demographic information. |
| US07982598B2 |
Method for integrating user notifications and user alerts on an electronic device
An interface for integrating and presenting user notifications and alerts consistently on an electronic device such as a mobile device is disclosed. First, an application programming interface provides the segregation to multiple preselected levels of priority notifications and alerts from all applications on the mobile device. Second, the application programming interface provides for the ability to display the notifications and alerts in a consistent manner for the user to handle. |
| US07982595B2 |
Network policy evaluation
A device may include an interface to send policy information to an evaluation module, where the policy information is related to a group of policies, and receive a group of results from the evaluation module, where the group of results indicates whether the status of a source device complies with the croup of policies. The interface may send an instruction to a destination device configured to implement at least a subset of the policies with respect to the source device based on the instruction. |
| US07982594B2 |
Automotive brake lighting
A method and an apparatus are provided for controllably illuminating automotive brake lights. In one embodiment, an automotive brake lighting system comprises a brake light including first and second light sources, a sensor to sense a level of an operating condition associated with at least one of a brake assembly or a brake pedal of a motor vehicle for illuminating the brake light, and a controller configured to monitor information provided by the sensor. The controller, in response to the level of the operating condition, selectively powers the at least one of the first or second light sources of the brake light based at least in part on the monitored information to generate a variable visual indication relating to braking of the motor vehicle from the brake light over a range of at least two different visual indications that indicate a variable braking rate of the motor vehicle over a corresponding range of at least two different braking rates. |
| US07982590B2 |
Occupant restraint system
A side impact detection system for detecting information about a side impact of a vehicle. The side impact detection system comprises a elongated member, a detection sensor, a deriving unit, and a determination unit. The elongated member is capable of being deflected toward the inside of the vehicle according to the deformation of the door outer panel in the event of a side impact. The detection sensor detects information about the displacement of a setting area that is previously set on the elongated member during the deflection of the elongated member toward the inside of the vehicle. The deriving unit derives the displacement and the displacement speed of the setting area relative to a vehicle body side member based on the information detected by the detection sensor. The determination unit determines the mode of the side impact on the vehicle based on the information derived by the deriving unit. |
| US07982589B2 |
Window glass control apparatus
A microcomputer executes initialization, which causes a memory of the microcomputer to store operational information of a window glass of a door therein in a state where no previous information is stored in the memory. The microcomputer cancels the initialization when an open state signal, which indicates an open state of the door, is outputted from a courtesy switch and/or a door closure. The microcomputer executes the initialization only when a close state signal, which indicates a close state of the door, is outputted from the courtesy switch and/or the door closure. |
| US07982586B2 |
Wireless communication systems, interrogators and methods of communicating within a wireless communication system
A wireless communication system includes an interrogator including a housing including circuitry configured to generate a forward link communication signal; communication circuitry configured to communicate the forward link communication signal; and a communication station remotely located with respect to the housing and configured to receive the forward link communication signal from the communication circuitry and to radiate a forward link wireless signal corresponding to the forward link communication signal; and at least one remote communication device configured to receive the forward link wireless signal. A method of communicating within a wireless communication system includes providing an interrogator and at least one remote communication device; generating a forward link communication signal using circuitry within a housing of the interrogator; communicating the forward link communication signal from the housing using communication circuitry; receiving the forward link communication signal from the communication circuitry within a communication station of the interrogator remotely located from the housing; radiating a forward link wireless signal corresponding to the forward link communication signal using the communication station; and receiving the forward link wireless signal within the at least one remote communication device. |
| US07982585B2 |
Method and apparatus for active RFID network
A method and an apparatus for evaluating an expression embedded inside a communication packet received from an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) interrogator device are described. The evaluation result may determine a selection with another RFID interrogator device. An RFID data packet may be sent to an RFID interrogator device based on a selection to be associated with the RFID interrogator. A task may be performed based on the evaluation as instructed by a remote RFID interrogator through a command included in the wireless communication packet. |
| US07982584B2 |
Mobile RFID reader and control method thereof
Provided are a mobile RFID reader and a control method thereof. The mobile RFID reader includes: a reader controller for beginning a reader operation to communicate with a tag in response to a command of a terminal controller of the wireless communication terminal; an anti-collision state machine for controlling collision among a plurality of tags, and transferring the result of communication with the tag to the reader controller; a reader transmitter for generating a reader command message decided at the anti-collision state machine, and coding and modulating the generated reader command message; a reader receiver for demodulating and decoding a tag signal received through an antenna, and reporting a tag response state to the anti-collision state machine; and a channel controller for selecting a channel to use to communicate with a tag in response to a command of the reader controller. |
| US07982582B2 |
Sulfuration resistant chip resistor and method for making same
A chip resistor includes an insulating substrate 11, top terminal electrodes 12 formed on top surface of the substrate using silver-based cermet, bottom electrodes 13, resistive element 14 that is situated between the top terminal electrodes 12 and overlaps them partially, an optional internal protective coating 15 that covers resistive element 14 completely or partially, an external protective coating 16 that covers completely the internal protection coating 15 and partially covers top terminal electrodes 12, a plated layer of nickel 17 that covers face sides of the substrate, top 12 and bottom 13 electrodes, and overlaps partially external protective coating 16, finishing plated layer 18 that covers nickel layer 17. The overlap of nickel layer 17 and external protective layer 16 possesses a sealing property because of metallization of the edges of external protective layer 16 prior to the nickel plating process. |
| US07982581B2 |
Digital potentiometer architecture with multiple string arrays allowing for independent calibration in rheostat mode
Digital potentiometer architecture is disclosed, composing of an integrated circuit containing multiple string arrays, each having a plurality of switching devices and an array of resistors. The insertion of an additional string array between the input terminals and the wiper, allows for the disconnection of a common string array and for the independent calibration of the resistance between each input terminal and the wiper. |
| US07982580B2 |
High vibration thin film RTD sensor
A temperature sensor capable of operation in high vibration environment includes a sensor sheath mounted at the distal end of a mineral insulated cable. A resistance temperature detector (RTD) sensing element is connected to leads of the cable within the sheath. The sheath is filled at least partially with a ceramic thermal adhesive. |
| US07982577B2 |
Safety device for switch
A safety device for a switch includes a first terminal, a second terminal and a conductive plate connected between the two terminals. A first contact point is connected to an end of the second terminal. The conductive plate has a first end fixed to the first terminal and a second contact point connected to a second end of the conductive plate and corresponding to the first contact point. A push rod is located at a side of the conductive plate and a gap is defined between the distal end of the push rod and the conductive plate. The push rod pushes a mediate portion of the conductive plate when the mediate portion of the conductive plate is overheating to bend toward the push rod under a current overload condition. The push rod applies a force to further separate the first and second contact points so as to ensure the circuit is cut off. |
| US07982576B2 |
Transformer
A transformer includes a first electrical conductor, a second electrical conductor and a core. The second electrical conductor is electromagnetically coupled with the first electrical conductor. The second electrical conductor includes at least one multilayer spiral coil, which is formed by winding a conductive wire and has a through hole at its central portion. Both ends of the conductive wire extend outward from a periphery of the multilayer spiral coil. The core penetrates through the through hole and covers at least one portion of the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor. |
| US07982574B2 |
Integrated transformer
A transformer comprises a substrate comprising a semiconductor material, a first conductor over the substrate, a second conductor over the substrate, and a magnetic layer over the substrate. The first conductor defines a generally spiral-shaped signal path having at least one turn. The second conductor defines a generally spiral-shaped signal path having at least one turn. |
| US07982571B2 |
Inductance with a small surface area and with a midpoint which is simple to determine
An inductance formed in a stack of insulating layers, the inductance comprising first and second access terminals and first and second half-loops distributed in the stack of insulating layers on a number of distinct levels greater than or equal to four. For each level, each first half-loop is at least partly symmetrical to one of the second half-loops. All the first half-loops are series-connected according to a first succession of first half-loops to form first loops between the first access terminal and a midpoint and all the second half-loops are series-connected according to a second succession of second half-loops to form second loops between the second output terminal and the midpoint. |
| US07982570B2 |
High performance low volume inductor and method of making same
An inductor includes an electrical conductor wound in a magnetic flux concentrating pattern, the electrical conductor comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes that are substantially aligned with an axis along a center of the electrical conductor. |
| US07982558B2 |
Integrated single-crystal MEMS device
Method of manufacturing a MEMS device integrated in a silicon substrate. In parallel to the manufacturing of the MEMS device passive components as trench capacitors with a high capacitance density can be processed. The method is especially suited for MEMS resonators with resonance frequencies in the range of 10 MHz. |
| US07982556B2 |
Splitter with a printed element
According to one exemplary embodiment, a three-way splitter includes a printed element and a resistive network comprising discrete resistors. A first printed branch, second printed branch, and third printed branch distribute a received communication signal to respective outputs having substantially the same phase, frequency, and impedance. Each printed branch includes a number of substantially ninety-degree angles. In one embodiment, the printed branches are quarter wavelength transmission lines in a frequency range of 1.5 GHz. In one embodiment, the three-way splitter consumes less than one square inch of surface area on a printed circuit board, and can be used in a satellite receiving system, for example. In this embodiment, the three-way splitter is utilized for frequencies in the range of approximately 900 MHz to 2.2 GHz. |
| US07982551B2 |
Voltage controlled oscillator having temperature detecting circuit
A VCO circuit includes a temperature detector circuit, a voltage generator circuit, a switch, a resonance circuit and an oscillator. The temperature detector detects a temperature, and the voltage generator circuit generates a voltage for coarse adjustment corresponding to the detected temperature and outputs the same voltage. The switch selects one of a DC voltage for fine adjustment and the voltage for coarse adjustment. The resonance circuit includes a varactor diode having a capacitance value adjusted based on the voltage selected by the switch, capacitors and an inductor, and has a predetermined resonance frequency. The oscillator generates an oscillation signal having an oscillation frequency corresponding to the resonance frequency by using the resonance circuit and outputs the same signal. |
| US07982546B1 |
Quadrature local oscillator generation for direct conversion radio transceiver
A method of generating a quadrature local oscillator (LO) frequencies is provided. In this method, a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) frequency can be mixed with a divided version of the VCO frequency to generate mixed signals. A lower sideband of the mixed signals can be selected for the quadrature LO frequencies to minimize the occurrence of spurs. Notably, the divided version is 1/N of the VCO frequency and the VCO frequency is a radio frequency (RF) channel frequency times a ratio N/(N−1). |
| US07982542B1 |
Power transistor feedback circuit with noise and offset compensation
A circuit comprises a first amplifier portion and a second amplifier portion. The first amplifier portion includes first and second transistors coupled together in a common-base configuration. A current mirror is coupled to the first and second transistors. A first filter is coupled between a first input and the first and second transistors. The second amplifier portion includes third and fourth transistors coupled together in a common-base configuration. First and second current sources are coupled to the third and fourth transistors. A second filter is coupled between a second input and the control electrodes of the third and fourth transistors, wherein the first and second filters are coupled together. |
| US07982536B2 |
Single ended class-D amplifier with dual feedback loop scheme
A single-ended class-D amplifier with dual feedback loop scheme has a gain adjusting circuit, a second-order integrator, two comparators, a logic circuit, an output driver and an inverter. The output driver cooperates with the inverter to produce a differential signal. The differential signal is input to the second-order integrator to construct a dual feedback differential loop to eliminate noise of output signals of the class-D amplifier, and offer enhanced signal to noise and distortion ratio (SNDR). |
| US07982535B2 |
AMP output protective circuit for LCD panel source driver
An AMP output protective circuit for an LCD panel source driver is disclosed. To solve a problem that internal diodes of PMOS/NMOS of an AMP output circuit are turned on, embodiments are characterized in making input and output voltages of the AMP in a charge sharing interval equal to HVDD and short-circuiting outputs of PAMP and NAMP with VRST_GH and VRST_GL lines, respectively. Accordingly, since there is no increase of voltage (Vth) attributed to a body effect, a speed is not reduced. An additional body bias control circuit is unnecessary. Power consumption can be reduced. Also, an AMP circuit can be more safely protected by adding an output reset function and an AMP protecting circuit. |
| US07982533B2 |
Transceiving system and compound filter
A transceiving system utilizing a shared filter module is provided. The shared filter module is selectively filtering signals in a first band in a first mode and a second band in a second mode. The first mode is a receiver mode whereas the second mode is a transmission mode. The shared filter module comprises a compound filter comprising two low pass filters and a coupling controller to manage input and output wiring of the low pass filters. When the coupling controller is enabled in the first mode, the compound filter acts as a bandpass filter. When the coupling controller is disabled, the compound filter acts as two independent low pass filters. |
| US07982532B2 |
Systems and methods for minimizing static leakage of an integrated circuit
A leakage manager system for adequately minimizing static leakage of an integrated circuit is disclosed. The leakage manager system includes a generator configured to generate a control signal to be applied to a sleep transistor. A monitor is configured to determine whether to adjust the control signal to adequately minimize the static leakage. In some embodiments, the monitor includes an emulated sleep transistor. A regulator is configured to adjust the control signal depending on the determination. |
| US07982530B2 |
Internal voltage generating apparatus and method for controlling the same
The internal voltage generating apparatus includes a first charge pumping circuit, an external voltage level detector, and a second charge pumping circuit. The first charge pumping circuit outputs an internal voltage and selectively performs first charge pumping for the internal voltage depending on a result detecting a level of the internal voltage feed-backed. The external voltage level detector detects a level of an external voltage and outputs the result detecting the level of the internal voltage and outputs a result detecting the level of the external voltage as a detection signal. The second charge pumping circuit performs second charge pumping for the internal voltage together with the first charge pumping against a case in which the level of the external voltage is lower than a predetermined level by the detection signal of the external voltage level detector. |
| US07982519B2 |
Centralizing the lock point of a synchronous circuit
A system and method to establish the lock point of a digital synchronous circuit (e.g., a DLL) at the center of or close to the center of its delay line is disclosed. The synchronous circuit is configured to selectively use either a reference clock or its inverted version as the clock signal input to the delay line based on a relationship among the phases of the reference clock, the inverted reference clock, and a feedback clock may be used during determination of the phase relationship. The selective use of the opposite phase of the reference clock for the input of the delay line results in centralization of the lock point for most cases as well as improvement in the tuning range and the time to establish the initial lock, without requiring an additional delay line. |
| US07982516B1 |
RC-based delay element and method for reducing frequency induced delay variation
A programmable delay element with a variable delay generator employs feed forward and feedback control signals to corresponding feed forward and feedback control elements integrated within the variable delay generator. The variable delay generator is responsive to a control signal. The variable delay generator uses transfer switches to couple reactive circuit elements to a signal node in accordance with the control signal. The feed forward element couples a fixed voltage to corresponding nodes of the feed back element. The feedback element completes a bypass circuit to apply the fixed voltage to the signal node once the programmable delay element has delayed a source signal. The feed forward element is responsive to a buffered version of the source signal. The feedback element is responsive to a buffered version of the output of the delay element. A corresponding method for reducing frequency induced delay variation in a programmable delay element is disclosed. |
| US07982513B2 |
Signal oversampling for improved S:N in reflector movement system
Eight or more transition points are generated during a given period, and are used in tracking movement of an interferometer reflector. Duty cycles of generated square waves are used to establish precise intervals between the transition points, and precise wave-phase relationships. |
| US07982511B2 |
DLL circuit and method of controlling the same
A delayed lock loop (DLL) circuit includes: a phase conversion control unit configured to latch an initial value of a phase comparison signal, and output the latched signal as a phase conversion control signal. A phase converting unit configured to control the phase of a delay clock on the basis of the phase conversion control signal, and transmit the controlled delay clock to a delay compensating unit. |
| US07982500B2 |
Low-noise PECL output driver
An integrated circuit output driver is provided that exhibits improved performance and signal integrity. In one embodiment, circuitry for producing an oscillatory output signal having a peak voltage of V volts uses MOS transistor circuitry transistors of which are designed for a maximum port-to-port voltage of substantially less than V volts. A first inverter chain is coupled to an input signal to produce a predriver output signal. A second inverter chain of multiple of inverters including a first inverter produces a driver output signal. Circuitry is provided for AC-coupling the predriver output signal to the second inverter chain, it being configured to translate the predriver output signal to a higher voltage range to produce a translated predriver output signal. A driver transistor is controlled using the driver output signal to produce the oscillatory output signal, and circuitry coupled to the driver output transistor ensures that no port-to-port voltage of the driver output transistor exceeds the maximum port-to-port voltage. |
| US07982499B2 |
Capacitive node isolation for electrostatic discharge circuit
Capacitive node isolation circuitry in an integrated circuit eliminates the creation of hot spots (stored charge) on high capacitive nodes during a test of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuitry of the integrated circuit or during any ESD event occurring while the integrated circuit is in a standby mode. The isolation circuitry includes a standby mode logic circuit responsive to a standby mode signal received at one of its inputs and provides an output signal to a gate of an active switching device located in a path between an external pin of the integrated circuit and the internal high capacitive node. The output signal keeps the active switching device turned off for the duration of the ESD test or ESD event. The standby mode logic circuit transparently passes an input logic signal to the active switching device whenever the integrated circuit is in a normal operating mode. |
| US07982497B1 |
Multiplexer-based interconnection network
The logical functionality of a non-blocking multiplexer-based network is equivalent to a crossbar network with an ingress stage, a middle stage and an egress stage. Crossbar rows of the crossbar network include both outbound and inbound internal connections between other crossbar rows. The multiplexer-based network has corresponding rows and connections. The multiplexer-based network includes rows with an internal multiplexer for each respective outbound internal connection of a corresponding crossbar row. The internal multiplexer includes inputs for signals routable to the respective outbound internal connection. At least one global multiplexer provides a signal selected from a set of inputs that includes each input of the respective crossbar row. |
| US07982493B1 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit for controlling output driving force
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a pre driver unit configured to receive a pre drive signal and a driving force control signal and output a main drive signal; a main driver unit configured to receive the main drive signal and output output data to an output terminal; a terminal connecting unit configured to receive a determination signal and connect to or disconnect from the output terminal in response to the determination signal; a terminal sensing unit configured to sense the output terminal and output a terminal state signal; and a driving force determining unit configured to receive a reset signal and the terminal state signal and output the driving force control signal. |
| US07982489B2 |
Resilient integrated circuit architecture
The exemplary embodiments provide a resilient integrated circuit. An exemplary IC comprises a plurality of composite circuit elements, a state machine element (SME), and a plurality of communication elements. Each composite circuit element comprises an element interface and a selected circuit element which may vary by element type, and which may be configurable. The state machine element assigns various functions based on element type, such as assigning a first configuration to a first element type, assigning a second configuration to a second element type, and providing a first data link for the corresponding assignments. In response to detection of a fault or failure, the state machine element re-assigns the first configuration to another composite circuit element and creates a second data link for performance of the same function. The assignment, routing, fault detection, and re-assignment and data re-routing can occur in real time for a wide variety of programs and algorithms, providing for the IC to continue the same functioning despite defects which may arise during operation. |
| US07982487B2 |
System for multiple layer printed circuit board misregistration testing
A test apparatus for determining layer-to-layer misregistration of a multiple layer printed circuit board having an electrical test pattern formed on an inner layer and an electrical test reference formed on an outer layer with the reference electrically connected to the pattern. The apparatus includes a holder for the board, an electrical input device that moves into and out of connection with the reference when the board is in the holder, with the input device adapted to provide a signal to the reference, and an electrical output probe configured to move into and out of electrical connection with the pattern when the board is in the holder. The output probe is adapted to receive at least one signal from the pattern when a signal is provided to the reference, such that the signal received by the output probe conveys layer-to-layer misregistration between the inner layer and the outer layer. |
| US07982485B2 |
Semiconductor test device capable of modifying an amplitude of an output signal of a driver
It is possible to provide a semiconductor test device capable improving the test efficiency. The semiconductor test device includes: a driver (14) which generates a driver signal outputted to a device under test; a variable delay circuit (12) provided at the preceding stage of the driver (14); a register (16) for setting an output level of a driver signal outputted from the driver (14); a correction value memory (26) which outputs correction data corresponding to a shift of the rise timing or the fall timing of the driver signal when the output level is modified from a predetermined value serving as a reference value of the output level; an amplitude correction value register (28) which sets a delay amount by a variable delay circuit (12) by considering correction data which is outputted from the correction value memory (26); an adder circuit (30). |
| US07982484B2 |
System for making contact between a transmit/receive module and a testing device
A system for making electrical contact between a transmit/receive module and a testing device for the transmission of high-frequency signals includes a mechanically guided, frame-shaped contacting unit having a plurality of contact elements for contacting the TR module. The contacting unit surrounds the T/R module and is positioned relative to the T/R module such that the contact with the T/R module is established in one operation via the contact elements. A line substrate, which is arranged on the contacting unit and electrically connected with it, is constructed as a shielded triplate line by which the high-frequency signals can be conducted to the testing device. |
| US07982483B2 |
Circuit and method for component communication
A circuit has a supply voltage terminal for receiving a supply voltage of the circuit, wherein a trigger impulse is superimposed on the supply voltage. Further, the circuit has a signal terminal for outputting an output signal voltage of the circuit, wherein a bit of a data signal is superimposed on the output signal voltage. Further, the circuit has a detector for detecting the trigger impulse and for providing a trigger signal in response to the trigger impulse. An adjustment device of the circuit is implemented to extract the bit from the output signal voltage in response to the trigger signal, to receive the bit or to superimpose the output signal voltage with the bit of the data signal to output the bit. |
| US07982479B2 |
Inspection methods for defects in electrophoretic display and related devices
The present invention relates to methods for inspection of defects in an electrophoretic display and related devices. The method may be carried out with one or more testing electrodes. The method comprises applying a voltage difference to two testing electrodes which are in contact with the display panel, or applying a voltage difference to a testing electrode and a electrode layer. The methods may be applied in in-line or off-line inspection of a display panel. |
| US07982478B2 |
Liquid TIM dispense and removal method and assembly
In some embodiments, a liquid TIM dispense and removal method and assembly is presented. In this regard, a method is introduced including loading an absorbent material of a thermal control unit with a liquid thermal interface material (TIM), pressing the absorbent material against an integrated circuit device causing the liquid TIM to be released, testing the integrated circuit device, and removing the absorbent material from against the integrated circuit device causing the liquid TIM to be reabsorbed. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. |
| US07982475B2 |
Structure and method for reliability evaluation of FCPBGA substrates for high power semiconductor packaging applications
There is provided a method for measuring thermal properties of a semiconductor packaging material. The method includes incorporating at least one conducting feature into a substrate that includes the semiconductor packaging material, applying an electric current to the feature, and measuring a change in temperature of a region of the substrate around the feature as a result of the electric current. There is also provided a test vehicle for measuring thermal properties of a semiconductor packaging material. |
| US07982470B2 |
Microwave probe device
A probe for obtaining a measure of one or more properties in a sample wherein the probe including a support member (2), a transmit antenna (4), a receive antenna (5) and a signal barrier (6). The signal barrier (6) is located between the transmit antenna (4) and the receive antenna (5) in order to force signals traveling between transmit antenna (4) and receive antenna (5) to propagate into the surrounding region. Modification of the microwave signal after it passes through the surrounding region is measured and used to infer one or more properties of the test material. |
| US07982467B2 |
Built-in test for high-speed electrical networks
An apparatus for providing auxiliary signals on a high speed electrical signal network is provided such that the auxiliary signals may be used for independent monitoring or communication of monitored information without affecting data or bit error rates for the primary high speed data signals. The auxiliary signals may be used as part of a built-in testing of a network, including electrical time-domain reflectometry measurements to determine fault locations in a network. |
| US07982465B2 |
Electromagnetic method on shallow water using a controlled source
A method for analyzing acquired electromagnetic measurements (R) made at or in a sea (4) over a seafloor (1) with rock formations (3) having relatively low resistivity (ρ3) for detecting a possibly underlying petroleum bearing reservoir formation (2) having relatively high resistivity (ρ2), wherein a low frequency electromagnetic transmitter (5) arranged in the sea (4) emits an electromagnetic field (P) propagating in the sea (4), in the rocks (3, 2) and in the air (0) above the sea; wherein electromagnetic sensors (6) are arranged with desired offsets (x) in the sea (4) for measuring the electromagnetic field (P(x)) while the field propagates, characterized in that one or more component of the electromagnetic field (P) is measured at least one large offset (xL) from the transmitter (5) where the field (P) essentially only has its origin from the field propagating as a field (P0) through the air (0); that the one or more components of the electromagnetic field (P) measured at the large offset (xL) is calculated back to a recalculated field (F0(x)) to one or more offsets (x) being shorter than the large offset (xL); that the recalculated field (P0(X)) is subtracted from the field (P(x)) for possibly highlighting a field which arising due to the possibly petroleum bearing reservoir formation (2) having relatively high resistivity (ρ2). |
| US07982464B2 |
Drilling systems and methods using radial current flow for boundary detection or boundary distance estimation
Systems and methods for look-ahead boundary detection and distance estimation are disclosed. In some embodiments, a drilling method includes extending a borehole with a drill string that includes a resistivity logging tool. The logging tool makes upward-looking and downward-looking resistivity measurements based on radial current flow. The upward looking and downward looking resistivity measurements are processed to estimate the distance to approaching bed boundaries, and drilling can be halted when the estimated distance reaches a desired value. Such information can be used to anchor casing at advantageous points and can further be used to avoid penetrating water-containing formations below a hydrocarbon reservoir. |
| US07982460B2 |
Magnetic sensor module
In a magnetic sensor module, using die-bond resin as a joining material, a Z-axis magnetic sensor is mounted onto a substrate having a wire formed on its principal surface. The Z-axis magnetic sensor having electrode pads formed on its bottom surface is tilted by 90 degrees and mounted onto the substrate. Therefore, the electrode pads are positioned at a side surface thereof. A joining material accommodation area which the die-bond resin can fill is provided at the surface of the Z-axis magnetic sensor opposing the principal surface of the substrate. This joining material accommodation area has a grooved structure. At the surface of the Z-axis magnetic sensor opposing the principal surface of the substrate, the grooved structure is provided at an end portion near the wire formed on the substrate. |
| US07982453B2 |
Magnetorestrictive distance measuring device
A distance measuring device, in particular a magnetostrictive distance measuring device wherein a distance measuring element extends in longitudinal direction of the device along the measurable measuring distance, relative to which a signal generating signal generator can be moved in longitudinal direction, with a longitudinal housing shaped as a circumferentially enclosed profile (1) with constant cross section contour in longitudinal direction (10), a wave conductor unit in the interior of the profile (1), wherein the wave conductor of the wave conductor unit extends in longitudinal direction (10) of the profile (1), processing electronics in the interior of the profile (1), a traveler moveable in longitudinal direction (10) along the outside of the profile (1), in particular with a magnet as signal generator, wherein the profile (1) is shaped so that it can be positioned in lateral direction in a form fit manner, within a circular interior contour surrounding the outside contour of the profile (1) by more than 180°, so that it still can be rotated inside the interior contour. |
| US07982452B2 |
Detection of a load state of a half-bridge
Disclosed is a method for diagnosing a half-bridge having a first and a second switching element. The method includes providing a half-bridge that has a first and a second switching element connected in series with each other. The first and the second switching element are driven on and off cyclically, with the switching elements during one drive cycle being alternatingly driven on and off such that they are alternatingly subject to a load current flowing therethrough. A current measuring signal is provided, representing a current flow through one of the switching elements. A first reference signal is provided. A first diagnostic signal is generated that is dependent on an integral of the measuring signal over a first integration period, and on an integral of a first reference signal over a second integration period. |
| US07982450B2 |
Device and method allowing the detection and display of objects located behind an obscuring surface
A handheld device providing an internal view through an obscuring wall or other obscuring surfaces of hidden structural or facilities elements (such as wooden studs, electrical, plumbing, or HVAC), or the absence thereof. A continuous and homogeneous luminescent gas or other visual display material whose optical characteristics change as a result of the applied electric field is used both to simultaneously detect capacitance changes associated with hidden objects and to display those detected those objects. Different types of chambers are disclosed for the gas as well as means to prevent fringing effects. The gas is held just at its ionization level at which point it becomes optically visible. Circuitry is disclosed for controlling the energy source based on current draw or light output of the gas and feedback circuitry is disclosed to neutralize the effects of ambient light. Also disclosed is a device and method for the detection and mapping of electric fields. |
| US07982445B1 |
System and method for controlling overshoot and undershoot in a switching regulator
A system and a method are disclosed for controlling overshoot and undershoot in a switching regulator circuit. A first comparator circuit for controlling an undershoot of an output voltage of the switching regulator circuit is provided that that detects an occurrence of an undershoot of the output voltage of the switching regulator circuit and activates a first current source to pull up the output voltage of the switching regulator circuit. A second comparator circuit for controlling an overshoot of an output voltage of the switching regulator circuit is provided that detects an occurrence of an overshoot of the output voltage of the switching regulator circuit and activates a second current source to pull down the output voltage of the switching regulator circuit. |
| US07982442B2 |
Power system
A method for voltage stabilization of an electrical power network system including a producing power network system side, a consuming power network side including a power load, a power transmission line with an impedance ZLN, a transformer and an on-line tap changer added to the transformer. The impedance of the line is measured in case of dynamic instabilities. A transformer ratio n is controlled by changing a voltage reference Vref of the on-line tap changer. The voltage reference is changed according to a feed forward compensation from the impedance of the line. |
| US07982431B2 |
Detection circuit
A detection circuit that reduces circuit scale. A plurality of current amplifiers respectively generate a plurality of detection signals corresponding to current flowing to a plurality of resistors. An error amplifier coupled to the plurality of current amplifiers compares the plurality of detection signals with a plurality of reference signals, respectively, to generate an error signal based on the comparison. |
| US07982430B2 |
Battery and system power selector integration scheme
For operating each smart battery included in a smart battery system, the smart battery is initialized prior to the smart battery being electrically coupled to the smart battery system. The smart battery system or an external power source is selected to provide power to an information handling system device. The smart battery includes an electronics device, a charge switch and a discharge switch. The electronics device operates the charge and discharge switches to jointly control an operating condition of the smart battery in response to receiving a control input from a controller of the device. The charge and discharge switches are closed in response to the electronics device and the controller being in agreement to charge the first smart battery. The charge or the discharge switch is opened in response to either the electronics device or the controller directing either of the switches to be opened. |
| US07982426B2 |
Electric power system
An electric power system comprises an AC motor, a first DC voltage unit, an inverter as a power converter, being connected between the AC motor and first DC voltage unit, for exchanging power between these two components; and a controlled DC power supply which is connected between an arbitrary spot of a coil of the AC motor and a positive or negative electrode of the first DC voltage unit and which connects at least one semiconductor switching element and a battery as a second DC voltage unit in series. |
| US07982425B2 |
Position control apparatus
A position control apparatus includes a reverse displacement calculation unit configured to calculate a reverse displacement that represents an amount of movement made from a preceding reverse point to a current reverse point by an axis that performs a reversing motion; a reversing-time segmenting number calculation unit configured to compare the reverse displacement to a predetermined value, and, when the reverse displacement is less than the predetermined value, increase a value of a reversing-time segmenting number, which is a coefficient indicating a number of segments per unit time during a reversing motion, and, when the reverse displacement is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, decrease the value of the reversing-time segmenting number; and a quadrant inversion compensation unit configured to automatically adjust a quadrant inversion compensation amount according to the reversing-time segmenting number and perform the quadrant inversion compensation based on the automatically adjusted compensation amount. |
| US07982423B2 |
Statically stable biped robotic mechanism and method of actuating
A robotic mechanism comprising a chassis having a first side and an opposite second side, a first leg member rotatably coupled to the chassis proximate the first side and a second leg member rotatably coupled to the chassis proximate the second side. The first leg member and the second leg member being of generally spiral shape. The first leg member and the second leg member rotating generally about a common axis. The chassis having a center of mass lying below the common axis. |
| US07982422B2 |
Push button control for motorized coverings with light control
An improved system for controlling motorized window coverings with light control includes an improved control system including a switch with an up button, a stop button and down button to activate a motor to control the configuration of the covering, including the extension or retraction of the covering, and the transmissivity of the covering. |
| US07982420B2 |
Energization timing determination circuit and determination method for energization timing of motor
An energization timing determination circuit corrects a shift contained in a position signal outputted from a position detecting means and supplies energization timing appropriate to drive a motor. A correction amount computation unit computes detection intervals obtained based on position signals outputted from filters, comparators, and a position detection unit during one cycle of electrical angle. The correction amount computation unit thereby determines the duty shift length α and phase shift length β of the position signals. A control circuit corrects energization timing based on the position signals according to the detected shift lengths. |
| US07982413B2 |
Electronic ballast with dimming control from power line sensing
The present invention discloses an electronic ballast with dimming control from power line sensing for a fluorescent lamp, comprising: a line switching sensing circuit, used to generate a switching sensing signal by performing a voltage comparison operation on a DC voltage, and generate a reset signal according to the off time of the power line; a dimming voltage generator, used to generate a dimming voltage according to a count of the switching sensing signal; and a phase-controlled non-overlapping driver, used to generate a high side driving signal and a low side driving signal for delivering a lamp current according to the dimming voltage, wherein the dimming voltage is used to generate a phase, and the phase is used to generate the lamp current. |
| US07982406B2 |
Active lamp current crest factor control
Ballasts with crest factor control are provided. During a transition to a given half cycle steady state, the current provided to reach the steady state is varied, such as turned off for a short period. This reduction during the transition may reduce or eliminate overshoot. The crest factor control is active, such as altering the timing or number of on/off/on switchings used to control crest factor. The active control may be based on any information, such as time, lamp voltage feedback, or other lamp dependent feedback. |
| US07982404B2 |
Method and apparatus and system for adjusting power to HID lamp to control level of light output and conserve energy (ballast multi-tap power output)
One aspect of the present invention is a non-electronic method of controlling the power provided to the lamp through use of multiple secondary taps off the secondary side of the HID ballast. This allows for a base capacitor to be used, along with the multiple secondary taps of the ballast, to vary the power to the lamp for purposes of providing constant light output, dimming capabilities, or to hold the power constant, or any combination of such. |
| US07982401B2 |
Xenon lamps
A xenon short arc lamp which has a middle section with a length to diameter ratio greater than 1.6 and which is directly interchangeable with a xenon short arc lamp of the same wattage in a lamphouse without modifying the lamphouse. |
| US07982400B2 |
Starting aid for HID lamp
A high-intensity discharge lamp includes a discharge vessel made of an insulator, and a cathode and anode. A V-shaped gap is provided between the anode and a first region of the vessel directly adjacent to where the anode separates from an interior surface of the vessel. A secondary cathode is provided on an exterior surface of the vessel at the first region, where the secondary cathode is positioned so that the V-shaped gap and the first region are between the secondary cathode and the anode. An electric field at the first region produces a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) which generates ultraviolet (UV) and vacuum ultraviolet VUV photons that impinge on the cathode and initiate a breakdown between the cathode and anode. |
| US07982397B2 |
Organic electroluminescence display device with moisture absorbing material
An organic electroluminescence display device comprising a light-emitting device formed on a lower insulating substrate, an upper substrate spaced apart from the lower insulating substrate, and a sealant between the lower insulating substrate and the upper substrate and covering the light-emitting device. The upper substrate comprises a moisture absorbing material. |
| US07982394B2 |
Display device
A display device comprising: a light-emitting element formed on a substrate; a driver element formed on the substrate, that controls a current flowing in the light-emitting element; a switching element that switches the driver element; and a light-blocking film formed so as to correspond to only the switching element. |
| US07982390B2 |
Light emitting element and display device having an inorganic phosphor layer
A phosphor element (10) includes an electron hole injection electrode (2) and an electron injection electrode (8) disposed opposite to each other, an electron hole transport layer (3), a phosphor layer (4), and an electron transport layer (7) stacked in this order from the side of the electron hole injection electrode toward the side of the electron injection electrode. The stacked layers are sandwiched between the electron hole injection electrode and the electron injection electrode, and. The phosphor layer is formed of an inorganic phosphor material (4) in which at least one part of the surface is covered with an organic material (5). |
| US07982387B2 |
Optoelectronic component
An optoelectronic component comprises a first electrode (3), a radiation-emitting layer sequence (1) having an active region (10) on the first electrode (3), which region has a main extension plane (E) with a surface normal (N) and emits an electromagnetic primary radiation having a non-Lambertian emission characteristic, a second electrode (4) on the radiation-emitting layer sequence (1), said second electrode being transparent to the primary radiation, and a wavelength conversion layer (2) in the beam path of the primary radiation, which converts the primary radiation at least partly into an electromagnetic secondary radiation. In this case, the first electrode (3) is reflective to the primary radiation, the non-Lambertian emission characteristic is given by an intensity I(α) of the primary radiation of the radiation-emitting layer sequence (1) as a function of an emission angle α measured with respect to the surface normal (N), the intensity I(α) increases from a α≧0° with increasing angle α up to a maximum angle αmax, and the conversion probability of the electromagnetic primary radiation in the wavelength conversion layer (2) increases as the emission angle α increases. |
| US07982386B2 |
Organic light emitting display device with opaque electrodes
An organic light emitting display device is disclosed. One embodiment of the organic light emitting display device includes a substrate member in which a plurality of pixel regions are arranged, and a plurality of thin film transistors which are formed on the pixels regions, respectively. The device also includes a data line which is arranged along one side edge of each of the pixel region and a common power source line which is arranged along the other side edge of each of the plurality of pixel regions and is substantially parallel to the data line. The device further includes a first pixel electrode which is electrically connected to one of the plurality of thin film transistors and is formed in each region of the pixel regions. The device also includes an organic film which is formed on the first pixel electrode, and a second pixel electrode which is formed on the organic film. One side edge of the first pixel electrode which is close to the data line is overlapped with the data line. |
| US07982383B2 |
Mercury dispensing devices with a reduced particle loss
Mercury dispensers (10; 20) having a highly reduced particle loss and containing a mixture of powders of a mercury releasing compound and of a plastic metal or alloy and optionally of a getter material are described. A mercury dispensing device (10:20) has a filiform cross-section, obtained by cutting a manufactured product having the same cross-section but a higher length, and comprises a metal container (11;21) and a mixture (12;22) of powders, comprised of at least one material suitable for releasing mercury by heating and a metal or a metal alloy, said mixture being arranged inside the container. Said metal or metal alloy has a Vickers hardness lower than 130 HV, its weight percentage is lower than the 10% of the total weight of the powders mixture and the size of the powders of said metal or alloy are not bigger than the size of the other powders of the mixture. |
| US07982382B2 |
Thermionic electron source
A thermionic electron source includes a substrate, at least two electrodes, and a thermionic emitter. The electrodes are electrically connected to the thermionic emitter. The thermionic emitter has a film structure. Wherein there a space is defined between the thermionic emitter and the substrate. |
| US07982381B2 |
Electron source and image display apparatus
An electron source including: a plurality of electron-emitting devices connected to a matrix wiring of scan lines and modulation lines on a substrate, wherein each of the electron-emitting devices includes a cathode electrode connected to the scan line, a gate electrode connected to the modulation line and a plurality of electron-emitting members, the cathode electrode is configured in a first comb-like structure for applying an electric potential of the cathode to the plurality of electron-emitting members, the gate electrode is configured in a second comb-like structure for applying an electric potential of the gate to the plurality of electron-emitting members, and each of the first and second comb-like structures is provided with a plurality of comb-teeth, and a connecting electrode electrically connected to the plurality of teeth in at least one of the first and second comb-like structures. |
| US07982373B2 |
Piezoelectric multilayer component
A piezoelectric multilayer component has a base body including a stack of dielectric layers, electrode layers and at least one predetermined breaking layer. The predetermined breaking layer is arranged at least for the most part in an inactive zone of the multilayer component and cracks under specific tensile loads. |
| US07982371B1 |
Polymer metal composite membranes
Systems and methods of harvesting and converting naturally occurring energy are described that include exposing a material to an ambient condition and harvesting at least a portion of energy that is created. Energy harvesting from fluidic and flow environments or vibration can be accomplished using types of energy harvesters, such as flexible polymers. Active materials or Electro-Active Polymer (EAP)-metal composite thin films like Ionic Polymers, Piezoceramic materials, and electromagnetic systems may be used as mechanical to electrical energy transducers. One type of an ionic EAP is ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC), which includes a base polymer membrane that may be coated with a metal to act as a surface electrode. The surface electrode may be silver (Ag) nanoparticles. The silver nanoparticle functionalized IPMC can be used to convert mechanical vibrations and fluidic flow to electrical energy to power wireless devices and microelectronic systems, for example. |
| US07982370B2 |
Flexible nanogenerators
A small scale electrical generator includes an elongated substrate and a first piezoelectric fine wire. The first piezoelectric fine wire is disposed along a surface of the substrate. The first piezoelectric fine wire has a first end and a spaced-apart second end. A first conductive contact secures the first end of the fine wire to a first portion of the substrate and a second conductive contact secures the second end of the fine wire to a second portion of the substrate. A fabric made of interwoven strands that includes fibers from which piezoelectric nanowires extend radially therefrom and conductive nanostructures extend therefrom is configured to generate electricity. |
| US07982365B2 |
Elastic wave device and filter and electronic equipment using the device
The elastic wave device of the present invention has an piezoelectric substrate; a first dielectric layer disposed on the piezoelectric substrate; a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer; and an acoustical layer on the second dielectric layer. Determining each film thickness of the first and the second dielectric layers provides advantageous effects. That is, energy of an SH wave as a main wave is confined in the boundary between the piezoelectric substrate and the first dielectric layer, and at the same time, an SV wave is suppressed as an unwanted wave. The device allows the SV wave—whose displacement distribution is similar to that of Stoneley wave—to have displacement distribution on the upper surface of the second dielectric layer and to be suppressed by the acoustical layer disposed on the second dielectric layer. |
| US07982364B2 |
Surface acoustic wave device and method for manufacturing the same
A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate and a lid spaced apart from each other oppositely by a specific interval. A comb electrode and a pad electrode are provided to the piezoelectric substrate on a main surface on the lid side, and an external terminal is provided to the lid on a surface on the opposite side to the piezoelectric substrate. Further, the surface acoustic wave device includes a connection electrode that electrically connects the pad electrode and the external terminal, and an insulator interposed between at least one of the main surface of the piezoelectric substrate and the pad electrode and the lid. |
| US07982360B2 |
Apparatus and method for ferroelectric conversion of heat to electrical energy
The present invention relates to a new method and apparatus for converting heat to electric energy. The invention exploits the rapid changes in spontaneous polarization that occur in ferroelectric materials during phase change. The invention permits robust and economical generation of electric energy from thermal energy, and it can be used in many different applications. In one aspect, the present invention relates to an apparatus for converting heat to electric energy comprising a pair of electrodes; a ferroelectric layer formed there between with a ferroelectric material characterized with a Curie temperature, Tc, such that when the temperature of the ferroelectric material is lower than Tc, the ferroelectric material is in a ferroelectric phase in which very powerful polarization is established spontaneously in the unit cells of the ferroelectric material, and when the temperature of the ferroelectric material is greater than Tc, spontaneous polarization is not established in the unit cells of the ferroelectric material; and a means for alternately delivering a flow of cold fluid and a flow of hot fluid to the ferroelectric layer so as to alternately cool the ferroelectric layer at a first temperature TL that is lower than Tc, and heat the ferroelectric layer at a second temperature TH that is higher than Tc, thereby the ferroelectric material of the ferroelectric layer undergoes alternating phase transitions between the ferroelectric phase and the paraelectric phase with temperature cycling. |
| US07982356B2 |
Electric motor and method for manufacturing an electric motor for a motor vehicle actuator drive
The invention relates to an electric motor and a method for manufacturing an electric motor for a motor vehicle actuator drive. The electric motor has a motor housing, a rotor assembly and a stator assembly. The stator assembly has stator teeth which are each provided with a notch in the region of their tooth back. A securing pin, which secures the stator assembly in the motor housing, is inserted into each of these notches. |
| US07982355B2 |
Interphase insulating member and rotating electric machine
An interphase insulating member allowing reduction in size of a rotating electric machine is provided. The interphase insulating member includes a flat portion interposed between and insulating neighboring two phases of coil ends, and a three-dimensional portion protruding from the flat portion and guiding the coil. On a surface of the flat portion, epoxy resin layer is provided as a reinforcing member. |
| US07982345B2 |
Displacement type generator
A displacement type generator including a magnet set and a coil set is provided. The magnet set includes a magnet with unidirectional magnetization and a first multi-polar magnetic structure, wherein the first multi-polar magnetic structure is disposed on the magnet. The coil set includes a magnetic center pole, a coil and a second multi-polar magnetic structure. The coil is wound on the magnetic center pole. The second multi-polar magnetic structure is disposed on the magnetic center pole and is adjacent to the first multi-polar magnetic structure. As a relative movement is generated between the magnet set and the coil set, the magnetic flux changes and causes the coil to output an induced voltage. |
| US07982342B2 |
Fuel cell power management system and anti-islanding method in the power management system
A fuel cell power management system and an anti-islanding method using the power management system. The power management system includes a fuel cell to generate direct current (DC) power, a power conditioning system (PCS) to generate alternating current (AC) power from the DC power generated by the fuel cell, a power grid that is connected to the PCS, a detector to detect a change in the AC power flowing from an output line of the PCS, and a controller to control the connection between the PCS and the power grid, according to the result of the detection. |
| US07982338B2 |
Continuous power supply control system and method
A control system and method of controlling an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system prevents a load anomaly, such as transformer DC offset, resulting from a supply disruption, such as a voltage sag, by modifying the UPS supplied power curve. The UPS supplied power curve maintains a predetermined power for a predetermined duration to cause the UPS supplied power curve to depart from normal supply curve post sag detection. Following the predetermined duration, the UPS supplied power curve is conformed to the normal power supply curve until restoration of the source power supply or engagement of a secondary power source. |
| US07982334B2 |
Motor-driven steering lock apparatus
The invention provides a motor-driven steering lock apparatus which can improve a reliability of locking and unlocking operations, with a simple circuit structure. A power supply line from a battery and a driving means are connected by a switching means only at a time when a feed signal from a host first control means to a drive control means (CPU), a power supply-enabling signal from the host first control means and a power supply-enabling signal from a host second control means are input to the switching means. |
| US07982320B2 |
Arrangement for solder bump formation on wafers
An apparatus and a process for the manufacture of a solder-bump adhered wafer substrate for use in the semiconductor industry, comprising one or more of the following steps including: arranging a first compressive member and a second compressive member in an opposed, compressibly displaceable, spaced-apart relationship, with a pattern plate disposed therebetween with the pattern plate having a plurality of aligned through-holes arranged thereon; filling the through-holes with a molten solder; compressing the solder and the pattern plate between the first and second opposed compressive members to compact the solder therein and cleans the pattern plate of excess solder; chilling the pattern plate to solidify the molten solder in the through-holes; and removing the pattern plate from the spaced-apart compressive members to produce a wafer with solder bumps thereon. |
| US07982319B2 |
Semiconductor device with improved resin configuration
A semiconductor device comprises a wiring substrate including a wiring pattern; a semiconductor chip installed on the wiring substrate, including a plurality of pads formed on a surface of the semiconductor chip, which opposes the wiring substrate; a first resin layer covering over a part of the wiring pattern within a region of overlapping the semiconductor chip; and a second resin layer installed between the semiconductor chip and the first resin layer. The pads are oppose to and coupled with a part of the wiring pattern exposed over the first resin layer; and the linear expansion coefficient of the wiring substrate is larger than that of the semiconductor chip, the elastic modulus of the wiring substrate is lower than that of the semiconductor chip and the linear expansion coefficient of the first resin layer is larger than that of the second resin layer. The elastic modulus of the first resin layer is lower than that of the second resin layer. |
| US07982309B2 |
Integrated circuit including gas phase deposited packaging material
An integrated circuit includes a substrate including an active area and a gas phase deposited packaging material encapsulating the active area. |
| US07982306B1 |
Stackable semiconductor package
A stackable semiconductor package includes a substrate with a first side surface that includes circuit patterns. Each circuit pattern includes a pad. A semiconductor die is electrically coupled to the circuit patterns. An encapsulant covers the semiconductor die and the first side surface of the substrate inward of the pads. A layer of a solder is fused to each of the pads. A lateral distance between immediately adjacent pads is selected to be greater than a lateral distance between sidewalls of the encapsulant and immediately adjacent pads, and a height of the solder layers relative to the first side surface is selected to be less than a height of the sidewalls of the encapsulant, so that misalignment of a semiconductor package stacked on the solder layers/pads is self-correcting when juxtaposed ones of the solder layers and respective solder balls of the second semiconductor package are reflowed and fused together. |
| US07982305B1 |
Integrated circuit package including a three-dimensional fan-out / fan-in signal routing
An integrated circuit (IC) package is disclosed comprising a substrate including a plurality of substrate contacts; a semiconductor die including a plurality of die contacts; and a plurality of conductors for providing direct connections between substrate contacts and die contacts, respectively. By having the conductors directly route the connections between the die contacts and substrate contacts, many improvements may be realized including, but not limited to, improved package routing capabilities, reduced die and/or package size, improved package reliability, improved current handling capacity, improved speed, improved thermal performance, and lower costs. |
| US07982303B2 |
Semiconductor device and communication method
A semiconductor chip is disposed on a first surface of a mounting board with its active surface upward. An inductor is provided at the active surface side, that is, at the surface side of the semiconductor chip not facing the mounting board in order to perform communication between the semiconductor chip and the outside. A sealing resin layer is formed on the first surface of the mounting board in order to seal the semiconductor chip. In addition, a recess or an opening (in the present embodiment, a recess) is provided in the sealing resin layer. The recess includes the inductor thereinside when seen in a plan view. |
| US07982301B2 |
Semiconductor device
A miniaturized semiconductor device has a package substrate, a semiconductor chip mounted on the main surface of the package substrate and having plural LNAs each for amplifying a signal, an RF VCO for converting the frequency of the signal supplied from each LNA, and an IF VCO for converting the frequency of a signal supplied from a baseband. A plurality of ball electrodes are provided on the back surface of the package substrate. The package substrate is provided with a first common GND wire for supplying a GND potential to each of the LNAs, with a second common GND wire for supplying the GND potential to the RF VCO, and with a third common GND wire for supplying the GND potential to the IF VCO. The first, second, and third common GND wires are separated from each other. |
| US07982297B1 |
Stackable semiconductor package having partially exposed semiconductor die and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor package including a package body which is uniquely configured to partially expose the semiconductor die of the package. The partial exposure of the semiconductor die enhances heat dissipation from the die. Additionally, the reduced amount of encapsulant material used in the fabrication of the semiconductor package attributable to only the partial encapsulation of the semiconductor die facilitates a reduction in the overall manufacturing cost related to the semiconductor package, and further allows one or more additional semiconductor packages to be stacked upon the package while still maintaining an overall profile of reduced thickness in the resultant stack. |
| US07982292B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a carrier, a chip coupled to the carrier, a dielectric layer coupled to the carrier and the chip, and conducting elements connected to both the carrier and contacts of the chip. The chip includes a first face with a first contact spaced apart from a second contact. The dielectric layer includes a photoinitiator that configures the dielectric layer to be selectively opened to expose the first and second contacts and the carrier. A first conducting element is connected to the first contact, a second conducting element is connected to the second contact, and a third conducting element is connected to the carrier. |
| US07982288B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device including a substrate, a high voltage device, a medium voltage device and a low voltage device is provided. The substrate includes a high voltage circuit area, a medium voltage circuit area and a low voltage circuit area. The high voltage device, the medium voltage device and the low voltage device are respectively disposed in the high voltage circuit area, the medium voltage circuit area and the low voltage circuit area. The medium voltage device and the high voltage device have the same structure while the medium voltage device and the low voltage device have different structures. Further, the high voltage device, the medium voltage device and the low voltage device respectively include a first gate dielectric layer, a second gate dielectric layer and a third gate dielectric layer, and the thickness of the second gate dielectric layer is smaller than that of the first gate dielectric layer. |
| US07982287B1 |
System and method for faceting the corners of a resistor protect layer to reduce vertical step height
A system and method is disclosed for providing a resistor protect layer to protect a thin film resistor in a semiconductor device. A thin film resistor is formed on a dielectric layer and a resistor protect layer is placed over the thin film resistor. An etch procedure is employed to facet the corners of the resistor protect layer. The faceted corners of the resistor protect layer reduce the step height of the resistor protect layer. Then a conductor is deposited over the resistor protect layer and the dielectric layer. When portions of the conductor are subsequently etched away, the resistor protect layer protects the underlying thin film resistor from being exposed to the etch process. |
| US07982285B2 |
Antifuse structure having an integrated heating element
The present invention provides antifuse structures having an integrated heating element and methods of programming the same, the antifuse structures comprising first and second conductors and a dielectric layer formed between the conductors, where one or both of the conductors functions as both a conventional antifuse conductor and as a heating element for directly heating the antifuse dielectric layer during programming. |
| US07982283B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same that reduces a process defect caused by pattern dependency in chemical mechanical polarization (CMP) or etching is excellent. The semiconductor device includes a device pattern formed on or in a substrate; and a plurality of dummy patterns having different longitudinal-sectional areas formed at one side of the device pattern. The dummy patterns, which have the same planar size but have different longitudinal-sectional areas from the three-dimensional structural point of view, include first dummy pattern having a first thickness and second dummy pattern having a second thickness larger than the first thickness. |
| US07982279B2 |
Method of manufacturing stacked-type semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a stacked-type semiconductor device, including the steps of: forming dividing grooves, having a depth corresponding to a finished thickness for a plurality of first chips formed on the face side of a wafer, on the face side of the wafer along planned dividing lines; stacking existing second chips on the first chips; covering the face-side surfaces of the second chips with a protective member; and grinding the back side of the wafer until the dividing grooves are exposed and the first chips are thinned to the finished thickness, to obtain semiconductor devices of a two-layer structure. |
| US07982278B2 |
Thermoelectric module
A thermoelectric module has a first substrate, a second substrate spaced from the first substrate, a plurality of P type thermoelectric elements and N type thermoelectric elements arranged in the space between the first and second substrates, and a plurality of electrodes which connect the P type and N type thermoelectric elements in series. Each electrode is connected to a respective one of the plurality of P type thermoelectric elements at a first connection and a respective one of the plurality of N type thermoelectric elements in the space, and a sealant is located at an edge portion of the space. Each one of a series of first or outer electrodes closest to the edge portion of the space has a concave portion that is concaved in a direction departing from the edge portion of the space and is at a position between the first connection and the second connection. |
| US07982275B2 |
Magnetic element having low saturation magnetization
A magnetic device including a magnetic element is described. The magnetic element includes a fixed layer having a fixed layer magnetization, a spacer layer that is nonmagnetic, and a free layer having a free layer magnetization. The free layer is changeable due to spin transfer when a write current above a threshold is passed through the first free layer. The free layer is includes low saturation magnetization materials. |
| US07982274B2 |
Device comprising doped nano-component
A device comprising a doped semiconductor nano-component and a method of forming the device are disclosed. The nano-component is one of a nanotube, nanowire or a nanocrystal film, which may be doped by exposure to an organic amine-containing dopant. Illustrative examples are given for field effect transistors with channels comprising a lead selenide nanowire or nanocrystal film and methods of forming these devices. |
| US07982269B2 |
Transistors having asymmetric strained source/drain portions
A semiconductor structure. The structure includes (a) a fin region having (i) a first source/drain portion having a first surface and a third surface, wherein the first and third surfaces are (A) parallel to each other and (B) not coplanar, (ii) a second source/drain portion having a second surface and a fourth surface, wherein the second and fourth surfaces are (A) parallel to each other and (B) not coplanar, and (iii) a channel region; (b) a gate dielectric layer; (c) a gate electrode region, wherein the gate dielectric layer (i) is sandwiched between, and (ii) electrically insulates the gate electrode region and the channel region; and (d) first second strain creating regions on the third and fourth surfaces, respectively, wherein the first and second strain creating regions comprise a strain creating material. |
| US07982267B2 |
Projector including display device
To provide a liquid crystal display device having high quality display by obtaining a high aperture ratio while securing a sufficient storage capacitor (Cs), and at the same time, by dispersing a load (a pixel writing-in electric current) of a capacitor wiring in a timely manner to effectively reduce the load. A scanning line is formed on a different layer from a gate electrode and the capacitor wiring is arranged so as to be parallel with a signal line. Each pixel is connected to the individually independent capacitor wiring via a dielectric. Therefore, variations in the electric potential of the capacitor wiring caused by a writing-in electric current of a neighboring pixel can be avoided, whereby obtaining satisfactory display images. |
| US07982266B2 |
Dielectric material separated-type, high breakdown voltage semiconductor circuit device, and production method thereof
A dielectrically isolated semiconductor device of high reliability is provided by realizing a fine and deep element isolating region which can prevent dislocation of an oxide film as an insulation layer by oxidation-induced stress. The dielectrically isolated semiconductor device includes an SOI substrate supporting an active element layer deeper than an expanded distance of a depletion layer subjected to the highest voltage applied to the device, and an element isolating region which encloses the active element layer. The element isolating region contains a deep trench which comes into contact with the insulation layer, and which is filled with n heavily doped layers on both side walls, second insulation films each adjacent to the n heavily doped layer and a polycrystalline semiconductor layer formed between the second insulation films. |
| US07982265B2 |
Trenched shield gate power semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture
A semiconductor power device includes a drift region of a first conductivity type, a well region extending above the drift region and having a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type, an active trench extending through the well region and into the drift region. The active trench, which includes sidewalls and bottom lined with dielectric material, is substantially filled with a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The second conductive layer forms a gate electrode and is disposed above the first conductive layer and is separated from the first conductive layer by an inter-electrode dielectric material. The device also includes source regions having the first conductivity type formed inside the well region and adjacent the active trench and a charge control trench that extends deeper into the drift region than the active trench and is substantially filled with material to allow for vertical charge control in the drift region. The charge control trench can be lined with a layer of dielectric material and substantially filled with conductive material. The active trench can include a second shield electrode made of conductive material disposed below the first shield electrode. The first conductive layer inside the active trench can form a secondary gate electrode that is configured to be electrically biased to a desired potential. The semiconductor device can also include a Schottky structure formed between the charge control trench and a second adjacent charge control trench. |
| US07982264B2 |
Semiconductor device
The semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer laminated on the semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor layer laminated on the insulating layer, an annular deep trench having a depth reaching the insulating layer from the surface of the semiconductor layer, a source region formed on the surface layer of the semiconductor layer in a transistor forming region enclosed with the deep trench, a drain region formed on the surface layer of the semiconductor layer in the transistor forming region, an isolation region formed between the source region and the drain region for electrically isolating the source region and the drain region from each other, and a current path formed on the transistor forming region for guiding a current from the drain region to a position opposite to the source region in the vertical direction perpendicular to the surface of the semiconductor device. |
| US07982263B2 |
Semiconductor device having a plurality of misfets formed on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate
In a high frequency amplifying MOSFET having a drain offset region, the size is reduced and the on-resistance is decreased by providing conductor plugs 13 (P1) for leading out electrodes on a source region 10, a drain region 9 and leach-through layers 3 (4), to which a first layer wirings 11a, 11d (M1) are connected and, further, backing second layer wirings 12a to 12d are connected on the conductor plugs 13 (P1) to the first layer wirings 11s, 11d (M1). |
| US07982259B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory includes first and second memory cells having a floating gate and a control gate. The floating gate of the first and second memory cells is comprised a first part, and a second part arranged on the first part, and a width of the second part in an extending direction of the control gate is narrower than that of the first part. A first space between the first parts of the first and second memory cells is filled with one kind of an insulator. The control gate is arranged at a second space between the second parts of the first and second memory cells. |
| US07982257B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention has a bit line and a word line. The device includes a substrate which is provided with first trenches extending in a bit-line direction and has side surfaces forming sidewalls of the first trenches, the substrate being provided with bird's beaks at upper edges of the side surfaces, a first gate insulator formed on the substrate between the first trenches, a floating gate formed on the first gate insulator between the first trenches and located between second trenches extending in a word-line direction, the floating gate not being provided with bird's beaks at lower edges of side surfaces facing the first trenches, a second gate insulator formed on the floating gate between the second trenches, and a control gate formed on the second gate insulator between the second trenches. |
| US07982252B2 |
Dual-gate non-volatile ferroelectric memory
A dual-gate non-volatile memory cell includes a first dielectric layer extending over a first gate, a semiconductor region extending over the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer comprising tunnel oxide extending over the semiconductor region, a ferroelectric layer extending over the second dielectric layer, and a second gate extending over the ferroelectric layer. |
| US07982243B1 |
Multiple gate transistor architecture providing an accessible inner source-drain node
The present invention provides a multiple gate transistor architecture that provides an accessible inner source-drain (SD) node. The transistor architecture includes a source structure having multiple source fingers, which extend from a source bus, and a drain structure having multiple drain fingers, which extend from a drain bus. The fingers of the respective source and drain structures are interleaved wherein a meandering path is formed between the source and drain structures. Two or more gate structures run substantially parallel to one another along the meandering path between the source and drain structures. An SD structure is provided between each adjacent pair of gate structures and runs along the meandering path to form the SD node. An SD extension is coupled to the SD structure and accessible by other circuitry to allow a signal to be applied to the SD structure during operation. |
| US07982236B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting element
The present invention provides a light emitting element capable or realizing at least one of lower resistance, higher output, higher power efficiency (1m/W), higher mass productivity and lower cost of the element using a light transmissive electrode for an electrode arranged exterior to the light emitting structure. A semiconductor light emitting element includes a light emitting section, a first electrode and a second electrode on a semiconductor structure including first and second conductive type semiconductor layers, the first and the second electrodes respectively including at least two layers of a first layer of a light transmissive conductive film conducting to the first and the second conductive type semiconductor and a second layer arranged so as to conduct with the first layer. First and second light transmissive insulating films are respectively arranged so as to overlap at least one part of the first and the second layers. |
| US07982232B2 |
Semiconductor light-emitting device, manufacturing method thereof, and lamp
There is provided a semiconductor light-emitting device having excellent light extraction efficiency and low wavelength unevenness, a manufacturing method thereof, and a lamp. A semiconductor light-emitting device includes an n-type semiconductor layer 12, a light-emitting layer 13, a p-type semiconductor layer 14, and a titanium oxide-based conductive film layer 15 laminated in this order, wherein a random concavo-convex surface 15 is formed on at least a part of the surface of the titanium oxide-based conductive film layer. |
| US07982228B2 |
Semiconductor color-tunable broadband light sources and full-color microdisplays
Methods and systems are provided that may be used to utilize and manufacture a light sources apparatus. A first light emitting diode emits light having a first wavelength, and a second light emitting diode for emitting light having a second wavelength. Each of the first and second light emitting diodes may comprise angled facets to reflect incident light in a direct toward a top end of the first light emitting diode. The second light emitting diode comprising angled facets may reflect incident light in a direction toward a top end of the second light emitting diode. A first distributed Bragg reflector is disposed between the top end of the first light emitting diode and a bottom end of the second light emitting diode to allow light from the first light emitting diode to pass through and to reflect light from the second light emitting diode. |
| US07982227B2 |
Light emitting diode package
A base apparatus includes a base and two finger devices. The base has a first surface and two opposite sides. The finger devices are respectively mounted on the sides of the base, are made of conductive material, and each of the finger devices has multiple fingers. The fingers are extended on the first surface of the base, wherein the fingers of a first finger device are arranged respectively corresponding to the fingers of a second finger device whereby each pair of corresponding fingers supports an illuminating device. The base has a height, each of the fingers has a width and the width is smaller than the height. When the LED is mounted onto a substrate, the LED can be mounted on the substrate by its side so that an entire assembly height of the LED is reduced and is equal to the width of the LED. |
| US07982224B2 |
Semiconductor device with silicon carbide epitaxial layer including dopant profiles for reducing current overconcentration
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate of silicon carbide of a first conductivity type; a silicon carbide epitaxial layer of the first conductivity type, which has been grown on the principal surface of the substrate; well regions of a second conductivity type, which form parts of the silicon carbide epitaxial layer; and source regions of the first conductivity type, which form respective parts of the well regions. A channel epitaxial layer of silicon carbide is grown over the well regions and source regions of the silicon carbide epitaxial layer. A portion of the channel epitaxial layer located over the well regions functions as a channel region. A dopant of the first conductivity type is implanted into the other portions and of the channel epitaxial layer except the channel region. |
| US07982223B2 |
Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
In a display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the display apparatus, a first insulating layer having a trench and a second insulating layer having a via hole corresponding to the trench are formed on an array substrate. After forming a seed layer in the trench, a conductive layer is formed on the seed layer through a plating process, thereby forming the gate line, the gate electrode and the storage line accommodated in the trench and the via hole. |
| US07982222B2 |
EL display device and electronic device
An EL display device capable of producing a vivid multi-gradation color display, and an electronic device having the EL display device. An electric current supplied to an EL element is controlled by providing a resistor between a current control TFT and the EL element formed in a pixel, the resistor having a resistance higher than the on-resistance of the current control TFT. The gradation display is executed by a time-division drive system which controls the emission and non-emission of light of the EL element by time, preventing the effect caused by a dispersion in the characteristics of the current control TFT. |
| US07982221B2 |
Semiconductor memory device having three dimensional structure
A semiconductor device and method for arranging and manufacturing the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of inverters including at least one first pull-up transistor and first pull-down transistor and inverting and outputting an input signal, respectively; and a plurality of NAND gates including at least two second pull-up transistor and second pull-down transistor and generating an output signal having a high level if at least one of at least two input signals has a low level, respectively, wherein the at least one first pull-up transistor and first pull-down transistor and the at least two second pull-up transistor and second pull-down transistor are stacked and arranged on at least two layers. |
| US07982215B2 |
TFT substrate and method for manufacturing TFT substrate
An object of the invention is to provide a TFT substrate and a method for producing a TFT substrate which is capable of drastically reducing the production cost by decreasing the number of steps in the production process and improving production yield. A TFT substrate includes: a substrate; a gate electrode and a gate wire formed above the substrate; a gate insulating film formed above the gate electrode and the gate wire; a first oxide layer formed above the gate insulating film which is formed at least above the gate electrode; and a second oxide layer formed above the first oxide layer; wherein at least a pixel electrode is formed from the second oxide layer. |
| US07982214B2 |
Voltage-operated layered arrangement
A voltage-operated layered arrangement comprising a substrate (1), a layered structure (2, 3, 4, 5) that is applied to the substrate and that comprises at least one electrically conductive functional layer (3) arranged between a first electrode (2) and a second electrode (4), and a field-degrading layer (5) that is less electrically conductive than the functional layer (3) and that is applied to the second electrode (4) arranged on the side of the layered structure remote from the substrate in such a way that it covers the second electrode (4) at least in the region of an edge (4a) and connects the second electrode (4) to the first electrode (2) electrically. |
| US07982212B2 |
Copolymer and polymer light emitting device using the same
A copolymer comprising a repeating unit of the following formula (1) and a repeating unit of the following formula (2): (wherein, a ring A and ring B represent each independently an aromatic ring optionally having a substituent. X is —O—, —S—, —S(═O)—, —S(═O)2—, —Si(R1)2—Si(R1)2—, —Si(R1)2—, —B(R1)—, —P(R1)—, —P(═O)(R1)—, —O—C(R1)2— or —N═C(R1)—, and R1 represents a substituent. When there are two or more R1s in the same formula, they may be the same or different.) (wherein, Y is —O—, —S— or —C(═O)—. Ar1 represents an aryl group optionally having a substituent or a monovalent heterocyclic group optionally having a substituent, and there is no substituent connected to atoms of the ring of Ar1, the atoms being adjacent an atom of Ar1 connected to a nitrogen atom in the formula. R2 represents a substituent, and n represents an integer of from 0 to 3. When there are two or more R2s in the formula, they may be the same or different.). |
| US07982211B2 |
Organic based device and method for manufacture thereof
A device comprising a first transparent and electrically conductive layer (102), a second electrically conductive layer (104), and a functional layer (103) comprising at least one organic layer, sandwiched between said first and second conductive layers and to form a functional organic stack. At least one via (110) is arranged to electrically interconnect said first layer (102) and at least one segment (112) of said second layer (104), the segment being electrically insulated from the reminder of the second layer. The present invention makes it possible to uniformly supply the first transparent layer with electrical power. The vias and segments are preferably formed by laser applied through the transparent conductive layer. |
| US07982208B2 |
Non-polar (Al,B,In,Ga)N quantum well and heterostructure materials and devices
A method for forming non-polar (Al,B,In,Ga)N quantum well and heterostructure materials and devices. Non-polar (11 20) a-plane GaN layers are grown on an r-plane (1 102) sapphire substrate using MOCVD. These non-polar (11 20) a-plane GaN layers comprise templates for producing non-polar (Al, B, In, Ga)N quantum well and heterostructure materials and devices. |
| US07982206B2 |
Light emitting device, method of manufacturing the same, and manufacturing apparatus therefor
A light emitting device having high definition, a high aperture ratio, and high reliability is provided. The present invention achieves high definition and a high aperture ratio with a full color flat panel display using red, green, and blue color emission light by intentionally forming laminate portions, wherein portions of different organic compound layers of adjacent light emitting elements overlap with each other, without depending upon the method of forming the organic compound layers or the film formation precision. |
| US07982204B2 |
Using unstable nitrides to form semiconductor structures
Incompatible materials, such as copper and nitrided barrier layers, may be adhered more effectively to one another. In one embodiment, a precursor of copper is deposited on the nitrided barrier. The precursor is then converted, through the application of energy, to copper which could not have been as effectively adhered to the barrier in the first place. |
| US07982203B2 |
CMOS-process-compatible programmable via device
Programmable via devices and methods for the fabrication thereof are provided. In one aspect, a programmable via device is provided comprising a substrate; a dielectric layer on the substrate; a heater on at least a portion of a side of the dielectric layer opposite the substrate; a first oxide layer over the side of the dielectric layer opposite the substrate and surrounding at least a portion of the heater; a first capping layer over a side of the first oxide layer opposite the dielectric layer; at least one programmable via extending through the first capping layer and the first oxide layer and in contact with the heater, the programmable via comprising at least one phase change material; a second capping layer over the programmable via; a second oxide layer over a side of the first capping layer opposite the first oxide layer; a pair of first conductive vias, each extending through the first and second oxide layers and the first capping layer, and in contact with the heater; and a second conductive via, located between the pair of first conductive vias, extending through the second oxide layer and in contact with the second capping layer. |
| US07982202B2 |
Enhanced light detector for computed radiography
A scanning apparatus for obtaining an image from a phosphor sheet has a cylindrical drum having an inner axis and having an inner surface that is concave with respect to the axis. A light collector is coupled to a transport mechanism that is actuable to translate the light collector along a direction parallel to the axis. The light collector has a beam generator with a light source and a rotatable beam deflector that is actuable to provide a rotating scanning beam. There are first and second cylindrical hoops circumferentially disposed about the axis and spaced apart from each other along the direction of the axis to define a slot aligned with the rotating scanning beam as it scans the phosphor sheet. At least one light detector is disposed to detect light stimulated from the phosphor sheet by the scanning beam. |
| US07982201B2 |
System and method for detection of liquid level in a vessel
A system and method for identifying the levels of one or more liquids in a vessel using an optical imager and one or more appropriately positioned light sources and an optical imager for capturing digital images of the illuminated vessel. A laser line generator is positioned oppositely from the imager and oriented to project a laser line through the vessel so that it may be imaged by the imager. A second light source, such as an LED, may be positioned above or below the vessel and oriented to project light downwardly or upwardly through the vessel and its contents. Captured images of the vessel are then processed by a programmable device, such as a microcontroller, to determine the levels of materials in the vessel based on the optical characteristics revealed in the captured image. |
| US07982200B2 |
Hadron treatment planning with adequate biological weighting
Treatment planning methods are provided that determine the variability of relative biological effectiveness (RBE) along a beam line and calculate, among other things, what intensity of hadron beam such as a proton or a carbon ion beam should be applied to achieve a desired biological dose at treatment site of a patient afflicted with a medical condition. Typically, three or four RBE values at three or four corresponding spacially-dispersed intervals along the beam line are calculated. In one embodiment, two RBE values for the spread-out Bragg peak (SOBP) region of the treatment site; one for the proximal section and one for the declining distal section is calculated. A third and different RBE value may be determined for the distal edge region of the SOBP. A fourth value may also be calculated for a pre-SOBP region. |
| US07982199B2 |
Medical imaging apparatus
The invention concerns a medical imaging apparatus comprising a frame (2) whereon is mounted at least one medical imaging data processing unit (4) connected at least to imaging sensor forming means (5,7,8,9), and to image display forming means (6). The invention is characterized in that the frame (2) comprises at least one integrated chamber (11) for disinfecting the sensor forming means, including means for generating a disinfecting radiation and adapted to implement a sanitizing cycle thereof. |
| US07982197B2 |
Ion implantation apparatus and a method for fluid cooling
A hydrogen ion implanter for the exfoliation of silicon from silicon wafers uses a large scan wheel carrying 50+ wafers around its periphery and rotating about an axis. In one embodiment, the axis of rotation of the wheel is fixed and the wheel is formed with tensioned spokes supporting a rim carrying the wafer supports. The spokes may be used for carrying cooling fluid to and from the wafer supports. Detachable connections in the cooling fluid conduits in the vacuum chamber may comprise tandem seals with an intermediate chamber between them which can be vented outside the vacuum chamber, or independently vacuum pumped. In one embodiment, a ribbon beam of hydrogen ions is directed down on a peripheral edge of the wheel. The ribbon beam extends over the full radial width of wafers on the wheel. |
| US07982196B2 |
Method for modifying a material layer using gas cluster ion beam processing
A method of modifying a material layer on a substrate is described. The method comprises forming the material layer on the substrate. Thereafter, the method comprises establishing a gas cluster ion beam (GCIB) having an energy per atom ratio ranging from about 0.25 eV per atom to about 100 eV per atom, and modifying the material layer by exposing the material layer to the GCIB. |
| US07982194B2 |
Single nanoparticle tracking spectroscopic microscope
A system that can maintain and track the position of a single nanoparticle in three dimensions for a prolonged period has been disclosed. The system allows for continuously imaging the particle to observe any interactions it may have. The system also enables the acquisition of real-time sequential spectroscopic information from the particle. The apparatus holds great promise in performing single molecule spectroscopy and imaging on a non-stationary target. |
| US07982192B2 |
Beam processing apparatus
In a beam processing apparatus including a beam scanner having a two electrodes type deflection scanning electrode, the beam scanner further includes shielding suppression electrode assemblies respectively at vicinities of upstream side and downstream side of the two electrodes type deflection scanning electrode and having openings in a rectangular shape for passing a charged particle beam. Each of the shielding suppression electrode assemblies is an assembly electrode comprising one sheet of a suppression electrode and two sheets of shielding ground electrodes interposing the suppression electrode. A total of front side portions and rear side portions of the two electrodes type deflection scanning electrode is shielded by the two sheets of shielding ground electrodes. |
| US07982185B2 |
Single and multiple operating mode ion sources with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization
An Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization (APCI) source interfaced to a mass spectrometer is configured with a corona discharge needle positioned inside the APCI inlet probe assembly. Liquid sample flowing into the APCI inlet probe is nebulized and vaporized prior to passing through the corona discharge region all contained in the APCI inlet probe assembly Ions produced in the corona discharge region are focused toward the APCI probe centerline to maximize ion transmission through the APCI probe exit. External electric fields penetrating into the APCI probe exit end opening providing additional centerline focusing of sample ions exiting the APCI probe. The APCI probe is configured to shield the electric field from the corona discharge region while allowing penetration of an external electric field to focus APCI generated ions into an orifice into vacuum for mass to charge analysis. Ions that exit the APCI probe are directed only by external electric fields and gas flow maximizing ion transmission into a mass to charge analyzer. The new APCI probe can be configured to operate as a stand alone APCI source inlet probe, as a reagent ion gun for ionizing samples introduced on solids or liquid sample probes or through gas inlets in a multiple function ion source or as the APCI portion of a combination Electrospray and APCI multiple function ion source. Sample ions and gas phase reagent ions are generated in the APCI probe from liquid or gas inlet species or mixtures of both. |
| US07982183B2 |
Ion transfer tube with spatially alternating DC fields
An ion transfer arrangement for transporting ions between higher and lower pressure regions of a mass spectrometer includes an electrode assembly (120) with a first plurality of ring electrodes (205) arranged in alternating relation with a second plurality of ring electrodes (210). The first plurality of ring electrodes (205) are narrower than the second plurality of ring electrodes (210) in a longitudinal direction, but the first plurality of ring electrodes have a relatively high magnitude voltage of a first polarity applied to them whereas the second plurality of ring electrodes (210) have a relatively lower magnitude voltage applied to them, of opposing polarity to that applied to the first set of ring electrodes (205). In this manner, ions passing through the ion transfer arrangement experience spatially alternating asymmetric electric fields that tend to focus ions away from the inner surface of the channel wall and towards the channel plane or axis of symmetry. |
| US07982180B2 |
Methods and systems for analysis and correction of mass spectrometer data
A background component of reporter ion signals is determined by fitting a distribution function. A plurality of samples that include a protein labeled with a plurality of isobaric reporter ions is analyzed at a plurality of different times using a mass spectrometer, producing a plurality of mass spectra for the plurality of isobaric reporter ions. A cumulative distribution is calculated for an inverse coefficient of differential expression of the plurality of mass spectra using a processor. A Pearson Type IV distribution shifted by a constant value is fitted to the cumulative distribution and the constant value is solved for using the processor. A background component for each spectrum of the plurality of mass spectra is calculated from the constant value, a calculated coefficient of differential expression for each spectrum, and an average reporter ion signal value for each spectrum using the processor. |
| US07982177B2 |
Frontside illuminated image sensor comprising a complex-shaped reflector
An array of pixels is formed using a substrate, where each pixel has a substrate having an incident side for receiving incident light, a photosensitive region formed in the substrate, and a reflector having a complex-shaped surface. The reflector is formed in a portion of the substrate that is opposed to the incident side such that light incident on the complex-shaped surface of the reflector is reflected towards the photosensitive region. |
| US07982176B2 |
Absolute position length measurement type encoder
An absolute position length measurement type encoder includes: a scale in which an ABS pattern based on a pseudorandom code is provided; a light-receiving element for receiving bright and dark patterns formed by the scale; and a signal processing circuit for processing signals subjected to output of the light-receiving element and measuring an absolute position of the scale to the light-receiving element, wherein the signal processing circuit includes a space-dividing number conversion circuit that obtains finer intervals D than the array interval PPDA of the ABS light-receiving element array of the light-receiving element, and simultaneously obtains and outputs a digital value for each of the intervals D subjected to output of the ABS light-receiving element array. Therefore, even where the minimum line width of the ABS pattern is not an integral multiple of the array interval of the ABS light-receiving element array, an arithmetic operation for the correlation can be carried out, and the moving distance can be measured at high accuracy. |
| US07982174B2 |
Imaging device camera system and driving method of the same
An imaging device including: a pixel array part in which a plurality of pixels with different characteristics of spectral sensitivity are arranged in an array and which converts light transmitted through the pixel into an electric signal. The pixel array part has a plurality of color pixels and at least one clear pixel, the plurality of color pixels including (i) a first color filter pixel having a peak of spectral sensitivity characteristics in red, (ii) a second color filter pixel having a peak in blue, and (iii) a third color filter pixel having a peak in green. At least a portion of the plurality of color filter pixels is arranged in an oblique pixel array system and at least one clear pixel having a high transmittance is arranged in the oblique pixel array system at a given position of a given row and a given column with respect to the first color filter pixel, the second color filter pixel, and the third color filter pixel; and a first read channel is exclusively coupled to the at least one clear pixel and a second read channel is exclusively coupled to the plurality of color filter pixels. |
| US07982172B2 |
Micro channel plate assembly
In an MCP assembly 10 having one or a plurality of MCPs 5, 6 sandwiched with an input-side electrode 4 and an output-side electrode 7, there provided at the surface facing the MCP 5, 6 of at least either (preferably, both) of the input-side electrode 4 and the output-side electrode 7, is a substantially annular contact face that contacts the MCP surface to fix the same, and there provided at a periphery of the contact face is a separation surface retracted in a direction to be separated from the MCP surface. Thereby, provided is an MCP assembly having a construction enabled to prevent damage to the MCP in manufacturing and handling. |
| US07982166B2 |
Ceramic heater and method for manufacturing the same
A ceramic heater is provided that has a heat generating resistor and a lead member which supplies electric power to the heat generating resistor buried in a ceramic body, and exhibits excellent durability by controlling the cross sectional shape and plan configuration of the heat generating resistor. |
| US07982162B2 |
Method and apparatus for scoring and separating a brittle material with a single beam of radiation
A method and an apparatus for both scoring and separating a brittle material, and in particular a glass sheet or substrate, using only a single laser beam. A radiation zone created by the beam incident on the glass substrate, and the radiation zone is effectively formed into two portions by a coolant jet incident on the radiation zone. The radiation zone is separated into a leading portion, which generates a vent crack partially through a thickness of the substrate, and a trailing portion that propagates the vent crack through the remainder of the substrate, thereby separating the substrate. |
| US07982161B2 |
Method and apparatus for laser drilling holes with tailored laser pulses
An improved method and apparatus for drilling vias in electronic substrates with laser pulses is presented which uses one or more tailored pulses to reduce debris remaining in the via while maintaining system throughput and avoiding damage to the substrate. A tailored pulse is a laser pulse that features a power spike having a peak power 10% higher than the average power of the pulse and lasting less than 50% of the duration of the pulse. Methods and apparatuses for creating tailored pulses by slicing longer duration pulses are shown. |
| US07982159B2 |
Plasma arc ignition using a unipolar pulse
A starting circuit for use with a plasma torch is provided including circuitry for initiating a pilot arc using a unipolar voltage impulse. A transformer is selectively coupled to a DC source so that an impulse is introduced using the same DC source used to maintain an established pilot arc. A method is provided wherein an arc can be initiated while at the same time the DC source is pre-loaded so that surge injection circuitry is not needed to sustain the arc while ramping to the full pilot arc current level. |
| US07982158B2 |
Method of manufacturing die for forming honeycomb structure and die for forming honeycomb structure
A method for manufacturing a die to be used for formation of honeycomb structure, the die having a die base having two faces, honeycomb-shaped slits 5 being formed in one face and back holes communicating with the slits 5 being formed in the other face in order to introduce a forming material thereinto, at least the slit portions of the die being made of a super had alloy,wherein slits 5 are formed by grinding or electric discharge machining, then a discharging electrode 40 having a square-shaped section is disposed near each crossing portion of slits 5, and electric discharge machining is conducted from the upper side of slit 5 toward the depth direction of slit. |
| US07982149B2 |
Mechanical architecture for display keyboard keys
Mechanical architecture for providing maximum viewing area on key button tops of keys for a user input device. The viewing area is for the display of information on the key buttons, and also includes tactile feedback similar to standard laptop keyboards, all using low cost manufacturing methods such as injection molding. The architecture optimizes an aperture through the core of the key switch assembly in order to project an image through the aperture and onto the display area of the key button. The architecture relocates in at least one embodiment the tactile feedback mechanism (e.g., dome assembly) out from underneath the key button to the perimeter or side of the key switch assembly. The architecture finds particular application to input devices such as keyboards, game pods, data entry device, etc., that operate in combination with an optical surface (e.g., wedge lens). |
| US07982147B2 |
Centrifugal switching device of single-phase induction motor
A centrifugal switching device of a single-phase induction motor includes a centrifuge and pressure switches. The centrifuge includes a centrifugal sleeve, a centrifugal base, shaft coupling blocks, and a spring. The spring is directly fitted on the centrifugal base. Under a centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the motor, shaft coupling blocks I and II slide axially against an axial force of the spring, thus forcing an axial end surface of the centrifugal sleeve to be separated from contacts of the pressure switches, such that a starting winding of a stator ferrite-core coil of the single-phase induction motor is disconnected and a heater is turned on. The shaft coupling blocks I and II adopt a design with round transition, central sliding contact, and smooth rotation, thereby achieving a simple structure, convenient mounting, and safety usage. |
| US07982145B2 |
Inserting connector, receiving connector, and connector unit
An inserting connector connected to a receiving connector, the receiving connector being configured to electrically connect an electric power source and an electric apparatus receiving an electric power supply from the electric power source, the inserting connector being connected to the electric apparatus, the inserting connector includes two electric power plug terminals made of a conductor, the conductor being configured to receive the electric power supply; and a control plug terminal configured to be extended and retracted in an inserting direction. |
| US07982144B2 |
Inserting connector, receiving connector, and connector unit
An inserting connector connected to a receiving connector, the receiving connector being configured to electrically connect an electric power source and an electric apparatus receiving an electric power supply from the electric power source, the inserting connector being connected to the electric apparatus, the inserting connector includes two electric power plug terminals made of a conductor, the conductor being configured to receive the electric power supply; and a control plug terminal configured to be extended and retracted in an inserting direction. |
| US07982139B2 |
Multilayer printed wiring board
A multilayer printed wiring board 10 includes: a mounting portion 60 on the top surface of which is mounted a semiconductor element that is electrically connected to a wiring pattern 32, etc.; and a capacitor portion 40 having a high dielectric constant layer 43, formed of ceramic and first and second layer electrodes 41 and 42 that sandwich the high dielectric constant layer 43. One of either of the first and second layer electrodes 41 and 42 is connected to a power supply line of the semiconductor element and the other of either of the first and second layer electrodes 41 and 42 is connected to a ground line. In this multilayer printed wiring board 10, high dielectric constant layer 43 included in the layered capacitor portion 40, which is connected between the power supply line and the ground line, is formed of ceramic. With this structure, the static capacitance of the layered capacitor portion 40 can be high, and an adequate decoupling effect is exhibited even under circumstances in which instantaneous potential drops occur readily. |
| US07982138B2 |
Method of nickel-gold plating and printed circuit board
Disclosed are a method of electroless nickel-gold plating an object and a printed circuit board. The method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: forming a first nickel plated layer on a surface of the object; forming a second nickel plated layer on the first nickel plated layer; and forming a gold plated layer on the second nickel plated layer. |
| US07982137B2 |
Circuit board with an attached die and intermediate interposer
A die having a base formed of a first material is connected to a board having a base formed of a second material. An interposer having a coefficient of thermal expansion intermediate coefficients of thermal expansion of the first and second materials is positioned between the die and the board. |
| US07982136B2 |
Wired circuit board and producing method thereof
A wired circuit board includes a metal supporting board, an insulating layer formed on the metal supporting board, and a conductive pattern formed on the insulating layer. The conductive pattern includes an underlying layer formed on the insulating layer and a conductive layer formed on the underlying layer. The underlying layer is formed with a corroded portion corroded from a side end portion of the conductive layer toward an inner portion thereof. A semiconductive layer is formed on a surface of the insulating layer and on a surface of the conductive pattern. The semiconductive layer is formed so as to come in contact with the metal supporting board and have a cut formed in the corroded portion to interrupt conduction between the semiconductive layer formed on the surface of the insulating layer and the semiconductive layer formed on a surface of the conductive layer. |
| US07982135B2 |
Flex-rigid wiring board and method of manufacturing the same
A flex-rigid wiring board includes a flexible board including a flexible substrate and a conductor pattern formed over the flexible substrate, a non-flexible substrate disposed adjacent to the flexible board, an insulating layer including an inorganic material and covering the flexible board and the non-flexible substrate, the insulating layer exposing at least one portion of the flexible board, a conductor pattern formed on the insulating layer, and a plating layer connecting the conductor pattern of the flexible board and the conductor pattern on the insulating layer. |
| US07982129B2 |
Photovoltaic cells with interconnects to external circuit
Photovoltaic cells with interconnects to an external circuit, as well as related components, systems, and methods, are disclosed. |
| US07982128B2 |
Method for regenerating photovoltaic module and photovoltaic module
The present invention allows a crystalline photovoltaic module having a super straight type structure in which a light-receiving surface side-sealing EVA layer 2, a photovoltaic cell matrix 3, a back surface side-sealing EVA layer 4 and a back surface-sealing weatherproof film 5 are laminated sequentially in this order on a light-receiving glass 1 and these components are formed into an integral piece to be reused after it has been used in the market for a long time by extending the lifetime of the photovoltaic module. The regeneration method includes peeling the back surface-sealing weatherproof film 5, laminating a new back surface side-sealing EVA layer 8 and a new back surface-sealing weatherproof film 9 in a portion in which the film has been peeled, and then curing for crosslinking the new back surface side-sealing EVA layer 8 that is laminated. |
| US07982120B2 |
Performance apparatus and storage medium therefor
A performance apparatus capable of reproducing music pieces while making changeover between the music pieces without disturbing the rhythm of exercise, dance, or the like performed by a user to the rhythm of music. A beat position is acquired that will appear in a preceding performance data for the first time after a preparatory time required for changing the reproduction of the preceding music piece to the reproduction of a subsequent music piece elapses from when a music selection instruction is given. The reproduction of the subsequent music piece is started at the same time when the music is reproduced up to the acquired beat position. |
| US07982116B2 |
Electronic music apparatus with data loading assist
An electronic music apparatus has a sound generator for generating a music sound signal according to music data. A storage medium stores music data files, each written with music data for generating the sound signal. An information retention section retains file information for displaying a name or an icon of the respective music data. A reading command section issues a command of reading a target music data file from the storage medium. A display control section controls a display device to display, when the target music data file is successfully read out, the name and the icon of the music data written in the read target music data file, and when the target music data file is not read, to display the name and the icon of the music data in a state different from the name and the icon displayed when the target music data file is successfully read. |
| US07982114B2 |
Displaying an input at multiple octaves
Described are methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer program products, for displaying an input at multiple octaves in a rhythm-action game. In one aspect this is accomplished by receiving by a game platform via a microphone, a music performance input data and displaying, on a display in communication with the game platform, a first pitch marker reflective of the music performance input data. Then substantially simultaneously with the display of the first pitch marker, displaying a second pitch marker at an offset, typically vertical, from the first pitch marker, the offset indicative of an octave difference between the first pitch marker and the second pitch marker. |
| US07982113B2 |
Method for synchronizing at least one multimedia peripheral of a portable communication device, and corresponding portable communication device
A method and device of synchronizing at least one multimedia peripheral of a portable communication device with a synthetic audio file include storing parameters in the portable communication device. The parameters include a list of preferred instruments. Information is read from the synthetic audio file. The information relates to an instrument corresponding to each track available in the synthetic audio file. A track is selected from among the tracks available in the synthetic audio file based on the list of preferred instruments. At least one synchronization signal is generated from the synthetic audio file using the selected track. |
| US07982112B2 |
Ligature for woodwind instruments
A ligature is provided for use in a mouthpiece system for attaching a reed to a mouthpiece of a woodwind musical instrument. The ligature is constructed from a single layer of flexible strap, having two ends to which rigid bars are fixedly secured. The ends of the straps and rigid bars are brought together to form a loop that is placed over the mouthpiece and reed. A threaded closure mechanism is used to tighten the ligature around the mouthpiece. The ends of the strap are crimped into slots in the rigid bars to secure the flexible strap to the rigid bars. Slots or slits run along substantially the entire length of the flexible strap. Removable masses are attached to the ligature in contact with the rigid bars. |
| US07982110B2 |
Echinacea purpurea G0052Y
The present invention relates to an Echinacea plant, seed, variety and hybrid. More specifically, the invention relates to an Echinacea plant having a compact, well-branched plant, having bright, deep rose-colored flowers. The invention relates to the seeds of Echinacea purpurea G0052Y, to the plants of Echinacea purpurea G0052Y, to plant parts of Echinacea purpurea G0052Y and to methods for producing an Echinacea plant produced by crossing Echinacea purpurea G0052Y with itself or with another Echinacea variety or hybrid. The invention also relates to methods for producing an Echinacea plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic Echinacea plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to Echinacea cultivars or hybrids and plant parts derived from Echinacea purpurea G0052Y, to methods for producing other Echinacea cultivars, lines, hybrids or plant parts derived from Echinacea purpurea G0052Y and to the Echinacea plants, varieties, hybrids and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid Echinacea seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing plants of Echinacea purpurea G0052Y with another Echinacea plant. |
| US07982107B1 |
Inbred maize variety PHHEP
A novel inbred maize variety designated PHHEP and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize variety PHHEP with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHHEP through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the inbred variety PHHEP or a trait conversion of PHHEP with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from inbred maize variety PHHEP, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from inbred maize variety PHHEP and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods. |
| US07982106B1 |
Nutritionally enhanced inbred maize line HMA02ND
An inbred maize line, designated HMA02ND, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred maize line HMA02ND, to the plants of inbred maize line HMA02ND and to methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line HMA02ND with itself or another maize line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from the inbred HMA02ND. |
| US07982102B1 |
Soybean cultivar 04KL022771
The present invention is in the field of soybean cultivar 04KL022771 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean cultivar 04KL022771 and its progeny, and methods of making 04KL022771. |
| US07982101B2 |
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, NCIMB accession number 41398. |
| US07982098B2 |
Environmental stress resistance transcription factor and method for enhancing environmental stress resistance of plants using the same
The present invention relates to a novel environmental stress-resistant transcription factor and a method for enhancing the environmental stress resistance of plants using the same. More particularly, the invention relates to an environmental stress-resistant transcription factor isolated from barley and a method for enhancing the environmental stress resistance of plants by introducing a vector comprising the transcription factor into the plants. |
| US07982096B2 |
Root specific promoters
Promoters and genes involved in avenacin production in oats are cloned and characterized. Promoters for oxidosqualene cyclase and a cytochrome P450 are shown to be useful in root-specific expression of genes operatively linked to these promoters when introduced into plants. Sequences operably linked to the promoters are expressed in root epidermal cells. |
| US07982092B2 |
Chimeric gene comprising intron from histone H3.3 gene
An isolated DNA sequence capable of serving as regulatory element in a chimeric gene which can be used for the transformation of plants is disclosed. A chimeric gene containing the DNA sequence as a regulatory element for the transformation of plants is also disclosed. The gene comprises at least, in the direction of transcription, a promoter sequence, a transgene and a regulatory element, characterized in that the regulatory element comprises an intron from the noncoding 5′ region of a plant histone gene, allowing the expression of the protein in the zones undergoing rapid growth. The production of transgenic plants is also disclosed. |
| US07982091B2 |
Absorbent article
An absorptive article includes a centrally high portion formed in the widthwise central portion of a napkin and made high on the side of a using face and a pair of left and right embosses formed individually on the two sides of the centrally high portion and extending substantially in the longitudinal direction of the napkin. The paired left and right embosses include a first bulging emboss having its individual emboss lines so formed of curves having centers of curvature on the center side of the napkin as to form an enlarged area of the emboss spacing width and a second bulging emboss having its individual emboss lines so formed of curves having centers of curvature on the center side of the napkin as to continue to the rear portion of the first bulging emboss through an intermediate arcuate emboss formed of curves having centers of curvature on the outer side of the napkin. |
| US07982088B2 |
Disposable article having a biosensor
A disposable article to be fitted to a wearer comprising a biosensor including at least one bio-recognition element. The biosensor is adapted to detect a target biological analyte in bodily waste or on the wearer's skin. |
| US07982086B2 |
Deisobutenizer
A process for fractionating isobutene from normal butenes, including: introducing hydrogen and a feed stream comprising isobutene, 1-butene, and 2-butene into a first column including a reaction zone containing a hydroisomerization catalyst operating at a first pressure and concurrently: (i) converting at least a portion of the 1-butene to 2-butene, and (ii) separating isobutene from the 2-butene; recovering a first overheads fraction comprising isobutene from the first column; recovering a first bottoms fraction comprising isobutene, 2-butene, and unreacted 1-butene from the first column; introducing the first bottoms fraction into a top portion of a second column comprising a fractionation column operating at a second pressure lower than the first pressure; separating the first bottoms into a second overheads fraction comprising isobutene and 1-butene and a second bottoms fraction comprising 2-butene; compressing the second overheads fraction; and introducing the compressed second overheads fraction to a lower portion of the first column. |
| US07982083B2 |
Catalyst comprising an EUO zeolite, a 10 MR zeolite and a 12 MR zeolite, and its use in isomerizing aromatic C8 compounds
A catalyst is described which comprises at least one zeolite with structure type EUO, at least one zeolite having channels the opening to which is defined by a ring of 10 oxygen atoms (10 MR), at least one zeolite having channels the opening to which is defined by a ring of 12 oxygen atoms (12 MR) and at least one porous mineral matrix. Said catalyst optionally also contains at least one group VIII metal. The catalyst of the invention is used in a process for isomerizing a feed comprising aromatic compounds containing 8 carbon atoms per molecule. |
| US07982082B1 |
Process for alkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons using UZM-35
Alkylation processes such as the alkylation of aromatics, are catalyzed by the UZM-35 family of crystalline aluminosilicate zeolitic compositions represented by the empirical formula: Mmn+Rr+Al(1-x)ExSiyOz where M represents a combination of potassium and sodium exchangeable cations, R is a singly charged organoammonium cation such as the dimethyldipropylammonium cation and E is a framework element such as gallium. These UZM-35 zeolitic compositions are active and selective in alkylation processes. |
| US07982081B2 |
Process for alkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons using UZM-35
Alkylation processes such as the alkylation of aromatics, are catalyzed by the UZM-35 family of crystalline aluminosilicate zeolites represented by the empirical formula: Mmn+Rr+Al(1−x)ExSiyOz where M represents a combination of potassium and sodium exchangeable cations, R is a singly charged organoammonium cation such as the dimethyldipropylammonium cation and E is a framework element such as gallium. These UZM-35 zeolites are active and selective in alkylation processes. |
| US07982075B2 |
Production of diesel fuel from biorenewable feedstocks with lower hydrogen consumption
A process has been developed for producing diesel boiling range fuel from renewable feedstocks such as plant and animal fats and oils. The process involves treating a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating and deoxygenating i.e. decarboxylating, decarbonylating, and hydrodeoxygenating to provide a hydrocarbon fraction useful as a diesel boiling range fuel. A sulfur containing component is added to drive the conversion preferentially through carbonylation and carbonylation with reduced hydrodeoxygenation. If desired, the hydrocarbon fraction can be isomerized to improve cold flow properties. |
| US07982074B2 |
Process for the preparation of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a co-precipitated Cr2O3/Al2O3 catalyst promoted by Zinc, said process comprising co-precipatation of chromium and aluminum metal hydroxides from corresponding trivalent metal salt solutions using NH4OH, NaOH or KOH as a base and followed by calcination to give mixed oxide precatalyst in amorphous from which is impregnated with an activity promoting amount of Zinc compound. The catalyst is used for the preparation of HFC-134a by fluorination of trichloroethylene and fluorination of intermediate of the former reaction (HCFC-133a). |
| US07982065B2 |
Vinyl ester production from acetylene and carboxylic acid utilizing heterogeneous catalyst
A process for the selective production of vinyl ester by the reaction of a carboxylic acid with acetylene under heterogeneous catalytic conditions is disclosed and claimed. In a preferred embodiment of this invention, reaction of benzoic acid and acetylene in the presence of supported platinum catalyst at a temperature of from about 100 to 180° C. results in quantitative yields of vinyl benzoate. |
| US07982064B2 |
Method for preparing ortho-substituted aminoferrocenes
The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing an ortho-substituted aminoferrocene comprising reacting an aminoferrocene with a Lewis acid and a lithiating reagent in the presence of an electrophile to form the ortho-substituted aminoferrocene. |
| US07982063B2 |
Mineral/organic composite material
The invention relates to a composite material comprising nanoparticles of at least one metal derivative and at least one type of carboxylic and/or sulfonic acid derivative organic compound chemically bound in a covalent manner with said nanoparticles by means of at least one carboxylic and/or sulfonic function. |
| US07982062B2 |
Process for the preparation of cholanic acids
A process for the preparation of high purity cholanic acids, typically in purity equal to or higher than 99%. |
| US07982061B2 |
Process for producing epoxides
A process for producing epoxides, the process including: (a) feeding at least one aqueous alkali and at least one halohydrin to a reactive distillation column; (b) concurrently in the reactive distillation column: (i) reacting at least a portion of the halohydrin with the alkali to form an epoxide; and (ii) stripping water and the epoxide from a basic aqueous residue; (c) recovering the water and the epoxide from the reactive distillation column as an overheads fraction; and, (d) condensing and phase separating the overheads fraction at a temperature of 50° C. or less to form an organic overheads fraction including the epoxide and an aqueous overheads fraction including water. |
| US07982059B2 |
Sorbitol conversion process
A process for converting aqueous sorbitol to xylitol and isosorbide in the presence of an acid catalyst, and in the absence of an enzyme or of a hydrogenating catalyst, is disclosed. In the process, a sorbitol solution is reacted with an acid zeolite to produce xylitol and isosorbide. |
| US07982054B2 |
Process for the synthesis of N-[3-[(2-methoxyphenyl] sulfanyl] -2-methylpropyl] -3,4-dihydro-2H-1,5-benzoxathiepin-3-amine
The invention relates to a new process for the preparation of N-[3-[(2-methoxyphenyl)sulfanyl]-2-methylpropyl]-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,5-benzoxathiepin-3-amine. |
| US07982049B2 |
α-form or β-form crystal of acetanilide derivative
To provide novel crystals useful as an ingredient for the production of a diabetes remedy. The invention is concerned with α-form crystal and β-form crystal of (R)-2-(2-aminothiazol-4-yl)-4′-[2-[(2-hydroxy-2-phenylethyl)amino]ethyl]acetanilide. The α-form crystal does not exhibit hygroscopicity and has stability such that it can be used as a medicine, and is useful for mass synthesis in the industrial production. The β-form crystal does not relatively exhibit hygroscopicity and is also useful as a production intermediate of the α-form crystal. |
| US07982047B2 |
Derivatives of 1,3-diones having a herbicidal activity
A description follows of 1,3-diones having general formula (I): together with their use as herbicides for the control of weeds in agricultural crops. |
| US07982045B2 |
2′-substituted 1,1′-biphenyl-2-carboxamides, processes for their preparation, their use as medicaments, and pharmaceutical preparations comprising them
Compounds of the formula I, in which R(1), R(2), R(3), R(4), R(5), R(6), R(7), R(8), R(30) and R(31) have the meanings indicated in the claims, are very particularly suitable as novel and antiarrythmic active compounds, in particular for the treatment and prophylaxis of atrial arrythmias, e.g. atrial fibrillation (AF), or atrial flutter. |
| US07982042B2 |
Thiozanthene derivatives as delta-opioid modulators
The invention is directed to delta opioid receptor modulators. More specifically, the invention relates to tricyclic δ-opioid modulators. Pharmaceutical and veterinary compositions and methods of treating mild to severe pain and various diseases using compounds of the invention are also described. |
| US07982041B2 |
Camptothecin analogs and methods of preparation thereof
A compound having the formula in racemic form, enantiomerically enriched form or enantiomerically pure form, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. |
| US07982040B2 |
Thienopyridinone compounds and methods of treatment
The invention relates to 5-HT receptor agonists and partial agonists. Novel thienopyridinone compounds represented by Formula I, and synthesis and uses thereof for treating diseases mediated directly or indirectly by 5-HT receptors, are disclosed. Such conditions include Alzheimer's disease, cognition disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, nausea, emesis, vomiting, prokinesia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, nonulcer dyspepsia, depression, anxiety, urinary incontinence, migraine, arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, ischemic stroke, gastritis, gastric emptying disorders, feeding disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, constipation, erectile dysfunction, and respiratory depression. Methods of preparation and novel intermediates and pharmaceutical salts thereof are also included. |
| US07982038B2 |
Ligands
A radioactive compound having the formula: and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and Ar are as defined in the specification, enantiomers, in vivo-hydrolysable precursors, pharmaceutical compositions and formulations containing them, methods of using them to treat diseases and conditions either alone or in combination with other therapeutically-active compounds or substances, processes and intermediates used to prepare them and uses of them for diagnostic and analytic purposes. |
| US07982037B2 |
Pyrazole compounds useful as protein kinase inhibitors
This invention describes novel pyrazole compounds of formula IIIa: wherein R1 is T-Ring D, wherein Ring D is a 5-7 membered monocyclic ring or 8-10 membered bicyclic ring selected from aryl, heteroaryl, heterocyclyl or carbocyclyl; Rx, Ry, R2, and R2′ are as described in the specification. The compounds are useful as protein kinase inhibitors, especially as inhibitors of Aurora-2 and GSK-3, for treating diseases such as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. |
| US07982036B2 |
4,6-disubstitued pyrimidines useful as kinase inhibitors
The present invention provides compounds of formula I wherein Ring A, Ring B, m, Rx, Ry, W and R1 are as defined herein, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions thereof, and methods of using the same. |
| US07982035B2 |
Tricyclic compounds having antimitotic and/or antitumor activity and methods of use thereof
The present invention provides tricyclic compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, solvates, or hydrates thereof, having antimitotic activity, anti-multidrug resistance activity, for example P-glycoprotein inhibition, and antitumor activity, and which inhibit paclitaxel sensitive and resistant tumor cells. Also provided are methods of utilizing these compounds for treating tumor cells and inhibiting mitosis of cancerous cells. |
| US07982034B2 |
Prodrugs of heteroaryl compounds
The present invention provides hydrophobic prodrugs of bases, nucleosides, and nucleotides as well as methods of using the prodrugs as antiviral and anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agents. |
| US07982032B2 |
Process for the preparation of 10,11-dihydro-10-oxo-5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine-5-carboxamide
A process for preparing 10,11-dihydro-10-oxo-5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine-5-carboxamide, compound of formula (I), said process comprising a. reacting compound of formula (Ivb) with alkali metal methoxide to yield compound of formula (II); and b. converting compound of formula (II) to compound of formula (I). |
| US07982030B2 |
Synthesis of selenium-derivatized nucleosides, nucleotides, phosphoramidites, triphosphates and nucleic acids
The present invention provides selenium derivatives of nucleosides, nucleoside phosphoramidites, nucleotides, nucleotide triphosphates, oligonucleotides, polynucleotides, and larger nucleic acids and methods for their synthesis. Selenium derivatives of both ribonucleic acids and deoxyribonucleic acids, as well as methods for their synthesis, crystallization and uses in structural determinations, particularly by X-ray crystallographic techniques are disclosed. The selenium derivatives of the present invention are also useful as food supplements. |
| US07982029B2 |
Synthesis of four color 3′O-allyl, modified photocleavable fluorescent nucleotides and related methods
This invention provides a process for making 3′-O-allyl-dGTP-PC-Biodopy-FL-510, 3′-O-allyl-dATP-PC-ROX, 3′-O-allyl-dCTP-PC-Bodipy-650 and 3′-O-allyl-dUTP-PC-R6G, and related methods. |
| US07982027B2 |
Lipid encapsulated interfering RNA
The present invention provides compositions and methods for silencing gene expression by delivering nucleic acid-lipid particles comprising a siRNA molecule to a cell. |
| US07982022B2 |
System for monitoring the location of transgenes
A novel strategy for monitoring the location of a transgene in a mammal is disclosed. A sodium iodide symporter is genetically fused to either the N-terminus or C-terminus of the product of a transgene through a linker peptide which bears the recognition sequence of a host cell protease. Expression of the transgene confers the activity of the sodium iodide symporter (NIS) to a host cell which expresses the transgene. Subsequent administration of labeled iodine results in transport of the labeled iodine into the cell bearing the NIS, which can then be localized and measured using standard imaging techniques. The system is particularly useful for monitoring the location of therapeutic transgenes and tissue-specific distribution of the therapeutic gene product. |
| US07982019B2 |
Method for producing dry organic pigment
The present invention provides a method for producing dry organic pigment, comprising the successive steps of, in this order: a first step wherein a wet organic pigment is obtained by drying an organic pigment presscake at 70 to 150° C. to a moisture content of 5 to 30%, and a second step wherein a dry organic pigment is obtained by pulverizing and drying the wet organic pigment at a temperature that is higher than the temperature employed in the first step but lower than the decomposition temperature of the organic pigment. The method for producing dry organic pigment enables the dry organic pigment to be obtained with superior productivity while consuming less energy than conventional methods. |
| US07982017B2 |
Antibodies recognizing a carbohydrate containing epitope on CD-43 and CEA expressed on cancer cells and methods using same
The present invention provides antibodies (such as chimeric and humanized antibodies) specifically bind to an epitope on CD43 and CEA expressed on nonhematopoietic cancer cells. In addition, the present invention also provides use of the antibodies described herein for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. |
| US07982015B2 |
Compositions and methods for treatment of cancer
The present invention concerns compositions and methods for the treatment of disorders characterized by the overexpression of an LIV-1. More specifically, the compositions include DNA and amino acid sequences of an LIV-1, antibodies to an LIV-1, and methods for the treatment of a mammal susceptible to or diagnosed with cancer wherein an LIV-1 is overexpressed. |
| US07982014B2 |
FGFR3-IIIc fusion proteins
The invention provides FGFR fusion proteins, methods of making them, and methods of using them to treat proliferative disorders, including cancers and disorders of angiogenesis. The FGFR fusion molecules can be made in CHO cells and may comprise deletion mutations in the extracellular domains of the FGFRs which improve their stability. These fusion proteins inhibit the growth and viability of cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. The combination of the relatively high affinity of these receptors for their ligand FGFs and the demonstrated ability of these decoy receptors to inhibit tumor growth is an indication of the clinical value of the compositions and methods provided herein. |
| US07982012B2 |
Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cytomegalovirus
The present invention provides novel anti-cytomegalovirus antibodies and related compositions and methods. These antibodies may be used in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cytomegalovirus infection. |
| US07982010B2 |
Factor VIII polymer conjugates
The invention is a proteinaceous construct comprising a Factor VIII molecule which is conjugated to a water-soluble polymer via carbohydrate moieties of Factor VIII, and methods of preparing same. |
| US07982004B2 |
Nucleic acid and corresponding protein entitled 161P5C5 useful in treatment and detection of cancer
A novel gene (designated 161P5C5) and its encoded protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein 161P5C5 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, 161P5C5 provides a diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The 161P5C5 gene or fragment thereof, or its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment thereof, can be used to elicit a humoral or cellular immune response; antibodies or T cells reactive with 161P5C5 can be used in active or passive immunization. |
| US07981994B2 |
Method for producing cellulose acylate resin film
A cellulose acylate resin film which can suppress generation of color nonuniformity even after exposure to high temperature and high humidity when incorporated in a liquid crystal display element can be produced. The cellulose acylate resin film is heat-treated at a temperature of Tg−30° C. to Tg+20° C., Tg representing the glass transition temperature of the cellulose acylate resin, for 10 seconds to 600 seconds while conveying the cellulose acylate resin film at a tension of 2 N/cm2 to 120 N/cm2. |
| US07981991B2 |
Separation of polymer slurries
Methods for producing elastomers or elastomeric compositions are provided. One or more C4 to C7 isoolefins and one or more comonomers can be polymerized in the presence of a diluent comprising one or more hydrofluorocarbons to provide a slurry comprising polymer product, unreacted monomer and the diluent. The slurry can be extruded to separate at least a portion of the diluent from the polymer product. The separated diluent can be recycled for polymerizing the one or more C4 to C7 isoolefins. |
| US07981988B2 |
Ultraviolet radiation-polymerizable compositions
An ultraviolet radiation-polymerizable composition comprises (a) an acrylated monounsaturated fatty acid alkyl ester, (b) a monoethylenically unsaturated (meth)acrylic acid ester of a non-tertiary alkyl alcohol, and (c) a photoinitiator. |
| US07981986B2 |
Optical films comprising fluorenol (meth)acrylate monomer
Microstructured optical films and polymerizable resin compositions comprising at one aromatic monomer or oligomer having at least two polymerizable (meth)acrylate groups and a fluorenol (meth)acrylate monomer. |
| US07981985B2 |
Polymer and chemically amplified resist composition comprising the same
The present invention provides a polymer containing a structural unit represented by the formula (Ia) or (Ib): wherein R1, R2, R3, n, Z1, R4, R5 and m are defined in the specification, a structural unit represented by the formula (II): wherein R6, R7, R8, R9, Z2, n′ and Z′ are defined in the specification, and a structural unit represented by the formula (III): wherein R10, R11, 1′ and Z3 are defined in the specification. |
| US07981979B2 |
Siloxane cross-linked demulsifiers
A composition comprising one or more siloxane cross-linked demulsifiers wherein said siloxane cross-linked demulsifiers are prepared by reacting one or more alkylphenol-formaldehyde resin alkoxylates, one or more polyalkylene glycols, or a mixture thereof, with up to about 1.0 molar equivalents of one or more silicon-based cross-linkers of formula R1R2R3R4Si wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6 and R7 are independently selected from H, Cl, C1-C4 alkyl and C1-C4 alkoxy; R4. is selected from H, Cl, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy and a group of formula L1SiR5R6R7; L1 is absent or is selected from —O—, arylene and C1-C12 alkylene, optionally interrupted by one or more —O— or —N(R8)—; and R8 is H or C1-C4 alkyl and a method of using the demulsifier composition to resolve water-in-oil emulsions. |
| US07981978B2 |
Low modulus, humidity resistant silicone RTV compositions and method of preparing same
The present invention provides one-component silicone compositions, particularly useful as sealants, having low modulus and high elongation, as well as good resistance to high temperatures and humidity, and methods for preparing these sealants. In particular, the present invention provides compositions including a chain-extended curable polyorganosiloxane, a high molecular weight silicone gum and a cure system. The compositions may be used, for example, in sealing the stitching of automotive airbags. |
| US07981977B2 |
Sealant for electronics of epoxy resin, aromatic amine, accelerator and inorganic filler
The invention relates to a liquid resin composition for electronic components which is used in sealing of electronic components, comprising a liquid epoxy resin, a curing agent containing a liquid aromatic amine, and an inorganic filler, and further comprising at least one member selected from a hardening accelerator, silicone polymer particles, and a nonionic surfactant. There is thereby provided a liquid resin composition for electronic components, which is excellent in fluidity in narrow gaps, is free of void generation, is excellent in adhesiveness and low-stress characteristic and is excellent in fillet formation, as well as an electronic component device having high reliability (moisture resistance, thermal shock resistance), which is sealed therewith. |
| US07981974B2 |
Method of making a high molecular weight, monoesterified polyimide polymer
The present disclosure relates to a high molecular weight, monoesterified polyimide polymer. One method as described herein relates to making the high molecular weight, monoesterified polyimide polymer. According to its broadest aspect, the method for making the high molecular weight, monoesterified polyimide polymer comprises the following steps: (a) preparing a polyimide polymer comprising carboxylic acid functional groups from a reaction solution comprising monomers and at least one solvent; and (b) treating the polyimide polymer with a diol at esterification conditions in the presence of dehydrating conditions to form a monoesterified polyimide polymer, wherein the dehydrating conditions at least partially remove water produced during step (b). Such high molecular weight, monoesterified polyimide polymers are useful in forming crosslinked polymer membranes for the separation of fluid mixtures. |
| US07981967B2 |
Composition suitable for high gloss blown film and films made therefrom
The invention is directed to a composition suitable for high gloss air quenched blown films. The films are comprised of from 2 to 15 percent by weight of a substantially isotactic propylene-based copolymer having a melt flow rate of at least 5 g/10 minutes and having from 8 to 21 mole percent units derived from an alpha olefin; and from 85 to 98 percent by weight of an ethylene-based copolymer having a melt index of from 0.1 to 9 g/10 minutes. An air quenched blown film made from the inventive composition exhibits a value for gloss greater than the value for gloss exhibited by an air quenched blown film made solely from the ethylene-based copolymer. |
| US07981966B2 |
Rubber composition
There is obtained a rubber composition excellent in processability of unvulcanized compounded rubber, excellent in wear resistance and wet skid resistance of vulcanized rubber, low in rolling resistance, and suitable for tire applications, particularly for tire tread applications in which importance is given to low fuel consumption and safety.A rubber composition mainly comprising (I) 0.5 to 35% by weight of a conjugated diene-based (co)polymer rubber having an amino group and an alkoxysilyl group on a polymer chain and having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 90,000, and (II) 99.5 to 65% by weight of a conjugated diene-based (co)polymer rubber having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 to 2,000,000 (with the proviso that (I)+(II)=100% by weight). |
| US07981964B2 |
Thermosetting paint compositions
Disclosed herein is a heat-hardenable paint composition comprising a base resin, wherein the base resin comprises (A) a lactone modified resin comprising hydroxyl groups, wherein 20 to 70 weight percent of the structural units are based on the lactone compound, and the hydroxyl group value is from 50 to 400 mgKOH/g, and (B) an acrylic resin comprising hydroxyl groups and cyclic structures, wherein 10 to 80 weight percent of structural units are based on a radically polymerizable monomer comprising a cyclic structure, the hydroxyl group value is from 50 to 150 mgKOH/g, and the crosslinking resin is an isocyanate compound, wherein the weight ratio of the solid fractions of (A):(B) in the base resin is from 95:5 to 20:80. |
| US07981961B2 |
Colloidal aqueous organopolysiloxane dispersions which contain binders and the use thereof
Binder-containing aqueous dispersions containing organopolysiloxanes R1xSi(OR2)yO(4-x-y)/2 where x+y is ≦3, x averages 1.0 to 2.0 and y averages 0 to 0.5, and a water soluble or self-dispersing silane-containing polymer provides both high adhesion as well as soil-repellant properties when applied to substrates such as textiles and carpeting. |
| US07981960B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition having improved impact resistance, color development and good flame-retardance
A thermoplastic resin composition can include (A) about 30 to about 99 parts by weight of an epoxy group-containing styrenic polymer comprising (A1) about 5 to about 100% by weight of an epoxy group-containing vinyl copolymer and (A2) about 0 to about 95% by weight of a rubber modified styrenic copolymer resin; and (B) about 1 to about 70 parts by weight of a polyester resin. The resin composition may further comprise (C) about 3 to about 20 parts by weight of a bromine-containing flame retardant, per 100 parts by weight of a base resin comprising (A) and (B); and (D) about 0.1 to about 6 parts by weight of a flame retardant aid, per 100 parts by weight of a base resin comprising (A) and (B). |
| US07981959B2 |
Resin composition, process for producing the same and molding of the resin composition
The present invention provides a resin composition including 100 parts by mass of a resin component containing 80 to 99 mass % of a thermoplastic resin (A) and 20 to 1 mass % of a side-chain crystalline polymer (B), and 0.1 to 30 parts by mass of carbon nanotube (C). The composition has a stabilized thermoplastic resin/side-chain crystalline polymer phase structure, is free from laminar peeling, and is excellent in conductive (antistatic) property, solvent resistance, flow characteristics, flame retardancy, impact resistance, molding appearance, etc. |
| US07981955B2 |
Electrical insulation system based on poly(dicyclopentadiene)
Electrical insulation system, which optionally contains a filler material and/or further additives, wherein said electrical insulation system comprises poly(dicyclopentadiene) as the main component, and method of making said electrical insulation system. |
| US07981954B2 |
Anti-corrosion coatings containing thioamide groups
Methods for controlling atmospheric corrosion of a metallic surface including coating the metallic surface with a coating material containing at least one compound having at least one thioamide group. |
| US07981952B2 |
Warm mix asphalt binder compositions containing lubricating additives
The present invention provides a functionally dry warm mix asphalt binder composition modified with lubricating agents or additives that can be mixed with aggregate and compacted at temperatures substantially below asphalt binder compositions that do not contain the disclosed lubricating additives. |
| US07981950B2 |
Dispersant-encapsulated particulate solids
A process for preparing a modified particulate solid comprising reacting a dispersant with a compound in the presence of a particulate solid and a liquid medium, characterised in that: a) the dispersant has at least one reactable group selected from keto, aldehyde and beta-diketoester groups, b) the compound has at least two groups reactive towards said keto, aldehyde and/or beta-diketoester groups. The process provides a modified particulate solid having improved stability which is particularly useful for liquid vehicles having and range of polarities and for incorporation into ink jet printing inks. |
| US07981949B2 |
Curable hydrophilic compositions
A curable composition is described, including a gel material derived from the curable composition, and medical articles including such material, wherein the transparent gel material includes a polymerized monofunctional poly(alkylene oxide) macromonomer component and a surface modified nanoparticle component. |
| US07981948B2 |
Artificial stone and associated methods
An article of artificial stone includes a first resin matrix and a plurality of artificial stone chips in the first resin matrix. The specific gravity of the artificial stone chips is the same as or similar to the specific gravity of the first resin matrix. |
| US07981947B2 |
Aqueous ink composition and method of manufacturing the same
An aqueous ink composition comprising: a pigment, having a particle diameter as determined by the light scattering method of no less than 20 nm and no more than 200 nm; and a water dispersible polymer, having a styrene-equivalent number average molecular weight of as determined by gel permeation chromatography no less than 5000 and no more than 200000, having a surface tension of no less than 20 mN/m and no more than 40 mN/m, and wherein the abovementioned pigment is a polymer-coated pigment that is coated with the abovementioned water dispersible polymer, is provided. The water-dispersible polymer may be a copolymer of monomers, mainly comprising acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid and an acrylate and/or methacrylate. With this ink composition, the printing quality can be improved. |
| US07981945B2 |
Antimicrobial, radiopaque, microfiber-reinforced, polymeric methacrylate bone cement
An methacrylate bone cement is toughened and rendered radiopaque by reinforcing with electrospun microfibers including a radiopacifier and antimicrobial agents to provide a bone cement for use in repairing bone or other hard tissues. |
| US07981944B2 |
Photocurable adhesive composition and its use in the optical field
The invention concerns a photocurable adhesive composition comprising, based on total weight of photopolymerizable monomers and/or oligomers of the composition: 5 to 60 wt % of at least one mono or polyacrylate monomer or oligomer thereof (A); 5 to 50 wt % of at least one thio(meth)acrylate monomer or oligomer thereof (B); and 20 to 50 wt % of at least one aromatic dimethacrylate monomer or oligomer thereof (C); with the proviso that the composition does not contain a brominated monofunctional acrylate. |
| US07981943B2 |
Material comprising polyrotaxane and polymer and process for producing the same
A material which comprises a polyrotaxane and a polymer and is crosslinked by irradiation with light. In the material, which comprises a first polyrotaxane and a polymer, the first polyrotaxane comprises a first cyclic molecules, a first linear molecule with which the first cyclic molecules are clathrated in a splitted state, and first blocking groups disposed respectively at both ends of the first linear molecule so as to prevent the first cyclic molecules from being released from the first linear molecule. The first polyrotaxane combines with at least part of the polymer through the first cyclic molecules by photocrosslinking reaction. |
| US07981942B2 |
Polyethylene molding powder and porous articles made therefrom
The present invention relates to a new molding powder comprising polyethylene polymer particles. The molecular weight of the polyethylene polymer is within the range of from about 600,000 g/mol to about 2,700,000 g/mol as determined by ASTM 4020. The average particle size of the particles of the polyethylene polymer is within the range of from about 5 microns to about 1000 microns and the polyethylene has a powder bulk density in the range of from about 0.10 to about 0.30 g/cc. Also disclosed is a process for molding a shape from a molding powder comprising the inventive polyethylene polymer particles, as well as porous articles made in accordance with the process. The articles have excellent porosity and good strength for porous and porous filtration applications. |
| US07981936B2 |
Crystalline ACAT inhibitor
The invention is directed to the Form A polymorph of N-benzyl-N′-(2,6-diisopropyl-phenyl)-N-isopropyl-malonamide and its use as a therapeutic/cosmetic agent. |
| US07981935B2 |
Stem cell differentiating agents and uses therefor
The present invention relates to screens for compounds that can induce stem cell differentiation. In addition, isoxazoles and sulfonyl hydrazones are identified as general classes of compounds that can induce differentiation of stem cells into cells of neuronal and cardiac fate, respectively. |
| US07981932B2 |
Salts of alkyl esters of sulfonated dicarboxylic acids and compositions containing same
A salt of a mono- and/or dialkyl ester of a sulfonated dicarboxylic acid is provided, where the dicarboxylic acid contains 4 to 8 carbon atoms and the alkyl groups are derived from 2-propylheptanol. A composition including (a) one or more salt(s) of a mono- and/or dialkyl ester(s) of a sulfonated dicarboxylic acid(s), where the dicarboxylic acid contains 4 to 8 carbon atoms and the alkyl groups are derived from 2-propylheptanol; and (b) one or more organic solvents liquid at 20° C. with a boiling point above 250° C. at 1 bar is also provided. |
| US07981931B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions of short-acting sedative hypnotic agent
The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a phenylacetic acid ester compound useful for inducing or maintaining general anesthesia or sedation in mammals, methods for preparing such compositions, and methods for inducing or maintaining anesthesia or sedation using such compositions. |
| US07981930B2 |
Compositions and kits for treating influenza
Kits comprising an M2 inhibitor selected from amantadine and rimantadine; ribavirin, and a neuraminidase inhibitor (NAi) in an amount that is antivirally effective in the combination, an oral dosage form containing 75-250 mg of the M2 inhibitor, an oral dosage form comprising 100-400 mg of ribavirin and a neuraminidase inhibitor are provided for the treatment of influenza. Some embodiments of the kits comprise an oral dosage form containing 75-250 mg of the M2 inhibitor, an oral dosage form comprising 100-400 mg of ribavirin, and a neuraminidase inhibitor. |
| US07981929B2 |
Benzofuran derived HIV protease inhibitors
Resistance-repellent and multidrug resistant retroviral protease inhibitors are provided. Pharmaceutical composition comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat HIV infections in mammals, are also provided. |
| US07981926B2 |
Fluorotaxoids
The invention relates to fluorinated second generation taxoid compounds, pharmaceutical formulations thereof, and their use for inhibiting the growth of cancer cells in a mammal. |
| US07981925B2 |
Compounds that modulate intracellular calcium
Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity. |
| US07981921B2 |
Crystalline forms of perindopril erbumine
Disclosed are two new crystalline forms, δ and ε, of perindopril erbumine. Those forms are suitable as therapeutic active substances for medicaments for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, especially high blood pressure and heart failure. The ε crystalline form is obtained in the crystallization of perindopril erbumine at from 30 to 45° C., preferably from 34 to 45° C., from MTBE containing from 1.5 to 2.5% (v/v) water; the crystallization is advantageously carried out with stirring. If the water is then removed, advantageously by azeotropic distillation, preferably at from 35 to 37° C., and stirring is then continued for at least 15 h at from 30 to 45° C., preferably from 35 to 37° C., the ε crystalline form is converted to the δ crystalline form. The δ crystalline form can also be obtained by stirring the α or β crystalline form at from 33 to 38° C. in tert.-butyl methyl ether containing from 0.9 to 1.4% (v/v) water with seeding with the δ crystalline form. The ε crystalline form can also be obtained by stirring the α or β crystalline form at from 28 to 35° C. in tert.-butyl methyl ether containing from 0.9 to 1.4% (v/v) water with seeding with the ε crystalline form; or by stirring the α or β crystalline form at from 35 to 38° C. in tert.-butyl methyl ether containing from 1.5 to 2.0% (v/v) water. |
| US07981915B2 |
Methods for modulating PPAR biological activity for the treatment of diseases caused by mutations in the CFTR gene
This invention features methods for treating diseases associated with mutations in the CFTR gene by administering PPAR agonists, specifically PPARγ, PPARα, and PPARδ agonists, PPAR inducers, and/or antioxidants. Also disclosed are screening methods for identifying therapeutically useful candidate compounds. |
| US07981914B2 |
Tetrazole-substituted aryl amide derivatives and uses thereof
Compounds of the formula: wherein R1, R2, Ar1, Ar2, and n are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and methods of preparing the subject compounds. |
| US07981908B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting gastric acid secretion
The present invention is related to novel oral compositions comprising an irreversible gastric H+/K+-ATPase proton pump inhibitor (PPI) as a gastric acid secretion inhibitor and one or more small carboxylic acid molecules as parietal cell activators in the gastric lumen. Unexpectedly, the compositions of the present invention are capable of enhancing the anti-acid activity of PPI in the stomach. The present invention further relates to a method of using such compositions to reduce gastric acid secretion in a mammal. |
| US07981907B2 |
Thio-substituted biarylmethanesulfinyl derivatives
The present invention is related to chemical compositions, processes for the preparation thereof and uses of the composition. Particularly, the present invention relates to compositions that include substituted biaryl-methanesulfinyl acetamides of Formula (I): wherein Ar, Y, R1, R2, R4, R5, q and x are as defined herein; and their use in the treatment of diseases, including treatment of sleepiness associated with narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea, or shift work disorder; Parkinson's disease; Alzheimer's disease; attention deficit disorder; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; depression; or fatigue associated with a neurological disease; as well as the promotion of wakefulness. |
| US07981906B2 |
(2S,3R)-N-(2-((3-pyridinyl)methyl)-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl-benzofuran-2-carboxamide, novel salt forms, and methods of use thereof
The present invention relates to (2S,3R)—N-(2-((3-pyridinyl)methyl)-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl)benzofuran-2-carboxamide, novel salt forms thereof, methods for its preparation, novel intermediates, and methods for treating a wide variety of conditions and disorders, including those associated with dysfunction of the central and autonomic nervous systems. |
| US07981905B2 |
Pharmaceutical formulations: salts of 8-[{1-(3,5-bis-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-Ethoxy}-methyl]-8-phenyl-1,7-diaza-spiro[4.5]decan-2-one and treatment methods using the same
Pharmaceutical formulations containing salts of (5S,8S)-8-[{(1R)-1-(3,5-Bis-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-ethoxy}-methyl]-8-phenyl-1,7-diazaspiro[4.5]decan-2-one, represented by Formula I, are disclosed. Disclosed also are methods of treatment utilizing such dosage forms. |
| US07981904B2 |
Acetyl CoA carboxylase inhibitors
The present invention relates to acetyl coenzyme-A carboxylase (“ACC”) inhibiting compounds of the formula wherein the variables are as defined herein. In particular, the present invention relates to ACC1 and/or ACC2 inhibitors, compositions of matter, kits and articles of manufacture comprising these compounds, methods for inhibiting ACC1 and/or ACC2, and methods of making the inhibitors. |
| US07981899B2 |
Use of compatible solutes for inhibiting the release of ceramides
Disclosed are the use of compatible solutes for inhibiting the release of ceramides or for the prophylaxis and protection of human skin against premature skin aging and for the prophylaxis and protection of human skin against wrinkling. |
| US07981898B2 |
Methods of enhancing mucosal hydration and mucosal clearance by treatment with sodium channel blockers and osmolytes
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating diseases ameliorated by increased mucociliary clearance and mucosal hydration by administering an effective amount of a sodium channel blocker as defined herein and an osmolyte to a subject to a subject in need of increased mucociliary clearance and mucosal hydration. |
| US07981897B2 |
Crystal form of (3-cyano-1H-Indo1-7-yl)-[4-(4-fluorophenethyl)piperazin-1-yl]methanone, hydrochloride
The present invention relates to a hitherto unknown crystal form B of (3-cyano-1H-indol-7-yl)-[4-(4-fluorophenethyl)-piperazin-1-yl]methanone, hydrochloride, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof for the preparation of a medicament. |
| US07981891B2 |
Aurora kinase modulators and method of use
The present invention relates to chemical compounds having a general formula I wherein A1-8, D′, L1, L2, R1, R6-8 and n are defined herein, and synthetic intermediates, which are capable of modulating various protein kinase receptor enzymes and, thereby, influencing various disease states and conditions related to the activities of such kinases. For example, the compounds are capable of modulating Aurora kinase thereby influencing the process of cell cycle and cell proliferation to treat cancer and cancer-related diseases. The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions, including the compounds, and methods of treating disease states related to the activity of Aurora kinase. |
| US07981890B2 |
Phthalazinone derivatives
A compound of the formula (I): wherein RH represents one or more optional substituents on the fused cyclohexene ring; R1 is selected from H and halo; RN is selected from H and optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl; and RC1 and RC2 are independently selected from H, R, C(═O)OR, where R is optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl, optionally substituted C5-20 aryl or optionally substituted C3-20 heterocyclyl; RC1 and RC2 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached may form an optionally substituted spiro-fused C5-7 carbocylic or heterocyclic ring. |
| US07981889B2 |
Phthalazinone derivatives
Compounds of the formula (I): wherein A and B together represent an optionally substituted, fused aromatic ring; X can be NRX or CRXRY; if X═NRX then n is 1 or 2 and if X═CRXRY then n is 1; RX is selected from the group consisting of H, optionally substituted C1-20 alkyl, C5-20 aryl, C3-20 heterocyclyl, amido, thioamido, ester, acyl, and sulfonyl groups; RY is selected from H, hydroxy, amino; or RX and RY may together form a spiro-C3-7 cycloalkyl or heterocyclyl group; RC1 and RC2 are both hydrogen, or when X is CRXRY, RC1, RC2, RX and RY, together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, may form an optionally substituted fused aromatic ring; and R1 is selected from H and halo. |
| US07981885B2 |
Compositions for treatment of diseases related to activated lymphocytes
The present invention relates to inhibiting proliferation and inducing apoptosis in activated lymphocytes, including T cells and B cells. The invention also provides compositions and methods for inhibiting proliferation and inducing apoptosis in activated lymphocytes, as well methods for treating diseases associated with activated lymphocytes by administering 5-HT receptor antagonists. |
| US07981884B2 |
Process for the preparation of olanzapine
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of 2-methyl-4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-10H-thieno-[2,3-b][1,5]benzodiazepine (olanzapine) of the formula (I) by reacting 4-amino-2-methyl-10H-thieno[2,3-b][1/5]benzodiazepine hydrochloride of the formula (II) with N-methylpiperazine in an organic solvent, which comprises carrying out the reaction in the mixture of toluene and 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone. The invention also encompasses new 2-methyl-4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-10H-thieno[2,3-b] [1,5]benzodiazepine dihydrochloride trihydrate of the formula (IB), the preparation thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said new compound. |
| US07981879B2 |
HIV integrase inhibitors
Compounds of Formula I are inhibitors of FHV integrase and inhibitors of FHV replication (I), wherein m, n, X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7; R8, R9 and R10 are defined herein. The compounds are useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of infection by HTV and the prophylaxis, treatment, or delay in the onset of AIDS. The compounds are employed against HTV infection and ADDS as compounds per se or in the form of pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The compounds and their salts can be employed as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines. |
| US07981875B2 |
2″ oxo-voruscharin and derivatives thereof
Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions which include 2″ oxo-voruscharin and derivatives are disclosed. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions are useful in methods of treating cancer, particularly pancreatic cancer. |
| US07981872B2 |
Hemostatic material
A hemostatic powder comprises a chitosan salt together with at least one medical surfactant. At least one inert material may optionally be included. The hemostatic powder may be incorporated into wound dressings. |
| US07981871B2 |
Modified macromolescules and associated methods of synthesis and use
Described herein are compounds such as macromolecules that have been modified in order to facilitate crosslinking by introduction of at least one hydrazide-reactive group and/or aminooxy-reactive group, and methods of making and using thereof for scar-free wound healing, for delivering bioactive agents or living cells, for preventing adhesion after a surgical procedure or for bone and cartilage repair. The macromolecule can be an oligonucleotide, a necleic acid, a polypeptide, a lipid, a glycoprotein, a glycolipid, a polysaccharide, a protein or a synthetic polymer, preferably a glycosaminoglycan like hyaluronan. |
| US07981870B2 |
RNAi-mediated inhibition of H1F1A for treatment of ocular angiogenesis
RNA interference is provided for inhibition of HIF1A mRNA expression for treating patients with ocular angiogenesis, particularly for treating retinal edema, diabetic retinopathy, sequela associated with retinal ischemia, posterior segment neovascularization (PSNV), and neovascular glaucoma, and for treating patients at risk of developing such conditions. |
| US07981868B2 |
Antisense modulation of p38 mitogen activated protein kinase expression
Compositions and methods for the treatment and diagnosis of diseases or conditions amenable to treatment through modulation of expression of a gene encoding a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) are provided. Methods for decreasing airway hyperresponsiveness or airway inflammation in an animal are also provided. |
| US07981864B2 |
Methods and compositions for targeting proteins across the blood brain barrier
Disclosed are methods and compositions for targeting therapeutic proteins to the brain. Methods and compositions of the invention involve associating an IGF moiety with a therapeutic protein in order to target the therapeutic protein to the brain. Soluble fusion proteins that include an IGF targeting moiety are transported to neural tissue in the brain from blood. Methods and compositions of the invention include therapeutic applications for treating lysosomal storage diseases. The invention also provides nucleic acids and cells for expressing IGF fusion proteins. |
| US07981855B1 |
Liquid surfactant compositions structured with fibrous polymer and citrus fibers having no flow instability or shear banding
The invention relates to surfactant structured liquids structured with fibrous polymer and which additionally contain citrus fibers to eliminate flow instability. |
| US07981854B2 |
Wrinkle-removing composition comprising a propoxylated/ethoxylated alkyl surfactant
The present invention relates to a wrinkle-removing composition containing a specific PO/EO-added compound represented by formula (1) and (b) a specific compound represented by formula (2): R1—Y—[(PO)m/(EO)n]—H (1) wherein R1is a hydrocarbon group having 10 to 22 carbon atoms, PO represents C3H6O, EO represents C2H4O, m and n each represent the added mole number on the average, m is a number of 3 to 100, n is a number of 1 to 10, (PO) and (EO) may be added in a random or block form, and the order in which (PO) and (EO) are added is not limited; and Y is —O—, —COO—, —CONH— or —NHCO—, R2—Z—CH2CH(OH)CH2OH (2) wherein R2represents a hydrocarbon group having 5 to 20 carbon atoms, and Z is —O— or —COO—. |
| US07981852B2 |
Method of enhancing perfume retention during storage using low total fatty matter extruded bars having starch polyol structuring system
The present invention relates to a method of enhanced perfume retention, e.g., bars providing enhanced retention. By selecting specific bar compositions (e.g., with low TFM and specific starch-polyol structuring system), it has been unexpectedly found that retention of perfume during dry bar storage is actually increased. |
| US07981847B2 |
Preparation of monomers for grafting to polyolefins, and lubricating oil compositions containing graft copolymer
A graft copolymer containing one or more ethylenically-unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic, nitrogen- and oxygen-containing graftable monomers grafted to a polyolefin is disclosed. Novel monomers, methods of making such monomers, and graft copolymers comprising such monomers are based on reacting an acylating agent with an amine to form a reaction product. The reaction product may include more than one chemical compound formed from the combination of the acylating agent and the amine. The monomer is the graftable, ethylenically unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic, nitrogen- and oxygen-containing compound(s) of the reaction product. The monomer may, but need not, be recovered from the product mixture. The preferred monomer is the reaction product of maleic anhydride and 4-aminodiphenylamine. Also described is a method of making a dispersant viscosity index improver. The monomer of the present invention may be grafted to a polyolefin in solutions or melts. Also described is a lubricating oil comprising a base oil and a grafted polyolefin as described above. |
| US07981844B2 |
Methods for the manufacture of pure single enantiomer compounds and for selecting enantioselective enzymes
The invention provides biocatalytic methods for the manufacture of pure single enantiomer compounds. This invention provides methods of screening for enzymes which are highly enantioselective or enzymes that can provide any desired stereoisomer of a compound. The invention provides the use of single enantiomer substrates in performing a growth screen of a clonal library to identify highly stereoselective enzymes. In one aspect, methods for screening and identification of enzymes, e.g., transaminases, nitrilases, aldolases, epoxide hydrolases are provided. Methods for the production and screening of gene libraries generated from nucleic acids isolated from more than one organism for enzyme, e.g., transaminase, activities are also provided. |
| US07981842B2 |
Method for detecting transcription factor-protein interactions
A method is provided for identifying complexes between a transcription factor and another protein, such as another different transcription factor. The method includes the steps of isolating from a biological sample transcription factor complexes based on whether the transcription factor complexes include a particular type of transcription factor; and identifying which of the multiple different proteins are present in the isolated transcription factor complexes. |
| US07981836B2 |
Hydrothermally stable alumina
The hydrothermal stability of transition aluminas used as adsorbents and catalyst carriers is improved through their treatment with a soluble silicon inorganic compound such as sodium silicate wherein the silicon compound is mixed with the alumina powder at the production stage of forming particulates by liquid addition. The silicon containing particulates are activated by heating at a temperature lower than 500° C. and treated, before or after the thermal activation, by a colloidal silica solution to produce a hydrothermally stable, low dust alumina. The total silica content of the final product is typically less than 5 mass-%. |
| US07981832B2 |
Methods of activating chromium catalysts
New methods for activating chromium catalysts for polymerization processes decrease the amount of time required for activation and increase catalyst activity. Rapid heating to a first temperature is followed by a first hold period before heating to a higher second temperature and maintaining the second temperature for a second hold period. In one aspect, the overall activation process takes less than 10 hours. |
| US07981831B2 |
Catalysts, methods of making catalysts, and methods of combustion
Catalysts are described in which an active catalyst is disposed on a low surface area, oxide support. Methods of forming catalysts are described in which a Cr-containing metal is oxidized to form a chromium oxide layer and an active catalyst is applied directly on the chromium oxide layer. Methods of making new catalysts are described in which the surface is sonicated prior to depositing the catalyst. Catalyst systems and methods of oxidation are also described. The inventive systems, catalysts and methods are, in some instances, characterized by surprisingly superior results. |
| US07981830B2 |
Catalyst-coated support, method for producing the same, reactor comprising the same and use thereof
Supports having a catalytic coating comprising at least one porous and cavity-containing catalyst layer are described, cavities being irregular spaces having dimensions greater than 5 μm in at least two dimensions or having cross-sectional areas of at least 10 μm2. The catalytic coatings are distinguished by a high adhesive strength and can preferably be used in microreactors. |
| US07981829B2 |
Exhaust gas purifying catalyst
An exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes: a composite oxide represented by: (Aa-w-xMwM′x) (Si6-yNy)O27-z. A is a cation of at least one of La and Pr; M is a cation of at least one of Ba, Ca, and Sr; M′ is a cation of at least one of Nd, Y, Al, Pr, Ce, Sr, Li, and Ca; N is a cation of at least one of Fe, Cu, and Al. The following are satisfied: 6≦a≦10, 0 |
| US07981826B2 |
Supported catalyst and method of preparing the same
A method of preparing a supported catalyst includes dissolving a cation exchange polymer in alcohol to prepare a solution containing cation exchange polymer; mixing the cation exchange polymer containing solution with a catalytic metal precursor or a solution containing catalytic metal precursor; heating the mixture after adjusting its pH to a predetermined range; adding a reducing agent to the resultant and stirring the solution to reduce the catalytic metal precursor; mixing the resultant with a catalyst support; adding a precipitating agent to the resultant to form precipitates; and filtering and drying the precipitates. The method of preparing a supported catalyst can provide a highly dispersed supported catalyst containing catalytic metal particles with a reduced average size regardless of the type of catalyst support, which provides better catalytic activity than conventional catalysts at the same loading amount of catalytic metal. |
| US07981824B2 |
Quartz glass blank and method for producing said blank
The present invention relates to a quartz glass blank for an optical component for transmitting radiation of a wavelength of 15 nm and shorter, the blank consisting of highly pure quartz glass, doped with titanium and/or fluorine, which is distinguished by an extremely high homogeneity. The homogeneity relates to the following features: a) micro-inhomogeneities caused by a local variance of the TiO2 distribution (<0.05% TiO2, averaged over a volume element of (5 μm)3 in relation to the mean value of the TiO2 content), b) an absolute maximum inhomogeneity in the thermal expansion coefficient Δα in the main functional direction (<5 ppb/K), c) a radial variance of the thermal expansion coefficient over the usable surface of the quartz glass blank of not more than 0.4 ppb/(K.cm); d) a maximum stress birefringence (SDB) at 633 nm in the main functional direction of 2 nm/cm with a specific progression; and e) a specific progression of the Δα, averaged according to (b) on the optical surface. Said quartz glass blank can only be obtained in that a doped quartz glass obtained by flame hydrolysis of a compound containing silicon, titanium and/or fluorine is formed as a large volume rod-shaped starting body into a homogeneous quartz glass blank using several forming steps and is homogenized. |
| US07981822B2 |
Hook and loop fastener device
The instant invention is a hook and loop fastener device. According to the instant invention, the hook and loop fastener device includes a loop component. The loop component includes a binder-free non-woven material having a bottom layer and a top layer. The bottom layer includes a first bicomponent fiber and a first monocomponent fiber. The first bicomponent fiber comprises the majority of the bottom layer based on total weight of the bottom layer, and the first monocomponent fiber comprises the balance thereof. The top layer includes a second bicomponent fiber, and a second monocomponent fiber. The second monocomponent fiber comprises the majority of the top layer based on total weight of the top layer, and the second bicomponent layer comprises the balance thereof. The bottom layer and the top layer may further include interfiber bonding to form the binder-free non-woven material. The non-woven material may further be island bonded via hot-roll calendering thereby forming a bonded area and a non-bonded area. Additionally, the loop component may include a backing layer bonded to the non-woven material. |
| US07981818B2 |
Battery separator structures
A multilayer composite sheet for use in a lead-acid battery includes a) a base layer including paper or a glass fiber mat; b) a layer of polymeric nanofibers bonded with discrete adhesive particles to a first surface of the base layer; and c) a scrim layer bonded with discrete adhesive particles to a surface of the layer of nanofibers opposite the base layer. A plate assembly for a lead-acid battery includes one or more multilayer composite sheets located adjacent or partially enclosing a lead plate. |
| US07981815B2 |
Semiconductor device producing method and substrate processing apparatus
Disclosed is a producing method or a semiconductor device including: loading at least one substrate into a processing chamber; forming a metal oxide film or a silicon oxide film on a surface of the substrate by repeatedly supplying a metal compound or a silicon compound, each of which is a first material, an oxide material which is a second material including an oxygen atom, and a hydride material which is a third material, into the processing chamber predetermined times; and unloading the substrate from the processing chamber. |
| US07981814B2 |
Replication and transfer of microstructures and nanostructures
A method for the duplication of microscopic patterns from a master to a substrate is disclosed, in which a replica of a topographic structure on a master is formed and transferred when needed onto a receiving substrate using one of a variety of printing or imprint techniques, and then dissolved. Additional processing steps can also be carried out using the replica before transfer, including the formation of nanostructures, microdevices, or portions thereof. These structures are then also transferred onto the substrate when the replica is transferred, and remain on the substrate when the replica is dissolved. This is a technique that can be applied as a complementary process or a replacement for various lithographic processing steps in the fabrication of integrated circuits and other microdevices. |
| US07981806B2 |
Method for forming trench and method for fabricating semiconductor device using the same
A method for forming a trench includes providing a substrate, and forming the trench in the substrate using a gas containing chlorine (Cl2) gas as a main etch gas and SiFX gas as an additive gas, wherein a sidewall of the trench has a substantially vertical profile by virtue of reaction of the Cl2 gas and the SiFX gas. |
| US07981803B2 |
Method of forming micro pattern of semiconductor device
The present invention relates to a method of forming a micro pattern of a semiconductor device. In the method according to an aspect of the present invention, an etch target layer, a first hard mask layer, and insulating patterns of a lonzenge are formed over a semiconductor substrate. A first auxiliary pattern is formed on the first hard mask layer including the insulating patterns, wherein a contact hole having the same shape as that of the insulating pattern is formed at the center of four adjacent insulating patterns, which form a quadrilateral. A second auxiliary pattern is formed by etching the first auxiliary pattern so that a top surface of the insulating patterns is exposed. The exposed insulating patterns are removed. A first hard mask pattern is formed by etching the first hard mask layer using an etch process employing the second auxiliary pattern as an etch mask. The etch target layer is etched using the first hard mask pattern. |
| US07981800B1 |
Shallow trench isolation structures and methods for forming the same
A shallow trench isolation (STI) structure and method for forming the same is provided that reduces defects in a nitride film used as a field oxide mask and variations in pad oxide thickness. Generally, the method involves depositing a nitride over pad oxide on a substrate using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), and patterning the PECVD nitride to form a field oxide mask. In certain embodiments, patterning the PECVD nitride involves: (i) forming a patterned resist layer on the PECVD nitride; (ii) etching in a process chamber at least one opening through at least the PECVD nitride; and (iii) stripping the patterned resist layer in-situ in the same process chamber in which the at least one opening was etched through the PECVD nitride using a fluorine based plasma. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US07981792B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same, circuit board, and electronic instrument
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate in which an integrated circuit is formed; an interconnect layer which includes a linear section and a land section connected with the linear section; and an underlayer disposed under the interconnect layer, and the land section includes a first section which is in contact with the underlayer, and a second section which is not in contact with the underlayer. |
| US07981781B2 |
Metal line of semiconductor device having a diffusion barrier and method for forming the same
A metal line of a semiconductor device includes an insulation layer formed on a semiconductor substrate. The insulation layer has a metal line forming region. A diffusion barrier is formed on a surface of the metal line forming region of the insulation layer. The diffusion barrier includes a stack structure including an MoxSiyNz layer and an Mo layer. A metal layer is formed on the diffusion barrier to fill the metal line forming region of the insulation layer. |
| US07981779B2 |
Method for making junction and processed material formed using the same
An object of this invention is to provide a method for making a junction which is simple in the process, high in the throughput, and can make a shallow junction with high accuracy. After the suitable state of a substrate surface adapted to the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave to be applied has been formed, the electromagnetic wave is applied to electrically activate impurities so that the excited energy is effectively absorbed within the impurity thin film, thereby effectively making a shallow junction. |
| US07981778B2 |
Directional solid phase crystallization of thin amorphous silicon for solar cell applications
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for converting a doped amorphous silicon layer deposited onto a crystalline silicon substrate into crystalline silicon having the same grain structure and crystal orientation as the underlying crystalline silicon substrate upon which the amorphous silicon was initially deposited. Additional embodiments of the present invention provide depositing a dielectric passivation layer onto the amorphous silicon layer prior to the conversion. A temperature gradient is provided at a temperature and for a time period sufficient to provide a desired p-n junction depth and dopant profile. |
| US07981777B1 |
Methods of depositing stable and hermetic ashable hardmask films
The present invention provides PECVD methods for forming stable and hermetic ashable hard masks (AHMs). The methods involve depositing AHMs using dilute hydrocarbon precursor gas flows and/or high LFRF/HFRF ratios. In certain embodiments, the AHMs are transparent and have high etch selectivities. Single and dual layer hermetic AHM stacks are also provided. According to various embodiments, the dual layer stack includes an underlying AHM layer having tunable optical properties and a hermetic cap layer. |
| US07981772B2 |
Methods of fabricating nanostructures
A method is shown for fabricating nanostructures, and more particularly, to methods of fabricating silicon nanowires. The method of manufacturing a nanowire includes forming a sandwich structure of SiX material and material Si over a substrate and etching the sandwich structure to expose sidewalls of the Si material and the SiX material. The method further includes etching the SiX material to expose portions of the Si material and etching the exposed portions of the Si material. The method also includes breaking away the Si material to form silicon nanowires. |
| US07981770B2 |
Wafer machining method for preparing a wafer for dicing
A wafer working method which is capable of feeding a wafer diced by a laser dicing apparatus to a subsequent step without breaking the wafer. The wafer working method involves: a first machining step of grinding a reverse side of a wafer W and then polishing the reverse side of the wafer thus ground to a thickness which is larger than a finally worked wafer thickness; a modified region forming step of irradiating laser light to a region of the wafer thus subjected to the first machining which lies inwardly of a modification-free zone measuring 0.1 mm to 10 mm from a periphery of the wafer, to form a modified region inside the wafer; and a second machining step of grinding the reverse side of the wafer thus formed with the modified region and then polishing the reverse side of the wafer thus ground to the finally worked wafer thickness. |
| US07981769B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and method for manufacturing the same
A solid-state imaging device having a high sensitivity and a structure in which a miniaturized pixel is obtained, and a method for manufacturing the solid-state imaging device in which an interface is stable, a spectroscopic characteristic is excellent and which can be manufactured with a high yield ratio are provided. The solid-state imaging device includes at least a silicon layer formed with a photo sensor portion and a wiring layer formed on the front-surface side of the silicon layer, and in which light L is made to enter from the rear-surface side opposite to the front-surface side of the silicon layer and the thickness of the silicon layer 4 is 10 μm or less. Also, the method for manufacturing the solid-state imaging device at least includes the steps of: forming a semiconductor region of a photo sensor portion in a silicon layer of a layered substrate in which a silicon substrate, an intermediate layer and a silicon layer are laminated; bonding a first supporting substrate onto the silicon layer; removing the silicon substrate and the intermediate layer; forming thereafter a wiring portion above the silicon layer; bonding a second supporting substrate onto the wiring portion, and removing the first supporting substrate to make the silicon layer exposed. |
| US07981762B2 |
Method of forming pre-metal dielectric layer of semiconductor device
A method of forming a pre-metal dielectric (PMD) layer of a semiconductor device using a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process which can be suitable for easily recognizing an alignment key. Such a method can reduce or otherwise eliminate alignment key erosion due to CMP by previously forming an alignment key pattern of polysilicon in an active region of a semiconductor scribe lane. |
| US07981761B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device having MIM capacitor
In this invention, the film thicknesses of an upper barrier film of a lower electrode of a capacitive element and an upper barrier film of a metallic interconnect layer formed in the same layer as this is made thicker than the film thicknesses of upper barrier films of other metallic interconnect layers. Moreover, in this invention, the film thickness of the upper barrier film of the lower electrode of the capacitive element is controlled to be 110 nm or more, more preferably, 160 nm or more. A decrease in the dielectric voltage of the capacitive dielectric film due to cracks in the upper barrier film does not occur and the deposition temperature of the capacitive dielectric film can be made higher, so that a semiconductor device having a MIM capacitor with high performance and high capacitance can be achieved, where the dielectric voltage of the capacitive dielectric film is improved. |
| US07981758B2 |
Systems and methods to laminate passives onto substrate
A method may include depositing a dielectric layer onto a substrate, removing portions of the dielectric layer to create a plurality of separated non-removed portions of the dielectric layer, depositing one or more passive electronic components into each of the plurality of separated non-removed portions, and curing the separated non-removed portions of the dielectric layer. |
| US07981753B1 |
Method and device for electrostatic discharge protection
A device for providing electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection is provided. The device includes a semiconductor substrate having a drain, a source, and a gate formed therein. The drain contains a region having a resistance that is higher than the resistance of the remainder of the drain and the source. The gate region is in contact with this higher resistance region and the source. In one embodiment, the higher resistance is lacking silicide in order to provide the higher resistance. A method of forming a device for providing ESD protection is included. |
| US07981751B2 |
Structure and method for fabricating self-aligned metal contacts
A semiconductor structure including at least one transistor is provided which has a stressed channel region that is a result of having a stressed layer present atop a gate conductor that includes a stack comprising a bottom polysilicon (polySi) layer and a top metal semiconductor alloy (i.e., metal silicide) layer. The stressed layer is self-aligned to the gate conductor. The inventive structure also has a reduced external parasitic S/D resistance as a result of having a metallic contact located atop source/drain regions that include a surface region comprised of a metal semiconductor alloy. The metallic contact is self-aligned to the gate conductor. |
| US07981745B2 |
Sacrificial nitride and gate replacement
Methods of forming a top oxide around a charge storage material layer of a memory cell and methods of improving quality of a top oxide around a charge storage material layer of a memory cell are provided. The method can involve providing a charge storage layer on a semiconductor substrate, a nitride layer on the charge storage layer, and a first poly layer on the nitride layer, and converting at least a portion of the nitride layer to a top oxide. By converting at least a portion of a nitride layer to a top oxide layer, the quality of the resultant top oxide layer can be improved. |
| US07981744B2 |
Field-effect transistor, semiconductor device, a method for manufacturing them, and a method of semiconductor crystal growth
A field-effect transistor which comprises a buffer layer and a barrier layer each of which is made of a Group III nitride compound semiconductor and has a channel at the interface inside of the buffer layer to the barrier layer, wherein the barrier layer has multiple-layer structure comprising an abruct interface providing layer which composes the lowest semiconductor layer in said barrier layer and whose composition varies rapidly at the interface of said buffer layer, and an electrode connection plane providing layer which constructs the uppermost semiconductor layer and whose upper surface is formed flat. |
| US07981743B2 |
Method of fabricating a memory cell
The memory cell of the present invention has two independent storage regions embedded into two opposite sidewalls of the control gate respectively. In this way, the data storage can be more reliable. Other features of the present invention are that the thickness of the dielectric layers is different, and the two independent storage regions are formed on opposite bottom sides of the opening by the etching process and form a shape like a spacer. The advantage of the aforementioned method is that the fabricating process is simplified and the difficulty of self-alignment is reduced. |
| US07981740B2 |
Enhanced cap layer integrity in a high-K metal gate stack by using a hard mask for offset spacer patterning
When forming transistor elements on the basis of sophisticated high-k metal gate structures, the efficiency of a replacement gate approach may be enhanced by more efficiently adjusting the gate height of transistors of different conductivity type when the dielectric cap layers of transistors may have experienced a different process history and may thus require a subsequent adaptation of the final cap layer thickness in one type of the transistors. For this purpose, a hard mask material may be used during a process sequence for forming offset spacer elements in one gate electrode structure while covering another gate electrode structure. |
| US07981738B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing the same
A memory cell of an SRAM has two drive MISFETs and two vertical MISFETs. The p channel vertical MISFETs are formed above the n channel drive MISFETs. The vertical MISFETs respectively mainly include a laminate formed of a lower semiconductor layer, intermediate semiconductor layer and upper semiconductor layer laminated in this sequence, a gate insulating film of silicon oxide formed on the surface of the side wall of the laminate, and a gate electrode formed so as to cover the side wall of the laminate. The vertical MISFETs are perfect depletion type MISFETs. |
| US07981736B2 |
Systems and devices including multi-gate transistors and methods of using, making, and operating the same
Disclosed are methods of forming transistors. In one embodiment, the transistors are formed by forming a plurality of elliptical bases in a substrate and forming fins form the elliptical bases. The transistors are formed within the fin such that they may be used as access devices in a memory array. |
| US07981732B2 |
Programming of laser fuse
A method for programming a laser fuse. The laser fuse has a fuse link including a material having a characteristic of changing its electrical resistance after being exposed to a laser beam. The laser beam is directed to the fuse link, the laser beam being controlled such that, in response to the impact of the laser beam upon the fuse link, the electrical resistance of the fuse link changes but the fuse link is not blown off. |
| US07981729B2 |
Fabrication method of multi-chip stack structure
A multi-chip stack structure and a fabrication method thereof are proposed, including providing a leadframe having a die base and a plurality of leads and disposing a first and a second chips on the two surfaces of the die base respectively; disposing the leadframe on a heating block having a cavity in a wire bonding process with the second chip received in the cavity of the heating block; performing a first wire bonding process to electrically connect the first chip to the leads through a plurality of first bonding wires, and forming a bump on one side of the leads connected with the first bonding wires; disposing the leadframe in an upside down manner to the heating block via the bump with the first chip and the first bonding wires received in the cavity of the heating block; and performing a second wire bonding process to electrically connect the second chip to the leads through a plurality of second bonding wires. The bump is used for supporting the leads to a certain height so as to keep the bonding wires from contacting the heating block and eliminate the need of using a second heating block in the second wire bonding process of the prior art, thereby saving time and costs in a fabrication process. Also, as positions where the first and second bonding wires are bonded to the leads on opposite sides of the leadframe correspond with each other, the conventional problems of adversely affected electrical performance and electrical mismatch can be prevented. |
| US07981725B2 |
Fabricating process of a chip package structure
A fabricating process of a chip package structure is provided. First, a first substrate having a plurality of first bonding pads and a second substrate having a plurality of second bonding pads are provided, wherein bumps are formed on the first bonding pads of the first substrate. A first two-stage adhesive layer is formed on the first substrate and is B-stagized to form a first B-staged adhesive layer. A second two-stage adhesive layer is formed on the second substrate and is B-stagized to form a second B-staged adhesive layer. Then, the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded via the first and second B-staged adhesive layer such that the bumps pierce through the second B-staged adhesive layer and are electrically connected to the second bonding pads, wherein each of the first bonding pads is respectively electrically connected to one of the second bonding pads via one of the bumps. |
| US07981723B2 |
Capped wafer method and apparatus
A capped wafer includes a device wafer and an opposing cap wafer with an annular glass frit disposed between the device wafer and the cap wafer. The glass frit and the opposing wafers define a sealed volume that encloses the capped devices, and the glass frit may support the wafer cap during removal of excess wafer cap material from the capped wafer. A method of fabricating a capped wafer includes fabricating an annular intermediate layer between a device wafer and a cap wafer. In an alternate embodiment, a plurality of unsingulated dice each contains bond pads along a single edge and are arranged on a device wafer in an alternating order so that the bond pads of a first die are adjacent to the bond pads of a second die. Removing excess cap wafer material involves making a first cut in the cap wafer near a first row of bond pads and a second cut near the adjacent row of bond pads, such that a strip of wafer cap material is suspended from portions of an underlying supporting member near the edge of the capped wafer, and then removing the wafer cap material suspended from the portions of the supporting glass frit using an adhesive tape. |
| US07981722B2 |
Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor device and a fabrication method thereof are provided. A semiconductor device which is packaged as it includes a semiconductor in which an electronic circuit is disposed, the semiconductor device including: a substrate; a semiconductor chip which has a semiconductor main body having the electronic circuit formed thereon, a pad electrode formed on the semiconductor main body and a projected electrode that is connected to the pad electrode and projected from a surface of the semiconductor main body, wherein the semiconductor chip is mounted on the substrate from the back side of the surface to form the projected electrode thereon; and an insulating layer which is formed as the semiconductor chip buried therein and is polished from a top surface of the insulating layer to a height at which a top of the projected electrode is exposed. |
| US07981720B2 |
Method of making thin film transistor with zinc oxide based semiconductor layer and zinc oxide based insulation layer
According to a method of fabricating an oxide thin-film transistor, when a thin-film transistor is fabricated by using an amorphous zinc oxide (ZnO)-based semiconductor as an active layer, it may be possible to reduce a tact time as well as attain an enhanced element characteristic by depositing an insulation layer having an oxide characteristic in-situ through controlling oxygen (O2) flow subsequent to depositing an oxide semiconductor using a sputter, and the method may include the steps of forming a gate electrode on a substrate; forming a gate insulation layer on the substrate; depositing an amorphous zinc oxide-based semiconductor layer made of an amorphous zinc oxide-based semiconductor and an amorphous zinc oxide-based insulation layer having an oxide characteristic in-situ on the gate insulation layer; forming an active layer made of the amorphous zinc oxide-based semiconductor over the gate electrode while at the same time forming a channel protection layer made of the amorphous zinc oxide-based insulation layer on a channel region of the active layer; and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to a source region and a drain region of the active layer over the active layer. |
| US07981719B2 |
N,N′-di(arylalkyl)-substituted naphthalene-based tetracarboxylic diimide compounds as n-type semiconductor materials for thin film transistors
A thin film transistor comprises a layer of organic semiconductor material comprising a tetracarboxylic diimide naphthalene-based compound having, attached to each of the imide nitrogen atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl moiety. Such transistors can further comprise spaced apart first and second contact means or electrodes in contact with said material. Further disclosed is a process for fabricating an organic thin-film transistor device, preferably by sublimation deposition onto a substrate, wherein the substrate temperature is no more than 100° C. |
| US07981717B2 |
Image sensor and method of manufacturing the same
An image sensor includes a pixel array including a photodiode, a peripheral region including a logic circuit, and an isolation region formed between the pixel array and the peripheral region and formed under the peripheral region to electrically isolate the pixel array from the peripheral region. |
| US07981716B2 |
Chip module having a protection device
Some embodiments of a chip module comprise a substrate, a semiconductor chip on the substrate, and a first layer between the substrate and the semiconductor chip, the first layer having high reflectivity for electromagnetic waves. Methods of protecting a chip module from electromagnetic radiation by interposing a protective layer between the chip and the substrate are also disclosed. |
| US07981715B2 |
MEMS/NEMS structure comprising a partially monocrystalline anchor and method for manufacturing same
The invention relates to a method for producing a MEMS/NEMS structure from a substrate made in a monocrystalline semiconductor material, the structure comprising a flexible mechanical element connected to the substrate by at least one anchoring zone, the method comprising the following steps: the formation of a protection layer on one face of the substrate, the protection layer being made in a monocrystalline material different from the material of the substrate, etching of the protection layer and the substrate in order to produce at least one cavity, the etching being done so as to leave an overhang made in the material of the protection layer on the edges of the cavity, filling in of the cavity with an electrically insulating material in order to obtain an insulating anchoring portion, epitaxy of a semiconductor material from the protection layer and the electrically insulating material in order to obtain a layer designed to produce the flexible mechanical element, liberation of the flexible mechanical element while allowing at least a portion of said overhang to remain. |
| US07981714B2 |
Nitride based semiconductor device using nanorods and process for preparing the same
Disclosed are a nitride based semiconductor device, including a high-quality GaN layer formed on a silicone substrate, and a process for preparing the same. A nitride based semiconductor device in accordance with the present invention comprises a plurality of nanorods aligned and formed on the silicone substrate in the vertical direction; an amorphous matrix layer filling spaces between nanorods so as to protrude some upper portion of the nanorods; and a GaN layer formed on the matrix layer. |
| US07981712B2 |
Method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip, and optoelectronic semiconductor chip
A method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip based on a nitride semiconductor system is specified. The method comprises the steps of: forming a semiconductor section with at least one p-doped region; and forming a covering layer disposed downstream of the semiconductor section in a growth direction of the semiconductor chip, said covering layer having at least one n-doped semiconductor layer. An activation step suitable for electrically activating the p-doped region is effected before or during the formation of the covering layer. An optoelectronic semiconductor chip which can be produced by the method is additionally specified. |
| US07981711B2 |
Manufacture method of a multilayer structure having non-polar a-plane {11-20} III-nitride layer
A manufacture method of a multilayer structure having a non-polar a-plane {11-22} III-nitride layer includes forming a nucleation layer on a r-plane substrate, wherein the nucleation layer is composed of multiple nitride layers; and forming a non-polar a-plane {11-20} III-nitride layer on the nucleation layer. The nucleation layer features reduced stress, reduced phase difference of lattice, blocked elongation of dislocation, and reduced density of dislocation. Thus, the non-polar a-plane {11-20} III-nitride layer with flat surface can be formed. |
| US07981710B2 |
Light emitting device and manufacturing method
A light emitting device of the invention includes an electron transporting layer, a hole transporting layer provided mutually facing the electron transporting layer with a distance between the hole transporting layer and the electron transporting layer, a phosphor layer having a layer of a plurality of semiconductor fine particles sandwiched between the electron transporting layer and the hole transporting layer, a first electrode provided facing the electron transporting layer and connected electrically, and a second electrode provided facing the hole transporting layer and connected electrically: in which the semiconductor fine particles composing the phosphor layer have a p-type part and an n-type part inside of the particles and have a pn-junction in the interface of the p-type part and the n-type part and are arranged in a manner that the p type part is partially brought into contact with the hole transporting layer and at the same time, the n type part is partially brought into contact with the electron transporting layer. |
| US07981708B1 |
Method of fabricating pixel structure and method of fabricating organic light emitting device
A method of fabricating a pixel structure is provided. A gate electrode is formed on a substrate, and a dielectric layer is formed on the gate electrode. A patterned metal oxide semiconductor layer and a patterned metallic etching stop layer are formed on the dielectric layer above the gate electrode. A first conductive layer is formed to cover the patterned metallic etching stop layer and the dielectric layer. The first conductive layer is patterned by using the patterned metallic etching stop layer as an etching stop layer to form a source and a drain. A second conductive layer is formed to cover the source, the drain and the dielectric layer. The second conductive layer is patterned by using the patterned metallic etching stop layer as an etching stop layer to form a first electrode layer. The patterned metallic etching stop layer exposed between the source and the drain is removed. |
| US07981700B2 |
Semiconductor oxidation apparatus and method of producing semiconductor element
A semiconductor oxidation apparatus is provided with a sealable oxidation chamber defined by walls, a base provided within the oxidation chamber and configured to support a semiconductor sample, a supply part configured to supply water vapor into the oxidation chamber to oxidize a specific portion of the semiconductor sample, a monitoring window provided in one of the walls of the oxidation chamber and disposed at a position capable of confronting the semiconductor sample supported on the base, a monitoring part provided outside the oxidation chamber and capable of confronting the semiconductor sample supported on the base via the monitoring window, and an adjusting part configured to adjust a distance between the base and the monitoring part. |
| US07981696B2 |
Microfluidic platform of arrayed switchable spin-valve elements for high-throughput sorting and manipulation of magnetic particles and biomolecules
Arrays of spin-valve elements that can be selectively activated to trap, hold, manipulate and release magnetically tagged biological and chemical particles, including molecules and polymers. The spin-valve elements that can be selectively activated and deactivated by applying a momentary applied magnetic field thereto. The spin valve element array can be used for selectively sorting and transporting magnetic particles one particle at a time within the array. As the magnetically tagged particles are held by the spin-valve elements, application of an auxiliary magnetic field can be used to apply tension or torsion to the held particles or to move, e.g. rotate, the trapped particles. The arrays of spin-valve elements can be used in a variety of applications including drug screening, nucleic acid sequencing, structural control and analysis of RNA/DNA and protiens, medical diagnosis, and magnetic particle susceptibility and size homogenization for other medical applications. |
| US07981694B2 |
Solid phase isolation of proteins, nucleic acids and other macromolecules
The invention is a method for the isolation of molecules of interest using tubes in which at least a portion of the inner walls of the tube are coated with microbeads that are coated with a capture reagent to bind the molecule of interest. The microbeads may be glass or polymer beads. The invention is a method and apparatus for preparation of the tubes for use in the method of the invention. The invention is a method for determining ratios of guanine nucleotides bound to guanine-nucleotide binding proteins. |
| US07981691B2 |
Two helix binders
An isolated polypeptide, Z domain, derived from B domain of Staphylococcal protein A, comprising a pair of anti-parallel alpha helices that are capable of binding a target, is provided herein. Introduction of a covalent bridge between two modified amino acids in the polypeptide is provided here. Also provided are methods of using the two-helix binders. |
| US07981690B2 |
Method of assaying antigen and kit to be used therein
By using an antibody which is covalently bonded to a water soluble polymer as an antibody to be used in a competitive immunoagglutination assay in a homogeneous system, a protein antigen at a high concentration can be accurately assayed in an undiluted system without resorting to dilution. |
| US07981687B2 |
Ink composition for sensing gas exposure and gas exposure indicator
An object of the present invention is to provide a material for more easily and accurately detecting treatment status using gas exposure. The present invention relates to an ink composition for detecting an oxidizing gas, or the like, comprising at least one type of azo dye, methine dye, triarylmethane dye and thiazine dye. |
| US07981685B2 |
Generation of acyl amino acids
Engineered polypeptides useful in synthesizing acyl amino acids are provided. Also provided are methods of making acyl amino acids using engineered polypeptides. In certain embodiments, an acyl amino acid produced using compositions and/or methods of the present invention comprises cocoyl glutamate. |
| US07981680B2 |
Method for analyzing petroleum-based fuels and engine oils for biodiesel contamination
A method for detecting contamination of a conventional petroleum-based fuel used in an internal combustion engine is provided. A sample of engine oil is separated into a polar component and a non-polar component by a polar solvent. The polar component is analyzed for one or more biodiesel chemical components selected from the group consisting of plant sterols, fatty acid methyl esters, cetane, and combinations thereof, which relate to a degree of engine oil contamination. The polar and non-polar component may be analyzed by Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) and optionally Flame Ionization Detection (FID) for the one or more biodiesel chemical components, which can provide a semi-quantitative level of such biodiesel chemical components. Fuel samples can also be analyzed for biodiesel contamination species via GC/MS. |
| US07981675B2 |
LITAF binding site peptides and methods of using the same
The invention provides molecules containing nucleic acid sequences for fragments of LPS-induced TNF-α factor (LITAF) and vectors containing these sequences. Also provided are molecules that contain the peptide sequence SQTWREPGAAGSPFHL (SEQ ID NO: 5), or homologs thereof. Such molecules may be useful in the treatment of diseases that relate to the expression of TNF-α, where treatment involves the modulation of this expression. The invention also provides methods for identifying compounds that inhibit or enhance the transcription of TNF-α. |
| US07981674B2 |
Osteoactivin protein and nucleic acids encoding the same, compositions and methods of stimulating bone differentiation
The invention provides osteoactivin proteins and nucleic acid molecules that encode the same, as well as biologically functional expression vectors containing nucleic acid molecules encoding osteoactivin proteins, and antibodies specific for osteoactivin proteins. The invention also provides therapeutic and diagnostic compositions and methods for utilizing the proteins, antibodies, nucleic acids, and vectors of the invention, for example, to modulate bone formation. |
| US07981672B2 |
Monoclonal antibody and use thereof
The purpose of the invention is to provide an antibody which recognizes OPN N-half but does not recognize the full-length OPN, and its use. A monoclonal antibody which is characterized in that it recognizes a protein or polypeptide in which the C-terminal amino acid sequence is YGLR (SEQ ID NO: 1) and it substantially does not recognize a protein or polypeptide which has an amino acid sequence of YGLR outside of the C-terminal, as well as a method for measuring OPN N-half utilizing the said antibody, a method for diagnosing diseases relating to OPN N-half, a method for judging the severity of said disease, and a method for treating said diseases, are provided. |
| US07981663B2 |
Group of reagent carriers that is combined to form a composite
The invention concerns a group of reagent carriers that is combined to form a composite, each one of said carriers having at least one test region located in a shallow trough-like depression, where the reagent carriers in the composite are held together exclusively by interconnected protective covers for the test regions. |
| US07981661B2 |
Flow cytometer system with sheath and waste fluid measurement
The fluidic system of the preferred embodiment includes a sheath pump to pump sheath fluid from a sheath container into an interrogation zone, a sheath volume measurement device to measure the fluid in the sheath container, a waste pump to pump the sheath fluid and a sample fluid as waste fluid from the interrogation zone into a waste container, and a waste volume measurement device to measure the fluid in the waste container. The system also includes a controller connected to the sheath pump, the waste pump, and the volume measurement devices. The sheath pump and/or the waste pump draw sample fluid from a sample container into the interrogation zone, which functions to provide a location for the fluidic system and an optical system of the flow cytometer to cooperatively facilitate the analysis of the sample fluid. |
| US07981658B2 |
Nucleic acid molecules, vectors, and host cells encoding fluorescent protein
The present invention provides a fluorescent protein having an amino acid sequence of the green fluorescent protein, the yellow fluorescent protein or mutants thereof wherein the 46th phenylalanine residue is substituted with a leucine residue. According to the present invention, there are provided novel GFP or YEP mutants having an excellent maturation efficacy and having a decreased sensitivity to both of H+ and CI31. |
| US07981657B2 |
Method for obtaining variants of lactic acid bacteria usable for producing vitamin K2 and application to the preparation of food products
The present invention relates to the production of variants of lactic bacteria stems that produce, under standard fermentation conditions, at least about 1.2 times more K2 vitamin than the starting lactic bacteria stems cultured in the same conditions. The invention further relates to a method for preparing food products, including fermented products and/or fresh diary products, enriched with K2 vitamin, and to the food products thus obtained. |
| US07981656B2 |
Pseudotyped retrovirus with modified ebola glycoprotein
Pseudotyped retroviruses having viral glycoproteins with modified O glycosylation regions are provided. Also provided are methods for making the pseudotyped retroviruses of the present invention and for using the pseudotyped retroviruses for transduction of target cells. Cells for stably producing the pseudotyped retroviruses or the present invention are also provided. |
| US07981654B2 |
Cellulases and their uses
The present invention provides novel cellulase fusion proteins, preparations of cellulase fusion proteins and compositions of cellulase fusion proteins. The present invention further provides cellulase expression vectors, host cells expressing cellulase and methods for preparing such vectors and cells. Uses of cellulases, cellulase preparations and cellulase compositions in the textile, detergent, pulp and paper industries are also provided. |
| US07981649B2 |
Device and methods for monitoring the status of at least one cell
A device and methods for monitoring status of at least one cell, wherein the cell has a membrane forming a substantially enclosed structure and defining an intracellular space therein. In one embodiment of the present invention, the device includes a first substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface, a second substrate supported by the first substrate, the second substrate having a first surface, an opposite second surface, a body portion between the first surface and the second surface, a first side surface and an opposite second side surface, wherein the body portion defines a first passage between the first side surface and the second side surface and an opening on the first surface of the second substrate and in fluid communication with the first passage, and sidewalls positioned above the first surface of the second substrate. In one operation mode, when a first medium is introduced into the first passage, the intracellular space of the cell is in fluid communication with the first passage with the first medium, a sensor measures the response of the cell to the first medium. |
| US07981648B2 |
Microalga and process for producing hydrocarbon
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel microalga that produces hydrocarbons available as an alternative fuel to a diesel fuel (light oil).The present invention relates to a novel microalga Pseudochoricystis ellipsoidea having the ability to produce hydrocarbons, and to a process for producing hydrocarbons, characterized by culturing a microalga belonging to the genus Pseudochoricystis or the genus Choricystis having the ability to produce hydrocarbons, and collecting the hydrocarbon from the resulting cultured product. |
| US07981647B2 |
Engineered CO2 fixing microorganisms producing carbon-based products of interest
The present disclosure identifies pathways and mechanisms to confer production of carbon-based products of interest such as ethanol, ethylene, chemicals, polymers, n-alkanes, isoprenoids, pharmaceutical products or intermediates thereof in photoautotrophic organisms such that these organisms efficiently convert carbon dioxide and light into carbon-based products of interest, and in particular the use of such organisms for the commercial production of ethanol, ethylene, chemicals, polymers, alkanes, isoprenoids, pharmaceutical products or intermediates thereof. |
| US07981643B2 |
Perhydrolase providing improved peracid stability
An acetyl xylan esterase variant having perhydrolytic activity is provided for producing peroxycarboxylic acids from carboxylic acid esters and a source of peroxygen. More specifically, a Thermotoga maritima acetyl xylan esterase gene was modified using error-prone PCR and site-directed mutagenesis to create an enzyme catalyst characterized by an increase in the ratio of peracetic acid formation to peracetic acid hydrolysis specific activities (PAAF/PAAH ratio). The variant acetyl xylan esterase may be used to produce peroxycarboxylic acids suitable for use in a variety of applications such as cleaning, disinfecting, sanitizing, bleaching, wood pulp processing, and paper pulp processing applications. |
| US07981642B2 |
Polymer extraction methods
A method of separating a polymer from a biomass containing the polymer, includes contacting the biomass with a solvent system, the solvent system including a solvent for the polymer and a precipitant for the polymer, to provide a residual biomass and a solution that includes the polymer, the solvent for the polymer and the precipitant for the polymer; and applying a centrifugal force to the solution and residual biomass to separate at least some of the solution from the residual biomass; where, the polymer is a polyhydroxyalkanoate; the precipitant comprises at least one alkane; the solvent for the polymer is selected from the group consisting of ketones, esters and alcohols and combinations thereof; and the biomass comprises a slurry of the biomass and water. |
| US07981638B2 |
Molecule transfer/delivery system
A molecule transfer and delivery system includes a loading zone (50) for loading a targeted cargo molecule (30) on a carrier molecule (20) making use of a hybridization nature of nucleotides, and an unloading zone (40) for unloading the targeted cargo molecule from the carrier molecule making use of the strand exchange nature of the nucleotides. Towing nucleotide chains including the first single-stranded nucleotides (21) with the first length are bound to the carrier molecule, and the second single-stranded nucleotides (31) with the second length longer than the first length are bound to the targeted cargo molecule. The third single-stranded nucleotides (41) with the same length as the second single-stranded nucleotides are bound to the unloading zone. |
| US07981636B2 |
Enzymes for use in enzymatic bleaching of food products
The present invention relates to novel polypeptides according to caroase 01-05 or any functional equivalents of any of them, suitable for use in a method for preparing a food products having increased whiteness, the use of the enzyme to increase whiteness of at least part of a food product, a process for preparing a food product wherein the enzyme is used and the food product obtained. |
| US07981635B2 |
Cleavage of precursors of insulins by a variant of trypsin
The present invention relates to the production of a variant of recombinant trypsin with increased substrate specificity for arginine versus lysine in non-animal host organisms. Moreover, the present invention relates to a variant of recombinant trypsin and their production. Also provided are use of recombinant porcine pancreatic trypsin variants for cleavage of precursors of insulins, and kits containing the variant of trypsin. |
| US07981634B2 |
Method for positively detecting toxic material
Disclosed herein is a method of positively detecting toxic materials within a sample, the method including contacting sub-mitochondrial particles with an electron donor. The electron donor is reacted with an electron transfer system of the sub-mitochondrial particles to produce a reactant. A pH indicator has its pH adjusted to be in a range of 9 to 11. The pH indicator is added to each reactant. Color changes in the pH indicator permit the detection of toxins present in the sample. |
| US07981629B2 |
Methods of isolating dermal papilla cells
Methods and compositions for identifying and isolating dermal papilla cells are described. DP cells can be identified based on corin expression. Isolated DP cells can be used, e.g., to modulate hair growth. |
| US07981623B2 |
Repressor of skeletal muscle differentiation, nucleic acids coding therefor and the use thereof in diagnosis and therapy
Polypeptide sequences which play a part in the regulation of skeletal muscle differentiation, and nucleic acids coding therefor, and the use thereof in diagnosis and therapy are disclosed. Possible uses are also indicated for antibodies which are directed against corresponding epitopes of the GRIM1 polypeptide. |
| US07981619B2 |
Composition for prevention, treatment, and diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) comprising cytokeratin 18 protein as an active ingredient. The present invention also provides a diagnostic composition and a diagnostic kit for diagnosing COPD comprising cytokeratin 18 protein. The present invention further provides a composition for screening a therapeutic agent for COPD, comprising one or more of cytokeratin 18 protein or autoantibodies to cytokeratin 18 obtained from patients with COPD and a method for screening a therapeutic agent for COPD using this composition. The present invention still further provides methods for diagnosing, preventing or treating COPD using cytokeratin 18 protein. |
| US07981617B2 |
Transcription template for cell-free protein synthesis and method using the same
Methods to construct a transcription template for cell-free protein synthesis that has a high translation template activity, using a 3′-side primer and a 5′-side primer for PCR are provided. The 5′-side primer for PCR has a sequence complementary to a base sequence containing at least a part of a promoter functional site from the 5′-end of a promoter and has a base sequence that does not contain a base sequence complementary to at least a part of a RNA polymerase-recognizing site of the 3′-end of the promoter. The other primer has a base sequence complementary to at least a part of the RNA polymerase-recognizing site of the 3′-end of the promoter and has a sequence that does not contain a base sequence complementary to at least a part of a promoter functional site from the 5′-end of the promoter. |
| US07981612B2 |
Methods of screening for supracolonic neoplasms based on stool samples containing a nucleic acid marker indicative of a neoplasm
The invention provides methods and materials for detecting supracolonic aerodigestive premalignant and malignant neoplasms. Specifically, the invention provides methods and materials for determining whether a stool sample from a mammal contains a neoplasm-specific marker from a neoplasm located in the supracolonic aerodigestive tissue of a mammal. |
| US07981606B2 |
Control for nucleic acid testing
The present invention is related to a method for detecting a target biomolecule in test sample by adding an internal control biomolecule to the test sample; to a negative control sample, to a positive control sample and to a reagent control sample or adding an internal control biomolecule to the test sample, to a negative control sample, to a positive control sample comprising the target biomolecule and providing a reagent control sample comprising the target biomolecule, determining in each sample a signal, and verifying the signal thereby detecting the target biomolecule. The invention is also related to a method for verifying the determination of a signal indicating the presence of a target biomolecule. The invention is further related to a method for detecting the presence or the absence of a member of a group of target nucleic acids in a sample and a method for verifying the determination of a signal indicating the presence of a member of a group of target nucleic acids. |
| US07981605B2 |
Epidermal growth factor receptor mutations
Mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr), of phosphatidylinositol 3′-kinase (“Pl3K”), and of B-Raf are described. Methods of treating tumors containing mutated EGFr with human monoclonal antibodies against EGFr are described. Methods and kits for ascertaining the presence of one or more mutant EGFr, mutant Pl3K, and/or mutant B-Raf in a sample and for treating disorders or conditions related to the presence of mutant EGFr, mutant Pl3K, and/or mutant B-Raf are also described. Methods of treating tumors containing mutant EGFr, mutant Pl3K, and/or mutant B-Raf are also described. |
| US07981599B1 |
Non-nucleic acid probes, probe sets, methods and kits pertaining to the detection of individual human chromosomes X, Y, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18 and 20 as 13/21 as a pair
This invention is related to novel non-nucleic acid probes, probe sets, methods and kits pertaining to the detection, identification or quantitation of human chromosomes X, Y, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20 and/or 21. The non-nucleic acid probes, probe sets, methods and kits of this invention are particularly well suited for use in multiplex ISH and FISH assays wherein each of chromosomes X, Y, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18 and/or 20, as well as 13/21 as a pair, in a sample or cell can be individually detected, identified or quantitated in the same assay. Multiplex ISH and FISH assays are possible because two or more of the probes used in the assay are labeled with one or more independently detectable labels. Preferably, the independently detectable labels are independently detectable fluorophores. In preferred embodiments, one or more of the probes comprise two or more linked independently detectable moieties wherein the combination of the two or more independently detectable moieties is used to detect, identify or quantitate a particular probe/target sequence hybrid. The methods, kits, probes and probe sets of this invention are particularly well suited for automated analysis, including a slide scanner based system, microscope and CCD camera or a flow cytometer. Furthermore, this invention is particularly useful for detection and identifying chromosome abnormalities such as aneuploidy and polyploidy karyotypes and particularly for preimplantation diagnosis, for prenatal screening and for clinical diagnostic applications. |
| US07981594B2 |
Hardmask composition having antirelective properties and method of patterning material on susbstrate using the same
A hardmask composition includes an organic solvent and one or more aromatic ring-containing polymers represented by Formula 1, 2 and 3: |
| US07981592B2 |
Double patterning method
A method of making a device includes forming a first photoresist layer over an underlying layer, patterning the first photoresist layer to form a first photoresist pattern comprising a first grid, rendering the first photoresist pattern insoluble to a solvent, forming a second photoresist layer over the first photoresist pattern, patterning the second photoresist layer to form a second photoresist pattern over the underlying layer, where the second photoresist pattern is a second grid which overlaps the first grid to form a photoresist web, and etching the underlying layer using the photoresist web as a mask. |
| US07981584B2 |
Toner compositions
Toner particles are provided which may, in embodiments, include a core possessing an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin in combination with a colorant, optional wax, and optional other additives, and a shell over the core including a branched amorphous resin. The branched resin in the shell may prevent the crystalline resin from migrating to the toner surface. |
| US07981583B2 |
Binder resin for electrostatic image developing toner, binder resin particle liquid dispersion for electrostatic image developing toner, production method of electrostatic image developing toner, electrostatic image developing toner, electrostatic image developer, image forming method and image forming apparatus
A binder resin for an electrostatic image developing toner is obtained by polycondensation reaction of at least two polycarboxylic acids and at least one polyol, wherein the at least two polycarboxylic acids include at least one of a first specific polycarboxylic acid and a second specific polycarboxylic acid in an amount of from about 3 mol % to less than about 50 mol % based on a total amount of the at least two polycarboxylic acids, the binder resin includes a catalyst-derived metal in an amount of from about 0 ppm to about 10 ppm, and the binder resin has a glass transition temperature Tg of from about 45° C. to about 80° C. |
| US07981580B2 |
Tris and bis(enylaryl)arylamine mixtures containing photoconductors
A photoconductor that includes, for example, a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer that includes a charge transport component, and a mixture of a bis(enylaryl)arylamine and a tris(enylaryl)amine. |
| US07981577B2 |
Process for producing dye-containing negative curable composition, color filter, and color filter production process
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a process for producing a dye-containing negative curable composition, the process including passing a mixture containing a dye, a photopolymerization initiator, and a radical polymerizable monomer through a filter having a pore diameter of from not less than 0.02 μm to less than 0.2 μm. |
| US07981576B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing dark field double dipole lithography (DDL)
A method of generating complementary masks for use in a dark field double dipole imaging process. The method includes the steps of identifying a target pattern having a plurality of features, including horizontal and vertical features; generating a horizontal mask based on the target pattern, where the horizontal mask includes low contrast vertical features. The generation of the horizontal mask includes the steps of optimizing the bias of the low contrast vertical features contained in the horizontal mask; and applying assist features to the horizontal mask. The method further includes generating a vertical mask based on the target pattern, where the vertical mask contains low contrast horizontal features. The generation of the vertical mask includes the steps of optimizing the bias of low contrast horizontal features contained in the vertical mask; and applying assist features to the vertical mask. |
| US07981575B2 |
Method for optical proximity correction of a reticle to be manufactured using variable shaped beam lithography
A method for optical proximity correction (OPC) of a desired pattern for a substrate is disclosed in which a plurality of variable shaped beam (VSB) shots are determined which can form on a surface an OPC-corrected version of the desired substrate pattern. Shots within the plurality of VSB shots are allowed to overlap each other. Dosages of the shots may also be allowed to vary with respect to each other. The union of the plurality of shots may deviate from the OPC-corrected version of the desired pattern for the substrate. In some embodiments, optimization may be used to minimize shot count. In other embodiments, the plurality of shots may be optionally selected from one or more pre-computed VSB shots or groups of VSB shots, that is, glyphs. A method for creating glyphs is also disclosed, in which patterns that would result on a surface from one or a group of VSB shots are pre-calculated. |
| US07981571B2 |
Polymer electrolyte fuel cell
A solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly having an anode, a cathode arranged facing the anode, and a polyelectrolyte membrane arranged between the anode and the cathode, and a pair of separator plates that are arranged facing each other so as to sandwich the membrane electrode assembly, and have an anode side gas channel for supplying a fuel gas to the anode, and a cathode side gas channel for supplying an oxidant gas to the cathode, formed thereon, wherein the catalyst layer of the anode contains at least one electrode catalyst selected from the group consisting of Pt particles and Pt alloy particles, having a particle diameter of from 6 to 10 nm, the catalyst layer of the anode has a thickness of from 1 to 5 μm, Pt volume density in the catalyst layer of the anode is from 1 to 5 g/cm3, the catalyst layer of the cathode has a thickness of 10 μm or more, and Pt volume density in the catalyst layer of the cathode is from 0.1 to 0.5 g/cm3. |
| US07981569B2 |
Fuel cell
A fuel cell in which protrusion of an adhesive agent into a gas communication path is suppressed. The fuel cell has a gas passage in a power generation region, a manifold in a non power generation region, and the gas communication path interconnecting the gas passage and the manifold. The adhesive agent is used near at least the gas communication path. An adhesive agent accumulation section for suppressing inflow of the adhesive agent into the gas communication path is located near the gas communication path. |
| US07981565B2 |
Solid oxide fuel cell device and system
The invention provides a fuel cell including an elongate substrate the length of which is the greatest dimension such that the elongate substrate exhibits thermal expansion along a dominant axis that is coextensive with the length. A reaction zone is provided along a first portion of the length for heating to an operating reaction temperature, and at least one cold zone is provided along a second portion of the length that remains at a low temperature below the operating reaction temperature when the reaction zone is heated. An electrolyte is disposed between an anode and a cathode in the reaction zone and the electrolyte is monolithic with an interior ceramic support structure of the elongate substrate. The anode and cathode each have an electrical pathway extending to an exterior surface of the at least one cold zone for electrical connection at low temperature. |
| US07981562B2 |
Fuel cell stack with heat sink element
A fuel cell stack includes an electricity generating element, which generates electrical energy through a reaction of a fuel and oxygen. The electricity generating element includes a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA), a first separator positioned at a first side of the MEA and having a heat sink element positioned therein for dissipating heat generated through the reaction of the fuel and oxygen, and a second separator positioned at a second, opposite side of the MEA. |
| US07981561B2 |
Interconnects for solid oxide fuel cells and ferritic stainless steels adapted for use with solid oxide fuel cells
Various embodiments relate to interconnects for solid oxide fuel cells (“SOFCs”) comprising ferritic stainless steel and having at least one via that when subjected to an oxidizing atmosphere at an elevated temperature develops a scale comprising a manganese-chromate spinel on at least a portion of a surface thereof, and at least one gas flow channel that when subjected to an oxidizing atmosphere at an elevated temperature develops an aluminum-rich oxide scale on at least a portion of a surface thereof. Other embodiments relate to interconnects comprising a ferritic stainless steel and having a fuel side comprising metallic material that resists oxidation during operation of the SOFCs, and optionally include a nickel-base superalloy on the oxidant side thereof. Still other embodiments relate to ferritic stainless steels adapted for use as interconnects comprising ≦0.1 weight percent aluminum and/or silicon, and >1 up to 2 weight percent manganese. Methods of making interconnects are also disclosed. |